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ITB on WBCB: Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro Joins Adam Caplan, Andrew DiCecco To Talk Birds · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Pro Football Report, presented by BCWSA, a
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  Speaker 1: the Birds, Adam Kaplan and Voice of the Philadelphia Eagles
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  Speaker 1: Meryl Rece.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, everyone here to listen to the Pro Football Report
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  Speaker 2: presented by BCWS BCWSA right here on fourteen ninety WBCB
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  Speaker 2: in one of seven three FM and also seen live
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  Speaker 2: at wbcbsports dot com. It's Adam Kaplan, as the man said,
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  Speaker 2: from Inside the Birds. We've got our great beat reporter
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Duiceco and our special guest, a man who's been
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  Speaker 2: with Eagles a couple decades. He's an Eagles insider. He's
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  Speaker 2: a great Dave Spernaro. Dave, break to see you, gentlemen,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Twenty ninth, let's see nights.
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  Speaker 3: That's thirty. That's amazing. Twenty ninth.
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  Speaker 4: Wait twenty nine years, wait twenty nine seasons, twenty eight years.
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  Speaker 5: How heavy is that ring?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 4: It's very heavy, Adam. You have not seen the ring?
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  Speaker 4: You've have you held the ring? Have you seen ring?
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  Speaker 5: It is.
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  Speaker 3: It's uh, we don't talk about last.
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  Speaker 4: Year's ring, but but I usually bring it around and
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  Speaker 4: just give it to fans. It's a door knocker, it's
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  Speaker 4: not a it's not a ring. There's nothing you can
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  Speaker 4: do with it.
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  Speaker 3: It is.
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  Speaker 4: It is so large that you have to have special
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  Speaker 4: protection and a chiropractor handy to wear it.
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  Speaker 3: But it is.
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  Speaker 4: It is obnoxious, it is bling, and it is wonderful
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  Speaker 4: and hopefully the Eagle will get an even bigger one.
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  Speaker 5: They should it, right, who got to You've got to?
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  Speaker 3: It's been, it's been, it's been a great run. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I it's funny.
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  Speaker 4: Today I got a call from the Pro Football Hall
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  Speaker 4: of Fame and are you going in? No, I'm not
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  Speaker 4: going in, but they're they're doing some things and and
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  Speaker 4: they they mentioned some, you know, some names that are
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  Speaker 4: being considered out there, and one of the names in
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  Speaker 4: the conversation was Jim Gallagher.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Andrew, you're too young to know. Jim Gallaxer.
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  Speaker 4: Jim Gallas is one of only I think two players
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  Speaker 4: are two Media relations public relations to people in any.
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  Speaker 3: Team's hall of fame. Lee Remner is in Green Bay's
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  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, yes, and and Jim Gallagher is in the Eagles
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  Speaker 4: Hall of Fame. And for those who don't know who
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  Speaker 4: Jim Gallagher is, Jim Gallagher worked with the Eagles for
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  Speaker 4: decades upon decades through the sixties, seventies, eighties. I think
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  Speaker 4: he made it midway through the nineties, late into the
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  Speaker 4: nineties maybe, And it's just like such a you think back, like,
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  Speaker 4: oh my god, I'm the one who's been around. It's
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  Speaker 4: amazing for that long. And I used to be the
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  Speaker 4: young guy. Now I'm the old guy. Certainly, certainly, certain
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  Speaker 4: thank you.
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  Speaker 3: That's say that's the old guy.
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  Speaker 4: But it's really great to be around and fantastic organization.
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  Speaker 3: Blessed to be a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: So we are here at Chick and Pete on Roosevelt Boulevard.
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  Speaker 2: It's Adam Kaplan, Andrew de Czecko, da Spanawo. So Dave,
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  Speaker 2: let's get right to it. Yeah, you've been with this
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  Speaker 2: team a long time. To shut a club, I don't
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  Speaker 2: care what the record is, that's really impressive. Let's get
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  Speaker 2: your opening thoughts on the big win against the Raiders.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think it was a needed win
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  Speaker 4: for sure. I mean the three losses was taxing. I'll
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  Speaker 4: give you a funny story to begin sure. So on
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  Speaker 4: Friday morning, the couple of members from the Raiders alumni
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  Speaker 4: program came in and they came to the Overcare complex
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  Speaker 4: and they had flown in on Thursday night, and they
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  Speaker 4: told us the first thing they did, they raced to
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  Speaker 4: get a car and did they wanted to turn on
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  Speaker 4: sports talk readings?
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  Speaker 3: Oh? No, they wanted to hear.
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  Speaker 4: They wanted to They wanted to hear if Eagles fans
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  Speaker 4: are as the reputation suggests, and they could not stop laughing.
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  Speaker 4: They were hilarious about the misery that Eagles fans are feeling,
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  Speaker 4: or work feeling for a team that has been to
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  Speaker 4: three Super Bowls in the last eight years, has been
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  Speaker 4: in the last two of two of the last three
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  Speaker 4: super Bowls, and his is won to of the last
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  Speaker 4: eight super Bowls, and at that point was eight and five.
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  Speaker 3: In first place in the NFC East.
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  Speaker 4: And they're like, hey, we're two and eleven and we
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  Speaker 4: haven't won a Super Bowl since nineteen eighty three, and
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  Speaker 4: all Eagles fans are doing is complaining what is this
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  Speaker 4: town all about? And our point was, it's just it's
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  Speaker 4: great passion and so so to alleviate some of that stress,
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  Speaker 4: some of that misery with a win over the Raiders,
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  Speaker 4: a team that is as bad as I've ever seen
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  Speaker 4: it was. It was really it was kind of a
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  Speaker 4: they call it a get right game. It was a
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  Speaker 4: get right game for the Eagles on every front. The
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  Speaker 4: offense came right out scored, the defense played really well,
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  Speaker 4: the special teams did his job. No injuries, and combined
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  Speaker 4: with the loss by the Dallas Cowboys, the Eagles magic
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  Speaker 4: number in the NFCAS is now one.
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  Speaker 2: Right, So let me ask you, Andrew, and we'll get
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  Speaker 2: to you and Dave because you're in there too. Locker room,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because Syrianna kind of alluded to it. If
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  Speaker 2: you watch Hard Knocks, he's talking about shutting out the
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  Speaker 2: outside noise and all that. Yeah, you've you really go
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  Speaker 2: with a pulse of because you talked to a lot
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  Speaker 2: of players, you've gotten to know them.
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  Speaker 3: Were they feeling it with that Luke streak?
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  Speaker 6: No, because the sense that I always got from talking
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  Speaker 6: to them is that they know what they're case and
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  Speaker 6: they knew what they needed to do in terms of
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  Speaker 6: you know, details, fundamentals and things like that that they
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  Speaker 6: sort of lost their way, but they know how talented
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  Speaker 6: they are, so they never waivered or they never lost,
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  Speaker 6: you know, belief in the messaging or anything. And I
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  Speaker 6: think if you're an Eagles fan listening, you could take
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  Speaker 6: salas in the fact that after that game, after they
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  Speaker 6: demolished the Raiders blanking them thirty one to zero. Pre
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  Speaker 6: eminent leaders on that unit, whether it was Jordan Davis
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  Speaker 6: who said, we did what we were supposed to do
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  Speaker 6: or Cooper dejen who said that's what this game should
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  Speaker 6: have looked like.
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  Speaker 7: They weren't feeling themselves.
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  Speaker 6: They weren't getting complacent, but they were more having a
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  Speaker 6: business like approach, and that, to me is the mark
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  Speaker 6: of a really good football And I will.
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  Speaker 4: Say this all Ed, I agree with you, Andrew. I'll
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  Speaker 4: say this, I think that while that is all true,
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  Speaker 4: I think the Eagles really did feel relieved just a
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  Speaker 4: little bit. I mean, getting back on the winning track.
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  Speaker 4: Winning does cure all ills, and this team knew it needed.
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  Speaker 3: A win and to have the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 4: Breathing down your neck like that, and to play the
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  Speaker 4: game the Eagles played on Monday Night, where a lot
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  Speaker 4: of things went well against the Chargers, but the giveaways really.
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  Speaker 3: Costant team, so to come out and do things the
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  Speaker 3: right way.
