Philadelphia Eagles Triumph in NFC East Showdown, 26-18

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00:00And Philadelphia entered with a half game advantage in front of

00:08Washington in the Eagles, a hefty favorite, both in the

00:12division and at home on a short week, four and a half points.

00:16Was that closing spread in favor of the birds? It was a slow

00:20start for Philadelphia, really for both offenses, but in the

00:24second half and namely the fourth quarter, the ground

00:27attack in Saquon Barkley takes over two rushing scores of at

00:32least 25 yards or more in a span of 20 seconds of game clock

00:38pushes Philadelphia to a huge divisional victory. Twenty-six

00:43eighteen, the Eagles take care of business against the

00:46commanders. Philly covers as a four and a half point home

00:49favorite total of forty-nine and a half on the rise throughout

00:52Thursday, does stay under that number. Yeah, and listen, and

00:58after that first half and what Elliott was doing, just leaving

01:02a ton of points out there, kickers again, and he has been

01:07one of the best kickers in the National Football League for a

01:10long, long time, but he didn't have a good night at all, left

01:13six points on the table, two missed field goals, even a

01:16missed extra point, but have no fear, Ben. It's funny. We were

01:19just talking about Major League Baseball awards. Saquon Barkley

01:24would without a doubt win the best relief pitcher if he was a

01:27Major League Baseball player because this dude in the second

01:31half, 76 of his 146 came in the second half. It's now the

01:37second game this year in which he had over fifty rushing yards

01:41and multiple touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Nobody else has

01:45done it once this season. He has 738 rushing yards, averages

01:517.2 yards of carry in the second half this season in the

01:57second half. So when Philadelphia has got you on the

02:00ropes, you're not getting the ball back and that's basically

02:04how it works. He's the best player on this team by far and

02:07oh yeah, by the way, if he was still on the Giants, they'd

02:10still suck. You heard it here first. A decent opening drive

02:14for Philadelphia. They did miss a field goal. It was the story

02:18of the night. Jake Elliott also missing an extra point when

02:21Jalen Hurts scored for the fifth consecutive game, his

02:24ninth rushing touchdown in the previous five games for

02:28Philadelphia and still was only booked at a minus 120 price to

02:32hit pay yesterday. Saquon Barkley was near a $2 number

02:35minus 180 minus 185. He did that twice in a 22nd span 23

02:42yard rushing score with just under five minutes remaining

02:45that extended the lead for the Eagles 19 to 10. Then very next

02:49play for Washington offensively. Jaden Daniels

02:52throws an interception two plays later. 20 ticks of the

02:56clock can only run off and Saquon Barkley breaks out for a

03:0039 yard scamper to hit pay dirt and to give the Eagles the

03:04cushion they needed. Jaden Daniels did connect with former

03:07Eagles Zach Hurts with about 30 ticks remaining in regulation

03:11for what was a rather meaningless touchdown to even

03:14make it a single score game. Philly was in control courtesy

03:18of that huge huge fourth quarter and the Eagles now Joe

03:22have won six consecutive games. They have covered four times in

03:26this six game win streak three times as a favorite and this is

03:30where it gets crucial. All three covers for Philadelphia as a

03:34favorite in this six game win streak that pushes their record

03:38to eight and two has come against an NFC East foe. Sure

03:43the Giants and the Cowboys they stink this year, but the

03:46commanders are the toughest task in this division.

03:49Philadelphia will leave Thursday night and week 11 now

03:52with a game and a half lead in the NFC East. Yeah and really

03:57they've kind of separated themselves right and then you

04:00got Washington has lost two in a row after that seven and two

04:05start, but I listen. I think both these teams are still

04:08heading to the playoffs obviously here, but I do think

04:11Philadelphia in the NFC East now at eight and two and the

04:15schedule the rest of the way. I think they have. I think they've

04:20won the NFC East. I think the race is over as they say there

04:23Ben. I think now Philadelphia if you if you're looking for a

04:27future ticket, maybe Philadelphia to win it all is

04:30not a bad look here because they certainly have all the pieces

04:33in place to win in January.

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