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The DiCecco Daily: My Way Too Early Eagles 53-Man Roster Projection, Part 1 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:09
  Speaker 1: What is going on?
• 0:10
  Speaker 2: Everyone, Welcome into another episode of to check O Daily.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: Andrew de Checko, Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds dot Com.
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: We're gonna have a little fun today because I am
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: about to give you my way too early Eagles fifty
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  Speaker 2: three man roster projection.
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: But just the offense.
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna break this up into two podcasts, Offense today,
• 0:30
  Speaker 2: Defense tomorrow, and then you could read the full story
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: on Wednesday on Inside the Birds dot Com. By the way,
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: speaking of Inside the Birds dot Com, I hope everybody
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: had an opportunity to check out the story that I
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: wrote on fifth round quarterback Cole Peyton. I spoke to
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: his position coach from North Dakota State, and he provided
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: a lot of insight as to Cole Payton the person.
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: We know what he accomplished at North Dakota State. You
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: can see the stats and the highlights. But I thought
• 1:01
  Speaker 2: that the story, my whole, my whole, you know, idea
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: of the story.
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: Was to to really, you.
• 1:10
  Speaker 2: Know, take readers behind the curtain as to who Cole
• 1:12
  Speaker 2: Payton is as a person and his character, and I think,
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: I hope I did a good job in doing that. Okay,
• 1:21
  Speaker 2: some housekeeping news before we get to my offensive breakdown
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: for the Eagles. The Eagles have extended the contracts of
• 1:30
  Speaker 2: both assistant general manager John Ferrari and senior Advisor to
• 1:34
  Speaker 2: the General Manager, chief Security Officer and head of game
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: day coaching operations, Dom Desandro. Big news for the Eagles
• 1:42
  Speaker 2: as they keep two mainstays in house for the foreseeable future.
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: With that, let's take a look at my way too
• 1:51
  Speaker 2: early Eagles fifty three man roster projection on the offensive side.
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: At quarterback, Howie Roseman said in his post draft availability
• 2:03
  Speaker 2: that he would be open to carrying four quarterbacks.
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: And while that.
• 2:07
  Speaker 2: Sounds good and well at the time April when he
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: said it, sometimes training camp and circumstances have a way
• 2:16
  Speaker 2: of playing out certain scenarios, and I'm looking at possible
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: injuries in training camps around the NFL that may entice
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: a team to pursue a backup quarterback on the Eagles
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: right now, so I have them keeping Jayalen Hurts, Andy Dalton,
• 2:40
  Speaker 2: Cole Payton. I do not have Tanner McKee on my
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: initial fifty three here on May fourth, and my thought
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  Speaker 2: process is looking at the roster. It's really hard knowing
• 2:56
  Speaker 2: how much talent that they have throughout to maybe justify
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: caring four quarterbacks. That's a luxury that I'm not sure
• 3:03
  Speaker 2: most teams have. The Eagles probably don't have that luxury.
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: As I mentioned, they have a lot of talent, and
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  Speaker 2: they may have to go heavier elsewhere, which would make
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: that a little tougher to envision, at least before training camp. Again,
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: this is way too early, and there's a lot that
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: can transpire between now and then, But I just believe
• 3:22
  Speaker 2: that you might have. All it takes is one team.
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: You may have a team in the summer they're not
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: overly enthused with their quarterbacks in camp. Maybe there's an
• 3:30
  Speaker 2: injury and they get desperate and kind of like what
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: you saw with the Eagles and Jacoran Bennett when they
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: acquired him last August. Maybe you see a team that says, okay,
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: we will give you fair compensation for Tanner McKee, and
• 3:45
  Speaker 2: fair is relative, but the Eagles value Tanner McKee in
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: that building, and he might be.
• 3:53
  Speaker 1: He might just be.
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: One of the better number two quarterbacks when you look
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: across the NFL, So he carries a lot of value,
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: has more value in the Eagles building than he may
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  Speaker 2: have somewhere else, knowing that he has been a good
• 4:05
  Speaker 2: story of development.
