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The DiCecco Daily: Who's Stock Is Up, Down After One Week After Eagles Training Camp? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 2: What's happened? Everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome into this edition of The check O Daily. Andrew
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  Decheco here. You know, this is a little bit of
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  a late podcast, but the Eagles had a private walkthrough today,
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  so there was no practice open to the media. But
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  they will be back on the field Thursday morning at
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  ten am. Special Teams Coordinator Michael Clay will be speaking
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  to the media about nine to forty ish.
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  Speaker 2: And I can't wait to get back to practice.
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  Speaker 1: Once you get into a routine, it's very difficult to
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  deviate from that when you get in that flow and
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  you're seeing the team come together and all those things.
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  Speaker 2: But today we'll do something.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit different since there was no practice to
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  really react to or for me to give you some
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  of my observations, and we'll do a little stock up
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  and stock down and I'll have a more comprehensive breakdown
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  of all of this on inside theebirds dot Com on
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  Saturday morning. But you guys are going to get this
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  information first, and I'm not gonna go necessarily with the
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  big names, because I think everyone knows that Sakwon Barkley
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  is a tremendous talent. Everyone knows that Jalen Hurts is
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  a tremendous talent, Jaywen Carter.
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  Speaker 2: And so on.
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  Speaker 1: But I'll give you some stock up for some different players,
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  and I think first and foremost, I'm gonna have to
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  go with right guard Tyler Stein. Now he has had
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  some fits with Moro Jomo, the third year defensive tackle,
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  but listening to offensive line coach and run game coordinator
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  Jeff Stoutland on Monday or.
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  Speaker 2: Tuesday, I don't.
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  Speaker 1: Know, Well, it was day five of Eagles practice. See
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  I'm getting all my days mixed up here, but Jeff
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  Stoutland said that he that Tyler's doing some really good
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  things and he praised Stein as he looks to nail
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  down a starting job. Obviously he's the favorite, and there's
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  really nobody who is pushing him at this time. But
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  I think it's important when you hear something from such
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  a pivotal figure for the Eagles, and he heaped praise
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  on Tyler Steen.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that that was lip service.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think that that was just that when trying
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  to conjure some sort of confidence for the third year pro.
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  And sometimes I think that really goes back to what
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  we've all been saying on inside the Birds is that
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  sometimes you know, you don't want to get too carried away.
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  You have to be really careful with just reaching certain
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  determinations this early in camp. Right, it's only been five
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  days of practice. The first day of padded practice was yesterday,
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  and there's a lot yet to be determined, and there's
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  a lot that coaches see that we have no way
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  of really knowing. And while it looks sometimes on the
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  surface that Stein was having some trouble with a Jomo,
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  I mean that's apparent, but a Jomo's also begin giving
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  other players trouble. Obviously, it's being highlighted because Tyler Steen
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  is the new face on the Eagles offensive line, but
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  all you need to hear is Jeff Stoutlin and what
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  he had to say, and I think that that indicates
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  that Tyler is headed in the right direction. Another player
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  I want to highlight is running back Will Shipley. So
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  Will Shipley had a drop on day two of Eagles practice,
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  which was uncharacteristic because he's the eagles best and most
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  natural pass receiving running back. But on day five, he
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  caught a flurry of passes. He looked explosive and twitchy
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  in the open field and one of his catches actually
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  was with Johdd Campbell in coverage along the far sideline.
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  He also had a nice run in the red zone
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  that I believe was called back due to a penalty
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  if I'm thinking of the right play. And then he
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  also caught a receiving touchdown from Jayalen Hurts on a
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  Texas route. These are the qualities that I've been talking
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  about all off season about what Will Shipley can bring
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  to the offense. He brings juice, an explosiveness, and just
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  adds a different dimension to the offense that you're not
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  going to find from the.
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  Speaker 2: Other two players.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Eagles have a really diverse backfield that
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  can provide some different things. Obviously Saquon Barkley leads the charge,
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  but in game I think that Will Shipley is a
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  player that you can create some mismatches with, you can
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  get him involved in the receiving game, and he has
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  home run hitting ability. Obviously, things could change if Saquon
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  Barkley were to miss time a game or two, or
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  even closing out games, because that's where aj Dillon, who's
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  also had a nice start to training camp, can fill
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  in as being that between the tackles bruiser who can
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  really salt away a game. I also would have to
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  mention offensively wide receiver Elijah Cooks. That's a player that
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  going into training camp he was probably the furthest down
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  in the pecking order. He also was sidelined for spring
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  practices with an undisclosed injury.
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  Speaker 2: But he's made the most of his opportunities. And when you.
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  Speaker 1: Don't have someone like Devonte Smith practicing for two days
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  and you don't I don't have a player like Danny
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  Gray who has since been waved injured with a finger injury,
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  that has been an uptick in snaps for Cooks. But
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  it's one thing to get those opportunities, but it's another
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  thing to maximize and optimize those reps, and he certainly
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  has done that three consecutive practices.
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  Speaker 2: He's flashed. A few days ago.
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  Speaker 1: It was having a few different catches, including an impressive
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  one to end practice on a developmental period where he
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  caught a deep shot down the sideline and used his
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  frame to soar above the defensive back. Then on day two,
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  he also made an acrobatic leaping reception in one on
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  ones against the Dori Jackson and it was yesterday that
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  he caught. I believe it was a post route for
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  a touchdown during a red zone situation from quarterback Tanner
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  McKee where he got behind and it was tight coverage.
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  Tristan McCollum and linebacker Dallas Gant got both feed in.
