Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

And I want to start with a team that is fresh off a Super Bowl win.

For a team that is fresh off a Super Bowl and is seven and two and is in first place by a mile,

the Eagles certainly have a ton of drama, don't they? I mean, it never actually ends. Philly is nearly as good at manufacturing

drama as they are at manufacturing wins. In fact, they might be better at the drama than they are

at winning and they're clearly elite at the drama than they are at winning, and they're clearly

elite at winning.

Not only are they defending champs, the defending champs, they have won 23 of their last 26

games, including the playoffs last season.

Just stop and think about that for a minute.

23 wins in 26 games. It's mind-blowing.

How many teams in the history of the shield have won 23 of 26 at any given time?

It can't be a very long list. In fact, I'm still looking. I'm not sure anybody has ever done it

before. I don't think it's been done.

Now, you can certainly say they win ugly. You can certainly say they've had some crazy luck

in one score games. You can certainly say they're carried by their defense. You can say

whatever the hell you want. But the bottom line is they are a winning machine.

All that is to say, I understand why people just want wide receiver AJ Brown to shut the hell up already.

Like, how can you be a malcontent on a team that wins as often as this team wins?

How can you constantly find problemscontent on a team that wins as often as this team wins? How can you constantly find problems, even though all this team does is win?

I understand that point of view.

I understand that perspective.

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