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Football at Four: The Impact of Free Agency on the Eagles · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Com and it has been slow so far, Andrew, is
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  Speaker 1: this the way you envisioned this offseason kicking off for
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  Speaker 1: Howie Roseman and the twenty twenty sixth philadelph The Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: I did, And for anyone who listened to what Howie
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  Speaker 2: Roseman had to say in his season ending press conference
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  Speaker 2: or even in Indianapolis at the NFL scouting combine, you
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  Speaker 2: should be prepared for the early part of this free
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  Speaker 2: agent process, right because he talked about the need and
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  Speaker 2: some of the challenges that a company trying to keep
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  Speaker 2: your own players in that building and some of these
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  Speaker 2: sacrifices that would need to be made in order to
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  Speaker 2: do so. So he was really transparent, not only this offseason,
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  Speaker 2: but last offseason as well, and sort of bracing Eagles
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  Speaker 2: fans for a little turbulence early on in the offseason.
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  Speaker 2: But I was expecting it that I expect Jamen Phillips
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  Speaker 2: to get thirty million a season. I did not, but
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  Speaker 2: he was a priority. He was someone who they wanted
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  Speaker 2: to keep. But outside of that, Mike, nothing that I've
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  Speaker 2: seen thus far has really surprised me.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so let's look at Phillips. He got thirty million. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: that's a lot of money, and I think Vic Fangio
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  Speaker 1: did say we wanted him, just kind of got priced out.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you see options now Andrew to replace him?
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  Speaker 1: Because you know last year they went in with Hunt
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  Speaker 1: and Smith. Halfway through the year they realized that was
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  Speaker 1: not enough. Do they think that's enough this time around,
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  Speaker 1: or do they have to get creative to find someone
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  Speaker 1: to replace Phillips.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would tend to think that Eagles would lean
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  Speaker 2: to lean toward getting outside help there. When they brought
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  Speaker 2: in Jalen Phillips, he was the headliner there, flanked by
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  Speaker 2: Jaloks Hunt, but Nolan Smith was the number three, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that's really where he's best suited, especially given
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  Speaker 2: his body type, the way he plays the game with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of physicality and setting the edge. But that
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  Speaker 2: lends itself to not always being available. So I think
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  Speaker 2: eagles best course of action right now would be to
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  Speaker 2: explore the trade market someone like the Jonathan Grenard. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if it's a second round pick, I'm not doing that.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that that he would be worth a
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  Speaker 2: second round pick, but he is a player that I
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  Speaker 2: think would fit pretty well within this scheme. He's been
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  Speaker 2: productive throughout his career. This would qualify as a bounce
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  Speaker 2: back season for him, and you may ask, how do
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  Speaker 2: you feel about players on bounce back seasons. I think
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  Speaker 2: in this case, you would feel a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: confident about it because of his past success and there
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  Speaker 2: hasn't been a flash in the pan, a blip on
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  Speaker 2: the radar. He's been a really really dominant force off
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  Speaker 2: the edge in his career, and I think when you're
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  Speaker 2: looking at who he would be replacing, you need to
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  Speaker 2: give yourself a top flight edge rusher to allow everyone
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  Speaker 2: else to sort of fit into where they to where
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  Speaker 2: they best fit. So that's the way that I view it.
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  Speaker 2: There's also the NFL Draft that Eagles are sitting at
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  Speaker 2: pick twenty three. There's a player who would fall within
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  Speaker 2: that range in Keldrick Falk, and edge rusher out of Auburn,
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  Speaker 2: six foot six, twenty years old. He moves really well,
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  Speaker 2: still needs a little bit more refinement overall to his game,
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  Speaker 2: but his stock is rising as we speak. So there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of avenues in which the Eagles can explore
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  Speaker 2: to do that. But I think you got to get
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  Speaker 2: someone who's ready to go, who's played the game at
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  Speaker 2: a high level, and for me, Jonathan Gernard is that guy.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So keep an eye on Gernard. Minnesota had
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  Speaker 1: some shoulder problems much like Jahad Campbell. We found that
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  Speaker 1: out as well from Vic Fangio, and he obviously will
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  Speaker 1: be the replacement for Nakobe Dean. But let's hear about
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  Speaker 1: Rick Wolan, who met the media today. Do you look
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  Speaker 1: at this as an upgrade over what they had last year?
