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The DiCecco Daily: Intel On Joe Kasper's Promotion To DBs Coach/Pass Game Coordinator, More OC Search News · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's up, everybody. Welcome into another edition of to
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  Speaker 1: for Inside the Birds dot Com, and we have some
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  Speaker 1: Eagles news, though not in.
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  Speaker 2: The way of offensive coordinator.
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  Speaker 1: More on that in a moment, But the Eagles, to
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  Speaker 1: no surprise, have elevated safeties coach Joe Casper to defensive
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  Speaker 1: backs coach slash pass game coordinator, the role previously held
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  Speaker 1: by Christian Parker, who last week became the Dallas Cowboys
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  Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. I've heard a lot of really good things
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  Speaker 1: about Joe Casper talking to players over the past couple
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  Speaker 1: of years, and he is a sharp minded defensive coach
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  Speaker 1: who is really well versed in Vic Fangio's system, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but he focuses on fundamentals and detail. As one player
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  Speaker 1: told me, he coaches really hard and they strive for perfection.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Casper first joined the Eagles as a defensive quality
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  Speaker 1: control coach in twenty one and twenty two, the first
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  Speaker 1: two years of Nick Sirianni in Philadelphia, and then he
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  Speaker 1: left for a year to go coach safeties for the
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  Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins under Vic Fangio. Comes back to Philadelphia in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four and coaches the safeties from twenty four
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  Speaker 1: and twenty five, and there he oversaw the growth and
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  Speaker 1: development of the likes of Reid Blanket Ship, who has
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  Speaker 1: become a cornerstone type of player for the Eagles, that
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  Speaker 1: back end traffic cop type of guy who is somebody
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  Speaker 1: who the Eagles have a lot of trust in when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to communication and making sure everybody's assignment sound.
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  Speaker 1: Then you have Drew Mcooba, the rookie who obviously there
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  Speaker 1: were some growing pains early on in his rookie season,
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  Speaker 1: but he was coming on a little bit before he
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  Speaker 1: fractured his ankle in late November against the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: Then you have the play of CJ.
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  Speaker 1: Gardner Johnson in the past, and also Marcus Epps who
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  Speaker 1: stepped in a really nice job when Macouba went down.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of veteran players who I thought really made
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  Speaker 1: it so that the defense didn't miss abeat when they
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  Speaker 1: were in there, and I think a lot of that
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  Speaker 1: has to do with the coaching under Joe Casper. And
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  Speaker 1: there's also two practice squad players in Brandon Johnson and
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  Speaker 1: Andre sam both of which have been elevated on different
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  Speaker 1: occasions to the fifty three man roster for the game
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  Speaker 1: day for the game day elevation, and they both have
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  Speaker 1: shown market sign of growth. And I think that's something
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  Speaker 1: that you can also attribute to the coaching of Joe
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  Speaker 1: Casper getting those guys ready to play, helping them take
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  Speaker 1: a leap forward, as they are young players with little experience,
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  Speaker 1: and so everything that I've gathered on Joe Casper, he's
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  Speaker 1: a young coach. He's a fast riser, but he's very
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  Speaker 1: well regarded by players, and he's a highly thought of
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  Speaker 1: coach in the grand scheme of things. So that's a
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  Speaker 1: really good hire. Apparently, according to reports, he had opportunities
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  Speaker 1: to go elsewhere, but he wanted to stay in Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: to continue to work with the players in house. And
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles are very fortunate that they were able to
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  Speaker 1: retain Joe Casper because he's somebody who is obviously well
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  Speaker 1: regarded around the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: It allows for continuity.
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  Speaker 1: You're having a coach in place who's well versed in
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  Speaker 1: the Vic Fangio system and someone who has had a
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  Speaker 1: demonstrated track record of player development and maximizing the talent
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  Speaker 1: at his disposal. Again, little surprised that he was appointed
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  Speaker 1: into that role. I tweeted that out after a Christian
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  Speaker 1: Parker bolted for Dallas to be their defensive cooridator, to
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  Speaker 1: keep an eye on Joe Casper and get familiar with
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  Speaker 1: the name, because that was the obvious internal candidate to
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  Speaker 1: take on an elevated role.
