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ITB on WBCB Radio: 2X Super Bowl champ P Sean Landeta Talks Eagles With Caplan and DiCecco · 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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weekly recap of your Eagles and news around the NFL.
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We now go live to Chicky's and Pete's for the
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Pro Football Report. Now Here are your hosts from inside
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the Birds, Adam Kaplan and Andrew did check O.
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Speaker 2: Hello and welcome everyone to another edition of the Pro
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Football Report, presented by BCWSA, right here on fourteen nine
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E WBCB and one O seven to three FM, and
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also seen live at wbcbsports dot com. As the announcer
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said that SANDERD. Checker to my right, and two time
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Super Bowl champion Sean Landetta, how are you, my friend?
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Good to see it?
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Speaker 3: I'm good, Adam Andrew. Great to be here with you, guys,
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and great to.
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Speaker 2: Be with you. Thank all the Eagles fans for coming out.
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Speaker 3: Got off to a great start last Thursday night, and
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you know, no time to snooze. You know we're gonna
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get a repeat of the Super Bowl this Sunday. And
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you know, I'm surprised. I don't know how the TV
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deal works, but the whole country would want to see
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this game, all right, I have an answer for you.
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Speaker 2: So I was on the NFL media call. And by
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the way, I want to let everyone know we're here
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at Chicken Pizza Parks Cassino and we appreciate of them
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having us out here. So what happened is and this
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call was right after the schedules made, so it was
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in May. So the league and the partners don't care
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which week it is. They want great matchups every week.
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I'm with you, I wanted this in week fifteen. As
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a matter of fact, I'm like, why did the Eagles
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play Andrews? It weeks fourteen and sixteen or fifteen seventy Washington?
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Speaker 4: I think fourteen and six Okay, it's ridiculous it is,
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But they don't care.
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Speaker 2: They just want great matchups. Now. Obviously, as they told me,
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and I've asked this every year Sean and these media
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deals with the schedule makers, how much do you prognosticate
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how good a team is? They said, absolutely, that's part
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of it. We're not always going to be right. They
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wanted the Jets on national TV a lot last year.
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They started to be taking off of it because that's
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went very good. But on your point, I agree with you.
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I'd rather see this game late. I really didn't want
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to see the Cowboys in Week one. I didn't have
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a great feeling about them. Okay, that game was interesting.
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That was while we'll get into that Sean tonight. But
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I do want to ask you something before we get
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started here. Had you ever been in a game that
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had been delayed like that?
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Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting I didn't. All those years I played,
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you would have thinked it happened one time and never did.
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And my first thought is, I don't know what the
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rule was then, but I would think it would have
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had to have been different because at some point, you know,
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I played in a number of games with rain and
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this and that, and you would think lightning had to
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be somewhere in the area. But I never had one postponed,
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well not postponed, but delayed. But this has happened a
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number of times in the last five or ten years,
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and in the seventies, eighties, nineties, it like never happened.
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So I don't know if they came up with a
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new rule in the name of safety that if lightnings
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within thirty or fifty miles, we stopped the game. But
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all those years I played, it never happened once.
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Speaker 2: Never once, Sean, that's hard to believe. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Wow, that's why I say, I wonder if they changed
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the rule on it, because there had to have been
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all those years, you know, a game where lightning wasn't
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far away, especially in all the rain games you know
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that I played in in the Northeast.
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Speaker 2: But interesting, so.
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Speaker 4: You could see how both offenses were impacted after that
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long delay. The defense has definitely benefited from that. Joe
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had fifteen minutes to get ramped up, and it seemed
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like there was a lack of intensity coming out of
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that break.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no question.
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Speaker 3: I mean, you're in a full ladder, you're playing, you're rolling,
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and you know, guys are, guys are in, you know,
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you're you're in such a routine and you're just told
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to stop cold. And I think they said in real minutes,
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it was about an hour from the time they finished
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until they actually started to play again. And to have
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to pick up where you left off is a very
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difficult thing. I mean quite often in baseball, you'll see
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if there's a delay, even if the pitcher's rolling, they
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won't send them back out there because now you know
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he's cooled off for an hour and they don't want
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to throw him again after he was worn and again
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if you can remember the Super Bowl down in New
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Orleans about fifteen years ago where the lights went out
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and that whole game changed drastically after that, you know
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what I mean, it became a close game. So there's
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no doubt that it affects the guys. Everybody's different, but
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we saw it in that game.
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Speaker 2: Sean. When I saw you at training camp in August,
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it was interesting because Ken dunnock for Eagles tight end.
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I believe you played with with the Stars, correct, but
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you were also with the Stars when Vic Fangio was there.
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He must have been in his mid twenties. Did you
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say anything divicted to see? Yeah?
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know Vic was you know, he was kind
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of what they call today a quality control guy. He
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did a little bit of everything, and you know, he
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worked his way up. I mean, this is you know
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with the USFL, this is forty five years, thirty five, no,
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forty five years nineteen eighty three, three years there, plus
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the forty in the NFL.
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Speaker 2: Whatever.
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Speaker 3: But you know, he's had an amazing career and I
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had a chance to visit with him, and you know,
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it's just amazing that he's still in the league, and
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and that Philadelphia Stars team was amazing.
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Speaker 2: We had four.
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Speaker 3: Guys who became NFL head coaches. Four we had three
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guys in the front office who became NFL GMS, our
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equipment guy, our trainer, our film guy. I think eleven
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guys from that team went on to play in the NFL.
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And this is all from one USFL team. We had
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a terrific group in the front office, coaching staff, and players.
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And I was so grateful to play here. And I
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was telling you before the show started. A big reason
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why I was so thrilled to get back here in
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ninety nine when Andy came from Green Bay where I was,
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because I played here three years. Even though it was
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the USFL. I loved it here. The fans were great,
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we won a lot, and so grateful to come back
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here and play in Philly.
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Speaker 2: All right, Speaking of the Eagles, and Andrew brought up
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off the air Braidon Man, this guy Andrew and I
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would go to training camp. I'm like, I've not seen
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anything like this in a long time. What are your
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thoughts in Braidon Man? So far?
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Speaker 3: I think he's exceptional, you know, I mean, the punters
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every era, it seems like they get better and better
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and their technique are really great. You know, he's outstanding
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in college. I used to follow him because he was
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having games that, you know, your best stay in practice
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might not be as good as he was in the game.
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And he's just a guy where it all comes together,
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you know, his synchronization, his legs speed, his legs strength,
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you know, just outstanding. I remember that when the Jets
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drafted him, I thought he'd be there for a while,
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but you know, he was with the Jets, he went
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somewhere else. They kind of made a mistake in Pittsburgh.