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  Speaker 1: A significant upgrade. What is your take on how they
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  Speaker 1: were able to get Woolen here on a one year deal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was great talking to Rick Wallen today. Had
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  Speaker 2: some really interesting things to say in terms of honing
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  Speaker 2: in on the mental aspect and keeping his emotions in check,
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  Speaker 2: because I think aside from that he's probably in Seattle
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  Speaker 2: with a big contract. It's been the glimpses that have
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  Speaker 2: been too infrequent, aside from his rookie season. But on
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  Speaker 2: its face, Mike one year, I think it's worth up
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  Speaker 2: to it's worth up to fifteen, but I think it's
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  Speaker 2: about twelve. That's what a player of his skill set,
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  Speaker 2: of his caliber commands in terms of a one year
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  Speaker 2: deal because of the upside twenty six years old, six
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  Speaker 2: foot three runs of four to two six. But you
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  Speaker 2: have to also ask yourself, how is a player with
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  Speaker 2: those dimensions, with that kind of ability available for a
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  Speaker 2: one year deal. So there's two sides to every trade.
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  Speaker 2: You have to look at the other side, and it's
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  Speaker 2: been the inconsistencies. It's been the penalties. He's been one
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  Speaker 2: of the more penalized corners in the NFL, and I
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  Speaker 2: think in Philadelphia it's a clean slate. You have a
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff that prides themselves and has an extensive track
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  Speaker 2: record of player development. So it's about raining that in
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  Speaker 2: controlling your emotions and playing within the confines of the system,
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  Speaker 2: which we're playing with Cooper Degen and Quinya Mitchell. You're
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  Speaker 2: going to see the football come your way a lot,
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  Speaker 2: so you have to trust your technique and really have
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  Speaker 2: that dial it in. But I think that that's the
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  Speaker 2: type of signing that if you're the Eagles and you're
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  Speaker 2: exploring those that can tearish type of player, you take
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  Speaker 2: a big swing for someone like that because you have
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  Speaker 2: to bet on the upside. He's played at a high
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  Speaker 2: level before. It's about getting him to revert back to
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  Speaker 2: the player that he was back in twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Obviously, Dori Jackson there last year, and now
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  Speaker 1: you got a younger player with a lot more upside,
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  Speaker 1: A dory will be done. Of course, he had the
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  Speaker 1: one year deal last year. Now, Rick Wohlan comes in,
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  Speaker 1: who was coming from the Super Bowl champion. I know
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  Speaker 1: Riek Wolland along with Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper dejen That
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  Speaker 1: gives you a very formidable looking secondary there. Let's go
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  Speaker 1: to Reid blanket ship. He got paid as well, and
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  Speaker 1: this kind of shows you know that the Eagles are disciplined.
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  Speaker 1: They thought that Reed was good, but they probably don't
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  Speaker 1: put him on that you know, multiple year level level.
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  Speaker 1: How do they replace him? Not a lot of in
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  Speaker 1: house options.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, some were surprised that the Eagles walked away at
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  Speaker 2: that price. But I even wrote this leading into free
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  Speaker 2: agency on Inside the Birds dot com that we're talking
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  Speaker 2: six or seven million if I'm the Eagles to sign
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  Speaker 2: me up for that, but if it climbed to eight, nine,
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  Speaker 2: ten million, no, I'm walking away because he's not irreplaceable.
