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EAGLES POSTGAME: Eagles vs. Vikings, Week 7 · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Eagles postc analysis here at 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, twelve y or strong, and this week,
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  Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles beating the Minnesota Vikings up in Minnesota
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  Speaker 1: VI a score of.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty eight to twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles are now five and two on the season.
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  Speaker 1: They are a top of the NFC East. As we
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  Speaker 1: are recording this, I'm Jeff Warren. I'm here, my good
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  Speaker 1: buddy Josh Schuster from Philadelphia soccernow dot com, filling in
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  Speaker 1: for the guys here as we do this postgame show.
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  Speaker 1: First and foremost, Josh, you've been busy as heck. I've
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  Speaker 1: been busy as heck. The Eagles were busy winning today.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna get into it. Thanks for jumping on, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate it, my.
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  Speaker 3: Friend, anytime, anytime, Jeff, it's always a delight to talk
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  Speaker 3: about this football team.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it is. Look they look here, folks. They won.
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  Speaker 1: We love a win, of course it was. It was
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  Speaker 1: a get right game for the Eagles, and while they
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  Speaker 1: were certainly not perfect by any stretch, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: get into this offense. We're gonna take the win, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy they won. I don't necessarily see, I don't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily know if we can say it was a get
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  Speaker 1: right game, Josh.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if we can say.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like it was a semi get right game
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  Speaker 1: after it was all said and done here. But folks
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  Speaker 1: are gonna get into our themes. Then we're gonna get
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  Speaker 1: into our grades after the break. But for me, Josh,
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  Speaker 1: the first theme of this game, and I get we
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  Speaker 1: got to dive into the offense too, because it's been
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  Speaker 1: the dominating storyline, the lack of a rushing attack and
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  Speaker 1: again we saw this week only only twenty three total
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  Speaker 1: care He's by this team for forty five yards. Saquon
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  Speaker 1: Barkley averaged two point four yards per carry on eighteen carries.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna get into the reasons why. But this is
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  Speaker 1: an offensive line that's just not playing at a high level.
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  Speaker 1: There are injuries, yes, of course, a lot of sloppy play.
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  Speaker 1: The depth is just not coming through like we need
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  Speaker 1: them to come through. Specifically, Brett Toath Cam Jurgens went
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  Speaker 1: out in the first half and everything just seemed to
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  Speaker 1: implode when Brett Toath was out there, especially with the
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  Speaker 1: rushing attack. So a get right game, yes, to a
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  Speaker 1: certain extent, but boy, this rushing attack is having major problems.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I have a different theme, so maybe we'll do
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  Speaker 3: that here at the end. Okay, but kind of building
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  Speaker 3: off what you said. I actually heard a really alarming
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  Speaker 3: statistic as I was coming home from doing a work thing.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was Rob Ellis was talking about the
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  Speaker 3: fact of Saquon Barkley's yards per carry per quarter. It
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  Speaker 3: starts off really really good with over five yards of
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  Speaker 3: carry in the first quarter, and then it goes down
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  Speaker 3: and down, and then in the fourth quarter he is
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  Speaker 3: not even averaging two yards of carries.
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  Speaker 2: An incredible man.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that is really especially I think part of it.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff gives the answer as to why the Eagles are
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  Speaker 3: having a hard time closing out games and why these games.
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  Speaker 3: If you look at last year, they didn't have a
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  Speaker 3: problem closing out games, right because the running game took over.
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  Speaker 3: Now they have a lead, they can't run the ball.
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  Speaker 3: So not only is the other team still in it,
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  Speaker 3: the defense is getting back out on the field a
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  Speaker 3: lot quicker. This team has a third down problem, and
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  Speaker 3: I mean that on the offensive side of the ball
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  Speaker 3: and the defensive side of the ball. Absolutely, offense cannot
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  Speaker 3: help going three and out. They put one drive together
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  Speaker 3: the first drive of the game, and then they just
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  Speaker 3: go three and out for an extended period of time.
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  Speaker 1: That first drive of the game, I was gonna mention
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  Speaker 1: twelve plays, seventy five yards, one touchdown. Four drives after that, Josh,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen plays for total of twenty seven yards. Yeah, because
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  Speaker 1: of the third down you're talking about.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like today, since we're doing the recap for word,
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  Speaker 3: today's game was almost allowing Minnesota to be at fifty
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  Speaker 3: percent conversion rate on third down. Yeah, neither side of
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  Speaker 3: the ball on this team knows how to do what
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  Speaker 3: they need to do on third down. Absolutely, and it's
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  Speaker 3: a problem.
