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Re-examining Roles For Eagles Rookie Class After Recent Developments · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Inside the Birds is back. It's going on everybody and
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is Jeff Mosher and Adam kaplan Inside the Birds. Tuesday,
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Eagles had a practice. We want to get you all
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the intel on the developments because there were some at practice,
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and then we thought of it's a good idea. As
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training camp starts to wind to an end, we're going
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to go through the rookie the draft class this year
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and really go through the players and see where they
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tell you where they stand as we go down the
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stretch here at training camp. But yeah, lots of developments, Adam.
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I always say those first practices right after the preseason
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games is where you start to see the movement at
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the depth chart, and surely there was some movement going
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on at Monday's practice. So we'll get into that as well.
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Guts go through some injuries. First, what do we got
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on Jacoreyan Bennett?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, thankfully man it I mean if people didn't see it,
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he had a little bit of friendly fire where he
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bumped to a teammate with a forearm. You know, he
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left the game, didn't return, but thankfully he was not
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on the entry report and he ran with the twos
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on Monday, not with the ones. Yet he took one
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some yesterday last week, doesn't mean he won't today, which
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is Tuesday or Wednesday, in their final practice of training camp.
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And then we'll see what happens at the game. But
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you know they're gonna want to ramp him up more.
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They're gonna want to get him ones. That's coming. But yeah,
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that's fine. Thankfully that was big. That didn't turn out
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to be an injury, thankfully.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and listen, we'll get into this because you and
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I are both gonna be at today's practice. Correct You'll
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be yeah, oh yeah, and I'll be there, and so
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we'll get into this on another pod soon. But it
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is really worth noting. On Monday, there was as you
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talk about Jacorian Bennett, there was some movement there. Kuillie
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Ringo not only saw some time with the twos, but
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the threes and no time on the ones, which is
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a new development obviously. Jacoreyan Bennett, if you heard say,
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they're all going to get more. He wants to Corey
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and Bennett to get a fair evaluation. He wants to
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see him more. Just got here about two weeks ago,
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and you know they've had a bunch off days, so
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you're gonna see him get a chance. But Cooper de
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jen now taking outside reps at corner in base and
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Mac McWilliams also getting some first team weird.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's not a good signe. I'm not criticizing Mac,
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it's just that's not was never their plan, right, they
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just gave it the answers to the test. You don't
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have to guess where they're at. They don't know who's
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going to start. They're not even close to knowing who's
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going to start. You know, we know Drey Jackson's taken
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the majority of them, of ones, not we're not talking
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eighty percent, but over half of them. So this is
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not good. This is not what they were thinking. That's
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not what anyone was thinking. But here we are. Here,
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we are in the second half of August, and they
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still don't know who's going to start, right opposite Quinnon Mitchell.
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That's one thing they know is Quineon Mitchell's a stud starter.
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But they've got a lot of eyes. And this is
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why Mac McWilliams, you can't say it's to back up
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to Dejeane at Nickel because they're trying to figure it safe.
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If he could figure it out to outside corner that's
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there was never their plan. But this is where they're
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at and it's not a good thing. Folks. We you know,
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we always to shoot you reel here. This is not
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what anybody wanted. Depth. There's not about how many players
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you have. It's about the quality of the player. And
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this is where we're at. It a cornerback opposite Mitchell.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you heard vic Vic spelled it out. They're all
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kind of close. He's waiting for separation. He's not disappointed,
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but he certainly You listen when you hear him talk,
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when you hear him talk about a nine year cornerback
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like a Dori Jackson and say it's time for him
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to show who he is or who he isn't or
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he was going to grow. Yeah, like you just know
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that he's looking for someone to separate. So but there's
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there's still time before you have to push any panic buttons.
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But there there's It's not a great sign for Killer
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Ringo of all of the people in the group, but
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it's the worst sign for him.
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Speaker 2: It shows you once again, what if I call OTAs.
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Speaker 1: Oh you call them the double A's right, double.
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Speaker 2: A double a baseball. It's double a baseball. I'll be
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using that for five years. I just came up with
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it because I've been fooled so many times. It's kind
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of like when am I going to learn? It doesn't
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mean anything because you can't there's no physical play all
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the all the guy they could just run with each other.
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You can't really touch the player. But you get you know,
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if you're if you've got lant and good run, you
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look good. And Reguo had two good off seasons, and
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then you get to training camp. It doesn't seem to
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take very long untill he it doesn't look good.