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  Speaker 4: I think they expected that to happen, and then when
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  Speaker 4: it did, I think they just felt really a pretty
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  Speaker 4: deep sigh of relief and like, hey, let's go and
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  Speaker 4: get ready for the Washington Commanders. And then when they
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  Speaker 4: when the Dallas Cowboys lost to Minnesota, I mean that
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  Speaker 4: that changes everything. Yeah, from a mindset standpoint, you know,
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  Speaker 4: you're the Eagles need one win or a Cowboys lost to.
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  Speaker 3: Clinch the NFC East.
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  Speaker 4: Do you still hope to get the number one seed. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: but mathematically it's gonna be very difficult to do that. Sure,
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  Speaker 4: but this might provide a chance for the Eagles with
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  Speaker 4: a win on Saturday, to give them some rest going
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  Speaker 4: down the stretch.
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  Speaker 2: Let me, I see a question about Nick Siranic, because
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  Speaker 2: every player we've had on we've asked this question, and
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  Speaker 2: Nick has had an incredible run here. Let's let's face Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I agree, he's been phenomenal. I mean he's
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  Speaker 2: a guy that people thought was a joke when he
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  Speaker 2: was hired. Same people said that about Andy Reid, who'd
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  Speaker 2: never been a coordinator.
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  Speaker 4: But Jeffrey Lourie has an amazing record, really good coaches.
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  Speaker 2: So let's get to it. Your thoughts on Nick Siriotti
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  Speaker 2: from day one and twenty one through now.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, At first, you know, a little overwhelming for him.
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  Speaker 4: He didn't really surround himself with those veteran coaches, and
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  Speaker 4: you kind of wondered, like, you know, when Andy came in,
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  Speaker 4: it was Jim Johnson as a defensive coordinator. The offensive
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  Speaker 4: coordinator was a long time guy in the league. Two,
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  Speaker 4: I forget who it was. Do you remember Adam who
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  Speaker 4: got dal exactly?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and then b and then Brad Schilders and so
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  Speaker 4: guys have been in the league for a while to
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  Speaker 4: kind of paved the way and trying to do things.
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  Speaker 4: But Nick figured it out and and with the surrounding cast.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the one thing about the Eagles, there's a
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  Speaker 4: lot of longevity in the building. And I'm certainly not
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  Speaker 4: part of the coaching staff, but I'm part of the longevity.
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  Speaker 4: So you know how he's been there for a while. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: the Eagles John Ferrari's assistant general manager. I mean, there's
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  Speaker 4: a lot of people who had been in place and
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  Speaker 4: had had a lot of success who could kind of
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  Speaker 4: show Nick the way he learned very well. He delegated well.
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  Speaker 4: He was smart enough early to give his play calling duties,
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  Speaker 4: and he creates and still does an incredibly energetic atmosphere,
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  Speaker 4: a collegiate atmosphere, everything from all the competition they have,
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  Speaker 4: to the various speakers and motivational moments that they have,
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  Speaker 4: to the basketball hoop in the auditorium. Yes, sure, I
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  Speaker 4: mean it is a very lively, entertaining message from him
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  Speaker 4: on a daily basis, and I think that really makes
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  Speaker 4: it fun for the players.
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  Speaker 2: Andrew, you've been covering the team for a while now,
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  Speaker 2: You've been around Nick. You've seen nickuld practice and training camp,
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  Speaker 2: so forthwar are your thoughts on this guy.
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  Speaker 6: He has a lot of passion and he's obsessed with
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  Speaker 6: the game of football, but he finds different ways to
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  Speaker 6: freshen his messaging and it always seems to resonate to
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  Speaker 6: be able to get and Dave, you know this, to
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  Speaker 6: be able to get ninety players, I'm looking at it
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  Speaker 6: through the lens of training camp. To get all of
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  Speaker 6: those players to buy in, it takes a special kind
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  Speaker 6: of leader, and just from being around Nick Sirianni, he
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  Speaker 6: he learns from previous mistakes, whether it was twenty twenty
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  Speaker 6: one in the play calling, whether it was twenty twenty
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  Speaker 6: three and the slide at the end of the season,
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  Speaker 6: he's talked about having notes about how to you know,
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  Speaker 6: rectify that' so that it doesn't happen again. I just
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  Speaker 6: think that he's constantly searching for different ways to you know, refine.
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  Speaker 7: His coaching, and even if that's talking.
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  Speaker 6: To other other coaches and other sports in the offseason
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  Speaker 6: just to kind of, you know, hone in on that area.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Andrew hit on a really important point.
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  Speaker 3: Nick is a student of the game.
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  Speaker 4: You know, there have been multiple instances where during a
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  Speaker 4: press conference he's asked about something and he'll cite case
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  Speaker 4: studies or various examples of moments during a game, or
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  Speaker 4: you know, scenarios that he had researched that he had
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  Speaker 4: prepared for. And this is a man who is completely
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  Speaker 4: obsessed with the game. And I harken back to that
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  Speaker 4: first press conference when he's in an empty auditorium, all
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  Speaker 4: of the media are EPs and it was during COVID
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  Speaker 4: and they're they're up on a board, right, so they're
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  Speaker 4: up on a video screen, and he really stumbled and
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  Speaker 4: he got skewered for his opening press con right, and
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  Speaker 4: the and the seeds, you know, playing with the and
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  Speaker 4: so like, you know, kind of making the squaring the
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  Speaker 4: circle here, the way that the Raiders organization when they
• 10:26
  Speaker 4: came in, they couldn't wait to sample the Philadelphia Eagles
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  Speaker 4: fan base. Right, And when the when the media makes
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  Speaker 4: such an immediate verdict on a head coach a hot take,
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  Speaker 4: that is so premature, uh, to have Nick Weather that.
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  Speaker 4: I think he's a Philly guy. I mean he's very
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  Speaker 4: strong internally. I personally think he's one of the best coaches.
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  Speaker 4: And his record shows it that the NFL has had
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  Speaker 4: in a modern day. I mean, his record has been fantastic.
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  Speaker 4: Now do you question some of his play calls? Yes,
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  Speaker 4: do you wonder some of the things that he does,
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  Speaker 4: the methods that he has. Of course, and then you
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  Speaker 4: look around the league and you see just how bad
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  Speaker 4: it is around the league and you kind of go, hey, wait,
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  Speaker 4: we got something pretty special here in Nick Sirianni. And
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  Speaker 4: I think his win lost record talks about that speaks
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  Speaker 4: about it speaks to that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And Howie Roseman, you mentioned how he's a long time employee.
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  Speaker 2: This is another guy that's been incredibly resilient. You know,
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  Speaker 2: of course what happened in twenty fifteen when he's reassigning,
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  Speaker 2: comes back with just incredible passionate.
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  Speaker 3: Energy, and he's hitting on his draft which is second
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  Speaker 3: top of the draft, which they.
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  Speaker 2: First and second round. He's phenomenal. He's actually one of
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  Speaker 2: the best drafters early. Yeah, first day, second day, third
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  Speaker 2: day is another story, but first and second day phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: I it's hard to know what he was thinking or
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  Speaker 2: why he's turning around, but I got to bring up
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  Speaker 2: one guy. This made me think of as you said
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  Speaker 2: that all a minute, I never thought Jordan Davis would
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  Speaker 2: be a player because we saw he was grossly overweight.
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  Speaker 5: You wondered how much how you love football.
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  Speaker 2: I was in a scoutle report from talking to people
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  Speaker 2: around the league, and this kid is dominating now, Dave.
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  Speaker 5: He's been around this kid, and Andrew, you've been around him.
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  Speaker 3: Dan Davis, isn't he I mean, he's he's physical, he's penetrating,
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  Speaker 3: He's he's really really played well against the run. He's
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  Speaker 3: added to the pass rush a little bit. His durability
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  Speaker 3: has been terrific.
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  Speaker 4: He's made plays, and I think it's fair to wonder, uh,
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  Speaker 4: for the first couple of years of his career, would
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  Speaker 4: he make it? And then all of a sudden midway
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  Speaker 4: through last season, you see a new Jordan Davis.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: He also brings a lot of levity, right.
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  Speaker 6: I think that in the you know, the marathon that
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  Speaker 6: is an NFL season, you need that. But he's sort
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  Speaker 6: of taken on that role where he's never in a
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  Speaker 6: bad mood. He you know, is somebody whose voice resonates
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  Speaker 6: throughout the locker room. And I just think he's really
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  Speaker 6: grown into his role. You know, everybody progresses at different
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  Speaker 6: rates and you can't you can't you know, expedite that.
