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The DiCecco Daily: Eagles Transactions, Developments From Wednesday's Practice · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's up, everybody? Welcome into another edition of the
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  Speaker 1: check o'daly. Andrew Dicheco here, Eagles beat reporter for Inside
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  Speaker 1: the Birds dot Com. Today's Wednesday, which means it was
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  Speaker 1: the first day the Eagles were on the practice field
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  Speaker 1: and we got to see about five or ten minutes.
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  Speaker 1: But that's all about taking attendance at that point, because
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  Speaker 1: there were a lot of key Eagles who were ruled
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  Speaker 1: out Sunday when the Eagles played the Commanders, and so
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  Speaker 1: all eyes were on a lot of building blocks on
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  Speaker 1: both sides of the football. And so here's the injury report.
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  Speaker 1: Not practicing today. Tight end grand Ko Katerra ankle, Offensive
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  Speaker 1: lineman Brett Toth concussion, limited, defensive tackle Jalen Carter hip
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  Speaker 1: linebacker to Kobe Dean hamstring, safety Marcus Aps concussion, tight
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  Speaker 1: end Dallas Goddard knee, tackle Lane Johnson foot outside linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Is zz hamstring, outside linebacker Jalen Phillips ankle. The Eagles
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  Speaker 1: on Wednesday activated, or I should say, they opened the
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  Speaker 1: twenty one day practice window Forjli. A little interesting that
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  Speaker 1: they would do that, but it gives Ojlari a chance
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  Speaker 1: to practice. If you read my notes, last week during practice.
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  Speaker 1: From practice, I mentioned that I saw Jali working off
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  Speaker 1: on a side field with a trainer, So to me,
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  Speaker 1: that signal that he was close. I've been seeing him
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  Speaker 1: around a little bit more. I saw him in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room today, very briefly. But yeah, there you have it,
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  Speaker 1: Z'zojali working, working, full participant and he's able to practice now.
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  Speaker 1: The twenty one day window opens today. Yesterday there was
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  Speaker 1: some transactional news. The Eagles signed veteran defensive back Parry
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  Speaker 1: Nickerson to the practice squad. They released Ambry Thomas from
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad, and Brandon Johnson, who suffered the ankle
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  Speaker 1: injury of course in the Commander's game, is put on
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad injured list. So there's your transactions there.
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  Speaker 1: Parry Nickerson was on the Eagles earlier this season. He
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  Speaker 1: played in a couple of games. He was on the
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  Speaker 1: fifty three, He was on the practice squad. But he's
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  Speaker 1: a veteran player who obviously knows the defense and he
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  Speaker 1: can give the Eagles some good looks in practice.
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  Speaker 2: And for those who kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of are interested in the locker room machinations and how
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  Speaker 1: that kind of works out, there are some players on
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad who have lockers where the active roster
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  Speaker 1: players do, which are on the perimeter, and then most
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  Speaker 1: practice squad guys are in the middle of the locker room,
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  Speaker 1: so they have these auxiliary lockers. They're a little bit smaller,
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  Speaker 1: and you know they're they're kind of right there on
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  Speaker 1: the walkway. Players who do have lockers where players on
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  Speaker 1: the active roster are. That would be defensive back Tarit
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  Speaker 1: castro Fields, who actually took Parry Nickerson's locker when Parry
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  Speaker 1: was released from the active roster.
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  Speaker 2: He has Parry's locker.
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  Speaker 1: Parry is now in the auxiliary area. Defensive tackle Gabe
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  Speaker 1: Hall has a regular locker.
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  Speaker 2: He's right next to Byron Young.
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  Speaker 1: Long snapper Charlie Hewlett has his old locker, which is
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  Speaker 1: right there along with the specialist on the perimeter there.
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  Speaker 2: E j. Jenkins, the Eagles tight end.
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  Speaker 1: He has a main locker and he's had a main
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  Speaker 1: locker since he joined the Eagles, so nothing's changed there.
