Flippin' The Birds

Final

The passing game is back on track in #PITvsPHI. #Eagles defeat #Steelers, 27-13.

• Hurts: 25/32:290YD, 2TD
15:45YD, 1TD
• Barkley: 19:65YD
• Brown: 8:110YD, 1TD
• Smith: 11:109YD, 1TD
• Slay: 1TK, 1FR
• Dean: 7TK
• Smith: 3TK (2TFL), 1SK, 1PD
• Elliott: 2/2FG, 3/3XP
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'Brotherly Shove' converts 4th and 1. 2/2 vs. the #Steelers.

Hurts to Brown. Brown moves the chains and fumbles. Smith recovers. It was a clear hip-drop tackle by Pierre. No call. Brown goes to the sideline.

Gainwell deserves a TD. The #Eagles will drain the clock.
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Brown breaks the #Eagles out from the endzone with a slant route. It's a beautiful sight.

The high-risk play from Hurts to Barkley was not, but got a few yards. Then, a beauty to Smith. Good on Hurts.

#Steelers injury: Watt
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Tripping? The #Steelers are getting hockey calls.

Carter bear pawed on the punt return. The unnecessary roughness call pins the #Eagles against their endzone.
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The momentum is back with the #Eagles after that fumble by the #Steelers.

Hurts, Brown, Smith, Barkley, and Gainwell are moving downfield.

'Brotherly Shove' TD.

27-13, PHI
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The flea-flicker works for 31YD. Wilson to Austin with Baun tracking coverage.

Harris fumbles the toss. #Eagles ball.

Slay recovers.
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The #Eagles need to pick on where Jackson was on the #Steelers defense. Expose that matchup.

Hurts to Smith picks up all the yardage lost on an earlier penalty. Unnecessary roughness benefits PHI. Holding does not.

Elliott from 41yd is good.

20-13, PHI
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Half

The #Eagles passing game started hot. Without Barkley in the lineup, the #Steelers are slowly creeping back into the game.

• Hurts: 12/13:146YD, 2TD, 3SK
• Barkley: 7:31YD
• Brown: 5:65YD, 1TD
• Smith: 4:33YD, 1TD
• Dean: 9TK
• Smith: 2TK, 1SK, 1PD

17-13, PHI
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A bad punt by Mann starts the #Steelers in FG range. Freiermuth fumbled, but recovered.

Smith sacks Wilson. Wilson to Austin put PIT back into FG range.

Boswell from 49yd is good.

17-13, #Eagles
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Watt sacked Hurts for no loss. Hurts scrambled, but got tripped up at the line of scrimmage.

Gainwell replaced Barkley a while ago. It seems Barkley is ready to return. The #Eagles could wait until the second half.

False start. Watt ends the drive with a sack.
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Wilson sneaks for the first down. This is the first #Steelers sustained drive on offense.

Wilson to Freiermuth. 9yd. TD.

17-10, #Eagles
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Wilson to Skowronek picks up the first #Steelers first down.

Blankenship made a solid tackle; committed. Fields' slide was late, but PIT will benefit from the unnecessary roughness call. Wilson scrambles to move the chains.

#Eagles injury: Slay
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Bad snap. Jurgens/Hurts had quite a few growing pains in his first season as the #Eagles C. Most of those botched snaps come on the 'Brotherly Shove,' however.

Hurts to Smith. 2yds. TD.

17-3, PHI
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Brown is such a great WR. He makes the catches, and when a ball isn't on placement, he can break up a possible INT.

Hurts to Gainwell puts the #Eagles in a scoring position. Hurts is locked on.

#Steelers injury: Jackson is down.
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Illegal motion. Holding. The #Steelers cannot convert on 3rd and 18.

That's another punt forced by the #Eagles defense. DeJean redeems himself a little bit with a return across midfield.
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Hurts to Brown is working in the first quarter. It looks like the drama between the two was highly exaggerated.

Barkley breaks a 22yd rush. Fitzpatrick got his tackle back after Barkley shook him on the long run.

Hurts to Brown. 5yd. TD.

10-3, #Eagles
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Hurts fumbled a few times in this win streak, but the #Eagles recovered them all.

Not today. The #Steelers are as advertised with the best turnover differential in the #NFL.
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Austin and Washington earned unnecessary roughness fouls. The penalty on Austin is accepted.

Wilson misfires on 3rd and 18. The #Steelers still aren't moving the ball against the #Eagles. They were gifted field position on turnovers.

Boswell from 37yd is good.

3-3.
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Sweat sacked Wilson. That's another three-and-out for the #Eagles defense.

DeJean fumbles on the punt return.

The #Steelers have the top turnover differential in the #NFL.
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Barkley starts with a run, taking Heyward for a short ride. Gainwell moved the chains; spinning into space for a first down.

Hurts fumbled.

On Saturday,
@emreese.bsky.social on @flippinthebirds.bsky.social mentioned this would be a critical point for Hurts vs. #Steelers.
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Consecutive three-and-outs from the #Eagles defense. The #Steelers moved the ball for a total of 5yd after two drives.
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Hurts to Calcaterra. TE matchup initiated by the #Eagles. Next, it's Brown on the slant. That gets cheers from the crowd.

Hurts is airing it out on the opening drive. The #Steelers stuffed the run.

Elliott from 34yd is good.

3-0, PHI
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The #Eagles defense forces a three-and-out to start #PITvsPHI.

Brown is down after the kickoff.
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"Guys always joking around, eating together, having conversations with us about football, life; things like that. Definitely [the] same type of vibes." - Smith; 12/13/24

Smith shared that the vibes in 2024 are reminiscent of 2022.
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"They're [Steelers] great up front. They have a lot of pressures and things like that. Handling them up front and just making sure we're doing what we need to make sure that we're on the same time as the quarterback [Hurts]." - Smith; 12/13/24

Smith on countering PIT
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"Those little conversations on things that we see; making sure the timing is right [and] having that communication to each other." - Smith; 12/13/24

During the week, offensive communication was a talking point in improving the passing attack.
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"Saquon [Barkley] and the [offensive] line didn't get going 'til towards the end. It was like we was relying on the passing game to pick it up. When that phone called, we wasn't doing what we're supposed to do." - Smith; 12/13/24

Smith shared sentiments after #CARvsPHI.
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Sirianni isolated Watt when asked about the #Steelers forcing turnovers. PIT is tied for 1st in the #NFL with the #Bills with a +17 turnover differential and in sole possession of 1st place with 28 takeaways.

He highlighted Fitzpatrick, Herbig, and Highsmith, too.
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"Things that we do to put together the game plan, [the] ways he [Hurts] goes through his reads, practice time, walkthrough time; all those things contribute to him getting better." - Sirianni; 12/13/24

The main thing is to win football games. Hurts is very effective.
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