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The DiCecco Daily: Eagles Day Three of Training Camp Developments · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome into another episode of to check O Daily.
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  Speaker 2: It's Andrew de Checko, Eagles beat reporter Friendsidethebirds dot Com
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  Speaker 2: here with you, and Saturday mark.
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  Speaker 1: Day three of Eagles training camp.
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  Speaker 2: It's moving quickly here and I have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: takeaways that I want to get to you guys, but
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  Speaker 2: before we do that, we'll start with the practice report.
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  Speaker 2: The following Eagles were non participants on Day three. Linebacker
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  Speaker 2: Jahid Campbell excused not injury related, defensive lineman Taekwon Graham
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  Speaker 2: excuse not injury related, right tackle Lane Johnson excused, not
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  Speaker 2: injury related, wide receiver Elijah Moore excuse not injury related,
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  Speaker 2: offensive tackle Cameron Williams knee contusion, and safety colez Nesky hamstring.
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  Speaker 2: Three players sustained injuries during the session, including draft picks
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  Speaker 2: outside linebacker Keyshawn James Newby and guard Michael Morris. On
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  Speaker 2: the final play of practice, undrafted rookie guard Jaden Roberts
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  Speaker 2: went down. He was tended to by trainers, and then
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  Speaker 2: he remained down for an extended period.
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  Speaker 1: It didn't look good on initial viewing.
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  Speaker 2: Roberts was eventually helped onto a cart and taken inside,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll certainly monitor those updates there.
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  Speaker 1: But let's get to the observations.
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  Speaker 2: And I should note that I haven't yet written my
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  Speaker 2: observations for Inside the Birds dot Com where I'm able
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  Speaker 2: to really have it in an organized fashion, So if
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  Speaker 2: it's a little scattered, to bear with me. But I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to get this to you guys first before I
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  Speaker 2: even published that. But among the focuses during the early
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  Speaker 2: portion of practice, including special teams, specifically punt protection, third
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  Speaker 2: year of running back Will Shipley was first up as
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  Speaker 2: the personal protector, and other constants included tight end fullback
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  Speaker 2: Cameron Latsu, linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Junior, and tight end Johnny Munt. Shipley,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, for those who aren't aware, has served
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  Speaker 2: as the Eagles' primary punt protector the past two season.
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  Speaker 2: On the other half of the field, wide receivers Britton Covey,
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  Speaker 2: McKay Lemon, and Qus Watkins, along with defensive back Cooper
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  Speaker 2: degen Or among those fielding punts. This was a banner
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  Speaker 2: performance from pillwar to post from the Eagles defense.
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  Speaker 1: And there's too many players to highlight.
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  Speaker 2: I will mention three and I'll speak to that in
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more of an expanded analysis here, but
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  Speaker 2: linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Junior and on the defensive line Jalen Carter,
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  Speaker 2: edge rusher jay loox Hunt I thought had tremendous practices.
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  Speaker 2: Context is really important here, and I feel the need
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  Speaker 2: to reiterate this. This is an elite defense and they're
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  Speaker 2: going up against an offense that's working through some things.
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  Speaker 2: There's going to be growing pains, they're trying different things,
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  Speaker 2: and it's the installation process right now. But it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: help when you're going against the top defense, and I
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  Speaker 2: think the offense should be.
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  Speaker 1: Better for it.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't necessarily seen the offense pop through three practices.
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  Speaker 2: There's been moments, but this defense is definitely legitimate.
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  Speaker 1: You could see the nucleus of.
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  Speaker 2: That that young talent and that on that defense that's
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  Speaker 2: played together for at least three seasons, and that continuity
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  Speaker 2: in chemistry is certainly reflected in their play on the field.
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  Speaker 2: The group in the beginning, you see Cooper Dejean Marcus
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  Speaker 2: EPs was first up with Drew mccooba at safety and
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  Speaker 2: at linebacker. Remember Johat Campbell was excused today. He joined
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  Speaker 2: Zach Bonn with the first unit and Johnny Munt opened
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  Speaker 2: practice as.
