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Inside The Tape With Greg Cosell: Was This Jordan Davis' Best Game As A Pro? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, welcome to another season of Inside the Tape.
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On Inside the Birds, I'm Jeff Mosher alongside Adam Kaplan,
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and as always, we bring in Greg Cosell to give
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us a tape breakdown of the Eagles game. And of
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course you see Greg, he's an NFL Film senior producer
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and the host of ESPN's NFL Matchup show. Welcome to
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the show, Greg, welcome back another season. We're excited about it. Obviously,
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the Eagles start the season off one to Ohero and
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some changes for us. This is now a two part
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show where we do the offense and defensive tape in
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separate show. So we're excited to have you on and
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are you ready to bring the scalpel of nerve.
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Speaker 2: Let's do it all right, let us do it.
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Speaker 1: We decided Adam and I that we thought we would
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start defense defensive tape breakdown because look, it was a
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defensive game. The Eagles went twenty four to twelve over
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the Cowboys Thursday night at the Leak no point scored
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by the Cowboys in the second half, so the defense
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really shown through and obviously Jaalen Carter getting ejected from
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the game put the defense under the spotlight. So let's
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go straight to the D line, the edge group. What
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stood out on tape from you in how the Eagles
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compensated for the lack of Jaalen Carter.
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Speaker 3: Well, I thought Jordan Davis played his best game as
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a pro. Hands down. He was phenomenal in all areas,
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both in run defense and with some pass rush as well.
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I thought his paddle level was lower. He just looked
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like a quicker athlete. I think this is what they
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had expected or hoped when they drafted him, because now
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he's what is this his fourth year on him yep, yeah, yeah,
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I mean he just played stronger and moved quicker, especially
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as a pass rusher. You saw that a couple of
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times in the first half where he had two really
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strong snapshots of that. Overall, I mean where he was
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one on one versus the center BB, he just dominated him.
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So that was the first thing you notice when when
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you watch the tape is just how dominant Jordan Davis was,
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and hopefully that can continue. You know, the other things
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I noticed in terms of individuals on defense, and it
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was Macouba. I thought he was a factor in the
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run game, both when he was aligned in the box,
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and playing downhill from the back end. You know. One
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of the things that really stood out watching his college tape,
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and it's probably innate. It's something you can't be taught,
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but it's just part of who he is is he
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sees the game fast, so he triggers fast and he reacts.
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But I guess the first thing, just taking a step back, guys,
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the first thing I really noticed was the Eagles personnel
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game plan, and we'll see if that continues. When they
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were in their base defense, which was not that many snaps,
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I actually, you know, looked up and they only played
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on trying to see, let's see, they didn't play many
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snaps of bass. But the point is is that in
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their base Dejean played outside corner and Sidney Brown was
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its safety. When they went to their nickel, they moved
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Dejeene in the slot. They had Jackson on the outside
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opposite Mitchell, and Macouba was its safety. So Brown was
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off the field, which makes sense because he's not really
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a pass defender at all. And the other thing that
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that stood out was you saw that Mitchell very often
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traveled with with Pickens, which you know is not something
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that happened obviously a year ago, and.
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Speaker 1: It was it was Byron Young real quick when bass
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right when they had the extra the five man front,
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the extra lineman, it would be Byron Young, mostly along
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Sid Yes.
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Speaker 3: And actually he showed up as well. The guy who
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did not have a good game, I would say was
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a Jomo. He did not. He had a snap or two,
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but overall I was looking for more. I would say
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josh Usha really showed up as well. I mean his
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quickness as an edge pass rusher consistently showed up. And
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that's that's probably a good deal. And I think you'll
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probably see get more snaps because you know, Jaylyx Hunt
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is not quite ready to rush the quarterback. He's still
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learning how to do that, so you know you might
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start seeing more. He certainly showed up in the game
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against the Cowboys.
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Speaker 4: So Greg, first thing, I want to ask about Jordan
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Davis because you only go by what the tape tells you.
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It was nothing personal. Yeah, let's face it, you rarely
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had strong comments that were positive because the tape told
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you that.
