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00:00When it was a party in Philadelphia yesterday,
00:03a festive atmosphere,
00:06as the Eagles clinched the NFC East title.
00:09They get to beat up on a long-hated division rival.
00:12They have a running back that hits the 2,000-yard mark.
00:14Everyone was having fun.
00:16No Jalen Hurts, no problem.
00:18Kenny Pickett did a good job at the beginning.
00:21Tanner McKee came in,
00:24and he threw a bunch of touchdown passes.
00:26It got very ugly very quickly.
00:2841-7, the Eagles win.
00:30Pick six right out of the gate as well,
00:32WIP and Philly Eagles Radio.
00:35Rush is in the gun.
00:37Three receivers.
00:39Rush is back.
00:40Here comes the rush.
00:42He fires, and it's intercepted.
00:44It's intercepted.
00:45Running with the football is Gordon Johnson.
00:48He's at the 40, the 20, the 10.
00:51Touchdown, Eagles on a pick six.
00:55Meryl Reese getting involved on WIP in Philadelphia.
00:59You know, that was a smash job, Joe.
01:03That was the Eagles just saying,
01:04you know what, we're not messing around today.
01:06Let's get this thing finished off,
01:08and we can have our own personal bye week next week
01:11against the New York Giants.
01:13They did not mess around with the Cowboys at all.
01:16No, it was, you had to figure the defense
01:21was gonna have a good bounce back spot.
01:23I mean, they got five turnovers the week prior
01:25against Washington and still lost
01:27because they gave up over 30 points.
01:29You didn't think that they were going to roll over.
01:32They had already smashed this with Cooper Rush
01:36in this offense earlier in the season.
01:39They did the same thing.
01:40I think what's fascinating, though,
01:42is that you just kept feeding Saquon without,
01:45you know, with the game well in hand,
01:48and you were just giving them the opportunity,
01:50every opportunity to touch the ball
01:52and get that much closer to the record.
01:54So congratulations, week 18 means nothing,
01:57but you got 100 yards left to beat a record
02:00that's been up in the books for 40 years.
02:02And is he gonna play?
02:04Is he the only starter that's gonna play
02:06in a week that means nothing?
02:07I wouldn't want Saquon with his history
02:11of injuries playing next week.
02:13You know, there's several layers to this, Joe,
02:16and I think you said one that was very interesting,
02:19and that is they were trying to get him
02:22as many yards as they possibly could,
02:25because I think that tells you
02:28they are putting him out there next week.
02:30And they were trying to get as much as they could yesterday
02:34so that way they could get him out of there
02:35as fast as possible next week.
02:38But also, if you're playing him,
02:42have to play the offensive line, right?
02:46You're not gonna put him out there to break the record
02:49with all the backup offensive linemen in.
02:51That doesn't make any sense at all,
02:52because that opens up two things.
02:54A, it's gonna take him longer to get it.
02:56And as you said, B, the backups are in there.
02:59That's also a better chance that he gets smashed
03:02and gets clipped and gets hurt.
03:05So I think personally they're gonna play him.
03:07I don't think it's the right move.
03:10I don't think he cares about it,
03:12but I think they're gonna go for it
03:13because Sirianni is a nut.
03:15And if it's his decision,
03:16I think he wants to rub it in the Giants' face
03:19because they're playing the Giants
03:20and he wants them to do it against them.
03:22Here's what Saquon had to say about it
03:25after the game yesterday.
03:26You know, the way I look at it,
03:29if it's in God's plan, then it is.
03:32I'm not overly trying to go get it.
03:35I'm not scared of it.
03:36I would love to, but at the end of the day,
03:39also, we got bigger things that we're focusing on
03:41and we're able to clinch the division right here.
03:44And, you know, whether it's we play next week
03:48or not and rest, I'm fine with that too
03:50because I didn't come here and sign here
03:52just to, you know, rush for 2,000 or break a record.
03:56I want to do something special.
04:00It's dicey, Joe.
04:01It's dicey to put him out there.
04:03I know one thing, I would have let him run even more.
04:06Why did we need to have Tanner McKee
04:08throwing bombs all over the place in that second half?
04:11I probably would have let him run more in that game
04:13and got him even closer and let Tanner McKee
04:16go throw the ball over to Giants next week
04:20if I was the Eagles.
04:21But I think they're going to play him, Joe.
04:24I really do.
04:25And you're probably, I think you're right.
04:27It's probably not the right decision,
04:30but I think the guy, I think Sirianni's a maniac.
04:34And I think that he actually does want to,
04:37I think he wants to rub it in,
04:38I think he wants Saquon to get it more than that,
04:41but I think he also wants to rub it in the Giants' face.