Evaluating NFL Game Outcomes: The Eagles' Struggles

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00:00I'm on social media, anybody who's telling me they love the Eagles, and again, I understand

00:06people are going to get things right or wrong, but what could you possibly gain by loving

00:11the Eagles?

00:12Like, what has anybody seen to love anyone, maybe outside of the Saints, and I don't even

00:16trust that, in the NFL.

00:18And so what happens in the game is just like every other game we've seen, it comes down

00:22to a play or two that goes wrong for one team, right for another.

00:27The things that went wrong for the Falcons, Matt, last week, went wrong for Philadelphia

00:31yesterday.

00:32You know, coaching may have cost them the win, yes, but they were not covering that

00:36spread at any point, really, throughout the game.

00:40So my takeaway from this is I guess I gotta find a way to back the Eagles next week and

00:45fade the Falcons?

00:46Like, I mean, that's just kind of what I'm looking at here.

00:48Yeah, that's what it feels like, and you know, Falcons are in primetime again next week against

00:53the Chiefs.

00:55We know primetime games often go under, so that's another wrinkle that you could throw

00:59into that.

01:00But you're right, as far as that game, I mean, those two teams were even.

01:04The Falcons were gashing the Eagles all night against the run, and the only reason it looked

01:09like they weren't doing more throwing the balls, because Kirk Cousins, you know, didn't

01:13look good at all.

01:14I'm seeing all these social media clips.

01:16He can't push off on his right leg.

01:18Look at all these receivers he's missing.

01:19Well, I tell you what, on that last drive, he looked pretty good.

01:23On the drive, a couple drives before that, he looked pretty good.

01:26So I don't know what to make of it.

01:28It's time to drive.

01:29It's not even game to game anymore, and you just gotta try to figure out what's going

01:34on.

01:35And it's very, very difficult, especially when you get into these primetime games.

01:40We know Thursday nights are wacky.

01:41I swear now, Monday night's just as wacky.

01:45It's getting tough out there.