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Speaker 3: The comments right now, again, I was just for citing
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the tape right right.
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Speaker 4: So let me ask you this question because we're not
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asking you to to you know, to check out what
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kind of body fat he has. But the thing that
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struck me in training camp Jeff and I saw him
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at the Baxtball Club Awards.
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Speaker 3: Four years ago. Jeff was a four years I was there.
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Speaker 2: I was there.
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Speaker 4: He was easily three point fifty if got a huge
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way overweight, yeap. When I saw him a train of
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camp this year, I'm like, wait a minute, is that
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Jordan Davis? He was so lean yeah, which he never
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would say about Jordan Davis so off tape, because this
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is what you're looking at.
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Speaker 3: What does he look like to you?
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Speaker 4: Physical?
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Speaker 3: He looked he looked better. I mean he looks thinner.
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Now again, I don't know his weight, but I'm sure
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he lost a few pounds. Look the guy. I don't
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want to sit here and say he's a great athlete,
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because you know, people have a different definition of what
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that means. You know, when he ran a four to
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eight at the combine, always a great athlete. Well we
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know we can run fast in a straight line. That
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doesn't necessarily mean he can be a great defensive tackle.
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But the point is is that he just looked well.
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The best way to talk about him is his pad
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level because it doesn't matter how strong you are. If
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you stand up straight in the NFL, you're gonna get moved.
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And his pad level was lower. He looked stronger. He
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was moving quicker and confined space, which is what a
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defensive tackle is. It's irrelevant that he runs a four
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to eight forty. He'll have one of those plays a
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year and people, oh my god, he ran somebody down.
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But you know that's that's not really relevant to playing
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his position. So he just I mean, he was a
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dominant player in that game. He was probably the most
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dominant defensive player on the field for the Eagles. Well,
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it's tough to go away from Zach Bond, who pretty
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interesting might have just ended Miles Sanders' career.
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Speaker 4: But why do you say that, Greg.
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Speaker 3: When you're a running back and you cannot run away
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from a linebacker, that's a problem. Definitely, Bond is such
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a good player. And I tell you I'd be remiss
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if I didn't mention Johot Campbell, who I thought showed
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up as well.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, hold on to that. We're going to get to
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the second level in the second. I wanted to ask
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you again on Jordan Davis because Adam mentioned the new physique.
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We both made a point in the preseason and training
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camp was saying physique alone will not get you good
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pass rush.
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Speaker 2: You also have to moves. I have a clip that'll
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take a look of later. I think it was Tyler Smith.
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Speaker 1: I could have been bab we'll check it out where
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it looked like he used a nice arm under move
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to detach and get to Dak Prescott. Are you seeing
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more hand usage and technique from Jordan Davis, Well.
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Speaker 3: That has to go. I mean, that's that's part of
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growing as a pass rusher, no matter how big or
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strong you may be. Okay, and again, that's that's wonderful
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because there is some speed to power where sometimes you
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can just drive a guy back, but at some point
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you have to play off that contact. You have to
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be able to use your hands in whatever way you're taught.
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So you know, you're happy to see that as well.
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The big question is can he keep it going. I mean,
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we assume, you know, as we're recording this, the league
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has not made any determination on Jalen Carter. Correct. The
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assumption is that he'll play. It's the big national game
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of the week. It's a rematch of the Super Bowl,
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I mean, for one, I'd be surprised if he suspended,
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but you know, you never know. But but the point
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is is, you know, he also played fifty three snaps,
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which is the second most snaps of his career. I
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think I think he played the most against Buffalo a
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few years ago in that that big game that that
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seemed like it went on forever. But you know, so look,
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I'm not saying he's gonna play fifty three snaps every
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week whence Jalen Carter is there, but if you can
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get him too thirty five forty snaps on a weekly basis,
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and he can play like this. Now you've got something.
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Speaker 4: Greg on that just before we move on. So you
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saw from beginning and movement technique he didn't look aast
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because that's, as you put it out many times, when
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he gets gassed, his techniques bad.
