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The DiCecco Daily: Revisiting The 2023 Eagles Draft · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome into another episode of
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  Speaker 1: The check Odaily. It's Andrew to check O, Eagles beat
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  Speaker 1: reporter for insidebirds dot Com.
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  Speaker 2: Here with you.
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  Speaker 1: And before we get into today's topic for the podcast,
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  Speaker 1: which will be revisiting the Eagles twenty twenty three draft class,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to very quickly say Happy Father's Day
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  Speaker 1: to all the fathers out there. Hope you enjoy your weekend.
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  Speaker 1: And that being said, they say the true measure of
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  Speaker 1: a draft class can only be made after three seasons,
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  Speaker 1: and the Eagles had a very fruitful draft haul in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, and it started with Jalen Carter. So
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  Speaker 1: what I want to do today is go through each
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  Speaker 1: of their draft picks, what they've done, their outlook going
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  Speaker 1: into twenty twenty six, and then kind of just offer
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  Speaker 1: some musings here. I alluded to the Eagles with pick
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  Speaker 1: number nine selected defensive tackle Jalen Carter out of the
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  Speaker 1: University of Georgia and Jalen Carter depending on who you ask.
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  Speaker 1: In my opinion I can speak for. I thought Jayalen
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  Speaker 1: Carter was the best player in that draft, certainly a
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  Speaker 1: top two player in that draft, and the Eagles were
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  Speaker 1: able to get him at pick number nine. He's played
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  Speaker 1: in forty three games starting twenty seven. He's a two
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  Speaker 1: time Pro Bowler. He was a second team All Pro
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. The Eagles probably don't get to
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  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl without Jayalen Carter's dominance in key moments
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  Speaker 1: against the Rams at.
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  Speaker 2: Home in that snow game.
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  Speaker 1: But Jalen Carter twenty five tackles for lost, thirty seven
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  Speaker 1: quarterback hits, thirteen and a half sacks, four forced fumbles.
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  Speaker 1: I talked about his accolades, and this is a player
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  Speaker 1: who has flashed sustainable moments of dominance. There's times where
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  Speaker 1: he single handedly will take over game and you see
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  Speaker 1: the power that he brings, the violence, the athleticism, the strength,
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  Speaker 1: and just the mobility.
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  Speaker 2: That he has for a pretty burly defensive tackle. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of athleticism.
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  Speaker 1: You don't often come across players like that, and I
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  Speaker 1: viewed Jalen Carter among.
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  Speaker 2: The elite at his position.
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  Speaker 1: He will well we'll talk about the contract part of
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  Speaker 1: it in a moment here, but Jalen Carter is someone
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  Speaker 1: that you've seen there's evidence there of dominance.
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  Speaker 2: And so you look back on last season.
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  Speaker 1: Last season Jalen Carter was hindered by injuries in both shoulders.
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  Speaker 1: He had the heel injury that kept him out of
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles Giants game. That was the one that met life.
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  Speaker 1: But he didn't have the great season last year and
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  Speaker 1: he was playing through it. That after the Bears game
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  Speaker 1: is really where you know, came to light a little
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  Speaker 1: bit that he was dealing with something, and that Bears
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  Speaker 1: game sort of epitomized the season that Jay when Carter
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  Speaker 1: had you don't often see you never see jaywhen Carter
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  Speaker 1: sort of get pushed around at the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: Clearly something wasn't right, and it turns out that it wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: So you go into twenty twenty six and the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: did pick up Jay when Carter's fifth year extension. He's
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  Speaker 1: playing in the last year of his rookie deal, and
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  Speaker 1: so you look at his situation and Jeffrey Simmons from
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  Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans was just paid on Friday afternoon, So
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  Speaker 1: naturally that directly impacts Jaywen Carter, who's awaiting a new contract,
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  Speaker 1: a long term deal. And while I believe the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: will eventually get it done, I'm not so sure that
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  Speaker 1: there would.
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  Speaker 2: Be a rush.
