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The DiCecco Daily: Intel From Eagles Coordinators Pressers, Recent Transactions · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome into another episode of
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: the Checo Daily. It's Andrew DiCecco, Eagles beat reporter for InsideTheBirds.com.
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: And we're kicking off another week. That's right. It's coordinator day.
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: It's a Wednesday. Things change a little bit when they
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: play on Monday night. But we heard from Vic Fangio,
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: Michael Clay, and Sean Mannion this morning. We'll get into
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: some of what they had to say, and I'll offer
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: my thoughts on that. And I also want to talk
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: about a roster transaction or transactions that happened on Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: and what that means likely moving towards Monday Night Football.
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: So we'll start with that. On Tuesday afternoon, the Eagles
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: released running back Jaden Blue from the 53, and they
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: waived injured.
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: Running back Carson Steele. And so that leaves them.
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: On the 53 with only Saquon Barkley and Damian Pierce.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: They also signed veteran running back Elijah Mitchell, who was
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: with the team in training camp, suffered an injury and
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: then was waived. He's on the practice squad now. Perhaps
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: Jaden Blue returns on the practice squad. But let's look
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: at what this potentially means. And I would imagine it
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: bodes well for the return of Saquon Barkley. You certainly
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: don't want to release a running back in Jaden Blue
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: on the 53 if you're already shorthanded at that position
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  Speaker 1: or envision being shorthanded moving forward. And then Carson Steele,
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: that's just a really unfortunate move. uh scenario there where
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: he injured himself he finally got a chance to play
• 1:40
  Speaker 1: in the regular season takes a four-yard reception lowers his
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: shoulder and then comes off with an injury was in
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: the medical tent goes inside presumably for x-rays comes back
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: out i see him on the kickoff and then you
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  Speaker 1: also see him walking off the field grabbing that that
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  Speaker 1: same shoulder so it's a shame because when players get
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: their opportunity they are so few far in between When
• 2:07
  Speaker 1: you're a reserve player, when you're someone who's hanging on
• 2:10
  Speaker 1: in the NFL, when you finally get your opportunity to
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: go out injured, that's a tough deal. And Carson Steele,
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: high character guy, didn't get a chance to talk to
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  Speaker 1: him that much, talked to him in training camp and
• 2:25
  Speaker 1: always had a smile walking around the locker room. And
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  Speaker 1: maybe once he recovers, depending on the severity of the injury,
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  Speaker 1: maybe he returns, but You always, you know, I like
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  Speaker 1: to put things in a perspective there because he's not
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: a marquee name. He's not someone that has the luxury of, yeah,
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: you know, when I recover from that, I'll be able
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  Speaker 1: to be back out there. There's no guarantee when he
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: will be able to be in another regular season game.
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  Speaker 1: And then Jaden Blue didn't get any opportunities in the game.
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  Speaker 1: And that's a little curious. And I talked about why
• 2:56
  Speaker 1: his explosive qualities on an offense that lacks explosiveness are
• 3:01
  Speaker 1: You would think that you can get him the ball
• 3:03
  Speaker 1: a handful of times to see what he can do
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  Speaker 1: and threaten the defense in a different way. Hollywood Brown
• 3:08
  Speaker 1: not being active, one of the rare healthy scratches in
• 3:13
  Speaker 1: that game, and someone who can, in theory, stretch a defense.
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  Speaker 1: The fact that he wasn't active or really has an
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  Speaker 1: impact on the team. Now, he was sidelined for a
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  Speaker 1: while with an ankle injury, but he played in the
• 3:25
  Speaker 1: Tennessee game, had a couple of carries there. and then
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: was inactive in the game against Carolina, which I thought
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: was a little eyebrow-raising there. But nevertheless, that's where things
• 3:35
  Speaker 1: stand right now. But I say all that to say
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  Speaker 1: that when we're talking about the injury situation and Saquon
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: Barkley being deemed week-to-week a couple of weeks ago, that
• 3:45
  Speaker 1: would seem to bode well for his chances of being
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: available Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys. And obviously the
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: practice week has not started yet.
