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The DiCecco Daily: Going Inside My Day 1/2 Picks For Eagles In Mock Draft 1.0 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's up everybody. Welcome into another edition of the Checkodaily.
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  Speaker 2: It's Andrew de Checko, Eagles beat reporter for insidethbirds dot Com.
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  Speaker 2: And don't look now, but we now turn the page
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  Speaker 2: to another phase in the offseason process, and that would
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  Speaker 2: be the NFL Draft. But February is for the NFL
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  Speaker 2: Scouting Combine, but it is also mock draft season, and
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  Speaker 2: so I went ahead and put out my first mock
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  Speaker 2: draft to check O Mock Draft one point zero on
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  Speaker 2: Inside the Birds dot Com.
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  Speaker 1: And today we're going to kind of go through Day one.
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  Speaker 2: And Day two where I'll elaborate on why I went
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  Speaker 2: with those players, positions, and maybe what those players have
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  Speaker 2: to offer. And Sunday will be reserved for Day three
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  Speaker 2: where I can kind of expand on that. But in
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  Speaker 2: the first round, the Eagles are picking at number twenty three,
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  Speaker 2: and they're going to find themselves in prime position to
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  Speaker 2: add whether it's a tight end, an edge rusher, an
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  Speaker 2: offensive lineman. But here I think you really have to
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  Speaker 2: give some thought as to their philosophical approach and historically
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles build through the trenches, and with that in mind,
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  Speaker 2: Lane Johnson, whether he returns however long he decides to play.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever that may be. The Eagles do not have.
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  Speaker 2: A succession plan for when that day comes, and so
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  Speaker 2: you have to look at it through the eyes of
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles, and I think they're going to have a
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  Speaker 2: good spot to add a tackle who could offer some
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  Speaker 2: guard versatility. But I went with Caden Procter, the tackle
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  Speaker 2: from Alabama, six foot seven, three hundred and sixty six pounds.
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  Speaker 2: I like the way that he has power to anchor, heavy,
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  Speaker 2: violent hands, potential versatility to kick inside to guard, and
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  Speaker 2: I do believe that he profiles as a high end tackle.
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  Speaker 2: And you couple him with Jeff Stotland, and I think
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  Speaker 2: you have a player there where he can undoubtedly reach
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  Speaker 2: his talent, reach his ceiling with the talent that he has,
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's probably the way that I would go.
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  Speaker 2: And this is late January, so a lot could change.
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  Speaker 2: Stocks tend to rise, they tend to fall, new names emerge.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see if there's any interest at the Combine Pro
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  Speaker 2: Days thirty visits, and so there's still a lot to
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  Speaker 2: be determined here. But I was trying to put my
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  Speaker 2: Howie Roseman cap on here, and you look at what
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  Speaker 2: the value could be at pick twenty three, So I
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  Speaker 2: went tackle and to take this a step further, Fred Johnson,
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  Speaker 2: who stepped in and started nine games in Johnson's absence
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  Speaker 2: last season.
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  Speaker 1: He did a nice job. He was solid.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps there's a team out there that now has enough
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  Speaker 2: data on Fred Johnson that they're willing to view him
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  Speaker 2: more as a starting caliber lineman. He's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a free agent, but I would argue that he should
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  Speaker 2: be among the priorities among the eagles vast pool of
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  Speaker 2: free agents to retain because of the value that he provides.
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  Speaker 2: He's proven that he can step in, he can be
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  Speaker 2: that swing tackle on game day.
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  Speaker 1: But it's all in the eyes of the beholder.
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  Speaker 2: We don't quite know how teams are viewing Fred Johnson,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll learn more about that in March. And then
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  Speaker 2: Brett Toath is another backup offensive lineman who was the Eagles'.
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  Speaker 1: Top reserve at center and guard.
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  Speaker 2: And he's another player that I would make a priority
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  Speaker 2: because they don't have a lot of depth there, and moreover,
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  Speaker 2: they don't have an obvious candidate that can step in
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  Speaker 2: there and start.
