The Josh Innes Show - Eagles Win and We Wait For Kelce Fest

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

The Eagles win and once again, Saquon Barkley shows why he's the league MVP. Jalen Hurts is feeling himself after his rare good game. Look, good for him. He has earned the right to talk his shit. Nick Sirianni is one win away from being the best coach in Eagles history. We get the dreaded Kelce Super Bowl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All righty, back at it from the couch, drinking booze, recovering from the gout, which I know sounds odd to say that I'm recovering from the gout and taking steroids and still drinking booze, but you know what? It's Sunday. It's the conference championships. And we might be getting to a point here soon where I may be able to walk without pain again. Thank you, steroids. I'm glad you finally went to the doctor. Well, I talked about this, too, that I did all that, went to the doctor. It's going to cost me probably thousands of dollars for going to this specialist, all to find out that she's like, oh, by the way, we're pretty positive you just have just have gout yeah but the fucked up part is if you didn't go you wouldn't got the steroids it never got better well this is true so the good news is and she gave you the preventative now like

the one that's supposed to help prevent gout not the colchicine that makes you shit the one that's like oh this will help you stop building up uric acid this is true ross is wandering around the house because i think he smells the meat so i'm gonna do a video of this and post it on the the gram but uh the i bought a brisket flat which i normally don't do because like i've never really i tried to smoke a brisket once but kind of half-assed it then i got a brisket flat once and really fucked it up because i was like in a hurry to get to work like it was a disaster i think both ones you tried were brisket flat once and really fucked it up because I was like in a hurry to get to work like it was a disaster I think both ones you tried were brisket flats no I did a full brisket once when you were out of town that one time I tried but I I guess I kind of I I I still kind of fucked it up I don't

know why maybe I'm jinxing it here but I think that this brisket flat because it had seemed like it had some of the point in it that's that's jargon for the fatty end of the brisket. The point, there seemed to be some decent fat and marbling in this brisket flat. I mean, it was $60, so I'm going to hope that it turns out pretty good, but it was on. I put it on the smoker last night at like 1 a.m. I put it on the Traeger 1 a.m., and then I ran it at 180 until about 11 o'clock this morning then I bumped it up to 225 and then I wrapped it and bumped it up to 250 and now it's been off for about what time is it now 9 40 so I took it off there at about 6 20 6 30 ish so it's about over three hours it's been resting

in a cooler I don't have all the fancy shit like these fellas do on all the television and the YouTubes and whatnot, but I think this has potential to be a passable brisket. And I am excited about the prospect of this being a passable brisket. So I'll let you guys know, and I'll do a video and post it on the Instagram. But anyway, so we talked about the Chiefs and we talked about their fans and their inability to accept that people hate them. They want to be liked. They can't accept that they're hated. They can't accept that people feel like their spoils have been ill-begotten.

They can't accept that. So they just sit there and they stew over it and it's fantastic and I love it. They can't help it if you look at people who follow Kansas City or work in Kansas City sports media all they do is tweet about how the media and everybody thinks that they are getting help from the refs it bothers them it eats at them they fucking can't stand it and I love it but anyway so Chiefs won not a shocker Bills lose not a shocker. Bills lose, not a shocker. Eagles win, not a shocker. Maybe the fact they won by 30, kind of a shocker, particularly because they were up by 11.

But you talk about how one thing can change a game. Like the Eagles were going to win the game. Like there was never a point that I thought they were going to lose. But they're up 11. The commanders have the ball. And then that fumble, the catch happens. I guess it was Eckler who then got up, had the ball knocked out, and that just changed the entire course of that game. Like it completely altered the history of the game, the future of the game.

