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The DiCecco Daily: Eagles Postgame Update vs. Ravens · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everyone? Welcome into another episode of
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Speaker 1: The Checho Daily. It's Andrew di Checho, Eagles beat reporter
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Speaker 1: for insidethe birds dot Com. I just made it back
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Speaker 1: from Baltimore, so I am recording this podcast in the
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Speaker 1: wee hours of the morning, but I wanted to make
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Speaker 1: sure that I recorded this so that you all can
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Speaker 1: hear my takeaways as soon as possible. It was an
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Speaker 1: ugly one there in Baltimore at Mt. M and T
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Speaker 1: Banks Stadium. The Eagles fall twenty four to seven, and
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Speaker 1: there was not a lot of offence to speak of
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Speaker 1: for Philadelphia, but it's the preseason. Keep in mind that
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Speaker 1: there were virtually no starters playing in this game, and
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Speaker 1: so there's not a ton that you can glean from it.
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Speaker 1: But there are certain position groups and players individually that
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Speaker 1: I was keeping an eye on in this one. But
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Speaker 1: let's put things into perspective here, because Andy Dalton started
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Speaker 1: this game, Tanner McKee came in afterwards, and then Cole
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Speaker 1: Payton got the fourth quarter, and it was not pretty
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Speaker 1: for perspective. Andy Dalton completed three of six passes for
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Speaker 1: twenty yards, Tanner McKee six of ten for thirty five yards.
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Speaker 1: And then rookie Cole Payton went four for nine for
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Speaker 1: thirty seven and a touchdown. He also added three carries
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Speaker 1: for forty five yards, and that was that final that
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Speaker 1: scoring drive. It they had that covered about nine plays
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Speaker 1: where I think fifty nine yards. A lot of it
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Speaker 1: was via the ground game for Cole Peyton, he kind
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Speaker 1: of took it upon himself to move the football down
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Speaker 1: the field and he had some interesting throws at some points.
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Speaker 1: But that's kind of mirroring what I've written about and
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Speaker 1: talked about in training camp. He's an interesting and fun
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Speaker 1: player to watch and he certainly must watch when he's
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Speaker 1: in the game. So that was the always scoring to
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Speaker 1: speak of all the quarterbacks, and really everyone came out
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Speaker 1: ready to go, fully dressed. The quarterbacks came out about
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Speaker 1: fifty three minutes ahead of kicking off preseason play. Jaywhen Hurst,
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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, we're getting some throwing in before the game.
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Speaker 1: And of course jaywen Hurst did not play in this game.
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Speaker 1: But one player who was not dressed for this game,
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Speaker 1: which is important to note here, was running back Sakwon Barkley,
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Speaker 1: who appeared to have something wrapped around his ankle. And again,
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Speaker 1: if you go back to Thursday's practice where it looked
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Speaker 1: like he tweaked something and he was being looked at.
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Speaker 1: Didn't go into the medical tent, but it is something
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Speaker 1: to note. We'll have to wait and see what happens
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Speaker 1: this week. The Eagles have joint practices coming out with
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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots also not playing in this game.
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Speaker 1: Wide receiver Johnny Wilson, who I thought for sure would
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Speaker 1: be playing, he practiced on Thursday, but prior to that
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Speaker 1: he had been sidelined for a couple of days with
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Speaker 1: a knee issue, and maybe the Eagles were just being
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Speaker 1: a little cautious there and not trying to put him
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Speaker 1: in harm's way and run the risk of re injuring
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Speaker 1: it or reaggravating it. But two players who didn't play
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Speaker 1: in this game, which I think is really interesting, safety
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Speaker 1: Marcus Epps and wide receiver Dontavian Wicks. You can also
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Speaker 1: make the argument that what more do you need to
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Speaker 1: see from Marcus EPs? You kind of know who he
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Speaker 1: is at this point of his career. But I think
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Speaker 1: it's also relevant to mention that he's really been getting
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Speaker 1: the starting nod with Nickel at safety for most of
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Speaker 1: training camp. There's a couple of days where Michael Carter
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Speaker 1: works in with the first team, but it's been mostly
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Speaker 1: Marcus Epps. So you want to talk about at least
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Speaker 1: the appearance of what appears to be job security. I
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Speaker 1: think Marcus Epps is a stock up for that. So
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Speaker 1: then Dontavian Wicks, it's not entirely surprising because he really
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Speaker 1: is the wide receiver too. I think that's been pretty
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Speaker 1: clear through training camp. But he didn't play in this game,
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Speaker 1: whereas Hollywood Brown played, Elijah Moore played, Darius Cooper certainly played.
