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Eagles vs. Commanders: NFC East Battle in Week 11 Showdown
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11/14/2024
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The top battle in the NFC East between Philadelphia and Washington, the Eagles and the Commanders
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in a great week 11 Thursday night football game to kick off this week in the National
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Football League.
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The Eagles enter on a five game win streak at seven and two, a half game in front of
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Washington now atop the NFC East standings.
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The Commanders falling at home last week by just a single point to the Pittsburgh Steelers
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in a great game, Washington now seven and three, three and a half point spread.
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The IRS in favor of the birds tonight at home total is 48 and a half.
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We love having the numbers drive our conversation with the magnitude and the significance of
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this Thursday night game.
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Where do you look first?
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It's got to be the Philadelphia Eagles at the minus three and a half.
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It's one of those again.
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I always say this.
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If you think the Eagles are going to win, you can't say, yep, they'll win, but I don't
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think they can cover.
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That's ridiculous at three and a half.
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And also, as we talked about ad nauseum, the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff saying
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ultra aggressive two point conversions, not kicking field goals that usually adds up.
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So maybe that three is not so significant that maybe some other teams would actually
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drive through that 48 and a half.
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I think does make some sense.
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We get points because that will be from the catalyst to fill it up.
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The Eagles, even a team total for me for the Eagles, make sense.
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Let's understand one thing.
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I like both of these offenses.
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I don't like both of these defenses.
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The Philadelphia Eagles on pro football focus right now.
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Number one ranked defense there.
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Oh, no, let's look at the numbers.
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Look at the way it's played out.
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Look how much better they've become over the past four to five weeks.
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But Donnie, some of the quarterbacks here, nonsense.
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The numbers are what the numbers are and who you play Washington in the bottom five here.
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So if we're going to have two offenses that can get after it, but only one defense that
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theoretically can.
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And by the way, the pass rush for the Eagles, oh, they can't get home over the first two
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weeks.
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They've been getting home like gangbusters the last month to month and a half.
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And also that secondary that now includes Cooper Dejean and also Quinn John Mitchell
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absolutely lights out here.
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The advantages are with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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It's Thursday night.
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They're home.
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They should win this football game for me, Ben.
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Yeah, DRS.
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I agree.
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Right.
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I bet the Eagles at a three and a half point number.
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I voted for them in the fade.
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The public poll.
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I believe that Philadelphia is the right side.
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The Eagles, a top five rushing defense, the commanders, a bottom five rushing defense
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last year.
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Philadelphia, one of the worst secondaries that you will see in the National Football
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League.
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Now, third best, allowing less than a buck, 75 through the air, Washington, not bad in
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terms of its secondary, only giving up 183 yards per game.
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That's fifth best in the NFL, but the defense does favor Philadelphia.
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Here is what is confusing me a little bit in terms of the total.
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I don't think this is a 1710 ugly Thursday night short week game, but I do wonder a little
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bit if we get close to 48 and a half, if I believe so heavily in the birds again, Philly
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on a five game win streak, they have covered in three of those five games twice as a favorite,
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both of those times as a favorite against an NFC East divisional foe.
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Now, the Giants and the Cowboys are nowhere even close to the commanders, but the Eagles
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allowed just nine points combined in each of those two covers against their divisional
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foe in this five game win streak.
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