So, look, Eagles were going to win in any way. Give credit to Jalen Hurts. He played well. And then he comes out and kind of dick swings in the media afterwards. Like, hey, is that what y'all wanted to see? Look, Jalen Hurts ain't very good. I don't believe he's very good. If you put Jaden Daniels on the Eagles,

the Eagles may never lose another football game with the type of offense they run with Saquon. Saquon's the MVP of the league too, by the way. Mahomes is Mahomes. And if you want to say who's the best player in the NFL, well, if that's what your true definition of the MVP is, then give it to Mahomes every year. You know how I feel about MVP awards. If it's truly about who the overall best player in the league is, no matter what the year is, sure give it to Mahomes but it's not the case it's every year you look at what people do on a year-to-year basis and you determine

who the MVP is based on that and if you're going to determine who the MVP is based on that then I would look at Saquon Barkley and look what he does for the Eagles it's just as valuable as any quarterback in the league when Saquon Barkley does. No one runs the ball like he does. No one catches the ball. Obviously his reception numbers haven't been as good, but that dude is the MVP of the league. And again, year-in-year-out basis, Burrow's a more important player. Mahomes is

the best player in the league. Fine. But Saquon Barkley and what he does for a team that's on the verge of winning the Super Bowl is dumb. He makes it look so easy and the Eagles wouldn't be where they are without Saquon. So to me, that's an MVP. Well, look at what the Eagles were last year. And I know they added other people, and I get it, and Fangio and blah, blah, blah.

The Eagles fell apart at the end of the year and lost a playoff game to Tampa. This year, they were on the verge of falling off the rails. They're hanging on for dear life. The meathead coach coach trying to fight the fans it's a total clusterfuck you got all this drama behind the scenes I talked about this the other day I think in 10 years we might hear that there was a shit ton going on behind the scenes that we don't know a ton about but when you look at how things were about to fall apart after Cleveland and then they what have they lost? One game since then? Two games since then total, right?

Like they have been dominant. And a huge part of that is you've got to give Sirianni credit for keeping them together. We can make fun of him. We can say he's a doofus. We can say he's a hard-on. We can say they went in spite of him. Maybe they do.

But you look at Saquon and what Saquon has been able to do on a consistent basis would have been the all-time leading rusher in the history of the league had they let him run, single season, had they let him run at the end of the year, dominated in all the playoff games he's been in. Saquon's the MVP of the league. For a team that's, again, probably, I'm not going to say they're probably going to win the Super Bowl because, what are they, slight underdogs, right?

Yeah, they're a point-and-a-half underdog. So there's no guarantee they're going to win that. But they're the NFC champions, and a lot of that is on the back of a dude that's been a beast. It ain't on the back of Jalen Hurts. Jalen Hurts is fine. Jalen Hurts is serviceable, but Jalen Hurts isn't going to go to 32 other teams or 31 other teams and make them Super Bowl contenders. Jalen Hurts is fine. He played a good game. They called a good game. Things worked out for them today against a team that's not very good defensively anyway. But you were able to get it done with Hurts.

But Saquon's the MVP of the league. I stand by the fact that I think Saquon's the MVP. The Giants live with themselves. I get that. And I guarantee you it sucks ass. But the problem is they had Saquon for years and years and didn't win shit with him. You see what I'm saying? So we didn't watch the Hard Knocks offseason, which apparently was just, like, ridiculous.

Yes. Because everybody talked about it. It was like, ah, Saquon, whatever. But still, I mean, God, that's got to hurt. Oh, it sucked. I love it for Saquon. I love it for Saquon. Well, let me put it this way, okay?

It's not that the Giants didn't win shit with Saquon, so it's not like they let him walk and he's the missing piece from them being good. They sucked with and they suck without him. But it's like, again, it's the ex-fiance, ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend thing, right? If you're in a scenario where your ex goes on and does exponentially better than you, it makes it worse. Especially if it's an ex that's not just someone you hated, but someone that was like an important part of what you did, right? So like I watch everywhere I've ever worked or anybody I've ever worked with,

I look to see what they do, especially if I don't like them. And I like to see how they do when I'm not there anymore. And I revel in it when they struggle. I want them to fail. Like I want people who fire me. I want people who dismiss me. I want them to fail. That is human nature too