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  Speaker 1: But this is a player that I view as a
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  Speaker 1: centerpiece for this defense and for the foreseeable future. There's
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  Speaker 1: always going to be questions when it comes to the shoulders.
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  Speaker 1: So I think if you're the Eagles, it would make
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sense to wait and see how he returns.
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  Speaker 1: Does he return to the dominant player he was prior
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  Speaker 1: to the shoulders ailments and Kenny continue to exhibit signs
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  Speaker 1: of growing maturity. And if you think back to the
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  Speaker 1: first game last season, you can't get ejected spitting on
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  Speaker 1: another player.
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  Speaker 2: That just can't happen. You can't do that. You have
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  Speaker 2: to have more restraint as a player.
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  Speaker 1: And Jalen Carter is a great guy, tremendous guy, but
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  Speaker 1: when he gets on the field, that's where the switch
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  Speaker 1: is flipped and you have to be mindful of those things.
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  Speaker 1: You have to make sure that you're being detailed behind
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  Speaker 1: the scenes as well. He's a young guy, but those
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  Speaker 1: I guess you can call it a maturity issue there
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  Speaker 1: that you want to continue to monitor and see that
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  Speaker 1: he's trending in the right direction. And then, of course,
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  Speaker 1: front and center, you want to see how he respect
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  Speaker 1: after a season in which his shoulders were hampering his performance.
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  Speaker 1: So I think Jalen Carter's gonna have a really nice
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  Speaker 1: bounce back season.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I'm projecting.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're going to see a motivated Jalen Carter
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  Speaker 1: who's going to remind everybody of the player that he
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  Speaker 1: is in case they forgot. But I picked him as
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  Speaker 1: my Eagle sack leader last season. I thought he would
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  Speaker 1: have double digits. Obviously that didn't happen. But I don't
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  Speaker 1: know that I'm going to go that strong in my
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  Speaker 1: prediction this year, but I do believe that you're going
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  Speaker 1: to see the impactful Jalen Carter that everyone's grown accustomed
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  Speaker 1: to sing and he is viewed as one of the
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  Speaker 1: top players at his position. So that's Jalen Carter. Then
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  Speaker 1: you get to Nolan Smith, who was drafted thirtieth overall.
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  Speaker 1: He's played in forty five games, twenty two starts, ten
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  Speaker 1: and a half sacks, twenty five quarterback hits.
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  Speaker 2: And Nolan Smith, if you.
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  Speaker 1: Think about it, he was viewed as an undersized edge
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  Speaker 1: rusher when he was selected. He gets to Philadelphia, he
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  Speaker 1: plays so much bigger and with more force than someone
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  Speaker 1: of his build would suggest, and he's listed at two
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight. Looks like he got stronger this offseason, but
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  Speaker 1: the sack numbers haven't been there with Nolan Smith. But
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  Speaker 1: what I have noticed really in year two and year
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  Speaker 1: three is that Nolan Smith kind of reminds me of
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  Speaker 1: a throwback player. He's willing to throw his body around.
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  Speaker 1: He plays with a tenacity. He sets the edge with
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  Speaker 1: violence and authority, and you love that. I would make
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  Speaker 1: the argument that pound for pound, he's one of the
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  Speaker 1: most physical pass rushers in the game. He's a very
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  Speaker 1: sound run defender, but you want to see more in
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  Speaker 1: terms of sack production. He's also going to have to.
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  Speaker 1: He's also had some unfortunate bouts of health issues, whether
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  Speaker 1: it is the triceps and things like that, so availability
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  Speaker 1: is going to be essential for Nolan now. In terms
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  Speaker 1: of his role in twenty twenty six, I kind of
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  Speaker 1: envisioned him sliding in as the number three edge rusher,
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan Grenard leading things off.
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  Speaker 2: You have jay loox Hunt playing opposite him and then No.
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  Speaker 1: One and the Eagles under Vic Vango have traditionally operated
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  Speaker 1: with a three man pass rush rotation, so No. One
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  Speaker 1: will still have a very prominent role on the defense.