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  Speaker 1: Because before our eyes, this offensive.
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  Speaker 2: Line is getting a little older, a little longer in
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  Speaker 2: the tooth, and you have to start getting those plans
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  Speaker 2: in place. So I went with Caden Proctor at pick
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  Speaker 2: number twenty three in the second round. And let me
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  Speaker 2: preface this by saying, the Eagles have so much money
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  Speaker 2: invested in their offense, significant allocation of resources. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to have to start paying their defensive players Quinna Mitchell,
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  Speaker 2: Cooper Degen. They have Jaywen Phillips as a free agent,
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  Speaker 2: you have Reed Black and Chip who's a free agent.
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  Speaker 2: Jaywen Carter is a player that they're going to probably
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  Speaker 2: look to extend in the near future. That's just to
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  Speaker 2: name a handful, but there are so many different players
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  Speaker 2: that they're going to have to look to make an
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  Speaker 2: effort to retain to ensure continuity and impact on that.
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  Speaker 1: Side of the ball.
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  Speaker 2: And then on the offensive side, they need to start
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  Speaker 2: getting younger. This is a group that has a lot
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  Speaker 2: of resources invested in their top two wide receivers, DeVante
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  Speaker 2: Smith and aj Brown. All the tight ends, including Dallas
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  Speaker 2: Goddard are primed to be free agents, so there's questions there.
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  Speaker 2: Offensive line Landon Dickerson played through a multitude of injuries
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  Speaker 2: this season. Cam Jurgens will now be two years removed
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  Speaker 2: from back surgery, but we have to see how he'll return.
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  Speaker 1: So there's a lot of questions there.
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  Speaker 2: And some of those players there's as I mentioned that
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  Speaker 2: there is a lot invested in them, so you have
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  Speaker 2: to start getting younger there, and even at wide receiver.
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  Speaker 1: Regardless of what ends up happening with aj Brown, whether.
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  Speaker 2: He stays or whether he leaves via trade, the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: have to add another wide receiver there.
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  Speaker 1: Johan Dowson will be a free agent.
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  Speaker 2: They have Darius Cooper, who they really like, second year
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  Speaker 2: player now out of Tarleton State, good story development, Brittin
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  Speaker 2: Covey's there. He signed a two year deal. They have
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  Speaker 2: Danny Gray and Ques Watkins who signed reserve futures deals.
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  Speaker 2: But you have to also look at it and say
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  Speaker 2: they need depth. They need to add another dynamic piece
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  Speaker 2: there because I believe that Sean Mannion and Josh Grizzard
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  Speaker 2: are going to make a more concerted effort to involve
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  Speaker 2: that third receiver. Yes, there's gonna be more loving personnel,
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  Speaker 2: but try to find a way to implement that third receiver.
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  Speaker 2: And so I went with a Omar Cooper junior out
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  Speaker 2: of Indiana, six foot two four compactly, built, really good
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  Speaker 2: after the catch. Close to five hundred of his nine
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  Speaker 2: hundred and thirty seven receiving yards last season were after
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  Speaker 2: the catch, so he's very physical. I think he attacks
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  Speaker 2: the catch point really well and he's a three level threat,
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  Speaker 2: but also someone that they can get the ball to
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  Speaker 2: in space on those slant routes like you would for
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  Speaker 2: an AJ Brown and allow him.
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  Speaker 1: To move those chains. But I like that he's coming.
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  Speaker 2: From a program that just won the National Championship.
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  Speaker 1: He saw a lot of volume. He's also a solid blocker.
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  Speaker 2: So when you're looking at different pieces that Eagles could
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  Speaker 2: add to add different layers to what I'm expecting to
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  Speaker 2: be a reimagined offense, Omar Cooper would be a prime
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  Speaker 2: example of a player that the Eagles could be in
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  Speaker 2: position to draft when they're on the clock at pick
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  Speaker 2: fifty four, and I think it would be well worth
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  Speaker 2: their while to try to get somebody like that into
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  Speaker 2: the fold because he can affect teams in so many
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  Speaker 2: different ways that it almost seems like it would be
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  Speaker 2: an obvious fit, especially if they're not able to retain
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  Speaker 2: AJ Brown. So we'll see how that goes. But I
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  Speaker 2: want wide receiver there in the second round, and I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that that's a position that should be ignored.