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Speaker 1: He played well into the third quarter, which was interesting.
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Speaker 1: But let's break everything down because the Eagles captains for
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Speaker 1: this game running back Tank Bigsby, linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Junior,
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Speaker 1: and defensive tackle Byron Young. The Eagles opened with Jahad
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Speaker 1: Campbell and Jeremiah Trotter Junior at linebacker. I thought Trotter
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Speaker 1: Junior really performed as he has all summer long. In fact,
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Speaker 1: I think that he would be one of my top
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Speaker 1: stock up players for the summer thus far, and I'm
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Speaker 1: not really surprised. But he's such an active player. You
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Speaker 1: can see the way that he diagnoses runs and how
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Speaker 1: he navigates coverage despite not having their prototypical athleticism, just
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Speaker 1: a really sharp minded football player who I maintain would
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Speaker 1: start likely for a lot of teams out there. He
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Speaker 1: had a really strong day. The Eagles offensive line configuration
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Speaker 1: to start this game from left to right left tackle
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Speaker 1: Fred Johnson, left guard John Aujuku, center Willy Lampkin, right
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Speaker 1: guard Drew Kendall, and right tackle Markel Bell. What was
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Speaker 1: notable here is that John Ajuku was repping at left
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Speaker 1: guard for the first time this summer on Thursday, opens
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Speaker 1: this game at left guard. He's played right tackle, He's
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Speaker 1: played left tackle. He has a lot of versatility, and
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Speaker 1: I think he's doing a nice job of putting himself
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Speaker 1: in the mix for a roster spot. In fact, again,
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Speaker 1: I did my latest fifty three probably a little bit
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Speaker 1: over a week ago, and I had him on it.
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Speaker 1: For what it's worth, there's still a long ways to go,
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Speaker 1: but what I've seen from him, and it seems like
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Speaker 1: the Eagles do as well giving him the starting nod
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Speaker 1: as opposed to maybe another younger player like a Micah
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Speaker 1: Morris or a Jake Majors at guard. But John Ajuku
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Speaker 1: is a player here that I have highlighted as someone
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Speaker 1: that this game certainly helped, or at least it puts
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Speaker 1: into perspective maybe the way the team views him at
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Speaker 1: this current time. Starting Lampkin at center might be eye
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Speaker 1: opening for some, but not when you consider the importance
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Speaker 1: of giving Drew Kendall reps at guard in a game situation.
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Speaker 1: And I think it's also interesting here that on the
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Speaker 1: second series Kendall and Lampkin swapped positions. Willie Lampkin, by
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Speaker 1: the way, I thought, had a nice game. You could
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Speaker 1: see the power and the nastiness that he plays with
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Speaker 1: his hand usage, his strength at the point of attack,
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Speaker 1: the ability to anchor that I've been talking about that
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Speaker 1: really has surfaced on one on ones and things like that.