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He kind of beat out the punter who was in
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Pittsburgh who had drafted, but.
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Speaker 2: They didn't keep him.
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Speaker 3: And that was good for the Eagles because he ends
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up being here and if he's healthy, he'll be here
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for a long time because I think he's terrific.
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Speaker 4: Now, having watched him as long as you have, Sean,
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have you noticed a difference in his approach at all?
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Speaker 3: Not really, you know, I mean, he seems to be
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doing everything the same that he was. But every year
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you do this, you get better because every year with
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practicing games might be another ten thousand punts you've hit
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and It's very similar to some who throws darts or bowls.
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You know, you do the same thing over and over.
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You get to a point where that muscle memory just
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gets ingrained, you know, and you just become consistent. And
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that's why so many punters play so long, because when
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you're thirty or thirty five, you're so much better than
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you were twenty five because you've done it so much longer.
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And it's the same thing over and over. Different from
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another position where you don't have to keep up your
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speed or your strength or somebody else may do that better.
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But Brayden is a terrific punter.
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Speaker 2: I mean, he is a I've always felt that a
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punter or a kicker, particularly a punter, because a field
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position is a field position game is a weapon. And Andrew,
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what I saw in training camp. I usually don't study
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punters as much, but I was like, he was good
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for the Eagles. But what I saw on training camp
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and this first game also just he looked incredible. Were
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your thoughts on him? Well?
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Speaker 4: He was lights out this summer and Nick Sirianni actually
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gave him and Jake Elliott a shout out in the
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locker room for their efforts and keeping the ball away
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from Cavante Turpin, who obviously is a lethal return specialist
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for the Cowboys. But what I've noticed from him, Adam
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is just time on task, attention to detail. Michael Clay today,
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the EGO Special Teams coordinator, mentioned that he's one of
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the hardest workers he's ever been around. So I think
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that that really speaks volumes and illustrates why he is
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why you're seeing this development right now.
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Speaker 2: Sean, you were here in Philly twice. Actually a lot
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of people just think once, but twice. John Harboll coach.
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Speaker 1: You.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, the five years I played here, he was my
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special team's coach.
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Speaker 2: I could have a coach with him.
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Speaker 3: He was everything you'd ask him for a coach if
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you were me, I mean, you always felt he was
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in your corner. Anything you needed that you felt you
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needed to do to be the best you could be
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game day. I always felt I had, whether it was
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studying film, practice, time, reps during practice, anything I needed.
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And just a great communicator.
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Speaker 2: You know.
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Speaker 3: He You know, he's one of those guys. If you
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open the dictionary to the word professional football coach, his
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pictures there because he just knows how to communicate with everybody.
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He's very intelligent. You know, every great coach will tell
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you that their players, you know, were why they win.
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But we also know coaching is so important, and you
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know it's no accident that he's this is seventeen or
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eighteen years.
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Speaker 2: I mean, how many.
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Speaker 3: Coaches in the history of pro football I've ever been
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with one team eighteen years? Was impossible, and every one
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of them basically winning seasons. Just a great, great coach,
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and I'm so glad the five years I played here
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he was my guy.
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Speaker 2: Who is the best special teams coach you've ever played for? Jeez?
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Speaker 3: I mean he would be as good as you know
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when you say best. I had some great ones. There
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was a guy named Wayne Severe. I don't know if
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remember Wayne. He had that silver hair. He's with the
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Redskins in the eighties and nineties. You'd always see him
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on the sidelines. He was just brilliant, so cerebral. John
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was outstanding. Mike Sweatman was a special teams coach for
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years in the league, and my first one, My first
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one was great. He went on to be a coordinator
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and a three time head coach. A guy named Romeo Crenelle. Yeah,
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we all refer to Romeo as Rack because those are
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his initials, aid you know, and uh, you know, he
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actually lives in New York City. We still get together.
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I think he's a great guy. Yeah, I think maybe
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Carol ties him this year. But with Houston, I didn't
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know he was the oldest head coach in NFL history.
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I think he was seventy three or seventy four. He
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was only there one year, but but he was that.
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But to be a young player and have a coach
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like him, again, that was just in your corner and
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let you be as good as you can be. Always
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grateful to that because, uh, you know a lot of
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times that can affect your play.
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Speaker 4: Now, Sean, getting back to John Harball for one moment
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in your view, was there a moment that in that
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signaled to you that he would eventually go on to
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be a head coach.
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Speaker 3: There wasn't a moment, but there was no question just
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his leadership ability and the main reason I think more
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teams coaches should be coaches because no other coach on
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a team deals with more players on a daily basis.
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I mean every morning at eight am, we'd have our
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special teams meeting, and except for the starting quarterback or backup,
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everybody's in there, because even your star linebacker might be
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the second or third backup on field goal protection. So
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he watches every player every day. He knows all their
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skills and straints, and you know that's just great knowledge
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for a coach to have. You know, he's just not
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coaching the receivers or the linebackers. He's coaching everybody every day. Yeah,
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you know, you don't know that he's going to go
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on to do what he did, but I certainly felt
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he would be a head coach at some point.
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Speaker 2: When you're three time a two time All Pro actually
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it was seven.
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Speaker 3: Oh, there's three times first team All NFL, because that's different.
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You know, people don't realize first team All NFL that
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is so tough to get. There are guys in the
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Hall of Fame who were not first team All NFL once.
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Speaker 2: Wow.
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Speaker 3: Think about that statement. Wow, John John Elway was a
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great quarterback. You know many times he was all time
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first team All NFL zero. Yep, I think Harry Carson
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was in the NFL Hall of Fame.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, first teams zero.
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Speaker 3: I mean, because it's it's one of eleven you know,
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and as a court I think Tom Brady three, you know,
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because there's only one per position per year and that's really.
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Speaker 2: Hard to get.
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Speaker 3: But the all pro teams, you know, there's so many
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different ones, you know, AP and unfortunately through the years
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I was able to get some.
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Speaker 2: But the three time is the first team. So here's
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a question for you before we move on. And we
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went to talk about the Dallas game. Then we'll get
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to Kansas City later. When you have a game like this,
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when you have a game like week one, and you
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and I were talking off the air about Week one
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was interesting because there were a lot of interesting games.
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If you lose Week one, you do you simply walk? Hey,
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hey it's only week one. We got sixteen games. Ever
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back when you were playing fifteen more games, you had
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sixteen games. Or if it's really tight, is there a
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hangover it? Because what kind of rules did you have?
