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The DiCecco Daily: Looking At Interesting Parts Of Eagles 2026 Schedule · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What's going on? Everyone? Welcome into another episode of The
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  Speaker 1: Checho Daily.
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  Speaker 2: Andrew de Checho Eagles Beat Reporter inside the Birds dot Com.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles schedule is out that came out on Thursday, Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: August fifteenth. They're playing the Baltimore Ravens at Baltimore at
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  Speaker 2: seven o'clock Saturday, August twenty second, at New England Patriots
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  Speaker 2: seven o'clock Friday August twenty eighth, Cincinnati Bengals eight o'clock
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  Speaker 2: and the regular season Sunday, September thirteenth. They're playing the
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  Speaker 2: Washington Commanders at four twenty five Sunday, September twentieth. At
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  Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans one o'clock Monday, September twenty eighth. At Chicago
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  Speaker 2: Bears eight fifteen Sunday October fourth, Los Angeles Rams one
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  Speaker 2: o'clock Sunday October eleventh at Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: That game will be.
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  Speaker 2: In London at Tottenham Stadium nine thirty am Sunday October eighteenth,
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  Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers one o'clock Monday October twenty sixth Dallas Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: eight fifteen Sunday November one at Washington Commanders eight twenty Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: November eighth, New York Giants one o'clock bye week, Week
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  Speaker 2: ten Sunday, November twenty two. Pittsburgh Steelers four twenty five
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  Speaker 2: Thursday November twenty sixth at Dallas Cowboys four thirty Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: December sixth. At Arizona Cardinals four oh five Sunday, December thirteenth,
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  Speaker 2: Indianapolis Colts one o'clock Saturday, December nineteenth, Seattle Seahawks five
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  Speaker 2: o'clock Thursday, December twenty fourth, Houston Texans eight fifteen Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: January third, at San Francisco forty nine Ers eight twenty
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  Speaker 2: and TBD Week eighteen at New York Giants. That is
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  Speaker 2: your Philadelphia Eagles schedule, and we knew who the opponents
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  Speaker 2: were going to be, but now we know the where
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  Speaker 2: and when of it all. And really, like any schedule,
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  Speaker 2: there's always going to be some quibbles, but I thought
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  Speaker 2: that it was fairly balanced for the Eagles, to no surprise,
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  Speaker 2: given the franchisees rich history, consistent viability, and their drawl.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles have no shortage of primetime matchups. They have five.
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  Speaker 2: There's that international game that I mentioned with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: That's included in the twenty twenty sixth slate. All eyes
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  Speaker 2: are going to be on the Eagles, and that seems
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  Speaker 2: to be the case really over the last three, four
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  Speaker 2: or five years, and that comes with the success.
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  Speaker 1: That comes with the fan base.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles fans travel, there's always a lot of eyes
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  Speaker 2: that are drawn to this franchise, and there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of storylines around this team. How is the new offense
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  Speaker 2: going to look and how will the offense operate potentially
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  Speaker 2: without aj Brown in the mix. Then you have some
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  Speaker 2: new faces on defense. Jehad Campbell's starting, Drew mccouba taking
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  Speaker 2: over the top safety position, Raeke Wollen starting at corner,
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  Speaker 2: and Jalen Carter will see he's coming back from the shoulder.
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  Speaker 2: Seems to be trending in a very positive direction. But
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  Speaker 2: there will be some some new pieces there. Jonathan Grenard,
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  Speaker 2: of course, can't forget him replacing Jayalen Phillips as the
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  Speaker 2: top of the rotation edge rusher. So there's a ton
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  Speaker 2: of storylines that are relevant, and the schedule isn't worth
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  Speaker 2: without imperfections. There's the Thanksgiving game against Dallas at Dallas,
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  Speaker 2: the Christmas Eve game in Philadelphia against the Houston Texans.
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  Speaker 2: The Texans have a tremendous defense. I'm not sold on CJ. Stroud,
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  Speaker 2: though I was bullish on him coming out.
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  Speaker 1: Of the draft. He was my top rated quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: And they're going to have the ninth most air miles
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL. A lot of that, of course, can
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  Speaker 2: be attributed to the trip to London. The Eagles are
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  Speaker 2: going to face four teams coming off by weeks. The
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles Chargers are the only other team that are
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  Speaker 2: faced with such a challenge. But you know what, that's
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  Speaker 2: that's life in the big city, Okay. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 2: the way that it goes in the NFL. No one's
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  Speaker 2: gonna feel sorry for the Chargers of the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: That that's kind of the luck of the draw, if
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  Speaker 1: you will.