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Speaker 1: You can clearly see what the Eagles like in Willie,
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Speaker 1: and I think he's helped his case by going out
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Speaker 1: there and making the most of the time that he
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Speaker 1: was out there. I thought that actually that first group
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Speaker 1: of offensive linemen actually did a pretty solid job, all
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Speaker 1: things considered. On defense, the Eagles rolled out the linebacking
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Speaker 1: tandem of Jahad Campbell and Jeremiah Trotter Junior. As I said,
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Speaker 1: the secondary featured a cornerback combination of Keeley Ringo and
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Speaker 1: Jacoorian Bennett, who ended up getting hurt on the first series,
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Speaker 1: but then at safety, the Eagles paired Michael Carter the
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Speaker 1: second with Andre Sam. Andre Sam played a lot of
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Speaker 1: snaps in this game. Michael Carter played a lot of
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Speaker 1: snaps in this game, and that's that was kind of
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Speaker 1: my impression going into it. Michael Carter, you want to
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Speaker 1: see more from now. I think maybe working against him
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Speaker 1: in that battle with Marcus EPs is that he can
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Speaker 1: do a lot of different things, so you want to
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Speaker 1: keep him handy and then maybe not pin him down
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Speaker 1: to one particular role. He can play safety, he can
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Speaker 1: play nickelback, can play dime, so he's worn a lot
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Speaker 1: of different hats, and I think sometimes when you're that versatile,
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Speaker 1: it almost works against you sometimes. That's just my initial
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Speaker 1: read on it. And then Andre is just someone who,
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Speaker 1: as I've talked about before, is just so immersed in
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Speaker 1: this defense. He has an understanding of what is required.
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Speaker 1: He's often in the right place at the right time,
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Speaker 1: doesn't make a lot of mental mistakes, and has really
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Speaker 1: good play recognition. We'll see what that means. I mean,
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Speaker 1: he still seems to be a player that has an
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Speaker 1: uphill battle to make the roster relative to maybe a
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Speaker 1: younger player like a Maximus Pulley or Kapina Gushikin. But
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Speaker 1: I think quietly the interceptions haven't been there or anything
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Speaker 1: like that. But Andre seems to be someone who is
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Speaker 1: very assignment sound. We'll see what that all means. But
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Speaker 1: he played a lot of snaps. I'm curious to see
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Speaker 1: where that lands when the snaps come out. Some special
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Speaker 1: teams notes the kick returners to start, where Elijah Moore
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Speaker 1: and Ques Watkins both wide receivers. Dolkins was actually also
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Speaker 1: aligned as the right gunner on punt coverage and he
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Speaker 1: teamed with cornerback Ambry Thomas. Thomas, by the way, came
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Speaker 1: in for an injured Jacorean Bennett on the opening drive,
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Speaker 1: and undrafted free agent defensive back of Pina Gushikin also
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Speaker 1: received some early gunner reps. I also noticed safety Maximus
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Speaker 1: Pulley a lot, especially when the Eagles were in punt
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Speaker 1: coverage where they go punted quite a bit. He got
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Speaker 1: a lot of reps out there and flashed with his.
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Speaker 1: Ability to navigate traffic shed blocks and find the action
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Speaker 1: looking for work. I'm curious to monitor that over the
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Speaker 1: next couple of preseason games because that could be a
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Speaker 1: ticket to the roster. No one stepped up and seized
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Speaker 1: that number four safety spot, so it could be between
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Speaker 1: Pulley Guchigan and Andre sam I'm kind of taking rookie
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Speaker 1: Cole Wiznsky out of the mix here because he's missed
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Speaker 1: so many practices. But that's kind of my special teams
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Speaker 1: sort of round up. I had a chance to actually
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Speaker 1: talk to J. T. Gray, who I haven't had a
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Speaker 1: chance to talk to all summer really since he signed,
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Speaker 1: but I wanted to make a point to do that
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Speaker 1: because this is a three time All Pro. I wanted
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Speaker 1: to hear in his words, what makes a good gunner,
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Speaker 1: How he's taken to playing more safety this camp, if
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Speaker 1: he's if that's something that he was looking to to
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Speaker 1: really expand and showcase this summer. What does he learned
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Speaker 1: from Vic Vanjail, What is he like about this defense?
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Speaker 1: What he's done as a gunner is now teach tape
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Speaker 1: across the league, So I wanted to know who was
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Speaker 1: teach tape when he was, you know, cutting his teeth
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Speaker 1: on special teams, and he mentioned it was Matthew Slater
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Speaker 1: with the New England Patriots. So it was nice to
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Speaker 1: catch up and meet him and talk to him for
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Speaker 1: a little bit. The Ravens hit an explosive play early
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Speaker 1: with Tyler Huntley finding tight end Matthew Hibner down the
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Speaker 1: left sideline. It was a gain of twenty nine yards
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Speaker 1: aj Panessa, who earlier in camp actually admitted that he
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Speaker 1: was adapting to some of the different things he's been
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Speaker 1: asked to do in this defense. He was kind of
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Speaker 1: caught flat footed in coverage. He's never really had to
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Speaker 1: drop in a game, and that's something that you should expect.