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  Speaker 1: The second tight end.
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  Speaker 2: When they went to twelve personnel, DeVante Smith, Dontavian Wicks,
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  Speaker 2: and Makay Lemon were the wide receivers. On the second play,
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  Speaker 2: it was Goddard and Hollywood Brown came in, DeVante Smith
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  Speaker 2: went out, Zach Bond had a hand on a Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Hurtz pass, and this is all in eleven on eleven.
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  Speaker 1: This is team drills that I'm talking about here.
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  Speaker 2: Later on throughout the team period, you see m kay Lemon,
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  Speaker 2: Darius Cooper, and DeVante Smith. There was another pass breakup
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  Speaker 2: at the line. I couldn't tell which player it was.
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  Speaker 2: It could have been Jaalen Carter or it could have
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  Speaker 2: been Jordan Davis. Both players were celebrating together after the play.
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  Speaker 2: Darius Cooper worked in quite a bit with the first team,
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  Speaker 2: and I think if I had to put five wide
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  Speaker 2: receivers on the roster, he would be the fifth. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: It's still obviously very early and Johnny Wilson could have
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  Speaker 2: something to say about that as the summer progresses. But
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  Speaker 2: I just want to highlight Darius Cooper here for a
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  Speaker 2: moment because he catches everything.
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  Speaker 1: He's jacked.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you watch him out there there, he
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  Speaker 2: has a compact build and he's just able to fend
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  Speaker 2: off defensive backs. He's seemingly always in the right place
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  Speaker 2: at the right time. Just a really steady and consistent player.
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  Speaker 2: It's easy to see why the Eagles like him, and
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  Speaker 2: through three practices, I think he's had strong showings in each.
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  Speaker 2: Another player who I haven't mentioned through the first couple
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  Speaker 2: of practices was Arnold Evacati, who signed the two year
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  Speaker 2: due in free agency, and there were moments that he
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  Speaker 2: flashed to me anyway, and he bul rushed Fred Johnson
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  Speaker 2: on occasion there in one instance, there were a couple
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  Speaker 2: of other quality rushes that he had. Fred Johnson, by
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  Speaker 2: the way, was the right tackle in place of Lane Johnson.
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  Speaker 2: But apart from that, the offensive line was as expected.
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  Speaker 2: The second unit was Markel Bell, the Eagles rookie tackle
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  Speaker 2: at left tackle. At left guard was Jake Majors, who
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  Speaker 2: had been playing center with the second unit.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Kendall was the center.
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  Speaker 2: Right guard in the beginning was Michael Morris, and the
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  Speaker 2: right tackle was John Dejukuu. John Adjuku is a player
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  Speaker 2: that I will be keeping an eye on he still
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  Speaker 2: has an uphill battle to make the team, but you
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  Speaker 2: see the experience that he has and Cameron Williams now
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  Speaker 2: having the knee contusion. Miles Hinton really hasn't factored all
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  Speaker 2: that much into the mix early on here in camp,
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  Speaker 2: after really repping with the second team at guard. He
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  Speaker 2: got some developmental work at the end of practice, which
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  Speaker 2: I noticed. But Janajukuu is someone that has played with
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  Speaker 2: the Tennessee Titans before and I'm not quite sure if
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  Speaker 2: he offers guard versatility. He may have cross trained there
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  Speaker 2: in the spring. I have to check my notes on that.
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  Speaker 2: But he's kind of a player who's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: under the radar that when I'm looking at this backup
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  Speaker 2: offensive line group, I'm a little curious to see more of,
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  Speaker 2: especially when you get to the preseason. Jalen Hurts hit
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  Speaker 2: Darius Cooper on an inbreaker. Darius Cooper again just has
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  Speaker 2: a really good feel for how to get open and
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  Speaker 2: how to use his body to create separation. There was
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  Speaker 2: another eleven on eleven period where it was Cooper, de
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  Speaker 2: Gene and Drew mccouba at safety when they were in base.