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Speaker 3: He didn't in this game.
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Speaker 4: Awesome, that's great, wow, good good.
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Speaker 3: I mean people have to also remember the tackles don't
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make plays on every play obviously, that's just not But
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he never looked gassed. They really hood, which he used
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to do, and it'd be like he shouldn't be on
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the field right now.
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Speaker 4: Right right, Remember that they only played three defensive tackles, right,
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you know. So Victor Vick's like, hey, this is what
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gavee hole's on a run guy, that's the issue with him.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, as I understand it.
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Speaker 3: So look at that's the point.
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Speaker 2: You know.
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Speaker 3: The bottom line is this is the NFL guys. At
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some point, Jordan Davis, as the expression goes as to
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fish or cut cut bait, he's got to you got
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to be able to play. He was a first round
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pick that they traded up for. He's in his fourth season.
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At some point he's got to play more than twenty
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snaps a game and be a factor. And he was
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a big factor, a dominant factor in this game.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you know, it's it's interesting, Greg, what I'm
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I call. I think the Cowboys came out in the
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second half and really started trying to run the ball.
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And I thought that they were doing that intentionally because
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without Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, a snap count was going up,
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was going up, Young's was going up. He hasn't played
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a lot of football. But then the lightning delay would came, right.
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They ran the ball I think three or four straight times. Yeah,
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they broke the long run by Sanders, but then he fumbled, which,
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by the way, came after a run the lightning.
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Speaker 3: Did the fumball happen after the lightning.
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Speaker 1: Delay the fumble happened? I think No, it was like
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right before the lightning delay.
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Speaker 2: Wasn't it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it was.
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Speaker 1: Right before because I remember joking that the Eagles just
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got this turnover and all the momentum got sapped out
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of the building because the lightning.
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Speaker 2: Delay, and then they had to come back out.
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Speaker 3: Well, the thing is, the play before the fumble was
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Ferguson dropped a touchdown. Should have been a touchdown, correct,
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and that was you know, that would have put the
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Cowboys ahead. So you know, for all the quality defense
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that the Eagles had, there were a number of drops
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here that could have changed the game.
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Speaker 2: Right, all right, So we talked about the interior level.
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Zach Bahn.
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Speaker 1: You mentioned that one play Johad Campbell man Craig. Just
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for me watching I was really these two guys. They're athleticism.
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I think their range really stands out. I know Nikobe
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Deane was a pretty good athlete, but when Jagatt Campbell's
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in there, to me, it looks like these guys are
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just flying everywhere.
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Speaker 3: Well, Campbell had a great play where he ran down
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the scene play speeding range on a throat to span
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four down the scene in the middle of the third quarter,
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and not only did it show his athleticism, but it
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was recognition and reaction. Look, the guy six three to forty,
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he's he's he's the best athlete. He's probably the best
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athlete on the team and on the defense. The guy's
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a freakish athlete. I mean taking nothing away from n
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Kobe Dean, who I was told in the building they
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thought played really well over the last seven eight games
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last year until he got hurt. But he's not going
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to get his job back because Jehad Campbell is sixty
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three to forty. Yeah, and he's a better athlete.
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Speaker 4: Hey all that, Greg, looking at your notes here. So
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as an edge rusher, I know he did a little bit.
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Speaker 3: What do you think christ twice? Not very often, right.
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Speaker 4: But did they line him up particling at edge or
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did he blitz at all?
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Speaker 3: From Well, if he's lined up on the edge, I
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don't usually view that as a blitz, but I guess
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maybe it's considered that, you know, he did a few times.
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I can't remember how many. But yeah, that wasn't something
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they did with regularity. So but you know they do.
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They do take when he lined up on the edge
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almost every time except I think one time he started
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stacked and then shifted to on the edge. So again
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I don't you know, I don't know the reason Vick
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does that, but that's that's the way they do it.
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Baughn did the same thing last year a lot, where
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he would start stacked and then walk up to the edge.