• 4:07
  Speaker 1: They have an idea of what they have. He can keep.
• 4:11
  Speaker 2: He can run the offense, and you've seen him have
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: some bright moments, and the Eagles value the backup quarterback
• 4:17
  Speaker 2: position perhaps more than any other team. But they also
• 4:20
  Speaker 2: have Andy Dalton. And Andy Dalton, he's entering his sixteenth season.
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: He has a lot of experience, and as a number two,
• 4:27
  Speaker 2: you're still having that veteran presence there who has seen
• 4:31
  Speaker 2: a lot. He can be sort of a coach on
• 4:33
  Speaker 2: the sideline, an extra coach on the sideline for a
• 4:36
  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts. And then Cole Payton being drafted in the
• 4:39
  Speaker 2: fifth round, even though he is a bit of a
• 4:41
  Speaker 2: developmental project. He needs to refine his mechanics and enhance
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  Speaker 2: his pocket presence and things like that. You don't ordinarily
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: see a fifth round pick get cut loose before he
• 4:53
  Speaker 2: really has a chance to see what he can become. Now,
• 4:57
  Speaker 2: Clayton Thorson was a different story, worry, but it was
• 5:00
  Speaker 2: very evident early on that Clayton Thorson didn't have it.
• 5:03
  Speaker 2: Cole Payton's a little different. He has a lot of
• 5:05
  Speaker 2: athleticism and when he was drafted, it was of the understanding,
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: or at least the widespread perception is that he needs
• 5:12
  Speaker 2: a little seasoning. But he is a talented player, and
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  Speaker 2: I believe that in a year or so you can
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  Speaker 2: count on him to be a viable backup quarterback. That
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  Speaker 2: being said, if you wave a Cole Payton, knowing how
• 5:28
  Speaker 2: highly regarded he was throughout the pre draft process, you're
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: probably not getting him back on your practice squad. So
• 5:33
  Speaker 2: I have Cole Payton as the third quarterback and Tanner
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  Speaker 2: McKee being moved for this exercise. Running back running back's
• 5:41
  Speaker 2: kind of simple for me. I went with Saquon Barkley,
• 5:44
  Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby, and Will Shipley. I do not have Damian
• 5:48
  Speaker 2: Pierce or Carson Steel. Carson Steele is more in the
• 5:52
  Speaker 2: mold of a fullback. I'm not even exactly sure if
• 5:55
  Speaker 2: the Eagles are going to implement a fullback in this offense.
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: When you look at the backs that Sean Mannion's coming
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: from in Green Bay, Lafleur didn't use a full back
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  Speaker 2: and McVeigh doesn't traditionally use a fullback.
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  Speaker 1: Or anything to that extent.
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  Speaker 2: So with that, and they didn't resign Ben Van sumer
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  Speaker 2: and so all signs. I mean, it leaves it up
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  Speaker 2: in the era. Let's say, and I thought that Carson
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: Steele would be on the bubble anyway, I don't have him.
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  Speaker 2: Damian Pierce signed as a free agent, was a bright
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  Speaker 2: young player at one point in time. Then he sort
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  Speaker 2: of tailed off a little bit in terms of production,
• 6:34
  Speaker 2: was banged up, And I just don't know if you
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  Speaker 2: can justify keeping someone like Damian Pierce, who kind of
• 6:42
  Speaker 2: has a redundancy in terms of skill set relative to
• 6:45
  Speaker 2: that of Tank Bigsby in that he can be between
• 6:49
  Speaker 2: the tackles type of runner. Will Shipley, at least in theory,
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  Speaker 2: gives you a pass catching option.
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: He can return kick, so can Damien Pierce.
