Commanders vs. Eagles: NFC Championship Matchup Preview

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00:00Here we find ourselves now, Commanders-Eagles, one win away each team from playing in the

00:05Super Bowl against the AFC's best, which we just previewed, between Buffalo and Kansas

00:10City.

00:11The interesting part about this is, you watch the football game that played out in Philadelphia.

00:14The Eagles are the better team, yes they are, but Jalen Hurts goes down, bangs up that knee.

00:19Quinion Mitchell, one of the better young quarterbacks in the NFL, hurts his shoulder.

00:23It looks like they'll be okay for this Sunday's game, but we know what that means, Joe.

00:28Lay on it a little bit, doesn't work out, you head into the blue tent, things aren't

00:32going your way, but that doesn't stop the odds makers, because at the FanDuel Sportsbook,

00:36Joe, four and a half was the opening line in New Jersey for the Eagles as the favorite.

00:41And this morning, we were looking at five and a half, as you see that graphic.

00:44Live right now at FanDuel, six and a half points here, the line running, Joe, in the

00:50Eagles' direction.

00:52And that doesn't surprise me in the least bit.

00:55I mean, obviously, we have two games that people are going to be looking at that we've

01:01already seen these two teams play, but, you know, we should also make sure that people

01:06understand the context in the two games.

01:08The first game, if you recall, Donny, was a Thursday night game.

01:12I believe the Eagles were a four, four and a half point favorite.

01:15The total was just about 50.

01:18And that game was 10-6.

01:20Washington was leading 10-6 heading into the fourth quarter.

01:24And then the Eagles ripped off 20 points in a row, as I believe they scored two touchdowns

01:30in 20 seconds because of an interception with Jaden Daniels, and Saquon ran wild in there.

01:36And then, of course, the other game, Jalen Hurts left, right, the concussion?

01:40He left early in the first quarter, did not return.

01:44And the Eagles were up in that game 27-14, and, you know, Pickett was doing his thing,

01:50but then they gave up 22 points in the fourth quarter, and all of a sudden, everything changed.

01:56So two very different games, ultimately, that we ended up getting from these two teams.

02:02The bottom line is a third go around here, boy, this is going to be interesting.

02:09Does this thing get to seven?

02:10I don't think so.

02:11I think it's going to hover around the six, six-and-a-half mark.

02:15I think it's going to stay just under a touchdown here.

02:19But there are some question marks around the health of Jalen Hurts here.

02:24And can the commanders, can they learn from those previous two games?

02:28Because in the first game, three quarters, they dominated Philadelphia in that game.

02:34And then the mistakes by a rookie quarterback ended up costing them.

02:39Not the same in that second game where the rookie quarterback made a lot of big plays

02:44when he needed to in order to come back and win that game.

02:47So what version do we get in this round three here, Donnie?