Eagles vs. Saints: Key Players & Strategies for Sunday

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00:00Let's see what other teams could find some success tonight and maybe some players that

00:06we should be eyeing as we head into Sunday football.

00:09I think we have to start with the Eagles versus the Saints.

00:13A Saints team that's killing it defensively, their run game has come to life.

00:18I mean, they're really attacking and they're very efficient on both sides of the ball and

00:22that's regardless of their competition and I hate to give credit to the Saints, but they

00:26look really good and the Eagles still threw up some question marks in their last game.

00:30We're not really sure what we're going to see out of the Eagles when it comes to their

00:33offense versus this Saints defense.

00:35What do you think, Tom?

00:36Yeah, the play calling for the Eagles and the mismanagement of the clock and going for

00:43this and not going for that, that's a completely different conversation of what actually needs

00:47to be done between Kellen Moore and Nick Sirianni, what they need to establish of like who's

00:52making the final call, whatever it might be.

00:54When it comes to this game, AJ Brown didn't practice today.

00:57I think that is massively, massively important.

01:00I think we should continue to look towards Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed, both for the

01:05Saints.

01:06They're off to a great start.

01:07Olave does not have a touchdown.

01:10The Saints are flying on offense right now, but Chris Olave needs to find the end zone.

01:14So I'm going to be on him for a touchdown again, quarterbacks keeping their star wide

01:18receivers happy.

01:19And if we're not going to be seeing AJ Brown active, I think this has to be a Saquon Barkley

01:26combined rushing plus receiving.

01:28We saw how effective he was in the running game on Monday night against the Falcons,

01:34breaking off those runs eight, nine, 10 yards at a time.

01:37So they're going to be doing that.

01:39That's certainly fine.

01:40But that passing game volume can certainly open up if AJ Brown is there.

01:43I wouldn't look to Jahan Dotson, probably not an option I'm going to.

01:46I think Devontae Smith should play a role, but I'm not interested in his number at 72

01:50and a half.

01:51I think the number is like, it's too good of a number.

01:53It's like, it's so refined that it's not worth betting for me.

01:56Dallas Goddard, tight end, 39 and a half.

01:58That's where we maybe could be looking.

02:00We did see Lou Shoemaker, the backup tight end for the Cowboys have a solid game when

02:06Jake Ferguson was out last week.

02:08So if the deficiency when it comes to the Saints defense is lacking against tight ends,

02:14Goddard could have some openings in the middle of the field.