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  Speaker 2: But Will Shipley is a Corps special teamer, and perhaps
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  Speaker 2: in this offense, with this run, with these run designs
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  Speaker 2: that are expected to be implemented, maybe it favors him
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. Maybe Sean Mannion will value the
• 7:10
  Speaker 2: receiving aspect of Will Shipley's game that really hasn't been
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  Speaker 2: tapped into since he's been drafted. But it was a
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  Speaker 2: kind of an easy decision for me to go that route.
• 7:19
  Speaker 2: With the three running backs there wide receiver Davonte Smith,
• 7:25
  Speaker 2: McKay Lemon, Dontavian Wicks, Hollywood Brown, Darius Cooper and Johnny Wilson.
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: I do not have Elijah Moore, Ques Watkins, Danny Gray
• 7:39
  Speaker 2: or Britton Covey. And AJ Brown has been noticeably omitted,
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  Speaker 2: as I expect him to be moved at some point
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: in June or thereafter. So for the sake of this exercise,
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: I have them keeping six wide receivers and I'll break
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  Speaker 2: it down for you.
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  Speaker 1: The top two are pretty cut and dried.
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  Speaker 2: With Devonte Smith and McKay lemon, that's a really good tandem.
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  Speaker 1: I believe McKayle Lemon's going to get off to a
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  Speaker 1: fast start.
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  Speaker 2: He has a skill set that to me suggests it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be translatable early.
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  Speaker 1: To the NFL level.
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  Speaker 2: Good route runner, refined skill set, will go up there
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  Speaker 2: and be competitive at the catch point, good after the catch,
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  Speaker 2: strong hands. Dontavian Wicks is a player that the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: traded for. He gives you a bigger body at six
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  Speaker 2: foot one, two hundred and six pounds. He's more of
• 8:25
  Speaker 2: an underneath type of receiver. He's not a burner, but
• 8:28
  Speaker 2: he will attack the football he's got to clean up
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  Speaker 2: his drops, but he gives you a different body type
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  Speaker 2: compared to Devonte Smith and mckaye Lemon, and the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: seem to be pretty high on him. He never saw
• 8:39
  Speaker 2: a high volume of targets in Green Bay. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of that was they spread the football round. He was
• 8:44
  Speaker 2: the fourth receiver for most of his time there, and
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  Speaker 2: he should be able to hover around the thirty five
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  Speaker 2: reception mark. I would imagine they're going to spread the
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  Speaker 2: ball round as well. Hollywood Brown gives you a vertical
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  Speaker 2: threat in theory. He hasn't really been in that fashion
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: throughout his career. Just look at his yards per catch,
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: but he does give you something different in terms of
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  Speaker 2: what he's able to provide.
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  Speaker 1: He can give you some juice.
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: He can provide those explosive plays that the Eagles so
• 9:13
  Speaker 2: sorely lacked for last year in the year before. And
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: he's not going to be a volume guy by all accounts,
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: but he does give you someone who's been productive in
• 9:23
  Speaker 2: this league and a different dimension.
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  Speaker 1: That could unlock another facet of the offense.
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  Speaker 2: So Hollywood Brown stays and the final two spots really
• 9:36
  Speaker 2: and this goes for across the NFL when you're doing
• 9:39
  Speaker 2: your fifty three, you have to keep this in mind.
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: Special teams.
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  Speaker 2: If you're going to be active on game day as
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  Speaker 2: a fifth or six wide receiver, you have to have
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  Speaker 2: third phase value because you're not going to see enough
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  Speaker 2: snaps to warrant a roster spot or a game day
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  Speaker 2: spot for that matter, if you can't help on special teams.
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  Speaker 2: Darius Cooper Ken he can also help as a blocker.
• 10:03
  Speaker 2: He's a tough, physical kid and in a pinch, he
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: could return kicks. He can help you as a gunner.
• 10:11
  Speaker 2: He can run down the field on kickoffs. Johnny Wilson,
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  Speaker 2: he played special teams in his rookie season, was hurt
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: last year the knee ankle injury.
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  Speaker 1: But he gives you.
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  Speaker 2: A big bodied option who's a good blocker and can
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  Speaker 2: also help in the kick return game as a blocker.