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  Speaker 1: That's a consistent theme. That is a consistent theme. I'm
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  Speaker 1: so glad that you brought it up, because actually I
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  Speaker 1: take some notes every now and again when I'm watching
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  Speaker 1: these Eagles games, and Nick Sirianni and Kevin Pattolo said
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  Speaker 1: they worked on third down efficiency during the you know,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the mini buy that they had. But as
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  Speaker 1: we're w watching this Eagles offense consistently, it's it's not
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  Speaker 1: even just like the third down efficiency, even though yes,
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  Speaker 1: third down is absolutely terrible because they're always third and long.
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  Speaker 1: What's happening is that Jalen Hurts is throwing balls to
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  Speaker 1: the receivers well short of the first down marker. But
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  Speaker 1: it's also first and second down where they're not able
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  Speaker 1: to get penetration through the defense in front of them.
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  Speaker 1: So that that's a huge issue that was not cleaned
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  Speaker 1: up in the quote mini bye week. And again, it
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to be a get right game. They did
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  Speaker 1: get right in certain ways, which I think we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be getting into in a bit here, but in
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  Speaker 1: terms of the rushing attack, they have not gotten right
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  Speaker 1: at all.
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  Speaker 3: No, I'm gonna I'm gonna change gears.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit. Yes, get to your theme that you
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  Speaker 2: wanted to dive into.
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  Speaker 3: My theme, and that's quarterback play. There's a couple of
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  Speaker 3: takeaways I have for quarterback play.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: The first is as a league, we need to stop
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  Speaker 3: anointing first year quarterbacks who have a good year as
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  Speaker 3: the next great thing. Like I don't want to hear
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  Speaker 3: about Jayden Daniels anymore. Right, he has been horrible this season.
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  Speaker 3: He had a good season last year. It's been proven
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  Speaker 3: over and over and over again. When NFL coordinators get
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  Speaker 3: tape and have a whole summer to watch, more often
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  Speaker 3: than not, it's not gonna be great. That's kind of
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  Speaker 3: my first takeaway from this game. You have a hero
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  Speaker 3: ball quarterback. I don't want to hear that Jalen Hurst
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  Speaker 3: plays kiro ball. Carson Wentz is the definition of hero Okay,
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  Speaker 3: Jalen Hurts when he is trying to avoid a snack
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  Speaker 3: a sack. I'm going to take Wentz's second interception as
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  Speaker 3: a prime example of what I'm talking about. When he
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  Speaker 3: threw his second interception, Wentz spun out right, got away
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  Speaker 3: from the pressure and just chucked it downfield. Well kicked
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  Speaker 3: off for Hurts. Literally as soon as he takes the field.
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  Speaker 3: The next snap is a pass play, same exact kind
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  Speaker 3: of pressure, gets out of pressure, and what does Jalen
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  Speaker 3: Hurts do? He throws it away. Yes, right, it's literally
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  Speaker 3: the exact same play. Quarterback under pressure having to scramble.
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  Speaker 3: They handle it different.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes I consider a hero ball quarterback. But you
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  Speaker 3: know what, he's a generational talent. Yes, so you can
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  Speaker 3: live with his interceptions. The problem is there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of quarterbacks that try to be Patrick Mahomes. And I'm
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  Speaker 3: starting to put Josh Allen in this category because he
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  Speaker 3: has not been that great and when the moments have
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  Speaker 3: mattered the most and the lights have shined the brightest,
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  Speaker 3: he has kind of failed to deliver. Yeah, Baker Mayfield
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  Speaker 3: and Jalen Hurts I kind of put in a different
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  Speaker 3: category of take will do what it takes to win quarterbacks, yes,
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  Speaker 3: meaning that if it means avoiding the pressure and throwing
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  Speaker 3: the ball away, they're going to do that, or they'll
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  Speaker 3: scramble for five yards and go down right. So that
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  Speaker 3: my biggest takeaway was I'm done hearing about the Hurts
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  Speaker 3: hero ball. It's not hero ball. Yeah, And I used
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  Speaker 3: to be, you know, on the wenzwagon, and just watching
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  Speaker 3: that game today just brought flashbacks. Absolutely, he can make
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  Speaker 3: brilliant plays, but then you're gonna have two or three
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  Speaker 3: plays where you're like.
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  Speaker 2: Dude, yeah, throw it away, Yeah, let's.