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  Speaker 2: That will be Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: So that's where we'll get our first glimpse of the
• 3:57
  Speaker 1: injured players coming off that game and see where things
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: stand with Saquon. But I would imagine that that is
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: a positive development with regard to Saquon Barkley and his return.
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: So players that I'll be keeping an eye on this
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  Speaker 1: week in practice. Jordan Davis, who, remember, left that game
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  Speaker 1: with an ankle injury.
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  Speaker 2: It didn't look well. It didn't look good.
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  Speaker 1: He had a bag of ice around, I believe it
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  Speaker 1: was his right ankle, after the game in the locker
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  Speaker 1: room when I saw him.
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  Speaker 2: That's a key injury to keep an eye on.
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  Speaker 1: Jalex Hunt and Vic Fangio didn't really give an indication
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  Speaker 1: as to whether or not he anticipates Jalex being available
• 4:34
  Speaker 1: this week.
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  Speaker 2: He said we'll have to see how practice goes.
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  Speaker 1: That's one that while it's probably unlikely, he didn't shut
• 4:43
  Speaker 1: the door on that. And they certainly could use a
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: reinforcement there in that edge rusher room. Nolan Smith had
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: the concussion in the Panthers game. Now he has an
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  Speaker 1: extra day to get through protocol, but that's not a guarantee.
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: Just look at Zach Vaughn's situation. Zach Vaughn missed the game,
• 4:59
  Speaker 1: and those things are a very delicate situation. It's a
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  Speaker 1: brain injury, and that's not something that has a definitive
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: timeline or anything like that. So, of course, Nolan Smith
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  Speaker 1: will be a player that I monitor his progress throughout
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  Speaker 1: the week.
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  Speaker 2: And Jonathan Grenard.
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  Speaker 1: is an interesting one here because he played in the game.
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  Speaker 1: I know he had the ankle injury. He was day-to-day,
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  Speaker 1: but he had no designation going into the game, and
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  Speaker 1: he played 24 snaps. Now, he appeared to aggravate that
• 5:31
  Speaker 1: on a play in which he was in coverage and
• 5:34
  Speaker 1: hopped off a little bit, looked a little gimpy, I
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: guess is probably a fair assessment there. And I kind
• 5:41
  Speaker 1: of like what Vic Fangio said about Jay Wicks Hunt.
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  Speaker 1: You have to see how practice goes for Grenard, whether
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  Speaker 1: or not he can be available, or I should say
• 5:51
  Speaker 1: take on more snaps than what you've seen him doing.
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  Speaker 1: They need some bodies, and those are players that I
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  Speaker 1: will be certainly keeping an eye on. I don't want
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: to forget about Michael Carter II, who had the abdominal injury,
• 6:05
  Speaker 1: missed the.
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  Speaker 2: Game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's done some good things when he's been
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  Speaker 1: called upon on defense.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he had a good training camp.
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  Speaker 1: As I like to reiterate, he had three interceptions in
• 6:17
  Speaker 1: the summer, and when he was plugged in as a starter,
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  Speaker 1: I thought he was active.
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  Speaker 2: He was around the football field.
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  Speaker 1: He took good angles and he wrapped up when he
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  Speaker 1: had the opportunity, which it sounds like it might not
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  Speaker 1: be much. But when you're talking about a defense that
• 6:35
  Speaker 1: tackling has been a little spotty, when you have someone
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  Speaker 1: on the back end like that who can wrap up
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  Speaker 1: and be a reliable player, someone who is a really
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  Speaker 1: sharp football mind, you certainly don't want to take that
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  Speaker 1: for granted. So we'll see what the immediate future holds
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: for Michael Carter when the Eagles hit the practice field
• 6:53
  Speaker 1: on Thursday. Vic Fangio really highlighted the play of Kenny Moore,
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: the veteran defensive back who started. Well, I say started,
• 7:05
  Speaker 1: but Cooper DeGene started. The Eagles were in base, but
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't Marcus Epps. It was Kenny Moore who was
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  Speaker 1: aligned opposite Drew McCubbin when the Eagles were in nickel.
