Eagles Overpower Dolphins in Top NFL Teams Showdown on SNF
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - As of this moment, the two best records
00:05 in the National Football League, both six and one,
00:08 and it's the two teams that faced off
00:10 for a Lombardi trophy last year in February
00:14 in Super Bowl 57, the Eagles and the Chiefs.
00:18 We start with the Birds, a statement on Sunday night
00:21 at home in the Kelly Greens in Philadelphia
00:24 against the Miami Dolphins.
00:25 It was a matchup, Donnie, of two of the five teams
00:28 that following week number six had a five and one record
00:32 around the NFL, and the Birds win by two touchdowns
00:35 at home, Philadelphia victorious 31-17.
00:39 Donnie, easily covering as a three-point home favorite.
00:43 - Yes, they were really good last night.
00:44 And to start the game, what do you wanna do?
00:45 Get up to a double-digit lead, which they did.
00:47 They let it slip away.
00:48 It wasn't necessarily Jalen Hurts' total fault.
00:50 Get stripped in the pocket, which again,
00:52 you gotta be better with the football.
00:53 He gave up three points there.
00:54 Then the second half, you get the tip ball interception,
00:56 which tied the game up, and the Eagles
00:58 could have been reeling at that point, but didn't.
01:00 Focused on defense here.
01:01 The defensive line was immaculate yesterday,
01:03 getting pressure on to attack by Loa,
01:04 and the plays that needed to be made were made here,
01:06 including A.J. Brown, 10 catches for 137 yards
01:10 and one touchdown.
01:11 All week long last week, and I made no bones about it,
01:13 I really liked the Eagles in this spot,
01:15 but I told it multiple times, saying, you know what?
01:17 If the Eagles had beaten the Jets ugly
01:19 on Sunday night football, I would have taken
01:21 the Miami Dolphins in this spot.
01:23 He said, well, Donnie, why would you have done that?
01:24 Just case in point here, look at the Buffalo Bills.
01:26 Had a terrible football game against the Giants.
01:28 Ended up winning that game, so what do you do
01:30 the next week in practice, man?
01:31 We're fine, we'll eventually get it together.
01:33 We don't have to change too many things here.
01:34 They go up to New England to get beat
01:35 by an inferior opponent.
01:37 That laser focus would have been different
01:38 for the Buffalo Bills had they lost to the New York Giants,
01:41 the same way it was for the Philadelphia Eagles.
01:43 That was an impressive effort overall.
01:44 I thought Tua did enough to try to keep them
01:47 in the ball game.
01:48 You know Tyree kills ultra fast and wild
01:50 and left the game for a little bit,
01:51 but the Philadelphia Eagles superstars really shined.
01:53 Swift was good, Hurts was good,
01:55 and AJ Brown was even better, Ben.
01:58 (upbeat music)
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