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Kyle Koster

Stephen A. Smith Offers Harsh Truth After Eagles' Early Playoff Exit

The Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl defense ended abruptly on Sunday night after allowing the San Francisco 49ers to walk into town and put together a 23-19 victory. It was one of the stranger attempts to repeat considering all of the drama that rode on this team's back throughout season. Now comes a long offseason with plenty of questions that need to be answered and some problems to address. It would have been preferable for Nick Sirianni's team to address these issues before being eliminated but that was not the case.

Stephen A. Smith had little to offer despondent Eagles fans on Monday's First Take. Instead, he basically had a simple "told you so" message.

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