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Speaker 1: Right right, like when it gets when when it gets real,
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you know right right?
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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, you know it's it's like you go
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from double A that okay, the pitching gets better double
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A to triple in. He can't adjust to it, and
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then you get to the majors. He can't. He he
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can't adjust at all. So it shows you hipway and
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speed only gets it so far. Can get you drafted? Yeah,
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get you. You're intrigued by it. R S scores, But
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the tape is the tape we told you about the
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the stiffness for three years. It's not going away. Instincts
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are just not great Quinya Mitchell. The first day he
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steps on the field in training camp, once they got
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him out of Nickel, you see the instincts immediately. You
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see this kids special football player. And shame on those
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teams who thought, oh, he can play in man coverage.
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You know he did at the senior ball, but they
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were worried about the level competition. Bill Polling told me
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you always grade the player, not the jersey.
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Speaker 1: Uh huh.
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Speaker 2: I remember that's one of the things I got for
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Bill over the years. And you know i'd peg him
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for I'd say, hey, give me, give me something. What
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do we look for? Because Bill had the pillars of evaluation,
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and he had like ten of them, and he looked
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there was never perfect. Sometimes you're gonna miss. Obviously you're
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not gonna get anything all the time, right, But too
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often people get like it's like with with Milton Williams, right,
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Louisiana Tech lower level college football. Well, because you typically think, oh, bad,
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bad coaching. They are not great coaching, But the tape
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was really good, right, And that's why the Eagles based
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on what they saw and that's why they nailed that one.
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Speaker 1: All right, we'll talk again more about that as we
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see more practice reps today and see what happens, and
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same thing on the offensive line and at safety. Offensive line.
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You're starting to see now, and we said this was
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going to happen. Terry and Kinnard got some work at
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first team left guard. Brett Toath started there. He's still
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getting the first crack at it. But you know, and
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we'll see as practice goes on. I just still have
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to squint very very hard to see Brett Toath being
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A on the fifty three and B being next man
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up if Landon Nickerson is not able to start at
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left guard. So we'll see.
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Speaker 2: I gotta tell you this is where I messed up
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in the off season. I never we knew Dickerson had
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a big injury history, but I didn't think would be
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this bad if you got hurt like Brett Toath is
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a great story of hanging in there. All the power
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to him, but he's not what we call league started.
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That's a term that scouts have used for years. He's not.
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And I know, look, they shocked us with the uh
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Drew Kendall thrown him in there in a game and
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left guard. That was like what what? Man?
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Speaker 1: What is?
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Speaker 2: I know they have great coaching, but man, this is
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where you just don't want Brett Toath to be the
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storying left guard. And how he's got thirteen draft picks, Well,
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we'll see what happens. Come what's a cutdown eight next Tuesday?
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From Yes, he's got thirteen draft picks.
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Speaker 1: Man.
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Speaker 2: How he's great at using me, super aggressive, he leves
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trading all these gms tell me he gets so excited.
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You kind of know when he wants something. It's he
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doesn't really beat around the bush, or he he he
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tries sometimes so he goes, oh, this guy's not playing,
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what do you want for him?
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Speaker 1: Kind of thing? You know.
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Speaker 2: But he's got thirteen picks for next year and you
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can't keep all of them, so we'll keep an eye on.
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Speaker 1: It, right, And of course it's safety good to see
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Andrew mccouba get the little bump work with the ones
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uh in the first practice after having a two takeaway
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game against the Browns and Vi vix right, you know, Vic,
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I love how he phrased it because I even wrote
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it like this for Philly Voice. It was a really
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bad pass by Dylan Gabriel and it was somewhat right place,
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right time for the fumble recovery. It's not like he
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jarred the ball out. He just happened to come out
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of the pack. However, so so Vick acknowledged, Okay, they
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botched it up more so than we made it happen,
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by the way, I know, I know, And he said,
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I love it.
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Speaker 2: I love this guy.
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Speaker 1: There's something to be said, he said, for you know,
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for making the play when it's there. And mccooba did that,
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and so he ran with the ones and you know,
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we'll see how those practices. And there's only a couple
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of practices left, I mean, just this week, and they'll
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close it after the game. What's the game Friday? This week?
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Speaker 2: Friday? Yeah, so today and tomorrow Thursday, walk through Friday
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game at the NYG Ye look at a couple of
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days off nyj Yeah. What did I say?
