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  • “We Can’t Have BBQ Chicken” - Super Bowl Rematch & Week 2 Preview
    2025/09/13
    Matt Rogers and O.J. Spivey from The Philadelphia Tribune/WDAS 105.3 preview the Week 2 Eagles vs. Chiefs “Super Bowl Rematch” and the rest of the Week 2 slate. They give their picks on: PHI @ KC, DEN @ IND, CHI @ DET, ATL @ MIN, TB @ HOU, LAC @ LV. 03:38 - “Often times — as we have seen throughout the Super Bowl era… We’ve seen teams reach the Super Bowl and say ‘Oh yeah. If they just get this or they just do this, that, a third, they can get back.’ And some never get back. And, as we’ve seen, a couple have gone back but they haven’t gotten it done.” — O.J. Spivey04:20 - “It’s not even a guarantee that you’ll even make the playoffs the following season. Every year (and I get these stats directly from the NFL) since 1990 — this even predates the current format of realignment or the 2002 realignment — (free agency, salary cap, etc.): there will always be at least 4 new teams that have made the playoffs who missed the playoffs the previous year.” — O.J. Spivey05:45 - “I always say when I talk about football: the Eli Manning example. All you need is a ticket to the dance and think things can just fall the way they need to and you end up with your team’s colored confetti.” — Matt Rogers09:58 - “Landon Dickerson has been a full participant in practice this week, but he was a little banged up. So that’s going to be a little interesting to see. But, as we saw in the Super Bowl, Chris Jones: he was not a factor at all.” — O.J. Spivey12:05 - “I think it appears as though he [Zadarius Smith] got in a full week of practice and he’s so eager and energetic when he spoke with the media this week. He looks in tremendous shape — by the way. I’d say maybe about up to 25% of the snaps perhaps.” — O.J. Spivey14:20 - “Is it going to be no-step-drop, throw to whoever Adoree Jackson is guarding? Because last week he was BBQ chicken. They were just licking their fingers. They had BBQ dripping all in their stache’ and in their beards.” — Matt Rogers16:20 - “You brought up Ringo. I didn’t want to bring up Ringo, but now that we’ve brought up Ringo, it’s pretty crystal-clear that Ringo’s not the guy. They went and got Jakorian Bennett. They’ve got Adoree out there getting roasted last week and Ringo’s still on the side sticking to just the Special Teams duty. I don’t think I saw Ringo with any snaps.” — Matt Rogers21:05 - “What fans have to realize is that winning teams are not good for the sports-talk business. Sports radio thrives off of losing. Sports radio thrives off of having fans to vent that ‘oh yeah this team sucks’, or ‘fire the coach’, ‘fire this’, ‘get rid of this guy; get rid of that guy.’ When you have a winning team, such as the Eagles and you have an elite superstar, Super Bowl MVP QB in Jalen Hurts, you have nothing left to do but to conjure up from the sublime to the ridiculous.” — O.J. Spivey23:10 - “A.J. is saying all of the right things — for the most part. But you see little inklings here and there. Of course he wants the ball; we all understand that. DeVonta Smith wants the ball. But you see media guys are trying to chip away; trying to get them to say something... A.J. has to be careful… We’re talking about Jalen Carter not taking the bait. A.J. can’t take the bait.” — O.J. Spivey33:28 - “I do think — oddly — somehow, someway that Adoree Jackson is going to find his way hands to having the football in his hands. He’s going to get a lot of opportunities to make it happen, too.” — Matt Rogers35:10 - “If y’all re-watch the run … I don’t mean to throw him under the bus. Adoree, if you’re listening: hey, [this is] tackling fuel. But on that long run to Miles Sanders before the fumble, watch Adoree Jackson on that play.” — Matt Rogers47:30 - “Whether you are a critic of [C.J.] Stroud or not, it’s looking like they are doing him a disservice. And the way that line has been looking — going back from the second round of the playoffs to last week — Stroud might not get through this season healthy if this keeps going. Something has to give.” — O.J. Spivey48:12 - “I think C.J. Stroud made a big mistake. Even if he decided, in his own head, that he wanted to say, ‘I’m him; I’ve figured out the NFL.’ But when you say that … This is a league people are paying mortgages on and their mamas’ mortgages and their cousins’; generational wealth. People like a Todd Bowles will take offense at that. ‘Oh, you’ve figured this out?’” — Matt Rogers• ⁃ 51:31 - “What were they telling Jalen Hurts a few years ago? No more excuses. No more excuses for Justin Herbert. If there is a time where you can slay the dragon, dethrone the champion Kansas City Chiefs. He’s supposed to have his coach now, right? No more excuses.”