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You have the twenty four hour role? How do you
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get over a game?
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Speaker 3: Well, everybody handles it different, you know, I mean, things
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will stay with you because you know, the worst part
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is almost every game we talked about earlier, how so
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many games are a one score game? Right, so you
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lost if you lost that game. There was a pretty
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good chance it was just a couple of plays. Then
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the next day you go in and you watch the
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film and you'll see five or six things that the
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fans didn't see that you're saying to yourself, are you
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kidding me? That little thing? That little thing is really
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why we didn't win. But at that moment, you didn't
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make the play and they did. But you know, that's
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it's tough to get over. But you have to get
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over it because seven days later you got to line
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up and play again. And most of the guys are
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pretty good at it. And that's a big thing for
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the coaches too. You know, it's big for the coaches
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to look at a tape correct the mistakes. You know,
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not be happy about it, but you know what, that's gone.
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We got to get ready for next Sunday's game. And
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for the most part, I think the majority of guys
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do a great.
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Speaker 2: Job of that. I really do. All right, guys, hold
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those thoughts. When we come back after this break, we're
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Speaker 1: We now returned to Jiggs and Beats for the Pro
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Football Reports presented by bc ws A once again. Here
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Speaker 2: Did check O. All right, everyone, welcome back to the
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Pro Football Report presented by BCWSA right here on fourteen
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ninety WBCB one oh seven point three FM and also
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seen live at WBCB sports dot com. It's Adam Kaplan
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and Andrew u Cheko from Inside the Birds. And not
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only is shorn Landetta a great punter any two time
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Super Bowl champion, but he also won two championships with
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the Philadelphia Stars.
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Speaker 3: No, absolutely, we had such a great team. We talked
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about it before. Yeah, you think of all those great
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players we had on one USFL team, we should have.
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Speaker 2: Won three ERVII eatman, we lost ourself. We lost the
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other one by a point. I think.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, we just had a terrific group of guys. And
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you know, I was so lucky to play on that
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team here with that front office, coaches and players, and
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in this city because they supported us so well. You know,
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the first year we had about twenty thousand. Second year
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we had like in the thirties. Then unfortunately, there was
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a problem with the lease with the stadium. So we
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did something that was kind of crazy. We lived and
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practiced in Philadelphia and basically we traveled four hours each
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way to our home games as the Baltimore Stars playing
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ten miles from Washington, DC. Wow, I mean think about that.
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Would never be lived here and practiced here, you know,
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and drove four hours each way to our home games.
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Our opponents would fly home quicker than we drove home
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from our home games. I've never heard of the thing, like, yeah, yeah,
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I mean it's such a shame because the first two
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years we had such a following year and did so well,
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but there was a problem with the lease at the
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VET and you know that that just didn't work after that.
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Speaker 2: All guys, So let's before we get into our our
20:00
injury review brought to you by the attorneys of Begley,
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Carlin and Mandio. Guys, I want to talk about the
20:07
Eagles game last week against Dallas. Again, we talked about
20:09
the delay, which was wild, but look, they won the game,
20:12
right Andrew, They won the game, but there's some issues
20:15
I think with with football team, particularly on defense.
20:17
Speaker 4: What are your thoughts, Yeah, particularly in terms of edge depth.
20:21
That was something that we looked at you and I
20:22
talked to ad Nausea about this.
20:24
Speaker 2: Adam.
20:24
Speaker 4: Throughout the summer, you have two younger players who they're
20:27
banking on, but then behind that they weren't getting a
20:29
lot out of Azizo Julari. This summer, josh Usha had
20:32
flashes and you know, offered signs of encouragement. But obviously
20:37
they sign Zadarius Smith for a reason. But I think
20:40
in the back end as well, Drew mccooba started pic
20:44
Vanjo today said that he had a couple of major
20:46
coverage bus which is what he said, and cornerback two
20:50
adri Jackson gets the nod and struggle, especially in that
20:54
first half. So defensively, it seemed like they were ruining
20:56
a little bit. And that's something that I think the
20:59
more that they play, the more that they'll start to
21:01
settle in and establish that chemistry.
21:04
Speaker 3: Well interesting, you know, anytime I watch a game, you
21:07
know it's gonna be tight because these are all professionals
21:10
out here, and you know a lot of times each
21:12
team might have a little better strength at a certain
21:14
position than another. And when I looked at the game,
21:17
I'm like, you know, the Cowboys have a good quarterback,
21:21
they have a pretty good tight end, and they have
21:22
a couple tremendous receivers. And with all the guys the
21:27
Eagles lost on defense and especially in the defensive backfield.
21:31
You know, I really said to myself, if I'm Dallas,
21:34
I am gonna throw to these two wide receivers as
21:37
much as I can and make these you know, younger
21:41
defensive backs from Philly prove they can cover them. I mean,
21:44
hindsight's twenty twenty. I don't know if ever in the
21:47
NFL in history has an All Star NFL receiver dropped
21:52
four passes in one game. He's probably never done it
21:55
before or never will do it again. But I mean
21:58
those receivers will getting open. They were down there, and
22:02
I think they were the main reasons that kept the
22:04
Cowboys in the game. You know, they played very well,
22:06
and you know, we forget before Prescott got hurt. This
22:10
team won twelve games three years in a row, and
22:13
because last year was a bad year, because they didn't
22:15
have their people, a lot of people like, wow, they
22:17
played better when we thought, well, you forget before last year.
22:21
That's the kind of team they were. They played every week.
22:23
You know, you don't win twelve games three years in
22:25
a row if you're just okay. But the Eagles kind
22:28
of survived that. It's crazy to think none of us
22:30
would have thought that before the game. But we'll never know.
22:32
But if he makes a couple of those catches, that
22:34
may be an overtime game.
22:35
Speaker 2: And you know, it was tough. It was tough, so Andrew,
22:39
when you look at let's we'll get to the injuries
22:42
in a second, you look at that game and you feel, Okay,
22:44
they survived. What were your thoughts of the team coming
22:47
in the season. What do you how do you project
22:49
Eagles this season?
22:50
Speaker 4: I had them at about eleven wins and one thing
22:53
that really struck me is that from players won through
22:57
whatever seventy throughout training camp, whoever you spoke to, no
23:00
one was sort of living in the past. They were
23:02
focused on the here and now, on the season ahead,
23:05
and they came in focused. But obviously things start to
23:09
change six seconds into the game when you lose your
23:11
fullback Ben van Sumern for the season, and then of
23:15
course the Jay when Carter you know, incident there and
23:18
that's where.