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  Speaker 1: They do need to.
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  Speaker 2: Get a little bit younger, they need to get a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more dynamic to add to what they already have.
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  Speaker 2: So that was an easy pick for me. Then we
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  Speaker 2: get to the third round, pick number sixty eight. I
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  Speaker 2: mentioned that all the tight ends, Dallas Goddard predominantly are
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  Speaker 2: going to be free agents, and you can make the
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  Speaker 2: argument that the Eagles have a decent shot at retaining
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  Speaker 2: Dallas got it for at least one more season, if
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  Speaker 2: we're able to come to an agreement, maybe a more
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  Speaker 2: cost effective, team friendly deal like last season.
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  Speaker 1: Look, this is someone who had.
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  Speaker 2: A career high in touchdown reception, so it may seem
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  Speaker 2: on the surface that he's going to be highly coveted
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  Speaker 2: around the league, but he's also thirty one years old.
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  Speaker 1: He also is a player who is dealt with a
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  Speaker 1: ton of injuries in his career, so.
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  Speaker 2: I think he holds more value to the Eagles and
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts, who Jaywen and Dallas have a obvious rapport
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  Speaker 2: and that's been evident in training camps in years past.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly over the past training camp. He's a good security blanket,
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  Speaker 2: very good after the catch, and we've seen that he
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  Speaker 2: was a good red zone presence. Kevin Patula did a
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  Speaker 2: really nice job of finding ways, unlike other offensive coordinators
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  Speaker 2: in the past, to involve Dallas Goddard in.
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  Speaker 1: The red zone to get creative and how they get
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  Speaker 1: him the football.
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  Speaker 2: So I think best case scenario, Dallas got it, returns
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  Speaker 2: and the Eagles they identify his understudy who can learn
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  Speaker 2: under Goddard for a season and then take the reins
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  Speaker 2: next year. So I went with Max Claire, the tight
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  Speaker 2: end from Ohio State. He began his career at Purdue.
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  Speaker 2: I like what he brings to the table, really smooth
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  Speaker 2: route runner six five two and forty three pounds, forty
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  Speaker 2: three catches four hundred and forty eight yards last season
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  Speaker 2: and two touchdowns for the buck guys. I like the
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  Speaker 2: alignment versatility, he has reliable hands and ability to play
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  Speaker 2: through contact. But I go back to the route running
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  Speaker 2: prowess and his knack for finding the sauce spots in
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  Speaker 2: the zone. He's also a solid blocker. There's room for
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  Speaker 2: improvement there, as there are for most players, but what
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  Speaker 2: I've seen from him over the years indicates to me
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  Speaker 2: that he has that in his arsenal, So that's another
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  Speaker 2: plus that he can bring in.
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  Speaker 1: Just be that chain moving security blanket for Jalen Hurts.
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  Speaker 2: I like that fit from an eagle standpoint and from
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  Speaker 2: a positional standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: That's good value there. And this draft is not all
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  Speaker 1: that deep when.
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  Speaker 2: It comes to the tight end position, So that's something
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  Speaker 2: to keep in mind. You don't want to wait till
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  Speaker 2: day three to identify that player because then you're.
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  Speaker 1: Banking on them being sort of.
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  Speaker 2: A high upside dark throw that you're putting all the
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  Speaker 2: eggs in that basket. And I don't know if you
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  Speaker 2: Twenty one stand up Finally Round three pick number ninety eight.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles are lean at edge rushers.
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  Speaker 2: Stop me if you've heard that before and last offseason
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  Speaker 2: that was a talking point. It was Jay looks On,
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  Speaker 2: It was Noan Smith, not a ton there, Brandon Graham
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  Speaker 2: had retired and there just wasn't a whole lot of
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  Speaker 2: variety for the Eagles to hang their hat on. And
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  Speaker 2: let's not forget there was questions about Jay lookshn stepping
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  Speaker 2: in in a second season after he played sparingly as
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  Speaker 2: a rookie, and Nolan Smith coming off the triceps there.
