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The DiCecco Daily: Can The Eagles Realistically Be Positioned To Draft TE Kenyon Sadiq? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's happened? Everybody?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of the check O Deli Andrew
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  Speaker 2: de Checko, Eagles Beat Reporter friends Sidethbirds dot Com here
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  Speaker 2: and I want to get to some draft topics in
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  Speaker 2: today's show. The first question being Kenyon Sadik, the Oregon
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  Speaker 2: tight end, the top rad to tight end in this
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  Speaker 2: draft class. The Eagles have a need there and Kenyon
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  Speaker 2: Sadiq could present a very unique asset to an offense
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  Speaker 2: and create some explosive plays and unique mismatches. So all
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  Speaker 2: that being said, he's a projected mid round or shortly
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  Speaker 2: in front of where the Eagles are picking at twenty
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  Speaker 2: three draft pick. That's his range, that's where he's projected
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  Speaker 2: to go. And when you look at some of the
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  Speaker 2: teams that are sitting there at fifteen, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
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  Speaker 2: yes they did resign Kate Otten, but when you have
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  Speaker 2: a chance to add to Kenyon Sadik, who can transform
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  Speaker 2: that position, you don't think twice about doing that. You
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and get the best player you can. And
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  Speaker 2: Kate Otten is a fine number two, and something like
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  Speaker 2: that shouldn't preclude a team from taking a really good player.
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  Speaker 2: Looking at it, I think you have. Sixteen is the
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  Speaker 2: Detroit Lions. They have Sam Laporter.
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  Speaker 1: They're good there.
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  Speaker 2: Seventeen, I forget which team is there. At eighteen you
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  Speaker 2: have the Vikings. The Vikings have an aging TJ. Hockinson
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  Speaker 2: who gets hurt a lot and plays the game in
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  Speaker 2: a really physical manner. But you have to wonder how
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  Speaker 2: much longer he's going to be playing. And then nineteen,
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  Speaker 2: that's the one that I would circle because the Carolina
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  Speaker 2: Panthers have an obvious need at tight end. They were
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  Speaker 2: a team that made a nice run last year, but
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  Speaker 2: it was evident in the postseason game that while Bryce
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  Speaker 2: Young performed at a high level, they lacked for that
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  Speaker 2: star power a go to option. Jalen Kocher, the wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver from Holy Cross, was their primary receiving threat. And
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  Speaker 2: so they have Tommy Treble, they have Jatavian Sanders, he's
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  Speaker 2: their backup tight end. They could stand to really bolster
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  Speaker 2: that group, And so I look at a team like
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  Speaker 2: that that could really use an offensive component that's gonna
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  Speaker 2: generate some big time plays and be a difference maker.
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  Speaker 2: That would be someone that would make some sense. So
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  Speaker 2: if you're the Eagles, let's say you have to get
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  Speaker 2: up to nineteen. I'm just throwing that out there. Would
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  Speaker 2: that be something that would that would be logical to
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  Speaker 2: do to get a tight end? It's traditionally out of
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  Speaker 2: position of value and what might that cost you? Look,
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  Speaker 2: I don't if the team believes in the player enough
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  Speaker 2: and they have a vision for how they want to
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  Speaker 2: utilize them, they really believe that he can be the
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  Speaker 2: missing piece and help Jalen Hurts early on in the
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  Speaker 2: season and be a plug and play type of guy,
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  Speaker 2: and you feel really good if you're Sean Manning about
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  Speaker 2: the way that you can utilize him as maybe a
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  Speaker 2: Swiss Army knife, then yeah, I think it would be
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  Speaker 2: worth doing that.
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  Speaker 1: It's all about the value is in the eye of
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  Speaker 1: the beholder, and.
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  Speaker 2: We have no way of knowing how the Eagles value
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  Speaker 2: Kenyon Sadik, But I have to imagine that if you
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  Speaker 2: see an aggressive movement to if he falls within a
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  Speaker 2: reasonable range and the Eagles or to go up there
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  Speaker 2: and try to get them, you would that tells you
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  Speaker 2: all you need to know that they view him as
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  Speaker 2: a premier talent that they didn't want to miss out on.
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  Speaker 2: So that would that would be a player that depending
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  Speaker 2: on the situation, I think I would be aggressive to get.
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  Speaker 1: But there's a lot of other tight ends in this class.
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  Speaker 2: I've went through many of them, Eli Stowers, Max Claire,
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  Speaker 2: Oscar Delp, Sam Roush, Johnny Justin Jolie from NC State, and.