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Speaker 1: There's gonna be a little bit of growing pains there,
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Speaker 1: even for a veteran. That drive ended up covering forty
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Speaker 1: one yards on nine plays, and then kicker Tyler loop
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Speaker 1: missed from forty nine yards out. Epanessa did though, force
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Speaker 1: an incompletion in the second quarter on a third and six,
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Speaker 1: so he acquitted himself fairly well. There was able to
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Speaker 1: rebound kind of nicely good push up front on that
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Speaker 1: drive from defensive tackles Byron Young and ty Robinson, and
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Speaker 1: ty Robinson deserves a mention here. He had a sack
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Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley. He had an active first half and I
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Speaker 1: noticed him a lot flashing behind the line of scrimmage,
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Speaker 1: using his strength at the point of attack. He had
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Speaker 1: a roughing the passer call, which was something that you
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Speaker 1: just can't have. But by and large, this is something
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Speaker 1: that and I'm not going to blow this out of proportion,
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Speaker 1: but He is someone that has come on a little
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Speaker 1: bit over the last three practices or so. I'm noticing
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Speaker 1: him more and it seems like he's starting to make
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Speaker 1: some plays and build that confidence. Second year wide receiver
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Speaker 1: Darius Cooper. He's had a tremendous training camp. It's been
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Speaker 1: one of the standout performers. He's caught almost everything thrown
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Speaker 1: in his vicinity. But on a third and five, he
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Speaker 1: had an opportunity to extend the drive and help out
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Speaker 1: an offense that was stalling, but he failed to bring
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Speaker 1: in an Andy Dalton heater. The pass looked like it
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Speaker 1: was maybe a little bit behind a back shoulder with
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Speaker 1: the type of throw, but that's all that needs to
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Speaker 1: be caught, especially when your offense is struggling, especially when
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Speaker 1: you're trying to state your case for an expanded role
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Speaker 1: on offense and build off of what you've done in
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Speaker 1: training camp. He did produce eagles initial first down in
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Speaker 1: the evening though. He caught a thirteen yard strike in
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Speaker 1: stride from Tanner McKee with eight thirty eight remaining until
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Speaker 1: the break, so there was a positive. One of the
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Speaker 1: players I was most looking forward to watching Saturday night
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Speaker 1: was second year cornerback Mac McWilliams, and for over a
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Speaker 1: week Mack has been emerging in practice. He'd been playing
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Speaker 1: a lot faster relative to last summer, and his confidence
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Speaker 1: has been a parent But in this one it became
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Speaker 1: clear early the Ravens were picking on Williams, who was
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Speaker 1: playing nickelback peppering the middle of the field. He ended
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Speaker 1: up with ten tackles, which is not a good thing
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Speaker 1: as a corner, by the way, but he was active
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Speaker 1: and he brought the receiver down. He was generally in
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Speaker 1: position to make the tackle. But you'd like to see
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Speaker 1: him make more plays on the football and be a
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Speaker 1: little bit more reactive there. I actually think he's been
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Speaker 1: better as an outside corner from what I've seen from
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Speaker 1: him in training camp. I was hoping to see him outside,
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Speaker 1: but it wasn't to be. And Eli Stowers, he had
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Speaker 1: a bad holding call in the first offensive play of
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Speaker 1: the game. It wiped away a seven yard Tank Bigsby run.
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Speaker 1: But it was kind of good to see the rookie
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Speaker 1: tight end come up with a couple of receptions on
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Speaker 1: consecutive plays to end the half. Now understand that they're
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Speaker 1: going to give up things underneath. There was not much
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Speaker 1: time left on the clock, and they knew what the
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Speaker 1: Eagles were trying to do. But I think the grand
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Speaker 1: total was six yards. He had two catches for six
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Speaker 1: yards there, but that's not really the point. The point
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Speaker 1: is is that those are things that can build confidence
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Speaker 1: and allow a young player to get into a rhythm.
