00:00We'll start in Philadelphia.
00:02First time in a long time.
00:05They just feel like they're having fun.
00:08Yeah.
00:09Like, I know that that might sound silly, and you can certainly,
00:14if you, it's the Raiders, it's the, guys, come on.
00:17It's the Commanders.
00:19The Eagles were winning playoff games, and everybody was miserable.
00:22The Eagles were beating the defending, you know, whatever.
00:26They were, it didn't matter.
00:27They were beating the Lions.
00:28The Packers, everyone was miserable.
00:31They look happy.
00:33They're smiling.
00:35And I think you're right.
00:36Like, the negative stuff can be infectious, but the positive stuff can be as well.
00:41And I have said to you, again, we joke about it,
00:44I've not believed Philly was going to win the NFC throughout the length of this season.
00:48But the most chance I've ever given them has been over the last two weeks.
00:51Because I think so much of it is about how they feel.
00:55Not who they are.
00:55We know who they are.
00:56We know who Jalen Hurts is, unless you're a clown.
00:59There's a lot of clowns.
01:00There are a lot of clowns.
01:01You know how many quarterbacks have been in the playoffs each of the last five seasons?
01:04Josh Allen.
01:05Jalen Hurts.
01:06All right, yeah, maybe it's because I've been beaten.
01:07Hey, I just want everyone to know.
01:08But that's the reality.
01:10So, Philly feels different.
01:15Chicago Green Bay is an odd one, though, Joe.
01:16Yeah.
01:17It's an odd one.
01:18I think Chicago now has the inside.
01:20I mean, to me.
01:21I agree with that, but I don't love this living on the edge every single week thing they do.
01:25But, again, they're a young team.
01:27So, that's why I don't think they're championship ready.
01:30Right.
01:31I think next year, if they get to a playoff, they win a playoff game, I think they'll have a better foundation, obviously, in year number two with Ben Johnson and Caleb now, feeling confident.
01:44He's got his play caller for probably the rest of his career in Chicago, right?
01:50And that's what you wanted.
01:52They should have did it last year.
01:53They didn't.
01:53Here's the thing.
01:56When we talk, when you bring up those teams, let's talk Seattle.
02:00Okay, great.
02:01Zach Charbonnet, Kenneth Walker, one-two punch.
02:04Outside of JSN, are we about, what, Cooper Cup?
02:0744 receptions.
02:09Rashid Shahid has 175.
02:11In a playoff environment, is that the core that's going to elevate Sam Darnold to the promise lane?
02:18Because Sam Darnold couldn't do it with the best wide receiver in football last year, in Justin Jefferson, and in a second complimentary piece, in Jordan Addison.
02:30And, oh, by the way, Hawkinson and Aaron Jones.
02:33But that's my point.
02:34He's going to do it with this group?
02:35And I know he's doing it in the regular season.
02:38But in a playoff environment, if you have to go to Philadelphia, you go toe-to-toe with the Eagles.
02:43Is that group scaring you?
02:44I'm just saying.
02:45No, no.
02:46But that's the thing, I think, you know, right now, you look at the conference, and, you know, where is that belief?
02:53Yeah, but that's the thing.
02:54What team do you have?
02:56All of those teams on that list.
02:58Yeah.
02:58Forget records.
03:01Chips in the middle of the table.
03:03Who is built to win on the road?
03:05Tell them.
03:06Eagles?
03:07And I would say maybe San Francisco and the Rams.
03:11Outside that.
03:12Yeah, I think those are.
03:13But that's my point, that you feel confident in.
03:16They have the experience at quarterback.
03:18They have the coach.
03:19And that's it.
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