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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