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  Speaker 6: But for Jordan Davis, he's much more comfortable. He's in
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  Speaker 6: better shape, and I think that when you're playing well,
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  Speaker 6: that also lends to being, you know a little bit
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  Speaker 6: more jovial and things like that. But he has also
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  Speaker 6: stepped up as a leader.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 5: It's incredible.
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  Speaker 2: So we know they lost two weeks ago out the Chargers,
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  Speaker 2: but to do for this defense to make a big
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  Speaker 2: jump since the Bears game without Jaalen Carter Davis pretty
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  Speaker 2: impressive to.
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  Speaker 3: Me, no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 4: And it's look, there have been a lot of great
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  Speaker 4: coaches in the history of the Philadelphia's coordinators. I would
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  Speaker 4: put Vic Vango up with any of them obviously, right, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: I mean his ability to identify the skills of his
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  Speaker 4: the skill sets of his players, and to tailor the
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  Speaker 4: scheme to those skill sets rather than trying to fit
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  Speaker 4: the square hole or the square pegans of the round hole.
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  Speaker 4: And Cooper Degene, all right, we we know Cooper Degen's
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  Speaker 4: a really good slot maybe the best slot cornerback we've seen,
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  Speaker 4: nickel cornerback we've seen in recent years. You know, you
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  Speaker 4: try to make him an outside cornerback, you give him
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  Speaker 4: a shot, you realize it's just maybe not quite there.
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  Speaker 4: Get him right back into the into the into the
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  Speaker 4: slot position. Like I just think the coaching's great, the
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  Speaker 4: way that he's used the linebackers, the way he has
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  Speaker 4: brought back to Kobe Dean and accentuated his skill set,
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  Speaker 4: a guy like Byron Young who stepped up and become
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  Speaker 4: such a really good you know, the way that Jalx
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  Speaker 4: Hunt has come from such a small school and in
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  Speaker 4: year number two, what we're witnessing here is a kid
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  Speaker 4: who's just played great football off the edge. To incorporate
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  Speaker 4: Jalen Phillips so quickly into the defense is impressive. So yeah, uh,
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  Speaker 4: it's a terrific defense, and it's a terrific Fick fan.
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  Speaker 4: Joe's an awesome coaching and that's part of the magic
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  Speaker 4: too of Howie Roseman and Jeffrey Louri and Nick Sirianni.
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  Speaker 4: And it's a trust factor and the reason the Philadelphia
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  Speaker 4: Eagles are so successful. It starts with Jeffrey his ability
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  Speaker 4: to identify head coaches, his trust in Howie Roseman, the
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  Speaker 4: people they put around them, the culture that is there
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  Speaker 4: at the Novacare Complex. And it really gets highlighted when
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  Speaker 4: you see that the Eagles play a team like the
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  Speaker 4: Las Vegas Raiders who had no interest in being on
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  Speaker 4: the field Sunday at Lake at Financial Field, so much
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  Speaker 4: so that they were there for only two and a
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  Speaker 4: half hours before they fall. That was that is we
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  Speaker 4: all make the fastest game exactly in the NFL history
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  Speaker 4: or where like recent years, like maybe ninety one or Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: that's that crazy.
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  Speaker 6: But just to quickly add to what you were saying,
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  Speaker 6: you know, in addition to Vic van Jail, his coaching
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  Speaker 6: staff is assistant coaches Christian Parker. I've talked about for
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  Speaker 6: the better part of the past two years. I think
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  Speaker 6: he's going to be a defensive coordinator in the future.
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  Speaker 3: We hope.
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  Speaker 5: They have a short list.
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  Speaker 2: Lane Johnson with this lit frog Sprain which hadded Mike
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: Wimola's career. Mike was our guest and we talked about
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: that here on the Pro Football Report. But Lane is
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: going to try to get back very very soon, as
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: we understand it. We'll see what he does this week
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: in practice him. We'll see today today was a walk through.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: I don't know yet if he was there.
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: Interesting, you know, does does the lass by the Cowboys
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: change how quickly.
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: You want to bring Lane back.
• 18:51
  Speaker 4: You don't really have to force him back against the
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: Washington Commanders, but the fact that he's even being considered
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: to play on Saturday is extremely.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: Encouraging for the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: All you want is to have Lane Johnson on the
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: field when the playoffs begin, and the same with Jalen Carter.
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: If you can get those two players back and there's
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: no further injuries, I mean, look, if Eagles get a
• 19:12
  Speaker 4: little bit of rest down the stretch here, guys, I
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: feel that they can beat anybody in the NFC.
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: Yeah, no, I agree, And yeah, to your point, maybe
• 19:21
  Speaker 6: they change their approach with Lane Johnson.
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: We'll find out.
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  Speaker 6: But you know, I think Fred Johnson has done a
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: nice job, you know, filling in for the last four games,
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: you know, and very valuable.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: Andrew think about it, how it didn't reacquire him from
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Jacksonville because they traded Canard. They were running out of players,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: and he's he's a solid It's.
• 19:39
  Speaker 7: Just a solid football day.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: It's amazing me about Fred Johnson's career, right, this is
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: guy's a journeyman. He was very upfront, he was very
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: down on himself when he first got here. And you
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: guys know so tell us about Fred Johnson, Dave, You've.
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: Got really athletic, huge body. Jeff Stealton believes in him.
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: Didn't work for him really with the bang with the Steelers.
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: I think he was with Tampa Baya and all of
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: a sudden he comes here, he gets he's impressive. The
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: Eagles extend him. I remember in that training camp back
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: a couple of years ago, and he has ended up
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: playing a pretty key role in the last couple of
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: years here with various injuries at the offensive tackle positions,
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: notably with Lane Johnson.
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: But he's he's done well.
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: He's believe Look, Jeff Staltlin likes to get these big
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: pieces of clay and then mold them into really good
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: offensive linemen. And Fred Johnson is an excellent example of
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: one of those players.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: And so it just is amazing to me.
• 20:34
  Speaker 4: Fred goes and signs with the Jacksonville Jaguars and just
• 20:38
  Speaker 4: didn't find any traction down there, was not playing well
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: in the summer. So the Eagles kind of flipped the
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: Jaguars a late pick. Yeah, and and he's here and
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: he's starting, he's playing well. And where would the Eagles
• 20:49
  Speaker 4: be without attack Fred Johnson. And of all of the
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: free agents that how he brought in, you know, not
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: not a lot of them have worked out, right, Like
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: you know, yeah, but was well, but okaj didn't work
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: You got hurt that Dori Jackson has stepped up and
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: played well. Yeah, but I would say Frank Jrrison Bryant, Yeah,
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: j Dillon you know, had his shot and kind of
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: kind of after that fumble at New York, he hasn't played.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: It seems like Fred Johnson has been the marquee guy
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: in free agency and he was kind of an afterthought
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: as as as the regular season was beginning.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Sure, right, So the other injuries, Jalen Hurts turned his ankle,
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: we'll see if he chose the INTU report. Uh Sae
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: Quon with a neck if you saw him in the
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: sidelines working it out, Andrew. You will see about Jalen Carter,
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: not this week, but when he could return with the
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: procedure from both shoulders, which we think is some sort
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: of a shot, whether it's quarter shon or whatever. But
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: now this, let's get to the commanders. He goes play
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: at Washington while we should say in landover Maryland, Dave.
• 21:45
  Speaker 5: Yes, we'll get to that later.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: That stadium, which is a nightmare, but at five eastern
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: kind of an odd time. Jane Daniels will not play.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: He's got the the left elbow dislocation. He reinjured it
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: in the last game. They're being smart with their franchise quarterback.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: He's gonna practice, but he will not play. Here's where
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Here's where the Washington Smithson players. Austin Eckler, who was
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: their started for the season. He tours right a chilles
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: in week three. He's done for the season. Right, They
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: don't really have a third down back. Jerryman McNichols. I'm
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: told it's kind of it because he really good pest protector,
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: but he doesn't give you much juice.
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: He used to fumble a lot, but he's been illegal
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: he's been in league ten years. He's been a lot
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: of teams.
• 22:23
  Speaker 7: Started with the Buccaneers, Yeah, exactly, Jason Light drafted him.
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Now Chris Rodriguez took over because talking to Washington, they
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: wanted they wanted a physical back Bill Jekwaski or not
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: Jack Corey, jackur what's his name, Crosskey.
• 22:40
  Speaker 7: Cross Crows, Yeah, Krosskey Merrit, Yeah, cross.
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: Right, Jackrey, Crosskey Merit right?