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You could have kept him, but you didn't. Like Tom Brady. Like Tom Brady won you all those Super Bowls in New England. And then you finally are like, all right, we got to part ways. And then he goes and wins another Super Bowl with someone else. But like you had all the success with Tom Brady. So you know what that was like. The Giants sucked forever with Saquon. So if Saquon goes and wins, it still sucks. But it's not like you're sitting there going, God, that could have been us because you know it couldn't have been you because Daniel Jones was your quarterback and you suck. But yes,

it does suck. If you're them, it blows. the the eagles super bowl run this year is a pretty remarkable one though because we'll look back in 15 20 years 10 years from now and go this team went to the super bowl and possibly wins the super bowl with a very mid quarterback now is it like trent dilfer type or whatever no but the dude's good. Like they run a special offense essentially for him. They seem to be a pretty dumbed down offense for him. He's loaded with talent everywhere around him. Great offensive line. So like, look, he can swing his dick today because he's going to a second Super Bowl. And ultimately all that matters is what you do, how you get to the Super Bowl, how you advance, whatever. That's the only stat that matters. Not your passing yards, not your sacks,

not your rushing total. It's what you do at the end of the year. He's been to two Super Bowls. Same with Sirianni. We can sit here and talk about Sirianni and be like, this guy's a putz. He seems like a douche. He's a hard on. They're winning in spite of him. You can say all that, but the guy's got a 70% winning percentage. He wins seven of every 10 games he coaches, and he's in his second Super Bowl. If he wins wins the super bowl if he beats the dynasty and stops the three pete he will be one of two philadelphia coaches to have won a super bowl he will be the only philadelphia he is currently the only philadelphia coach to go to two super bowls so he'll be in two super bowls that's two nfc championship titles one super bowl and oh well no doubt dude he'll be in two Super Bowls. That's two NFC Championship titles, one Super Bowl. That's a statue.

Well, no doubt. Dude, he will be the best coach in the history of the franchise. I understand that Andy Reid won a lot more games, and I'm going to guess that Nick Sirianni's not going to hang around long enough because that's just not the way of the world now. Coaches aren't staying in places for 14, 15 years

very often. He wanted him fired every other week this season. And he's going to go down as the greatest coach. If they win, if they go to the Super Bowl and they win, he is the most successful coach. Not the most wins, but if you look at his winning percentage, and I know if you coach 15 years, that percentage is going to go down because that's just the way it works. But you're talking about a dude who if he wins will have one Super Bowl title which matches him with Doug Peterson two NFC championships and a 70% winning percentage is he gonna cry during the national anthem again you think oh I would imagine I can't imagine it

be any less uh you know inspiring than it was the last time and they get to play in the dome which is my favorite venue on the planet good time super bowl like no bars closing boy no it's gonna be nuts mcdougal invading there is gonna be real stupid i mean we saw what they did when they were there for a regular season game and there were a lot of them there so for the super bowl i mean people are gonna be giving up a lot of their uh their nest eggs to go to this thing so i bet tank will go uh i would say there's a very good possibility i would think i don't know if he went the last time they went or not but oh boy yeah hopefully kansas city just gets their asses kicked like i'm rooting for the eagles i'd rather see saquon barkley when i'd rather i hate a.j brown yeah i also like how a.j brown had 60 yards today, so he didn't feel like reading.

On the sideline, he was not reading his book. Strange turn of events. A.J. Brown was like, I guess I finished my book. So I guess I'm done. I guess I finished the story. But, yeah, the Eagles are fast. Redskins are fun. Look, dude, Jane Danes is a fucking horse, man.

I love that dude. To get to the NFC Championship game, to win the games they won, to get to the NFC championship game, that dude's going to be a beast. So there's no reason to shit on the guy. Look, I'm an LSU dude, but I do believe if Jaden Daniels were the quarterback for the Eagles, they may be the most unstoppable team in NFL history. Just, I mean, look, look at what they're doing with Jalen Hurts, who is not very good. Imagine you can combine the running ability with a guy that can actually throw the ball. But I just love how cocky he was after the game.