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  Speaker 2: He can run down the field on kickoffs and give
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  Speaker 2: you some value there. That's what it comes down to
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  Speaker 2: when you're the fifth or sixth receiver or you're.
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  Speaker 1: Vying for that spot.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't come down to more often than not, who
• 10:40
  Speaker 2: the better receiver is. It comes down to how can
• 10:44
  Speaker 2: they help us on game day? If you're thinking through
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: the You know, if you're thinking through the thought process
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  Speaker 2: of a coach or a decision maker, if they're active
• 10:52
  Speaker 2: on game day, how can they help us? And that
• 10:55
  Speaker 2: factor into my process here. So those are the receivers.
• 10:59
  Speaker 2: Offensive line Jordan Mylotta, Landon Dickerson, Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen,
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: Lane Johnson. There's your starters. Then I have Fred Johnson,
• 11:11
  Speaker 2: Drew Kendall, Mark kel Bell, Micah Morris, and Cameron Williams.
• 11:17
  Speaker 2: So that gives you ten offensive linemen. There, let's break
• 11:20
  Speaker 2: it down. Fred Johnson one of the better backup tackles
• 11:23
  Speaker 2: in the league, likely to be the Eagles swing tackle
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: to start. I think markel Bell, who they drafted in
• 11:30
  Speaker 2: the third round, is more of a developmental type of
• 11:34
  Speaker 2: player who will help the team a year down the line, perhaps,
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: but someone who has a really bright future. He's obviously
• 11:41
  Speaker 2: going to be on the team. Drew Kendall, there's your
• 11:44
  Speaker 2: backup center. He might be able to help you at
• 11:47
  Speaker 2: guard in a pinch if you need him to, but
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  Speaker 2: he's highly thought of in the building.
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: They drafted him last year.
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned that he was my favorite Day three pick
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  Speaker 2: for the team and one that I believed offered the
• 11:58
  Speaker 2: highest upside.
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  Speaker 1: I liked him coming out of college.
• 12:00
  Speaker 2: He'll be your backup center and perhaps give you some
• 12:03
  Speaker 2: guard versatility, so he'll have a lot of game day value.
• 12:08
  Speaker 2: Michael Morris, the rookie guard drafted at pick two oh
• 12:11
  Speaker 2: seven in the sixth round out of Georgia. He sticks,
• 12:15
  Speaker 2: this is a player coming out at Georgia. He had
• 12:19
  Speaker 2: some draft buzz. He went a little lower than I expected.
• 12:22
  Speaker 2: You don't want to part with a player like that
• 12:24
  Speaker 2: because in all likelihood they don't make it through waivers unscathed,
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, if you're the Eagles, you've
• 12:30
  Speaker 2: lost your pick that you were hoping to get to
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: the practice squad and develop. I don't think that that
• 12:36
  Speaker 2: becomes even a conversation. Again, we're doing this month's out
• 12:40
  Speaker 2: without having so much as a training camp practice, but
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: just looking at it through the lens of upside, Michael
• 12:47
  Speaker 2: Morris stays. Cameron Williams and Miles Hinton are an interesting
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: They're an interesting pair because they were both drafted on
• 12:56
  Speaker 2: Day three last year. They both played tackle, and when
• 13:00
  Speaker 2: Miles Hinton came out, he was the more polished product.
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: Cameron Williams was raw.
• 13:06
  Speaker 2: And had he went into the draft this year, he
• 13:09
  Speaker 2: probably goes a little bit earlier. He has athleticism, He's
• 13:12
  Speaker 2: got to develop his play strength. But I thought that
• 13:14
  Speaker 2: when he stepped in in the season finale, I personally
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: was expecting it to be a little rough and.
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: I expected some turbulence.
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: But I thought he acquitted himself fairly well and checked
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  Speaker 2: off some boxes there. He has the greater upside, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the reason why I have him on here.