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  Speaker 3: Throw it away. And so my big takeaway was kind
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  Speaker 3: of quarterback play in this game, but also across the league.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a great theme because you saw, and
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  Speaker 1: I think you continue to see Josh the poise of
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts game after game, and again he's not perfect
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  Speaker 1: at all. He will even tell you he needs to
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  Speaker 1: continue to work on his game week after week. But
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  Speaker 1: let's take, for example, the first touchdown, which was the
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  Speaker 1: AJ Brown touchdown to start the game, that first drive,
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  Speaker 1: and I want to say we actually saw the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: using motion and correctly on that play. AJ Brown went
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  Speaker 1: into motion, ran his route, there was that bit of
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  Speaker 1: hesitation by him, and then he full out sprinted into
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  Speaker 1: his go route. Jalen Hurts hits him for that very
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  Speaker 1: first touchdown. And this is what our friend of the podcast,
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  Speaker 1: Shane Haff from the Eagles Pinpool Network, was talking about
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  Speaker 1: on the show this past week. Eagles have not been
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  Speaker 1: utilizing motion in a way that is going to help
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  Speaker 1: breed success. They've only been using motion to help understand
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  Speaker 1: the defense in front of them, whether it's man or zone.
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  Speaker 1: This play in particular went to exactly what Shane and
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  Speaker 1: I were talking about last week on the show, and
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  Speaker 1: I think it goes to show whether it's Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 1: or whether it's Kevin Patulo, that we have to give
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  Speaker 1: some sort of credit in that regard. However, on the
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  Speaker 1: flip side of that, I mean, in fact, you know what.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get to that in a little bit here, because
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  Speaker 1: it really deals with the rushing attack. Going back to that,
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  Speaker 1: but I think from a passing attack standpoint, we saw
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  Speaker 1: some incredible stuff from the the Eagles. When you look
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  Speaker 1: at Jalen Hurts, he went nineteen to twenty three. This
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  Speaker 1: is what you're talking about. Nineteen to twenty three, three
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  Speaker 1: hundred and twenty six yards, fourteen point two yards per attempt,
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  Speaker 1: three touchdowns. Yes, he was sacked three times. Some of
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  Speaker 1: those sacks were a little ugly here and there, but
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  Speaker 1: he ended with a rating of one hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 1: eight point three. That is perfect. It's perfect here in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. And you finally have Davonte Smith getting eleven targets.
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  Speaker 1: He came down with nine balls for one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: eighty three yards. AJ Brown had six targets, came down
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  Speaker 1: with four of them for one hundred and twenty one yards.
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  Speaker 1: AJ Brown with two touchdowns, Davante with one touchdown. Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Goddter wasn't as much involved in this game, but this
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  Speaker 1: was the game finally where we got to see Davonte
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  Speaker 1: Smith and AJ Brown Shine, dude. We have been waiting
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  Speaker 1: now for how many weeks here, We've been waiting for
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  Speaker 1: like seven to eight weeks here at this point, we
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  Speaker 1: finally saw it. And that's the big positive takeaway that
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to mention as we're as we're in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of our discussion here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I completely agree. And I say this not
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  Speaker 3: as a slight again to Josh Allen. It probably sounds
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  Speaker 3: like I'm anti Josh Allen here. I'm not. I don't
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  Speaker 3: think it is a great person name.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but.
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  Speaker 3: I believe Jalen Hurts was ten to twelve in the
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  Speaker 3: second half. He couldn't miss, right. The tendency with Jalen
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  Speaker 3: Hurts win are his best games in the playoffs when
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  Speaker 3: the lights are brightest. Yeah, right, So normally I don't
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  Speaker 3: consider winning a quarterback stat. I'm gonna I gotta give
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  Speaker 3: it a little bit to Hurts with that. So I
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  Speaker 3: do think that he has I don't know what it is,
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  Speaker 3: but you cannot argue or debate if you want to
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  Speaker 3: debate me on taking Dak Prescott during the regular season
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  Speaker 3: over Jalen Hurts, Fine, whatever you want to talk preseason
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  Speaker 3: or postseason and playoffs, it's not even close, right, But
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that there's many quarterbacks who play their
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  Speaker 3: best games in the postseason, yeah, than Jalen Hurts. And
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  Speaker 3: this is including the homes right, and Holmes is either
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  Speaker 3: he's like a roller coaster ride. You're gonna get some
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  Speaker 3: really great moments and he's gonna have some really low moments.
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  Speaker 3: Hurts just he just rises come the playoffs. And he
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  Speaker 3: did the same thing today. I mean it was almost
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  Speaker 3: like Jalen went in at halftime and said, you know what,
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna win this game. I'm gonna do whatever I
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  Speaker 3: have to do to make it happen. And he did
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  Speaker 3: it now. He played This was the Jalen Hurts game
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  Speaker 3: that we've been hoping for for weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, he was.
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  Speaker 3: Confident with his reads. If you go back and watch,
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  Speaker 3: he progressed through his reads very quickly. The last number
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  Speaker 3: of weeks, that hasn't really been the case. This week,
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  Speaker 3: he was confident, progressed through the reads and didn't lock
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  Speaker 3: in on one person and it's like, uh, oh, they're covered.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what I'm gonna do. Right, So, just
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  Speaker 3: a great game from him today.
