Keefer and the Beats: Frank Reich is out, the Eagles are very in, the Chargers remain flawed, and the Colts are surprise playoff contenders
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🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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On the Week 12 edition of Keefer and the Beats, Zak Keefer discusses the Frank Reich firing in Carolina with Joe Person, the Eagles' dramatic win over the Bills with Brooks Kubena, the Chargers' inherent flaws with Daniel Popper, and if the Colts' playoff-contention status with James Boyd.
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| 0:32.5 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:46.7 | Welcome back to the athletic football show. |
| 0:49.9 | This is Zach Kiefer here to dig into a very, very eventful week 12 around the NFL. A couple days |
| 0:55.6 | removed from Thanksgiving and we've already seen a second head coach fired. First, it was Josh |
| 1:00.8 | McDaniels in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. Now, Frank Reich out in Carolina, just 11 games |
| 1:06.0 | into his tenure. That organization will now be looking for its sixth different head coach, including |
| 1:11.3 | interims, since 2019. |
| 1:13.9 | My opinion, there is a whole lot more wrong with that organization than just the head coach. |
| 1:18.5 | We will dig into all of that with our reporter down in Charlotte, Joe Person, who's super |
| 1:23.2 | plugged in around that building and some really interesting names about possible coaching candidates |
| 1:28.7 | that David Tepper might pursue in the coming months from Joe. You're going to want to listen to |
| 1:33.2 | that one. As for the rest of the NFL, the Eagles won another one with the second half |
| 1:37.7 | comeback Sunday, climbing back from 10 down in the fourth quarter to beat the bills and overtime. |
| 1:43.1 | For Buffalo, at 6 and 6, it feels like this season could be slipping away. Now, they're not out of it yet, but they got a lot of work to do to climb back into that AFC playoff picture. And what can you say about Philly? Jalen Hertz has admitted in recent weeks, this team still hasn't played its best football yet. But they're 10 and 1. and they're off to the best start for a Super Bowl runner-up since the 1991 bills. |
| 2:05.6 | They just beat the Chiefs and the Bills within six days, and they've got the 49ers on tap for this weekend. |
| 2:11.6 | We'll visit with our new Eagles beat rider Brooks Cabina for his insight onto why this team keeps winning the close ones. |
| 2:18.9 | Next up, a really, really interesting conversation on the years-long and maybe even |
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