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  Speaker 2: There are a lot of other options and avenues that
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  Speaker 2: you can explore to fortify that position. I think the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles could stand to get more athletic there. And for
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  Speaker 2: all the good things that reblankaschev has done, and there
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  Speaker 2: are some intangibles there that can't be measured. It's the toughness,
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  Speaker 2: it's the instincts, playing fundamentally sound, making sure that you're
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  Speaker 2: that traffic cop back there that can make sure everybody
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  Speaker 2: knows their assignment and vic Fangio trusted him immensely at
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  Speaker 2: one of the most daunting positions in his system, so
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  Speaker 2: that shouldn't be discounted. But you can certainly stand to
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  Speaker 2: upgrade at that position. And I think if you look
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  Speaker 2: at free agency, you have players like a Gino Stone
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  Speaker 2: who's been around for a while, was drafted by the
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  Speaker 2: Ravens I believe in the seventh round out of Iowa,
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  Speaker 2: went to the Bengals for a couple of seasons, started
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  Speaker 2: thirty four games for them. Jaw Brisker from the Chicago Bears.
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  Speaker 2: Then there's a plethora of safeties in the draft who
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  Speaker 2: I really like. Emmanuel McNeil Warren out of Toledo six
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  Speaker 2: foot four Rangeye has a good relationship with Quinnion Mitchell Ballhawk,
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  Speaker 2: so he's always around the football and I think he
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  Speaker 2: plays with really good fundamentals and anticipation. So that's the
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  Speaker 2: kind of player that I would really like. And Bud
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  Speaker 2: Clark from TCU. There's a lot. There's the Kid Wheatley
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  Speaker 2: from Penn State. It's not the be all end all
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  Speaker 2: at the Eagles loss Reed blanket ship. There's going to
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  Speaker 2: be other options. I think you want to add a
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  Speaker 2: player in free agency to balance out the room a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. Let's not forget Marcus EPs is out there too,
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  Speaker 2: but that wasn't a move that I was necessarily surprised by.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you. There and some interesting possibilities
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  Speaker 1: to replace him. So you've got Woollen on the outside,
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  Speaker 1: You've got Campbell there. You need to replace Phillips and
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  Speaker 1: Red Blankenship. Really that is a couple of the things
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  Speaker 1: that this team still needs to do. We'll see what
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  Speaker 1: Howie Roseman does to fix that. Let's go to offense
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  Speaker 1: because I want to get your opinion on what they
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  Speaker 1: did at tight end, because obviously this Dallas Goddard thing
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  Speaker 1: is kind of interesting, gives them a little time to
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  Speaker 1: try to figure out something there. They did bring in
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  Speaker 1: Johnny Munt to be a blocking tight end, and they
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  Speaker 1: brought back Grant cal Katara. Do you think that it's
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  Speaker 1: more of a sign that Goddard is back. Do they
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  Speaker 1: go with cal Katara as like a pass catcher, draft
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  Speaker 1: a guy to groom behind him, and now they have
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  Speaker 1: mon as the blocker. Obviously cal Katara was kind of
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  Speaker 1: miserable in that second role as a blocker. That just
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  Speaker 1: did not suit him. How do you read the tight
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  Speaker 1: end room.
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  Speaker 2: Now, well, they still need a tight end one to
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  Speaker 2: be clear, whether that's Dallas Goddter or whether that's a
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  Speaker 2: David and joku on in free agency, but they certainly
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  Speaker 2: need to make sure they add a top end player
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  Speaker 2: at that position who can be the face of that room.
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  Speaker 2: And this is going to be a new look room.
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  Speaker 2: They really were striving to add more balance and variety
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  Speaker 2: in terms of skills that grant ka Katara is a
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  Speaker 2: player that I think that there's been a lot of
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  Speaker 2: venom and anger directed it his way. Look, he's not
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  Speaker 2: a good blocker. He struggled mightily in that area. But
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  Speaker 2: I don't put that on the player. I put that
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  Speaker 2: on the coaches because he's If you're asking someone to
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  Speaker 2: continuously do something that they're not good at, you're not
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  Speaker 2: putting the player in the best position to be successful. However,
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  Speaker 2: he is a very good pass catcher. He's been used
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  Speaker 2: sparingly in his career at the Eagles, just forty two receptions,
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  Speaker 2: but I would argue that he has some of the
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  Speaker 2: best hands on the team. He catches a lot of
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  Speaker 2: volume that he receives a lot of volume in training camp.
