Eagles Triumph Without Star Performance: Game Recap

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00:00Tom, biggest takeaway from this game?

00:04The Eagles won and it didn't require Saquon

00:08to have a massive game.

00:09And a lot of people talked about,

00:11throughout the Eagles season,

00:14A.J. Brown not having the biggest games at times

00:16and it was a Saquon team

00:17and players had to play different roles

00:19and you couldn't be the star.

00:20And a lot of that was true tonight,

00:22where Saquon was actually the one

00:24that wasn't being the star.

00:25He was held to less than 100 yards combined,

00:28which is not something that we had seen from Saquon,

00:30especially with the recent run that he's been on.

00:32And it is a team effort to win.

00:35And that's what it requires.

00:36Whether it's early in the season,

00:37Saquon has big games.

00:38Late in the season, other players have to step up at times.

00:40A.J. Brown being held to 10 yards in a playoff game.

00:43They still find ways to win.

00:44And honestly, credit to the coaching staff.

00:48Obviously, they're gonna have more leave.

00:49He's gonna be a head coach.

00:50But from the top to the bottom,

00:52they constructed a roster that everyone had a part.

00:55And it didn't have to be one player every single game.

00:59You have to just pull the right levers.

01:00And it brings a team effort to win.

01:02Well, Scott, I didn't believe it

01:04in the two weeks of lead up and all the conversation,

01:07obviously, surrounding this game.

01:08But I know you did.

01:10Lots of people, a lot of sharps, quite frankly.

01:13A lot of the professional bettors that I spoke with

01:16were screaming unders on Saquon Barkley.

01:19Whether it's rushing, receiving, combined yardage,

01:23rushing yardage, longest rush yardage.

01:26It was just, will he score a touchdown?

01:29Who knows?

01:29I mean, that's something of a wild card.

01:30I never, in a million years,

01:32would have guessed the Eagles would put up 40 points

01:34and Saquon would not find the end zone.

01:36That, to me, might be the most shocking thing

01:38to come out of this game.

01:39But for all the people that said,

01:42yeah, I don't think this is gonna be a Saquon game.

01:45And you were in that camp.

01:47Congrats, because you nailed it.

01:48The Eagles found a way to win, obviously.

01:50And the defense was a gigantic part of it.

01:52But offensively, it was the other guys.

01:55Yeah, I'll pat myself on the back

01:57because no one else will, right?

01:59I mean, I-

01:59No, just take credit to you.

02:01They're gonna win by 30.

02:02We'll put up 30 and win by multiple scores.

02:05To perfection.

02:06I mean, it really, you know,

02:07even the 17 point difference, it was 18 points.

02:10I had it at 34, 17, right?

02:12But I thought they would stuff the box.

02:14They did.

02:15I thought they would control Barkley.

02:15They did.

02:17And I thought that it would be up to Jalen Hurts

02:19to throw the football.

02:20And he did.

02:20Although I will say, you know,

02:21if you just looked at the box score,

02:23it's one of those goofy games where

02:25I imagine Jalen Hurts got the MVP.

02:28But in reality, it was the Eagles defense

02:30that really should be the MVP of this game.

02:32Because if I told you before the game, guys,

02:34that Philadelphia would have 57 yards

02:37rushing at a Saquon Barkley on 25 carries.

02:40So it's not like they only, you know,

02:41did it a couple of times.

02:42And their leading receiver was Devontae Smith?

02:44No.

02:45A.J. Brown?

02:46No.

02:47How about Saquon Barkley?

02:48You know, six receptions and his 40 yards.

02:51It wasn't even for like 120 yards.

02:53So he took one of these and then went the distance, right?

02:55He didn't have any long runs.

02:56His longest run was only 10 yards.

02:58You know, Jalen Hurts, you know,

02:59threw the ball for 221 yards.

03:01Nothing crazy.

03:02So it's like, how do you look at that and say

03:04they scored 40 points,

03:05but the defense, the interception return,

03:07set him up for another short touchdown.

03:09It was the defense that really kind of stole the show.

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