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  Speaker 1: But this is where you would like to see because
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  Speaker 1: there are players around him that should free him up.
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  Speaker 1: In theory, you would like to see the sack numbers climb.
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  Speaker 1: No one's smissed another player that I'm expecting to see
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  Speaker 1: come out with an urgency, with a you know, with
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  Speaker 1: with some motivation to go out there and continue to
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  Speaker 1: grow as a player. So's that's Nolan Smith. And when
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  Speaker 1: you look back on you know, when they drafted him,
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  Speaker 1: he was viewed as someone that could step in and
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  Speaker 1: be a major sack producer and someone that would I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you see the athleticism, you see the move ability and
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  Speaker 1: things like that. It's just about everything else coming together.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to need health and working in his favor,
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  Speaker 1: but I think he's going to be positioned ideally this
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  Speaker 1: year that should support sort of a quasi breakthrough campaign,
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  Speaker 1: if that makes sense. I still think jayalox Hunt's going
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  Speaker 1: to be the breakthrough star of that group this year,
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  Speaker 1: but I think Nolan will stand the benefit from being
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  Speaker 1: around someone like a Jonathan Grenard and a rapidly developing
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  Speaker 1: Nolan jayalox Hunt. Then in the third round, pick sixty five,
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles drafted Tyler Steen out of the University of Alabama.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Stein was a tackle at Alabama and over his
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  Speaker 1: first two seasons he started three games and he was
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  Speaker 1: a reliable backup on game day. And then last season
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  Speaker 1: he fills the shoes of the departed Mackai Beckton, who
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  Speaker 1: signed with the Chargers and free agency, and Tyler Steen
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  Speaker 1: was the Eagles starter for seventeen games in the regular season,
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  Speaker 1: the full compliment in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought he did a solid job. I really did.
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  Speaker 1: And I was a little bit higher on Tyler I
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  Speaker 1: feel like, maybe a little less skeptical because i'd I
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  Speaker 1: was familiar with his game and I really paid attention
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  Speaker 1: when he was pressed into service to see how he
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  Speaker 1: was handling himself. And I think back to that Saints
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  Speaker 1: game in twenty twenty four where he had to step
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  Speaker 1: in and the offense didn't miss a beat, and I
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  Speaker 1: thought he really did some good things from a savbiness
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  Speaker 1: and athletic standpoint, that to me signaled that the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: might have something here. He steps in last season, I
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  Speaker 1: think he did a solid job. I don't think he
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  Speaker 1: was deterrent at all by any means for the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line and them that group not reaching or playing to
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  Speaker 1: their standard.
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  Speaker 2: It was ravaged by attrition. But I thought Tyler Steen.
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  Speaker 1: Acquitted himself well in his first opportunity be a starter,
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  Speaker 1: and it does some things athletically that Makai Becton can't.
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  Speaker 1: Moving laterally getting to the second level, he's going to
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  Speaker 1: be better. He's better in pass protection, I would say,
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  Speaker 1: not going to be the run game mauler that Becton was.
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  Speaker 1: They're totally different body types. But I think for a
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  Speaker 1: right guard, you can do a lot worse than Tyler Steen.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Eagles are really comfortable with him as
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  Speaker 1: their right guard of the future. Then we move on
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  Speaker 1: to Sidney Brown, who was also drafted in the third round,
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  Speaker 1: picked sixty six, so right after Tyler Steen and the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles drafted him out of the University of Illinois. Sydney
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  Speaker 1: played in forty two games, starting nine and was never
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  Speaker 1: able to carve out a role on defense. Now, the
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  Speaker 1: way that he played the game tends to lend itself
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  Speaker 1: to maybe over pursuing plays. He's like a heat seeking
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  Speaker 1: missile out there. Some had some issues consistently wrapping up
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  Speaker 1: with his tackles over the past few years, and that
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  Speaker 1: was something that revealed itself in the game situation. But
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  Speaker 1: he was really a box safety that didn't necessarily have
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  Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have a skill set to support more and
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  Speaker 1: in the modern NFL, you have to have that wide
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  Speaker 1: ranging skill set and be able to do some things
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  Speaker 1: in coverage, and Sydney was just never really able to
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  Speaker 1: put it all together. And then I go back to
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  Speaker 1: Vic Vangio, and something that Vic Vangil prioritizes is trust, dependability,
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  Speaker 1: knowing where a player is going to be. Players who
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  Speaker 1: play with great fundamentals and our assignment sound and Sidney
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  Speaker 1: Brown is kind of a wildcard when he's out there.
