Eagles vs. Commanders: NFC East Top Spot Battle Preview

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00:00a divisional clash a battle for the top spot in the nfc east where the eagles at home will enter

00:07in first but by just a half game in front of the washington commanders washington is seven and

00:14three the eagles are seven and two number one spot in the nfc east will be decided based on

00:20the outcome of thursday night drs what more could you ask for on a thursday to kick off week 11

00:27absolutely nothing you got really good weather too it's going to be cooler chilly conditions

00:31in philadelphia no real precipitation in the forecast you take a look at light wind so we

00:34should have a clean slate here and also you don't have those huge travel demands ben right you see

00:38a team from minnesota fly out to los angeles on a thursday washington to philadelphia nice

00:43little short trip shouldn't have any lag for the washington football team coming into this one i

00:47expect a good game we look at that points total 48 and a half the eagles are three and a half

00:51point favorite and i think that is about right washington is a quality football team but the

00:55philadelphia eagles now getting healthy let's also remind ourselves last week the eagles on the

01:00offensive line a little bit under siege against the dallas cowboys they get some of their past

01:03wrestlers back which included micah parsons but jordan mailotta activated yesterday he will be

01:08playing in this game as their star left tackle that offensive line is ready to go aj brown selfie

01:13devonta smith you take a look at the tight end position in dallas goddard saquon barkley even

01:17that ankle injury another week out for jalen hurts the eagles are full gas for tonight and

01:22that bodes well for them yes the birds certainly are and the reason that philly will enter

01:27this nfce showdown in the number one spot is because of a five-game win streak for philadelphia

01:35donnie we expected the eagles to be the divisional favorites entering the year in fact they were

01:39priced as such and they are right now we'll look at the outlook for both of these teams in just a

01:45moment the next half hour here on this thursday on tel is a breakdown and preview and every

01:51synopsis that you need for thursday night let's go back to that number three and a half points

01:57spread in favor of the eagles the total stands at 48 and a half philadelphia has been booked as a

02:04favorite in four of five games on this win streak they've actually only covered twice and for the

02:10first time last week with land more than a touchdown the eagles did cover in a game it was

02:16expected to be comfortable they hammered dallas in dallas but probably more indicative drs of the

02:21cowboys in the dreadful season that dallas is having in terms of anything that philadelphia

02:27is doing but the eagles have covered in three of these five wins the reason i highlight that

02:33is there's been a few times on this win streak donnie where it's felt like okay the eagles are

02:38squeaking by in winning games ugly they're expected to win easy i would say now though

02:45entering tonight it feels like philadelphia is optimistic once again it feels like the eagles

02:52are deserving of being the favorites in the nfc east and one of the true conference contenders

02:57around the nfc yes and also you're trying to set up what you're getting out of the washington

03:02commanders they're a good football team i give them a lot of credit for how far they've come

03:06they've closed last week for a quality pittsburgh steelers team but sometimes it feels like you do

03:10level up in class and you're waiting for that big time victory they stepped up against the baltimore

03:14ravens took a loss they stepped up against the pittsburgh steelers took a loss opening day you

03:18probably want to wipe the slate clean rookie quarterback on the road this first start and

03:21quite frankly if tampa bay never gets injured what their record would actually be at this point in

03:25the season but we can only qualify that based on what we're going to expect tonight and that's

03:29the team in the philadelphia eagles that's been there done that before winning division championships

03:33getting to the super bowl jalen hurts the veteran quarterback versus jaden daniels the rookie

03:37quarterback you have a lot of strengths here on that philadelphia eagles when that offense is

03:42full go and everybody's in fact they move the football with ease but let's also remind ourselves

03:46that philadelphia eagles defense under vic fangio gets better every single week and who would have

03:51thought coming into the season boy the eagles need some help to replace that aging secondary

03:55which on one side of derrius slay but on the other side you know had a mix mash of a million

04:00different players last year right but now we take a look and say cj gj comes back into the equation

04:05playing solid at safety blank and ship one of the better safeties in football but then you draft two

04:10kids in the first round quinon mitchell and then cooper de gene two of the best

04:15defensive backs in football overall how about that coop cooper de gene just wait until he

04:23takes off the helmet tonight donnie right side is going to be fired up

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