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“Rat’s Ass it Don’t Matter” if the Eagles Lost as Long as the Phillies Take Care of Business in Game 2
By Kyle Pagan
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This guy at the end of my video is my spirit animal. Yesterday sucked, but if the Phillies win tonight, “rat’s ass it don’t matter” –
Listen, are there legitimate concerns with the Eagles? Absolutely. The offense sucks dick and we’re getting whiffs of 2023, where it feels like the locker room hates each other and guys can’t even celebrate when they win. But at the end of the day if this loss wakes up the team in the end we’ll look back on October 5th and think it was a good loss.
Saquon mentioned it Sunday night in the postgame scrum. This is their first real test of adversity. This is the first time the Eagles have lost in 2025. This is the first time YOU have felt this Monday morning feeling in 10 months. Think about that. This defense is good. Could use a more solid run D and maybe a little better secondary play by the CB2, but for all the injuries they’re dealing with early, they held the Broncos to three points through the majority of the game. Not to mention the starting offensive line hasn’t even finished an entire game together this season. If Landon Dickerson plays on Thursday it’s malpractice. Send that dude down to Tijuana so he can get some special medicine they don’t allow in the States.
But anyway back to my initial point. It’s all about the Phillies tonight. Couldn’t give a rat’s ass the Eagles lost yesterday; they were never going 17-0.
The Phillies’ core on the other hand is fully entrenched in a “Legacy Game.” If they lose they’re not winning two in LA. Can’t have a performance like they did in Game 1 because there will be a lot of questions heading into the offseason. A lot of people will sour on re-signing Kyle Schwarber. Bryce Harper will be walking up to the doorstep of Joel Embiid territory as the Phillies slowly inch their way to becoming the Sixers with every single passing day. Is Rob Thomson back next year? Is Zack Wheeler ever going to pitch again? Can Dave Dombrowski’s dimple be successful two trade deadlines in a row? There are whispers that CBP is losing it’s aura:
It’ll get ugly in this city, and fast. The 2022 run feels like a decade ago at this point. All of the heroics in the NLCS, all the ass beatings we gave the Braves, and all of the fun times we had with Dancing On My Own won’t be at the forefront of Phillies fans’ minds if they go out there tonight and the bats go cold. I really hope it doesn’t get to that. Red October rules. We need more Red October, but people are on edge and they’re right to be:
But we’ve got Phils fans hiring Etsy witches. If this can’t solve the bats nothing can:
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com