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  Speaker 1: It all depends on where how.
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  Speaker 2: Evenly you have these players sort of on your board
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  Speaker 2: and what tiers you have them in. The Eagles have
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  Speaker 2: a horizontal draft board, and yeah, that's an interesting one,
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  Speaker 2: but they certainly do need to pick up a tight
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  Speaker 2: end in this draft, and that's a player that would
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  Speaker 2: be an early impact kind of addition to an offense,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what you're looking for in the first round.
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  Speaker 1: Logical first round picks.
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  Speaker 2: For the Eagles, and this is a podcast that I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to focus in on because it won it's relevant.
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  Speaker 2: But when you gather more information and the picture becomes
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  Speaker 2: a little clear, you're able to kind of whittle some
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  Speaker 2: names down from a personal perspective that I believe would
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  Speaker 2: make sense and be within striking range for the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: Where they're picking at twenty three could be a few
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  Speaker 2: picks off either way up or down, but it's all
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  Speaker 2: going to be relatively in the same ballpark. And for me,
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  Speaker 2: the number one prospect on my list that I would
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  Speaker 2: run to the podium to get if I'm the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: and I'm not factoring in players falling. I'm talking about
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  Speaker 2: all things being equal, players that would ordinarily be available
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  Speaker 2: or should and that would be maxianach Or, the offensive
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  Speaker 2: tackle from Arizona State. I mentioned before that he's not
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  Speaker 2: quite a multiple ball clay.
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  Speaker 1: He started thirty.
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  Speaker 2: One games over three years for Arizona State, relatively new
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  Speaker 2: to football, so he could stand to maybe use some
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  Speaker 2: seasoning there. But I think when you're the Eagles and
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  Speaker 2: you approach things through the lens of what is this
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  Speaker 2: player going to be in year two or year three?
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  Speaker 2: And you look at the high ceiling that a Maxionachure has,
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  Speaker 2: would you want to lean towards a safer pick like
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  Speaker 2: a Blake Miller from Clemson who has fifty four stars
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  Speaker 2: under his belt, really polished and you kind of have
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  Speaker 2: an idea of what he's going to be he's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a solid pro, or do you want to
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  Speaker 2: swing for the fact And the Eagles have always looked
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  Speaker 2: to hit the home run, and that would be a
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  Speaker 2: player where you look at athleticism, tools, body type, length
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  Speaker 2: and the potential versatility to kick inside.
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  Speaker 1: It would be awfully appealing.
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  Speaker 2: Caden Procter, the offensive tackle from Alabama, is another prospect
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  Speaker 2: that has been.
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  Speaker 1: Mocked to the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: I mocked Caden Procter to the Eagles in my initial
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  Speaker 2: mock draft, and that's kind of where I anticipate him
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  Speaker 2: coming off the board, somewhere between twenty and where the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles pick at twenty three. Massive offensive tackle, a more
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  Speaker 2: refined and polished product, I would say than Maxionachre, and
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  Speaker 2: I think he might be able to kick inside and
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  Speaker 2: play guard. It depends, but this is someone who's six
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  Speaker 2: foot seven.
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  Speaker 1: I think his weights in the three sixty six.
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  Speaker 2: I believe, and moves well for his size, and he's
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  Speaker 2: powerful can anchor in the run game. He's a pretty
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  Speaker 2: fluid mover relative to his frame and playing at a
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  Speaker 2: high level in which he did for a number of seasons,
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  Speaker 2: that would be someone that you would.
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  Speaker 1: Feel really comfortable with drafting there.
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  Speaker 2: And unlike maybe a Blake Miller, Cayden Proctor also has
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  Speaker 2: a pretty high ceiling in my estimation, and I would
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  Speaker 2: argue that much like maxianatchor, Cayden Proctor's still scratching the surface.
