Commanders vs. Eagles: NFC Championship Showdown Preview

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00:00a best of three between divisional mates for a conference championship on the line

00:06sunday in the city of brotherly love at lincoln financial field it's the eagles and the commanders

00:12a six and a half point spread in favor of philly at home a total of 47 and a hook of course the rs

00:19two organizations hailing from the nfce so they beat up twice per season in the regular season

00:27each team held serve on its own home field philadelphia won game number one back in week 11

00:33on a short week thursday night the commanders led early in the opening half it was basically

00:38all philadelphia in the final two quarters and a huge night stop me if you've heard this before

00:45for saquon barkley 26 18 the victory for the birds week number 16 the game outside the nation's

00:52capital in landover jalen hertz exits about five minutes into the game with a concussion

00:59kenny pickett comes in the eagles lead early the commanders turn the football over five times

01:05but then jayden daniels continues to make rookie history five touchdown passes to overcome five

01:12turnovers for his team the commanders win game number 236 33 outright as a three and a half

01:20point home underdog all right drs which sets the stage for this nfc championship matchup

01:27that is nearing a touchdown and i do want to dive in to something you said right before the break

01:3370 70 of the bets on the spread are on the commanders what did you guys say this line

01:41opened at four and a half on sunday afternoon after the eagles outlasted the rams in snowy

01:47philadelphia yep wasn't it five and a half on monday almost immediately yep isn't jalen hertz

01:55dealing with a left knee injury also correct in the line is now nearing a touchdown despite 70

02:02percent of the public backing that plucky underdog yep something you should know entering

02:10the nfc title game on sunday it makes sense like you look at the philadelphia eagles it's hard to

02:16win on the road we understand that and understand this too washington's won some playoff games on

02:21the road nobody's taking that away from it's a great franchise right now looks like they're

02:24headed in the positive direction maybe a lot sooner than later because if they come into

02:28philadelphia and upset the eagles head to the super bowl my goodness lights out for the next

02:32decade it would feel like on jayden daniels and the commanders but also we have to be realistic

02:36about what we are watching the eagles are a good football team i know some people might have watched

02:40that game let's say hey the eagles got lucky to win no the eagles went to a prevent defense in

02:44the final three minutes and all this cost themselves the game meanwhile winning by double

02:47digits late take that out of the equation also understand this saquon barkley is something that

02:53you know you look at like the oj simpsons and maybe the cj 2ks back in tennessee in the day and

02:58the adrian petersons but you couple the best offensive line in the sport with the best running

03:04back that maybe we've ever seen for a single season in the sport and match them up and against

03:08according to pro football focus the 29th ranked rush defense in the nfl and we've seen saquon

03:15barkley the packers are a much better defense there run rough shot over them you saw the rams

03:20last week in the snow where nobody can even basically stand up saquon barkley's hitting

03:24home runs left and right there that's an advantage also the handicap early in the week for the

03:29philadelphia eagles for me was boy if i could just get we're not asking for a great jaylen hurts give

03:33me a functional jaylen hurts full practice yesterday on a thursday you expect the same

03:37things here on a friday understand this as well you're not going up against a chump defense on

03:42the opposite side like for later parts of the season the detroit lines defense was this is

03:46the number one defense by a wide margin in the nfl that stops the run and has the number one

03:53rated secondary in football going up against a rookie quarterback that's understanding this

03:58the philadelphia eagles have been home for over a month haven't left their beds practicing the

04:03same facility knocking it on trains planes buses and planes trying to head out to play other teams

04:08they're at home there's a reason they're favored by a touchdown the old adage for me they don't

04:12pick a number out of a hat and say perfect the public will love this line everything indicates

04:17to a philadelphia eagles victory are we saying it's going to be a blowout is it going to be an

04:21easy cover probably not at that point but nobody is heading into this football game looking at the

04:25eagles are lucky to be in the spot at this point as opposed to watch what saquon barkley does can

04:31he go for 300 yards against the defense and multiple touchdowns that's the angle to play

04:37one team has a very good defense the other has a very bad defense and you sit on that

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