The Eagles had no choice but to ACT… and the timing could not be better!

The Eagles had no choice but to ACT… and the timing could not be better!

Philadelphia’s latest disaster might still be fresh on all of our minds, but the moonside overcare complex today could not be any different. As Howie made the move we did not ask for, but might actually really need. While the offense seems to have found something to build on as they face the Raiders. Oh, speaking of Las Vegas, they just dropped some big news of their own that the Eagles defense might just love. On the spot, this is a smart show. Bad news in Philadelphia this morning, but the birds are now riding a three-game losing streak. Local media is salivating at the prospect of benching their Super Bowl MVP quarterback. And yet, for everybody outside of WIP and especially inside the Novaare complex, the confidence, accountability, and dare I say positivity honestly seems way higher than I would have thought. And after the latest round of roster changes from Howy Roseman, plus some big news out of Las Vegas and the Birds want to turn things around. This week could not be more perfect. First though, it’s your last chance to enter the To the House Collectibles Saquin Barkley giveaway. This thing is absolutely incredible. So, if you want to win this bad boy on Saturday’s show, drop a like, be subscribed, and why don’t you comment go birds down below. Oh, and check down below if you want to buy one yourself. Put the link there. And I have a discount code for 10% off as well. So, grab one if you’re interested. Now, first things first, the funniest outcome is actually the most likely lesson in Philadelphia. It’s reports out of Raiders camp yesterday in the case that starting quarterback Gino Smith is dealing with a shoulder injury that is considered unlikely to allow him to start this coming Sunday. which means, and this is crazy, former Eagles backup quarterback and Super Bowl champion Kenny Picket is officially preparing to start against his old team at the link. And I’ll just say this before you get a little too excited saying, “Oo, we get Kenny Picket. He’s pretty bad.” I think he looked a lot better than Gino Smith has, at least the entire season when Pickicket played a couple of snaps versus the Broncos last week. Pickicket stepped in again at the very end of the Broncos blowout on Sunday once Gino got hurt and very quietly went eight of 11 for 97 yards and a touchdown. And while no, I do not think, at least I do not hope, the terrible Raiders have a shot at the birds on Sunday, I do think Kenny Picket makes them at least a little bit more interesting. Will be ready to go. Um, they have a hell of a team. They’ve kept, you know, there’s not a ton of new faces on that on that team. So, there’s a lot of really good players. I I know the coaching staff and how prepared that they’re going to be for the game. So, it’s it’s a great opportunity. Philadelphia, though, as we know, has zero room for error in 2025 because the 2023 comparisons will be thrown into absolute overdrive. Philadelphia loses a prime time West Coast game due to a late Jaylen Herz picking to come back to Philadelphia and play a three- win team just like the Cardinals and where Philadelphia once again enters 11 and a half point favorites. Oh, and also it happens to be called by the exact same Fox broadcasting crew of that Cardinal debacle two seasons ago. So yeah, Gino Smith, Kenny Picket, it doesn’t matter. Don’t lose this game on Sunday do not have a repeat of the Cardinals game or else it’s officially I mean no doubt about it 2023 all over. Of course, I do think Philadelphia, as I said, they’re going to be fine. And also, help is likely going to be on the way as despite not officially practicing during the bird’s very like walkth through on Wednesday, the expectation is that right tackle Lane Johnson is going to give it a go this weekend, especially after tweeting the eyes emoji earlier in the week and the report a couple of weeks ago from the NFL Network that the Vegas game was the target return date for the birds all pro right tackle. Obviously, time will tell. We’ll see if he actually practices on Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon, maybe even a game decision on Sunday. I don’t think he needs to rush back because Fred Johnson has been very good. But if he’s healthy and ready to go, get him back out there because the one player on defense that could actually ruin Philadelphia’s game on Sunday, it’s Max Crosby and he normally lines up on Lane’s side. So Lane, if you’re healthy, we need you back out there. Of course, the other move Philadelphia did make a couple of days ago that might help a lot more than we realize. And again, don’t laugh me for saying this was the actual cutting of long snapper Cam Automidus due to the return of the usual long snapper Charlie Hublet off of IR. And again, you might be saying, “Thomas, a long snapper, that doesn’t make a difference. What are you even talking about?” Which I would say, “Maybe so, but the facts, they really don’t lie.” Philadelphia is four and five this season when Adam Montes plays and 4-0 when Hug actually takes the snaps. Plus, Jake Elliott had six misses with the previous long snapper, including one versus the Chargers, and zero with Charlie Huglet. Makes you think. I’m not saying Philadelphia season is saved, but come on, the stats, they do not lie. And again, all joking aside, Jake Elliot, he is a kick away from probably icing that game for Philadelphia. They probably win if Elliot doesn’t push that one wide left. 