23:19
Speaker 10: But I don't view that as a lack of focus.
23:21
Speaker 4: I believe that they were locked in going into it,
23:23
but things started could have snowballed from there.
23:26
Speaker 2: Do you believe in the hangover from winning a Super Bowl?
23:29
Speaker 3: Well, you know, it's interesting that they use that term,
23:32
and I would say that it is true. Just based
23:36
on history. There are so many teams the year after
23:40
a Super Bowl don't play as well as they did.
23:43
I think there's a reason for that. You know, of
23:45
the thirty two teams, maybe twenty two were finished around
23:49
New Year's The Super Bowl team is playing through the
23:52
first second week of February. That's another six weeks. Not
23:56
only are they playing, they're playing tough games. You know,
23:59
after they played eighteen twenty weeks with training camp. That's
24:03
an exhausting year, and especially if you're a team that's
24:06
done it two to three times in a row where
24:07
you've gotten to the playoffs and in the super Bowl.
24:09
But you know, the two super Bowl teams I was on,
24:13
you know, we felt great going in the next year,
24:15
and this was before free agency, so we kind of
24:17
stayed together. We had losing seasons both times, and I
24:22
think part of the reason is it's just human nape nature,
24:27
even subconsciously. When you're playing at defending super Bowl champs,
24:31
you get ready for every game because every way is important,
24:34
but maybe you just turn it up another notch. You know,
24:37
it's not like, well, I'm not gonna play hard this week.
24:39
You play hard every week, but when you're playing in
24:41
defending super Bowl champs, you might not even realize it,
24:44
but you just might play a little bit better. And plus,
24:48
look at all those players. They lost most of the times.
24:53
I mean, you're talking half your starters on a Super
24:56
Bowl and that happens to every Super Bowl. The reason
25:00
you want is because your guys played great and you
25:02
can't keep them all because of the cap.
25:04
Speaker 2: Could you tell that in training camp? Oh boy? You know,
25:07
I don't know, are we that good? Like, could you
25:09
tell them training cap I couldn't.
25:11
Speaker 3: I couldn't because all the regulars, the guys that were
25:13
there before, you're watching them playing to you, they looked
25:16
the same as they did last year. And you know, again,
25:19
you know it's it's the players you lose, the new
25:22
guys replacing them. You know they're going to replace them
25:25
at the same level. You don't know that until the
25:26
season starts, and then that other thing that you know
25:29
it's subconscious. You know you're gonna play your best every game,
25:32
but when you play the defending champs, you might just
25:35
play a little harder, even if you don't realize it,
25:37
you know.
25:38
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It was six three, six eight nine. So, first of all, Andrew, yes,
25:56
this is entry segment, but it's also a transactional segment
25:58
because again Howie Roseman churning the roster. So Will Shipley
26:04
has this rib injury it's clearly a concern, so they
26:07
make the trade for Tank Bigsby. I'll he turned the
26:10
practice squad, So let's go over to the transactions. Then
26:12
we'll get into the injuries. But we just talked about
26:14
will Shipley's ribageery. Go ahead, Andrew, what do you think
26:15
of these transactions today?
26:17
Speaker 10: Yeah?
26:17
Speaker 4: Well today they wave Gabe Hall, the Eagles defensive lineman
26:22
second year, had a really good training camp. I thought
26:24
that he had a lot of juice day in and
26:26
day out, six foot six and planning position on the
26:28
defensive line. They made room for running back Tank Bigsby,
26:32
who I thought was a really interesting addition because I
26:34
liked him coming out of Auburn. Had seven hundred and
26:37
sixty six rushing yards last season for the Jags and
26:40
had five carries on Sunday, So it didn't seem like
26:43
he was much of a factor into their immediate plans.
26:45
They had a running back who they drafted in the
26:47
fourth round.
26:48
Speaker 10: He ends up in.
26:49
Speaker 4: Philadelphia, has really good contact balance, he has a compact build.
26:54
The Eagles are going to give him a long look
26:55
as a kick returner, but you don't give up that
26:57
kind of compensation purely for kick returner, so they obviously
27:01
like that for you know, he has still has two
27:04
years left on his rookie contract, and you can look
27:07
at the running back backfield for next season Saquon Barkley,
27:09
Will Shipley, and Tank Bigsby. I think he's going to
27:12
have a fact that he's going to be a factor
27:14
here in the next couple of weeks once he gets
27:15
fully on board in the offense.
27:17
Speaker 2: Or the other injury and this is been you know,
27:18
it's a significant situation and we'll see if he's able
27:21
to play. But Landon Dickerson again with the back. First
27:24
of all, Sean as a as an athlete, you punted
27:30
bad back. How do you play with a bad back?
27:32
Speaker 3: You know, it's almost impossible. I missed a lot of
27:35
the nineteen eighty eight season with L four and L
27:38
five Hernias. Oh and ninety percent of people have had
27:41
bad back problems, and we all know how excruciating and
27:44
debilitating him be. And you know a lot of times
27:47
you're going to take an injection to play to kill
27:49
the pain. But you know, you can only do what
27:52
you can do. And again, you think of a guy
27:54
three hundred and thirty pounds, you know that's got to be,
27:57
you know, bench pressing another person and everything. You can
28:00
only do so much and so many times it's just
28:03
there's not enough time for it to heal.
28:05
Speaker 2: You know.
28:06
Speaker 3: Obviously there's six seven days before each game. Some of
28:09
these things probably take six seven weeks, but you don't
28:11
have that, you know, so you constantly have to just
28:14
get it better and then play. And you know, I
28:17
just hope it's not significant, but it could be, because
28:20
you know, a bad back is just impossible, well just
28:23
totally incapacitate you.
28:25
Speaker 4: Yeah, so it was like labor day. We're out there
28:26
on the practice field. We don't see Landon Dickerson shows
28:29
up on the injury report. It wasn't the knee, it
28:31
was the back. And then a few days later, to
28:33
your point, he was battling through it and clearly he
28:36
was laboring throughout the game.
28:38
Speaker 2: Yeah.
28:38
Speaker 3: I mean, again, everybody's had a bad back, and you know,
28:42
it's an awful thing. And then when you think about
28:44
what an offensive lineman has to do, you know, to
28:46
deal with that, it's extremely difficult. Any position, you know,
28:49
it's hard to play if you have that injury.
28:52
Speaker 2: Hunting, so, what were your typical injuries? Calf knee echo.
28:56
What were your typical injuries?
28:57
Speaker 3: You know, most guys will have injuries with pull and strains.
