MOLLY: OK. STEPHEN A., WOULD YOU SAY LOSING WAS A GOOD THING FOR PHILLY? STEPHEN A.: NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE BECAUSE OF HOW THEY LOST. YOU RAN THE FOOTBALL FOR 175 YARDS ON THE GROUND. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING IF YOU'RE THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS SEASON IS RIDING ON JALEN HURTS AND WHERE HE TAKES THEM. WE KNOW THEY GOT THE RECEIVERS.
THEY GOT THE OFFENSIVE LINE. THEY GOT GODDARD AT THE TIGHT END SPOT. THEY GOT A DEFENSE, OK? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE FACT YOU COULDN'T KEEP WASHINGTON OFF THE FIELD IF YOU'RE THE DEFENSE, COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT JALEN HURTS DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF HIS BETTER NIGHTS, I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE THE OPPOSITION, IT'S A RECIPE FOR HOW TO BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO HERE. IT'S JUST ONE GAME. I'M NOT OVERREACTING. I'M JUST SIMPLY POINTING OUT, I LOOK AT THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY LOST. I NEVER THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GO UNDEFEATED. I NEVER THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GO 16-0. WE ALL ANTICIPATED — LISTEN, ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAM IN HISTORY WAS THE MIAMI DOLPHINS IN 1972. THAT WAS ALL THE WAY. THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS WENT UNDEFEATED FOR THE REGULAR SEASON BEFORE LOSING IN THE SUPER BOWL TO THE GIANTS. BUT LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT WE USUALLY, BECAUSE HISTORY TELLS US, YOU ANTICIPATE A LOSS. IT'S HOW YOU GO DOWN. AND THE FACT THAT JALEN HURTS WASN'T THAT GREAT, THE DEFENSE COULDN'T KEEP THE COMMANDERS OFF THE OFFENSE, OFF THE FIELD, YOU COMBINE ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, AND I SAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE FOR A GOOD LOSS, IN MY ESTIMATION.
KEYSHAWN: THE REASON IT'S A GOOD LOSS IS BECAUSE THEY CAN NOW PUT THE PRESSURE OF GOING UNDEFEATED OUT THE WINDOW. JUST CONCENTRATE ON WINNING THE DIVISION. THE MORE THEY WIN, NOW YOU GET THIS 12-0, CAN THEY GO 13-0, CAN THEY GO 14-0? SHOULD THEY SIT GUYS BECAUSE THEY CLINCHED THE NUMBER ONE SEED? BUT THERE'S NEW A QUEST TO GO UNDEFEATED. NOW THAT'S OUT THE WAY. IN TERMS OF LAST NIGHT'S GAME, THEY PLAYED SLOPPY FOOTBALL, WHICH IS ALL CORRECTABLE. YOU CAN'T HAVE FOUR TURNOVERS IN A GAME. YOU CAN'T FUMBLE THREE TIMES, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE AN INTERCEPTION, AND MIDEAST TIMES A.J. BROWN WOULD GO UP TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND GET THAT FOOTBALL. INSTEAD HE WAITED FOR IT TO COME DOWN, AND THEREFORE, IT BECAME AN INTERCEPTION.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS TEAM IS STILL ONE AND TWO IN THE N.F.C., DEPENDING WHO YOU ASK. I THINK THEY'RE AT HOME. THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE. THAT MEANS THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY WIND UP GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. STEPHEN A.: HERE'S THE DEAL. LET ME SAY THIS. I WAS MISTAKEN, BY THE WAY, THEY RUSHED FOR ONLY 94 YARDS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ARE GOING TO DO BETTER THAN THAT, OR AT LEAST ON THE GROUND. THEY GOT THE SIXTH-RANKED RUSHING ATTACK IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE CATS AND THE DEFENSIVE LINE COMING AT YOU. YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUNT FOOTBALL. THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T RUN THE FOOTBALL IS EFFECTIVELY AS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T SAY — KEYSHAWN: BUT STEPHEN A., THEY ONLY HAD, I THINK, WHAT DID THEY HAVE? LESS THAN SOMETHING LIKE 30, OR 40-SOMETHING PLAYS. STEPHEN A.: BUT THAT'S — MOLLY: TIME OF POSSESSION. STEPHEN A.: YOU COULDN'T MOVE THE CHAINS. COULDN'T STAY ON THE FIELD.
