49ers vs. Eagles: Battle of Football Giants on Sunday

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00:02 - You are even wearing a San Francisco jersey

00:05 in the greater Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

00:07 I would take it off right now.

00:09 You are going to be heckled relentlessly.

00:11 I would not show up at Lincoln Financial Field

00:14 if I was not backing the birds on Sunday.

00:17 Who are an underdog for just the second,

00:20 or the third time, excuse me, in the last two seasons.

00:23 In both of the previous two,

00:25 against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.

00:29 And of course, two Mondays ago in Arrowhead,

00:32 in which the Eagles won outright.

00:34 Donnie, both teams, top five in scoring offense

00:37 in the National Football League,

00:38 both actually tied for third, 28.2 points per game.

00:42 San Francisco though, after this three game win streak,

00:45 following the bye, they have picked it up defensively

00:49 as well, top scoring defensive unit

00:52 in the National Football League, entering week number 13.

00:56 They've been booked as a favorite

00:57 in every single game this year.

00:59 The Niners have covered in seven of their eight wins.

01:02 - Yes, the Niners are a very good team.

01:04 And also picking up Chase Young at the trade deadline.

01:06 That was a big move here to tell you,

01:08 you have bookend guys that can get pressure

01:10 on a quarterback.

01:10 Well, good thing for the Philadelphia Eagles,

01:12 maybe they're the best tackle tandem in the NFL.

01:14 You saw last week, the meaningfulness of certain games.

01:17 The Buffalo Bills was a game

01:18 the Philadelphia Eagles wanted to win.

01:20 But the Buffalo Bills game was also an AFC game

01:23 that if you said, okay, if we play Lane Johnson

01:25 and he's not right with his groin and re-injures it,

01:27 we don't have him down the back stretch,

01:29 which probably means he's gonna miss games

01:30 against the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers.

01:33 So for Lane Johnson and Julen Mailota

01:35 to be helping this football game,

01:36 that helps you counteract everything here

01:38 to try to keep that pass rush off.

01:40 'Cause the one thing we know,

01:41 maybe the best front seven in football in totality

01:43 is the San Francisco 49ers.

01:45 A little bit susceptible on the back end,

01:46 but it also goes back to the point where,

01:48 let's see what happens.

01:49 Because when you talk about scripted plays,

01:52 Kyle Shanahan may be the best in the business

01:54 at saying, I got 10 plays ready to go here.

01:56 Watch us cook on offense on this first drive

01:58 and walk right down the field and score a touchdown.

02:00 It'll be very interesting when that coin flip goes up,

02:02 who's gonna take the football,

02:04 'cause typically everybody in the NFL,

02:05 they wanna defer,

02:06 we're gonna take the ball in the second half.

02:08 Let's just see if we can hold it down.

02:09 But again, as I said,

02:10 the San Francisco 49ers playing from ahead.

02:12 If they lose that toss, get the opening kickoff,

02:14 drive down for a touchdown,

02:16 that's gonna drive a stake in the Philadelphia Eagles.

02:17 They're like, okay, the 49ers are here to play

02:19 and away we go,

02:20 and we'll see if we can pull off another comeback.

02:22 But this game is right down razor thin margins.

02:26 And if I'm being honest with myself,

02:28 I always look at the line.

02:29 I don't look at this line, I'm like, man,

02:30 that's an Eagles line I absolutely wanna jump on.

02:33 It's one of those lines that puzzles you a little bit

02:35 and go, my goodness, that's proving it.

02:37 'Cause I know you brought up

02:37 in the Jacksonville Jaguars game,

02:39 they were also that same three points,

02:41 that man, Jacksonville might be the hottest team

02:42 in football at home, rested and ready.

02:44 I wonder what gives in this game.

02:45 Well, you know what gave?

02:46 The Jacksonville Jaguars defense gave it up

02:48 against the 49ers offense.

02:49 I'm just interested to see how that first half

02:51 plays out here.

02:52 'Cause if the Eagles are up at the half,

02:53 that's a great sign.

02:54 If they're down, can they come back?

02:56 Of course they can,

02:57 but that's where the 49ers pin their ears back

02:58 and can get after you.

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