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00:00NFC East, Lacey Guy, the Eagles, the reigning champs, of course, a minus 170 favorite.
00:05Now, the Commanders, a great football team a year ago, 11 wins,
00:09NFC Championship game appearance, and maybe even the Cowboys,
00:13as they get back to at least their standard of success in the regular season, should challenge.
00:18But there is also the long-standing trend around the NFC East.
00:22We have not seen a repeat champion in this division since 2004.
00:27That is two decades, 20 years of a trend now.
00:31Is it going to be bucked in 2025?
00:35I don't know. I mean, you know, here's the thing.
00:39The Eagles are the best team, right? Hands down.
00:43Do I want to believe that Jaden Daniels and that team in Washington now with Debo and, you know,
00:49Tunsell, you know, could elevate? Yes.
00:52But if I had a bet right here, right now, I would bet that the Eagles would be repeat.
00:57You know, champions for the first time since 04.
01:00I can't go against that defense.
01:02That defense is young.
01:04They're hungry.
01:05Vic Fangio was a huge asset to that team.
01:08And even though they're going to lose Kellen Moore to the New Orleans Saints,
01:13I love Jalen Urch.
01:14The kid's a winner.
01:15St. Juan Bar.
01:16I mean, the list goes on.
01:18I mean, Ben, I said this to Wetzel yesterday.
01:20You know, yes, Jaden Daniels has huge upside,
01:24but the Dallas Cowboys have no shot to compete.
01:26I'm sorry.
01:27I know that on paper they look good.
01:29This team is going to be gutless.
01:30There's no guarantee that that defense is going to be a stitch better than what they were last year.
01:36And in that regard, you know, it's Philly or bust for me.
01:39I'm still betting on Philadelphia, even though the trend is against them.
01:43This is the one team.
01:44I told you that's like the Kansas City Chiefs.
01:47If you give me a market for them to three-peat, I might take that opportunity.
01:52It is such a funny trend, right?
01:54Because we have seen very successful teams year over year in this division,
01:58and yet they just can't win it for a second consecutive.
02:02But you would think if anybody had the makeup of doing so,
02:05it would be the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
02:08Each year has its own set of circumstances.
02:11Each year is different.
02:12Teams are different.
02:13Coaches are different.
02:14All of that.
02:15And yet, for whatever reason, in the NFC East,
02:18we have not seen that back-to-back winner for two decades.
02:21I'll just say this on the Cowboys.
02:23I wouldn't bet Lee's money on Dallas to do anything in the postseason,
02:27but with regular season success, it's what Dallas has done.
02:31You even look at the five-year sample size under Mike McCarthy.
02:34Bookends of that five-year window.
02:36His first in 2020, last year in 2024,
02:39Dak Prescott was not fully healthy to not play a full year.
02:43The Cowboys had double-digit losses.
02:45But three years in between, the Cowboys had exactly 12 regular season wins
02:50and did win the NFC East.
02:52Two of those three seasons.