29:01
Every single punter has a bad back problem because your
29:04
left foot is planted on the ground or your right
29:07
foot whatever as you swing up through, so the pull
29:11
the tension on your lower back is tremendous. Now, obviously
29:15
you stretch and you build those muscles through thousands of kicks,
29:18
but every single punter's had a bad back, And most
29:23
punters down the road will get a hip replacement on
29:27
their plant leg because they put all their weight on
29:31
that leg. They stick it real hard in the ground
29:34
and then you stay there as you swing through.
29:37
Speaker 2: You know.
29:37
Speaker 3: So if you think of the tens of thousands of
29:39
times that you plant real hard into the ground, you know,
29:43
and your hips absorbing that, you know, those are mostly
29:47
the common injuries you know for punters.
29:49
Speaker 2: That punters, what they go through, it's interesting watching them.
29:54
I go to camp to camp to camp. I'm thinking
29:57
all the camp shown that I've been to. Shane Leckler,
30:00
it's probably one of the best punters ever saw. Formally amazing.
30:02
It's amazing the Raiders and going to Raiders camp and
30:05
napo's something and our body experienced because it never rained
30:08
for fifteen years. I went there, never rained one day,
30:10
Andrew never rained one day. NAPA. When I went out,
30:13
they're in the back to the NAPA, Mariott Schean. Yeah,
30:16
you know, it's unbelievable.
30:17
Speaker 3: Back in the day, we try to tell these guys,
30:18
we used to stay in these little, you know, dorms,
30:22
you know, cinder block room dorms, you know, with the
30:25
one single bed that was like barely six feet long.
30:28
Speaker 2: And today they go back, you know, to a.
30:30
Speaker 3: Beautiful room, king sized bed, air conditioning, color TV. And
30:34
good for them, everything's gotten better. But you know, back
30:37
in the day, it wasn't quite as easy.
30:39
Speaker 2: All right. So after this quick break, we're gonna talk Eagles.
30:42
Chiefs will preview it. They got some injury concerns Andrew
30:46
in fact that they they and they had a tough
30:48
loss against the Chargers. The Chiefs guys have owned the
30:51
Chargers since any Reid got there, but not this time.
30:53
The Chargers got them. So we'll talk a little bit
30:55
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let's turn the page. Right. In the NFL, they always
35:37
got to turn the page for the next week. He
35:39
goles to play at the Chiefs on Sunday and this,
35:43
you know, people, we were saying earlier, we would have
35:45
loved this game to be later in the season, but
35:47
it is. What is It's week two. It's not even
35:49
into a Sunday night game. Does that surprise you?
35:51
Speaker 10: Yes, it loses it's luster a little bit.
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Speaker 4: Sunday four, twenty five, Week two, a rematch of Super
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Bowl fifty nine. Yeah, that was one that was a
35:59
little bit of a head scratcher when the schedule came out.
36:01
Speaker 2: So with the injuries here, we do want to add
36:04
this guys, xavier' worthy, who's their best D threat. He's
36:07
got a bad shoulder. Andy Reid now is kind of
36:10
there have been some reports out there. He didn't say
36:12
they were wrong, but they think he's day to day. Sean,
36:14
what is day to day mean to you?
36:15
Speaker 3: Well, it's what it means. I mean, it's literally day
36:18
to day. It's amazing how well you can get every
36:23
twenty four hours. You know, I don't know how many
36:26
players and especially me where on Wednesday, I'm like, there's
36:31
no way I can kick Sunday because of the helmet
36:34
I took to the knee or something, and everything's different colors.
36:38
Speaker 2: But these trainers are so good that by Thursday, you
36:41
know what, I'm a lot better.
36:43
Speaker 3: I still can't kick. Friday, I'm a lot better. I
36:47
can kick a little. Saturday You're like, Wow, it's just
36:50
amazing how much better you can get in those four days.
36:53
And again, these trainers are terrific. You know, it's from
36:56
six in the morning till nine at night every day,
36:59
and you just he's got to wait and see how
37:00
guy plays. And so many times it's determined nine thirty
37:04
in the morning, they go out on the field and
37:05
they'll run a guy and they might not know till
37:07
right then if he's active or not.
37:08
Speaker 2: All right. Since you brought up trainers, did you work
37:11
with the Giants when they're with the legendary Ronnie Barnes,
37:14
You know I did.
37:15
Speaker 3: Ronnie was my guy there for most of the ten
37:17
years that I played there, and he's still there. He's unbelievable.
37:21
Ronnie was a great trainer. He always felt again, you know,
37:24
he was in my corner or anything. I needed, and
37:27
he really helped me in my career and I'm always
37:29
appreciative for that. The Eagles had of an excellent trainer
37:31
too when I was here, Rick Burkeholder.
37:33
Speaker 2: You know, Andy took him with him to Kansas City.
37:37
Speaker 3: But the trainers through the years, you know, I've always
37:40
said three of the most important people in every player's
37:43
career that most don't even realize is the trainer, your
37:48
strength coach, and the equipment man. Those three guys, you know,
37:53
and what they can do to help you do your
37:55
skill can mean so much, and a lot of times
37:58
guys don't realize it. But I had great ones all
38:02
from my career and there's no doubt in their ways
38:05
they helped.
38:05
Speaker 2: Me to be the best I could be. Sean, let
38:08
me ask a question off of that, what did you
38:11
do to get yourself right physically for a game? A
38:14
lot of stretching core, actually, what would you do to
38:17
get ready? Yeah?
38:18
Speaker 3: You would, I mean, you know, the whole thing. It's
38:20
like the tool you do your job with. It's not
38:23
only your body, but basically your legs, you know, so
38:25
obviously you don't want to.
38:27
Speaker 2: Have any soreness.
38:28
Speaker 3: So a lot of cold, tub hot tubs, stretching, you know,
38:32
get you know, massage on your thighs, on your calves, because.
38:35
Speaker 2: You want to be loose.
38:36
Speaker 3: You want to kick a lot of balls, but not
38:38
too many balls because you know, Sunday afternoon you want
38:40
to feel so fresh. And it's interesting all the things
38:43
that you do just for those four or five six
38:46
punts you're going to have. Sometimes it's only two or three,
38:49
but you know, everyone's expected to be good, but you know,
38:52
you find a routine and everybody's different. I always felt
38:55
I wanted to kick a lot of footballs. You know,
38:58
other guys didn't kick as much, but you did what
39:00
worked for you. But the whole idea is Sunday when
39:03
you go out there for your legs to feel fresh,
39:06
because you started back in March and April to get
39:08
ready for minicamp, then training him, then the season and
39:11
in November and December, you can't be sore, and some
39:14
guys get sore.