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  Speaker 2: They're gonna have their share quick turnarounds. But there are
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  Speaker 2: some favorable elements to this schedule. We'll get to that
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  Speaker 2: in the moment. But you know, following the week three
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  Speaker 2: Monday night game in Chicago, they host a dangerous Rams team,
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  Speaker 2: But the Rams are traveling across the country for a
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  Speaker 2: one pm start, so that might cancel things out. The
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  Speaker 2: Eagles have performed exceptionally against Sean McVay. Nick Sirianni and
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  Speaker 2: company really seems to have his number, even though for
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  Speaker 2: some reason, Sean McVay seems to get more accolades than
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  Speaker 2: Nick Sirianni, and Nick Sirianni has certainly outperformed Sean McVay
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  Speaker 2: in their match. There's the Week six game, of course,
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  Speaker 2: where the Eagles return from London and they're hosting an
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  Speaker 2: upstart Carolina Panthers team and they're coming off of bye week.
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  Speaker 2: Not a great spot there, but I mentioned the advantages,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm talking about after the Week five London tripped
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  Speaker 2: Eagles won't have to board a plane until Week twelve,
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  Speaker 2: when they face the Dallas Cowboys for Thanksgiving and that
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  Speaker 2: intriguing matchup on Christmas Eve with the Houston Texans. The
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  Speaker 2: Eagles will benefit from an extra day of rest they
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  Speaker 2: play the previous Saturday. The Texans play at one o'clock
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  Speaker 2: that Sunday, and that's going to be a very physical,
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  Speaker 2: taxing matchup. I would imagine a lot on the minds
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  Speaker 2: of both teams. I can understand if there might be
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  Speaker 2: some distractions. It's the day before Christmas, so you know
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  Speaker 2: the families will be you know, in town and all that,
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  Speaker 2: and they also have back to back to back. That
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  Speaker 2: would be three instances this season where there's back to
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  Speaker 2: back home games and they didn't have any last season.
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  Speaker 2: There's that daunting stretch from weeks fifteen to seventeen the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 2: Texans and forty nine Ers. But they're going to go
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  Speaker 2: to Santa Clara, which is where the forty nine Ers
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  Speaker 2: play off a ten day layoff, so it's sort of
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  Speaker 2: a mini bye week there.
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  Speaker 1: Minor but relevant.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles avoid traveling to Chicago in the winter, where
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  Speaker 2: those frigid temperatures can sometimes act as an equalizer.
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  Speaker 1: Instead, they're visiting in.
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  Speaker 2: September, still on Monday Night football in Chicago. Caleb Williams,
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  Speaker 2: Ben Johnson. That's a really tough spot for the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: I personally don't do w's andels, but that might be
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  Speaker 2: a spot where they drop an early season game. It's
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  Speaker 2: not ideal to have a bye to not have a
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  Speaker 2: bye week on the heels of a London trip. It's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of travel and you have to reacclimate. But
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  Speaker 2: there is another way to look at this, and the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles get their bye week in week ten. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to be fresh off a three game NFC East run,
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  Speaker 2: and those divisional ballots typically take its toll. They're grueling,
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  Speaker 2: they're physical, and given the way that the rosters are
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  Speaker 2: constructed for the Commanders, Cowboys and Giants, they are teams
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  Speaker 2: that you can see the vision. They have some structure
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  Speaker 2: in place. Looking at the New York Giants in particular,
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  Speaker 2: the Dallas Cowboys have Christian Parker in place, some young
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  Speaker 2: intriguing pieces on defense. They're all trending in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: So they're going to be a little bit more competitive.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe not next season particularly, but in the foreseeable future,
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  Speaker 2: it's not hard to see that. And at that point
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  Speaker 2: in the season, presumably they're going to be in the
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  Speaker 2: mix a little bit, so it could be a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more highly competitive, and you're not likely to see
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  Speaker 2: as much injuries as you would later later in the season.