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Johnson way back, he is the locker if you
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  Speaker 1: look at if you're walking in all the way back
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  Speaker 1: on the left side in the corner where the linebackers are.
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  Speaker 1: Zach vond Na Kobe Dean, Patrick Johnson's locker has been there.
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  Speaker 1: He has a main locker. Let's see, Kyle McCord has
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  Speaker 1: a locker there on the end right near where the.
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  Speaker 2: Entry is to the showers.
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  Speaker 1: That was the locker that was previously occupied by wide
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  Speaker 1: receiver return specialist Xavier Gibson. That now belongs to Kyle McCord,
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  Speaker 1: who was in the auxiliary area for most of the season.
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  Speaker 1: And Andre sam the Eagles safety. He is someone who's
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  Speaker 1: had a locker just like EJ. Jenkins on the amongst
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  Speaker 1: the active roster players, and that's been constant since he
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  Speaker 1: arrived with the Eagles. So I don't know, but maybe
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  Speaker 1: some folks out there are a little curious about how
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  Speaker 1: that works out.
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  Speaker 2: But there you have it from there the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: Today, I spoke to or I was in on Nikobe
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  Speaker 1: Dean who said he's playing this week, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: he talked about the injury and how any time you
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  Speaker 1: have rest, it's a good thing if rest.
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  Speaker 2: Is a you know, if it's a positive rest, right.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's plenty of players who don't either are
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  Speaker 1: resting because of injury, or they're not playing because injury,
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  Speaker 1: or they're resting because there are seasons over and it
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  Speaker 1: sounds like it was something that to Kobe if he
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  Speaker 1: needed to, could have played through in the Commander's game
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  Speaker 1: based on what he was saying. But good news there.
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  Speaker 1: He was listed as limited today. They're not going to
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  Speaker 1: push the hamstring early in the week, but he well,
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  Speaker 1: you know, left no doubt. He said he will be
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  Speaker 1: playing on Sunday, which to be expected.
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  Speaker 2: I talked to Tank Bigsby today, had a one on
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  Speaker 2: one conversation with him.
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  Speaker 1: Really good to talk to Tank. I always enjoy those conversations.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't transcribed the quotes yet. I mean, I'm coming
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  Speaker 1: fresh off the leaving the complex, so haven't gotten to that.
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  Speaker 1: Haven't transcribed it, so I can't tell you the exact
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  Speaker 1: wording of what he had to say. But I asked
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  Speaker 1: him about his running style and where that urgency, that
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  Speaker 1: desperation comes from, because he does have such a unique
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  Speaker 1: running style that is really hard to compare to any
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  Speaker 1: running back in the NFL. Talked about the running back
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  Speaker 1: room and the unique dynamic.
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  Speaker 2: That they have.
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  Speaker 1: They're all really close knit, and he singled out running
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  Speaker 1: back to coach Jamal Singleton. I talked to him about
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  Speaker 1: preparing for the postseason, and even got into that thirty
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  Speaker 1: one yard catch and run that he had that nifty
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  Speaker 1: move where he ducked the defender and was able to
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  Speaker 1: pick up thirty one yards which was a career high,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, great stuff there from him.
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  Speaker 2: Jay loox Hunt spoke to him for a while.
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  Speaker 1: There was a cluster of us at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the locker room session, and he talked about you know,
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  Speaker 1: getting in, you know, catching during practice, and talked about
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  Speaker 1: how instrumental matt Leo is behind the scenes and working
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  Speaker 1: with the defensive lineman. If you watched Hard Knocks, matt
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  Speaker 1: Leo was with the Eagles when they had the defensive
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  Speaker 1: line that went out to have dinner together on New
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  Speaker 1: Year's Eve, along with off the top of my head,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips, Moro, Jomo Brandon Graham, jay loox Hunt, Byron Young,
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Davis, Patrick Johnson, Taekwon Grant, josh Usha.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm probably forgetting some, but those are the players that
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  Speaker 1: I remember seeing from the Hard Knocks episode, and matt
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  Speaker 1: Leo was there.
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  Speaker 2: And he's been really helpful to jay loox Hunt.