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: What was seventh? Yeah, I think he's a leading rusher.
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: He's done a good job.
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: Yeah, he's explosive, but he's not physical.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: They wanted a physical run game because with Marcus Mariota starting,
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: you don't want him.
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: Throwing a lot with Brian What was the kid that
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: they went to San Franz Bra They did but one
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: cut guy downhill runner.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they would have loved to have now, But back
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: then they thought cross Ky Merrick could be that guy.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: But he's not physical enough. But Crossky Marroor you'll see
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: him on Saturday quite a bit. Other injuries, Look, McCaffrey
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: lost for the seat rest of the season, broke his
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: collar bone. Our friend Zach Ertz towards right a cl
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: You just wonder.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel for his family. Yeah, terrible. Uh.
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: Then defensively, this is how it's been injured for the season.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: So they're feeling really good about themselves coming to the season.
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: We just talked about their offensive injuries. They lose both edges,
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: starting edges. Dietrich Gwise comes over on a free agent deal. Right,
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: quad tear? Who'll be out to next summer. That's a bad,
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: really bad injury. He's he went on our week three.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: Dorant's Armstrong tears his ACL He's out week eight.
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: How do you survive this?
• 23:49
  Speaker 6: Yeah, you have to lean on your depth and then
• 23:51
  Speaker 6: probably saw some practice squad call ups.
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: Well, here's the thing about this, this means to me
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: coming out of last year, you know, Washington goes to
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: the NFC champions out of nowhere. The window in the
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: NFL can be so very quick closed very quickly. I
• 24:09
  Speaker 4: felt that going into the season. You know, they went out,
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: got Deebo, Samuel, they just they the Commanders weren't to
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: me an old team.
• 24:15
  Speaker 5: They're the oldest team in the NFL.
• 24:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and that really kind of caught up with them
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: this year, and it's you look at Washington, you go,
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: they're not the hot young team in the NFC anymore.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: They are a team where a year ago, if we
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: had talked about who made the best pick in the
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: twenty twenty four NFL Draft, would it be Chicago with
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: Caleb Williams or Washington with Jayden Daniels. One hundred percent
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: of the votes would have gone to Jayden Daniels. Now,
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: I'm not sure sure you would say that right. Jaydon
• 24:40
  Speaker 4: Daniels has been injured all season. Caleb Williams is leading
• 24:45
  Speaker 4: his Chicago Bears into the postseason to top the NFC North.
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: It's a crossroads kind of off season for the Washington Commanders.
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: This year is lost for them.
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: That said, it's really really difficult for the Philadelphiagals, for
• 24:59
  Speaker 4: any team to beat a team twice in three weeks.
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: First things first, got he beat them.
• 25:04
  Speaker 4: On Saturday at whatever the field is called, Northwest Field.
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: So but but I do think that there's a there's
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: a thought in me after watching the Raiders that teams
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: like this just don't show up on a cold December day.
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: Late in the season. It's just not going to happen
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: for the Washington Commanders.
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: Also in this this is where they also got crushed
• 25:27
  Speaker 5: in the Secretary h Latimer.
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: What they trade for him, Madam? They have two picks
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: for him and were they were they significant draft picks?
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: One of first they gave yes, yes, A Lottimore towards
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: a c L He went on ir Week ten. Trey
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: amis the second pick out of Mississippi broke exactly when
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: I are Week eleven. Jonathan Jones, who they acquired because
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: they had lacked up. He didn't play last week to
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: a rib injury. This is how bad it's gotten for them.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Antonio Hamilton, who's been a dime corner, basically like a
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: fourth or fifth corner.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: He had a start.
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: Noah, he was a first round pick from Miami Dolphins.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: Who's actually I'll give this guy credit. Yes, first round
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: pick of the Dolphins. He was a bust. He's actually
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: played some nickel, He's played corner. He starts in Saint Rastrol.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: They he could play.
• 26:12
  Speaker 5: He's that's it. Kawan Martin out of Temple and Will
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: Harris has been around. They have nobody else.
• 26:18
  Speaker 7: Kuhan Martin Illinois.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: Now he has quiet no no, no, but Will Harrison
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: quand Martin right, Illinois right. Kawan Martin was a team captain,
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: good player who could play Nickel, but they're running out
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: of players. Bobby Wagner, I'm told doesn't move very well anymore.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: From tape, frankieluvu, mister mister blow up the US push
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: or you know von Miller you talk about it tape.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: You know, this is crazy for those locals. Jacob Martin,
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: who was a good player ten years ago, he was
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: their fifth edge to start the season.
• 26:46
  Speaker 5: He starts and they don't. They ran out of players.
• 26:47
  Speaker 7: Standrew, you know, Yeah, that's the situation that they had.
• 26:51
  Speaker 6: By the way, Uh Martin the safety he played at
• 26:55
  Speaker 6: Illinois with Kuhand.
• 26:56
  Speaker 7: Martin played with Sidney Brown. They were the two safeties there.
• 26:58
  Speaker 5: Quant Quanta, it's a pretty good player.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: So what's your point here, Adam?
• 27:03
  Speaker 5: The point is you guys, you work for the Eagles,
• 27:05
  Speaker 5: so your team.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: What is your points?
• 27:07
  Speaker 5: You guys are looking good here with matchups because what's
• 27:10
  Speaker 5: the record?
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: Four and ten?
• 27:11
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's why they're so bad.
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they've they've suffered injuries.
• 27:14
  Speaker 4: You let use your starting quarterback the offensive and score
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: many points of defense has been horrendous.
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: They're old.
• 27:20
  Speaker 4: They had the pressure of expectation this year after sneaking
• 27:24
  Speaker 4: up on teams last year. And let's face it, getting
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: lucky in a lot of games, the hell Merry Game,
• 27:29
  Speaker 4: for example, a lot of late wins, and when you
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: are a marked team in the NFL, it is very
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: difficult to win. So that said, they break an eight
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: game losing streak, or they end an eight game after
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: eight eighth straight losses, they end the losing streak with
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: a win over the Giants on Sunday, So maybe they're
• 27:43
  Speaker 4: feeling a little bit good about themselves with Marcus Mariota
• 27:47
  Speaker 4: as the starting quarterback looking for vengeance against the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 27:51
  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I'm sure.
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: So all right, up next, we'll give our keys to
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: the game for an Eagles win over the host Commanders.
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  Speaker 2: Back to the pro Foopo Report, presented by BCWSA right
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  Speaker 2: It's Adam Kaplan and Andrew de Cheko from Inside the
• 30:01
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  Speaker 5: How do you respond to something like that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you don't respond Instagram, though I am on Instagram
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  Speaker 4: the Eagles Insider. Yeah, yeah, thanks, buddy man. You always
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  Speaker 3: Or and it's anything fun?
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  Speaker 5: You know, I have two hundred three pounds.
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  Speaker 7: Spell spelt Adam cap Andrew?
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: Are you big social media guy?
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: Only because I have to be for my job, But
• 30:43
  Speaker 6: I only post business related like work related stuff.
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  Speaker 5: Have you any you do a lot of personal stuff.
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  Speaker 5: It's just good though, all the music stuff.
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  Speaker 6: I like the music stuff. Yeah, so I'm really into music.
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  Speaker 3: Nothing of you lying by the pool La. You were
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  Speaker 7: Right, yeah, but nothing by the pool, more like a
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  Speaker 5: No pizza joints, by the way, Do you get any
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  Speaker 5: pizza when.
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  Speaker 3: You're out there?
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  Speaker 6: I went to the Rainbow Bar and Grill, the famous
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  Speaker 5: All right, let's get to it.
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  Speaker 2: Eagles offense, Dave, last two games, look, running game has
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: been better, Dave. How we feel about Saquon Barkley and
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby against Washington.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel good about the red skin of the
• 31:39
  Speaker 4: The Commanders allow I believe one hundred and thirty four
• 31:42
  Speaker 4: plus yards per game on the ground. I think they're
• 31:46
  Speaker 4: twenty eighth in the league against the run. They don't
• 31:49
  Speaker 4: generate a ton of pass rush pressure either. There's not
• 31:52
  Speaker 4: much of a threat on that defense. I feel like
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: a key to the game, of course, is look, I
• 31:58
  Speaker 4: always start with turnovers. The Eagles are forty one and
• 32:00
  Speaker 4: two when they win the turnover battle with Nick Sirianni
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: as the head coach. But I think they can run
• 32:04
  Speaker 4: the football, and I think they've shown signs here of
• 32:07
  Speaker 4: having an improved run game, hitting the edges a bit
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: more moving defensive lineman laterally effectively. I think that's been
• 32:15
  Speaker 4: really promising for them. Tank Bigsby, I know fans have
• 32:20
  Speaker 4: been calling for him, calling for him. We got to
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: see him late on Sunday against the Vegas Raiders and
• 32:25
  Speaker 4: he looked good again.