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  Speaker 2: That's something that it's going to be a constant competition
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  Speaker 2: there at that position. And while we're at it, I
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  Speaker 2: should give you some quotes that I got from Marcus
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  Speaker 2: EPs after practice and he spoke to a handful of
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  Speaker 2: us in a scrum in the mix zone, and he
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  Speaker 2: had some interesting things to say about the competition, and
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  Speaker 2: he mentioned that he was the expectation was that he
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  Speaker 2: was going to be competing for a starting job when
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  Speaker 2: he signed. He said, I mean it's an open competition.
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  Speaker 2: They made that clear, and that's where my focus is.
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  Speaker 2: I've always had to earn everything in my whole career anyway.
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  Speaker 2: So we're all pushing each other, we're all encouraging each other,
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  Speaker 2: and we're all just going out there, taking it one
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  Speaker 2: day at a time and trying to get better.
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• 8:39
  Speaker 2: When asked about what made him want to come back,
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  Speaker 2: he said, I just think this is the place for me. Honestly,
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy here. It feels good to come to work
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  Speaker 2: every day here. I feel like I'm around like minded people,
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  Speaker 2: people who love ball the way I do, and it's
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  Speaker 2: easy to come to work. I feel like I belong here,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm really really happy to be back. When asked
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  Speaker 2: about what he that he showed over the last five
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  Speaker 2: games of the season when he had to start, he said,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I did solid, man. I was proud
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  Speaker 2: of myself coming off a long stint of coming off
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  Speaker 2: the ACL having fifteen months without starting a game. All
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  Speaker 2: things considered, I think I did solid and showed that
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  Speaker 2: I still got a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Of ball left in me.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm just excited to be able to build off
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  Speaker 2: of that, excited to have an opportunity to be healthy.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't take any of this for granted. Ever
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  Speaker 2: after going through that, it's a blessing to be out
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  Speaker 2: there every single day, So you know, I'm just having
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  Speaker 2: that mindset, taking it one day at a time and
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  Speaker 2: just not taking anything for granted. Jay loox Hunt, I
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  Speaker 2: want to get to him because I know that he
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  Speaker 2: was largely working against Fred Johnson, so context is required there.
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  Speaker 2: But he's also given Jordan my lot of some work
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  Speaker 2: and that was the case again and in this instance
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  Speaker 2: he beat Fred Johnson storm through it would have been
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  Speaker 2: a sack. There were a number of plays that Jay
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  Speaker 2: when Hurts would have been sacked.
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  Speaker 1: Today.
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  Speaker 2: I did not think it was a particularly strong day
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  Speaker 2: for the offense. But that's okay because they're they're working
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  Speaker 2: through things and this is all new that that kind
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  Speaker 2: of comes with the territory and really shouldn't be a
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  Speaker 2: surprise to anyone.
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  Speaker 1: But that Jay looks hunt stormed through.
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  Speaker 2: He beat Fred Johnson on that play and Jaywhen held
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  Speaker 2: the ball there and they let the play get get off.
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  Speaker 2: But Hollywood Brown came out with the catch. I mentioned
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  Speaker 2: Arnold Ebakati earlier on. But there was a play where
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  Speaker 2: he charged. He read it perfectly, and he charged on
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  Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby. It was a toss to the left and
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  Speaker 2: he was just right there. He read it perfectly. Jaywhen
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  Speaker 2: Carter again another player who it looks spry and quick
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  Speaker 2: first step quickness. He looks to be in better shape
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  Speaker 2: as I mentioned, compared to where he was last season.