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  Speaker 1: And Vic Fangio seemed to be very pleased with what
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  Speaker 1: he saw from Kenny.
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  Speaker 2: I talked to Kenny after the game.
• 7:23
  Speaker 1: I tweeted out, or I think I put it in
• 7:25
  Speaker 1: my story, the quote about his communication with Drew Makuba.
• 7:30
  Speaker 1: And I'll go back and look at some of the
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  Speaker 1: things that he had to say there. But Kenny Moore,
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: he is undersized. Yes, so is Michael Carter. So is
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  Speaker 1: Drew Makuba, for that matter. But he has played a
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  Speaker 1: lot of football. I talk about another sharp-minded football player.
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  Speaker 1: That's Kenny Moore. The consummate professional, it seems like wherever
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  Speaker 1: you would put him, he's going to find a way
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  Speaker 1: to make it a positive and be an asset to
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  Speaker 1: the team. And it sounds like he's going to be
• 7:58
  Speaker 1: the guy moving forward unless something changes. But why Kenny
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  Speaker 1: Moore instead of Marcus Epps? Well, Vic Fangio kind of said, well,
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  Speaker 1: Marcus hadn't been playing, thought Kenny Moore did some good
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  Speaker 1: things when pressed into service in Jacksonville, or I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 1: to establish some continuity there.
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  Speaker 1: How challenging it might be for someone like Drew McCuba,
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: who's trying to establish his voice on defense. He's trying
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: to really take on the communication piece. Vic Fangio said,
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: you know, the guys handle their, their sides of the
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: field in terms of the communication, but drew has made
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: some strides there. But when you're a young safety and
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: you've had Cooper to Jean playing beside you, Marcus Epps,
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: Michael Carter, and now Kenny Moore for continuity purposes, that
• 11:58
  Speaker 1: has to be a little challenging as you're trying to
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: establish some stability there. But, I think Drew has been fine,
• 12:05
  Speaker 1: all things considered. It seems like Vic Fangio is pleased
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: with what he's seen from him. And I kind of,
• 12:11
  Speaker 1: try to read between the lines or decipher what Vic says.
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: He seems a little bit more confident in Makuba relative
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: to maybe his answers on Jihad Campbell, but he seemed
• 12:23
  Speaker 1: pleased with where that rotation is right now.
• 12:25
  Speaker 2: And it's kind of going to be what it is.
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: He doesn't have a set plan in terms of snap
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: allocation situational. It's kind of going to be a field thing.
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: And Jihad started that game. Jeremiah came in later and,
• 12:37
  Speaker 1: Jihad played more snaps. I think that's probably the smart move.
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: He's a young player.
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: Just understand that there's going to be growing pains and
• 12:45
  Speaker 1: you take that. It kind of comes with it. It's
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: the startup cost, I guess you can say. And I
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: know that Jihad has been sort of a player that
• 12:57
  Speaker 1: a lot of folks out there like to point the
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: finger at.
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  Speaker 2: I think some of it's fair. I think a lot
• 13:02
  Speaker 2: of it is excessive.
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: And piling on without knowing the full context of what
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: his job responsibilities are at all times. But there's clearly
• 13:10
  Speaker 1: a reason why Vic Fangio is rotating linebackers there opposite
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: Zach Bond. And they're looking to get a little bit
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: more consistency, maybe accentuate the strengths of what one player
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: has that the other doesn't. For example, Trotter is very instinctive.
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: He is good at reading and diagnosing. He's often in
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: the right place. You're not going to catch him off guard.
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: And Campbell just brings elite athleticism, good length. I think
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: in theory, he can be a really good coverage linebacker,
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: but there are times where it feels like he's swimming
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: a little bit in terms of just grasping the intricacies
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: and nuances that are required to play linebacker in this defense.