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  Speaker 1: Then there's some offensive coordinator news. So on Monday morning,
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  Speaker 1: it was known that Dekwan Doyle, the young and fast
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  Speaker 1: rising offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears, withdrew his name
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  Speaker 1: from the Eagles, and they showed an interest in him,
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  Speaker 1: and he had an interview with the Eagles, and so
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  Speaker 1: he's instead bypassing on that staying with the Chicago Bears
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  Speaker 1: for another season. Look, that makes sense on its face
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  Speaker 1: because he's viewed as a head coaching candidate, and so
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  Speaker 1: you keep with the status quo. You continue to learn
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  Speaker 1: under Ben Johnson and develop Caleb Williams and maybe take
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  Speaker 1: that offense to another level. He's not calling plays in Chicago,
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  Speaker 1: that's obviously Ben Johnson, but from a business perspective, that
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  Speaker 1: does make some sense. But that's a name that you
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  Speaker 1: have to cross off the list. So too, the same
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  Speaker 1: applies for Charlie Weiss, who was someone who did some
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  Speaker 1: really good things at the college level for Ole Miss
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  Speaker 1: then he moved to LSU, but he's informed that he
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  Speaker 1: informed the Eagles that he's going to be staying at LSU.
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  Speaker 1: So that was a name that piqued my interest. It
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  Speaker 1: was an intriguing name because if you're looking for that young,
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  Speaker 1: innovative mind, it would make a lot of sense to
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  Speaker 1: see if he was willing to make that leap to
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  Speaker 1: the NFL and try to make his mark and reimagine
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  Speaker 1: this offense that has the potential to be high octane.
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  Speaker 1: But Charlie Weiss is another name that has to be.
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  Speaker 2: Crossed off the list.
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  Speaker 1: There are two other names that surface today that the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles are showing interest in, and that is Frank Smith,
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  Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. He was that
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  Speaker 1: he held that role from twenty twenty two to twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five under Mike McDaniel, and that's a coach that
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  Speaker 1: has been around. I like his ability to scheme up
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  Speaker 1: run designs and things like that. He fulfilled that role
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one with the Chargers, and he also
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  Speaker 1: has a history of working with offensive linemen, so I
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  Speaker 1: look back to his time with the New Orleans Saints
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  Speaker 1: in twenty ten to twenty fourteen, and that's somebody that
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  Speaker 1: I think would would make some sense there. Now it's
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  Speaker 1: a coach that when you look at the Miami Dolphins,
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  Speaker 1: they didn't fulfill or meet the expectation that they had.
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  Speaker 1: But if there's any sort of enticing, enticing elements to
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  Speaker 1: the name Frank Smith, it's that he does have a
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  Speaker 1: background working with offensive coaches that I think should peauk
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  Speaker 1: your curiosity.
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  Speaker 2: And Mike McDaniel no less.
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  Speaker 1: So you would imagine that if he were appointed to
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  Speaker 1: that job, he would implement some of the similar things
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  Speaker 1: or something similar to what Mike McDaniel was able to
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  Speaker 1: implement in Miami. And that should be intriguing because one
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  Speaker 1: would think that it would be something that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be fresh and different from the norm, especially what we've
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  Speaker 1: grown accustomed to seeing the Eagles do. So that's a
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  Speaker 1: name to keep an eye on. And then Girod Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: who has coached c. J. Stroud from twenty twenty three
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  Speaker 1: to twenty two twenty five. You could argue he did
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  Speaker 1: really well. It's not even an argument, it's a fact
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  Speaker 1: he did really well coaching him in twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: And then c J.