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  McCollum was incredulous, insisting that he was out of bounds,
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  but the referee signaled a touchdown. At six foot four,
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  Cooks is a rangey player. He was on the Eagles
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  practice squad for the week leading.
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  Speaker 2: Up to the Divisional Round.
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  Speaker 1: I've outlined before that his role in practice that week
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  was emulating wide receiver Puka Nakua. So that's a player
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  you should be highlighting moving into the preseason. I think
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  he's done a nice job of acquitting himself and really
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  seizing the opportunity. I also have to say stock up
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  for right tackle Darien Kinnard, and the reason being isn't
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  necessarily due to anything tangible that you can see on
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  the field. He's been operating with the second team exclusively.
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  But what I'm seeing is a player who's primarily a
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  right tackle, of course, but he's been transitioning and flip
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  flopping with Matt Pryor at right guard as well, so
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  they've been trading off spots. Matt Pryor has largely been
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  the second team right go and then you're now seeing
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  Canard work in that area as well, with Prior going
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  to right tackle. Look, I think the appealing aspect of
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  someone like Canard, who the Eagles do like, by the way,
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  is that he does provide versatility. But now you're seeing
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  the Eagles early in training camp work him in two
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  different spots, which I think is a good sign for him.
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  He's still been on the second team, There's been no
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  one really threatening him in that way.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of competition there.
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  Speaker 1: It's been only five days of practice, but I think
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  it's fair to say that for those reasons, you have
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  to say stock up for Darren Cannard on the defensive side. Now,
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  this is fresh off of a practice where he got
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  first team reps because Nolan Smith was sidelined with a concussion,
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  so it was josh Ushah the player that we're mentioning here,
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  and Jay Walks Hunt who were the first team edges.
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  Now Ousha to this point has flashed a little bit more.
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  I think it's fair to say than Ojilari through five practices,
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  but the first padded practice, I thought Ousha did a
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  really nice job providing pressure off the edge and making
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  life a little bit challenging and forcing quarterbacks to to
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  kind of leave the pocket and.
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  Speaker 2: Make some hold on the ball a little bit longer
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  than they would like.
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  Speaker 1: Now, there was a host of players who were responsible
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  for those for those hasty decisions that the quarterbacks had
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  to make, but I thought that that Usha made some
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  made some nice plays and gave the tackles fits. He's
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  very quick. He doesn't necessarily have the you know, the
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  the as i'd like to say, the prototypical size for
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  that position, but I thought he showed quickness, he showed
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  some explosiveness off the edge, and that's something that you
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  have to wait and see how that translates. But stock
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  up for Usha, and before practice, vic Vango pretty much
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  said that there's a lot that needs to be resolved
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  here in terms of the reserve edge players behind Nolan
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  Smith and Jayaloxs Hunt, and no one has really stepped
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  up or surfaced I think was the word that he
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  used in a good or a bad way.
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  Speaker 2: But I think for ushe that's something that you can.
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  Speaker 1: Use and build on that moving forward, there's another player,
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  third year defensive tackle Moro Jomo, who has been having
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  a stellar start to training camp. What I like about
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  a Jomo is that he plays with controlled violence, the
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  hand usage, the short area quickness, the ability to use
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  leverage to his advantage. He's not the biggest player, but
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  he's somebody who definitely provides juice and physicality along the interior.
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  And it doesn't seem to matter which interior linement he's
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  going up against. He finds ways at different points to
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  give them fits. He got a hand up I believe
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  to deflect a pass during Team Joe's as well. Just
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  an active player whose motor continues to run hot. I
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  think it's fair to highlight him as a standout through
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  a number of different practices here. I think you have
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  a fair enough sample size to put him in that category.
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  I think out of all the players who are going
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  to be tasked with helping the Eagles make up for
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  the loss of Milton Williams, and that also includes Jordan
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  Davis and rookie Ty Robinson, I think the one who
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  has the most upside, the one who's going to make
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  the biggest leap and the most noticeable impact is going
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  to be Moro Jomo and rounding things out. I also
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  need to mention Jeremiah Trotter Junior, the Eagles second year
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  linebacker out of Clemson, because he always played one hundred
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  and four to defensive snaps last season, so he didn't
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  quite know what he was going to be able to do.
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  But he's gotten the lion's share of the first team
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  reps alongside Zach Bond, and I thought that on Day five, Well,
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  first of all, you always recognize the play recognition and
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  the anticipation, the natural instincts that Trotter Junior brings, and
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  that really counters his lack of natural athleticism and size.
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  Speaker 2: I would say, I think that's fair. He's to he
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  always seems to be in the right spot.
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  Speaker 1: He flows to the football with urgency, and what I
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  noticed on Day five there was a number of plays.
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  One on a run play where he popped will Shipley,
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  his former college teammate, and he swarmed running back Saquon Barkway.
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  On a short dump off where jaywhen Hurts was feeling
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  the pressure and he was waiving his offensive players to
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  come back to the football and he dumped it off
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  to Barkway.
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  Speaker 2: Trotter Junior was right there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not even sure if the pass was complete, But
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  the highlight in my opinion yesterday was his defense against
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  Alas Goddard on a corner route into the end zone.
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  He ran stride for stride with Goddard, got a hand
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  in there to break up the pass. So I think
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  you have to give Triter Junior credit. He is not
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  going down without a fight. Jehad Campbell, the first round
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  pick at linebacker, also has had a nice summer, but
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  Jeremiah Trotter Junior is not going down without a fight.
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  Speaker 2: Has been a.
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  Speaker 1: Solid five practices for the second year linebacker. Well that's
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  going to do it for this edition of the check
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  O Daily. Andrew Decheko here signing off. Catch up everybody
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  on the next one. H