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Speaker 1: Right, So it's not a six man it was really
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they were a nickel and he would.
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Speaker 2: Come down to be in the front.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they do it nickel, right.
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Speaker 2: And then I think sometimes they do that in third
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and medium when.
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Speaker 1: They think that the offense still might run and they
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want to have a little bit more up front.
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Speaker 4: Right.
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Speaker 1: Anything else, but about Bond and Campbell that really stand
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out to you. I do have some stuff that we'll
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look at.
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Speaker 3: No, I mean we kind of talked about it, you know,
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I mean, I can't you know, I'm just.
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Speaker 1: A great hustle, great hustle like you mentioned to chase
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down Miles Sanders. I mean, I know we can knock
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Miles Sanders. But Zach Bonn really finished that play.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and there's no question that, you know. I mean, look,
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Bughn can't run, but you know, Sanders was was. And
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the crazy thing was is Bond was trying to knock
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the ball out even you know, and he still was
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gaining ground.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I also thought there was a play Greg where
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Bond successfully defended a corner route that reminded me of
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the Jacksonville game.
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Speaker 3: First, Yeah, you're talking about Yeah, you're talking about.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, which just really shows you. I mean, he's
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really just in such a in a year span, he's
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come such a far away with his his recognition and
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ability to see things really good. All right, well, I
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guess we have to, you know, we we have to
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talk about a few things that didn't go so well.
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So the number two cornerbacks, so, by virtue of Vic's
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decision to have Quinnon Mitchell travel with George Pickens, it
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left to Dori Jackson on CD, which was not.
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Speaker 3: I think the fact that Dejene played in the base
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tells you that they're probably still searching for a corner
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opposite Mitchell, and they may still be searching. We'll see
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if Bennett, you know, ends up filling that spot. I
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personally think he will, but I'm not there. I don't
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know what the feeling is in the building, but I
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think that Bennett will end up. You know, he played
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seven snaps because and came out just do an injury
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and then came back in. So they obviously weren't ready
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to let Bennett, you know, rock and roll. But we'll
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see what happens going forward. But they're telling you that
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they're not quite comfortable with Jackson. We don't have to
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guess that, right.
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Speaker 4: Let me it's a question real quick on Jackson because
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they knock on him. We know about the injuries, smaller guy.
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There were people in the league we spoke with Jeff
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and I to get and tell them what you know,
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what's what's was the issue with the Giants. Some teams
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didn't quite Frankly, don't think he ran as well as
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he used to, because you know, he was a speed guy.
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Speaker 3: How did he how did movement?
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Speaker 2: How did he look?
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Speaker 4: To you a little based on what you saw.
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Speaker 3: I mean, that's a hard thing to say, because he
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got beat a few times. You know. I think the
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one that was particularly noticeable was the crosser with Ceedee Lamb,
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because you know Lamb is is. I mean, he's not slow,
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but he's not a burner. Jackson was not making up
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any ground at all. You know. It's those kinds of
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plays where you think, if you have speed, you're going
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to make up some ground. So look, he's played in
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the league for a number of years, he's had some injury.
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You know, he's a veteran. That's why they brought him
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in because they needed a veteran presence. You know, once
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Slay left, they were uncertain as to who would play
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corner opposite Mitchell, so they brought in a veteran, you know,
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figuring okay, you know, I don't know whether they saw
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that a stopgap or where they thought he could still
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play at a reasonably high level. But obviously through the
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offseason and training camp, they're now telling you they're not
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sure he can do that.
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Speaker 1: All right, as we stay in the second level, what
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were your what did the tape show about Andrew mccooby.
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You said he played in the nickel when the Eagles
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were a nickel.
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Speaker 2: He would come in. Sidney Brown was off the field show.
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Speaker 3: I like mccooby. I think he's a good player. I
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think he's smart, he's aware, you know, the biggest issue
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with him or can he stay healthy, because even though
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they put on some weight, you can tell body type
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he's you know, he's never going to be too ten
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or two twelve. He just doesn't have that kind of body.