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Speaker 1: Gee?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, same stadium, same stadium. And by the way, they
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should be called in the Jersey Jets. It's ridiculous. They
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don't play New York but anyone.
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Speaker 1: They should separate themselves. It would be good. Yeah, they are.
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They are far more of a New Jersey. Well, I
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can't say that the New Jersey fanily is a little
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bit divided because the Jets still have that long Island
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faction for him like Queens and then you know Hofstra
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at all so I can understand why they haven't gotten
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rid of it. All right, that's for another show.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but real quick drew mccooba to me. It's even
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I know that for most of camp had been Sydney Brown. Well,
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it's because maccoba missed over a week of practice and
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then when he came back, he was he was limited
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and vic Like most older coordinators either side of the football,
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they don't They're not going to be pressured by the
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front office to play a higher graded or higher drafted player.
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He's going to play the guys who are not going
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to make mistakes. And if he thinks Maccooba is ready
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to go, he's going to start. That's that's just the
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way it is. But maccoba's closing in on it. He's
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not there yet. But this is a really good time
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his shott not just those individual plays. It's really smart
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guy processes real well. But it's it's not easy to
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miss wraps in camp because that's the best evaluator you
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get initially is in practice. Then you take it to
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the game.
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Speaker 1: All right, good stuff there. So that's the developments. Let's
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get into going through the draft class and seeing where
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know g Jahad Campbell. Look, things are going really well
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for him. I know he had a nice practice Monday.
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The athleticism is what separates him. Jeremiah Tronter Junior plays
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the position. This is no knock on him. He plays
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it really well. He knows exactly what to do. But
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you saw on that creeper blitz that Jahad had against
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the Browns. He is lightning, he is fast, He is
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here on fire, and if he makes fewer mistakes or
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limits some mistakes, he starts along side Zach Boy and me.
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There's that's it.
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Speaker 2: No questions asked, none. The first round pick fifth or
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and pick through the math. It's it's not even a
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discussion of personnel circles, like when you talk to people
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in buildings. It's like our first round pick plays when
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he's ready. There's it's just that's it. But it's a
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mental thing with him. It's it's where you've got trot
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in your who's who's a processor. He's just really good
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at it. But he's not the athlete that Campbell's. Cambe's
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much bigger physically. And now see, flash plays are great,
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but coaches will rather have consistency. That's the way you
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and I learned the game over the years. They're looking for,
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can you execute the play like you're supposed to. If
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you can't, you're not going to start. If you can,
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you add all the thump and the athleticism Campbell has,
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he'll be starting eventually. He's going to start, whether it's
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week one, five, seven, nine, whatever, And and it's going
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to be fun whenever it happens because this you so
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you've seen it in practice. Man, this dude is got
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he just don't see I LB's as Vic calls him,
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you like answers. And by the way, don't call it
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outside corner. According to Vic, there's no such thing.
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Speaker 1: It's corner and it's nickel, right of course.
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Speaker 2: Right, there's no such thing as an outside cornercause the
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guy's playing outside corner.
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Speaker 1: No, duh, that's right. There's edge and there's ILB.
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Speaker 2: Right, exactly right. There is no OLB. See right, OLB.
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Speaker 1: You might get your answers more. I'm not quite sure
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God's gonna play too at all against the Jets, but
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he does need reps. I know Victa says that if
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he does, it wouldn't shock me if it was one
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or two series and then then out. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I don't think this should a lot. He missed the
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entire offseason. He really needs to agree he needs the reps.
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Speaker 1: I agree, it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't, just
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because this is the third game and you want to
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make sure you're healthy going into the.
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Speaker 2: Playing the second game against the WINGLA last year, because
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they weren't they like he was closing in on it, right,
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but and plus he participand the joint practice but he
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played so correct.
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Speaker 1: Did he play in the last one though? I don't
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think he did. And that was a guy who needed
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reps in that position too, But they weren't. They got
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to the point where they said, we're just gonna be
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all right with that.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 1: Mccooba. We talked about this is the second round pick
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for the Eagles. We talked about him. I think the
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versatility Adham. This is what really separates him. Not that
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and Sydney Brown's had a nice camp. Haven't seen him
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out of place. I can't say he's done anything poorly,
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but when you when you look at their skill sets
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and when you look at the way Vic rolls his
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safeties up and down, and you know, maybe even potentially
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playing inside if he wants to go man on a
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five out right and he needs that safety to come
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play the slot. That's where mccooba is going to give
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you that versatility.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's just he's got much better cover skills. They
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draft him play safety. We know he could play nickel.
