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The DiCecco Daily: Intel, News and Notes From Day 17 Of Eagles Camp Practice · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello all, and welcome into this edition of the Checho Daily.
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  Andrew Dicheco here with day seventeen of Eagles' training camp
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  news and observations. And it was an eventful day that
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  at the Overcare Complex. Practice covered about an hour and
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  forty nine minutes. The Eagles were fully padded, and it
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  was an unseasonably cool day, which is always a good
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  thing at this time of the year, and you'll take
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  it where you can get it. But let's get to
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  the notes in terms of the practice status and not
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  practicing on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 2: Wide receiver A J.
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  Speaker 1: Brown with the hamstring, cornerback Toery Castro Fields with the hamstring,
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  safety Lewis Scene with the groin, guard Landon Dickerson knee,
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  cornerback Brandon Johnson groin, tackle Jordan Mylotta concussion, quarterback Tanner
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  McKee finger, and wide receiver DeVante Smith groin. All of
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  the aforemats did not practice today.
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  Speaker 2: Just some notes.
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  Speaker 1: My understanding is that the team is being conservative with
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  some of the players to ensure they're ready to go
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  in preparation for Week one, which is always the primary objective,
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  especially around this time of the year leading into the
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  final preseason game. Next week is where things really start
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  to pick up, and that's where you need your marquee
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  players operating at peak capacity if possible. Also a note
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  on Tanner McKee's finger. It's the finger almet. It's going
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  to be a non surgical issue there, So rest assured
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  Tanner McKee is that's nothing that should carry over for
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  too much, for too long.
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  Speaker 2: You never know.
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  Speaker 1: And then another injury note or notes. Rookie Drew mccooble
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  walked off with a trainer early into the session and
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  he didn't return. It looked like he sustained a hamstring
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  injury during one on ones. Now there are one on
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  ones going on at different portions of the field.
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  Speaker 2: Safeties and.
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  Speaker 1: Tight ends were on one side, and then on the
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  other side there were wide receivers and defensive backs. So
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  I was mostly focused on the wide receiver DBS, but
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  I glanced over and saw because I want to see
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  Macooba in those reps, and it looked like it was
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  a hamstring injury. He left the field with the trainer
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  and did not return. And wide receiver Johnny Wilson looked
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  to suffer an injury to his left leg. It looked
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  like he got rolled up on by guard Brett Toath
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  in the early stages of team drills. He looked to
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  be in a great deal of pain and he hobbled
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  off with help from a trainer, and he was later
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  spotted heading inside on a cart. So we'll have to
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  wait and see what the extent of that injury is
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  to Johnny Wilson, we will learn more in the coming hours,
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  and its certainly when the injury report for tomorrow is issued.
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  Tight End Dallas got it with a groin injury. Was
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  the only player with a limited designation, So talk with
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  I'm gonna kind of go in sequence here. The Eagles
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  open with a special teams period and they focus on
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  punk coverage.
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  Speaker 2: The punt returners.
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  Speaker 1: Were in order, wide receiver and Iya Smith, defensive back
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  Cooper Degen, and wide receiver Jahan Dotson. For those curious
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  wide receiver return specialists, Avery Williams served as the personal protector.
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  Speaker 2: On punt He was next up behind running.
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  Speaker 1: Back will Shipley, who still has control over that role.
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  Speaker 2: Then there were the one on one periods, and I'm
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  not going to get into all of them.
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  Speaker 1: You can find out more about that on inside the
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  Birds dot Com, where you can find my comprehensive recap
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  of what happened on Day seventeen, but cornerback of Doriy
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  Jackson versus wide receiver Darius Cooper was a fun one.
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  Speaker 2: Jackson mirrored Cooper throughout.
