Are the Packers the Real Threat to the Eagles in NFC?

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00:00I ask you, though, Joe, should the Green Bay Packers be seen right now

00:04as the biggest threats to the Eagles in the NFC?

00:08I still don't believe so.

00:09They had a great week one performance.

00:11I'm not going to take away from it.

00:12I told you when we broke down the game as well,

00:14I wanted to see more out of Jordan Love in the passing attack.

00:17His number entering that game was 234.5.

00:20He finishes with 188.

00:22They score on their first three possessions.

00:24They build the 17-0 first half lead.

00:26And then they hold on to win basically by double digits.

00:30I didn't see adjustments in the second half,

00:32but they didn't really have to because Detroit was inept.

00:36And that was basically the problem for this matchup, losing by 14 points.

00:40The offense coordinator, the defense coordinator,

00:43making their first career starts were exposed in this matchup.

00:47And we talk about it.

00:48Continuity matters.

00:49You have to understand how this talent responds in game situations.

00:53Call a game plan around that talent.

00:55And sometimes it takes a while before you get into a rhythm.

00:59But Jordan Love was very clean with the football.

01:02They got the football to Jaden Reed,

01:04who was the non-existent man at the end of the regular season.

01:07We saw Josh Jacobs pound it for 66 yards.

01:11But again, Kev, I want to see four quarters of this.

01:15I don't want to see three drives where we score,

01:19Detroit makes adjustments, and then all of a sudden we pull it out.

01:23It's okay in week one, but big picture, that can't last.

01:27That's why I still believe the Eagles are the team to beat.

01:30I agree with you that the Eagles are the team to beat.

01:32And I, you know, Joe, this is something we are right now certainly very aligned on.

01:37I am not running to anoint Green Bay because I had questions about the Packers

01:42that had nothing that Parsons joining, okay, answered half of them.

01:48I still have questions on the offense.

01:50They came out guns a-blazing.

01:51I mean, really.

01:52I mean, Love was dialed in.

01:53Ground game wasn't going, but that's fine.

01:55And again, you and I are like, worry about the ground.

01:57Let Love cook.

01:59They came out of the half.

02:00Punt.

02:01Punt.

02:02They get handed a 36-yard field.

02:05Okay, they make good on it.

02:06And then that's the game.

02:07They get handed, you know, lines went for a down.

02:10The game was over.

02:11They didn't really play football in the second half.

02:15And I understand that they were in control.

02:1817-3 isn't game over.

02:21So, offensively, those questions will exist.

02:25Defensively, I think they can be very good because they were a Parsons away from that.

02:31However, I am someone who I felt was, you know, slamming the table.

02:36You and I were live on Pro Football today on Sunday morning.

02:39Why has everyone just decided to no longer talk about all these Lions things

02:43that we were worried about?

02:44Right.

02:45All offseason.

02:46And what do you know?

02:48The second the Lions lost this game, man, you know, it's tough, man.

02:52Ben Johnson's in Chicago.

02:54The offensive line lost.

02:56Oh, really?

02:57I thought, what do you, I thought, hold on.

03:00You, well, you don't bring it up until it happens.

03:02But, like, we, Joe, all offseason, everyone was like, I don't know about this.

03:07This is upset.

03:08This is tough for the Lions.

03:09And then a lot of the, and I know I sound like you, but, like, the Sharps are like, Detroit,

03:15could you believe this?

03:16They're being so undersold.

03:18No, I don't think they were.

03:19Right.

03:19And I think the Lions, we talk sometimes about week one, what's an overreaction and what is real.

03:25The Lions offense being much worse than last year's dominant, dominant group is absolutely on the board.

03:352.1 yards per carry.

03:36Less than 50 yards rushing.

03:39And this isn't college.

03:40No, no, no.

03:40But hold on.

03:40College football, either.

03:42Shacks don't come into the rushing yards.

03:43But, Joe, they come out, all this stuff.

03:46Gibbs is RB1.

03:47Gibbs is RB1.

03:48I look at the start of the game.

03:49Gibbs, Gibbs, wow.

03:51Montgomery 11, parents, Gibbs 9.

03:53I mean, come on.

03:54What?

03:54Did Dan Campbell give the O.C. a shake?

03:56I don't know.

03:56Enough.

03:58Get Monty the football for what?

03:59They love Monty, right?

04:00I don't know what it is.

04:01I have no idea.

04:02He's a very good second running back.

04:06But he's nowhere near the explosiveness of Jameer Gibbs.

04:09Especially even in the receiving game.

04:11Again.

04:1210 for 31.

04:13Come on.

04:14Come on.

04:15Who had his receiving yards over and lost that in the game?

04:17He had 10 catches.

04:18It's crazy.

04:19Come on.

04:19It's amazing.

04:20But credit Green Bay.

04:22That defense was flying sideline to sideline.

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