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: Saquon's got some juice.
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: I like the Eagles kind of controlling the line of
• 32:30
  Speaker 4: scrims and doing what they want against the Commanders defense
• 32:33
  Speaker 4: that just doesn't have much Andrew.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: What would you like to see if from Eagle's offensive
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: terms of Okay, this is what they need to do
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: if they want to win this game.
• 32:40
  Speaker 6: Well, run the football. Foundationally, we know that that's what
• 32:43
  Speaker 6: they want to do. They made strives there the past
• 32:45
  Speaker 6: couple of weeks. Obviously, play a clean game. They had
• 32:47
  Speaker 6: three penalties. That just three penalties last week for about
• 32:50
  Speaker 6: thirty five yards. But really lean on Saquon Barkley, work
• 32:53
  Speaker 6: in some tank Bigsby, and continue to build on what
• 32:56
  Speaker 6: they were doing in games against the Chargers and the
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: Raiders when you know under center, mixing up you know,
• 33:02
  Speaker 6: a little pony package in there, and and motion, because
• 33:08
  Speaker 6: I think teams like this are really good to to
• 33:11
  Speaker 6: refine that you know against and work on that moving
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: forward into the postseason.
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: Dave, It's interesting because people are on kellenmore for two
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: months after that great game against Green Bay and Brazil,
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: and the offense sputtered for a couple of months, and
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: then all of a sudden more motion hurts us getting
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: more comfortable with him.
• 33:26
  Speaker 5: Well, I know the Charger game hurts, turned the ball over.
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: I'm not excusing that game.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: And my big thing is we put this on ig
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: for our show is about when Jalen is decisive because
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: he's got a strong arm, he looks like you go, wow,
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: where's that been? Because it's a really good throw. He
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: made some really good throws last week, made.
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: Some really good throws, gave his his receivers an opportunity
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: to catch the ball through with some anticipation, some inside
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: that time he does not do as much. And look,
• 34:00
  Speaker 4: I think sometimes you need that game where you have
• 34:02
  Speaker 4: the step back game and you you take, you take
• 34:04
  Speaker 4: some chances, you turn the football.
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: Over and you go okay, well it's okay like it.
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: I know we lost the game, but I'm gonna take
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: the positives out of this and I'm gonna come out
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: slinging and when you get time out. Look again, go
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: back to Fred Johnson and the job he did. He
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: with Max Crosby a lot of one on one. He
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: did a beat, got beat once in the red zone.
• 34:22
  Speaker 4: But I mean that's gonna happen. Max Crossby is just
• 34:25
  Speaker 4: a terrific football player. I feel like Jalen is kind
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: of starting to really feel it a little bit and
• 34:32
  Speaker 4: it's really interesting that and one of the I always
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: love underdogs. Darius Cooper, Yeah, you guys should get on
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: the show. He's a great kid, a great story. He's
• 34:43
  Speaker 4: getting a little he's getting a little bit of time
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: here and there, a little bit more time, a little
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: bit more time, and he had a catch. He set
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: a couple of p i's the last two games, really
• 34:52
  Speaker 4: good blocking in the run game, and I just think
• 34:54
  Speaker 4: the the weapons are starting to open up a little bit.
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: And I really love the way that they used Dallas
• 34:58
  Speaker 4: Goddard in motion, the way they moved him around the formation.
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: The routes were were varied, and he killed the Vegas
• 35:05
  Speaker 4: Raiders defense. So and he and he got both aj
• 35:10
  Speaker 4: and DeVante involved in the game. And so sometimes that
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: is a challenge. But it's all going to start with
• 35:15
  Speaker 4: the run game. I think they come out running on Saturday,
• 35:18
  Speaker 4: and I think they'll have success as long as they
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: avoid the negative plays. If they can avoid playing from
• 35:23
  Speaker 4: behind the sticks, this offense I think will be okay
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: as the offensive line gets healthier and healthier.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: So dave a key point here, and you were saying
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: it in passing is limiting mistakes. Only had three penalties
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: Degene on the personal foul which you shouldn't have had.
• 35:36
  Speaker 5: Well, he got called Tyler Lockett got in his face.
• 35:40
  Speaker 7: Can't push him exactly.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: The veteran made him city Brown had had another and
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: Tyler Stein had his usual one. And it's funny because
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: the camera's looking he was looking up at the scoreboard.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: He wanted to see the video board to see what
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: he did wrong. But that's Look, that's progress. Because they've
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: had a lot of penalties this season.
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: It's been too many penalties. And I mean, I know
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: that everybody wants to blame this or that. It comes
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: down to, as the players say, shooting themselves in the foot,
• 36:08
  Speaker 4: too many self inflicted wounds, way too many penalties. That
• 36:12
  Speaker 4: it's just a lack of focus, a lack of discipline,
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: a lack of technique. And so I think you have
• 36:18
  Speaker 4: to put an emphasis more on how you practice, how
• 36:21
  Speaker 4: you buckle down, how you focus, how you really play
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: with urgency. And clearly the Eagles played with more urgency
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: against a terrible football team on Sunday, and we'll see
• 36:28
  Speaker 4: if that carries over Saturday against another really bad team.
• 36:32
  Speaker 5: But it's a divisional game.
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah, no, Look, I'm not thinking anything for granted, I
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: just know this that you the Eagles are being presented
• 36:38
  Speaker 4: here with a scenario that's much more favorable than I'm
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: sure the conversation you had last week. If you win
• 36:45
  Speaker 4: on Saturday, you can really what are your chances of
• 36:49
  Speaker 4: getting to the number one seed? Very difficult?
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: Right? Sorry? Does two or three really matter that much?
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: I'm not sure it does.
• 36:55
  Speaker 4: You're playing San Francisco, you're playing Seattle, playing potentially Green
• 36:59
  Speaker 4: Bay in the playoffs, are hosting that game, and then
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: you're playing the two seed or the three seed, which
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: could be Chicago. So if you can strategically rest some
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: of your starters and get them ready down the stretch
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: for that that playoff run, again, I feel great about
• 37:16
  Speaker 4: the offense.
• 37:16
  Speaker 7: So Dave seven snaps two sacks.
• 37:19
  Speaker 6: For Brandon Graham. You've been around him a long time.
• 37:21
  Speaker 6: What do you make about his transition inside? And do
• 37:24
  Speaker 6: you have a favorite Brandon Graham's story that comes to mind?
• 37:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah? Well, in life, everything about Brandon Graham is a scream.
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: I mean I did a lot.
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: I did a lot of things with Brandon while he
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: was retired, and he always had the itch. We talked
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: about it for weeks and weeks before Oh really it
• 37:37
  Speaker 4: actually happened that he was that he was going to
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: come back and play. He kind of knew that there
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: was an opportunity possibly.
• 37:42
  Speaker 5: Why do you do that?
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: So what will you think? He was like?
• 37:44
  Speaker 5: He never could get out of his mind. He wanted
• 37:46
  Speaker 5: to play well.
• 37:46
  Speaker 4: I think I think he felt he still had some
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: gas left in the tank. And you know, remember the
• 37:50
  Speaker 4: last time that he really played a healthy game was
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: the Rams game last year. Yeah, look, I think I
• 37:55
  Speaker 4: think a lot of it is. I mean, the Raiders
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: gave him a chance to play a little bit here
• 37:59
  Speaker 4: like he's he had. He was much better than what
• 38:02
  Speaker 4: the interior of the Raiders offensive line was, so I
• 38:05
  Speaker 4: like to move down. They got to take a lot
• 38:08
  Speaker 4: of Really, they really have had to focus offensive lines
• 38:11
  Speaker 4: focus on Jalen Phillips.
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: That opens up.