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He's not doing it here yet, so we'll see what happens.
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But he's another guy. It's just second round picks are
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expected to start when they're ready, and that's kind of
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where we're at. He's closing in on it, but you
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don't want it yet. He's developing. He's uh, And I
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like what grec o Selt told us. He goes man
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at Clemson, he played nickel really well. So just not
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just this year, but think next year if de Jean
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moves to safety full time, but Koba could be the nickel.
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No obviously they need, they need a corner. That's another thing.
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But this this secondary has got a chance with Quinnyon
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to be really, really good. And when is the last
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time it's been this young in this talent?
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Speaker 1: Oh, two thousand and four, I guess, all right, when
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you had Sheldon Brown and Ledo Shepherd and Dawk was
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the older statesman. He wasn't even that old in two
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thousand and four. He's probably like twenty seven at the time.
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I can't remember, but yeah, that's that's the last time
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it was this good and this young. It's been quite
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a while. Let's move on. They didn't have a third
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round pick. They had a fourth round pick on the
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defensive line. Listen, I liked what I saw from ty
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Robinson in this regard. He when he makes a mistake,
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he makes it at one hundred miles per hour. He
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shot a gap, he overshot a gap on his own
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against the Browns, and then he provided that cutback lane
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for who was what was the Brown's running backs name?
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Speaker 2: It was a Sampson, Well, it was.
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Speaker 1: A straight It was a was a name that I
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wasn't familiar with. That's why I kind of stuck out
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to me. Pierre Serre it was the other guy who
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got the earlier reps.
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Speaker 2: Dylan Sampson's the fourthront correction went up starting week one.
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Speaker 1: Wasn't even that guy.
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Speaker 2: They had another guy that Travion williams Akira for the Bengals.
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He had a bunch of he had some work remember
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thirty six, Yes.
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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, it might have been him. But either way,
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so you know, as as a zone defender, you have
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to you get that reach block, you have to go
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with it, go with it. You kind of have to
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two gap until the ball and then leave your block.
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But he left it too early, which created that bubble
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that the running back jumped into and got a big game.
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But that happens. It's okay, it's a mistake. But I
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also saw him pushing guys back yet using his hands,
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using that violence that he plays with, and I was impressed.
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I think he's certainly etching his way to get some
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time in uh like that. You know when they they
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go to their backup sort of pass rushing line at him.
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If if the opponent is going on a long drive
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and they convert a couple of third downs, then Vic
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starts to roll his second string and I can see
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ty Robinson getting home on that.
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Speaker 2: Well, it's either Gay he or Gabe Hall. Those are
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the guys that are above you know. That's it. That's
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pretty much.
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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, if you're giving both Jalen Carter and
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Jordan Davis a break or whoever a moro Joe Marbre Yeah.
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Speaker 2: That's it. You know that. That's that's where they're at.
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So he's developing. Uh, you get he might and he
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also might be a better game player in season because
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he's got incredible energy and he's got you can clim
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a multiple positions. He's not a no.
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Speaker 1: See.
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Speaker 2: The reason why I dropped it the fourth was is
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the body type. Yes, he's put some mass on, but
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the thing with him was is he He's not a nose?
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Is he? Is he a five? He's not a no?
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Is he a five? Techniques seven? He's not a nine?
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Definitely not a nine. You have to figure out what
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he is and that's why I dropped it the fourth.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, good player though he has the chance to
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sort of be like the way Milton and Morrow started
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off as a rotational piece and then maybe as the
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years go on, depend on what happens on the D line, Uh,
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work himself into a into a bigger role. But I've
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been I think that they've been happy with what they've
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said have to be. They've said they are, so that
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that's good.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: Fifth By the way, Amani Marshall was the running back.
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Speaker 2: For the Brown Monie Marshall. Wow.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, he got some carries early in the game. Okay,
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all right, So fifth round pick. We talked about him
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a little bit. Mac McWilliams. VIC clearly sees something in him.
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You know, he's a shorter guy, but he's a very
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good athlete. And VIC is now working him on the outside,
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which is giving some other guys who I don't think
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are going to make the team a chance to work
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in the slot. That's Brandon Johnson, that's Perry Nickerson. You know,
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guys will probably be on the practice squad. But he's
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given Mack mac McWilliams an opportunity to showcase what he's got. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: When McWilliams is hurt, that's when Brandon Johnson got his chance.