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  Speaker 1: Stroud has sort of tailed off significantly now he's just
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  Speaker 1: thirty seven years old. I think an interesting fact is
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  Speaker 1: one he overlapped with Nick Sirianni for one season with
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  Speaker 1: the Colts in twenty twenty when he was a quality
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  Speaker 1: control coach. And he was also signed as an undrafted
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  Speaker 1: free agent by the Eagles in twenty eleven after a
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  Speaker 1: storied career at Texas A and M, where he was
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  Speaker 1: their quarterback for since I think it was two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and six to twenty ten, and the Eagles brought him in.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't last that long that summer, but I thought
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  Speaker 1: that that was interesting. But you look at the familiarity
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  Speaker 1: that he has there with Nick Sirianni. You couple that
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  Speaker 1: with the fact that he's worked with quarterbacks, you can
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  Speaker 1: argue the degree in which the success of the quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: that he's worked with have had.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's fair because you look at CJ.
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  Speaker 1: Stroud and his play has tailed off immenseally after very
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  Speaker 1: banner rookie campaign. But that's a name that the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: also interviewed back in twenty twenty four when they ended
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  Speaker 1: up getting Kellen Moore, so some familiarity there as well.
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  Speaker 1: But this search continues and Obviously, Brian Davills' name is
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  Speaker 1: still out there and until something shakes free, maybe with
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  Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, maybe with the Titans, which had been
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  Speaker 1: the two teams that he's been linked to. We'll have
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  Speaker 1: to wait and see, because that's a coach that would
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  Speaker 1: make some sense for the Eagles. Jim Bob Cooter is
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  Speaker 1: another name that would might not excite Eagles fans, but
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  Speaker 1: you have to like the familiarity with Shane Stik and
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  Speaker 1: with Nick Sirianni, with Frank Reich from under that tree,
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  Speaker 1: and you can argue that you would want to get
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  Speaker 1: away from that. But he is somebody that I think
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  Speaker 1: you can bring in and he's not going to have
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  Speaker 1: to uproot everything that they do offensively and is going
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  Speaker 1: to have a good understanding, a good grasp on the
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  Speaker 1: principles and the vision of what the Eagles want the
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  Speaker 1: offense to be.
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  Speaker 2: He's also been around for a while.
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  Speaker 1: He's worked with a number of different quarterbacks, a number
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  Speaker 1: of different systems. I look at Matthew Stafford with this
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  Speaker 1: time with the Lions. So that's a name that you
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  Speaker 1: probably want to jot down and highlight as a name
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  Speaker 1: that as this search continues, that would be one that
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  Speaker 1: I think will we'll pick up could pick up some
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  Speaker 1: steam based off the names that are getting crossed off
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  Speaker 1: the list, and so we'll have to wait and see
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  Speaker 1: how everything here shakes out. Mike Kafka, I should also
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  Speaker 1: mention as of Monday afternoon, he will be going to
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  Speaker 1: the Colton in an elevated assistant role offensive assistant role.
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  Speaker 1: And so that was a name that was also on
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles list. You have to cross that one off
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  Speaker 1: as well. I don't look at this exhaustive search as
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  Speaker 1: something that you should be concerned about, but it is
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  Speaker 1: something that I think the Eagles are taking a more
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  Speaker 1: comprehensive approach and gathering ideas talking to the different candidates.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe some of it is you're trying to gather intel.
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  Speaker 1: Parts of the interview process is you're trying to understand
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  Speaker 1: what their vision is, and I think not having a
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  Speaker 1: hasty approach is probably the right way to.
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  Speaker 2: Go with this.
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  Speaker 1: I know that a lot would like to have this
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  Speaker 1: resolved sooner, a lot of the fans, but that's not
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  Speaker 1: always the way that it works, and that's not always
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  Speaker 1: in the best interest to do that. So as this
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  Speaker 1: search continues, we'll have plenty of coverage on Inside the
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  Speaker 1: Birds and right here on the Czecho Daily, but for now,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to do it for this edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Checho Daily. I am Andrew Dechecko and I will catch
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  Speaker 1: you all on the next one.