Eagles Clinch NFC East Title in Thrilling 41-7 Victory

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00:00When it was a party in Philadelphia yesterday,

00:03a festive atmosphere,

00:06as the Eagles clinched the NFC East title.

00:09They get to beat up on a long-hated division rival.

00:12They have a running back that hits the 2,000-yard mark.

00:14Everyone was having fun.

00:16No Jalen Hurts, no problem.

00:18Kenny Pickett did a good job at the beginning.

00:21Tanner McKee came in,

00:24and he threw a bunch of touchdown passes.

00:26It got very ugly very quickly.

00:2841-7, the Eagles win.

00:30Pick six right out of the gate as well,

00:32WIP and Philly Eagles Radio.

00:35Rush is in the gun.

00:37Three receivers.

00:39Rush is back.

00:40Here comes the rush.

00:42He fires, and it's intercepted.

00:44It's intercepted.

00:45Running with the football is Gordon Johnson.

00:48He's at the 40, the 20, the 10.

00:51Touchdown, Eagles on a pick six.

00:55Meryl Reese getting involved on WIP in Philadelphia.

00:59You know, that was a smash job, Joe.

01:03That was the Eagles just saying,

01:04you know what, we're not messing around today.

01:06Let's get this thing finished off,

01:08and we can have our own personal bye week next week

01:11against the New York Giants.

01:13They did not mess around with the Cowboys at all.

01:16No, it was, you had to figure the defense

01:21was gonna have a good bounce back spot.

01:23I mean, they got five turnovers the week prior

01:25against Washington and still lost

01:27because they gave up over 30 points.

01:29You didn't think that they were going to roll over.

01:32They had already smashed this with Cooper Rush

01:36in this offense earlier in the season.

01:39They did the same thing.

01:40I think what's fascinating, though,

01:42is that you just kept feeding Saquon without,

01:45you know, with the game well in hand,

01:48and you were just giving them the opportunity,

01:50every opportunity to touch the ball

01:52and get that much closer to the record.

01:54So congratulations, week 18 means nothing,

01:57but you got 100 yards left to beat a record

02:00that's been up in the books for 40 years.

02:02And is he gonna play?

02:04Is he the only starter that's gonna play

02:06in a week that means nothing?

02:07I wouldn't want Saquon with his history

02:11of injuries playing next week.

02:13You know, there's several layers to this, Joe,

02:16and I think you said one that was very interesting,

02:19and that is they were trying to get him

02:22as many yards as they possibly could,

02:25because I think that tells you

02:28they are putting him out there next week.

02:30And they were trying to get as much as they could yesterday

02:34so that way they could get him out of there

02:35as fast as possible next week.

02:38But also, if you're playing him,

02:42have to play the offensive line, right?

02:46You're not gonna put him out there to break the record

02:49with all the backup offensive linemen in.

02:51That doesn't make any sense at all,

02:52because that opens up two things.

02:54A, it's gonna take him longer to get it.

02:56And as you said, B, the backups are in there.

02:59That's also a better chance that he gets smashed

03:02and gets clipped and gets hurt.

03:05So I think personally they're gonna play him.

03:07I don't think it's the right move.

03:10I don't think he cares about it,

03:12but I think they're gonna go for it

03:13because Sirianni is a nut.

03:15And if it's his decision,

03:16I think he wants to rub it in the Giants' face

03:19because they're playing the Giants

03:20and he wants them to do it against them.

03:22Here's what Saquon had to say about it

03:25after the game yesterday.

03:26You know, the way I look at it,

03:29if it's in God's plan, then it is.

03:32I'm not overly trying to go get it.

03:35I'm not scared of it.

03:36I would love to, but at the end of the day,

03:39also, we got bigger things that we're focusing on

03:41and we're able to clinch the division right here.

03:44And, you know, whether it's we play next week

03:48or not and rest, I'm fine with that too

03:50because I didn't come here and sign here

03:52just to, you know, rush for 2,000 or break a record.

03:56I want to do something special.

04:00It's dicey, Joe.

04:01It's dicey to put him out there.

04:03I know one thing, I would have let him run even more.

04:06Why did we need to have Tanner McKee

04:08throwing bombs all over the place in that second half?

04:11I probably would have let him run more in that game

04:13and got him even closer and let Tanner McKee

04:16go throw the ball over to Giants next week

04:20if I was the Eagles.

04:21But I think they're going to play him, Joe.

04:24I really do.

04:25And you're probably, I think you're right.

04:27It's probably not the right decision,

04:30but I think the guy, I think Sirianni's a maniac.

04:34And I think that he actually does want to,

04:37I think he wants to rub it in,

04:38I think he wants Saquon to get it more than that,

04:41but I think he also wants to rub it in the Giants' face.

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