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  • "This Isn't Boxing" - Eagles 2025 Training Camp: O.J. Spivey from The Philadelphia Tribune
    2025/08/01
    • 00:02:18 - “Jalen Hurts just threw a monkey-wrench into all of what society has been taught — or has been programmed, if you will — about what a quarterback should look like; how a quarterback should win.”
    • 00:05:00 - “People want to act like Saquon ran for 200 in the Super Bowl. Nobody wants to actually reckon with the reality that the exact narrative they’ve been pushing for Week 1 of the [2025] NFL season is the exact narrative they pushed … ‘If you shut down Saquon …’” -
    • 00:11:00 - “When you watch the team that plays in Philadelphia with the green helmets, do they get over those yellow lines they put on the TV and those goal lines? … I thought that was what the game was about.”
    • 00:12:45 - “Last I checked, the Bills run the ‘Tush Push’: this vaunted thing; this unstoppable play that just only Philadelphia can run. Somehow Josh Allen was trying to run it in the game two weeks previous to when the Eagles kicked the Chiefs’ teeth in. And Josh Allen wasn’t getting those first downs.”
    • 00:19:48 - “I’d be really shocked if Kelee Ringo isn’t [the starting CB2].”
    • 00:22:30 - “I don’t know if they are just maybe smoke-screening a little but or because Mukuba has been out nursing an injury — Cooper DeJean has been getting snaps at safety. I really would not want that.”
    • 00:30:55 - Will second-year WR Johnny Wilson make the team?
    • 00:43:00 - Will new Phillies closer Jhoan Duran give the Phillies some consistency?
    • 00:47:35 - Will the Phillies be able to resign Ranger Suarez?
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  • Pulling Away After the Trade Deadline? - with Frank Klose from 97.3 ESPN Philadelphia & Matt Rogers
    2025/07/25
    • 01:55 - What is holding the Phillies back from being a consistent team?
    • 05:50 - “I think of [Steven] Kwan … You just put him in left [field] and leave him there. That’s nice. That gives them another roster spot essentially because he’d essentially be replacing two players and not just one.”
    • 05:55 - “Eugenio Suarez is the big right-handed bat that’s available at the deadline. If I’m the Phillies, I’m still in on him because Alec Bohm is out right now and you don’t know how quickly he’ll be back. I would just get him and figure out the rest later.”
    • 10:27 - “To me, the [Alec] Bohm injury is a stark reminder that after next week, you can’t add any more players — period. It’s not like the old days when you could make waiver trades.”
    • 11:50 - Which of the available closers actually ends up in Philadelphia at the trade deadline?
    • 14:45 - Could the Phillies possibly get OF Byron Buxton from the Minnesota Twins?
    • 15:45 - “Watching [Jesus] Luzardo the other night, I think it’s very, very clear… And there is a good camera angle. You can go back and look. When he is pitching in the stretch — meaning runners on base — he is very much tipping his pitches.”
    • 18:05 - “I don’t need him [Andrew Painter] to come up this year if it’s not time. Or maybe if he does come up in September, maybe he’s not even starting.”
    • 19:05 - “Felix Bautista is out with an injury now so he’s probably not going be moved.”
    • ⁃ 21:10 - Will the Phillies and Mets keep trading control of the division to a photo-finish?
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  • "Finals 3 Pack": Bryan Toporek from Forbes + Frank Klose from 97.3 ESPN + Chris Franklin from NJ.com
    2025/06/11
    On the latest episode, we covered the NBA Finals, the upcoming MLB trade deadline, and the NFL offseason.

