How Lane Johnson’s Retirement Will Affect the Eagles and More Questions for Week 5

KapadiaYou know, he scrambled a little bit. He made some plays. He's going to make mistakes that you expect from a rookie undrafted free agent. So I don't like I'm hesitant to pull the plug on too early because of what you said earlier about the schedule and it's the NFC South. And can you just hang in there?

KapadiaSo I'm with you. I don't think even if they lose this game, it's not like we're trading everybody. We're looking ahead to next season. I don't think that's how they operate. I don't think that's how they built the roster. You just paid Baker Mayfield, you know, all that money. It's not like you're looking ahead to drafting a quarterback or anything.

KapadiaSo I think you want to see some signs of life here. It'd be great if you can steal a win.

KapadiaEven if you can't, I don't think they're a team that's going to punt on their season. It might sound crazy, but even if they go 0 -5, I don't think they're going to look at it and say, all right, we're looking ahead to 2027.

PelisseroI also guarantee you there's no one more pissed off right now than Baker Mayfield. Not only that they're 0 -4, but that he's not able to play, that he got hurt on that freaky thing where he's scrambling around trying to make something happen at the end of the Minnesota game. He got the stitches out of his thumb on Monday.

PelisseroI know that they said minimum three weeks. It could be up to six. I'm just telling you, Baker in his mind wants to beat the timeline. The doctors are going to have their say, but Baker will absolutely, in my mind, he's got to regain the grip strength. There's all these kind of functional things, but he's going to push to try to be out there the next game.

PelisseroSo find a way just to steal this one in Dallas where no one's giving you a chance. I haven't looked at what the line is, but it can't be favorable. Eight and a half.