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  Speaker 1: Case in point what you're talking about here, Josh, there's
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  Speaker 1: a it was I think it was the team coming
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  Speaker 1: out right after the half, you know, their first drive
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  Speaker 1: after the half when you actually saw some play action.
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  Speaker 1: Huge play to DeVante Smith seventy nine yard touchdown. Fun
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  Speaker 1: fact about under the center play action. According to True Media,
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles had zero passing yards on under center play
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  Speaker 1: action for the first six weeks of the season. And
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  Speaker 1: by the way, that seventy nine yard touchdown was not
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  Speaker 1: only against Isaiah Rodgers, but it was under center play action.
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  Speaker 1: They modified something there and did something different, especially to
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  Speaker 1: start the second half, to kind of put their foot
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  Speaker 1: on the Viking's neck bit there, and it absolutely worked.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that was fantastic, and I thought that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if Kevin petulof we're gonna give him credit, that really
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  Speaker 1: is an area where we need to give him credit. Now,
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  Speaker 1: something I was getting ready to say before, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: going back to the rushing attack. I mean, there's a
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  Speaker 1: pretty critical third down with about fourteen minutes left in
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  Speaker 1: the game. To give it to sake on Barkley. It's
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  Speaker 1: like third and five. The Eagles decide to run Barkley,
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  Speaker 1: Brett Toath pulling and completely screwing up his blocking assignment.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the type of stuff that's on Kevin Pittuolo
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  Speaker 1: and the offensive just the offensive coordination at that particular time,
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  Speaker 1: the in game offensive management absolutely horrendous play call in
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  Speaker 1: that situation.
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  Speaker 2: But I think what's.
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  Speaker 1: What we need to realize is that the Eagles were
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  Speaker 1: able to get out from under it because of what
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about, because of Jalen Hurts, because of the
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  Speaker 1: passing attack and how it really did work in this
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  Speaker 1: game and again against Isaiah Rodgers.
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  Speaker 2: Who everybody's like, oh, you know, we got rid of
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  Speaker 2: him stuff.
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  Speaker 1: It's it was. It was great to see the passing
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  Speaker 1: attack come together and work the way that it should.
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  Speaker 1: The development of the passing attack. I'm really happy to
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  Speaker 1: where it is again a get right game and get
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  Speaker 1: right game for the offense. But maybe only fifty percent,
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  Speaker 1: you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 3: I don't even know if it's fifty percent.
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  Speaker 2: It may not be. Maybe that's be an optimistic.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Jeff, Like I had text you towards the
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  Speaker 3: end of the game, and I had said, this is
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  Speaker 3: probably the Like I alluded to the fact that this
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  Speaker 3: is like the least confident I've been after a win.
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  Speaker 3: There is something really wrong with this offense. And I
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  Speaker 3: think it's time for we as Eagles fans to acknowledge
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  Speaker 3: how spoiled we've been with offensive line play. Smid that
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  Speaker 3: what the Eagles are rolling out right now is mediocre
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  Speaker 3: at best on a good day, it's mediocre on the
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  Speaker 3: offensive line. This isn't a Stoutland problem. This is a
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  Speaker 3: when you have as much success as the Eagles have had,
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  Speaker 3: teams are going to poach your depth and players are
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  Speaker 3: going to retire, right Like, I mean, that's part of this.
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  Speaker 3: I am really concerned about this offensive line in this
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  Speaker 3: offense still. I know the score says they scored twenty eight,
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  Speaker 3: but they really scored twenty one point. Yes, And the
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  Speaker 3: point that I made to you is with all the
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  Speaker 3: money that you have invested on that side of the ball,
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  Speaker 3: you should be scoring more than twenty. We shouldn't be
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  Speaker 3: celebrating that the offense was able to put up more
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  Speaker 3: than seventeen points. Yes, when like two thirds of your
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  Speaker 3: salary cap is designated to that, it's not. This is
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  Speaker 3: not a good situation. And I think they should be
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  Speaker 3: very thankful that they were playing Carson Wentz because in
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  Speaker 3: all reality, if they aren't and he doesn't throw that
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  Speaker 3: gift pick six. The Eagles lost this.
