Eagles-Chargers Predictions and Mailbag With Zach Berman!

The Ringer's Philly Special

The Ringer

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4.8 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Sheil is joined by Zach Berman of The Athletic to discuss the Eagles coming off of two straight losses and heading to Los Angeles for a matchup with the Chargers. Following the Cowboys loss on Thursday, the Eagles playoff chances have significantly increased. Did that alleviate some pressure off the team? Jalen Carter had surgery on both shoulders this week. What is his expected timeline to return? Could the Eagles reunite with Darius Slay after he was cut by the Steelers? Has the tush push lost its lure? What are we talking about in the event that the eagles win or lose? Plus, mailbag and predictions! Jalen Carter undergoing surgery (5:48) Kevin Patullo will continue calling plays (9:05) Darius Slay possibly returning? (17:05) Tush-push conversation (26:21) What are we talking about if the Eagles win (37:00) What are we talking about if the Eagles lose (40:44) Mailbag (48:19) Predictions (1:50:07) Email hot takes: Ringerphilly@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram/TikTok: @ringersphillyspecial Become a member of our Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/RingersPhillySpecial/. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: Zach Berman Producer: Cliff Augustin Music Composed By: Teddy Grossman and Jackson Greenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up? It's Todd McShay, host of the McShay Show at the Ringer and Spotify.
0:04.6	We're building this thing up and I couldn't be more excited to be back, talking college football
0:09.5	and everything NFL draft with the most informed audience out there. That's you.
0:15.0	My co-host, Steve Mention, I will be with you three times a week throughout the football season
0:19.8	with all the latest news, analysis,
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0:27.8	the McShea report to access my mock drafts, big boards, tape breakdowns, and other exclusive
0:34.0	scouting content you can't get anywhere else.
0:39.2	It's going to be a great season. And I hope you'll be with us at the McShay show every step of the way.
0:46.2	Hungry dogs run fast.
0:50.0	And that's this team.
0:52.5	I'm a now.
0:53.1	Yeah. And that's this team. I'm not going to be a here.
1:09.3	Oh, welcome to the ringers, Philly day here.
1:15.3	Welcome to the Ringer's Philly special.
1:18.7	Shield Capati here with Zach Berman of the athletic.
1:21.4	It feels like it's been a while since the last pod.
1:26.0	Weird schedule this week, did the early film review and took a little breather midweek.
1:31.8	And then we weren't rushed to get the preview pot out because we have a Monday night game, not a Sunday night game. We're going to talk about it all. We've had news this week. Jalen Carter, Kevin Petulow, are there moves to be made in the
1:39.5	secondary? The Cowboys lose on Thursday night. What does that mean for the Eagles? And then we will make our
1:45.7	picks. And of course, the mailbag. I got to say, Zee, the mailbag, I feel like when the team is
1:51.8	losing just even fills up even more. Some, a lot with Eagle stuff, but also with just people, I guess,
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