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And he's a super aggressive player. But you know, he's
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just a very very aware player. You know, the reason
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they drafted him in the second round is because in
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Vic's defense, and again, every position if Vick was sitting here,
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we tell you every position is important, you know the
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way coaches thick but in that defense, linebackers and safeties
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are absolutely critical. And they drafted him because he's such
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a smart, savvy, aware, intuitive player. And you can see
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the tape. You saw that on tape in Texas. You
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saw that on tape in this game. The guy he's
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just one of those guys that's the kind of stuff
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that is hard to teach. You know, he just sees
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the game really fast. In fact, somebody from the front
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office who I know very well, texted me and oh,
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he'd heard me talk about Prescott and he said, you
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nail Prescott. And then we just started going back and
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forth and I told him how much I like Macouba,
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And you know, we both agree that he just sees
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the game fast. I mean, he's one of those guys.
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He just sees it so back. In many ways, when
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you're a safety, you're on the back end. You've got
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to see it all. You know, it's very hard to
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teach a quarterback to quote unquote see it the game.
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Some guys do automatically, and other guys they might have
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great physical talent, but they just don't see it right.
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One thing.
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Speaker 4: As we move on here, though, Let's say someday the
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Eagles decide, you know what, and we know Dejean's played
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a little corner this year so far in one game, right,
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if they decide next year, you know what, and how
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he doesn't make a trade the trade down leant to
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get a starting corner who'd be here for a while,
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and they they decide next year, Coop's going to go
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to corner. You did tell us that you like, correctly,
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if I'm wrong, you like mccoopa's tape as a nickel
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at Clemson.
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Speaker 3: Correct, Well, he did play nickel at Clemson. You know,
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I don't know if they see him that way. That's
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that's another question. I don't know what they say. You know,
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the other issue, and it's not an issue today and
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it's not an issue tomorrow. But how old is blanket? Shit?
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That's all? Yeah, he's got time because he's a really
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good player.
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Speaker 2: Yep, all right, you're ready to look at some tape
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and break it down for us?
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Speaker 1: Sure, And as always for those who are listening on
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the podcast platform, we'll give you all the information.
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Speaker 2: We'll set it up, we'll let you know audibly what's
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going on so that you're not lost in the fray.
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Speaker 1: So one of the guys that we've already talked about
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was Jordan Davis, So why don't we put him under
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the microscope here? Hey, you know that one guy in
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the group chat who hit a five leg parlay a
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week one and he wouldn't shut up about it for
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Speaker 1: And this is in the third quarter, Greg, It is
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I believe a second and twenty two.
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Speaker 2: So they're in pass rush mode.
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Speaker 1: And as you mentioned, we don't normally see Jordan Davis
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a lot in the four man front, but you will
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this year, right right, So I'm gonna run it and
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let you kind of talk about what you see here.
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As he's lined up over left guard Tyler Smith, I
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believe this is a batted pass.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, but look at a push him back. Just look
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at pushing back. And by the way, Jeff, if you
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could run that again, notice how much lower the paed level.
20:00
Look how he does not stand up straight. Just watch
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this as the play starts. Ye, yeah, Lowie is right there.
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Speaker 7: He's not standing up straight so he can use the
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force of his core and his lower body to drive
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Tyler Smith, who by the way, is not a small
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man and a very good player.
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Speaker 3: He can use the force of his core. Most of
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this comes from the core and your and you know,
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your lower body. You know, everybody just assumes, oh, you
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got strong hands. And by the way, strong hands matter
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because a lot of times you can see knock back
20:30
power initially you know, with your hands, but when you
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can drive a person back like this, that's not just
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your hands, that's your core. And I know for a
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fact from someone in the building that they've worked really
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hard with him on his core because your core. You know,
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for normal people to like us, your core is so critical.
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I mean that's the bottom line. You know. It all
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comes from your core. That's why Lane Johnson could do
20:56
the double undermove. You know, you know it's all in
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your care and you can in that. I was gonnay,
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were you gonna say for the shop, No, I'm just
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gonna say you can see it's it's pad level. I
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mean right there. Look, did you see last year like
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that people back? No?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, By the way, to use your your own phrase, Greg,
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like you once described him coming out of college as
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a player who has strength but not power if I
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but he's now showing this is moving all pro left.