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For example, I was probably like you absolutely disgusted by the birds loss for the Chargers as it was happening on Monday night. And I even doubled down on my Tuesday recap show saying their season was likely over. And yet now, three days removed from the Monday night debacle in LA, I watched the film. I thought about it, and you know what? I’m kind of buying back into the Philadelphia Eagles. Not as Super Bowl champions, but I think they’re about to dramatically turn the page in a big way. And yes, I know the birds still look bad. I mean, come on, five turnovers. Nobody in their right mind is going to argue against that. That was awful. But if you really thought about why all of us are so disgusted by that loss versus the Chargers, maybe even more so than the Bears debacle, because Philadelphia’s offense actually looked good. he was actually moving the football. For Chicago, they could hardly move the ball. They went three and out a ton. And yet versus the Chargers, nearly all of Julian Herz’s turnovers came on the Chargers side of the field. I mean, you take away one of those turnovers and Philadelphia again likely wins that game. I like some of the schemes they did. I like the play action stuff they did. I like the pocket movement that they did. I thought the 28 yard throw he made to Smith in overtime was his best throw of the season. the way the way that they actually moved and um you know kind of sustained some offense and got some chunks and I thought that looked better. I really do think that there were some positive things to take away from the game offensively. I thought the offense did some really good things this past week uh that they can build on. Plus, for all the Nicks haters out there who’ve been saying, “Oh, he can’t scheme an offense. He’s an idiot.” Well, he did say himself going into that game he was going to have more influence entering the Charger matchup. What do you know? The passing game concepts, well, nowhere near Ben Johnson, Shawn McVey caliber, they definitely were clearly better than the previous weeks. Plus, let’s not pretend like Saquin Barkley didn’t just have his best game of the entire season because the Giants game in Philadelphia was another good one, but that was really one good run early and then it all stalled out. Take away Barkley’s 52-y touchdown run on the fake tush push and he still has what 70 yards on the ground with over four yards per carry average. And then moving on, how about AJ Brown? He put up his third straight 100yard game on Sunday, which yes, is coinciding with three straight losses, but I don’t see the two as actually being in correlation. I see them currently using AJ Brown a lot more effectively than they did earlier on in the season, especially across the middle. And I see a team that probably wins by two touchdowns, even with the five turnovers, if AJ Brown doesn’t drop any one of these three very easy passes. And staying with AJ Brown, a lot of us were expecting him to have, you know, not the great postgame reaction, not the great attitude like we saw earlier on in the season. Yet the opposite was exactly the case. AJ Brown had a very, very good postgame press conference. He was defending Jaylen. He was, you know, taking blame on himself. I thought this was very, very positive in terms of the overall offensive relationship. When AJ Brown talked to the media, it was a tough game. you know, um, games like this happen, you know, come come about. But, you know, the confidence and the trust we it come we come together and and that’s what matters here. And that starts in the week, that starts each and every day. You know, we looking at the film and correcting and trying to get better. Pair that with this little clip of the most recent Hard Knocks episode and appear like AJ and Jaylen are back on the same page and dare I say, smiling together. I think deep down even all of us who were devastated on a Monday night are really truly upset because that was the best the Eagles have looked. That was the most, I don’t know, focused they were going into the game. The most emotional they were throughout the entire game. They were super pumped up. And again, you take the turnovers away, they probably win. And if they would have won that football game, we would all be 100% back on the hype train. Even with the offense still looking better, but a little bit suspect. And again, you’re the most ardent hater right now and saying I’m an idiot. I think deep down you got to agree that that’s true. The real question though for all of us, whether you’re glass half full or glass half empty, will be, will that rug pull loss kill our confidence? and they channel all of this against a Turbo Raider team and finally get a dominant win. I’m guessing the answer is going to be yes, but time is going to tell. Again, don’t forget this is a three-win Raider team likely without their starting quarterback flying across the country and in desperate need of the number one overall draft pick. This is not a game Las Vegas really wants to win, even if their players are saying, nah, the opposite is true. And if you’re in the comment section typing right now, Thomas, you were so negative on Monday. How have you completely flipped? This is ridiculous. The truth of the matter is, I want the Eagles to be good. I’m an Eagle fan. I root for the Eagles. The Eagles being good makes me a happier person. Them being bad, it’s depressing. It’s not