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  Speaker 2: Game absolutely twenty one.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, So I really, I'm I'm I haven't removed my
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  Speaker 3: hand from the panic button. It's still kind of hanging
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  Speaker 3: over there, and we'll kind of see what happens.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely, I forgot right off the bat, folks to
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  Speaker 1: go over the injuries in this game, disese azz O
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  Speaker 1: Jalari I went to the locker room in the first
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  Speaker 1: quarter with a hamstring injury. We talked about Cam Jurgens
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  Speaker 1: when he went out with his knee injury in the
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  Speaker 1: second quarter. I mean, it's just I mean, the rushing
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  Speaker 1: attack just absolutely knows dive. Jeremiah Trotter went out in
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  Speaker 1: the second quarter with an ankle injury, and Adorri Jackson
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  Speaker 1: went out with a concussion. There certainly was a scare
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  Speaker 1: with Saquon Barkley with a possible concussion or something going
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  Speaker 1: on with his shoulder as we were watching him on
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  Speaker 1: the sidelines and being taken care of by the trainers.
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  Speaker 2: But he did come back into the game. But I mean,
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  Speaker 2: let's shift over to the.
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  Speaker 1: Defense, if that's all right, Josh, because I think the defense,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they came into this game with only five
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  Speaker 1: takeaways last dead last in the league. Jalx Hunt ends
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  Speaker 1: up getting that pick six in the second quarter. You
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  Speaker 1: were talking about just how the hero ball of Carson
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  Speaker 1: Wentz probably isn't the way for teams and quarterbacks to
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  Speaker 1: get it done. He was trying to do so much
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: of that, and you gotta say thanks to Jalen Carter
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: for getting right through that Vikings offensive line and rushing
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Wentz to get that pick six. And then on the
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: very next drive, Carson Wentz throws an interception a pick
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: by Andrew mccouba, who is a rookie learning this game,
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: having some great moments and also having some really tough
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: moments too. Man Andrew mccuba withfing on tackles here and
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: there throughout the game, given up big yards, but then
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: he comes through in big plays too, like he's just
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: we are seeing the ups and downs of a rookie
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: safety in this league like we have never seen before
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: with Andrew mccouba. But overall, and we're gonna get to
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: our grades in a bit here after the break. But
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: the defense overall not great, not horrendous. But I think
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: that you know the news that Brandon Graham may be
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: coming out of retirement wonder how much he really does this. Yeah, yeah,
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: I wonder how how how much that's going to impact
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: this defense in the pass rush too, given his age.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: We love him, we love the nostalgia of Brandon Graham.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: Oh, he hasn't been on a field here for a
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: little while. But uh, I mean the pass rush. I
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: mean I was happy. I was happy that Wentz was
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: sacked twice, but again, we're only seeing another sack or
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: two in the past.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Rush like to be honest, Yeah, both those Wentz sacks,
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: it wasn't like a straight up sack. It was trying
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: to be Wentz. Yeah, and honestly, he gifted them them
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: those sacks. We're being honest with another quarterback that's willing
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: to throw the ball away instead of play hero ball. Yeah,
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: you're probably not sacks.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you're absolutely correct. It's just the pass rush
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: is a problem, and I just don't know if Brandon
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Graham is going to be able to I don't want
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: to say fix it, because he's certainly not going to
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: fix it, but help it to the extent that.
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: We want it to be helped and needs to be helped.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: I'm very conflicted on whether I want Howie to make
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: trades at the trade deadline, Yeah, because I don't know
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: if you can make enough trades to put the team
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: really as a deep run, playoff team, because you need
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: assets to put on this defense. Like I if we're
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: talking about the fact that our defensive is struggling, because
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: what was Smith, like thirty five years old is retiring
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: this week, who is like close to the team leader
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: in sacks with like one and a half or something
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: like that, And we're celebrating Brandon Graham coming back, not
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: because he's a you know, lifelong Eagle, but because we
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: desperately need help on the defensive line. Like I I
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: get why how he did what he did, right, Like
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: if Jalen Carter is truly this disruptor, and today I
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: can say he really was, yes, but really, for the
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: other games, he hasn't done much important. I'm rejected before
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: the game started, right, He's missed the game. He's been
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: ejected from a game I don't know, And there's four
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: games where he just like didn't really do much of anything.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: Yes, Yes, so.
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: I get why they did what they did. They anticipated
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: Carter being more of an impact on the defensive line,
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: but like they really did not invest anything in this
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: defensive line, and that is really where you lost two
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: of your key pieces this offseason, right, yeah, you in
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: Sweat and Williams. Right, you lost two key pieces on
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: the defensive line at A four and your approach was
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: to not do anything. Yes, that's not great. I'm not
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: going to be super critical of Howie. I think he's
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: an amazing GM. He may be the best GM in
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: all of sports. And this is hindsight being twenty twenty, I.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Think because both of those guys are going to get
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: paid to by the way, you know what I mean.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: And look, we'll look at the type of seasons they're having.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: They're having great seasons and just can't pay everybody.
