Jake Elliott's Impact on the Eagles' Playoff Chances

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00:00One of the best options for this game on SportsMillions, Jake Elliott, higher six and a half kicking

00:11points.

00:12If you look last week, his season high came with 15 because he had his season high in

00:19field goal attempts, ended up going four for five in that game.

00:23You know, you could make an argument that one thing Philly would need to clean up going

00:26into the postseason.

00:28Because they're special teams, both kicking and punting, and Jake Elliott has somebody

00:32who entered the year, one of the top five kickers in football, probably top three, has

00:38maybe been covered for a little bit by the Justin Tucker struggles.

00:42But Donnie, I think for Nick Sirianni, an aggressive coach, some of that probably gets

00:46pulled back a little today with Kenny Pickett.

00:49Take points when you can get them, because the defense likely won't need you to score

00:52too many in order for this to be a win.

00:55You would like to see that too, because even, look, Saquon is a great running back, maybe

00:58the best in the NFL and could have a chance to set the all-time single-season rushing

01:02record.

01:03But fourth and twos with Jalen Hurts, that wasn't automatic, because you were too far

01:06to sneak it, but you said, you know what, put him in shotgun read option, we're gonna

01:09walk to this.

01:10Whether they hand it off or they keep it, you don't get that opportunity anymore, which

01:13means you're gonna have a straight handoff from two yards away, or you're gonna trust

01:16Kenny Pickett to drop back and make a play, which probably won't be with his feet, so

01:20somebody's gotta be open.

01:21So I do agree with that.

01:22And in a situation where the win is the most important thing, going against a team that

01:26you should handle, just stacking up the points every chance you get to force, rush, to try

01:31to counter that, I think that's the way to go, so I agree with that.

01:34Yeah, lower scoring game, rely on your defense.

01:37We saw this game play out against Carolina a few weeks ago, they almost got upset.

01:41You don't want that situation where you have a divisional opponent in terms of Dallas,

01:45especially you want the special teams to be peaking as you head into the playoffs.

01:50The other option for me from this game is going to be Cooper Rush lower than 32 and

01:55a half pass attempts.

01:57And this is tied through a number of ways in this game, it's how good the Philly defense

02:02is, it's the fact that Dallas enters without CeeDee Lamb, which means you're probably not

02:07gonna want to throw it as much anyway, but this is also, feels almost college football-esque,

02:13where maybe you see one of the service academies come into town and you think, ooh, wait a

02:16minute, lower scoring, limited possessions, because we're gonna see running, running,

02:21running.

02:22I don't think Cooper Rush will have enough opportunities because we are expecting so

02:26much of the football to be ran on the Philly side of things, so I'll go Cooper Rush lower

02:33than 32 and a half pass attempts.

02:35Curiosity for you guys, a touchdown score in this game you feel confident about?

02:39I mean, for the game, Saquon, I mean, Saquon, to hit PayDirt I think is great.

02:46Yeah, I don't like anybody from the Cowboys at that point, underwhelming offensive line,

02:49not running weapons, keep in mind on this too, how about Kevontae Turpin, he's sitting

02:52there around that like 20-yard range, they gotta be creative today, so maybe he scores

02:57and you could get that on a punt return at this point, maybe their best offensive play.

03:01Not bad, a potential look there.

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