fun. And I truly believe after watching the film against the Chargers, that this football team, especially with this defense, can still win plenty of games. The schedule is super easy the last four. If they can get in the big dance, they can host a playoff game, which if they get in, they will. The NFC East is theirs. Anything is possible. And I’m just not going to abandon Chip with four games left and a playoff appearance all guaranteed. But of course, I’m not going to forget all of their sins. Not going to pretend like that was a flawless game on Sunday. Even turnovers aside. I mean, this clip of Cam Jurgens’s postgame talking about penalties and then not being cleaned up in practice during the week. This right here is still very concerning. I think we got to be clean during the week, you know, in practice, walk through, everything’s got to be clean. And, you know, that that’s going to lead to being cleaner during the game. And, you know, I don’t think we’re clean enough during the week. Nick Seriani preaches tough, detailed, and together. If their center is basically saying that they weren’t very detailed during the week, at least when it comes to pre- snap penalties, which keep hurting the offense. Again, that’s on Nick Serriani, something’s got to give. Now, Cam Jurgens did clarify those comments. That was postgame. He then went on WIP a couple of days ago and said, “I didn’t truly mean that we were not that detailed, but we don’t have a lot of time during the week to practice on those things, and maybe we should practice on those things.” I think he’s being, you know, a little bit more covering for what he said on Monday. I think he truly honestly believes they’re not practicing enough to get rid of the penalties. Hopefully him voicing that, other players voicing that can change it. But again, the point of this episode is not to tell you guys the Eagles are perfect and going to win every single game. It’s that I’m positive despite there still being plenty of problems. And that of course leads to I think the main reason why Philadelphia did lose to the Chargers and the main reason why everybody’s freaking out this week. That was the play of Jaylen Herz. And again, I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It was terrible. He looked bad. No one can defend Jaylen versus the Chargers. But the fact that the usual suspects on local talk radio are already clamoring today for Jaylen Herz to be benched is so unbelievable to me that I didn’t even want to talk about it. But I see y’all’s comments. So here it goes. Jayen Herz raised a Super Trophy less than a year ago today. Don’t forget he was the MVP of that Super Bowl and should have been the MVP of another one both against Patrick Mahomes. To call for his benching right now, five games into what is a bad stretch, two of which he did technically won for a sixth string quarterback we’ve hardly seen play is absolutely insane. And that’s not to say Julen Herz cannot be critiqued or that Tanner McKe is not potentially a good prospect. Jaylen Herz can 100% be ripped up and down. I mean, his whole thing is that you can look past the fact he sometimes has some very low stats because a he wins a lot and b he does not turn the football over. So obviously when he’s neither winning and also turning the ball over five times, everybody rightfully starts to panic. But to go on a show or text your friends group chat saying Jaylen Herd should be benched, a $250 million quarterback still with an eight-winning football team fresh off a roll victory, it’s ignorant. And if you’re at a radio station, it just feels you’re trying to clickbait people, rage bait people into actually viewing your program. And I personally don’t think that’s the smartest business decision. I don’t think that they buy it either way. Jillen Herz can be criticized 100%. But calling for his benching right now, it’s some of the most ridiculous and dumb things you could possibly say. And again, I’m not defending Jaylen Herz’s last calendar month, but no one can watch some of the passing concepts, the route concepts, the play design, the blocking, and go, “Yeah, this is all Jayen Herz’s fault.” While also watching Jayen Herz with two different competent offensive coordinators make two different Super Bowls and still want to blow the birds up, who again sit alone the NFC East at the very top, and they’re all but guaranteed to still host a playoff game. For me, my ultimate uh ultimate importance is is is protecting the ball and being able to do that. So, um, just see it that way. The the the problem the problem about the game is is is as ugly as it was throughout, you know, I had an opportunity to win it in the end. And so, that’s what I take a lot of pride in and I didn’t come up for my team. I’ll tell you guys what if Jaylen Herz continues to throw three plus interceptions the final four or maybe five games of the season, continues to look really, really bad. Here’s the costest football team in the most critical situations, and they keep losing, then yes, there can be a conversation in February or March, maybe. Even though I still think Philadelphia monetarily is tied to him, but let’s just put that on the back burner right now because he’s probably going to go out, shred a bad Raiders team, play two maybe Marcus Mariota games against the Washington Commanders and have one really big game in the final four against the Buffalo Bills. If he goes three and one in that stretch or even 4-0 in that stretch, Philadelphia is the two three seed, maybe even