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  Speaker 2: Jayalen hurts in one instance in this eleven on seven,
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  Speaker 2: eleven on eleven period, he checked it down to Saquon Barkley,
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  Speaker 2: but Jayalen Carter was there to wrangle him up for
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  Speaker 2: a minimum for a minimal pick up. Just so quick
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  Speaker 2: and reads things rapidly. And I really do think, and
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  Speaker 2: I go back to what I said a couple of
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago and what I've said in the offseason, this
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  Speaker 2: is going to be a really big year for Jay
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  Speaker 2: When Carter he knows what's at stake, he knows how
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  Speaker 2: important he is to this Eagles team. And I think
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  Speaker 2: He's growing and evolving as we all do in life,
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  Speaker 2: and that's something that I think playing alongside Jordan Davis.
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  Speaker 2: Jordan Davis is a tremendous leader. When you see the
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  Speaker 2: season that he had, and there's just a lot of
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  Speaker 2: positive vibes there on the defensive side, and Jayalen Carter
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  Speaker 2: made a ton of plays. Drew Kendall initially went in
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  Speaker 2: at left guard for Landon Dickerson's just spotting him. He'd
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  Speaker 2: just given him some some reps off there. Drew Kendall
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  Speaker 2: is a player that the Eagles are high on. I've
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  Speaker 2: gotten that sense. And then when you watch him on
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  Speaker 2: the field, not only has he filled out his frame,
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  Speaker 2: but they've they've really not you know, almost almost exclusively
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  Speaker 2: because he did go in at center later on, but
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  Speaker 2: they they've worked him at guard in the spring and
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  Speaker 2: at this point right now, just trying to get him
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  Speaker 2: familiar and comfortable there because the plan I would imagine
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  Speaker 2: is that he's going to fulfill the role that Brett
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  Speaker 2: Toath had last year as the interior backup on game day.
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  Speaker 2: You know that he knows how to play center. That's
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  Speaker 2: what he majored in at Boston College. That's what he's played,
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  Speaker 2: but now it's about getting him familiar with the guard position,
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  Speaker 2: and the Eagles have worked him in on the second team.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Trotter Junior is a player that whenever he gets
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity, he tends to make the most of it.
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  Speaker 1: He is such an instinctual player, a smart player.
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  Speaker 2: He has a really good eye discipline and he always
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  Speaker 2: seems to find the football. Those are certain intangibles that
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  Speaker 2: he has that makes up for the lack of size
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  Speaker 2: or the lack of blistering athleticism and speed that Jahad
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  Speaker 2: Campbell might have. But there was one play where he
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  Speaker 2: broke up a pass over the middle and it was
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  Speaker 2: it was intended for.
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  Speaker 1: I have to check my notes here. Just bear with
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  Speaker 1: me one second. I'll find it.
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  Speaker 2: But the play that there was one that Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 2: fired off of pass to the deep middle of the
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  Speaker 2: field to Britain Covey, who there was a lot of
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  Speaker 2: traffic around there and Jeremiah Trotter really got a hand
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  Speaker 2: on Britain there and that forced the incompletion. That really
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  Speaker 2: was a nice play by Trotter, who read that well.
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  Speaker 2: Drew mccuba had some good plays. There was one instance
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  Speaker 2: where Jalen was throwing to Mackay Lemon over the middle.
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  Speaker 2: Maccuba charged in to break up the pass. This is
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  Speaker 2: during a seven on seven period. Macooba read another short
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  Speaker 2: screen pass exceptionally well on the ensuing play and he
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  Speaker 2: tagged Darius Cooper for what would have been a loss.
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  Speaker 2: Good couple of series there, good sequence from Drew mcoob
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  Speaker 2: and I think that that's something that that can carry over.
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  Speaker 2: Trotter Junior had another pass breakup in the middle in
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  Speaker 2: in the end zone to It was a pass to
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  Speaker 2: Makai Lemon.
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  Speaker 1: Jalen hurts through it. He probably got there a little early.
