I’ve created a monster.
Final evening I went to the Eagles recreation for the primary time this season. I have been busy, I have been working and I have been watching each earlier match from my sofa. I am not complaining about this, and I am probably not watching alone both. I textual content my dad and mom, my pals, my enemies (Cowboy followers) throughout the recreation. At one recreation a pal occurred to cease by and I used to be ultimately in a position to clarify to her how NFL time beyond regulation labored. Then my spouse got here down the steps and I used to be allowed to clarify it once more. Oh man, after I bought to that Thanksgiving recreation the place they tousled the coin toss? Heaven. The type of second you reside for as a sports activities pedant.
However some pals have been having a celebration final evening, and it was for a very good trigger, so I used to be motivated to go. It was additionally the largest recreation of the yr to date, a Tremendous Bowl rematch in opposition to the Chiefs. Optimistically, I’d have a good time with my pals, the Eagles would win large, and the Sodfather would slip within the mud.
I did not get hit. The Sodfather stays, so far as I do know, unsullied. However I had enjoyable, and the Eagles received! To date this yr, I’ve solely been in a position to give my cat a excessive 5 after a landing. However the 21-17 win has some beat writers speaking Tremendous Bowl. Possibly it was simply the ambiance, however I left the celebration Monday evening very optimistic in regards to the recreation and the season. The Eagles have been 9-1 they usually had simply defeated Andy Reid for the primary time ever. They’re nonetheless recreation within the NFC. I wasn’t certain what to jot down; it ought to change into more and more tough to seek out people who find themselves involved or offended in regards to the group, particularly after a recreation like this. Two good groups performed fairly effectively, and the Eagles made a number of extra performs and caught a number of extra passes. Nice victory! That is how I felt.
However the sports activities discuss radio on the way in which house was much less enthusiastic than I anticipated. Many individuals, surprisingly or not, have been fairly offended. I bought a number of texts from pals about how this recreation would match into this joke, and I additionally bought some texts that appeared to embody it. This man Eric in my fantasy league guidelines. He needed Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson fired throughout the recreation… and after the sport, too. I perceive. Watch the play-by-play and you may see that the Eagles managed one level within the second half seven brief passes in eight attacking actions, and that the opposite play was a Jalen Hurts battle. It was so unusual that I puzzled if Hurts had injured himself and could not get to the sector. However perhaps the Eagles have been like a boxer touchdown a giant left hook. Instantly after these eight photographs from the Eagles, Hurts threw a bomb to Devonta Smith. The Eagles bought an important knockdown – or landing, if you wish to drop the boxing metaphor – with the stress on the subsequent play. Then Patrick Mahomes had two possibilities to win the sport and got here up with nearly nothing. The protection, which sacked Patrick Mahomes after ten seconds and hadn’t caught him since, pressured him into an intentional grounding penalty. That bag should be truly received the sport.
This is not the primary time I’ve gotten a bit caught. However evidently means now every The Eagles fan is now caught right here with me. I awakened with this headline:
Even The Eagles steal the bit! Jalen Hurts might a minimum of inform folks to subscribe to Defector or put some cash within the tip jar (or put on a t-shirt with my cat on it). The Eagles are 9-1, however followers can positively complain. They’ve performed some questionable video games. However final evening there truly wasn’t a kind of. They struggled to maneuver the ball as a result of the Chiefs protection is nice. Kansas Metropolis ran it deep into Eagles territory twice, however so what? That type of factor may be a little bit of a coincidence, nevertheless it nonetheless occurred. The Eagles’ D stepped up. The Eagles offense additionally had two superb drives within the second half. Not less than a very good win? Proper?
I feel there’s just one group of followers who must be offended after final evening’s recreation, and that is the Chiefs followers who can speak about their group to lose ugly. Sure, even the man within the KC swimsuit that made him appear like “Chiefs Matthew Lesko” can really feel that means. Their large weapons, Mahomes and Travis Kelce, every turned the ball over within the pink zone. Marques Valdez-Scantling’s brutal fourth-quarter drop into the top zone is considered one of a league-leading 26 drops for Chiefs. Justin Watson had essentially the most targets of any Chiefs receiver with 11; Seth Keysor referred to as him the “obvious WR1.” It is becoming that the match ended with Watson falling in 4th and twenty fifth. The principle distinction between this Chiefs efficiency and most 2023 Eagles video games is that Philly has received the video games the place they make so many errors.
The Eagles play the Payments on Sunday and perhaps afterward I am going to get an opportunity to complain a few irritating win. However the Eagles escaped with this in opposition to an excellent group. I guess the Sodfather hated it. So for me it is all smiles on Tuesday.