“Jalen Hurts, they basically brought their whole core back, so they going to be a problem again,” chuckled Lavonte David, sounding like a Game of Thrones knight prepping for battle. But here’s the twist: Philly’s 14-3 dynasty isn’t just fighting foes—it’s wrestling cap demons and a Dallas Goedert trade rumor hotter than a cheesesteak fresh off the griddle.
Let’s set the scene: The Eagles, fresh off a 40-22 Super Bowl LIX romp where Hurts dropped 221 pass yds and 72 rush yds (MVP style), are everyone’s NFC boogeyman. But Tampa’s David isn’t sweating. “Luckily, you know, we’ve been having our way with them. So, hope that continues,” he smirked, referencing the Buccaneers’ 33-16 Week 4 rout where Baker Mayfield torched Philly for 347 yds.
But David isn’t blind to Philly’s power. “They’re a great football team, man, and Jalen Hurts is leading them the proper way… doing it his way.” And while Hurts is carving his own legacy, the surrounding roster isn’t making things any easier for the NFC. “And then they got Saquon, obviously, who—it’s kind of like a cheat code, you know, they added him to the team.”
That’s why David knows the Eagles aren’t going anywhere: “It’s definitely going to be a challenge, you know, every year as long as they got those guys. And, um, you know, they got a—a great staff over there. So, uh, they always going to be at the top, you know, right now. And, uh, teams like us and Washington gonna be trying to knock them—knock them off. So, I’m sure they not expecting nothing less.”
Meanwhile, Washington’s Jayden Daniels—who stunned the Eagles in Week 16 with a 5-TD mic drop—is lurking like Stranger Things’ Vecna. “They added him to the team? Slay the dragon, I guess,” shrugged Daniels post-game. But Philly still holds the NFC throne – for now.
Goedert’s gone? Sirianni’s $57M tight end tango that surely Hurts
Let’s talk drama: Goedert—Philly’s 4,085-yd TE—might be trade bait. Why? His $19.52M cap hit in 2025 has Howie Roseman crunching numbers like Moneyball’s Billy Beane. “A fourth-round pick could get it done,” rumors whisper. But losing Goedert, who snagged a Wild Card TD and 170 yards against the Saints in 2024, would leave Hurts scrambling. Imagine replacing Rob Gronkowski with a JV squad—yikes.
Nick Sirianni’s offense, already reeling from Jason Kelce’s retirement, can’t afford another blow. Goedert’s not just a safety valve; he’s Hurts’ third-down lifeline. “You don’t just swap out a Pro Bowl TE like it’s fantasy football,” grumbled one Eagles diehard on X.
Yet, Roseman’s a cap wizard—he turned a $10.2M signing bonus into three playoff runs. But this gamble? Riskier than a Philly fan on a lamppost after a win.
It wasn’t just the NFC East keeping an eye on the Eagles—David saw shades of his own Super Bowl LV-winning Bucs in Philly’s Super Bowl LIX performance. When Rich Eisen pointed out how the Eagles seemed to follow Tampa’s 2020 game plan against Patrick Mahomes, David grinned.
“Yeah, I mean, yeah, I uh—I did watch the game, you know. Um, and obviously, you know, throughout that whole thing, you know, I’ve been getting test—was getting text messages, you know, from some of my teammates, from other people who watched the game, said, ‘Man, this look like it when y’all played them.’ And, um, you know, me, I’m going to say, you know, it ain’t—” said David.
David left his sentence hanging, but the message was clear—Philly studied the Buccaneers‘ blueprint to shut down Mahomes and used it to win their own Lombardi.
The Eagles’ throne is wobbling. Between division sharks and financial tightropes, Sirianni’s playbook needs more magic than Harry Potter’s Triwizard Tournament. But if Hurts & Co. survive? “Fly, Eagles, Fly” won’t just be a fight song—it’ll be a war cry.
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