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  Speaker 2: They threw the flag on the play so so it
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  Speaker 2: didn't count. But Trotter Junior, Yeah, I mean, he's just
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  Speaker 2: someone who has a good feel for this, for this
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  Speaker 2: defense and what he needs to do there. But there
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  Speaker 2: was another play where he should have had a pick six.
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  Speaker 2: He broke on the pass, knocked it away, he stepped
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  Speaker 2: in front of it. He probably should have secured it
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  Speaker 2: and he would have went the other way for for
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  Speaker 2: what would have been a touchdown. But yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 2: that that's a player that has made the most of
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  Speaker 2: every opportunity that he's gotten. Last summer, he got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of first team reps. If you remember, they were
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  Speaker 2: easing Jahide Campbell back into the mix, who had the
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  Speaker 2: offseason shoulder surgery coming off, you know, going into his
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  Speaker 2: rookie season, and he got an opportunity today with joh
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  Speaker 2: Hot Campbell not there.
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  Speaker 1: And he's just.
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  Speaker 2: A very active and fun practice player to watch. And
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  Speaker 2: I believe, and I've said this and I still believe this,
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  Speaker 2: that he can be a starting linebacker somewhere. Maybe it'll
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  Speaker 2: be in Philadelphia down the line, but I do believe
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  Speaker 2: that he has that ability to do that. Oh there,
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  Speaker 2: it is the past that Trotter jumped that the one
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  Speaker 2: that I just illustrated. It was a pass into the
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  Speaker 2: flat to Tank Bigsby during eleven on elevens and he
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  Speaker 2: did everything perfectly except corral the pass for what would
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  Speaker 2: have been an interception. Cole Peyton made some nice throws today.
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  Speaker 2: There was one that he really ripped in there to
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  Speaker 2: Danny Gray. Danny Gray had a couple of nice receptions today.
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  Speaker 2: Ques Watkins had a couple of nice receptions today. There
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  Speaker 2: was another one that was sort of a deep shot
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  Speaker 2: that it was it probably and I was on the
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  Speaker 2: other side of the field. It looked like it was
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  Speaker 2: overshot anyway, but Corey and Bennett sort of tackled Quez Watkins.
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  Speaker 2: This was down the right sideline. It would have been
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  Speaker 2: a touchdown. It was leading him into the end zone,
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  Speaker 2: I think, and probably was a little bit too far.
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  Speaker 2: But that was something that you know, you forget about
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  Speaker 2: Quees Watkins, and he's a fascinating story in of itself.
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  Speaker 2: He was the number three receiver on a team that
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  Speaker 2: went to the Super Bowl, and then he was on
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  Speaker 2: the practice squad last year. I don't think he's appeared
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  Speaker 2: in the game since twenty twenty three, but the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: like him. Nick Sirianni clearly likes him. He's in camp
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  Speaker 2: and he knows how to separate. He does have the
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  Speaker 2: speed still that hasn't changed. But another instance where Jaywen
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  Speaker 2: Hurts went to Devonte Smith and it was sort of
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  Speaker 2: a comeback play.
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  Speaker 1: If I'm remembering this correctly.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have the benefit of replay, so a lot
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  Speaker 2: of it you're going off your initial viewing.
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  Speaker 1: But QUINNYA. Mitchells took him down.
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  Speaker 2: But on that play, Jay when Carter collapsed the pocket
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  Speaker 2: to get home, that would have.
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  Speaker 1: Been a sack on that play.
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  Speaker 2: He tried deep Jaywen, then tried deep down the right
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  Speaker 2: sideline to mkay Lemon. It was a little long Cooper
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  Speaker 2: to Sheen. Cooper was defending. McKay had a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: He had a half step on Cooper. If the ball
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  Speaker 2: was placed a little bit better, it probably goes for
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  Speaker 2: a big connection there. Then Jalen connects with Don Tavian
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  Speaker 2: Wicks over the middle. It was a slant route. Michael Carter,
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  Speaker 2: the second provided tight coverage on the play and I
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  Speaker 2: thought that he, you know, he was sort of in
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  Speaker 2: his hip pocket there, but the ball was placed perfectly.
