Be honest. You watched last night's game and immediately checked how many days until Eagles season.
It's two. Two days.
Saturday night. Preseason. Ravens. Meaningless football that we will all treat like Game 7.
We needed this.
About Last Night
7-1 to the Cardinals.
The CARDINALS. A team hovering at .500 like it's their job.
Wheeler gave up four straight hits in the fifth. All with two outs. Every run with two outs. That's not baseball, that's psychological warfare.
And look — we're still sitting on top of the NL East, neck and neck with Atlanta. The Arraez trade already looks like a heist. This team is fine.
This team is fine.
(This team is gonna kill me.)
It's August 13th and I've already lived four full seasons of emotions with this roster. October at CBP is going to require medical supervision.
Meanwhile in South Philly
Eagles camp has been quietly electric and nobody's talking about it enough.
Jalen Carter showed up as the highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history. $38 million a year. Worth every cent. That man is about to live in someone's backfield for the next decade.
DeVonta's nursing a hamstring, which means Dontayvion Wicks has become Hurts' favorite target basically overnight. Every camp report is the same: Wicks caught everything. Again.
And Elijah Moore is out here making a real roster push. He's been outplaying guys ahead of him all camp. Someone's getting cut who wasn't supposed to get cut. That's how you know camp is going well.
DeSean and Vick even pulled up to practice this week. The aura is aura-ing.
Saturday Night
Yes, it's preseason.
Yes, Hurts will play like six snaps.
Yes, we will all watch every second and form permanent opinions about third-string linebackers.
That's the deal. That's who we are.
First one to text the group chat "we're so back" after a preseason touchdown owes everyone a round.
It'll be me. It's always me.
The weekend forecast: Phillies bounce back or the group chat goes dark for 48 hours. Eagles win a fake game and we act like it's January. Xfinity Live does Xfinity Live things.
See you out there.
