Pa. native Ross Tucker makes himself at home in the booth for the Eagles-Panthers game

The Eagles had never lost four straight games under Nick Sirianni … until Sunday. They fell, 25-14, to the Carolina Panthers and tumbled to a 2-4 record on the season.

Wyomissing, Pa., native and Eagles preseason announcer Ross Tucker was CBS’ color analyst for the matchup between Eagles backup quarterback Tanner McKee and Wynnewood-born Bryce Young. Tucker worked alongside play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle and sideline reporter Evan Washburn.

If you were part of the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field or you turned off the game before McKee had time to settle in, here’s what you missed on the Eagles broadcast:

Whether it was natural talent or the fact that the game was reminiscent of an Eagles preseason matchup, Tucker was at home in the booth on Sunday, delivering solid analysis and one-liners.

While the Phillies are over two weeks removed from their postseason demise, Tucker evoked the feeling of watching a baseball game and compared the Eagles defense to a pitching staff — albeit presumably a better one than the Phillies bullpen.

“A great defense will beat a good offense most of the time,” Tucker said during the first half. “It’s like pitching in baseball, and right now, the Eagles defense is pitching a really good game.”

Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith walks off the field after the loss to the Panthers.Read moreDavid Maialetti / Staff Photographer

Throughout the broadcast, Tucker and Eagle riffed off each other, combining in-depth breakdowns and humor. Eagle had an appropriate gravitas when speaking about the many injuries that riddled the Eagles and continued to hit throughout the 60 minutes of play but also brought the necessary lightheartedness to other parts of the broadcast, including an awkward moment with Birds tight end Dallas Goedert.

“I checked the weather forecast, it said nothing about a full moon in Philadelphia,” Ian Eagle said after Panthers cornerback Will Lee III pulled on Goedert’s pants during a play.

Last week’s 20 penalties called between the Eagles and the Jaguars seemed unusually high. That is until this week, when the Birds and the Panthers totaled 24 penalties.

The 11 penalties called against the Eagles set a new season high, surpassing the 10 calls against the Bears and then matched against the Rams.

As for the Panthers, their 13 penalties for 149 yards was a franchise record.

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But there was one call in particular that left the fans confused and enraged. After not calling intentional grounding on Young because he was outside the pocket, referee John Hussey doubled down on his announcement following loud boos from the Eagles fans in the stadium.

“The quarterback was outside the pocket,” Hussey added to his initial explanation of the call.

Eventually, after discussing further with the other referees, a flag was thrown and intentional grounding was called on Young, as one of the Panthers’ many calls.

In case you’ve forgotten, October has not been a month for Philadelphia sports fans. As the clock was winding down on the Eagles’ fourth-straight loss, the broadcast displayed a graphic showing the last wins for the Eagles, Phillies, and Flyers.

The Phillies last win came on Sept. 30 before they were eliminated from the wild-card round of the playoffs on Oct. 1. The Eagles haven’t won a game since Sept. 20 against the Tennessee Titans, and the Flyers won their first game of the season on Saturday night after going 0-6-3 before the 3-1 win over the Senators. Saturday’s win was the first for those Philly pro sports teams this month.

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Eagle did point out, however, that there may be hope on the horizon with the 76ers’ regular season starting on Tuesday. As for the Eagles, Tucker said their success the past few seasons hasn’t done them any favors during this rut.

“The standard because of their success the last five years is really the Super Bowl, which is why some fans and members of the media have been asking some interesting questions about the Eagles for the rest of the season,” Tucker said.

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The Eagles are back from London, looking to leave the disappointment of a last-second defeat behind while choosing instead to focus on lessons they can learn from a third straight loss. And you know what? The Inquirer’s Jeff McLane actually thinks there were encouraging takeaways from the game, outcome aside. He and Mike Sielski discussed why the Eagles’ sky, despite being gray, isn’t falling just yet, and what the team can build on to if it hopes to reverse its fortunes during a key stretch of the schedule that begins Sunday.  Listen here.

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