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  Speaker 2: Let's look at the skill position. How about wide receiver
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  Speaker 2: Omar Cooper Junior. And I get a lot of questions
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  Speaker 2: about him. He's a popular name, and I get why
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  Speaker 2: he plays the wide receiver position. He's explosive and dynamic
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  Speaker 2: in space, really lethal after the catch. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: his yards last season came after the catch. Who will
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  Speaker 2: fight for the football when it's in the air. He
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  Speaker 2: can play inside, he can play outside, and his skill
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  Speaker 2: set projects pretty fait favorably in what I'm expecting Sean
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  Speaker 2: Mannion's offense to look like or some of the principles
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  Speaker 2: that I anticipate being in place. Omar Cooper Junior would
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  Speaker 2: seemingly be a really good fit there. The same could
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  Speaker 2: also be said for Arizona state wide receiver Jordan Tyson,
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  Speaker 2: why I like quite a bit. I have him graded
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  Speaker 2: higher than Omar Cooper Junior, and I think Cooper Junior
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  Speaker 2: has a better chance of being there at twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: But if Jordan Tyson's there, another player that you'd have
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  Speaker 2: to think long and hard before turning in the car,
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  Speaker 2: because this could be a game changer in your offense
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  Speaker 2: and presents a different skill set that you don't already have,
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  Speaker 2: and I think he has developmental qualities that to me
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  Speaker 2: suggest that he can handle a fairly sizable workload as
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  Speaker 2: a rookie and step right in. And I don't anticipate
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  Speaker 2: there being a drastic acclamation period. He watched his tape,
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was really refined, and his movements and
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  Speaker 2: what he was asked to do just look like an
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  Speaker 2: nflready prospect, and I like his boss skills. So Jordan
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  Speaker 2: Tyson would be somebody that you might want to look
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  Speaker 2: at edge rusher. Look, it's a position of need. I've
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  Speaker 2: talked about it a lot. I don't know if given
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  Speaker 2: the value, it would make sense to take an edge
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  Speaker 2: rusher at twenty three because unless you're extremely bullish on
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  Speaker 2: the prospects of Keldrick falk Out of Auburn to become
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  Speaker 2: a premier talent, and he's six foot six, two seventy
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  Speaker 2: five long arms, twenty one years old, he has the tools,
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  Speaker 2: but he was a fairly underwhelming pass rusher at Auburn,
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  Speaker 2: and Keiroon Crawford, his fellow pass rusher at Auburn, I
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  Speaker 2: thought was the more impressive player. But I would say
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  Speaker 2: that in theory, Keldrick falk has more upside and he's
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  Speaker 2: his range has fluctuated throughout the board. Maybe he goes
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  Speaker 2: top twenty. And if there's a team, if there's skepticism
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  Speaker 2: about fit and overall production and how that's going to
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  Speaker 2: how that lack of production is going to translate at
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  Speaker 2: the next level, that could be somebody that maybe goes
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  Speaker 2: a little bit lower than what you're seeing on mock drafts,
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  Speaker 2: depending on where you look. But anyway, I don't view
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  Speaker 2: that as a top positional value player at twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: The same can also be said for TJ. Parker out
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  Speaker 2: a Clemson. I view him more as a late first
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  Speaker 2: round guy, and the Eagles need that headliner, and I
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  Speaker 2: understand that not disputing it, don't force it, and there
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  Speaker 2: are other avenues to explore if you want to get
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  Speaker 2: a headline, front of the room edge rusher that can
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  Speaker 2: command a sizable amount of snaps and command attention from
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  Speaker 2: offensive linemen and a lot of what you saw Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Phillips do last season there. I would also say that
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's a big enough discrepancy between the
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  Speaker 2: edge rushers where the Eagles will be picking in Round
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  Speaker 2: one to what could be available in round two gave
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  Speaker 2: Gave Jackets from Illinois. You have as I had Jay
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  Speaker 2: Sean Barham from Michigan and going to the Eagles at
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  Speaker 2: ninety eight, and there are other players there that I
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  Speaker 2: don't think there's a steep of a drop off as
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  Speaker 2: you might expect from round one to round two. So
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  Speaker 2: edge Rusher, I don't know that I would that I
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  Speaker 2: would lean towards just because it's a need.
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  Speaker 1: You can address it other ways, including the following rounds.
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  Speaker 2: But corner is an interesting one because riek one his
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  Speaker 2: contract expires at the end of the year. If he
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  Speaker 2: has a really good season, which would be great for
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles, obviously, he may have priced himself out of
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  Speaker 2: their budget, given that he's a young player with immense
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  Speaker 2: physical attributes and can run, and he's six foot three
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  Speaker 2: and all those things that you look for in a corner.
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  Speaker 2: If he can put it together this season, he's gonna
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  Speaker 2: get paid on the open market if he doesn't perform well.
