Eagles Lose to Cowboys After Leading 21-0: Game Recap

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00:00My oh my folks, my oh my. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys played a game

00:06that I am still trying to wrap my head around. 24-21, the Dallas Cowboys win and cover as a

00:14slight dog. This game staying under the total. 24 unanswered points by the Dallas Cowboys.

00:20Philly was up 21-0 early in this game. And early in this game, Joe, I felt I had never been more

00:31correct about a football game, maybe in my entire life. And yet, I recorded, you know how we do

00:38sometimes, you record a video, you're going to send it out, you know what I mean? A little victory lap.

00:42I didn't send it out. I almost wish I did. People would have had a field day because it was 21-0

00:48at the time of recording that little one-minute blurb. As I still gather myself, incredibly,

00:55you might have to answer for more stuff here than me because you're the Eagles guy.

00:59Well, you are. I was wrong. It's not about being wrong. It's what did you learn from this game?

01:08What did you take away from this game? Why were you wrong? No, no, no. Again, the inconsistency

01:15with the offense showed through glaringly in the second half. And I don't know if it's because

01:22they take the foot off the gas. They don't know how to make halftime adjustments. But the same

01:28concerns that this team had prior to basically the last two games against Detroit and Green Bay

01:35have shown through in this matchup against the divisional opponent. And I was dead wrong in the

01:41breakdown. I said they're the best team. And right now, after this loss, they're not because

01:46they have now a killer instinct that is lacking. You would think that, you know, good teams and

01:53elite teams not only went on the road, they closed those games out. They don't leave the back door

01:58wide open to where you get abused. It's one thing not to cover. It's another thing to lose the game

02:04outright. And again, yes. So the game plan on the coaching side, Sirianni and the offensive staff,

02:12but then the offensive line now is a concern because clearly Saquon and that rushing attack

02:18are totally dead to rights. Whatever, whatever they had with Kellen Moore is gone out the window.

02:24And Kellen Moore is trying to establish that with Devin Neal and that rushing attack with

02:28Taysom Hill. And he needs his head examined as well. But that's besides the point.

02:35The Philadelphia Eagles have lost their mojo for the most part. Can they get it back? Absolutely.

02:41Do they have the playmakers to get it back? Absolutely. But you look at that performance

02:45and you see 24 unanswered points and multiple opportunities to put the nail in the coffin

02:52and they failed to do that. That's on Sirianni. That's on the locker room. But I think if you

02:57would ask AJ Brown, he thought the game went perfect. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure he had more fun than some

03:03of the victories they've had this year. So this is a very complicated game for me to

03:09perfectly articulate how I feel. I'm going to start with this piece of it. Okay.

03:15I hope that wherever today, tomorrow, yesterday, you find analysis around this game, the people

03:25who have spent seasons blaming Jalen Hurts are awake, not asleep at the wheel in their

03:34analysis, and can actually offer you something insightful aside from this desk. I mean, we're

03:39going to handle that business. But at this point now, I'm a little tired of being the only person,

03:44maybe Lisey being the only other person who understands that the Eagles problems are not

03:48Jalen Hurts. He is in fact, their best offensive player and the only thing they can hang their hat

03:53on. And watching this play out like this and watching that be abundantly clear, I am in no way

03:59saying I am happy. But if there is any reward in this game, it is that people will actually have to

04:05look at a coaching staff that is potentially leaking stories to blame the Super Bowl MVP and a running

04:11game that has been atrocious outside of the Super Bowl MVP who can step up for them in spots.

04:19The Eagles have one of the least efficient run games in football. It is exaggerated by an inept

04:27play calling who just keep thinking, well, at some point, it's going to look like last year when the

04:34down and distance doesn't make sense or the spot on the field doesn't make sense for a run. And yet

04:40they call those time and time and time again. People keep wondering why are the Eagles always in

04:46third and long? Why are the Eagles always punting? Why are they always going three and out? Because

04:51Saquon Barkley is averaging under four yards a carry. Whether it is the offensive line,

04:57Saquon is pressing. The play calls are predictable. It's a little A, little B, little C. But you have

05:03a run-heavy offense that can't run the ball. And it's up to Jalen Hurts to bail them out time and

05:11time again. The reality is, as today a lot of people will look to sing the praises of Dallas,

05:18they should not have scored enough to win this game in landing at 24. It was 21-0.

05:24Nothing. Dak did what he's done all year long. No show it. But he's the king of the fake comeback.

05:31Except this time, it actually worked because the defense didn't give up any more points. He was

05:37as probably confused as anybody.

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