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And because McWilliams has been playing corner, Brandon Johnson moved
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up unfortunately got hurt with a groin injury. Yeah, so yeah,
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he he's got he's got corner and nickel possibilities here.
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He might play and dime when they played dime. Whether
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he start, whether he dresses each week, depends on the
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other the other corners and rolls and so forth, and smile.
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Monin's come on a little bit. He's did some good
19:11
things of this game. He's progressing a little bit. The
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other fifth front boy they had three fifth Drew Kendall. Again,
19:18
he's really a center. He could play guard if you
19:20
need him to, but he's built to play center. Cincinnati game,
19:24
he was really good. Now, this offensive line did not
19:26
pass blockwell, didn't run blockwell. It was not good to
19:30
say the least. Take your pick whatever you want to
19:32
criticize him for their offensive line. But Drew Kendell is progressing.
19:35
That's the key.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think if he had to play
19:38
guard it would probably could they hide him a little bit. Obviously,
19:42
you got Kim Jarrett Riggans. Next year, you're gonna double
19:44
team blocks. Kim is gonna probably leave Tyler Stein to
19:48
himself and then help out Kendall in both pass pro
19:52
but also in combo blocks in the run if it
19:55
works out that way, So you can probably, I don't know,
19:58
you got a fee right. Do you go with him
20:01
or would you go with like Matt Prior, who's played
20:03
the position, who's bigger, a little more stout and ready.
20:05
That's something Stotin we'll have to figure out. But the
20:09
point you're making it is correct, is that he is
20:12
a center. That's his main position, and if something were
20:15
to happen to Cam Jurgens, you would like to see
20:17
Kendall'll be able to step in there and hold the
20:19
fort down.
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Speaker 2: Yep, if he need be a Kyle McCord. He threw
20:22
the touchdown a little bit behind Smith, but Smith made
20:25
the adjustment on in a great camp. He had good
20:27
OTA's but it's not been a good training camp for him,
20:29
so we'll see what happens with him. Miles Hinton is
20:32
a developmental left right tackle that he Their hope is
20:35
that will be the long term swing tackle. Really athletic,
20:41
a lot of talent there, but he's very wrong. He
20:43
needs time to develop. Cam Williams has got some work
20:46
with the second. He mostly third in training camp. Some
20:48
of the second.
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Speaker 1: Hard to see him making it the way he's practiced,
20:51
and if he does, it's here a really developmental and
20:54
they don't want to lose that, So I shouldn't say
20:57
hard to see it, but hard to see him making
20:59
it on merit, I'll say, I hear you.
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Speaker 2: And then Powell Ryland their last pick of the ten
21:04
and their fourth sixth round pick. Very quiet for Antoine.
21:08
Powell Ryland.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought I would steal. I thought we'd see
21:12
a little more because he's such a known as such
21:14
a technician, right, but maybe the fact that he's not
21:18
like the greatest athlete in the world is really hurting
21:20
him against you know, Eagles have some pretty good tackles.
21:22
Speaker 2: So yeah, all third team. I mean I didn't in
21:27
my notes, I don't. I don't remember seeing him on
21:29
the second team if he did, find but it's been
21:32
mostly on the second team. This is a developmental player,
21:35
this is it was a down the line player. We
21:37
knew he wouldn't play this season. That was not really
21:39
in question coming to training camp, right, but with Ouche
21:43
coming back, you know from two subpar years and Ojelari
21:47
get off the slow starting training camp, you you hope
21:49
that Powell Ryland would maybe push these guys. It hasn't happened. Actually,
21:52
the story has been number forty eight, Patrick Johnson, He's been,
21:55
I would.
21:56
Speaker 1: Say, yeah, him and and the guy they got from
21:58
the Browns. I don't know about Obo doesn't play great
22:00
against the He's just smaller, but he's got some bursts
22:03
around the edge. If he can play special teams. I
22:06
think it's an interesting decision between him and Patrick Johnson,
22:09
who we know can play special teams really well, and
22:11
both of them really show you what they got in camp.
22:15
To me, they're probably going to keep five edges. You
22:17
know who the first four are, and then it's sort
22:19
of a battle between Obo and and Patrick Johnson to
22:22
be the fifth because I think at this point apr
22:25
Is is looking like a practice squad player.