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  Speaker 2: He stays as the final piece on the offensive line,
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: and Miles Hinton goes.
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: I also have.
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: Out Jake Majors, Willie Lampkin, Willie Lampkin, who I believe
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: is going to be a training camp star.
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  Speaker 1: He's out, and.
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  Speaker 2: Jaden Roberts the undrafted free agent offensive lineman. And we'll see,
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: We'll see where else it goes. We'll see how the
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: offensive lines sort of shakes up. Maybe they add a
• 14:06
  Speaker 2: veteran guard. They had Michael Jordan, who's seventh year pro
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: out of Ohio State that was there for tryouts.
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: Maybe and they do need a.
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: Veteran guard, but maybe he or somebody of that ILK
• 14:21
  Speaker 2: is signed for training camp and all of a sudden,
• 14:24
  Speaker 2: it has a different complexion that offensive line, it has
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: a different look to it, and so yeah, out I
• 14:32
  Speaker 2: have Miles Hinton, Willie Lampkin, Jake Majors, Jaden Roberts, and
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: John Ojuku who you may forget, but the Eagles signed
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  Speaker 2: him a little bit.
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: Fairly early in the in the off season, but he
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: has some experience tight end.
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: I gave this some thoughts, and I have the Eagles
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: going with Dallas Goddard, Eli Stours, the rookie.
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: Cameron lat two and de Kwon Wright, the.
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  Speaker 2: Undrafted free agent tight end out of Ole Miss. I
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: have Johnny Munt, who the Eagles signed in free agency,
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: and he's gotten a lot of hype with regard to
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: his blocking, though he's not a player that I expect
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: to be in high demand, and for those reasons, I
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: think you can get him on the practice squad, elevate
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: him for a few weeks as needed, and then make
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: a decision on what you want to do. He's an
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: older player, like I mentioned, he's a blocking specialist, doesn't
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: have a lot of receiving upside, and players like that,
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: I think you can feel sort of comfortable parting with
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: them and then getting them back on your practice squad.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Whereas someone like a Cameron latu Is a few years
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: removed from being a third round pick.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty one on penn Up.
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  Speaker 2: He did some good things last season in the blocking game.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: He also is a standout special teams performer when you're
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: looking at the final spots on the roster, kind of
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: like I mentioned, with wide receiver depth that comes into play.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Who can help Michael Clay and provide third phase contributions
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: and Cameron Latsu prove that he can do that. And
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: he does help you as a blocker as a tight end,
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: so it's not like he's deficient in that area. You
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: still have a blocking tight end on the fifty three.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: It's just not Johnny Muntz at least in this scenario.
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: And then rounding out the group is Daykwon Wright, who
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: may surprise some as he's an undrafted free agent out
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: of Ole Miss, but I had a draftable grade on him.
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: I had a six round grade to be exact on
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: day Kwon Wright. He can catch the football. He was
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: an explosive player in that offense last season. He has
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: a little bit of a blocking upside, not that he's
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: super proficient in it, but I saw enough in his
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: time at Cowags that suggests to me that he can
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: be competent in that area.
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: And he's younger.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Sure, if he has a good training camp, in a
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: good preseason and puts that on tape, it could be
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: hard to get him through waivers, knowing that he was
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: someone who had some appeal as at late day three
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: selection and I was actually surprised that he didn't get drafted.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: All that and taking all that into consideration, I think
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: you keep the player that you're worried about losing, and
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: then you try to get someone like a Johnny Munt
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: on the practice squad and figure out how you want
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: to maneuver things from.
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: There on out.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: But that's the offensive side of the ball. Where will
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: I go on defense? Well, I have some interesting decisions
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  Speaker 2: have that podcast for you tomorrow, so keep an eye
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  Speaker 2: out for that, keep an eye out for my story
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  Speaker 2: on Eli Stours.
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to his position coach.
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  Speaker 2: From Vanderbilt, and I look forward to bringing that to
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  Speaker 1: Look for that on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of great content on the way, as is
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