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  Speaker 2: Looking at Jayden Daniels the way that he plays, Jackson
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  Speaker 2: Dart the way that he plays that that play style
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  Speaker 2: lends itself to to injuries. But they're catching those teams
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  Speaker 2: earlier where remember last season, they caught the Commanders way
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  Speaker 2: late in the season and it really wasn't much of
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  Speaker 2: a much of a battle, though the Eagles had the
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  Speaker 2: scratch and claw in that Commander's Game late in the year.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, they're gonna have the benefit of extra rest
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  Speaker 2: because they have the bye week after the NFC run,
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  Speaker 2: and then they're gonna get ready for a uber physical
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  Speaker 2: matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers always play a
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  Speaker 2: very gritty brand of football. The Eagles do as well,
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  Speaker 2: but they're going to come off that that that rest,
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  Speaker 2: that that accompanies the bye week, and I think that
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  Speaker 2: bye week actually comes at a solid time for that team,
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  Speaker 2: especially the way the schedule sort of sort of fell
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  Speaker 2: into place, and at that stage of the season, even
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  Speaker 2: a minuscule advantage can make a considerable difference. What almost
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to is the joint practices with the New
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  Speaker 2: England Patriots in August. They played the Patriots August twenty second,
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  Speaker 2: and they'll be joint practices.
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  Speaker 1: That precede that. So I'm fascinated by that.
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  Speaker 3: All right, everybody, Just a quick break to remind you,
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  Speaker 3: if you haven't noticed, sun's coming out, it's getting warmer,
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  Speaker 3: especially where we are in the Northeast. That reminds you
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  Speaker 3: that summer's right around the corner and with late spring
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  Speaker 3: and summer come a ton of activities. I know for me,
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  Speaker 3: and I'm sure just like everybody else. You know, my
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  Speaker 3: kids play softball, I'm at tournaments every weekend, and then
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  Speaker 3: big five oh this year, along with many of my friends.
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  Speaker 3: birthday parties. And look, I know that at these parties,
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna have a few drinks. I'm gonna want to
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  Speaker 3: have fun with my friends. And now that I'm fifty,
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  Speaker 2: I think joint practices are the ultimate indicator. That's where
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  Speaker 2: you get the most quality, especially from a starter perspective.
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  Speaker 2: You don't see them really take any reps at all
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  Speaker 2: in the preseason, nor should they, but you get a
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  Speaker 2: lot of work in those joint practices. They're focused on,
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  Speaker 2: you know, certain instances down in distance and all that.
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  Speaker 2: So you like the competitiveness that's usually derived from that,
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  Speaker 2: and it's a controlled environment.
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  Speaker 1: And so that to me is what I am.
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  Speaker 2: Most interested in seeing as the off season and training
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  Speaker 2: camp and regular season. I mean, there's a wave of
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  Speaker 2: things coming up here for the photoph Eagles, and I
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  Speaker 2: think for me, anyone who knows me knows that training
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  Speaker 2: camp is my favorite point in an NFL season. Those
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  Speaker 2: joint practices are the highlight of my summer. Sad as
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  Speaker 2: it may sound to some of you out there, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that I kind of outlined as to why. So those
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  Speaker 2: are some of my notes, my immediate thoughts on the
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  Speaker 2: Eagle schedule.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like to spend a ton of time.
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  Speaker 2: Breaking, you know, looking at at all the scheduling intricacies
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  Speaker 2: and all that we knew who they were playing, and
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  Speaker 2: now we know where and when the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Are playing these respective teams.
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  Speaker 2: Every or every franchise has some positives and negatives, and
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  Speaker 2: they can have their quibbles with the schedule, but it
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  Speaker 2: is what it is. The better teams are going to
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  Speaker 2: find a way to prevail. Health is obviously a big
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  Speaker 2: indicator here, but as it stands right now the Eagles,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't change the way that I view this Eagles
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  Speaker 2: season going into it. I think the Eagles are among
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  Speaker 2: the NFL's elite. I'll have questions about how the offense
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  Speaker 2: is ultimately going to take shape. I imagine that it's
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  Speaker 2: going to take a couple of weeks for it to
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  Speaker 2: really fire on all cylinders. But that's what makes you know,
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  Speaker 2: chronicling the Philadelphia Eagles and keeping everybody up breast with
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  Speaker 2: with what all the ongoings with the team something that
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  Speaker 2: I very much enjoyed doing.
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  Speaker 1: So with that, that's going to do it.
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  Speaker 2: For this episode of the Czech O Daily in Drew
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  Speaker 2: to Checko, We'll catch you all on the next one.