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  Speaker 2: Mac McWilliams is a player we don't talk about often,
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  Speaker 2: but he had a couple of nice plays late in practice.
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  Speaker 2: He jumped the Tanner McKee pass who was throwing it
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  Speaker 2: to Eli Stowers. It affected the incompletion. There was the
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  Speaker 2: play before that he jumped the middle of the field
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  Speaker 2: throw to Stours and that probably should have been an interception.
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  Speaker 2: But it's nice to see mac McWilliams get out there
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  Speaker 2: and make some plays, get a hand on the ball.
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  Speaker 1: He has really good quickness, a good feel.
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  Speaker 2: For spacing, and I think now what you're seeing as
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  Speaker 2: a player who in a second season looks to be
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more comfortable with what he's asked to
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  Speaker 2: do in this defense, with what his responsibilities are, and
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  Speaker 2: that sort of was reflected in his ability to kind
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  Speaker 2: of charge on the football.
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  Speaker 1: It didn't look like doesn't look like he's thinking as
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  Speaker 1: much right now.
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  Speaker 2: And before that play, Jay looks Hunt beat Fred Johnson
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  Speaker 2: off the edge, and you know he would have wrapped
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  Speaker 2: up Jay when hurts for a sack. There. The defensive
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  Speaker 2: line just got a lot of pressure and you always
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  Speaker 2: have to remember that in Saturday's case, Fred Johnson was
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  Speaker 2: the right tackle lane. Johnson wasn't out there, so that
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: needs to be taken into the taken into the equation here.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean Cole Payton had a couple of
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  Speaker 2: nice throws today as well, so he had a nice
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  Speaker 2: rebound from the shaky Day two practice.
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  Speaker 1: And you guys know me well enough now.
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  Speaker 2: I don't make too much off of a practice or
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  Speaker 2: a first few days. But this is all part of
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  Speaker 2: the process of a young developmental quarterback. It's the ebbs
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  Speaker 2: and flows that come with it. And there's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: days where.
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  Speaker 1: He flashes with a couple of nice throws.
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  Speaker 2: And then there's gonna be others where there's gonna be misfires,
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  Speaker 2: there's gonna be some mechanical issues, there may be some interceptions.
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  Speaker 2: But I don't jump to conclusions and I don't sound
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  Speaker 2: the alarm. I can see the ability and potential that
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  Speaker 2: he has. There was also a designed quarterback run that
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  Speaker 2: he had, and he's kind of interesting to watch when
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: he takes off up the middle because he he gets
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  Speaker 2: down a little bit, he crouches down, and he has
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: really good athleticism.
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  Speaker 1: That's really one of his primary attributes.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: So he he's getting more reps than Kyle McCord or
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: then some of the other number four quarterbacks in over
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: past years, so that's something that is notable. He's just
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: a really interesting developmental quarterback, and developmental is the optimal
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: term here.
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  Speaker 1: It's not gonna be an overnight fix.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: It's not gonna be an over and he's not gonna
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: be an overnight sensation or anything like that. But you
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: can see the qualities that he has that intrigues the Eagles,
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: and I'm curious to see where he lands ends ten
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: days from now, two weeks into camp, and if he's
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: able to progress in a positive way there.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean Darius Cooper is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: A player that you're going to keep an eye on
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: here because I think he kind of gets lost in
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: the mix a little bit because you have Johnny Wilson
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: returning Britain, Cubby's there. There's a lot of names and
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: you're not quite sure. We're not quite sure how many
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: wide receivers Eagles are going to keep. But what I
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: can tell you is that he's someone that he makes
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: a play every day. He's very consistent. He catches the
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: ball cleanly and I think that that goes a long way.
