I should say, I also watched the Birds. This team is good. They're not even fully healthy, who is, but man they're fun and they're good. Also, this is a team where the coach and the QB really do seem like they're on the same page. Also, watching this team you see why Hurts made such a huge leap this year in such a short span of time.
One thing Philly has done well going back to the Andy Reid era, is get their QB a really good security blanket at TE. We're in the fourth generation of this if I'm not mistaken. Chad Lewis to Brent Celek to Zach Ertz to Dallas Goddert. It's a whole thing. But what's made that work even better is the trade for AJ Brown. Because Hurts knows and trusts Brown, suddenly this team has two security blankets out there pretty much at all times for Jalen to throw to. Add in that Devonta Smith is a fantastic route runner with great hands and you can see where the problem starts.
But then you add in one of the best OLs in football and a solid running game—and a QB who is perfectly happy to run RPOs and this offense is going to get theirs.
How were they behind by 14 like two minutes in? A pick six off a tipped ball, a three and out, and a solid drive by Jax. But the Birds didn't panic and in the end talent won out.
But I will tell you the same thing about Jacksonville this week that I said about them last week. Jacksonville is for real. They're still really young and they're putting it together so they're not going to win a ton of games. But their coaching is light years better now than it was, Lawrence seems like he's getting better every week, and sooner than later this team is going to be pretty good. In the meantime, they're going to be a really tough out.
Oh, and speaking of Doug Petersen, one other thing we learned today judging by the post-game love he got from so many Eagles' players. The problem was fucking Carson Wentz. That fucknugget.
Which, I guess, could lead me to talk about Washington, but why. That team sucks. Carson Wentz is a cancer, and I feel like today was the last day you could make a realistic case for betting on him with this Washington team. There may be spots later in the year where you want to bet against someone Washington is playing, and I'm sure he'll have one or two games this year where he goes for four TDs and puts up 30+, but he sucks, Washington sucks, and they look like a straight fade.
