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I'd like to say an arms-length type of win... one where the score is fairly close, ~10-13 point lead, Eagles don't ever have possession with the chance to take the lead in the 2nd half, but have the ball on a few drives where they get close or tie the game (or at least have the chance to).
And I'd like to say that because Mahomes was locked the hell in during the AFCCG, and not expecting anything less of course. And even when they left points on the board, the defense showed up when it mattered the most. Plus, all the Eagles stats coming in also look so.... underwhelming.
I voted 1-6 point win though, because I felt the same way two seasons ago, where I said the Eagles would have to prove it on the field... then by halftime I was like, yup they're pretty good! So, I'm potentially underrating their ABILITY to play with the big boys a bit simply because they didn't even play any of them in the regular season.
I'm also fascinated by their run heavy scheme this season and really wonder what they'll do on offense, so that's a pretty big unknown variable, IMO. Hurts had the game of his life a couple SBs ago, so while chances are he won't duplicate that against a defense that no longer has several rookies in their first SB, will they take the training wheels off in this game or just go Barkely heavy. The former will most likely result in a closer game than the latter, no matter how scared everyone says we should be by Barkley.
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