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurt seems to trust him, and I'm curious to
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  Speaker 2: see how this new coaching staff views him within the
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  Speaker 2: structure of their offense. I can't help but wonder, because
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  Speaker 2: he does have more of a bigger body, if he
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  Speaker 2: could be a plus size receiver at times, like a
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  Speaker 2: Johnny Wilson, where you put him inside and he can
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  Speaker 2: help you where you're not in line blocking but you're
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  Speaker 2: doing other things to free up teammates and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe trying to exploit his athleticism a little bit more so,
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  Speaker 2: I think as a third or even a fourth tight end,
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  Speaker 2: Grant Calcaterra is fine. Johnny Mont's interesting because he's a
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  Speaker 2: good blocker, one of the best blocking tight ends in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL, and he's gonna certainly help that area because
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  Speaker 2: they struggled and that was one of the contributing factors,
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  Speaker 2: the tight ends not being able to hold up at
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  Speaker 2: the point of attack that allowed the enabled the running
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  Speaker 2: game to falter the way that it did. So I
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  Speaker 2: was expecting a blocking tight end, thought Charlie Kohler would
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  Speaker 2: have been a nice fit. As it is, Johnny Mount
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  Speaker 2: thirty one years old on his third team. You don't
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  Speaker 2: hang around that long in the NFL unless you're exceptional
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  Speaker 2: in a specialty role, and he certainly is. And then
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  Speaker 2: there's plenty of tight ends in the draft that they
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  Speaker 2: can look to add if they choose to go that route,
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  Speaker 2: which I am expecting they will.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and obviously munt Well not obvious to everybody, but
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  Speaker 1: has some background with Sean Mannion as well, so he
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  Speaker 1: would likely be the number two blocking tight end or
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  Speaker 1: you know, the guy who's in there in run game
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  Speaker 1: situations and goal line situations. I am interested to see
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  Speaker 1: if they would, you just said, Andrew, did they look
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  Speaker 1: at Calcutarians say, look, this guy can catch the ball,
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  Speaker 1: he can make plays. We just never have given him
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  Speaker 1: a chance, And we can get that for a heck
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  Speaker 1: of a lot cheaper than Godard. Nothing against Goddard, but
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  Speaker 1: might just be time to flip over that salary.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think it would be to be a starter,
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  Speaker 2: just to be clear, But I do think that there's
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  Speaker 2: a world in which he can have a little bit
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  Speaker 2: more of a hand in the offense as a receiver,
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  Speaker 2: as a depth piece, or maybe you find more creative
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  Speaker 2: ways to deploy him formationally. But I think there's more
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  Speaker 2: there than what he's shown. He's a good route runner,
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  Speaker 2: he can pull away from linebackers and defensive backs. He
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  Speaker 2: has that kind of athleticism and I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: oversell it, but I think that it's always been a
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  Speaker 2: little curious to me as to why as the number
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  Speaker 2: two tight end playing as much as he has. He
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  Speaker 2: just had nine catches last season. I think that there's
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  Speaker 2: a way where maybe they can involve the tight end
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. And really, if you look at
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  Speaker 2: the how Shanahan offensive to Sean mcvays, it's becoming a
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  Speaker 2: lot of it is becoming tight end heavy in terms
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  Speaker 2: of their usage. So I mean, this could be a
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  Speaker 2: situation where they carry three or four this year, depending
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  Speaker 2: on how things shake out.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Dotson obviously two year deal, fifteen million, he
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  Speaker 1: goes to Atlanta, did not have a major role here.
