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00:00What a Sunday afternoon into the early evening hours in Baltimore, a battle of the birds
00:09and the marquee matchup on the Sunday slate.
00:11The Eagles pay a visit to the charm city, direct implications for both of these teams
00:17in terms of their playoff standings in either conference.
00:21Of course, Philadelphia in the NFC East and the NFC as a whole, the Ravens try to keep
00:26pace with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North and that AFC wildcard chase.
00:32Yesterday, DRS in Baltimore, the Eagles make a statement, eight consecutive wins now for
00:39Philadelphia, 24 to 19, outlasting Baltimore in Baltimore.
00:46And that final score a little bit closer really than it felt like because of a late Ravens
00:51touchdown that did make it a single possession game, but not much would come of it.
00:56We'll talk about Justin Tucker and how he's aging maybe just a tad.
01:00The most consistent and efficient kicker in the history of the NFL has been anything but
01:05this season, but Philadelphia, eight straight wins, winning outright as a three point road
01:12underdog in the charm city, total of 50 and a hook stays well under.
01:17It's very interesting to me that you can go into Baltimore and be more physical than the
01:21Baltimore Ravens.
01:22The Philadelphia Eagles yesterday were exactly that.
01:24You might look at those final statistics, Derek Henry, 19 for 82 yards, 4.3 yards per
01:28carry.
01:29You'll take that on volume.
01:30That's probably over a hundred yards and at least one touchdown.
01:33Most weeks here, you take a look at Lamar Jackson, eight carries for 79 yards.
01:36And as you pointed out, a late 39 yard run with multiple holding penalties at the rest
01:40just didn't feel like calling that padded those stats, which included a late touchdown
01:44to end that game.
01:45The final score was not indicative of how well the Eagles played.
01:47And also, as I talked about to start the show, adapting to change for the Eagles.
01:52Yes, they have high flying wide receivers and exciting quarterback that can put the
01:55ball up in the air.
01:56When you realize you have a dominant force, a top three offensive line in football and
02:01the best overall running back in football, use that to your advantage.
02:04And how about this, Ben?
02:05They're down nine to nothing to start that game.
02:07Even myself, like, you know what?
02:08I'm going to have to go walk around the neighborhood with the dog here just to try to get the good
02:12vibes up.
02:13Go out, have my phone.
02:14They scored a touchdown.
02:15Come back.
02:16All right.
02:17Now let's settle in because a lot of times you'd say, ah, an AFC game.
02:19We already have the NFC East probably wrapped up at this point.
02:22No big deal.
02:23We just didn't have it in Baltimore.
02:24Let's play Carolina next week.
02:25And they fought all the way back, which after the bye week or into the bye week, fire Nick
02:29Sirianni, terrible head football coach, rallied that team around them.
02:33Eight straight wins.
02:34Now look like the best team in football.
02:35And I'm so impressed to say it's not based on really the offense outside of Saquon Barkley.
02:40The defense with Vic Fanjo.
02:41And I know you love him as well, Ben.
02:43The fact that I got a laugh out of last year where he went to Miami, he was supposed to
02:47be with the Eagles, but they took too long making decisions based on a Super Bowl run.
02:51And the Miami Dolphins were so happy to get this guy out of the building as if that made
02:55a difference for the positive where they're in shambles in Miami and the Eagles had the
02:59best defense in football after being an absolute embarrassment last year.
03:04The coaching staff, A plus across the board right now in Philadelphia.