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  Speaker 1: He plays with tremendous intensity. He flies around the field.
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  Speaker 1: He's always dialed up to eleven, which you can appreciate
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  Speaker 1: from just a game to game effort standpoint. But you
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  Speaker 1: have to be someone that can play within the structure
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  Speaker 1: of a defense and that can be counted on because
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  Speaker 1: one missed assignment could lead to a big play, and
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles aren't going to put someone out there that
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  Speaker 1: could lead to a breakdown and can sort of be exploited.
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  Speaker 2: So Sidney Brown was never really.
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  Speaker 1: A fixture in the defense at all, was never able
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  Speaker 1: to elbow his way into the mix. As a rookie,
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  Speaker 1: he tore he had a knee injury against the Giants
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  Speaker 1: at MetLife and then it wasn't until October of the
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  Speaker 1: next year that he played got back on the field
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  Speaker 1: after recovering. He only played seventy nine defensive snaps in
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  Speaker 1: year two. Year three, he didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Play all that much.
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  Speaker 1: But the one season that he played a fair amount
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  Speaker 1: was in his rookie season in twenty twenty three, where
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  Speaker 1: he played three hundred and thirty five snaps. Now he's
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  Speaker 1: really he's really carved out a niche on special teams.
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  Speaker 1: In each of his first three seasons, he's played over
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  Speaker 1: three hundred snaps. He's sort of an enforcer there. He's
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  Speaker 1: fearless when he's running down the field. He just got
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  Speaker 1: to be able to play with more restraint and not
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  Speaker 1: ptent put your team in a bind because you let
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  Speaker 1: your emotions sometimes take over. So he ended up being
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  Speaker 1: traded to the Atlanta Falcons in the during the offseason,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll see if he's able to catch on there.
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  Speaker 1: But as a third round pick to not be able
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  Speaker 1: to etch out a role as a starter or a
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  Speaker 1: meaningful contributor on defense, I would imagine is not something
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  Speaker 1: that the Eagles envisioned when they drafted him. They certainly
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  Speaker 1: draft someone in the third round, you expect them to
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  Speaker 1: be a starter, but that didn't really happen. He played
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  Speaker 1: only sparingly. I mentioned the nine starts there. Then we
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  Speaker 1: move on to Kiley Ringo, who the Eagles drafted in
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  Speaker 1: the fourth round pick one oh five. He played in
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  Speaker 1: fifty one games so far, eight starts, one interception, five passes.
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  Speaker 1: Defended big time talent coming out of the University of Georgia,
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  Speaker 1: but he was a bit of a mystery because he
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  Speaker 1: was an up and down player. He gets to the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles in twenty twenty three, later in the year, he's.
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  Speaker 2: Factoring in.
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  Speaker 1: He's getting on the field both kie Ringo and Eli Rix,
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  Speaker 1: and there was a very short time where both players
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  Speaker 1: appeared to be part of the solution to that at
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  Speaker 1: the time aging secondary back then. But things have changed
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  Speaker 1: and kiey Ringo has carved out a role as one
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  Speaker 1: of the league's best special teamers.
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  Speaker 2: He's tremendous as a gunner.
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  Speaker 1: I would make the argument that he deserves all pro
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  Speaker 1: consideration because he's that effective.
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  Speaker 2: But they drafted him to be a corner.
