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Football at Four: Updated Inside Look at Rams-Eagles Matchup · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: All right, Adam Kaplan's filling in for Andrew to check
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  out today for today's football at four on the Sports
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  Batch Live on ninety seven three ESPN, and Adam usually
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  joined us on the Friday where the injury updates come back.
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  But we do have some injury updates today and it's
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  a pretty clean bill of health, Adam. For the Eagles,
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  including one guy who might be a little bit of
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  a surprise, and that's Will Shipley was back at the
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  practice field today. But they only had four guys on
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  the report yesterday, so it looks like they're entering with
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  pretty clean bill of health.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good sign, Mike at only four now, Yeah,
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  Shipley's definitely surprising. Now here's the thing. He's broken rip.
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  He has to get clear for contact. Until he does,
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  he can't play. You know, it's one thing to go
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  out there. He's got to be able to take contact.
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  So if you get cleared for contact, he'll play this week.
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  It's simple as that. Really not much to add. But
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  other than I am surprised, I'm with you a little
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  bit now. AJ Dillon filled in from last week. He
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  saw ten snaps. Right, they have a problem with pass
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  protection or third down or any passing situations. It's just
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  something we're going to have to work through that. It's
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  not something they didn't know, but it's been a little
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  bit of a problem. And Tank Bigsby all played on
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  special team's return for kickoff returns. So obviously if Shipley plays,
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  he'll only be on special teams if he's active. But
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  it's certainly something to watch how they worked this rotation
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  going forward behind saw Parkley.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Shipley obviously had a nice little role in the
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  first game there, added some stuff to the offense. Also,
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  the other name those Dallas Goddard was on the injury
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  report back at practice yesterday. But it looks like that
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  knee that some people thought he might be out a
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  little while for he could play this week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so he worked some today. We don't got to
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  see how they list him. We're probably looking at a
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  questionable take it best, but he's way closer this week
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  than last week. He didn't do anything last week. He
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  just redhab his knee. Kylin Granson played it's on thirty
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  four snap fifty seven percent of the snaps last week,
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  so they miss him. They need a block head in
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  the worst way. It was good to see though cam Lot,
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  who did a good job in his fullback role, but
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  they needed sight and here the block now and obviously
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  got it over the middle with what you saw in
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  game one. I know they were a short area of plays,
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  but they needed they need god her back with He
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  and Hurts had a good they really had a great
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  training camp together and it certainly showed less with that
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  he didn't.
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  Speaker 1: Play Tatam McKee has been out with the broken thumb.
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  He was the emergency quarterback last week. But does he
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  get back on the roster as the number two guy?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's closer this week. Okay, it's well, he's the
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  two when he's healthy and he's got a broken right
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  throng with thumb. So the good things he threw last week,
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  he's throwing this to he's getting closer. That's good news.
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  Now they also got some good news on offenses with now,
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  I mean he's feeling great, but Brenton Lannon Dickerson, he's
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  off the injury report with the back and that that's
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  really good. Now you look at his situation, you know
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  you'll worry about He's had back problems before he had
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  the knee surgery. Mike, as you know, the off season surgery.
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  Then he had any one the the meniscus trim. You know,
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  the thing is they just don't have a body backup
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  for him. Brett Toth is not it. I know he
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  is the backup, but he's shown that he's not good enough.
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  And the miss the myths that they had on Trevor Keegan,
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  who they thought would be his backup. He wound up
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  being cut and he's with another team now. That miss
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  because they really need to develop a backup lineman in
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  the interior alignment in the worst way right now with
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  the playguard right and.
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  Speaker 1: Then the other guys. As you know, we know that
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  his uh injury from you know, the preseason is Landed Dickerson.
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  He is off the report. That's been the spot there.
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  Going on defense, A little surprise name was Jalen Carter.
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  There was really no reporting of where this injury kind
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  of happened.