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: But the problem is, Jeff, they could have paid if
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: they weren't paying so much on the offense.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: That is very true.
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: Yes, So that's why I am hyper critical of the offense.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Like you want to invest two thirds to your cap
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: in the offense, fine, I'm gonna be two thirds harder
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: on them than I am on the defense because you
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: know what, you got a bunch of rookies yep, and
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: young players on the defensive side of the ball because
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: you can't pay anybody right right anyway.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: Yes, it's yeah, that's that's all right. I mean we're
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: gonna go to break in just a bit here. But folks,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: we do have to note that, yes, you know, we're
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: kind of complaining about that, well, we are complaining about
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: this pass rush rightfully. So two sacks, but there were
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: six tackles for a loss. And there were eight quarterback
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: hits last week against Jackson Dart and New York Giants.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: I think there was only two quarterback hits last week,
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: eight this week.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: You do like to see that.
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: So with that being said, buddy, do you have any
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: more themes before we go to break and before we
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: get to our grades.
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know that there's gonna be the you know,
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: I know the Eagles are one in one in in
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: their division. I don't know that there's gonna be any
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: easy games left in the division. When Jackson Art in
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: New York, they aren't a rollover anymore. And the Cowboys
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: they generally split with, and the Eagles already took the
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: first one, and the offense there was rolling today. Now
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: their defense is horrible. And Washington. I don't know what
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: to do with Washington because Jayden Daniels got hurt too, Like,
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: I don't know. This division is going to be very
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: interesting because the Eagles have not been convincing in any
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: of their games. And the biggest problem for me is
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: they have They've played seven games now right, they're five
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: and two. They have not out gained any of their
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: opponents in any games this year, and that is really concerning.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: No, absolutely, it's a good way to good way to
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: end this first segment here before going to break, Folks
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• 24:48
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• 24:51
  Speaker 1: All right, We are back with our good buddy Josh
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: Schuster from Philadelphia Soccer Now dot com filling in for
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: the guys here. And by the way, there's some good
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: new who's in the in the world of soccer in
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: Major League Soccer. This this Union team Man heading to
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: the playoffs and we're gonna be We're gonna be diving
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: into it on a show coming up real soon here, Josh.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: Number number one seed YEP in the Eastern Conference.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: Soccer is a bit of a sore point today because
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: Man United beat Liverpool and I'm pretty unhappy about that.
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: I know you are, as you can probably tell from
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: the banner.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: YEP or the star. Yeah.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: But yeah, no, the Union, the Carnel has done an
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: amazing job with this team.
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: It really has, dude.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: We'll leave it at that.
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: That's a teaser for the playoff preview.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, all right, Well, let's get into some grades
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: here for this Philadelphia Eagles team again as they beat
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings by a score of twenty eight to
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: twenty two. Let's start with the quarterback play. You can't
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: give anything other than an A plus in my opinion
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: for Jalen Hurts this week.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: You would agree with my friend.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree, And I think at this point, if
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: you're nitpicking a throw that Hurts missed, I mean Tom
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: Brady missed, you're not going to complete every pass. And
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: at this point you are choosing to be actively a
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: hater of your own team's quarterback, which is just leaning stupid.
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: So, yeah, he gets an a loss.
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: Let's move to the running back position here again. I
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: just want to reiterate Saquon Barkley two point four yards
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: per carry on eighteen carries. That is forty four yards
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: in this game, with his long being nine yards. Look, folks,
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: I don't think that. I just don't think it's a
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley problem. I really don't think it's a running
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: back problem. It's just the rushing attack, the blocking assignments,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: this offensive line, like we spoke about before the break,
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Saquon does what he does out there, and he does
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: it really well. And he's juking, he's spinning, he is
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: trying his best to make plays. I'm actually gonna give
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: the guy a B because I can't. I can't fault
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: him for where he is at right now in this season, Josh,
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: I can't fault him being at three point three yards
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: per carry. It's not his fault. Then only three touchdowns,
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: It's just not his fault. This offensive line has to
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: be accountable.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: I think it's offensively. I think it's play calling that
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: as well. Yes, I'll give I'll give him a B
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: plus Meuon is having to do Saquon things before he
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: even reaches the line of scrimmage because the defense is
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: already in the back.