the one seed. They host a playoff game. Maybe they’re redot and anything is possible. Oh, and one other really quick point here as to why I feel so positive today and so different from a couple of days ago. Do you realize how good the Philadelphia defense is playing? Like, do we actually understand what this defense has done against the Chiefs in the second half versus the Rams, against the Packers, that game against the Lions, and now the Chargers? And this past Monday night, Kobe Dean is a whiff or two away from Justin Herbert being sacked 10 times in a game. Jaylen Hers threw five interceptions. AJ Brown drops all those passes and they still nearly won. I mean, Jix Hunt right now alone a complete breath of fresh air off the edge the past couple of games. He now leads the team in sacks. He’s top two in all other major edge rusher categories. This guy has been balling. Jix Jix is really honing in his skill. He’s really kind of getting a feel for the game now. And uh you know, this going into his second year, he’s starting to understand like a lot of GPS stuff. And um I think it’s really cool for him to just go out there and have fun. And I love it because he’s having fun. And I think one thing, you know, I didn’t until this morning, I didn’t watch the film. I just watched the Monsters Inc. version. But, you know, even in the Monsters Inc. version, you can see like him making plays. And then I think the most important thing for me was seeing the hat on the helmet, seeing the hand, like high fives and all that stuff. Like, I think that’s just that’s what I’m all about. So, yeah, forgive me if I’m a little bit positive today. Forgive me if I think that Lane Johnson coming back and the Raiders being next on the schedule and Philadelphia’s offense actually showing somewhat of an improvement is enough to get me excited for the final four game stretch. If it turns out that I’m wrong, I’m wrong. And as I always do in this show, I’ll come on here and say, “Guys, I was wrong. I had my hopes up. You know, fire Nick Serriani, maybe bench, I don’t know. I’ll be there. I have to be cuz I have this show and you guys love to hold me accountable in the comments section. However, telling you the vibes seem a little bit different after that loss. And if they just can beat the Raiders on Sunday, it’s going to make guys like Jordan Davis, maybe the new positivity rabbit in the locker room, seem like they were 100% right to still be 100% buying into this football team. When you live positively, it’s very hard to be wavered by stuff like that. And um I know for me personally, I’m never wavered by that stuff. Um offense going to have their games and know and you know, I’m so deep into this faith in the offense that I have that one day, hopefully very very soon, it’s going to click. And when it does click, watch out because we all know what we capable of. We all know that we’re capable of bunch more and we know that we can go out there and we can execute and we can be dominant. But we just have to keep putting in the work. We have to keep in faith because I feel like a lot of people are just kind of losing faith. And um you know whether that’s y’all, whether that’s the fans, whatever. But me, I’m still 10 toes down for this team. I’m still 10 toes down. Like I know one I hope I hope that we go out there one game and we just put a 100 ball on it and we play and we play and we play a high level of defense and you know I have the faith and I’m always telling them I’m always confident. I always say before we walk out go on the field for the game I say each and every excuse my language each and every in this locker room I have full faith in I have full faith in because I wouldn’t be playing this game at my purest confidence if I wasn’t confident in the team that I have behind me. Now, of course, plenty more stuff happening the next couple of days and weeks, and I will read y’all’s comments. I know there are people, you know, haters, people who are positive, but I appreciate you guys nonetheless. And I also read the comments to see who wins this bad boy on Saturday’s show. I’ll link down below if you guys want to pick one up yourself. But comment, go birds, be subscribed, drop a like. Uh, and we’ll get this guy sent out to the winner hopefully uh early next week. I’m Thomas Mott hanging out here on a Thursday trying to be a little bit positive. Can you blame me? This has been

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Eagles roster news following their loss to the Chargers on Sunday could see the return of Lane Johnson and long snapper Charley Hughlett. Hughlett might not seem like a huge addition; however, Philadelphia is 4-0 in games he plays vs 4-5 without him. Plus, Jake Elliot has not missed a kick that was snapped to him by Hughlett. Also, hear why Jalen Hurts is not worried about his poor play as of late, despite the media calling for his benching and why Jalyx Hunt is blossoming into a star right before our eyes. Plus, the Eagles are about to face Kenny Pickett on Sunday with the latest injury to the Raiders. Full Eagles news and rumors on today’s show!

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Time Codes:
0:00 – Intro
0:24 – Eagles Moving On
0:50 – Saquon Giveaway
1:07 – Pickett vs Birds
2:08 – Don’t Mention 2023
2:43 – Lane’s Update
3:27 – Important Roster Move
5:21 – Eagles Still Positive
5:59 – Offense Looks Promising
9:06 – Bounce Back Chances
11:18 – Hurts Attacked Again
14:12 – Defense is Balling

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