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Speaker 3: Power is strength with movement.
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Speaker 1: Right, and there it is. And then he has the
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athleticism ana jump up and tip that pass.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and think about it.
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Speaker 3: It does.
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Speaker 4: You could bench five hundred pounds. But if you have
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if you get stood up a bad technique, you're like
21:42
someone can only lift the hunter.
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Speaker 3: You must be with me at the gym, then, Adam,
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when I'm doing.
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Speaker 2: That really.
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Speaker 4: According to somebody I don't know.
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Speaker 1: Let's let's look at another one that was pretty impressive
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from Jordan Davis. This one is in the uh forget
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what he's here.
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Speaker 3: He's a two I just just on the inside shoulder
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of Tyler Smith.
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Speaker 1: Right, and this is what I was talking about Greg
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with the hand move, the hand usage, that arm under.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, so you're right.
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Speaker 1: BB takes him on kind of a down block there,
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right because it's the play action pass and watch.
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Speaker 3: Right because they get right.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
22:20
Speaker 3: Wow, So this is he's not a big center either.
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Speaker 2: No, but we've seen two things.
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Speaker 3: Now.
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Speaker 1: We've seen him play with power and then this one
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we see him not only play with power but a
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little while.
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Speaker 3: And then right there with the right arm to clear him.
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So he drives him back with power and then he
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clears them with his right arm.
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Speaker 1: And then the pursuit there's the pursuit to uh almost
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had that, he almost had him there.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm got a lot of lucky here, but this hey,
22:47
it worked.
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Speaker 2: Yep, absolutely, So now's there.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I mean there were plenty of plays
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like this with with Jordan Davis in this game. He
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I can't you know, look, as Adam said, you know
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when I talk about it's what I see on tape.
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I mean, this is if he continues to play like this,
23:04
this guy is going to have an all Pro season.
23:06
I mean he was a dominant force inside right.
23:10
Speaker 1: All right, another player. Now we're going to go to
23:11
the second level here. We mentioned a play from Jahad Campbell,
23:17
rookie linebacker that I thought was really impressive here where
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he basically, you know, runs the pole right as they
23:23
call it, down the field to defend the tight end.
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Speaker 3: This with the scene to span Ford, right, I believe.
23:28
Speaker 1: It was give a little fast forward as we just
23:31
take a bird's eye view of it here.
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Speaker 3: But look at the recognition too.
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Speaker 2: Yes, that's what I wanted to get at with you.
23:37
Speaker 1: I'm gonna rewind it because it looks like you would think,
23:40
just based on the way the release is that Zach
23:43
Bond's going to have this guy.
23:44
Speaker 2: But it's not that way. So go ahead, no, tell
23:47
me what you see.
23:48
Speaker 3: Well, the reason it's not is because of the of
23:50
the motion across the formation to three by one. If
23:54
they stay two by two, Bond would have probably been
23:57
the hole to. I don't know this for a fact,
23:58
but that would be my yes, right, you know, I
24:02
think it's somewhat educated. You know my guests here because
24:04
you can see they bump, they bump over based on
24:07
the motion. So now what happens is is Campbell becomes
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you know, the whole defender here.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, now I'm freezing it here because he recognizes that.
24:17
You can see Campbell recognizes as you mentioned. But he's
24:20
still pretty a good distance with some traffic there, but
24:23
takes a great angle, right, I mean, this is this
24:26
is where the athleticism shines.
24:27
Speaker 3: At I mean, look at him. Yeah.
24:29
Speaker 1: Yeah, I shouldn't have said traffic because it's almost like
24:32
a switch off. But I mean he he sees Bond,
24:35
Bong goes the other guy and right there he starts
24:37
to make up ground a.
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Speaker 2: Couple of yards here, yep, and boom.