39:15
Speaker 2: But I was just very fortunate that that didn't happen.
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39:36
Speaker 5: Right?
39:37
Speaker 2: Yep? And they they? If I'm not mistaken. Did they
39:40
win on like a Monday night or Sunday night like
39:42
three day? Did?
39:42
Speaker 10: It was a sloppy game?
39:43
Speaker 4: I remember Marquez Valdez Gantling dropped the pass at the end.
39:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so they've won there. They just beat them.
39:49
But could you see first of all it and we'll
39:51
get Sean's thoughts. I went from thinking there's no way
39:54
they're going to to to oh and two. But I'm thinking,
39:58
I don't think this Chiefs game as good as Chiefs
40:00
team as good as I thought your thoughts.
40:02
Speaker 4: It's not especially offensively and you can make a case
40:05
for going into this game one one that they're gonna
40:07
really want this game.
40:08
Speaker 10: They're going to be juiced for it. But so will
40:10
the Philadelphia Eagles.
40:11
Speaker 4: They know that that wasn't their best effort Thursday night
40:13
in the opener, But I think for me, the key
40:15
is too and they're going to benefit greatly from potentially
40:19
obviously the return of Jalen Carter providing pressure against Patrick Mahomes,
40:24
but also not making the same mistake that the Dallas
40:26
Cowboys made, and that was getting too wide in their
40:29
rush lanes and things like that. You have to be
40:30
able to contain them because he'll make you pay for it.
40:34
And then establishing the running game with Saquon Barkley. I
40:36
didn't think that they were as efficient running the football
40:39
in the opener as they've proven to be with that
40:41
offensive line.
40:42
Speaker 3: Sean, you know interesting that the Chiefs. I agree they're
40:46
not the team they were. I still think they're very good.
40:49
I still think there'll be a playoff team. You know
40:50
that AFC is so deep. You know, only one team
40:54
can go from each conference. So if you think about it,
40:56
in the AFC, there's a couple of terrific teams and
41:00
will not get to the super Bowl because only one
41:02
can go. And we saw a couple of the other
41:04
night who were amazing. But uh, you know, it's going
41:06
to be interesting. I mentioned to you before that I
41:08
thought Dallas could have success, which they did with their
41:12
two great receivers and good quarterback against the defensive backs
41:15
of the Eagles. It's almost a little different now. I mean,
41:18
Mahomes is still Mahomes. He's terrific, But will his receivers.
41:22
Will he watched the film? Will he say we can
41:25
make Ky the way Dallas did, you know, throwing the ball,
41:28
because he's still a great quarterback, But obviously I don't
41:31
know if he has everything around him that he did.
41:34
And we talked before about San Diego was clearly the
41:36
better team the other night. So interesting to see if
41:39
they try to attack the Eagles defensively the way Dallas did.
41:42
Speaker 2: All right, let me take what you just said and
41:44
take it a step further. So I go back to
41:45
the super Bowl. Okay, they spacks, you spending able to
41:48
put in a new front to stop Barkley. He did.
41:51
Speaker 10: What do they do?
41:51
Speaker 2: They won vertical? They should have gone vertical. Andrew against
41:55
the Cowboys one shot and by the way they nailed it.
41:58
They nailed it. Okay, that was a great throw by her.
42:00
It's great protection and a great catch by Johann Dottin.
42:03
So to me, Andrew, they've got it. They got to
42:05
throw the ball deep go after well, they have to
42:06
open things up at him.
42:08
Speaker 4: You hear the word evolve dating back to the spring,
42:10
and when you hear that, it's it really suggests that
42:14
the passing game is what needs to evolve, and frankly
42:16
it does. Because you can't lean on Saquon Barkley game
42:19
in and game out, teams are going to look to
42:21
try to sell out.
42:22
Speaker 10: You saw what Dallas did crowding the box.
42:25
Speaker 4: The Eagles need to take advantage of their downfield weapons
42:27
with aj Brown, DeVante Smith, and you saw Johann Dotson
42:30
with the fifty one yard reception that you were talking about.
42:33
Speaker 2: Sean, I got to ask you this question because you're
42:34
wearing an Eagles hat. Nice hat by New Era. Thanks.
42:37
I've been with a bunch of teams, though, Okay, who
42:39
do you root for? Do you root for anyone?
42:40
Speaker 3: You know a lot of people ask me that, And
42:42
I really loved all the teams I played for. I
42:44
had great experiences there, you know. Obviously the most years
42:48
I played was with the Giants. Was lucky to win
42:50
twice there, so certainly I'd like them to do well.
42:52
They treated me well.
42:53
Speaker 2: The years I was here.
42:56
Speaker 3: Might have been my favorite in the sense that it
42:58
was at the end of my career, and I really
43:00
appreciated we got it turned around, and you know, I
43:04
live here now. I split my time between here and
43:06
New York. But you know, I root for the teams
43:09
that I played for. But more than that, I tell people,
43:12
when you're a player, it's interesting you root for people
43:15
because so many guys I played with. I have former
43:17
teammates that are head coaches, gms, and you know, if
43:20
we're all teammates on the Phillies of Phillies on the Eagles,
43:24
you know, and you go to the Vikings, well, you're
43:26
my friend. I want the Vikings to do good, right,
43:28
you know, and you're down with New Orleans, I want
43:32
you to do good, you know, because every Sunday I'll
43:34
watch a game and I'll see former teammates this that,
43:36
and they all can't win, you know, but I want
43:39
them to do.
43:40
Speaker 2: Good because they're my teammates and my friends. So it's
43:42
very interesting.
43:43
Speaker 3: As a player, you kind of root more for people
43:46
because they moved around the league. But you know, for
43:49
the most part, most of my years, you know, twenty
43:52
of my years with the Giants, Rams, and Eagles. I
43:55
wish the Giants and Eagles weren't in the same division.
43:58
If it was the Jets and Eagles, that'd be a
43:59
lot easier for me because twice a year.
44:01
Speaker 2: I'm in a little situation.
44:02
Speaker 3: I don't want anyone to lose, but that can't happen,
44:05
so I root for everyone.
44:06
Speaker 2: All right, good thoughts, Sean, I appreciate that. Yeah, it
44:10
for Andrew and I who are reporters. You know what,
44:12
I don't know about you, Andrew. I can't root for anyone.
