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Eagle Eye: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Should Eagles play their starters in Week 18?

Eagle Eye: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

NBC Sports Philadelphia

News, Sports News, Football, Nfc East, Eagles, Nfl, Philadelphia Eagles, Sports

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On the latest Eagle Eye podcast, Reuben Frank and Dave Zangaro record for the final time in 2025: • Should the Eagles play their starters • The factors that go into that decision • Takeaways from Eagles coordinators • Roob's top 10 albums of 2025 📢 Subscribe NOW to get the latest Eagles, Sixers, Phillies & Flyers news: / @nbcsphilly NBC Sports Philadelphia serves Philly sports fans 24/7 with the latest news on the Eagles, Sixers, Phillies and Flyers. Watch live games and insightful analysis from our experts on NBC Sports Philadelphia. Subscribe to our channel for the latest Philly sports news and highlights! » Visit NBC Sports Philadelphia: https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/ » Facebook: / nbcsphilly » Twitter: / nbcsphilly » Instagram: / nbcsphilly 📱NBC Sports Philadelphia App Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nbc-spo... Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... 🔉Podcasts: 🦅 Eagle Eye Podcast: 📺Watch: • Eagle Eye 🎧Listen: https://eagleeye.simplecast.com/ 🏀Sixers Talk Podcast: 📺Watch: • Sixers Talk 🎧Listen: https://sixerstalk.simplecast.com/ ⚾Phillies Talk Podcast: 📺Watch: • Phillies Talk 🎧Listen: https://philliestalk.simplecast.com/ 🏒 Flyers Talk Podcast: 📺Watch: • Flyers Talk 🎧Listen: https://flyerstalk.simplecast.com/ 🛫Takeoff with John Clark Podcast: 📺Watch: • Takeoff with John Clark 🎧Listen: https://takeoff.simplecast.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

It's hard to believe it's our last show of 2025, Roob.

0:18.4

That is hard to believe.

0:19.6

This is our 582nd podcast of the calendar year.

0:23.6

Feels that way. It does sometimes. But yeah, happy to be here. And, you know, there's no bye weeks for us.

0:29.6

There's no resting the starters. We go every week. We do. We'll talk about what the Eagles are going to do.

0:35.2

This is the Eagle Eye podcast. Brought T.Balli, Nissan. It is week 18. We've made it to the end of the regular season

0:42.3

playoffs to follow. Happy New Year, everyone. If you're listening at home and celebrating, we hope you

0:48.2

have a good and safe New Year's Eve, New Year's Day. Roob, this is kind of a weird week in Eaglesland because it's easy to look ahead to the playoffs.

0:58.1

Maybe we'll do that a little bit later in the week, but there is a game on Sunday.

1:03.3

There is.

1:04.4

There is.

1:05.0

Eagles commanders, I guess when the schedule came out, I think we kind of said that game's not going to mean anything.

1:10.6

We kind of had a

1:11.2

hunch and neither of these games really meant a whole lot. It's annoying. Yeah. It does potentially

1:18.0

mean something and we'll get into that. But, you know, it's a game and whoever plays, it'll be fun

1:25.4

to watch. That's true true and even if the backups

1:28.0

play i want to watch the backups i always enjoy that yeah i do you guys we haven't really seen

1:32.2

so let's lay out this scenario as plainly as we can the eagles right now can finish no lower than

1:40.0

the third seed we knew that on sunday so they they can no longer be the fourth seed uh it's third or second right now they will be the third seed. We knew that on Sunday. So they can no longer be the fourth seed. It's third or second.

1:46.5

Right now they will be the third seed if the season ended today. But they have the ability to get

1:51.7

into that second seed. And there's only one path. There were a few paths before week 17. There's one

1:58.6

path left. And it's really simple. The Eagles beat the commanders

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