24:42
Speaker 1: That's really good at that's I mean, this is a
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guy playing his first game.
24:46
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, he and there was a play early in
24:49
the game where he really showed some power, some stack
24:51
and shed. I mean, he's really an improving player and
24:54
he's just a phenomenal athlete.
24:57
Speaker 4: The instincts, Greg, where the question because he was so
25:00
new to linebacker, as you know. And that's the thing
25:04
that stuns me, Jeff, and I saw us in training camp.
25:08
He had a number of plays and practice.
25:10
Speaker 3: Also have a great way of teaching backers because that
25:13
look at what's that boring? Bobby King.
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Speaker 4: Bobby King the line Packers coaches fit by.
25:17
Speaker 1: The way, you see how he sees the tight end,
25:20
put his hand out and he at the last minute,
25:22
Campbell himself gets his hands out, but he never saw
25:25
the ball.
25:26
Speaker 2: He basically breaking up.
25:29
Speaker 3: Bard did a pretty good job here with late hands,
25:32
but Campbell reacted so quick once he saw his hand
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That's exactly he reacted.
25:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is by the way I play.
25:38
Speaker 1: I'm sure Greg, you've seen a million times from Dak
25:40
to either for all of his time.
25:41
Speaker 2: He loves the tight end scene.
25:44
Speaker 3: Yeah, well it was also you know, two shell coverage,
25:46
so the middle's open, and you know he's figuring that
25:49
he's got this throat, which technically he does. You know
25:52
what I mean. He didn't make a bad.
25:53
Speaker 2: Read, right, No, no, not at all. It wasn't even that.
25:56
It's not that he was late with it.
25:57
Speaker 1: It was just I don't think people realize how quick
26:00
Johd Campbell is.
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Speaker 3: By the way quarterbacks are taught. I remember having this
26:04
conversation a hundred times with Jaws, and I am sure
26:07
it's the same today that if you see the back
26:09
of a defender, you throw the ball because he can't
26:11
see the ball, right.
26:12
Speaker 1: Yeap, absolutely, yep, his back is there the whole way.
26:15
Speaker 2: Man.
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Speaker 1: I'm sure Dak is like, I can't believe I didn't
26:18
complete this pass, so unbelievable.
26:21
Speaker 2: Good stuff there from Jehad Campbell. All Right, I.
26:24
Speaker 1: Said, you know, we have to see the ugly a
26:25
little bit too, So we'll take a look at a
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Dori Jackson on.
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Speaker 2: Ceedee lamb.
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Speaker 1: Now you thought, which one to you, Greg, is the
26:35
one where you say, come on, is it the twenty
26:36
six yard or the thirty four yards?
26:38
Speaker 3: It was the one on third and one down inside
26:40
the red zone where it was a reduced split by
26:44
Lamb and he just turned him all around and he
26:46
beat him badly. It was a third one.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think this is it. I could be wrong.
26:53
Speaker 3: You're only in the game. There you go, they reduced
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to see they reduced lamb. Lamb goes, he shifts mm hm.
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Speaker 2: Why does that disrupt Adore so much? That shift?
27:05
Speaker 3: This doesn't disrupt him. It just means he has a
27:07
lot more space because they're gonna it's third and one,
27:09
so they're gonna be playing man, right, you know. So
27:12
now he's got a lot more space because his lamb
27:14
can go anywhere. He can go inside, he can go outside. Yeah,
27:18
you know. So he starts inside and he's and he's
27:20
actually what Jack Jackson's trying to play his leverage. He's
27:24
trying to play to his help because you notice how
27:27
you know he's playing to his outside. Now. The problem is,
27:30
once you turn your body like like he does right there,
27:33
you can't cover an outside breaking route. You can't. There's
27:36
not a human being alive that can do that.
27:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, And would you say CD's a little rare in
27:41
that he's a tall, lean athlete who can sort of well, just.
27:44
Speaker 3: If you go back a little bit, look how close
27:47
CD comes to him. He stepped, as the expression is,
27:50
he steps on his toes. So that's a great route
27:52
by CD. By the way, Dotson did the exact same
27:54
thing when it's fifty one yarder when he stepped on
27:57
the toes of I forget who it was.