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  Speaker 2: And everything that he's been asked to do, whether it's
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: play special teams, play gunner, be the primary blocker on
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: a kick return, He's done all that and he checks
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: off those boxes.
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  Speaker 1: He's a selfless player.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: I have kind of a fun Darius Cooper comment later
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: here as we start to wrap things up. But it's
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: also important to know that every practice is different.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: And while there's a lot of under center.
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  Speaker 2: Play action, middle of the field, throws, motion and all
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: those things that Sean Manning is going to bring to
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: this offense, on Saturday, there was a lot more shotgun
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: than we've seen through the first couple of practices, and
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: a lot of it is situational based without knowing the
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: plan of the day, and the Eagles were clearly working
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: on certain down in distances on Saturday, so that certainly
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: factors into it a little bit. But the defense was
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: swarming at all three levels, and I think what you
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: see is the chemistry really manifesting in all three levels
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: being in constant communication. They're working in unison and they
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: have a really good read on what the offense is
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: trying to do. I did think that all the quarterbacks
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: really held the ball it tick longer today, and again
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: without having the benefit of replay, it's difficult to.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: Gauge.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe there were other reasons for that. Maybe there was
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: nothing open and there was no one open. Maybe there
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: was the routes were slow developing. Without without having seen
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: seen the replay or having to talk to Jayalen himself
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: and ask him about it, there's no real way of knowing.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: But I did think that they held the ball a
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: little bit too long, and the defensive line was able
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: to get home for a lot of would be sacks.
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: But of course he let the play get off and
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: and things like that. But yeah, I mean.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Britain Covey and Darius Brittain Covey, Ques Watkins, and Danny Gray. Really,
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: Britain Covey's had a couple of really nice moments in camp,
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: catching the football. He worked with the first n second team.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: He sprinkled in a little bit. I mentioned Darius Cooper
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: getting more first team reps than Johnny Wilson, which is
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: something notable. Maybe it was just a byproduct of the
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: day or the plan that they had for that day,
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: and who knows, maybe Monday it's Johnny Wilson. But it
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: is something that I wrote down in my notebook and
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: we'll be keeping an eye on. That's really the notes
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: that I have. I have a couple of fun comments here.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: I'm a big music fan, notably of eighties classic rock,
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: so I appreciate it hear in Kenny Loggins's nineteen eighty
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: six hit danger Zone and Consecutive Practices. I'm also a
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: huge fan of Rita's water ice, but for whatever reason,
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: I generally skip the water ice truck, which is parked
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: right inside the entrance to training camp. But today was
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: a hot day I wanted to. I just felt in
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: the mood to grab one. They happen to have my
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: favorite flavor, which is green apple. And as I'm in
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: line behind me is Darius Cooper, and I think someone
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: asked him what his favorite flavor was and he said
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: blue raspberry, and I said, you got to try the
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: green apple, and I get my green apple, and then
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: I hear him say, I'm gonna try the green apple today.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: So I have to if I if I get a
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: chance to.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Talk to him or see him in passing or whatever
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: after maybe after one of the preseason games, I might
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: ask him. I say, hey, man, what'd you think of
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: my recommendation? But that is my absolute favorite flat of
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Rita's water ice.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: And those are.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Kind of my two fun spins on the end of
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: a Saturday practice that I thought was very eventful, a
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: little bit hotter than.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: The first couple of days. But we'll we'll see where
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: things go.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: And then Sunday the Eagles are it's a player's day off.
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: They return to the practice field on Monday. I should
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: add that before practice, offensive coordinator Sean Mannion spoke and
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: players that spoke after practice, I read for you some
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: of the things that Marcus EPs had to say. But
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: in addition, Hollywood Brown Landon Dickerson, Mackay Lemon, Drew mccouba,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: and Dontavian Wicks.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this episode of The
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  Speaker 2: I'm Andrew Ducheco and I'll catch you all on the
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