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  Speaker 1: He singled him out and he kind of just h
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  Speaker 1: He talked about grow, you know, how how it was
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  Speaker 1: coming up, and how he's you know, sort of adjusted
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  Speaker 1: to the game, you know, from a from a young age,
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  Speaker 1: and I thought he always when Jalok speaks, it's always
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  Speaker 1: really interesting what he has to say because he's he's
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  Speaker 1: very thoughtful in his answers and he tends to give
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  Speaker 1: you a lot and take you a little bit behind
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  Speaker 1: the scenes and kind of paint the picture there.
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  Speaker 2: So I always appreciate hearing from jay Loox.
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  Speaker 1: I also stopped by Britain Covey's locker, just you know,
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  Speaker 1: talking casually with him as I tend to do most
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  Speaker 1: every week, and talking to him about just where the
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  Speaker 1: toughness comes from from knowing those hits are coming and
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  Speaker 1: being able to absorb those hits without fear, the fearlessness
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  Speaker 1: that he plays the game with. And he says, well,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to hesitate, because that's where it's almost
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  Speaker 1: it's almost worse if you hesitate, and you just have
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  Speaker 1: to welcome the contact, know what's coming. He said he's
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  Speaker 1: always been that way and that it tends to fire
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  Speaker 1: teammates up when he takes those big hits and then
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  Speaker 1: he bounces back up and he bounces back up every time,
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  Speaker 1: and I think that's an underrated facet of Britain Covey
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  Speaker 1: And he says he he sort of looks at that
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  Speaker 1: being called crash test Covey as a term of endearment.
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  Speaker 2: He sort of really just embraced that.
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  Speaker 1: And Yeah, I mean, hopefully this week we'll get to
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  Speaker 1: hear from Lane Johnson. Cam Jurgen spoke about getting the
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  Speaker 1: van back together and he, you know, including Lane Johnson
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  Speaker 1: into the mix, and he said, Lane Johnson's like the
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  Speaker 1: lead guitarist who everyone goes to see play, who everyone
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  Speaker 1: goes to see. And I think that accurately depicts Lane
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  Speaker 1: Johnson and what he means to the Eagle and just
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  Speaker 1: being sort of a freak of nature athlete in the
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  Speaker 1: most positive way possible, being shredded and super athletic and
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  Speaker 1: things like that. He can do things that no other
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  Speaker 1: right tackle in the NFL can do, and that's why
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  Speaker 1: he's going to be Hall of Fame bound when whenever
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  Speaker 1: his career is over. But hopefully we get to hear
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips had a horde of people around his locker
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  Speaker 1: before as we're just walking in a lot of cameras
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  Speaker 1: and things like that. That's the nature of postseason football
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  Speaker 1: and the amount of media coverage that the Eagles to
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  Speaker 1: end and warrant.
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  Speaker 2: Because of.
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  Speaker 1: Because of the market, and because they're always a good
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  Speaker 1: football team under Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni.
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  Speaker 2: So that comes with it. I would have loved to
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  Speaker 2: have talked to Jalen Phillis, but you couldn't even really
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  Speaker 2: get near it.
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  Speaker 1: It boxed out Jordan Davis and Nolan Smith from their
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  Speaker 1: locker area. Poor Taekwon Graham, who has an auxiliary locker,
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  Speaker 1: couldn't even get to his locker. But that's the way
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  Speaker 1: it goes sometimes. And yeah, I mean, we'll see there.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles have practice tomorrow at two fifteen. I believe
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  Speaker 1: that's the longest one of the week.
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  Speaker 2: I look forward to being out there great weather this week,
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 1: Eagles forty nine ers Sunday four thirty, and I'll have
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  Speaker 1: plenty more. I'm gonna write a story off of what
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  Speaker 1: jay loox Hunt had to say. That'll be on Inside
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  Speaker 1: and for now, that's gonna do it for this edition
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  Speaker 1: of the czeck Odaily. Andrew decheco here signing off, and
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  Speaker 1: I'll catch you on the next one.