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  Speaker 1: The route and logged a pass breakup Cooper dejen versus
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  wide receiver and Ia Smith. Now that's been a fun
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  one on one matchup to watch throughout the summer. Smith
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  showcase short area of quickness, and he separated just enough
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  from Degene on an inside outside move to bring in
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  the short completion. Cornerback Quinyon Mitchell VERSU wide receiver Johan
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  DAAs Dotson, who was running a stutter and go, got
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  a step on Mitchell down the right side line to
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  haul in the target. Cornerback Parry Nickerson versus wide receiver
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  Taylor Moran, who is a rookie free agent, running a
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  route that looked to be a carbon copy of the
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  one that I just outlined from Smith. Moore in created
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  separation and brought in the short throw. This is an
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  interesting one. Cornerback jacoryan Bennett versus wide receiver John Metchi,
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  the third who was wearing number eighty In case those
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  haven't seen that yet, he's the newly acquired wide receiver
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  from the Houston Texans Jay when Hurt's rifle to pass
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  into Mechi who was running a slant, but Bennett read
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  it perfectly, welcoming the new edition with the pass breakup
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  and this was perhaps the most fun to watch. It
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  was cornerback aj Woods versus wide receiver Giles Jackson. Jackson
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  turned on the Jets and headed towards the end zone,
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  pulling away from Woods, but Woods recovered enough to get
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  handed to deflect the pass. But it was into the
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  hands of Jackson, who was lying in the end zone,
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  or at least my memory serves he was. He was,
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  His momentum was carrying him down and he was. He
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  was there, Johnny on the spot to catch the pass.
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  Let's go to some depth chart notes. At safety without Macouba,
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  it was Reed, Blanket, Chip and Sydney Brown at cornerback
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  for the second consecutive day, the Eagles rolled out a
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  tandem of Quinnon, Mitchell and Adori Jackson, with Dejene aligning
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  at nickel as usual, But when the Eagles weren't base
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  for the second consecutive day, Cooper Degene aligned at outside corner.
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  That's something that there's still for this for the second day.
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  This is only the second time this summer that we've
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  seen Cooper Degene take outside corner reps, but it seems
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  like it's something that the Eagles are trying to to
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  sort of, you know, work with him on and prepare
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  him in case it's necessary during the regular season. And
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  Jacoreyan Bennett, he was mostly with the second team alongside
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  rookie mc McWilliams, but he did eventually mix in with
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  the first unit later in the session, the linebacker pairing
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  with Zach Bonne and Jeremiah Trotter Junior to start, though
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  rookie Jahad Campbell also saw his fair share with the ones.
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  With the Eagles light arm receiver on Tuesday, and this
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  is not including Johnny Wilson in this because he got
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  injured so late so early in the session. It was
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  primarily Johan Dotson, Darius Cooper, and Naiah Smith and John Metchie.
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  The third even saw a handful of snaps with the
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  first unit and without Tanner McKee who has that finger injury,
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  rookie Kyle McCord not third year pro Dorian Thompson. Robinson
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  was elevated to the second team, McCord saw his most
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  significant workload of the summer by a large margin, and
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  without Jordan Mylott, it was veteran Matt Pryor who filled in.
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  Speaker 2: Matt Pryor struggled in this one.
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  Speaker 1: Jaywalks Hunt got the best of them on a subset
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  of reps, and then seventh year pro Brett Toath again
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  filled in at.
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  Speaker 2: Left guard for Landon Dickerson.
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  Speaker 1: I thought of Dori Jackson probably had one of his
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  better showings in this practice. He had the pass breakup
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  in one on ones which I outlined, and then he
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  bowled over the rookie Cooper on a short completion which
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  he read perfectly. This is what you're going to get
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  from a Dori Jackson. He's a veteran corner. He's seen
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  it all. He's steady, if unspectacular, but there's less variance
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  with a player like that, so that's the one advantage
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  that he has over some of the other players. He
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  also had a nice pass break up on a short
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  throat at Dallas Goddard where he sort of swarmed in
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  from behind and got a hand in to break up
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  the pass. MATCHI the third wasted little time in making
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  his presence felt he was leaping to reel in a
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  pass from Kyle mccorr down the left scene with safety
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  Andre Samon coverage, and on the ensuing play MATCHI was
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  unable to handle a McCord fastball. The pass was nearly
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  picked off by Andre Sam who had tight coverage on
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  the play. If I remember this right, the ball may
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  have even clanged off of Mechi's hands and hit Sam's helmet.
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  Speaker 2: It was a bang bang play.
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  Speaker 1: But then there was another portion of practice where Mechi
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  when he was working with the first team, when the
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  first team offense was facing reserves, he pulled in a
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  short completion from Hurts on the far side of the
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  field with Aj Woods in coverage.
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  Speaker 2: Big day for Will Shipley, the Eagle's second year of
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  running back.