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: It looks like he's on the Giants again.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: Correct, It's exactly like that. And I swear I've been
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: following how many times they choose to just run him
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: up at the middle in the second half they calling
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: the run the run. Play calling specifically in the second
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: half is insane. Keep running it up the middle and
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: it's not working, and it's well, maybe this time it will. No,
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: it's not. It's not gonna work. You have a backup center,
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: and why why are we doing this? Call it? I
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: don't think Saquon is washed, Like I don't want to
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: hear anything about you know, they have a huge season
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: the year before the next year is terrible. No, when
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: you watch him run, he's still got it. It's not
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: that his skill is diminished or he's tired or whatever.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: He just can't get past the line of scrimmage because
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: they can't block. They've just forgotten how to block for
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: the run this year. And I think Baldy was talking
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: about it and he said, if you go back to
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: last year, they're mulling guys, and this year they're not.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: The defense is in the backfield, there's no mulling of players.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Well, let's get to the receivers here. They did everything
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: they were asked this week, and I mean Dallas Goddard
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: catching every ball thrown to him. We went over Davante's
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: Smith's and AJ Brown's stats prior to the I mean
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: with Davante Smith twenty point three yards per completion or
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: per reception. I'm sorry, AJ Brown thirty point three yards
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: per reception. God, I love that so much.
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: I really do. I'm giving the receivers an A plus
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: this week.
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd say the same. I'm actually gonna give him
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: an A. Okay, they did the slate tick down because
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: of all the drama that they're causing themselves, yes, but
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: other than that, I mean they were they were great today.
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: Okay, offensive line, they're gonna get a I mean they're
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: gonna get a D minus from me. They're gonna get
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: a D minus and that and that's because of the
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: rushing game. Just horrendous past pass pro not too too bad,
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: not too too bad at all, but the rushing attack terrible.
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: D minus for me. What do you give them?
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: Yeah? D minus?
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: I think that having Hurts back there is a huge
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: help for them, yep, because you can bail them out
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: a bunch.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: I just this offensive line. It's really time to have
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: the conversation about the Eagles having a very mediocre offensive line.
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: Now, we'd love to hear from you out there, Philadelphia
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: Sports Table at gmail dot com. What do you think
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: about this Eagles offensive line? What's been happening with it?
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: I mean, yes, injuries are abundant, as we know. Landon Dickerson,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Yes he was back today, but man, he's just been
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: dealing with it. Cam Jurgen's going out. Let us know
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: what you're thinking, Philadelphia Sports Table at gmail dot com.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: I'd love to read your email here on the show
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: and respond to it.
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: So let's move over to the defense defensive line again,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: we're talking about the pass rush, talking about stopping the
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: rushing attack as well. From the Vikings, which, by the way,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: Vikings eighty nine yards rushing on the day. They averaged
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: three point nine yards per rushing attempt. Not too too
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: bad in terms of that, but overall, the lack of
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: the pass rush. I'm gonna give them a sea. What
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: do you give them this week?
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: I think c is fair.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: I mentioned that Wentz gifted them two sacks. But we
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: say all the time the players need to make plays.
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: So they made the plays. Other than Wentz, Big Wentz,
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: they really didn't have much pressure on it, so I
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: would say, see is fair.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: The linebackers, boy, I gotta tell you, Zach bond It.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: It was really nice also to have the one and
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: only Nakobe Dean back. He had one really nice tackle
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: for a loss. I believe it was in the second half,
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: just completely blowing right through the gap and tackling uh
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: Jordan Mason.
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: I believe for a big loss. It was that. It's
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: good to have na Kobe Dean back. For sure. I'm
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: gonna give the linebackers an A this week. What do
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: you give them?
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna give him an A. And to me,
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: jeff what today showed was the difference in players being
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: able to trust each other.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: Right, great point.
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: You have ye Bond and Dean back together and they
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: trust each other. They feed off each other, and I
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: think that's the reason why this was arguably the best
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: play from the linebackers all season.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely completely agree. All right, the secondary cornerbacks and
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: the safety position point are really up and down throughout
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: the game. I mean, even Quinnon Mitchell here and there,
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: great cornerback. I'm not gonna crap on him at all,
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: but he had to you know. I mean when you're
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: when you are, when you are covering justin Jefferson, it's
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: a tall task. It really is one of the best
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: in the league. Even Jordan Addison are really really good
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: wide receiver in this league. I think from an overall standpoint,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: I think a B plus for the secondary I think
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: is fair. I don't know what your thoughts here. I'm
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: gonnaive him a B plus.
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna give him an A minus.
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 32:04
  Speaker 3: Part of it is because they broke up a Degene
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: broke up a pass in the end zone, right, And
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: so anytime you force a team to kick a field
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: goal instead of touchdown, I got to give you a
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: little more credit for that. So I would say, you know,
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: I give him an A minus. I thought they did
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: their job.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and we should note too with regard to this
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: Eagles defense overall, again as it's not perfect. The Vikings
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: had six possessions in the red zone. Five of them
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: ended up being field goals. Only one was a touchdown.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: Kind of goes to what you're talking about there, Josh.