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Speaker 1: He had a nice short completion over the middle later
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Speaker 1: it was a six yarder following a stick from Ravens
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Speaker 1: defensive back TJ. Tampa. You could see the shortcomings and
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Speaker 1: his blocking surface in the times that he had to
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Speaker 1: do it, but again, don't sound the alarms. This is
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Speaker 1: normal for young players to go through some of these
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Speaker 1: growing pains. I would expect him to progress a little
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Speaker 1: bit more each week, and maybe by the third preseason
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Speaker 1: game you're seeing someone who's making more plays on the
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Speaker 1: offensive side. While there weren't many offensive standouts in this game,
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Speaker 1: I did think running back Will Shipley delivered with some
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Speaker 1: tough inside running and at one point he averaged five
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Speaker 1: yards per carry. He had five for twenty five, then
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Speaker 1: he lost three yards. But the numbers look watered down
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Speaker 1: now because he finished with twenty two yards on seven carries.
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Speaker 1: But he did show some juice in his limited usage.
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Speaker 1: Undrafted linebacker Deontay Lawson is a player who's on my radar.
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Speaker 1: He's seen an uptick in snaps of late and practice
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Speaker 1: as fellow linebacker Chance Campbell, who Vic Vangio said don't
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Speaker 1: sleep on Chance now has been navigating that groin injury.
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Speaker 1: Chance Campbell did not play in this game. Lawson's extensive
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Speaker 1: starting experience at Alabama it does show up in his
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Speaker 1: play recognition and pursuit to the football. His athleticism and
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Speaker 1: sideline to sideline range also has translated from the practice fields,
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Speaker 1: and I'm not sure if there's room for him on
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Speaker 1: the roster for the Eagles to carry five linebackers, especially
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Speaker 1: down the roster wide receivers in training camp. A case
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Speaker 1: could be made that the veteran quees Watkins has been
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Speaker 1: the best of the bunch, But for my money, it
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Speaker 1: caught the touchdown from Peyton. He returned three kickoffs for
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Speaker 1: seventy seven yards. He's shown good speed and control. I mean,
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Speaker 1: A pair of rookies playing in their first ever football game.
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Speaker 1: In the third quarter, Kenya native Josh Wairu took the
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Speaker 1: field for his first NFL snap. On the ensuing play,
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Speaker 1: Seventh round pick u Or Bernard, a native of Nigeria,
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Speaker 1: came on for a few reps. Coordinator Vic Vanger earlier
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Speaker 1: in camp said both are light years away from being
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Speaker 1: able to provide meaningful snaps in a game, but those
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Speaker 1: were moments hopefully everyone can appreciate. They just started playing
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Speaker 1: foot professional football. That was their first ever football game,
22:55
Speaker 1: and we talked about rookie minicam the Ota. That was
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Speaker 1: where they were getting their introduction. They're still going through
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Speaker 1: their introduction right now. It's all a crash course, So
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Speaker 1: for them to be in a game just weeks later,
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Speaker 1: I think is remarkable, to be honest with you, and
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Speaker 1: wayrou By the Way delivered a pair of quality rushes
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Speaker 1: on the drive he posted a quarterback hit. Who Or
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Speaker 1: Bernard's journey has been the more popular storyline by a
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Speaker 1: wide margin, but Wayrou is further ahead. He's put together
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Speaker 1: some encouraging moments in practice and now he's done it
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Speaker 1: in an NFL game. So I had a chance to
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Speaker 1: speak to Josh Wayrou after the game and I asked him,
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Speaker 1: I said, first NFL game, what we were impressions, and he
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Speaker 1: said he was really happy that his teammates got to
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Speaker 1: go out there first and set the standard. He noted
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Speaker 1: that aj Epanessa on the first or second defensive play
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Speaker 1: of the game set the edge and he said to himself, yeah,
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Speaker 1: this game is on and he said there's some ups
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Speaker 1: and some downs, but he is someone that looks at
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Speaker 1: the wins that he does get as a positive and
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Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily harp too much on the negative. Again, it's
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Speaker 1: a growing process with both players. They've never played football before.
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Speaker 1: But Wayrou demonstrated signs of promise earlier than I expected.