22:30
Speaker 2: How he will keep how he will keep his draft picks. It's,
22:33
you know, could all tend make it? Well, that's that's
22:36
a tough thing to do. And then let's get to UDFA.
22:39
There's been some interesting development so Montreal. Johnson came back
22:42
from his injury. He right now he'd be the fourth back.
22:45
He had a good six yard run. The others were
22:48
just trying to get a field. Finding the hall shun
22:50
Derek Palace to change up. It's highly unlikely he'll make it.
22:53
Darris Cooper has been the Darling not only have the
22:55
U da ud FA class, he's been phenomenal. Another really
22:59
good practice day and the good thing is he could
23:03
play his inside outside versatility. He's been he's been a
23:07
training camp superstar. But it's legit. It's not the Hank basket,
23:10
make it spectacular catchdownfield. He's doing just about everything. And
23:13
plus you've tried on special teams.
23:15
Speaker 1: Yep.
23:15
Speaker 2: Guy's been a pretty pretty good performer, no doubt.
23:18
Speaker 1: Yeah, plenty of first team reps on Monday, which has
23:20
been like the third or fourth practice in a row
23:22
that he's been getting first team reps. I mean, this
23:24
is not an accident. This is this is a guy
23:26
who's got to be on the fifty three. I don't
23:28
know at this point how off Taylor Moore and has
23:31
been a nice story as a slot receiver. I don't
23:34
I don't know that he's gonna make it, but he's
23:35
certainly earned himself a spot.
23:37
Speaker 2: I would think on the practice squad for sure. For sure,
23:41
Charles Jackson had a couple of flashes, it's highly unlike
23:43
he'll make it. Hollan Pierce is your typical developmental offensive
23:48
lineman on a practice squad. Can't see him making it.
23:51
He's got elite length. He's just got to get a
23:55
kind of slim down a little bit work on technique
23:57
and footwork. Lance Dixon flashed, Uh, don't because the IOB
24:02
group overall. When when well, now that bond that bonds back,
24:08
it's bond, it's Trot, it's Campbell, it's Mondon Junior. You
24:12
don't need five. Dallas Kan is there, but he was
24:15
there last year, so that that's you know, that's pretty
24:18
much it there. Brandon Johnson, you know it's come on.
24:20
But then he got Hurt and Max and Hook. He
24:23
just hasn't developed to the point where I thought he
24:25
might make it, at least push for a spot. They
24:28
have a lot of safeties, you know. Overall, I don't.
24:31
Speaker 1: He's an interesting player though, he's an interesting physical player.
24:35
He has put some big hits on guys in camp
24:37
when you're allowed.
24:38
Speaker 2: He's got length, man, he's got really good size. He's
24:40
a good practice squad. Uh kind of guy.
24:43
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, something crystallized in my head before we
24:45
get out of here that made me think you're absolutely
24:47
right on something. When I was talking about those edges
24:51
and how and I said, how how can they keep
24:53
APR when they've got five or six guys. I am
24:55
sure in how he's mind he feels like he can
24:58
wave obo it would be a waiver.
25:00
Speaker 2: No, it's he's vested four years or more. He's terminated
25:03
the contract.
25:04
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm sure he's thinking that he can get a
25:06
guy like that on the practice squad to clear room
25:09
to keep APR. Same thing, Yeator Johnson. Those guys don't
25:14
have to be kept on the fifty three and then
25:16
they can immediately be brought back on the practice right.
25:18
Speaker 2: Because last year he did. Right because last year Patrick
25:21
Johnson was subject to waivers because he didn't have uh
25:25
he was not vested yet. Now he's vested. Yeah.
25:27
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it'll be very interesting, as you like to say,
25:31
roster tango going on at the cutdown day to try
25:34
to keep guys who don't deserve it, then bring back
25:36
guys who did deserve it.
25:38
Speaker 2: Honestly, that's like Turse Marshall. That's one you know where
25:43
that'll go down to the wire.
25:45
Speaker 1: Yep.
25:47
Speaker 2: I'm look, yeah, they've done that. How he's done a
25:50
good job of it where you know you have good
25:52
relationships with the agents. He say, listen, we want them,
25:55
We got to keep our young guys. Let's get this done,
25:59
you know.
26:00
Speaker 1: Yep. So all right, good summary, good summary there, good summary,
26:04
and we're going to continue to have all the intel
26:06
from practices leading up to the final preseason game on Friday.
26:11
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