Philadelphia’s essential victory towards the Cowboys got here with a price. The Eagles confronted a giant blow after dropping their beginning TE Dallas Goedert because of a forearm fracture. However, after a bye week, the Eagles got here up with a giant offensive change ruling out Goedert forward of their matchup towards the Chiefs.
The Eagles vs Chiefs matchup will likely be an fascinating watch because it is not going to simply be a Super Bowl rematch. Still, it’ll additionally get to see the Kelce brothers going up towards one another with the Kelce household probably assembly Taylor Swift’s household within the Arrowhead Stadium.
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Tay-Tay plans to carry her dad and mom Andrea and Scott Swift to Arrowhead Stadium to observe her man Travis play the high-flying Eagles. Taylor has already met Kelce’s dad and mom Donna and Ed. Chiefs TE spent his bye week down in Argentina the place he met Taylor’s father Scott at her live performance as reported by E News. The two have been having fun with one another’s firm.
Eagles Will Be Without their TE Dallas Goedert
The Eagles TE Goedert has been dominated out of the Chiefs sport with a fractured forearm. With Dallas out for the foreseeable future, Nick Sirinni faces a tricky query on how and with whom to switch the output of the previous South Dakota State man. About changing Goedert, Sirianni said-
“Anytime you lose a participant of Dallas Goedert’s capabilities, it’s a must to compensate. It’s by no means only one man’s accountability to take all of the brunt of that work. It will likely be by committee. We simply don’t have one other man like Dallas Goedert sitting round.”
While they won’t have any man to switch him, the Eagles definitely have gamers getting back from damage. They have activated OL Cam Jurgens from damage reserve and tight finish Grant Calcaterra is getting back from a concussion according to philadelphiaeagles.com. The crew does have tight ends Jack Stoll, Grant Calcaterra, and Albert Okwuegbunam to step into his coveted function. There are additionally rumors that the Philly aspect might change Dallas with veteran WR Julio Jones, whom they signed final month.
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Eagles are at present flying excessive and are 8-1 this season. Despite not being their offensively greatest this season, the Chiefs are 7-2 and nonetheless the crew to beat within the NFL. It will likely be Sirianni’s males’s true check of mettle. While Jason Kelce has stated that he’s not motivated by revenge for the loss in final yr’s final sport, the identical can’t be stated about different gamers on the crew. Besides the Philly aspect has by no means crushed their previous coach Andy Reid.
While Kansas’ protection has been delivering them wins and has stopped high-powered offenses like that of the Dolphins, nobody has been in a position to cease the Eagles’ ‘Tush push’. They have drained out their opponents. The Eagles are flying excessive and seem like a crew that we are able to see taking part in at Allegiant Stadium in Nevada. Can the Chiefs change into the crew to clip the wings of those hovering Eagles?