    NBA Finals: Bryan Toporek, Forbes
    MLB Trade Deadline: Frank Klose, 97.3 ESPN
    NFL Offseason: Chris Franklin, NJ.com

    Bryan Toporek, Forbes
    - 00:01:30 - “The status of Tyrese Halliburton is the big thing I’m keeping an eye on. It sounds like he had a limp after Game 2.” - BT
    • 00:03:10 - “To some extent, that’s what makes OKC so great… They have a bunch of these different options they can throw at you. They played 11 players in Game 2.” - BT
    • 00:05:00 - “If Halliburton isn’t going to become more aggressive, this thing is over.” - MR
    • 00:08:25 - “No [NBA offseason] dominoes fall until we get some sort of definitive word on whether he [Giannis] wants to stay in Milwaukee.”
    • 00:09:45 - “It’s interesting to see how this Finals run from Indiana encourage teams to think, ‘Hey, we really might be one move away.’”
    • 00:12:00 - Is there any prospect that the Sixers do anything other add an Ace Bailey this offseason?
    • 00:21:30 - BEWARE OF NBA OFFSEASON PIPE DREAMS AND BUNK
    • 00:23:10 - How many games does this NBA Finals go?

      Frank Klose, 97.3 ESPN
    • 00:27:00 - “Alec Bohm is not consistent. I thought he would be… I expected him to just take off.” - FK
    • 00:28:33 - “You get one injury, you really show a lack of depth on this [Phillies] roster. That’s their biggest weakness.” - FK
    • 00:31:00 - Who are some impact bats that could be available at the trade deadline?
    • 00:38:10 - “Alvarado is not available for the playoffs, so the Phillies have to move on without him. You are really seeing right now how badly he hurt this team with his irresponsibility.” - FK
    • 00:47:00 - How long should Phillies fans wait until Bryce Harper is back?

      Chris Franklin, NJ.com
    • 00:53:05 - What do you expect on-the-field from Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh?
    • 01:01:05 - What are the chances that Shedeur Sanders is the Week 1 starter for the Cleveland Browns?
    • 01:07:38 - “The Bengals — for the life of me: I don’t know what they were doing with Trey Hendrickson. The way they are handling is textbook on how to not handle it.” - CF
    • 01:10:50 - Will Eagles rookie DT, Ty Robinson, get a heavy workload to start the season?
    • 01:14:20 - Is Jalyx Hunt ready to take that next step opposite Nolan Smith? - 01:18:55 - Who is the Eagles’ RB2: Will Shipley or A.J. Dillon?

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  • When will the Phillies re-sign Schwarber? — Is it time to re-imagine Embiid?
    2025/05/18
    • 00:04:10 - “That score doesn’t even do justice to how badly the Chiefs were beaten."
    • 00:11:08 - “You probably have to reimagine who Embiid is and what Embiid is from this point in his career.”
    • 00:22:32 - Will the Phillies be able to get Schwarber re-signed before he hits the open market?
    • 00:33:50 - What the hell happened at the NFL Draft with Shedeur Sanders?
    • 00:46:20 - “I do think it’s [Eagles RG] Steen’s job to lose.”
    • 00:49:35 - “If you’re a Dallas Cowboys fan, your biggest concern [isn’t WR George Pickens] is the offensive line.”
    • 01:04:18 - What letter grade would you give to the Eagles’ draft haul?
    • 01:09:32 - Do the Pacers have a real shot of going to the NBA Finals?
    O.J. Spivey is an award winning journalist, media contributor, broadcaster, and current sportswriter at the Philadelphia Tribune. He has covered sports, history, entertainment, and culture for over 15 years.
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  • Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs - SUPER BOWL 59 Preview - Chris Franklin & O.J. Spivey
    2025/01/30
    Chris Franklin is the Philadelphia Eagles beat reporter for NJ Advance Media, covering anything and everything that has to do with the team. Chris joined the Eagles beat in 2020, spending the previous three years covering local news in South Jersey, including local government and the Jersey Shore. O.J. Spivey is an award-winning journalist, media contributor, broadcaster, and current sportswriter at the Philadelphia Tribune. He has covered sports, history, entertainment, and culture for over 15 years.

    01:15 - “If [Commanders Defensive Coordinator] Joe Whitt hadn’t put his foot in his mouth, were the Eagles still on the way to dropping a double-nickel on them?” — Matt Rogers

    08:15 - “The lockers at NovaCare and at the Linc aren’t nearly big enough for those guys [the Eagles OL].” — O.J. Spivey

    10:00 - “There will be opportunities [for Jalen Hurts] because we know that [KC Defensive Coordinator] Steve Spagnuoulo likes to blitz.” — Chris Franklin

    13:00 - “Dallas Goedert is taking that next step so he’s making defenses have to think about, ‘Hey, did they just audible to a QUICK TE screen where he is going to rip off for 20 or 30 [yards] here?’”