• 38:15
  Speaker 4: Brandon Grahant for one on ones and he was quick
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: off the ball, he was powerful, he was direct to
• 38:20
  Speaker 4: Kenny Pickett. And that kind of game helps in so
• 38:24
  Speaker 4: many ways. You know, we look at Brandon Graham as
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: kind of a leader of the team. Sure, and he is,
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: but when you're not really playing that much or that well,
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: that that message only goes so far with some players
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: who haven't been around, who kind of go okay, old man,
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: we hear you. We hear you, but you can only
• 38:39
  Speaker 4: say so much. Now that he's had some success, had
• 38:42
  Speaker 4: to do quarterback Sacks. I feel like his voice, his enthusiasm,
• 38:47
  Speaker 4: his energy will be felt more and more and it
• 38:48
  Speaker 4: gives them another option inside that defenses continue to move
• 38:54
  Speaker 4: pieces around. It's another piece of weap, It's another weapon
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: for vic. The offenses have to be accountable for Brandon
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: Graham now, and I like him inside more than I
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: like him on the edge. Yeah, Andrew, since he brought
• 39:07
  Speaker 4: up Graham. But I don't really have a funny story
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: about Bege other than or a favorite Yeah, I mean
• 39:12
  Speaker 4: a funny a favorite story about Brown. I mean, I've
• 39:14
  Speaker 4: had so many moments with beg coming back from the
• 39:17
  Speaker 4: just like the sixteen years, the sixteenth year coming back
• 39:20
  Speaker 4: into the fold. He was just like a little kid.
• 39:24
  Speaker 4: He was like a little rookie.
• 39:26
  Speaker 3: And the joy that he played with this which is
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: a big word now being used the Philadelphia Eagles, Uh,
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: the energy that he had.
• 39:32
  Speaker 4: This is the happiness that he had of getting this
• 39:35
  Speaker 4: one final chance. It was like it was really fun
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: to see and it was really cool to see him smiling,
• 39:41
  Speaker 4: and it was just genuine well his energy. Dave you know,
• 39:44
  Speaker 4: I think it's very genuine. When I played golf with
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: him at the Midpen Bank Classic and in Hershey, I
• 39:50
  Speaker 4: could tell you. I told him we were sitting down,
• 39:53
  Speaker 4: I said, Dude, being around you, I just feel different.
• 39:55
  Speaker 5: You can't have a bad Yeah, exactly.
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: And that's that's the strength.
• 40:00
  Speaker 5: It's a suplifting, isn't it crazy?
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 40:02
  Speaker 5: I never felt like that, no offense, Dave, but I've
• 40:04
  Speaker 5: never felt that with anyone around me.
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: For it grand or not.
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: But you know, Andrew brought up Graham and Eagles defense
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: versus the Washington offense. I'll say this about Washington. Yes,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: they're having trouble at quarterback obviously because he's hurt. Eckler's
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: loft for the season. I've had receiver injuries. Their line
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: is really good. Tunsl's having a great year. He wants
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: a new contract if he plays. Josh Connolly has been
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: a good story. He's a left Tackleed Argan, it's not
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: playing right. He's great up pretty well. So they've talked
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: about this Chris Paul, who's their strongest alignment physically, but
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: he's super rowing or he's their left guard.
• 40:36
  Speaker 5: So we'll see about that matchup.
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: And Tyler Biadish is still there, Eagles know him former cowboy,
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: and Cosme's come back well from his ac eltry. So
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: it's a good line. Not great, but it's a good line.
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: This should be a challenge coming on Saturday.
• 40:48
  Speaker 6: Yeah, well, look, we'll see because the Eagles have been
• 40:50
  Speaker 6: generating some pretty good pressure.
• 40:51
  Speaker 5: Now you have to look at it by not blitz it,
• 40:53
  Speaker 5: yes and not that.
• 40:54
  Speaker 7: That was where I was going with that.
• 40:55
  Speaker 6: They've been able to facilitate a lot of pressure without
• 40:58
  Speaker 6: having to send a lot of pressure, and that that's
• 41:01
  Speaker 6: how fick Fanjo likes to ideally run it, at least
• 41:03
  Speaker 6: here in Philadelphia. But I'm curious to see the interior
• 41:06
  Speaker 6: matchup because you mentioned cos me H Biadas is a
• 41:09
  Speaker 6: player who we've seen play for a while and Moro
• 41:12
  Speaker 6: Jomo picked up his fifth sack of the season.
• 41:14
  Speaker 7: He's been playing some really good football.
• 41:17
  Speaker 6: I think that this is a matchup that favors, you know,
• 41:19
  Speaker 6: his quickness and power from the interior.
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: So if you're I've got the injury report for you
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: so to talk about it, but you guys don't have
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: it yet, but I do. That's why the insider.
• 41:28
  Speaker 4: Yeah, uh, if you are, you are the you are
• 41:31
  Speaker 4: the general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles. And you look
• 41:33
  Speaker 4: and you go, Okay, my defensive line, my interior Jalen
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: Carter is going to be going into year three next year,
• 41:39
  Speaker 4: Jordan Davis goes into what year four?
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: Next year? Yep, five and five.
• 41:43
  Speaker 4: They picked up the fifth year and more Ojomo will
• 41:46
  Speaker 4: be year four four, Okay, and that's on a four
• 41:49
  Speaker 4: year contract. How are you handling those contracts those players
• 41:53
  Speaker 4: moving forward?
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: Not easy?
• 41:55
  Speaker 5: Not easy?
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: And can you keep all three?
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: And you got the n Kobe Dean situation, which is
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: I am, Dave, I am. I've seen a lot in
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: this this market with players coming back from not just
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: one injury, multiple major injuries twenty three lists fronc injury
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: and then the torn but Taeler ten and twenty four
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: to be playing at this he's playing elite football, he is.
• 42:15
  Speaker 5: I've not said anything like this before.
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: Your first round draft pick last year is sjah Hot Campbell.
• 42:18
  Speaker 4: But you know by the way he was playing, well yeah,
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: I mean you can't. And then you got Cooper Egene
• 42:24
  Speaker 4: who's in his second year. You're gonna have to look
• 42:25
  Speaker 4: at that at some point.
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 42:26
  Speaker 4: You've got Q of course, I think I think reed
• 42:30
  Speaker 4: Blanket Ship's contract is up after this year.
• 42:33
  Speaker 5: He changed agents.
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 42:34
  Speaker 6: Yeah, So the problem to have, yeah, that pendulum swinging
• 42:37
  Speaker 6: as you're outlining it, because eventually you're gonna have to
• 42:39
  Speaker 6: start paying some of these defensive guys.
• 42:41
  Speaker 7: You're gonna have to start paying.
• 42:42
  Speaker 6: It's happening right now, and you're gonna have to start
• 42:44
  Speaker 6: drafting offensive players.
• 42:46
  Speaker 3: I'm trying to have Christmas segment. All right, we got
• 42:48
  Speaker 3: too sorry. Let me give you a little bit of
• 42:49
  Speaker 3: the injury report. It was a walk through today.
• 42:52
  Speaker 4: Barkley did not practice with a stinger, of course. Carter
• 42:56
  Speaker 4: and Lane did not practice foot our shoulders and foot respect.
• 43:01
  Speaker 4: Dickerson did not practice CAF injury. Same one, Fred Johnson
• 43:05
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• 43:08
  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah yeah.
• 43:10
  Speaker 4: So we'll seek Bigsby limited with an illness and then
• 43:13
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• 43:16
  Speaker 5: Okay, so the ones with so Jalen Hursts not on
• 43:18
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• 43:22
  Speaker 5: you say Lane worked at all?
• 43:23
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• 43:23
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• 43:25
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• 43:26
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  Speaker 5: You know.
• 45:31
  Speaker 3: We used to back twenty years ago, but that's not
• 45:34
  Speaker 3: our thing anymore.
• 45:34
  Speaker 5: How'd you get there bother it?
• 45:35
  Speaker 3: From them? So?
• 45:36
  Speaker 4: I started with the Eagles. I just came out of
• 45:39
  Speaker 4: college and all I wanted to do was be the
• 45:41
  Speaker 4: next Merle Reese.
• 45:42
  Speaker 3: Really, you want to be a play by play guy?
• 45:44
  Speaker 3: I did.
• 45:45
  Speaker 4: I did play by play at college. I did basketball
• 45:47
  Speaker 4: play by playing college and I loved it. And then
• 45:49
  Speaker 4: I started sports writing for my hometown newspaper, the Westchester
• 45:52
  Speaker 4: Daily Local News. Shout out to them, and then we
• 45:55
  Speaker 4: started a publication called Eagles Digest Before You Were Born.
• 46:00
  Speaker 3: I was the origin.
• 46:04
  Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a It was a.