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Speaker 1: And that's not just in this game. There's been moments
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Speaker 1: in training camp where you can kind of see things
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Speaker 1: coming together, and I think that that's important to note. Now,
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Speaker 1: just some stats here for those wondering. Cole Payton led
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Speaker 1: the Eagles in rushing with three carries for forty five yards.
24:42
Speaker 1: I mentioned Will Shipley Tank Bigsboy got a couple carries
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Speaker 1: in this one. Receiving wise, Darius Cooper led the Eagles
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Speaker 1: with two catches for twenty one yards. E J. Jenkins
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Speaker 1: had two for twenty. Eli Stowers had three for twelve,
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Speaker 1: Britain Covey had two for ten and apart from that,
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Speaker 1: I mean Hollywood Brown had won for four. But on defense,
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Speaker 1: Mac McWilliams combined for ten tackles. Maximus Pulley four tackles
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Speaker 1: or really five tackles. Sean Wade made a really nice
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Speaker 1: play where it was a hustle play. He wasn't really
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Speaker 1: in the frame in the picture. He forces a fumble
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Speaker 1: and Ambry Thomas picks it up. Heads up play by
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Speaker 1: both players. There, Andre Sam four tackles. Jeremiah Trotter Junior
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Speaker 1: had a sack in this one. Ty Robinson had a sack.
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Speaker 1: Toron Jackson had a sack in this game. Toron Jackson
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Speaker 1: re signed with the Eagles just days ago and this
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Speaker 1: is now his third stint with the Eagles. It was
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Speaker 1: kind of cool to see him out there producing getting
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Speaker 1: a sack again. He's not someone that gets a ton
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Speaker 1: of reps and practice and he probably will in the preseason.
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Speaker 1: But he's doing his part and trying to put the
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Speaker 1: best version of himself on film to hopefully appeal to
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Speaker 1: another team or maybe convinced the Eagles to try and
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Speaker 1: find a spotform on the practice squad. Kieley Ringo had
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Speaker 1: an interception in this game. He had a defensive pass
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Speaker 1: interference penalty on the play before that, but it was
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Speaker 1: probably a bad throw by the Ravens quarterback, but Kiley
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Speaker 1: was there to pick the pass off in the back
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Speaker 1: of the end zone. That's kind of what Kielee Ringo
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Speaker 1: is all about. You see plays that offer signs, you know,
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Speaker 1: of intrigue, and then a lot of head scratching and
26:39
Speaker 1: maddening plays and they they're more frequent than the highlights.
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Speaker 1: But he's clearly a player that has a high variance
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Speaker 1: type of player, and it's hard to imagine that he's
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Speaker 1: going to be able to be someone who the Eagles
26:52
Speaker 1: can rely on to step in and play corner if
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Speaker 1: they ever need him to, if injuries arise. But that's
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Speaker 1: kind of where we're at right now. Those are just
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Speaker 1: some of the highlights. I thought that guys like Gabe
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Speaker 1: Hall they had to step in. He did a nice job,
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Speaker 1: but it was kind of a tough day for some
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Speaker 1: of the defensive backs, Michael Carter largely, and I would
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Speaker 1: also say that Mac McWilliams probably didn't have the greatest
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Speaker 1: of days. Keeley Ringo had the DPI. There were opportunities
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Speaker 1: to make plays in the football and I didn't think
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Speaker 1: the Eagles in this particular game did a great job
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Speaker 1: at doing that. But the good news is is they're
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Speaker 1: back on the practice field on Monday, and they have
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Speaker 1: two big days at Jillette Stadium for joint practices, and
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Speaker 1: then they played the Patriots a couple of days after that.
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Speaker 1: But we'll see where everything goes from here. But for now,
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Speaker 1: that's the latest from me and my recap of the
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Speaker 1: eagles twenty four to seven loss at M and T
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Speaker 1: Banks Stadium. Dropped to ohen one in the preseason, and
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Speaker 1: this is just the start of what's gonna be a
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Speaker 1: very active rest of the month. That's gonna do it.
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Speaker 1: For this edition of to Checho Daily, I'm Andrew de Checo,
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Speaker 1: and I'll catch you all on the next one.