28:00
Speaker 1: Might have been blanned, but but I'm sorry it was.
28:05
Speaker 3: It was Elim that's correct, But I mean he's you know,
28:07
he he took him. This is this is just the
28:09
subtleties of route running, you know. Instead of rushing the route,
28:13
you know, and saying, oh, I got to get there,
28:15
I got to get there because it's a vertical type route,
28:17
you know, Lamb showed great patience and made sure that
28:21
he stepped on the toes of Jackson, which made it
28:23
even harder for Jackson because now you know, look that's
28:26
a great freeze. Yeah right, yeah, that's a great freeze.
28:29
Look how close Lamb is to Jackson.
28:31
Speaker 1: Yep, yeah, I mean that's that's that's a very difficult
28:34
recovery from Corner.
28:35
Speaker 4: Because one other thing, Greg, is that throughout this game
28:41
just seemed like the pressure was not great. Did that
28:43
look like to you in case defensive pressure.
28:47
Speaker 3: Not great, I would say not great. Yeah, And I
28:49
thought that played well. And I was quite frankly surprised
28:52
based on my film study of last year. I think
28:55
he supposedly lost weight. Maybe that allowed him to clear
28:58
his hips when he threw the ball. He did not
29:00
do last year very often, so you know, but he
29:05
threw the ball well. I mean, believe me, he that
29:07
should have been a touchdown to Ferguson. We saw Lamb
29:09
have you know, three drops that he never has. You know,
29:12
one of them was a big, big play in the
29:13
fourth quarter. You know, another one was a dig ball
29:17
in the second half that would have been a first
29:19
down on third down. You know, So you don't see
29:21
that very often, but you know it happens.
29:24
Speaker 4: One question, one fallow up speaking of past rush and
29:27
Egles did signs to Darius Smith. What are your thoughts
29:29
and make sure we asked you about him.
29:31
Speaker 3: I like it. I thought he played well for Detroit
29:34
last year. I think that tells you that they're probably
29:39
not yet comfortable with Jylex Hunt rushing the quarterback because
29:42
they're looking now for an edge guy that can do that.
29:45
And uh, you know, Again, I don't know kind of
29:47
shape he's in because he hasn't been anywhere since the
29:50
season ended, and you know, I don't know if he's
29:52
going to be ready to go this Sunday against the Chiefs.
29:55
But uh, you know, maybe he is. Maybe he can
29:58
play to all snaps or you know, or fifteen snaps.
30:01
I mean, he's not playing forty snaps. So we don't
30:04
know the answer to that. But you know, to me
30:06
as a situational player, he's fine. You're not signing him
30:10
to play forty snaps, right.
30:12
Speaker 2: He's a bigger guy, Greg, I'm wondering if he's long.
30:15
Speaker 1: Yeah, and have you seen any tape, whether with Cleveland.
30:18
Speaker 2: Or who else?
30:20
Speaker 3: Was he with Detroit?
30:22
Speaker 2: Yeah?
30:22
Speaker 1: Yeah, of him moving inside and rushing.
30:25
Speaker 3: In his career. Absolutely, he's moved around a lot. He's
30:29
a state and he can stand up inside. Teams have
30:31
used him that way. No, No, he's he can play
30:34
both and and he's he can do it from multiple
30:37
positions as a stand up guy or with his hand
30:39
in the ground. He's a really intriguing guy. Awesome, good,
30:44
I'm not mistaken. He's the guy from Kentucky who played
30:46
in college with Bud dupree.
30:48
Speaker 2: Oh okay, I didn't even realize that.
30:50
Speaker 3: I'm sure that that's a Darius Smith.
30:53
Speaker 1: Great well as a great overview of the Eagles defense
30:56
from the season opener, and of course, on the next episode,
30:59
we'll get you the entire tape breakdown of the Eagles
31:02
offense for Greg Cosell and Adam Kaplan.
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