• 46:04
  Speaker 4: Publishing company in Miami, and they had the Steelers, the Dolphins,
• 46:08
  Speaker 4: and the Saints and.
• 46:08
  Speaker 3: The Eagles, and then the Eagles.
• 46:10
  Speaker 4: In nineteen ninety seven, while we were still housed at
• 46:14
  Speaker 4: the VET, gained permission to build the Novacare Complex and
• 46:17
  Speaker 4: link of financial Field.
• 46:18
  Speaker 3: You got all the funds.
• 46:19
  Speaker 4: Our brilliant sports marketing Vice president Lynn Kamarowski, a genius
• 46:23
  Speaker 4: in the business who later went on to become the
• 46:25
  Speaker 4: president of the Cleveland Cavaliers, created an in house media
• 46:29
  Speaker 4: team and I joined the Eagles organization to help run
• 46:33
  Speaker 4: the media team. And our purpose was to create inventory,
• 46:37
  Speaker 4: build an audience, and sell the inventory. And it was
• 46:40
  Speaker 4: that was through television shows and print and then especially
• 46:44
  Speaker 4: the the Internet, which had great success doing that. And
• 46:48
  Speaker 4: then that's just kind of mushroomed from there and gone
• 46:51
  Speaker 4: in a bunch of different directions.
• 46:52
  Speaker 5: You guys were the innovators.
• 46:53
  Speaker 2: Let me tell you Joe Banner and whoever's there then
• 46:56
  Speaker 2: and Gordon after Joe, I worked for you for a
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: few years, and I tell you that Eagles Live Show.
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: Andrew he this live program that he would have that
• 47:05
  Speaker 2: people would call on from, like line.
• 47:06
  Speaker 4: I had a guy at the game the other at
• 47:09
  Speaker 4: a game game on Sunday come up to me and say, Hey, Dave,
• 47:12
  Speaker 4: I used to be the one who would call the
• 47:13
  Speaker 4: show from. I was on in tour, on tour in
• 47:18
  Speaker 4: active duty in Afghanistan, and I was like, Holy Moly.
• 47:21
  Speaker 4: And that happens to me all the time, especially when
• 47:23
  Speaker 4: we go out to LA. You know, the LA game,
• 47:25
  Speaker 4: there were tons of Eagles fans and so many of
• 47:27
  Speaker 4: them are transplanted Eagles fans, and you really get a
• 47:30
  Speaker 4: sense of like how many Eagles fans there are around
• 47:32
  Speaker 4: the world. And my job has always been to connect
• 47:34
  Speaker 4: the organization's message with the fan base through all sorts
• 47:38
  Speaker 4: of media, you know, live events. I've done both of
• 47:40
  Speaker 4: the Super Bowls and you know anything that and we
• 47:43
  Speaker 4: have so many different corporate events and fan events, and
• 47:47
  Speaker 4: they give me a chance to kind of format all
• 47:50
  Speaker 4: the all the events and host them and and carry
• 47:53
  Speaker 4: forth the message of the Philadelphia Eagles. And you know,
• 47:55
  Speaker 4: fortunately we've been we've had great success. Like I was talking,
• 47:58
  Speaker 4: you know, I was a friend of mine with the Cardinals.
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: I was on the phone with him on the way.
• 48:01
  Speaker 4: Up, and you know, they're going through a miserable season.
• 48:04
  Speaker 4: And you know, Jeffrey Lourie, since he's been here, i
• 48:06
  Speaker 4: mean thirty one years, it's going to be twenty playoff appearances.
• 48:09
  Speaker 4: I mean, this has been a tremendous, tremendous run of success.
• 48:13
  Speaker 5: That's his secret, sauce.
• 48:15
  Speaker 4: So I'll give you a story. So we win the
• 48:16
  Speaker 4: Super Bowls, you know, and then we have the ring
• 48:18
  Speaker 4: ceremony in July, And it was a July.
• 48:21
  Speaker 3: It was July.
• 48:21
  Speaker 4: It was just before the training camp started, and we
• 48:25
  Speaker 4: have this big party and it's every employee and there's
• 48:28
  Speaker 4: two hundred and seventy employees of the Philadelphia Eagles who
• 48:30
  Speaker 4: are not players, and so everybody's there. Everybody looks great.
• 48:35
  Speaker 4: Everybody's having a wonderful time. And Jeffrey stands up when
• 48:38
  Speaker 4: it's time to present the rings and he thanks every
• 48:41
  Speaker 4: single person, not named by name, but you know, make
• 48:43
  Speaker 4: sure to mention that every single person in the organization.
• 48:47
  Speaker 4: The reason we won the Super Bowl is because everybody
• 48:49
  Speaker 4: in this organization contributed to it. And then when it
• 48:53
  Speaker 4: was time to get the rings, everyone, not just Saquon
• 48:57
  Speaker 4: and Nick and Jalen, everyone got their rings at the
• 49:00
  Speaker 4: same time. And you don't understand how much that means
• 49:03
  Speaker 4: to everybody that they feel so valued. It doesn't happen
• 49:08
  Speaker 4: in business, it doesn't happen in sports. It's it is
• 49:11
  Speaker 4: Jeffrey Lorie's leadership. He sets the standard.
• 49:14
  Speaker 3: And again when you play a team like the Raiders
• 49:17
  Speaker 3: where they did not give a darn.
• 49:19
  Speaker 4: On Sunday, I can't even imagine not caring if you
• 49:24
  Speaker 4: win Philadelphia the standard. If I could say that they
• 49:28
  Speaker 4: don't care, they don't care. And so Jeffrey just makes
• 49:33
  Speaker 4: everybody feel good about themselves. He has very high expectations.
• 49:36
  Speaker 4: If you do not perform, you will not be there
• 49:39
  Speaker 4: for long. But he's very fair. He encourages everyone to
• 49:43
  Speaker 4: push the envelope and you feel like your voice is
• 49:46
  Speaker 4: heard and so I and and so, and he throws
• 49:49
  Speaker 4: a lot of resources at coaching analytics.
• 49:53
  Speaker 3: The field.
• 49:54
  Speaker 4: When you look at all these grass fields around the league,
• 49:56
  Speaker 4: they're all torn up. I mean today the Eagles. He
• 50:00
  Speaker 4: soded around the around the logo in the middle of
• 50:03
  Speaker 4: the field today, understanding that there's not a game for
• 50:05
  Speaker 4: three weeks, and you can put a solar cover on
• 50:08
  Speaker 4: it and the heating coils underneath. You can grow grass
• 50:10
  Speaker 4: and the field for that last game of the regular
• 50:12
  Speaker 4: season and hopefully the postseason will be in phenomenal shape.
• 50:16
  Speaker 4: And when you look and you see Tampa Bay's fields
• 50:18
  Speaker 4: all ripped up, in Chicago's field's always ripped up, in
• 50:21
  Speaker 4: Pittsburgh's fields always ripped up, and et cetera, et cetera.
• 50:25
  Speaker 4: Every little detail matters to Jeffrey and and that's why
• 50:29
  Speaker 4: we win. And I will say this also, the fans
• 50:32
  Speaker 4: make a huge difference. And when the fans are tough
• 50:35
  Speaker 4: on the Eagles, everybody takes note of it.
• 50:38
  Speaker 3: Everybody appreciates it. It means that you care. Last year
• 50:42
  Speaker 3: we had three home playoff games. It was great.
• 50:45
  Speaker 4: There was a great home field advantage, just like a
• 50:47
  Speaker 4: twenty seventeen and you win as a village.
• 50:50
  Speaker 3: And and that's why I believe we win.
• 50:54
  Speaker 4: That's why I believe the Field of Eagles are such
• 50:56
  Speaker 4: a class, class, class organization.
• 50:58
  Speaker 3: And he on two things here, Adam. He hit on
• 51:02
  Speaker 3: head coaching.
• 51:03
  Speaker 4: Every coach he's hired, right, Andrew has made the playoffs
• 51:06
  Speaker 4: and this amazing. And the line of succession at quarterback
• 51:09
  Speaker 4: has been strong. The line of succession at left tackle
• 51:13
  Speaker 4: has been really strong. The philosophy is to build the
• 51:16
  Speaker 4: offensive line and the defensive lines. And and that's why
• 51:20
  Speaker 4: you have sustains. And I'll give you one more.
• 51:22
  Speaker 2: You got to give Jeffrey credit for sticking by Howie.
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: Think about that, all the struggles he made, he instead
• 51:28
  Speaker 2: of firing me, resign him Andrew.
