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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Jason Fitz is joined Senior NFL Reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein to go behind the scenes on the biggest storylines around the NFL. The trio start with the Philadelphia Eagles' coaching changes on defense, as they now have Matt Patricia as de facto defensive coordinator. Were the Eagles right to make big changes despite their great record? In other news, potential coach of the year candidates DeMeco Ryans and Kevin Stefanski face off this weekend, both with backup quarterbacks. Jim Harbaugh has been linked to the Los Angeles Chargers, and the trio discuss what they're hearing as far as whether or not the coaching legend will return to the NFL. Jori and Charles are two of the 50 voters for MVP this season, and Fitz picks their brain over who is in the lead, whether a non-quarterback has a shot and Brock Purdy vs. Christian McCaffrey. The hosts finish things off with a discussion around the Chicago Bears and their looming decision at quarterback. Charles spoke with thirteen NFL general managers to get their thoughts, and the general consensus is that the Bears should move on and take Caleb Williams with the first overall pick. But is there anything Justin Fields could do to change their mind?

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0:00.0	Panic in Philly! Shocking!
0:02.0	Who's the MVP? We got two voters on this show, so I figure we'll figure it out and
0:06.3	Chicago has a bear of a problem they've got to figure out. We've got all that and more.
0:10.7	I'm Jason Fitz and it's time for inside coverage. Welcome to Inside
0:27.0	Inside, Yahoo Sports Senior NFL Reporters, Charles Robinson,
0:30.0	Jory Epstein, I'm Jason Fitz.
0:31.8	Got a ton to get into, ladies and gentlemen,
0:34.0	it has been a wild week in the NFL
0:36.7	through chaos and change for bad teams,
0:38.8	but also for good teams.
0:40.2	So let's just dive right into the news of the day and one thing that I thought was a little bit curious
0:45.2	The egos make Matt Patricia their defensive play caller which to me see Rob just seemed a little bit shocking.
0:51.0	I know we've talked on this show about two new
0:53.2	coordinators both sides of the ball maybe there's an adjustment period for the
0:56.1	Eagles but to be this far into the season and make this change at this time what's
0:59.7	it mean well I think first and foremost we have to be honest about this whole thing.
1:04.3	A lot of people are saying, well, this is a Nick Seriani inspired move, but if you know the history of
1:09.6	Philadelphia, you know it has an owner and a general manager who want some pliability on the coaching staff.
1:15.0	They ran into issues with Doug Peterson at the end of his regime there.
1:20.0	Doug got to a point where he was like, look, I'm no longer making coaching staff changes based on what the general
1:26.8	manager and the owner want. I'm going to do what I want to do with my staff, and that's when they
1:30.8	decided to part company. Nick Seriani comes in with a little more pliability.
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