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  Speaker 1: He put on a receiving clinic at one point later
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  in practice, he snared four consecutive checkdowns from Jaywen Hurts
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  and Shipley is by far the most natural pass catching
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  running back that the Eagles have, and he has such
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  a good feel for a situational awareness, and he's been
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  a primary outlet for the different quarterbacks this summer, including
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  Hurts and Tanner McKee. And I'm really interested to see
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  how his role will grow in year two. There was
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  a nice play during the red zone period the first
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  team offense found pay dirt. It was following a misfire
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  to Cooper on a comeback round with Jadori. Jackson was
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  in coverage on Jay when Hurts threaded to pass the
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  tight end e J. Jenkins, who was running a corner
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  route in the right corner of the end zone, and
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  it had red blanket ship and coverage. Hurts also through
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  an interception to Nolan Smith. Hurts was looking for running
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  back Saquon Barkway, but Smith, who was sinking deep in coverage,
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  prevented the completion. Jacorey and Bennett also had some positive
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  moments today. He stormed in to limit the damage on
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  a short McCord completion of running back aj Dillon, and
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  he delivered a physical thud and.
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  Speaker 2: Attempted to swipe the football.
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  Speaker 1: He also had inside leverage on a Hurtz misfire to Cooper.
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  Bennett responded after play with a de kembe Mtumbo fingerwag.
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  Speaker 2: He started to come on a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: He looks to becoming more and more comfortable within the defense,
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  and that's something that I'm expecting to carry over throughout
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  the week. Jahad Campbell has this seek and destroy mentality,
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  and for perspective, I'm going to set the scene for
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  the listeners. Campbell blew up a blocking attempt from Grant
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  kaw Kata, who gave his best effort. But the way
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  that Campbell plays the game with a physicality and he
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  just is able to kind of go full steam.
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  Speaker 2: Ahead and be disruptive there. He was still able to
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  tag Barkley after a minimal gain.
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  Speaker 1: He also had a physical rep on tight end Nick
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  Muse showcasing active hands and forced to disengage the tight end.
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  I saw who did fare a little bit better at
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  least on this particular play was Cameron Lattu who he
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  didn't give up any ground and did his part in
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  sealing off the left side on a run that I
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  believe was b from aj Dillon if I'm remembering this correctly.
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  The Eagles were really disruptive up front today, and it
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  wasn't just Jayalen Signed, it wasn't just Nolan Smith. The
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  interior as well got a consistent push throughout the morning
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  and it was Jaywen, Carter, Moro Jomo and Jordan Davis.
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  Jordan Davis, by the Way picked up a would be
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  sack of Jaywen Hurts because of the overloaded pressure on
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  this occasion that had Hunt and Smith on one side Jay
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  when Hurts stepped up and Jordan Davis was right there
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  to tag him. Lastly, this edge rusher hasn't talked about much,
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  but O'shawn Mathis had a quietly productive day and he
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  really has throughout camp. In his limited reps. He beat
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  rookie Miles Hinton twice. One was a would be sack
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  of McCord and the other and the play really ended
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  in McCord heaving a pass that fell in complete in
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  the direction of wide receiver Elijah Cooks.
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  Speaker 2: He then a couple of.
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  Speaker 1: Plays later eased a round Hinton, resulting in a McCord
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  in interception over the middle to Tristan McCollum. Mathis also
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  pressure McCord in a play that resulted in a connection
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  to Cooks, who sort of shimmied around Nick Williams along
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  the far sideline and the double horn sounded after Dorian
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  Thompson Robinson connected with Cooks along the far sideline, with
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  Keelee Ringo providing coverage on the play by the way
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  based off of two practices now, I think it's fair
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  to say that Keelee Ringo is fallen behind in this
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  cornerback race, as there's other players who have left in
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  front of him, including rookie fifth round pick mcmick Williams.
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  It's something to keep an eye on leading into Friday's game.
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  I'll certainly be keeping an eye on that tomorrow to
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  see if the trend continues. But that is the current
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  state of the Eagles cornerback position and that is what
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  happened today.
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  Speaker 2: In a brief podcast.
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  Speaker 1: Here for the Eagles training camp Day seventeen. My comprehensive
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  analysis and observations from today will be found on insidethbirds
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  dot com.
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  Speaker 2: I'll have a
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  Speaker 1: Recap of tomorrow's session, which is the final day of
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  Eagles training camp tomorrow, and I'll catch you all on
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  the next one.