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  Speaker 1: Thirty seven catches, one touchdown in thirty four games with Philadelphia,
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  Speaker 1: So you'll, on the surface, you would say, not a
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  Speaker 1: huge loss in house. Do they even look to add,
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  Speaker 1: you know, an upgrade at the third wide receiver. Is
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  Speaker 1: that just not a position that this team values all
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  Speaker 1: that much.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they certainly value it, and then you look at
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  Speaker 2: the defense and how much money is going to have
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  Speaker 2: to be invested in. That's on that side of the ball.
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  Speaker 2: You got to get younger. On the offensive side. You
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  Speaker 2: have to start drafting and developing players that are on
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  Speaker 2: rookie contracts. And this would be an opportune spot for
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles to take a wide receiver and have them
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  Speaker 2: slide in as the three. You have Darius Cooper, who
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  Speaker 2: I think is probably better Sue to be a four
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  Speaker 2: right now. Great story development and kind of go from there.
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  Speaker 2: But Johan Dotson, it was a steep investment to get him.
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  Speaker 2: I think they gave up a third round pick a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years ago, had the twenty seven yard catch
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  Speaker 2: in the Super Bowl, had the touchdown to kickstart the
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  Speaker 2: playoffs after Warren Burke's forced the fumble against the Packers.
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  Speaker 2: So the highlights are minimal, but whenever the ball came
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  Speaker 2: his way, he certainly made the most of it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and obviously he moves on to Atlanta. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: what they do there. Obviously, the aj Brown stuff seemingly
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  Speaker 1: is up and down and all around, and every ten
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  Speaker 1: minutes we can get something different. A lot of people
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  Speaker 1: believe after June one that teams could get back in
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  Speaker 1: play here your gut feeling on AJ Brown's future now.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, on March twelve, I would say that the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles probably move on move on from him, but well,
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  Speaker 2: we'll have to see how things go. It's it seems
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  Speaker 2: like it's a week to week thing. We I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles aren't just gonna give them away. And that's
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  Speaker 2: something that you've heard a lot about. They're not just
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  Speaker 2: going to uh lose out on a staring contest and
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  Speaker 2: and just deal them to the highest bidder. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to stand firm on what they believe the value is there.
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  Speaker 2: And until they get that, they're not they're not going
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  Speaker 2: to move them. But I do that. I mean they
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  Speaker 2: are taking calls, and I mean that that's been widely
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  Speaker 2: reported and so we'll have to wait and see how
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  Speaker 2: everything transpires from there.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So we'll see what happened with Brown obviously. Let me,
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  Speaker 1: you know, move to the Max Crosby thing and how
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  Speaker 1: that might intertwine with Philadelphia. Did they get involved there?
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  Speaker 1: Andrew in your mind, how that changes the edge marker
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  Speaker 1: market for you know, losing Phillips. What is your take
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  Speaker 1: on the bizarre situation that happened with Crosby and then
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  Speaker 1: the domino effect of taking Hendrickson off the board. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just really bad optics. It looks like
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  Speaker 2: they got cold feet to me and had buyer's remorse.