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  Speaker 1: He was billed as you know, a top recruit who
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  Speaker 1: had high upside at the next level, but there are
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  Speaker 1: certain things that he hasn't been able to to work
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  Speaker 1: through and and I think you look at the hip stiffness,
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  Speaker 1: the inability to turn then locate the football. He's a
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  Speaker 1: little clunky in transition, but he's immensely quick linearly when
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  Speaker 1: running straight ahead.
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  Speaker 2: He has a lot of long speed there.
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  Speaker 1: You see the size, and you can't help but think
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  Speaker 1: he resembles that of a safety. Though the Eagles always
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  Speaker 1: have used him and viewed him as a corner. I
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  Speaker 1: think right now he's sort of trending towards that special
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  Speaker 1: teams specialist type of role, like a Chris Smarragos, like
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  Speaker 1: the late great Brian Brayman. He was a linebacker by title,
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  Speaker 1: what really a special teamer. You look at Matthew Slater
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  Speaker 1: who was a wide receiver with the Patriots, but really
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  Speaker 1: a gunner on special teams was where he made his mark.
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  Speaker 1: And so I feel like Kee Ringo's trending towards that
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  Speaker 1: because he was given an opportunity last year to wrestle
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  Speaker 1: away a starting job from veteran A Dori Jackson they
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  Speaker 1: toggle between the two, with Dory eventually was the answer
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  Speaker 1: as the starter and neither player. I mean, Keeley got
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  Speaker 1: some opportunities last year, but didn't do in himself any favors.
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  Speaker 1: And again I go back to the Sydney Brown lapses
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  Speaker 1: that he has in coverage and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: Communication.
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  Speaker 1: Those are certain things that Vic Fangio is not going
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  Speaker 1: to go for, and it's going to be really hard
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  Speaker 1: to factor in on the defensive side if you're a
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  Speaker 1: player that's too up and down, too much of a
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  Speaker 1: high variance type of player, and that's been Kiley Ringo
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  Speaker 1: throughout his career. And so it's easy to see the
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  Speaker 1: athleticism and the size and be enamored with that he's
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  Speaker 1: still a young player, but then I think you have
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  Speaker 1: to look at the product on the field. He's been
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  Speaker 1: given quite a few opportunities and he hasn't been able
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  Speaker 1: to answer the bell or provide any semblance of confidence
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  Speaker 1: that he can be called upon as a fourth corner
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  Speaker 1: or something to that effect. So right now, he's a
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  Speaker 1: high end special teamer who I think can latch on
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  Speaker 1: with the Eagles as a fifth corner, but I don't
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  Speaker 1: really view him as anything more than that at this time.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty one and up.
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  Speaker 1: Drafted in the sixth round pick one eight, played in
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  Speaker 1: six games, starting two fifty four of eighty eight passes
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  Speaker 1: for five ninety seven and five touchdowns and one interception.
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  Speaker 1: Eagles drafted Tanner McKee in the sixth round out of Stanford,
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  Speaker 1: and he's been a rock solid backup quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Someone who's highly valued in the building.
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  Speaker 1: I believe that he despite not playing all that much,
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  Speaker 1: not really having those opportunities and things on tape, he's
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  Speaker 1: still viewed among one of the better backup quarterbacks in
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  Speaker 1: the league. And you can't help but wonder. I know
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  Speaker 1: he's in the last year of his rookie deal. If
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  Speaker 1: there will be a team maybe this summer that is
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  Speaker 1: intrigued enough with Tanner McKee to offer draft compensation to
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  Speaker 1: get them, Well, we'll have to wait and see. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: he spent time rotating with veteran Andy Dalton as the
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  Speaker 1: number two quarterback in the spring, and we'll see how
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  Speaker 1: that all transpires in the summer. But at worst, if
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles don't end up moving Tanner McKee, or if
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  Speaker 1: they decide, hey, we like him as are, whatever the
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  Speaker 1: case is, then the Eagles would arm themselves with a
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  Speaker 1: really strong option backing up Jalen Hurts. I know that
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  Speaker 1: Tanner is well regarded in the building, and there's teams
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  Speaker 1: that I think he could start for But I think
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  Speaker 1: the the love for Tanner McKee is a little strong
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  Speaker 1: because the sample size isn't big enough. Now, last season,
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  Speaker 1: when Tanner was pressed in the service, I don't think
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  Speaker 1: he did himself many favors endearing himself to other teams.