44:14
But although it's good for inside the birds by the way,
44:17
if Eagles win, I'm just telling you not that we root,
44:20
but I root for people as Sean does, because I
44:23
have a lot of friends of our coaches and I
44:25
have to be impartial, but I'm secretly pulling for them
44:27
to win. And it's weird because you know, you get
44:30
to know these people's human beings and you're trying to
44:32
get information from them. It's like, we can't root for them.
44:35
How do you deal with as a reporter? How do
44:36
you deal with it?
44:37
Speaker 4: Well, you have to strike a delicate balance. But look,
44:41
being a reporter, it may desensitize you, but it does
44:43
not dehumanize you. And you're able to really build relationships
44:47
and get to know players and coaches and things like that.
44:50
So you always take that into consideration. I mean, you're
44:53
human and you're lying if you say you're not, because
44:56
of course that's just the reality of it.
44:58
Speaker 2: Oh, guys, hold those thoughts. When we come back, we're
45:01
gonna talk with Sean about more about his career. We're
45:03
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Speaker 2: All right, everyone, welcome back to Pro Football Report presented
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49:03
two times Super Bowl Champion and also two time the
49:06
Real USFL as a former season ticket holder. I was
49:11
in nine tenth grade, ninth or tenth grade at Cheltham High, Okay.
49:15
I went to Penn Charter before that, and Sean, I
49:19
have to tell you Doghouse, d Sam Mills. Okay, I
49:24
used to be able to talk probably Chuck Fusina, Kelvin Bryant,
49:30
the receivers, Scott, Scott Fitsky. I know I played golf
49:33
with Scott Fitzkey, who could run by the way he
49:35
could Chuck Kminski very good.
49:40
Speaker 3: I mean, we're talking about forty two years ago and
49:42
you're knocking these right off.
49:43
Speaker 2: That's pretty impressive. People. The reason why I'm bringing this up, Shawn,
49:47
is people do not realize. I know that I when
49:49
I would talk to Terry Bradway, who you obviously know,
49:52
who was a former GM of the Jets, and I
49:54
run into Terry every couple of years and he would
49:58
recite he goes, do you realize how many nfl airs
50:00
we had? Who? Kevin Bryant a Super Bowl winner? I
50:03
believe with Washington yourself obviously if you've seen it, never
50:08
made it? Did he? He went back to Green Bay?
50:10
Speaker 3: You know, we had I think we had six or
50:13
seven guys after the USFL who all played.
50:17
Speaker 2: Ten or more years and were All Stars.
50:19
Speaker 3: Now that doesn't count another five or six that played two, three,
50:23
four years in the league. So I don't know this,
50:26
but I think if we'd have moved into the NFL,
50:29
I think we could have been like a six and
50:31
ten team.
50:31
Speaker 2: That's my point where we would have won some games, you.
50:34
Speaker 3: Know, not as good, but we had a terrific group
50:37
of guys.
50:38
Speaker 2: Really did all right. So the Eagles play at Kansas City.
50:40
I gotta ask you Arrowhead Loud Stadium, give us some
50:46
memories of punning our head.
50:47
Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting there were two places. You know, nowadays,
50:51
everywhere you go, everybody wears their colors, and I think
50:55
it's wonderful, But back in the eighties and nineties, it
50:57
seemed like there were two places that were doing that
51:00
before anywhere else. It was Green Bay and Kansas City.
51:04
And as a visitor, it's almost like when you go out,
51:07
you would notice it, because back then a lot of
51:09
people just were at a jean jacket or whatever. But
51:12
you would notice it and you almost would look around
51:15
and say, wow, this is just cool. Look at everybody
51:18
in their colors. It was like a college atmosphere, and
51:21
you kind of enjoyed being there. It almost it almost
51:25
took away the edge of these our opponents and there
51:27
against us. It was like, wow, look at them all here.
51:30
It was really interesting that those two were the two places.
51:33
But Arrowhead, Yeah, it's a very loud crowd there, and
51:37
you know, they've had a great history for a lot
51:39
of years.
51:39
Speaker 4: And you had an electric returner that you were kicking
51:42
to Dante Hall around that time.
51:43
Speaker 3: He was something, you know, I got lucky one time.
51:46
You know, I remember we were playing them, and you know,
51:49
I hit a pretty good ball and he got through
51:52
the first wave and as he was getting through the second,
51:55
you know, one of our players came over and hit
51:57
him on through the side and he had about a
51:59
twelve fourts in your return. But I was like, I'm
52:01
glad that guy got him, because if he didn't get him,
52:04
I wasn't gonna get him.
52:05
Speaker 10: So that that leads me to my next question.
52:07
Speaker 4: Obviously, the Eagles did a lot of planning for Cavante
52:09
Turpin and had to strategize. So for you during your
52:12
Eagles tenure, was there.
52:14
Speaker 10: Who was that guy?
52:15
Speaker 2: For you?
52:15
Speaker 4: Who did you really have to have to do a
52:18
lot of planning and strategizing you to try and combat You.
52:22
Speaker 3: Know, I always felt and we always felt, which is true,
52:25
any guy you put back there can run it back
52:28
for a touchdown because it's the NFL. Certainly some are
52:30
better than others, but any guy you put back there
52:33
if you don't cover and tackle and stay in your lanes.
52:36
But you know, obviously Brian Mitchell, who was a teammate
52:39
of mine three years year, you know, all those years
52:41
in Washington, was one of the best ever. Dion Sanders
52:45
was an exceptional. He had great vision.
52:47
Speaker 2: You know. I remember we played a.
52:48
Speaker 3: Game in Dallas because you know, Dion would kind of
52:52
walk up to forty or thirty five yards, you know,
52:55
and he kind of you know, he's always playing, you
52:57
know which way you're gonna punt it, And I hit
53:00
one over his head that you know, I say, I
53:03
can't believe he got it, but I can because he
53:05
was a major league center fielder.
53:07
Speaker 2: You know, he went this way and went back by.
53:09
I turned around.
53:09
Speaker 3: Quilt Rover said, if he didn't catch it, and if
53:11
it hit and rolled, I might have got a ninety
53:13
yard punt. It was probably around a sixty yard punt.
53:16
But he just went back brought it in with ease.
53:18
He did a little of this and we got him.
53:20
But you know, he was so dangerous just because of
53:23
his skill, but just about anybody in the league and
53:25
hurt you if you put him back there.
53:27
Speaker 2: So you grew up in Baltimore, of course you played here.
53:30
What were your first thoughts when you signed in Philly
53:33
and ninety nine? What do you think the fan base? Well?
53:35
Speaker 3: I had known about it very well because basically the
53:38
Stars fans to me were like the eaglesh fans, where
53:40
they loved their team, and you know, they were so happy.