• 51:30
  Speaker 5: Most owners would have fired Howie. And you got to
• 51:32
  Speaker 5: give Jeffrey credit.
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: Why after when, after what happened with after No, I'm
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: going well, now I'm going back to fourteen, after the
• 51:40
  Speaker 2: after Chips start falling out, and what happened with Chip?
• 51:44
  Speaker 2: And then the year that how he got reassigned. Some said,
• 51:47
  Speaker 2: you know what, it's not good. I don't need this
• 51:49
  Speaker 2: guy here. He stuck by him. You give how he credit.
• 51:51
  Speaker 2: His resiliency is remarkable his energy and passion. You talk
• 51:56
  Speaker 2: to anyone who's ever dealt with him from another clubs
• 52:00
  Speaker 2: unless when he wants something, he don't stop.
• 52:02
  Speaker 4: And he clearly has some really good relationships because he
• 52:05
  Speaker 4: gets deals done.
• 52:05
  Speaker 5: He does, he does. He's great.
• 52:07
  Speaker 3: Agents.
• 52:08
  Speaker 2: You'll say this about agents, will tell you Andrew, you know,
• 52:10
  Speaker 2: deal with a lot of agents like I do. When
• 52:12
  Speaker 2: he wants something done, a deal done, It's gonna get done.
• 52:16
  Speaker 2: He's just very aggressive. Why is he the number one
• 52:18
  Speaker 2: GM in the National Football League Because he knows how
• 52:20
  Speaker 2: to roster build As we move forward here, Dave, that's
• 52:22
  Speaker 2: what makes him great.
• 52:23
  Speaker 5: He just gets it.
• 52:24
  Speaker 2: And it's started by Jeffrey understanding how do you win
• 52:28
  Speaker 2: offensive defensive lines. I remember talking to Joe Douglas about
• 52:31
  Speaker 2: it was but they all got it. Okay, they all
• 52:33
  Speaker 2: got it. Jeffrey knew you got to throw the score.
• 52:36
  Speaker 2: Now it's different. Yeah, run to win, but a little different.
• 52:40
  Speaker 2: Now that's okay, you got to change up. But I
• 52:42
  Speaker 2: just you mentioned earlier in the show, Dave, is that
• 52:46
  Speaker 2: it all works together. You have to figure it out
• 52:48
  Speaker 2: and communicate. Okay, how are you going to win? We're
• 52:51
  Speaker 2: gonna build on the lines Nick's gotta communicate. He's got
• 52:53
  Speaker 2: a high a good staff with how his assistance, and
• 52:56
  Speaker 2: then Jeffrey's got it. Okay, you mentioned the resources that
• 52:59
  Speaker 2: he gives him. This is why they went Andrew, how
• 53:02
  Speaker 2: you grew up here too, not just a reporter, but you.
• 53:04
  Speaker 5: Grew up here.
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: You've seen it all.
• 53:07
  Speaker 6: Yeah, and kind of hearing what the way that Da've
• 53:10
  Speaker 6: just outlined, that really puts everything into perspective because I'm
• 53:12
  Speaker 6: always really able to speak on the years that I
• 53:14
  Speaker 6: was covering the team, and you could see the the
• 53:17
  Speaker 6: investment that he puts in the team, and uh, just
• 53:20
  Speaker 6: the the resources and support. And you look at Howie
• 53:24
  Speaker 6: Roseman leaving no stone on turn. Being resilient and aggressive
• 53:27
  Speaker 6: if it means bettering the football team, I mean that matters,
• 53:32
  Speaker 6: and that resonates with with every player who comes through
• 53:34
  Speaker 6: that locker room.
• 53:35
  Speaker 7: They're they're well aware of it.
• 53:36
  Speaker 6: And then hiring coaches who have the emotional intelligence, right,
• 53:40
  Speaker 6: I mean, that's that's what.
• 53:41
  Speaker 5: Jeff brought up before, right, Buzzworth.
• 53:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, uh huh.
• 53:44
  Speaker 6: I just think that they've really done a nice job
• 53:46
  Speaker 6: collectively of establishing the culture there that.
• 53:49
  Speaker 7: That makes it a place everybody wants to be. I
• 53:51
  Speaker 7: mean you hear that from players culture.
• 53:53
  Speaker 5: What does that mean to you, Dave?
• 53:55
  Speaker 4: It means that you know, here's again I've never worked
• 53:57
  Speaker 4: anywhere else, but the I give you an example again
• 54:02
  Speaker 4: speaking about the Raiders. So the Raiders people come in,
• 54:04
  Speaker 4: we have breakfast, and we do a little tour of
• 54:06
  Speaker 4: the building. And these are people who are running their
• 54:10
  Speaker 4: alumni program. And so Marcus Epps walks by former former
• 54:15
  Speaker 4: Raider Marcus Epps. Do you guys know each other?
• 54:18
  Speaker 3: Right?
• 54:18
  Speaker 4: And he goes, well, not in that building, because in
• 54:21
  Speaker 4: that building in Vegas, the team does not interact with
• 54:27
  Speaker 4: the rest of the organization. With the Eagles, our building
• 54:31
  Speaker 4: is relatively small by NFL standards. Everybody kind of co mingles.
• 54:36
  Speaker 4: We all eat in the same cafeteria. Our paths cross.
• 54:39
  Speaker 4: They learn who to trust, and they will learn who's
• 54:43
  Speaker 4: part of the team. So if they want to get,
• 54:45
  Speaker 4: for example, tickets to a Sixers game, they know who
• 54:47
  Speaker 4: to go to. If they want to get extra tickets, whatever,
• 54:50
  Speaker 4: they know where to go. And it builds a community.
• 54:53
  Speaker 4: It builds a team, not a football side and a
• 54:57
  Speaker 4: business side. And when and it was really when Chip
• 55:00
  Speaker 4: Kelly came in, Chip divided the building, and you cannot
• 55:04
  Speaker 4: you cannot have success if you are not all in
• 55:08
  Speaker 4: it together. Hence, you can't be great without the greatest
• 55:11
  Speaker 4: of others. We all we got, we all we need?
• 55:13
  Speaker 4: These are these are slogan? Yeah these are slow? Well
• 55:18
  Speaker 4: last year last year was last year? Was we all
• 55:22
  Speaker 4: we got? Last year was you can't be great without
• 55:24
  Speaker 4: the greatest of others because everywhere, and it's not just
• 55:27
  Speaker 4: the players, coaches, it's everyone in the organization feels if
• 55:32
  Speaker 4: they have a little tiny part, if they do their job,
• 55:37
  Speaker 4: sometimes you're not gonna like it. You're There was a
• 55:40
  Speaker 4: during that Super Bowl ring ceremony they played a clip
• 55:43
  Speaker 4: a video, great video, and during it there's a spot
• 55:46
  Speaker 4: of Nick saying, everybody's here for a reason.
• 55:50
  Speaker 3: Everybody here has a role. You may not like the role,
• 55:53
  Speaker 3: but you're here for a role.
• 55:54
  Speaker 4: And there have been times in my job when I'm going, man, this,
• 55:57
  Speaker 4: I'm not down with what they want me to do
• 55:59
  Speaker 4: right now, and I've oh, well yeah really and and
• 56:04
  Speaker 4: but you but you have to come to grips.
• 56:06
  Speaker 3: With it, and and and if you don't life, man,
• 56:08
  Speaker 3: if you don't want.
• 56:09
  Speaker 4: To come to grips with it, and I think a
• 56:10
  Speaker 4: lot of people all go through that, A lot of
• 56:11
  Speaker 4: people and I think a lot of people turn in
• 56:13
  Speaker 4: head the other way. With the Eagles have been able
• 56:16
  Speaker 4: to make sure that the people who are there are
• 56:19
  Speaker 4: there for the team first and for their individual success second.
• 56:23
  Speaker 3: And that and certainly, look, Jeffrey kick no. Here's another
• 56:27
  Speaker 3: thing that he does with the way they structure contracts
• 56:29
  Speaker 3: and the way they kick things down the road. A
• 56:31
  Speaker 3: lot of teams don't do that. And here we go.
• 56:33
  Speaker 2: Let's see the washing, all right, special thanks to check
• 56:40
  Speaker 2: We will be at Chicken Peter Malton next week. It'll
• 56:43
  Speaker 2: be Jeff Mosher and enteror Checko. Thank you for listening.
• 56:46
  Speaker 2: We'll speak to you soon.