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  Speaker 2: What happened to a Dori Jackson where he was just
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  Speaker 2: left up where the team chose not to resign him
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  Speaker 2: could be the same case with Riekee one. And you
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  Speaker 2: have Quanya on Mitchell, you have Cooper Dejen, you don't
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  Speaker 2: have a long term option opposite Quenyon Mitchell. And in
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  Speaker 2: terms of corners where the Eagles will be picking, there's
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  Speaker 2: a name that I'm not quite sure he goes this early,
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  Speaker 2: but I really like the player. It wouldn't surprise me
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  Speaker 2: if he slips into the first round, and that's San
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  Speaker 2: Diego State cornerback Chris Johnson, who I interviewed on Inside
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  Speaker 2: the Birds the check o'daly Special if you can, if
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  Speaker 2: you get a chance to check it out, I think
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  Speaker 2: you'll enjoy it. Good conversation there. But that's a player
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  Speaker 2: that I think his skill set and his football understanding
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  Speaker 2: and versatility and ball skills would translate to a Vic
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  Speaker 2: Fangio defense. For what it's worth, whether or not he's
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  Speaker 2: the twenty third best player or the twenty third player
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  Speaker 2: to come off with board or not, I think that
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  Speaker 2: might be a little aggressive, but I view Chris Johnson
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  Speaker 2: as a top forty five player. His name is generating
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  Speaker 2: has consistently throughout the pre draft process, generated buzz, and
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  Speaker 2: I always say that's coming from the outside. Internally, the
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  Speaker 2: NFL is very well aware of these players, what they're about,
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  Speaker 2: their upside, Chris Johnson not only has impressive performances on
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  Speaker 2: the field and a bright future, but he's also a
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  Speaker 2: very high character person and that was able to be
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  Speaker 2: perceived through or that was really reflected in our conversation there.
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  Speaker 2: You can see that he just gets it and whoever
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  Speaker 2: ends up with him is going to get a good corner.
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  Speaker 2: But that would be the only corner that I would
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  Speaker 2: consider there, and that might be a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a stretch.
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  Speaker 1: And then we get to safety. Emmanuel McNeil.
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  Speaker 2: Warren would be the player who would fit in the
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, twenty four to twenty five range, at least
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  Speaker 2: in my estimation.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know that.
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  Speaker 2: Eagles would take a safety in the first round. History
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  Speaker 2: would suggest that that would be something that is highly unlikely.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a position that they traditionally value. They drafted
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  Speaker 2: Drew mccouba in the second round. They've drafted other safeties
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  Speaker 2: over the years, and whether it was Nate Allen or
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  Speaker 2: ja Quin Jay, I mean, I'm going back some years,
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  Speaker 2: but normally it's been something that they I mean in
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three and I'm not equating it to that,
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  Speaker 2: but they had justin Evans, they had Terrell Edmonds, they
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  Speaker 2: traded for Kevin Byrd. There are ways that they can
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  Speaker 2: add another safety, and based off of what Howie Roseman
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  Speaker 2: said in his pre draft presser. It certainly sounded like
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  Speaker 2: they are not finished at that position, nor was that
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  Speaker 2: my expectation. You'd taken one players into training camp and
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  Speaker 2: the safety room is still really light. So it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: take a mathematician to figure out that you need more
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  Speaker 2: numbers in that room for it to work. Just even
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  Speaker 2: for the sheer thought of practice reps, you need to
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  Speaker 2: have enough players to get through practice. And yeah, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm expecting them to add one, whether it's the draft,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's a June first cut, whether it's a draft pick.
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  Speaker 2: That's something that I'm sure but has to the value
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  Speaker 2: has to be right. They're not just going to take
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  Speaker 2: a player because it's a position of need. But Emmanuel
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  Speaker 2: McNeil Warren, as far as first round safeties go, that
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  Speaker 2: would be realistic, would be there at twenty three in
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  Speaker 2: all likelihood, six foot three or four went to Toledo,
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  Speaker 2: good ball skills, rangey, lengthy safety with a unique frame
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  Speaker 2: that I think would pair really really effectively opposite Drew
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  Speaker 2: mccoba if that ever, if that scenario were to play out.
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  Speaker 2: So those are just some of the names to familiarize
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  Speaker 2: yourself with. Or's the kleb Blomeu offensive tackle out of Utah.
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  Speaker 2: Really young and raw, but I think he goes maybe
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  Speaker 2: a little higher than where the Eagles might be just
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  Speaker 2: out of reach there.
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  Speaker 1: But that's another name to to.
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  Speaker 2: Know, certainly, but maybe a highlight when you're looking at
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  Speaker 2: some of those late first round tackles. So for now,
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  Speaker 2: that's going to do it for this episode of the
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  Speaker 2: Czech O Daily. It's Andrew Dechecko signing off and I'll
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  Speaker 2: catch you all on the next one.