53:43
I mean, you know when we won that championship, we
53:46
had a parade down Broad Street. There was two hundred
53:49
and fifty thousand people really for us. Yeah, you go
53:52
back in the archives and look that up in the
53:53
Philadelphia Inquiry. It was unbelievable, the parade we had, the
53:57
way they showed up. So, you know, when Andy got
53:59
the job, he and he gave me the opportunity to
54:01
try out. I was just so thrilled to get back
54:03
because I know how much they care about it. Obviously,
54:05
growing up one hundred miles south of here and living
54:08
one hundred miles north that didn't hurt either. But you know,
54:12
just so glad I got back here, you know, to
54:15
get those five seasons in and now you know it's
54:18
where I reside.
54:19
Speaker 4: Winters in the Northeast can be absolutely brutal. How did
54:23
you go about sort of atoning for that and accounting
54:27
for that?
54:27
Speaker 3: Well, I was just lucky to get to practice in
54:29
it all the time. And what would happen is is
54:32
you'd have to hit you know what we would call
54:34
punts that work. A lot of times they're not the
54:37
beautiful high spiral. Earlier in the year. You can hit
54:39
those beautiful spirals, but when you know it gets windy
54:43
or cold, you know, it's all about how many yards
54:46
you can get in. You know, you knew sometimes that
54:49
I know when I hit this punt, the way I'm
54:51
going to hit it to maximize the yard is because
54:53
of the situation. I know the guy on TV is
54:56
going to say, oh, that was a poorly hit punt
54:58
by Landetta, or I know the whole I was going
55:00
to go, oh, but you know what, in this situation,
55:03
I hit it low, it rolls a little. If I
55:05
can get thirty eight with no return, and that situation
55:08
was a terrific punt because it could have been eighteen,
55:11
you know, based on the situation.
55:12
Speaker 2: So you you punted for the situation.
55:14
Speaker 3: And a lot of times guys would come in here
55:16
and try and hit that beautiful spiral and it would
55:18
just get knocked down. And you know, again you would
55:21
punt to the situation, to the weather, and certainly late
55:25
in the year that's a factor, especially in our position.
55:27
Speaker 2: Sean, did you have a favorite punt of growing up?
55:29
Like mine? Was Ray Guy? Did you ever got anyone?
55:31
Did you find? No? I didn't.
55:33
Speaker 3: It was interesting, you know. I grew up in Baltimore
55:35
with the old Baltimore Colts. You know, we love them
55:37
the way the Eagles loved you know, loved the Eagles,
55:40
the fans in Philly. But yeah, I just used to
55:43
follow all of them. And I was aware of Ray
55:44
because in his era he was the best, best one.
55:47
And you know, but it was so great for me,
55:50
you know, playing at Towson University, you know, where we
55:53
would play on Saturdays, and every Sunday we would go
55:55
to the Colt games and I would go early, and
55:57
I'd go with my stopwatch and I would watch all
56:00
these guys warm up. Wow, you know, so for me
56:02
to be able to be right there and watch how
56:04
they punted and watch what they did, you know, it's
56:06
just so great for me, you know, to see what
56:08
they were doing and you know, I'd watch what they
56:10
would do and I'd say, you know, you might get
56:12
your chance one day. So you know, it was really great,
56:15
you know, for me to live in a place that
56:17
had a pro football team, because after that they didn't
56:19
have NFL football for thirteen years until Cleveland moved back.
56:22
Speaker 2: It's right and became the Ravens. It's right, Andrew. Let
56:25
me ask you this question. So you with with the
56:28
Chiefs coming, I mean, the Eagles, as you know, don't
56:30
have back to back home games all year, which is absurd. Yeah,
56:32
I've never heard of that before me either. Your guys
56:35
in the locker room. You've got to know these players really,
56:37
really well, and you talked about earlier, how look they
56:43
they know they could play better. What's your outlook for
56:46
this game for the Egals in the Chiefs.
56:48
Speaker 4: Well, I think they're going to go back to the
56:50
drawing board, figure out what worked. And they're their own
56:52
worst critic talking to a lot of those guys that
56:55
they know how good they can be. And I don't
56:58
know that you can make too much off of one.
57:00
It was Week one, and like it or not, the
57:03
first month of the season is an extension of the preseason,
57:05
So I think the more you play and get that
57:07
continuity with one another, you start to really establish an
57:11
identity and they know what they're going, what they're capable of.
57:14
Speaker 2: Sean, let me ask you a question because Andrew and
57:16
I we've talked about this over the years. Sometimes when
57:20
I go to training camp, I don't like to make
57:22
broad statements, but I'm with the Eagles and Browns. In
57:27
twenty twenty two, so a former a former NFL head
57:30
coach who I'd gotten know a little bit through travels,
57:33
I run into them and I said, hey, coach, what
57:36
do you think this team goes? Oh, Phillies making the
57:38
Super Bowl? Like, how do you know that? Because I coached,
57:40
and I know what I'm looking at. And he wasn't
57:42
trying to be dismissive, but he broke He broke it down.
57:44
He goes, here's what I love you as a former player.
57:49
Because you go to camps. Do you go do you
57:51
get wilds sometimes where you say, hey, I gotta be careful,
57:54
but this team's really good. What happens when you go
57:56
to camps?
57:56
Speaker 3: Well, you know, I really don't go to many camps.
57:59
You know, I see the Eagles periodically. Sometimes the Giants
58:01
will have their alumni back and you see them. But
58:04
I've I've always felt, you know, I've always felt that
58:07
you can't take that much out of camp. I mean,
58:10
when you see a great play, it's a great play.
58:12
But you know, you just look at the roster, you know,
58:14
and the Eagles don't have five or six really good players.
58:16
They got like twelve to fifteen, Yeah, really good players.
58:19
Most NFL teams don't have that. I don't know if
58:21
there's one that does. But it'll just be interesting this Sunday,
58:25
you know, in Kansas City. One thing that should be
58:26
a huge advantage for the Eagles is they have their
58:30
best defensive lineman back on the field. And I'm very surprised.
58:33
I thought he might have been suspended.
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Speaker 2: For the skin.
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Speaker 3: We should mention jail Card was not suspended, but what
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a difference it should be with him in the middle
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of the great point.
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Speaker 2: All right, guys, you need to wrap it up. Thank
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you so much to our friends here at Chicken and
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Pizza Parks, because you know, for shar Landetta, he's Andrew
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the checko. I'm Adam Kaplan. We'll see you next week
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at Chicky's in Warrington. Thanks for listening
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Speaker 8: Three