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  Speaker 1: But context is important because when DeVante Smith was in
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  Speaker 1: the game, I thought Tanner looked far more sharp than
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  Speaker 1: he did when DeVante left the game after he crossed
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  Speaker 1: the one thousand yard receiving mark, and then Tanner was
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  Speaker 1: playing with backups. Now, Tanner is a backup, so those
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  Speaker 1: are the players that he practices with. But when you're
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  Speaker 1: on an NFL field and the other team has their starters, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean there's gonna be a drop off there. Naturally,
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  Speaker 1: not making excuses because Tanner has to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and capitalize on his opportunities. But I think that sort
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  Speaker 1: of just adds to the mystery because there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of intrigue with Tanner. But I think it's a little
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  Speaker 1: strong for the small amount of evidence that we have
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  Speaker 1: on him in a game situation. Let's round things out
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  Speaker 1: with a tremendous seventh round selection in Moro Jomo, who
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles selected two hundred and forty ninth overall at.
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  Speaker 2: The University of Texas.
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  Speaker 1: Moro Jomo has climbed his way from a back of
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  Speaker 1: the rotation defensive tackle to a critical piece to Fick
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  Speaker 1: Fangio's defense. He was a critical piece in the Eagle
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl winning defense and he played double digit snaps
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  Speaker 1: for his rookie season.
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  Speaker 2: I think he only played in maybe eight games.
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  Speaker 1: Then the season after that, his second year, he plays
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and eighty eight snaps, which is the exact
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  Speaker 1: amount that Jordan Davis played. It comes out to about
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  Speaker 1: thirty seven percent of the defensive snaps. That climbs significantly
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five when his role expanded and Moro
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  Speaker 1: played seven hundred and forty which was about sixty six
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  Speaker 1: percent I believe, and he collected all six of his
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  Speaker 1: career sacks. He had twelve quarterback hits when he was
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  Speaker 1: in the game. You noticed it. And he gives you
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  Speaker 1: a different type of skill set relative to that of
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis. But he's a little undersize.
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  Speaker 1: You can see the quickness the active hands that he uses.
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  Speaker 1: He plays, he uses leverage really well, and he's in
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  Speaker 1: the final year of his rookie do as well. So
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  Speaker 1: if there's a world in which if he's able to
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  Speaker 1: go out there and replicate the success that he had
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  Speaker 1: last year, come close to it, He's going to have
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  Speaker 1: plenty of suitors at the negotiating table come next offseason.
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  Speaker 1: For the Eagles to land a seventh round pick that
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  Speaker 1: has climbed as fast as Moro Jomo has to the
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  Speaker 1: point where he's etching out a key role on the
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  Speaker 1: defensive line, that is a home run selection. I have
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  Speaker 1: a hard time envisioning the Eagles being able to lock
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  Speaker 1: up Moro Jomo to a long term deal based on
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  Speaker 1: how he played well if he continues on that trajectory.
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  Speaker 1: Considering that Jalen Carter has to be paid, the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: just paid Jordan Davis. You have Cooper Degen and QUENTYA
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  Speaker 1: Mitchell coming down the pike, maybe even at Jay Looks Hunt,
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  Speaker 1: so you already have a lot of money invested.
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  Speaker 2: In the defense.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see what happens, but that is an absolute home
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  Speaker 1: run seventh round pick Moro A.
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  Speaker 2: Jomo.
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  Speaker 1: And that concludes the overview or the revisit of the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles twenty twenty three draft class. That's going to do
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  Speaker 1: it for this episode of the Checko Deli Andrew Dececo,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll catch you all on the next one.
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  Speaker 2: Da