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: So all right, well let's get into grading the coaches first, though.
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: We'll get a great special teams this week. Hoally cow
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: Jake Elliott had some issues. Missed forty two yard field
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: goal indoors nonetheless to start the fourth quarter. That was
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: a bit disappointing. He also got penalies for kicking a
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: ball for not even getting to the landing zone in
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: the second half. It was it was kind of a
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: tough day for him. You also had Braden Man only
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: averaging forty eight point seven yards per punt in this game.
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: Really didn't see much out of the return game either.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna give special teams this week a B minus.
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: What do you give them.
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: I'll do the same. I just need to say. This
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: landing zone thing is the dumbest thing. I think it
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: started what like two years ago, where they're lining up
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: on the other end of the field. This is just
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: it's thanks It's the dumbest thing in the world. It's
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: becoming so hard to explain the game of football. Like
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: my son is eight years old, and the poor kid,
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: like every year there's some ridiculous rule change that I
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: now have to try to explain. Yep, well now they
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: have to cook the ball between here and here.
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: And just I know, I'm the biggest fan of football
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: in the world, and I even forgot, like during preseason
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: games and I actually forgot about the whole landing zone thing,
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: and I'm like, what the hell is going on here?
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: What's happening here?
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: I can't, I can't, I I can't.
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: Well, let's grade the defense now, defensive coaching, Vic Fangio.
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna give Vic Fangio a straight up be this week.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: What do you give the defensive coaching.
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: I'm I'm gonna give him an a minus. Okay, you
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: highlighted how often they forced field goals instead of touchdown.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: That is true. I'm giving a B plus. Now B plus.
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: Yes, there are people social media fans, please know this
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: is Vic Fangio's defense. It is ben but don't break Yeah,
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: so please stop freaking out. As the team is driving
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: down the field, this is what happens, and then it
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: often becomes field goals. Vic Fangio knows what he's doing.
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: He's working with a lot of young kids.
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: Yes, he is not a problem. Right.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: The defense, it is what it is.
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: All right, let's move the offensive coaching. Nick Sirianni and
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: Kevin Patulo. I'm gonna be given these gentlemen a C
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: plus this week, and a lot of that is for
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: the rushing attack. It could be a B minus because
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: the passing game really got going and I loved seeing
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: what we saw, all the targets to DeVante and aj.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: But I'm gonna give a C plus to the offensive coaching.
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: What do you give them?
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna give it B minus. Okay, for only one reason.
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: We can't complain week after week after week about the
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: fact that the offense looks the same and today it's
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: a little bit different and they win and we don't
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: give them credit.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: That's a great point.
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: So I do think this offense has a lot of work.
• 35:25
  Speaker 3: But the one thing I will say with the offensive
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: coaching is today gave me a little bit of hope.
• 35:30
  Speaker 3: You highlighted it with the motion they're they're leaning on
• 35:34
  Speaker 3: what's working recently, right, like they're throwing the ball because
• 35:37
  Speaker 3: the running game isn't working. I really have a hard
• 35:41
  Speaker 3: time being critical. I don't love their scoring twenty one points,
• 35:44
  Speaker 3: then that we're celebrating the fact that they were able
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: to manage three touchdowns. They still cannot play even a
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: straight forty five minutes. Yeah, yeah, whatever reason, they just
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: disappear for a while. But anyway, I'll give them a B. Mind.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: You convinced me be minus. I think that's good.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: You convinced me Josh right again, folks, Philadelphia Eagles beating
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings here in Week seven by a score
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  Speaker 1: of twenty eight to twenty two. He's our good friend,
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: Josh Shuster from Philadelphia Soccer Now dot com. Buddy, we're
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: gonna hit out here. You got any final thoughts before
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: we leave the folks out there with this postgame show.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: You know, the Chiefs won like thirty one to nothing today,
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: and I saw that score and I thought to myself self,
• 36:30
  Speaker 3: what what would it be like for the Eagles to
• 36:35
  Speaker 3: do that this year? Yes, like go up, score a
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: bunch of points, play for sixty minutes and not give
• 36:43
  Speaker 3: me a heart attack?
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: Right, what would that be like?
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: Maybe next week we'll find out.
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: Maybe who knows, Hey, New York Giants next week?
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: So we're gonna have to face that team twice in
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: three weeks.
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: Folks. We're gonna have our Eagles postgame show after the
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: back game as well.
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: They lost a heartbreakers they did, so they did motivated. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: absolutely again, folks, is Josh Shuster, I'm Jeff Warren. That's
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: gonna do it for us here on this Eagles postgame
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: podcast show. Take care and we will catch you next time.