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  Speaker 2: So we're back to square one all over again, because
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  Speaker 2: the only two edge rushers that you can count on
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  Speaker 2: this season in twenty twenty six are once again Jay
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  Speaker 2: looks h On and Nolan Smith. Jalen Phillips, who I
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  Speaker 2: would argue should be the top priority for the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: market depending is a free agent Brandon Graham.
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  Speaker 1: His future is uncertain right now.
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  Speaker 2: Josh Usha and aziz O Jelari, who both players signed
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  Speaker 2: one year proved deals last offseason, they didn't really factor
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  Speaker 2: all that much in the Eagles equation. Aziz Oji played
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: sparingly and then finished the season well. He was on
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  Speaker 2: injured reserve with a hamstring injury for most of the year,
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  Speaker 2: and then his twenty one day practice window opened in
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  Speaker 2: the postseason and he was never heard from again. Think
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  Speaker 2: after that first Giants game, so I think if the
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  Speaker 2: price is right, you want to bring an experienced player
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  Speaker 2: in there like Ojalari, give him another look this offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps josh Uche I thought kind of got a raw deal.
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  Speaker 2: He did a nice job when he was called upon
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  Speaker 2: with the snaps that he was given as that fourth
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  Speaker 2: edge rusher role provided pressure, played with physicality, helped on kickoff.
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  Speaker 2: But when Brandon Graham came out of retirement, Vic Fangio
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  Speaker 2: has proven over his career that he's not a coach
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  Speaker 2: that's going to dress an abundance of pass rusher. So
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  Speaker 2: josh uche was the odd man out handle it like
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  Speaker 2: a pro. But if I'm josh Usa, I'm probably wanting
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  Speaker 2: to go to another place that's going to utilize my
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  Speaker 2: skill set as a pass rusher, and it doesn't seem
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  Speaker 2: like that's gonna happen in Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: Nevertheless, that goes back to my original point.
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  Speaker 2: You have two edge rushers you can count on in
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six, and so that's in the area where
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles should look to add a player on Day
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  Speaker 2: one or day two. I have them getting one here
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  Speaker 2: at pick ninety eight with Danny Dennis Sutton from Penn State.
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  Speaker 1: And this is someone.
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  Speaker 2: That he's listed at six foot five, two hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty three pounds. I've seen his weight go as high
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  Speaker 2: as two sixty five to seventy depending on where you look,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm looking forward to speaking to him more at
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  Speaker 2: the NFL scouting combine because he's an interesting player. Back
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  Speaker 2: to back seasons with eight and a half sacks, and
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  Speaker 2: that was after I've duel Carter left.
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  Speaker 1: So he was still productive last season.
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  Speaker 2: He liked that he's a lengthy power player who sets
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  Speaker 2: the edge with violence, and I believe that his developmental
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  Speaker 2: upside is intriguing. So a lot of these players who
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, they're going to be at the Combine, they'll
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  Speaker 2: be at the podium and I'm hoping to speak to
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  Speaker 2: them and get a better sense of maybe their background,
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  Speaker 2: their influences, where they've grown the most, and how they
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  Speaker 2: believe that they can affect an NFL team in a
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  Speaker 2: positive way. But that's Day one and day two. As
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, I'll have Day three for you on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Something to let marinate, and I'm sure everybody has a
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  Speaker 2: lot of questions. Mock draft season is always very interesting,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of feedback, a lot of perspective, and the draft.
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  Speaker 1: Season is quickly upon us.
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  Speaker 2: It's the early stages of it, granted, but I'm really
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to unpacking all of that in the weeks
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  Speaker 2: and months to come.
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  Speaker 1: That's going to do it for this edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Czech Odaily.
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  Speaker 2: I am Andrew Decheco and I'll catch you all on
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  Speaker 2: the next one.