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  Speaker 2: All right, A couple of things here. So you saw
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  him hold his for his hand. That not listed. It's
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  the shoulder mic you are reporting on Jaalen Carter. We
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  put this out if he was drafted. There was concern
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  about some shoulder issues. He's had them since college. He
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  usually plays but We don't know if it's the same
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  shoulder that he had ENDO with, so he's going to play,
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  but he has a listed with the shoulder this week
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  and he was previously. That's something to watch. Jordan Davis,
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  by the way you saw him limp off with the
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  leg injury or something. Well, he's not listed. That's a
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  good sign.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously having him would be a big deal there. And
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  what's the latest on to Kobe Dean As we get
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  to week number three here, we know he's getting closer
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  and of course the big question will be with Dean
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  when he comes back. What do we see from Campbell
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  on what Dean's role might even be.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Campbell's the starter. That's not going to change because,
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  as we said at the time, Dean will not get
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  his job back if Campbell is doing this job well
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  and barings something unforeseen, which would be a major drop
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  off in mental errors and stuff. Campbell's so far ahead
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  of schedule. As a team, it's way too early to
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  give a shot of football. We just don't have enough
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  data and information. But individual players job, Campbell is so
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  far ahead of probably people are in the league thought
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  he would be. He's been trific. He's just a stud. Now, look, Dean,
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  he's coming off nature knee surgery. He thinks he's gonna
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  be able to at least practice in week five, that's
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  when he's eligible. Yet five, roll on, pup, you have
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  to miss four games, he said. He look he made
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  he said, I'll see you. I'll see you over five.
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  We'll see. But that would be great. And now that
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  the thing with Dean is though, whatever role he'll have
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  will be strictly decided on about how he looks in practice.
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  They don't get in practice, and they don't know. You know,
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  how his rehab has gone. It's going really well. But
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  until Mike you get him on the field, you just
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  don't know where he's at all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Uh, Adam Capel here, that's a look at the
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  injuries on the Eagles side of thing. To Kobe Dean,
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  as we pointed out, he is out to at least
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  week four. Uh, but uh, he could practice in week five,
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  and that would bring up this discussion. We'll go back there.
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  Flip it over to the Rams here because obviously they
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  have a couple of names on their injury list that
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  could factor into this game, especially on the offense and
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  defensive line.
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  Speaker 2: Steve Steve Stevola is their guard who played center before.
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  He's got a bailor. He was a third round pick,
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  didn't play week one. Outside chance he plays like they
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  practiced later today, so there's a chance. They say closer
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  this week than last week. They had undrafted free agent
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  Justin Diditch who filled in for him last week. Did
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  a good job and he hung in there, so kick
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  on that. That's an advantage Eagles of if he's got
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  to play. Brighton Fisk, who got hurt last year. He
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  played briefly with the injury. He's one of his starting
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  defensive tackle. It's a really good play who could rush
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  the passer. He got hurt in pregiin warrms last week, Mike,
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  he only saw thirteen snaps. They're optimistic he'll be able
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  to play, but the big injury, not that he's a
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  great player. Kill Willerspoon, who's a drink corner at thirty
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  years old. He's the best corner. He's done for probably
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  a couple of months, broken clavical. They are really light
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  at corner and right now Des Williams, who's a journeyman
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  who was the start of many years ago for them.
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  He's back. Kobe Durant. He's been a quality backup. They're
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  really short. Both corners are about five to ten and
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  then the other one is the other started corner, Annual Forbes.
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  You might remember him. A J. Brown abused him a
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  couple of years ago. He's really thin. He's over six feet.
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  I might and we'll get into the matchups this week
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  or in the segment for this week's game. This is
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  a matchup where the Eagles could get a J. Brown
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  involved and they got to come out front a little
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  bit to not have to throw out forty times Mike.
