Eagles vs. Rams: Key NFC Showdown Preview & Predictions

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00:00Eagles-Rams is a huge game in the NFC.

00:03Two teams looking to show why they belong at the top.

00:10And you would think the, to some degree,

00:13Eagles wouldn't need to show that,

00:15but they aren't even at the top of the NFC odds anymore.

00:19The Packers have been pushed out in front.

00:22I understand they've looked good through two weeks,

00:25but my, oh my, you know, what?

00:29Just keep feeding the fodder.

00:31I don't know, man.

00:32Like, Don, let's just start that price-wise.

00:34Do you think Green Bay should be at the top of this market?

00:37No.

00:38Like, I understand that you've got the shiny new toy in Michael Parsons.

00:41It makes your defense much better.

00:43They looked electric in week number one

00:44versus a very high-flying Detroit team that we saw in week number two

00:47can still put up some points.

00:48But also understand this.

00:49You're looking around the NFL and saying to yourself,

00:52all right, well, who else is in the NFC?

00:54Oh, the Eagles, yeah, don't worry about them.

00:55All they do is win football games.

00:57All they do is beat the Green Bay Packers.

00:59Now, they're going to have a matchup against them this year,

01:01but it's so much of that what the public sees early in the expectations.

01:05Yeah, they're high.

01:06Well, you're telling me right now in a win-all type game,

01:08both teams come in healthy on a neutral site like the Super Bowl,

01:12which they can't play.

01:13I'm just using this.

01:13Yeah, I got you.

01:13I got you.

01:13The Eagles are a favorite.

01:15I agree.

01:15The Eagles are a favorite.

01:16I – one of the reasons that, like,

01:18I didn't bet Philly again for the Super Bowl is I do think that there is a –

01:22Schedule's ridiculous.

01:23It's not even – but I also think there's a repeater tax, right?

01:26Like, you're not just betting Philly to win the Super Bowl.

01:29This year, it would be going back-to-back.

01:30It's a very, very difficult thing to do.

01:33But I think that there are some questions that come with Green Bay

01:36when the postseason begin with the floor and love.

01:38I'm not really surprised by the number.

01:41I'm sure there are – a team like the Rams, though, right, thinks,

01:44okay, hold on.

01:45If Green Bay can get in front of them, we got to be a little bit closer.

01:48Again, the Rams are – it's the old Bucs-Brady Super Bowl

01:54where everybody's like, man, a commander's put the fear of God in that team.

01:57It's like, well, did they?

01:58You know, the Rams – people are like, if that game was five minutes longer,

02:02the Rams would have won.

02:03What are you talking about?

02:04I just don't know what game these people watched.

02:05If it didn't snow, it would be 45-3 Eagles.

02:07So, what are you – like, you know, come on.

02:08Like, what are we even talking about?

02:10For the Rams, though, Donnie, look, they've been winning very consistently

02:14except for when they play the Eagles.

02:16Their defense has been very good.

02:17Yes.

02:17Except for when they play the Eagles.

02:19I think this is a proven spot for the Rams, not the other way around.

02:23This is a three-and-a-half-point number here that's moved in favor of the Rams,

02:27opened at four-and-a-half.

02:29Are you betting this game?

02:30How are you betting this game?

02:31Talk to me.

02:32Look, if we're looking at the total, the 44-and-a-half,

02:34I'm going to get that in just a second because that's why I'll be betting it.

02:36But the three-and-a-half, I do agree with at this point

02:38because the Eagles haven't shown us right now we're going to be in runaway

02:40and hide mode just yet.

02:41You know, Jalen Hurts is a very good quarterback, and quite frankly,

02:44he doesn't get enough grace, I should say, for saying,

02:47I win football games.

02:49Like, what would you rather?

02:50We go play Mahomes.

02:51Oh, man, 41-40 Hurts, 375, four touchdowns they lost.

02:55Boy, that guy's good.

02:56Or no.

02:56Hey, you know what?

02:57I'm going to play within myself.

02:58I'm not going to turn the football over.

02:59I'm going to play within the game script here, and we're just going to win.

03:01It doesn't matter who gets the accolades.

03:03But looking at this game today, I do think the Eagles have an advantage.

03:06It's nice weather in Philadelphia.

03:07It's a one o'clock game, which is usually a detriment sometimes,

03:09those West Coast teams just on the body clock itself.

03:11But I always look and say, the Eagles feed off of this.

03:15You only won last week because of the tush push,

03:17which is the most insane thing I've ever heard,

03:19which was a national media perspective.

03:20Jalen Hurts has been running commercials since the Super Bowl.

03:23Like, you doubt me all this time, and yet I'm entering into the season where,

03:26and I use it up until that game on Thursday night.

03:28Josh Allen doesn't throw a touchdown pass.

03:30What a win.

03:31What a win by Buffalo.

03:32You have that with Jalen Hurts, oh, something's wrong,

03:35and he's just hanging on for the ride because the team is so talented.

03:37But for me, from a side perspective, there's no way, Kevin,

03:40and we keep it to the common elements here.

03:42I think the Eagles win, but I don't think they can cover.

03:44It's three and a half.

03:45Are you kidding me at this point right now?

03:47So for me, I do think the Eagles win.

03:48Do I love taking them at three and a half?

03:50No.

03:50But I see where the public is coming from saying, like,

03:53yeah, we'll take the three and a half,

03:54but is anybody saying, well, I think the Eagles win and they don't cover?

03:56I thought we were actually going to get to a situation, Donnie,

04:00where this would be a little bit like Packers Commanders last Thursday

04:03where all of a sudden it got down to a flat three,

04:05and I played Green Bay at that point in time,

04:06and I would have played Philly down to a, if they got down to just the field.

04:09Because you're just saying to win the game at that point and you don't lose.

04:11At that point, that number would have been too good to pass up on.

04:14Now, when this opened up at four and a half,

04:17I thought the Rams were plenty fine bet at four and a half.

04:20And in fact, you know, I was like, I hope it gets under four and a half

04:23because then I won't bother with the spread.

04:24And that's obviously exactly what happened here.

04:27The Rams, you know, they're going to be challenged on both sides of the ball.

04:33What is fair is wondering how Philly will present challenges to their defense.

04:39Correct.

04:39Will it be the Saquon show?

04:41Will the offense start to open it up a little bit more through the air?

04:46Well, if it's A, it won't be B.

04:49And last year, they played twice and it was A-plus.

04:54Yes, Saquon Barkley in the first one, a career-high 255 rushing yards,

04:59two rushing touchdowns, chipped in 47 through the air

05:01to get you a 300-plus total yard game.

05:05And then in the divisional round where the Rams were like,

05:08we got to stop this guy, they opened the game, by the way,

05:10giving up a 40-yard rushing touchdown to Jalen Hurts.

05:13And then Saquon went for 205 and two touchdowns.

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