Ray Didinger: 'Things setting up very nicely for 5-2 Eagles'
Ray Didinger explained how the season is "setting up very nicely" for the 5-2 Philadelphia Eagles after their big win Sunday at the Bengals.
"With Jacksonville coming here next week and the realistic prospect of being 6-2 at this point in the season with a whole lot of road games behind you now, things are setting up very nicely for this team," Didinger told Joe DeCamara and Jon Ritchie on Monday's 94WIP Morning Show.
The Eagles have won three straight games following their bye week and now sit at 5-2, just 0.5 game behind the Washington Commanders—who won yesterday on a game-winning Hail Mary—in the NFC East.
As Didinger pointed out, Philadelphia has already played four road games and one neutral (Brazil) game. Of their final 10 regular season games, the Eagles will play six of them at the Linc. On Sunday, they'll host former Super Bowl winning head coach Doug Pederson and his 2-6 Jags.
In their last three wins, Jalen Hurts has been brilliant accounting for nine touchdowns and zero turnovers. Sunday against the Bengals was his best all-around game of the season.
"I did look at this game as a really good test," Didinger said. "Not that I thought that the Cincinnati defense was that great, but there was a lot at stake here and Hurts came out and was just terrific. His numbers were really good, obviously, but beyond that it was just the way he looked. The only way I could put it, he was so in command with everything that was happening out there...He was just in complete command. He was just on point with his throws, his timing was great, he was very comfortable in the pocket, he moved when he had to move, he didn't look skittish. He wasn't trying to force anything. He just kind of let it come to him. Anytime he wanted to get the ball to [A.J.] Brown or [DeVonta] Smith he did...He never put the ball in harms way."