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  But they got to get a J. Brown on Emmanuel
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  Forbes because Forbes is too small physically.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, we were discussing that yesterday with Brian Baldinger
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  who joined us and talked about that that this is
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  the week their secondary, their corners specifically. We'll get to
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  get into that here in just a second. So when
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  you look at this game, let's talk a little bit
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  about what we expect here. When you look at the
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  Rams offense and their defense, you got Matthew Stafford. Obviously,
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  this is a they played twice last year. Some people
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  forget they did play in Week twelve and the Eagles
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  won that game kind of handling. It was thirty seven
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  to twenty. The playoff game was obviously a lot of
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  different stories. So what do we expect the third time
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  they play in less than a year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. In fact, Syriani's three to zero against the Red
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  So yeah, I would say this that last year the
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  Eagles bombed him in LA. They every Hurts played well
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  in that game, but that was obviously a Barkley game.
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  He was unbelievable. I would argue it was Brandon Grant's
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  best was an Eagle he in that Ironically, twenty got hurt.
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  He was. We actually talked to beg We interviewed him
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  for the seams starter and he talked to it. Look,
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  he was in a zone that day and that's one
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  of the things of his retirement. They have not never
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  replaced his pass rush. But yeah, what you're going to
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  get on those offenses. DeVante Adams, who looked great last
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  week against Tennessee Stafford. The back problem with he's over it.
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  He's thirty seven years old, still slinging. It looks great.
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  Jimmy Garoppolo is his back of something had to happen.
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  They're not great on the offensive line. Coleman Shelton, who's
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  their centers back. He was with the Chicago Freeri's back.
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  Kevin Dotson has been increded. Kevin Deston was a guy
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  the Steelers we're going to cut and they not traded
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  into the Rams. Dodson plays out of his mind, gets
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  an extension Rob Havnstein to see him. He's been with
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  the Rams since fifteen. Good player, he's older. And Alaric
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  Jackson who was an andrafted free agent twenty twenty one,
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  who's got who just got a big deal. They have depths,
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  I mean they are above average. Is not that good
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  he goals really handled him the last year. But the
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  thing is you've you've got to be able to get
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  to Stafford because he's got a quick release. And Devontae Adams.
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  We mentioned Pukka. When you watch him number twelve in
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  this game, Mike, watch how they deploy him. He's really
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  not a tough side receiver. They reduce him, they move
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  him inside and he's really tough there. He's super strong.
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  So that touchdown run last week, he looked great. Kyron
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  Williams has been way better than anyone thought it running
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  back to Notre Dame. He's now in his fourth year,
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  he got his extension. Great story of development. He's way
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  better than people thought. And Lake corm who's a good player.
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  He looked good last week. So they have a great offense.
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  Everyone once in a while their offensive line doesn't full.
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  So they like in week one they didn't. They didn't.
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  They barely won. Their defense carried them. But defensively, Mike,
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  you mentioned the corners, I don't know how they're doing it.
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  I mean, Chris schul is a good defensive coordinator. They're
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  not good at corner. That's how you win. They're super
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  really good at safety. Cam Curll came member for watching Campsins,
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  who's a third round of last year out of Miami.
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  Great defensive line. Everybody knows about Jared Versus what he
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  did last year in the plaid game. In the snow
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  here I mentioned Fisk. Kobe Turner is a good football player.
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  The other Byron Youngest phenomenal in a great week last week.
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  Who's an interest out of Tennessee. So they're really good.
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  But things they're really small mic defense, really small linebacker.
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  They're athletic, but small. Punaford who will start at the
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  nose tackle. It's five foot ten and a half, but
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  thirty four inch arms. They're athletic, they're well coached, but
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  they're small, and the Eagles offensive line dominated them at
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  the game in LA. Expect them to dominate on the
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  sunny here in Philly.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, a little breakdown of the matchup that you
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  can hear right here on ninety seven three ESPN. Of course,
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  the kickoff at one o'clock. It's a series of one
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  o'clock games. Adam, get the one o'clock football back into
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  the rotation and you'll hear that with Merlo reson Mike
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  Quick right here on ninety seven to three ESPN. Hey,
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  thanks for pinchingt Bud.
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  Speaker 2: You got a man. Thank you.