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  Speaker 2: You feel good about dealing two first round picks on
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  Speaker 2: Friday night, You take the weekend, you think about it,
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  Speaker 2: You look at how the legal tampering period's going. You
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  Speaker 2: see the Trey Hendrickson still out there when you probably
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  Speaker 2: didn't expect him to be, and then all of a
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  Speaker 2: sudden you're, okay, well we could do this and then
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  Speaker 2: keep our picks, and you start second guessing. But I
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  Speaker 2: have to tell you that's bad business, and it's a
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  Speaker 2: bad look for an organization in the Ravens that for
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  Speaker 2: many years were viewed among the NFL's best. This is
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  Speaker 2: going to be hard to it's gonna be hard to
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  Speaker 2: move past. And you have to imagine that there's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be other teams that are gonna be hesitant to do
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  Speaker 2: business with Baltimore moving forward. Now, Max Crosby, you have
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: to do your homework before you trade for a player
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  Speaker 2: like that, because out of his seven seasons, five he's
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: played over nine hundred snaps, two in which he's played
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: over one thousand. The Raiders have really run him into
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  Speaker 2: the ground, and you have to worry about the longevity.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: And of course there's going to be some health concerns there,
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  Speaker 2: given how much he's played, even at twenty eight years old.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: All right, Andrew, last couple few all kind of today
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  Speaker 1: landed Dickerson a reworked deal. What is the optics on
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  Speaker 1: this in your mind?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it helps the Eagles, I guess if you want
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  Speaker 2: to say, minimize any kind of financial burden in the
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: event that he does walk away and two years max.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: From what I understand, he was close to walking away
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  Speaker 2: this season and retiring. He's been riddled with injuries throughout
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: his career. The attrition has clearly caught up to him.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Last season he battled through a litany of injuries. And
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: if you're landing, you have to think, can I go
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  Speaker 2: through another season like this? Okay? If I can get
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  Speaker 2: through twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven, we'll have to
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: wait and see. So I think this right here was
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  Speaker 2: almost it almost looked like a courtesy to the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: And in the event that he decides to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to walk away or at an early age.
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  Speaker 1: Gotcha, all right, So Dickerson, for those just tuning in,
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: he was set to make thirty nine million over the
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: next two seasons, goes down to thirty six. Although he's
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: now his contract was going to expire in twenty twenty eight,
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: he is now only under contract through twenty twenty seven,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: so he takes a little bit of a pay cut,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: but he's only here for two years instead of the
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: three years. So we'll see what ends up happening with
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: the future of Dickerson. A lot a lot of times
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: you talk about a kicker or a punter signing, but
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: Brady Man fliers fourteen million, and this was the off
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: season to be a kicker or a punter. These guys
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: were making big bucks in free agency.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm a huge braidon man guy. I've gotten to
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: know him by, you know, quite a bit over the
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: past couple of years, and well deserved. I thought that
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: he deserved Pro Bowl consideration. He I mean, he had
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: a career a tied a career high in puns inside
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: the twenty with twenty, hit a seventy yarder this year,
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: and was really critical in the field, flipping when the
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: offense was sputtering early on. He bailed them out oftentimes,
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: and when you have a punter like that, he's a weapon.
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  Speaker 2: And I looked at what Tommy Townsend got from the
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans. That was two years up to six million,
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: and he was an All Pro and a pro bowler
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  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two. But and I hold him in
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: high regard. I thought, well, what's Braidon Man gonna get?
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: Brandon Mann was compensated quite well for his contributions last season,
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: and he should be. And I think now that he's
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: sort of on the map a little bit, he'll finally
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: get the recognition that I believe he deserves.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, so Man gets the deal. Last one
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: for you. Brandon Graham has said that he does not
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: plan on retiring. Andrew, do you anticipate fifty five will
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: be back next season?
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah? Hallie Rosemant the NFL Combine was asked about Brandon Grammy.
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: He said he's welcome in Philadelphia time. And if Brandon
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: Graham wants to come back, and obviously he can still play,
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: you bring him back and you count on him as
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: a fifth edge rusher. Maybe you kind of have an
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: agreement in August so you don't have to maybe put
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: him through the full gauntlet of training camp and you
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: bring him back into the fold as long as he's
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: in football shape. He's proven that he can still play
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: and also help along the interior. So there's value there
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: not only on the field, but as a mentor and
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: of course in the locker room.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Andrew to checko. Of course, the football off season, it
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: continues with free agency and then the draft next month
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: April twenty third, will be all over that we are
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: getting in within a month to the draft, and of
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: course you can check out more from the Inside the
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: Birds guys over at Inside the Birds dot com. Andrew,
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: thanks man, thanks a lot. Mike tuxsent busy day, busy stuff.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: Still a little quiet on the Eagles front, but they
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: did make that decision today to do that. Restruck Sharen
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: of the deal for Landon Dickerson. We appreciate Andrew to
• 21:05
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• 21:07
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