49ers vs. Eagles: Battle of Football Giants on Sunday
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00:02 - You are even wearing a San Francisco jersey
00:05 in the greater Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
00:07 I would take it off right now.
00:09 You are going to be heckled relentlessly.
00:11 I would not show up at Lincoln Financial Field
00:14 if I was not backing the birds on Sunday.
00:17 Who are an underdog for just the second,
00:20 or the third time, excuse me, in the last two seasons.
00:23 In both of the previous two,
00:25 against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
00:29 And of course, two Mondays ago in Arrowhead,
00:32 in which the Eagles won outright.
00:34 Donnie, both teams, top five in scoring offense
00:37 in the National Football League,
00:38 both actually tied for third, 28.2 points per game.
00:42 San Francisco though, after this three game win streak,
00:45 following the bye, they have picked it up defensively
00:49 as well, top scoring defensive unit
00:52 in the National Football League, entering week number 13.
00:56 They've been booked as a favorite
00:57 in every single game this year.
00:59 The Niners have covered in seven of their eight wins.
01:02 - Yes, the Niners are a very good team.
01:04 And also picking up Chase Young at the trade deadline.
01:06 That was a big move here to tell you,
01:08 you have bookend guys that can get pressure
01:10 on a quarterback.
01:10 Well, good thing for the Philadelphia Eagles,
01:12 maybe they're the best tackle tandem in the NFL.
01:14 You saw last week, the meaningfulness of certain games.
01:17 The Buffalo Bills was a game
01:18 the Philadelphia Eagles wanted to win.
01:20 But the Buffalo Bills game was also an AFC game
01:23 that if you said, okay, if we play Lane Johnson
01:25 and he's not right with his groin and re-injures it,
01:27 we don't have him down the back stretch,
01:29 which probably means he's gonna miss games
01:30 against the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers.
01:33 So for Lane Johnson and Julen Mailota
01:35 to be helping this football game,
01:36 that helps you counteract everything here
01:38 to try to keep that pass rush off.
01:40 'Cause the one thing we know,
01:41 maybe the best front seven in football in totality
01:43 is the San Francisco 49ers.
01:45 A little bit susceptible on the back end,
01:46 but it also goes back to the point where,
01:48 let's see what happens.
01:49 Because when you talk about scripted plays,
01:52 Kyle Shanahan may be the best in the business
01:54 at saying, I got 10 plays ready to go here.
01:56 Watch us cook on offense on this first drive
01:58 and walk right down the field and score a touchdown.
02:00 It'll be very interesting when that coin flip goes up,
02:02 who's gonna take the football,
02:04 'cause typically everybody in the NFL,
02:05 they wanna defer,
02:06 we're gonna take the ball in the second half.
02:08 Let's just see if we can hold it down.
02:09 But again, as I said,
02:10 the San Francisco 49ers playing from ahead.
02:12 If they lose that toss, get the opening kickoff,
02:14 drive down for a touchdown,
02:16 that's gonna drive a stake in the Philadelphia Eagles.
02:17 They're like, okay, the 49ers are here to play
02:19 and away we go,
02:20 and we'll see if we can pull off another comeback.
02:22 But this game is right down razor thin margins.
02:26 And if I'm being honest with myself,
02:28 I always look at the line.
02:29 I don't look at this line, I'm like, man,
02:30 that's an Eagles line I absolutely wanna jump on.
02:33 It's one of those lines that puzzles you a little bit
02:35 and go, my goodness, that's proving it.
02:37 'Cause I know you brought up
02:37 in the Jacksonville Jaguars game,
02:39 they were also that same three points,
02:41 that man, Jacksonville might be the hottest team
02:42 in football at home, rested and ready.
02:44 I wonder what gives in this game.
02:45 Well, you know what gave?
02:46 The Jacksonville Jaguars defense gave it up
02:48 against the 49ers offense.
02:49 I'm just interested to see how that first half
02:51 plays out here.
02:52 'Cause if the Eagles are up at the half,
02:53 that's a great sign.
02:54 If they're down, can they come back?
02:56 Of course they can,
02:57 but that's where the 49ers pin their ears back
02:58 and can get after you.
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