Eagles vs. Commanders: NFC East Showdown Preview & Picks

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00:00And you could argue the best game on the board is in the NFC East.

00:04It's the Washington Commanders at home against the Philadelphia Eagles.

00:08Number moving a little bit towards Philly here.

00:10Three and a half are turning into fours

00:13and some four and a half out there as well.

00:17People are realizing what I think at this point is

00:20is actually really difficult to argue.

00:22The Eagles are the best team in the NFL.

00:24They are.

00:24They've won 10 straight by 13 and a half points per game,

00:27and they dominated the better competition like Baltimore and last week against Pittsburgh.

00:31It was close in the second quarter, right, when they they pulled by seven points.

00:36Second half, they go on a 10 minute drive in the fourth quarter.

00:39Allow Pittsburgh only two second half possessions to dominate that game.

00:43That defense has stepped up time and time again.

00:46That was the early question mark in the first four games of the regular season.

00:50Not anymore.

00:51And we saw them take care of business against Jaden Daniels on that Thursday night.

00:55Even though Jaden Daniels in Washington is nine and five overall,

00:59last week they struggled with a mediocre New Orleans team, winning 20 to 19.

01:03They're going to need a monumental effort out of Jaden Daniels today.

01:06Last week he threw for 226 and rushed for 66 yards.

01:11I think that number needs to be in the area of 250, 275 today

01:16with the rushing yardage as well.

01:18We'll see if he could do it.

01:19I still would take the points just because of the home dog.

01:22But my best bet, Donny, is the over 46 and a half today.

01:25Yeah, and it's going to be booed by the Philadelphia Eagles

01:27because you want to always like to use the terms running mate at this point.

01:29Both of these offenses are capable of scoring points.

01:31But you do have to look at the commanders.

01:33Even the last five games.

01:34Yes, it's nice to have back to back wins against Tennessee.

01:36Atrocious against New Orleans.

01:38Atrocious.

01:39And look at the three previous games before that.

01:41Lost to the Cowboys, lost to the Eagles and lost to the Steelers.

01:44But granted, this is a good football team.

01:45Washington is going to make the playoffs.

01:47But I tend to agree with the line movement.

01:49If you're saying it's around three all week long,

01:51now we're getting the game day at four and a half.

01:52Because as Kevin's point is, the Eagles are the most well-rounded team in the NFL.

01:55It's like, oh, their offensive line.

01:57No, their offensive line is good.

01:58Their defensive line is good.

01:59Their linebackers are good.

01:59Their secondary is good.

02:00Their quarterback's good.

02:01You see what I mean?

02:02There's no weak points here.

02:03And also now you're getting coaching from Vic Fangio.

02:05We're in the past where he was like, oh, it's going to be a tough game.

02:07It's a mobile quarterback.

02:08They got good wide receivers.

02:10Show me this.

02:10Every single week over the past, I would say five to six weeks, Kevin,

02:14the number one defense in the NFL.

02:16Now they're widening that margin as we get later in December.

02:19So you look at the Washington squad and say to yourself, OK,

02:22how is their attack point going to be?

02:23Well, Terry McLaurin's a great wide receiver.

02:24Shut down completely last time they played.

02:27So who's going to be that guy that steps up?

02:29And it's not just going to be Brian Robinson running up the middle and saying,

02:32hey, I'm going to three and a half carries.

02:34You're going to have big plays against the Eagles who don't give up big plays.

02:37No, it's it's really tough for Washington.

02:39Yeah. Right.

02:40And to make this clear on Philadelphia status,

02:44take the big four, which would be Philly, Detroit, Buffalo, Kansas City.

02:49You could break it down any way you want. Right.

02:52Of one through four offense, defense, coaching staff.

02:57Or you want to go specifics, quarterbacks, defensive line.

03:01There is not a single one where out of those four, they rank last.

03:04Not a single one.

03:05And they're the only team that that is true of

03:07because they don't have the worst quarterback.

03:09I'm not going to listen to that.

03:10I'm not going to listen to the world where Jared Goff is better than Jalen Hurts.

03:14It's not going to happen.

03:15They're the best defense by a country mile.

03:17And they have a megastar superstar running back in Saquon Barkley

03:20who will step up in this game. We know that.

03:24But also, I'm the most unbiased man in the history of sports media.

03:27That requires me to do what I got to do,

03:30which is why I love the commander's team total over 20 and a half in this game.

03:34Washington has only missed that three times this year.

03:37Never in back to back games.

03:39They've scored 21 plus in six of seven home games.

03:42They average just under 30 points per game at home this season.

03:46Philadelphia, again, the absolute best defense in this league.

03:50Giving up 20, though 21 points to a great offense is nothing

03:54to hang your head about here.

03:56I think this is going to be an explosive game.

03:59If Philly scores 28, I like my bet even more.

04:03That's a running mate.

04:04This to me is a spot where Jaden Daniels

04:07cannot play as bad as he did in that opening game.

04:11I think that he has a lot more to improve on and fill these defense

04:15from that matchup.

04:16And Daniels, perhaps still nursing the ribs, hardly ran in that matchup.

04:20So Philly didn't get to diagnose what that looks like as much

04:25an added element to help Washington's offense here.

04:28And remember the last time they played, you and I spoke and you thought

04:31that Kingsbury called a very conservative game plan, especially in the first half.

04:35They didn't allow Jaden Daniels to attack over the top.

04:38So I think it's different today.

04:40You can't just run Brian Robinson into the front seven.

04:43You're going to get shut down.

04:44You're going to be put into predictable third downs.

04:47And that's a recipe for disaster for that front seven.

04:50What you want to do is be more aggressive on first and second downs.

04:53Move the football.

04:54You can once you get inside the red zone, then you can utilize the rushing attack.

04:58And if you build the lead.

04:59But that's easier said than done.

05:01Love the commander's total.

05:02But I love the points as well.

05:04And it's real quick when Brian Robinson, Jr.

05:06on that fifty five and a half number, he's got to get that.

05:08If the Washington wants to be competitive in this game,

05:10you cannot be one dimensional against the Eagles keeping on him today.

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