Eagles' Season Breakdown: Adam Malamut Joins the Show

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00:00 So let's talk about the Eagles in general in their season and gain some perspective

00:08 there and then talk a little bit about how the Chiefs and 49ers matchup might be.

00:11 So it was obviously a really unique season, right?

00:14 They were coming off a Super Bowl loss.

00:16 So very often a Super Bowl hangover for both teams.

00:20 But in particular, the team that loses the Super Bowl has a very tough time getting back

00:24 there.

00:25 So the Eagles race out to a 9-1 lead, beating the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City on Monday

00:31 night.

00:32 But there seemed to be little seeds of evidence that maybe this wasn't the same version of

00:39 the Eagles.

00:40 Jalen Hurts a little bit banged up.

00:42 They started winning these close games against the Commanders, the Dallas Cowboys, and then

00:47 that Chiefs game.

00:48 And then it started to unravel from there.

00:50 Why do you think that happened?

00:51 You know, Mike, let me start off by saying, and the Jets fans aren't going to be happy

00:54 about this.

00:56 I knew we had a problem when we lost to the Jets.

00:58 When you lose, there are certain teams that you're supposed to lose to, or you should

01:02 be more competitive with.

01:03 There are certain teams that you should run away with.

01:07 The Jets team on paper is a young, good team.

01:10 But the Eagles matchup is so much better.

01:13 And when we saw that game break down...

01:15 And the Jets beat them.

01:16 That's really, I think, what you're aiming for, right?

01:18 Yeah, they beat the pulp out of them.

01:20 And it was a decisive win.

01:23 And the problem that we recognized was, at that point, we knew that there was something

01:28 going on.

01:29 We didn't know where the failure was.

01:30 We didn't know whether it was something that was a systemic failure or just some miscues.

01:37 But then we saw them come in and they beat the Chiefs.

01:41 And it was interesting.

01:42 They beat the Chiefs without Jalen Hurts throwing a touchdown, but he scored two rushing touchdowns.

01:47 DeAndre Swift scored a rushing touchdown.

01:49 So all 21 of the Eagles' points were on the ground, not through the air.

01:54 Jalen Hurts in that game only threw for 150 yards.

01:58 I happen to love Jalen.

01:59 I'm a huge Jalen Hurts fan.

02:02 But he's got an arm.

02:03 And I think that some of the discord may have come from folks not getting the ball that

02:08 wanted the ball.

02:09 And it's good to have a competitive team where everybody wants the ball.

02:13 But in that game, they played a really well-planned game plan against who I think is probably

02:21 the best team in the league.

02:23 Yeah, absolutely.

02:24 And then just a couple of weeks later, they had this matchup against the Niners at home.

02:31 And that's when we knew, OK, if we thought there wasn't a problem at this point, now

02:35 we know there's a problem because the Niners just ran them over.

02:39 42-19 victory.

02:41 I will never forget back in the Charlie Garner days, the Eagles running up the score 40 points

02:47 on the Niners.

02:48 Payback.

02:49 Remember that?

02:50 That was a long time ago.

02:51 Yeah, payback from the Charlie Garner days.

02:53 The Charlie Garner days, yeah.

02:56 But the Eagles came out flat in that game.

02:59 And it was amazing to me because they had every incentive to come out in that game and

03:03 come out strong.

03:05 And they just didn't.

03:06 I mean, from the get-go, they didn't come out strong.

03:08 Jalen Hurts threw the ball 45 times.

03:11 It's a huge difference from what they did with the Chiefs game, where they were successful.

03:15 He had to because they were getting killed.

03:18 In the first quarter, the Eagles were up 6-0.

03:21 Then all of a sudden, the 49ers just run the table.

03:24 14 points in the second quarter.

03:25 14 points in the third quarter.

03:27 14 points in the fourth quarter.

03:29 They never took their foot off the gas.

03:31 And here you have the Eagles that are trying to figure out how to get back in the game.

03:35 They're trying to figure out exactly what it is that they need to game plan and where

03:38 they're miscuing.

03:39 And they just couldn't get it together.

03:40 So Jalen Hurts rushed for seven times.

03:43 Seven rushes in that game.

03:44 No clock management.

03:45 You've got the quarterback leading the team in rushing attempts and rushing yards with

03:50 20 yards.

03:51 Right.

03:52 Right.

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