The Philadelphia Eagles are 2-0, and despite a big win on the road in KC, the national media
is whining about the birds and making excuses for why they won that football game
Even better yet, despite the sloppiness from the offense, the defense is absolutely humming
Vic Fangio is ahead of schedule, and these boys are clicking on all cylinders
So we'll take a little bit of a deeper dive into last night's game, and I think it is
fair to say at this point that Howie Roseman has done it again by getting the absolute steal of the
NFL draft. We'll talk about all that and more right here on A to Z Philly, but welcome into the show
Victory Monday. The birds are 2-0. The fact of the matter is on this Monday, after winning the
Super Bowl, to win the first two games of the next season with a lot of new faces, with a new unit
especially on the defensive side, is very impressive no matter how it looks. There's a reason
that we do the postgame reaction right after the game and then we do a video the next day
right? We give it time to marinate. We let our thoughts soak in a little bit more and I think
I was pretty fair last night, right? There is some for sure criticism with Kevin Petullo and
the offensive side of the ball but go back to last year The Eagles didn even really get it clicking until week five week six right after the bye week So the Eagles have a lot of time to figure things out
And the fact that they are 2-0, like I said last night, they are learning how to win these types of games
every single time. And that's all they do is win. And speaking of winning
the Chiefs haven't experienced a lot of it as of late. First three-game losing streak in Mahomes' career
And Chris Jones was the first little crybaby after the game. And he said this to Jalen Hurts, quote, you don't even have 100 yards
And you know what Jalen Hurts responded with? Shut the bleep up. We won the bleeping game
That's why I love Jalen Hurts, right? Chris Jones and his boys are worried about stats, stat chasing
That's all the media is talking about today. Jalen Hurts said, I don't care how many yards I throw for
I don't care how many yards I run for. We won the game. That's all that matters
The Eagles have always been focused on winning. And the proof is in the pudding
as Field Yates says the Eagles record in their last 19 games
is 18-1 and no they didn't just need one play to make
that happen. No they didn't need to throw the ball every time to make that happen. It's about winning games. It's about winning
championships and like I said with Nick Sirianni he is on a historic
pace He has now coached the Eagles for 70 games in the regular season and he has a 50 record 71 which ranks second in the Super Bowl era behind just John Madden
So right now, Nick Ceriani is on a historic pace with winning football games, and that's
all that matters. But he can't do it without his players. And on the defensive side, as we talked about last night, Z'Darrius Smith came in and made
an immediate impact. and looking back at the snaps numbers today, some of the advanced stats
starting to watch some of the film, he was popping off the screen, man. For a guy that sat out week one
who is 33 years old, comes in, plays 33% of the snaps
I mean, that's impressive. Played 20 snaps, which is more than I thought he would end up playing
And I'm feeling a lot better about the Eagles defense already just a couple of weeks into the season
But the main reason I feel good about this defense is because Vic Fangio is an absolute savant
Vic Fangio has single-handedly changed the Eagles defense and the Eagles organization
because he is a perfectionist. In week number one, the Eagles were getting torched early in the game by Dak Prescott
He comes back at halftime, makes adjustments, and gives up zero points in the second half
His defense was clicking Keep in mind it was week one Then in the second game the Eagles defense is struggling a bit at first Patrick Mahomes is playing superhero ball
He runs for 60 yards in the first half. Guess how many he ran for in the second half? Six
Why? Vic Fangio is a mastermind with making adjustments. Chiefs only scored seven points in the second half
It came on a late game touchdown where the Eagles were essentially just trying to run
the clock out. and Vic Fangio's defense is way ahead of schedule compared to where they were last year
And if they keep this up, they might not only have a number one defense in the NFL again
they might end up winning the whole damn thing again for this team because they have been rock solid with younger pieces, with new faces
They seem to be clicking more than ever. And that is because of the system that Vic Fangio has in place
Everybody knows where everybody is. The communication is incredible. and it just goes to show how talented of a team this really is
Vic Fangio blitzed Patrick Mahomes a dozen times yesterday. He didn't blitz him once in the Super Bowl
That shows you how Vic is constantly thinking on his feet, and I like the fact that he came into this game where people might think
hey, you're not going to blitz him again. It worked last time. Well, this is a different season
This is a different game. You have to constantly outsmart your opponent
and that is why he is such a sharp thinker and a great defensive coordinator