And look, and look. So he just threw for what, like 250 today? Oh no, he had a good game. I mean, look, you're going to have a good game one out of every five. You know, shit happens, right? Like you ran into the, what, the seven seed or the sixth seed whatever

they were going in look you faced a team that you were clearly better than and you beat them and you should have beaten the shit out of them there's no shame in that you don't feel guilty about it you go out there and you fucking beat them but like he's out there swinging his dick like look at me but i guess you can swing your dick when you've now been to two super bowls and nick sirianni can swing his dick because he's been to two Super Bowls so more power to him man they're winning or the Chiefs winning I know the Chiefs are gonna win although there's no this could just be a toss-up and well you know what this means now is it's the what with the dreaded Kelsey battle here where it's who is Jason Jason root for it's just gonna be two

fucking weeks two fucking weeks of this guy clamoring for attention like it like that's his oxygen that's what he needs to breathe he has to have attention he has to have it so in the suite with with mama kelsey and taylor or is he like in the suite with jeff lurie like what do we do it's like he jeff lurie and like bradley cooper all together which one do you pick i think you gotta sit in there with your family. Like I know you just know Does Philly hate him for that? Yes but you just fucking know

that he's going to wear a split jersey. He's gonna have a Kelsey Eagles slash Kelsey Chiefs jersey like the mom wears. He's gonna have one of those and it's going to be the ultimate in douchebaggery. It's going to be so insufferable. This next two weeks is going to be terrible.

Like we just watched Taylor and Travis make out. That's fine. Again, I don't even hate them. Good for them. Maybe they really do like each other. Maybe they're out there making it. Maybe they're having a good time. I don't fault them or hate them.

I hate their family with a passion. Is it going to be a bet, though, like for a proposal at the Super Bowl I would think so um we'll and we'll probably see a bunch of those here coming up and you know see you know what you know which ones stick and which don't but yeah um this is gonna be an insufferable two weeks with with that other than that I'd be fine like I'm sick of the Chiefs I couldn't care less about the Chiefs but the Kelsey angle because I think I speak for most of the world when it's just like, go the fuck away, Jason Kelsey. Go the fuck away, your wife.

Go the fuck away, your mom. Like, we are universally sick of your shit. Like, we just don't give a fuck. And that's all it's going to be for two weeks. And this is the golden opportunity for Jason Kelsey to get a lot of attention. Because he's obviously sad that he's not playing. Like, the crying over it i think i've said this before but like one of my good friends who is from philly lives in harrisburg now like loved jason kelsey and even she's like he's gotta stop yeah and i think that's what a lot of people are gonna deal with but as you know

because we've done dumb shit at radio row obviously and done done dumb shit at media day this dude's gonna look at this as every opportunity to get in front of every fucking camera you what if we were still doing radio this year like we could totally just send jim around and ask like who does jason kelsey root for we probably go viral yeah very well could be so so you got the eagles who i'm rooting for in the super bowl or we could dress jim up like mama kelsey oh god yeah that'd be great put him in like some really weird shitty wig and the half and half jersey like the glasses god he'd do he'd crush it too oh but you know what in this era we'd probably get in trouble be like you know like we'd be like gender shaming or it'd

be like transphobic or something yeah probably couldn't get away with dressing him as a woman especially because we're making fun of the woman if If we weren't making fun of the woman, then maybe, especially because it's the Kelsey's and that's just, you know, that's. Again, it would blow up though. Yeah, it probably would. But anyway. Mac would say yes. Yes, he would.

So, all right. So we got the Chiefs. They won. Told you they would. We got the Eagles. They're going to go. So you got the Super Bowl. They won. Told you they would. We got the Eagles. They're going to go. So you got the Super Bowl set up. Now it's two weeks.

Football is essentially over for two weeks. This sucks. It does. I don't know what to do with myself. Never thought I'd be this person, but here I am, sad, despondent, upset that there's no football to bet on or watch. I'm empty. Now, again, there's one more football game coming up, and then we can watch the UFL or the USFL

or whatever the fuck it's called now. Super. Yeah. Ka-ka. There we go. The ka is the law. All right, I'm going to go try my meat. We'll see you.