Eagles Edge Out Patriots 14-13 in Thursday's Preseason Meeting

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00:00Stand-alone Thursday night game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the Philadelphia Eagles held off

00:04the New England Patriots 14-13. And if you are a handicapper out there, which many of you are,

00:09you were looking at the game going, hmm, that's interesting. Three points, three and a half

00:13points here as a favorite to the New England Patriots at game time. That only told us one

00:17thing, Dubs. That means the Philadelphia Eagles, at least on offense, were not going to play their

00:20starters, and the Patriots were. And for a long portion of this game, if you were backing the

00:25Patriots, you had the lead and the cover until late. Tanner McKee, 15 of 19 for the Philadelphia

00:31Eagles, 140 yards, no interceptions, no touchdown, but a passer rating of 97. I was pretty impressed.

00:38We'll start here. Tanner McKee, Kenny Pickett, high completion percentage rating here. The

00:42Philadelphia Eagles pull out that victory. What did you see out of the quarterbacks who may be

00:46down the stretch if they needed to fill in, Dubsie? Maybe they can do something out there.

00:50Yeah, I thought it was solid play, and it tells us that, you know, it's obviously very competitive

00:54quarterbacks room. Obviously, Jalen Hurts wasn't in the mix there, but from Tanner McKee,

00:58very efficient with that passing. Kenny Pickett, I think he's always trying to make the most

01:03of every opportunity that he's seen, you know, get that playing time. So, for the Eagles,

01:07you've got to like what they did show, a bit of character, a bit of moxie. I know it's only

01:11the preseason, but showed enough grit to sort of hold on and get the chocolate. See, if you saw

01:16this score, 14 to 13, you would say this is a fantastic ball game. It wasn't, though. It was

01:21an absolute snoozer for me, but yes, I guess that is one of the shining lights that we can

01:25take away. There wasn't a lot in terms of rushing there on the ground for the Eagles

01:30receiving. We've got to see a couple of young guys getting in the mix there. Good

01:33spread across the park, but 14 to 13, the Eagles get it done on that side of the ball. Tanner

01:38McKee was probably the shining light, and then on the other side there for the pats, you know,

01:42Drake May, I thought he looked a lot more, I guess, showed a bit more promise than Jacobi

01:48Brissett for Jacobi Brissett. You know, Tony, this is the preseason. This is your one chance

01:52to get out there and show us what we haven't seen before, but it looked like the same old

01:56Jacobi Brissett. He was struggling to even get it past 10 yards down the field there, so I think

02:01if anyone got the edge, it was Drake May coming in for the pats. And by the way, you take a look

02:06at the Patriots and their outlook here, Dubs, for the season. It's not very high, and quite frankly,

02:10the fans of the sports book, they're predicted to be dead last in the NFL record-wise at like

02:15a three-to-one price, which is crazy. Their win total under Tom Brady and Bill Belichick,

02:19usually hovering 10-and-a-half, 11-and-a-half games on a year-to-year basis. They're now

02:24sitting at that four-and-a-half range, and if you are Jacobi Brissett, you actually had a decent

02:28drive to start the ball game, but you can't make errors. And first of all, you're playing against

02:32a second-team defense primarily. You get down in the red zone, you throw that terrible interception,

02:36which Evante Maddox returned back to the 50-yard line for the Philadelphia Eagles,

02:40and right away the Bluebirds come out in New England. Now, the question is going to be,

02:44when do you make that move to Drake May? The one thing that we can say, 6-of-11 for 47 yards,

02:49not all that impressive, we understand, but he is very mobile, and you saw that on his touchdown run

02:54earlier in the game to give the lead to the Patriots there, to have that 10-to-3 lead at

02:58the half. Let me ask you this question. If you're the New England Patriots and Gerard Mayo, are you

03:03starting Jacobi Brissett to start the season to save Drake May because you don't think they're

03:07going to be a good football team, or would you just start Drake May right at the gate and say,

03:11you're a top first-round pick here. You got to play, get your feet wet right away.

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