Eagles Defeat Rams 28-22, Advance to NFC Championship

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00:00Donnie elsewhere around division around weekend

00:03fun times in philadelphia

00:05But stressful times as well a generational and historic performance out of saquon barkley

00:12That has seen the rams twice this year in put up career efforts in both games

00:192822 the victory for the eagles at lincoln financial field on a snowy sunday afternoon

00:26In philadelphia closing six and a half points spread

00:30So by the hook la does cover total of 42 and a half does go

00:35Over it was a saquon story yesterday

00:39It was a ground effort by the eagles that we expected to be the difference

00:43And it was and it did get tight late, but the eagles outlast the rams

00:492822 to advance to the nfc championship game for a second time in the last three seasons

00:56Hosting said nfc title matchup in each of those two births

01:01Yeah, we thought the weather conditions would favor the eagles and it was interesting to watch the way this game started then because it looked

01:06Like it was going to be a clear day and maybe the weather

01:08Hey held off at the right times and then you saw that sort of turn in the second half and we'll get there

01:13But let's understand what happened in this football game to start and la rams just hoping they don't see saquon barkley in their nightmares

01:19Because he absolutely was terrorizing them through their two games this year

01:24The home run hitting ability was right away. And how about jalen hurts who did get banged up in this football game?

01:28And again, we'll get to that just a little bit later

01:30But sensation on the opening drive a 44 yard touchdown run the longest of career really setting the table saying we have the mobile quarterback

01:37The weather's coming in here

01:39We're going to get that lead early only to see the rams take a seven to six lead and then saquon barkley

01:43Hits another home run before the snow gets out there an advantage to the philadelphia eagles

01:48the one thing that was clear all the way through is

01:51Jalen hurts has not been all that efficient in the air quite frankly

01:55They haven't needed him to be all that efficient in the air. Then he gets injured a little bit

01:59he takes the sack for his safety and i'm starting to worry like

02:02Not only is can the eagles get to the super bowl or can they win next week?

02:05Can they even win this football game because ben what was the major advantage you had if you said it's going to be a snow globe

02:11For two to three quarters in this game. Well, one team has a statue in the pocket

02:15The other has a mobile quarterback

02:16You should just wait back there and count the three seconds run and do whatever you can

02:20Jalen hurts wasn't able to do that

02:22But the fact that saquon barkley was out there hitting home runs which included late in the game

02:26Really covered up for a lot of flaws because you saw her take seven sacks in this ball game

02:30The eagles defense had five sacks in this ball game

02:33It wasn't as if it was really clean and almost that advantage went away where it was saquon barkley

02:37Where's kyron williams and by the way, kyron williams 19 carries for 106 yards in that game

02:42He was up to the task to try to chase down saquon until

02:46Late in that game where he hit that home run to give the eagles the two touchdown lead and then ben

02:52I don't I don't

02:53Understand how my sunday played out that under 43 and a half the missed extra point by jake

02:58Allen was like nobody's going to score in this game

02:59But the rams can't even move the football now all of a sudden then to turn into and say we're just going to move up

03:03And down the field left and right with ease against your second there, which is something we could not do

03:08Also ben I had over 55 and a half carries in this game when saquon barkley hit that home run four minutes to go that gave

03:15Me 54 carries. So if he doesn't hit the home run just gets eight yards gets two more carries

03:19I win that game also at the end of the game stopping the rams at the end was great

03:23I got one kneel down which gave me the 55. I lost the 43 and a half total also ben

03:28I had 160 yards to play with on a 427 yard combined passing day between the two quarterbacks

03:35With about seven minutes to go

03:37I lost that too because the rams went into nuke mode on the final two possessions to give matthew stafford

03:42324 to match up with hertz's 128 painful day in the pocket and an unbelievably crazy fan day

03:48But the eagles were the better team why they didn't turn the football over the biggest moment, which the rams did twice

03:54Which is unacceptable

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