    15:50 - “Jalen Hurts has now led the Philadelphia Eagles to more Super Bowls than any QB in team history. Does he need to have another big statistical performance to silence the haters or just win the game?” — Matt Rogers

    20:00 - “The only QB [in NFL History] to return to the Super Bowl [after losing their first one] and win it is Bob Griese in 1972.” — O.J. Spivey

    22:00 - “Patrick Mahomes has historically had success against Fangio defenses. Do you expect Fangio to stick to the same scheme or bring in some new, exotic looks for the big game?” — Matt Rogers

    27:00 - “I wouldn’t be surprised by the Chiefs trying some 21 personnel, get two of those running backs in there.” — Chris Franklin

    30:00 - “Andy Reid should really get the credit for helping the evolution of the Black QB because he was one of the few who gave Black QBs a chance …” — O.J. Spivey

    32:00 - “Jurgens is definitely going for sure [in the Super Bowl]. Dickerson will give it a go.” — Chris Franklin

    34:00 - Will Brandon Graham play in the Super Bowl?
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  • Saquon & Eagles Dominate L.A. Rams; Will Host NFC Championship vs. Commanders
    2025/01/20
    02:00 - “The first thing Devonta [Smith] said to me was that he couldn’t stop. He couldn’t see. He said, ‘It was rough out there.’” — O.J. Spivey

    03:55 - “The Eagles have to clean this up because the Commanders are coming in here with a puncher’s chance.” — O.J. Spivey

    06:05 - “Jayden Daniels is playing the best out of all of the QBs left.” — O.J. Spivey

    11:50 - “Jalen Hurts is the QB who in half (2) of the years he has been the starting QB (4), his team has been in the final 4.” — Matt Rogers

    16:00 - “Jalen Carter is literally a one man wrecking crew.” — O.J. Spivey

    18:45 - Washington Commanders’ starting RG suffers torn ACL ahead of NFC Championship, done for season

    20:00 - Buffalo Bills defeat Baltimore Ravens 27-25, to travel to Kansas City Chiefs for AFC
    Championship

    O.J. Spivey is an award-winning journalist, media contributor, broadcaster, and current sportswriter at the Philadelphia Tribune. He has covered sports, history, entertainment, and culture for over 15 years.
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  • “Eagles signed Saquon to get Super Bowl, not records”, says O.J. Spivey from the Philly Tribune
    2025/01/04
    00:01:05 - ‘Nick Sirianni made the right call.’ — O.J. Spivey 


    00:07:40 - “Eric Dickerson had 34 more carries in 16 games than Saquon did.” — Matt Rogers 


    00:11:45 - “You’re not going to send Saquon out there with backup guard[s], backup center.” — Matt Rogers

    00:18:30 - “We saw last week; they [the Cowboys] had one foot in Mexico.” — O.J. Spivey on Cowboys having no shot vs. Commanders



    00:23:30 - “[In the playoffs], the Eagles have to figure out a way to keep Jayden Daniels in the pocket.” — O.J. Spivey

    00:28:15 - Could the Lions make a run on the road to the Super Bowl — if they don’t win the number one seed?

    00:29:55 - “I think Minnesota would be a better matchup for the Eagles than maybe Detroit.” — O.J. Spivey

    00:32:20 - Could you see the Vikings making a run all the way to the NFC Championship?

    00:33:10 - “If the Lions don’t end up getting the number one seed and end up being the 5th, I don’t think they’re going to make it to the NFC Championship game.”



    00:34:00 - Either potential NFC South Champion making any noise at all in the playoffs?

    00:36:30 - “Tampa Bay is the last team I want to see for the Eagles.” — O.J. Spivey

    00:37:55 - Are you worried about Jalen Hurts still not practicing after the concussion? Is 3 weeks too much rest?

    00:39:20 - “What I keep hearing coming out of New York is that they are going to look at a bridge at QB and hold out for Arch Manning.” — O.J. Spivey



    00:44:10 - Zack Baun makes his 1st Pro Bowl

    00:46:30 - Lane Johnson makes his 6th Pro Bowl


    00:49:50 - Giants and Cowboys hurting their draft positioning with meaningless season-ending wins

    00:53:30 - Will Mike McCarthy be back next season as the Cowboys coach?

    00:58:10 - “Terrell Davis is the only player to run for 2,000 yards and win a Super Bowl in the same season. That is what Saquon Barkley and the Eagles should be chasing.”

    O.J. Spivey is an award-winning journalist, media contributor, broadcaster, and current sportswriter at the Philadelphia Tribune. He has covered sports, history, entertainment, and culture for over 15 years.
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