Eagles at 4-0: Best Team in Football Despite Internal Strife

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00:00The Philadelphia Eagles are 4-0.

00:02And for anybody that doesn't know when it comes to this desk,

00:05Joe Lisi will let you know how good the Philadelphia Eagles are.

00:07The only thing that would come from me.

00:09Joe has been adamant all year long they are the best team in football.

00:11And so far through four weeks, Joe, the record says they're the best team in football.

00:16The details of these games have been very odd.

00:19The last two Philadelphia Eagles games have featured two incredible halves of offense

00:24and two of the worst halves of offense any teams have put forward.

00:28Half one against the Rams, half two against the Bucs.

00:32Atrocious.

00:33The middle portions were fantastic.

00:36And what this has led to is, once again, A.J. Brown not being very happy.

00:42Sending out sub-tweets on Twitter.

00:44And then he's doing press conferences where he's like,

00:47Guys, it's not about stats.

00:49It's not about stats.

00:50I just want to win.

00:52I'm telling you.

00:53And I want our offense to get going.

00:55It's not about stats.

00:57And then Diana Russini of the Athletic reports that not only is A.J. Brown upset,

01:02but so is Devonta Smith.

01:04And one thing they're really upset about is that they don't have many touchdowns,

01:08which I'm going to be honest with you, A.J., if this is a part of your complaints.

01:12That sounds like it's about stats because the Eagles have scored a touchdown

01:16on 100% of their red zone opportunities.

01:19So to complain about the Eagles' red zone offense feels maybe a little ridiculous.

01:24Joe, you are adamant, again, I cannot stress this enough, people will think it will be me,

01:28it is you, that the Eagles are by far the best team in football.

01:32They are.

01:33But there's a lot going on here.

01:35What do you make of the A.J. Brown comments, the way the Eagles' offense looks,

01:39what do you make of it all?

01:40Typical wide receivers, no?

01:41I mean, you can go back to the days of, I think, Jerry Rice, and, you know,

01:46when you have a more key number one.

01:47And now it's Devonta Smith, the pure consummate professional,

01:51potentially coming out and saying, you know, that he's not getting enough touchdowns.

01:55I get it.

01:55He did score a touchdown against the Rams, though.

01:57I guess that wasn't.

01:58Yeah, a game-winning touchdown.

01:59Right, that wasn't.

02:00It wasn't enough.

02:01He's furious for some reason.

02:03Let me just say this.

02:05Four or no?

02:05Yep.

02:05I know they haven't put together four quarters of football.

02:09Nope.

02:10I got it.

02:10But they're undefeated.

02:12Yes.

02:12And, Ken, I will make this argument.

02:15Has there been a team in the NFL that has played a harder schedule

02:21in the first four weeks of the regular season than the Philadelphia Eagles?

02:27Divisional opponent with six months of preparation, new coach, new optimism,

02:33Dallas Cowboys, they win.

02:34They grind it out, but they win.

02:36Right?

02:36Rematch, Super Bowl, in Arrowhead against a team that they clipped

02:41in last year's Super Bowl and demolished them with revenge on their minds.

02:45And what did they do?

02:47They won and covered.

02:48Revenge, playoff game where the Rams covered but were in striking distance

02:53to almost knock off Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley.

02:58And what happened?

02:58They won for a half, but they won and covered.

03:01Now, it doesn't matter how they covered, but they won and covered.

03:05Yep.

03:05And then last week, a team that had beat them the two previous years, right,

03:10beat them in a playoff environment 32-6, 32-7, beat them in the regular season

03:15by 20-plus, and then they go in there and they hold on and win.

03:19Maybe it wasn't as flashy as you wanted, but if this was the Chiefs, nobody has played a

03:25harder schedule with revenge, and teams play off-caliber teams, every single one of them.

03:30I mean, no?

03:32Who's played a harder schedule?

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