The Raiders, the Eagles, week 15, the tale of two teams that are actually more similar than most people expected.

That plus more on Thursday's edition of the Locked-on Raiders podcast for December 11th, 20, 25.

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Head into the weekend on today's show. We'll get back to that coming up tomorrow in segment number three. We'll close out the week really strong, head into the weekend because today is crossover Thursday. So what that means is the next team on the schedule, we take a look at the storylines, we take a look at the matchups, we talk about the path to victory. So the next team up on the schedule for the Raiders, Week 15 action, the Philadelphia Eagles, on the road, in the cold, early kickoff, 10 a.m. Pacific time. So Louis DiBiase, who does Locked on Eagles, does a fantastic job. Really one of the best hosts that we have here on the podcast network. Really respect the rise and the great job that Louis has done. Myself and him, we talk about storylines for the Eagles and the Raiders. We talk about those matchups, and we talk about the keys to victory, the path to victory. We'll do that. Segment number one, segment number two, and segment number three, closing things out. We'll jump into that after I tell you about the title sponsor of the show, which is prize picks. Download the prize picks apps today. Use promo code locked on NFL. It's all one word to get $50 in lineups after you play your first five-odd lineup. So we hit you with the top storylines. And I mentioned off the top of the show that this team, both these teams actually have a lot more similarities than most people expected. Let's jump into part one of our conversation. Top storylines, Eagles,

Raiders, Week 15, Louis DiBiase and me. The 8 and 5 Philadelphia Eagles hanging on for Deer Life three game losing streak. They're going to try to snap that at Lincoln Financial Field this

Sunday against Q. The 2 and 11 Las Vegas Raiders that looks like they're not going to be starting

Gino Smith on this one due to injury. It's going to be Kenny Pickett, former Eagles backup from last year. Yeah, and that's the thing about it, man. When you started talking about storylines in this game and the Raiders have had a whole bunch of different storylines throughout the course of the year, and that's what happens when you go 2 and 11. But all of a sudden, that has become the biggest storyline is Kenny Pickett. He came into the game on Sunday versus Denver and played in the fourth quarter through a touchdown pass, used his legs for mobility. He was able to get out of harm's way a little bit. And all of a sudden, now he looks like he's got an opportunity to play against his former team because of the injury to Gino Smith. So, yeah, all of a sudden,

that storyline is taking over all things silver and black and can Kenny Pickett do enough to

hold on to that job if, say, Gino Smith gets healthy? It sounds like from head coach Pete Carroll,

who talked on Wednesday, it does not sound like he's going to be the long-term guy if Gino gets

healthy, but right now Gino's not

healthy. Yeah, and for the Philadelphia Eagles cue, I mean, this seems like the obvious classic

get-right game after blowing a 21-to-nothing lead against the Dallas Cowboys. It feels like that

game, that comeback by Dak Prescott, completely rattled this football team. They really got a wake-up call against

the Chicago Bears on Black Friday, and then just a crazy up and down overtime loss to the

Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night football. But I can't personally help but get a little bit of

PTSD from 2023. There was an obvious get- right game against Drew Locke, who was backing up

at the time, Gino Smith. So there's a similarity there for the Seattle Seahawks, and the Seahawks

shocked the world that day. So, you know, the Raiders have nothing to lose in the scenario at 2

and 11, and the Eagles have everything to lose. So a big storyline for me will be how tight do the Eagles play in this

one? Because this is a must-win game. Because they lost that Monday night game, they kept Dallas

alive in this division race. If they lose this one, it could be a tough track for them to get into the

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