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: And so Vic was pleased with how the rotation went
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: and we'll see where things go from there. He, he
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: talked about the edge rusher situation and how going into
• 14:00
  Speaker 1: the game, they were going to use Keyshawn James Newby.
• 14:04
  Speaker 1: And it sounds like it was probably going to be
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: for a minimal amount on defense. In addition to what
• 14:10
  Speaker 1: James Newby was going to provide on special teams, but
• 14:13
  Speaker 1: circumstances have a way of changing things. And what you
• 14:16
  Speaker 1: saw in that game was the Eagles being grossly undermanned.
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: Grenard being a little gimpy there at the ankle, Arnold
• 14:23
  Speaker 1: have a Katie and, played in the 70s in terms
• 14:26
  Speaker 1: of his snaps.
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: James Newby, I think, played close to 50.
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: I think it was at 48, 61 percent, I believe,
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: without looking. And Vic said, you know, he was pleased
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: with what he saw from him.
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: He's athletic. He's fast. He is undersized, but he's.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: A player to kind of keep an eye on this
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: week because there is a world where he's going to
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: have to play a decent amount of snaps, depending on
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: the health situation with Nolan Smith, Jay Wilkson, and Jonathan Grenard.
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: Let's not forget that A.J. Epinesa was out for that
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: game with a back injury. He entered the game as doubtful.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: So the Eagles are really banged up there at the
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: edge rusher position, which is why every player on the roster,
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: whether they're on the active or the practice squad, they matter.
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: And that's why for me, I don't ever want anyone
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: to ask me a question about someone on the roster
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: that I can't answer because I should know something about
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: every player on the roster and be able to tell
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: you something about them.
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: And James Newby is somebody who the Eagles like.
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  Speaker 1: My gut tells me that he's a player that they
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: were a little nervous about losing, potentially.
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  Speaker 2: When they waived him.
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: And I know a lot of the the apprehension there
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: was about Bernard or, uh, who are Bernard and Joshua Wayru,
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  Speaker 1: but James Newby is someone who is able to help
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  Speaker 1: you now. He's a player who is much further along
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: than those guys and the subject and the waivers.
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: It's a four or.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: Five speed guy, I think running down the field and
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: maybe taking on a special teams role. Potentially I can
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: envision sort of a Patrick Johnson type of, of role
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: kind of reminds me of him a little bit. I
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: think Pat maybe was a little bit, uh, bigger physically,
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: whereas James Newby is more athletic and he's faster. And
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: I thought he had some good plays. Not bad for
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: someone who was kind of thrown into the deep end
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: and saying, We need you. It's you or nobody. And
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: I thought there were some positives to take away from that.
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  Speaker 1: And this week, I want to learn a little bit
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: more about his development behind the scenes and how he's
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: really taken to that, because he looked like a player
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: that can help the Eagles. And I'm saying as a
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: fourth or fifth edge rusher, I'm not saying I'm not
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: suggesting that he's a top three in a rotation type
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  Speaker 1: of guy.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: He needs to get stronger defensively.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: And build up that strength, that lower body strength. But
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: when you see him out there, I watch his speed.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: I focus on him on a number of snaps, turning
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: the corner. He has a really good get-off, and I
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: think for burly offensive linemen, sometimes that can be a
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: challenge with speed rushers.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: And we'll just see where things go.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: We're way early into this process in terms of who's
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: going to be available and who's not. But it's something
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: that I will certainly be monitoring throughout the week. Sean
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: Mannion spoke about details and fundamentals and that he still
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: feels good about the under center. And he's not going
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: to deviate from that. He still has conviction with regard
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: to that conviction in the fundamentals and the play style
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: that the Eagles have. He asked himself, am I adjusting
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: and teaching as best as possible? So he looked inward there,
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• 17:42
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• 17:44
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• 18:38
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• 19:18
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  Speaker 1: So Sean Manning also mentioned that Jalen's been around a
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: and that he can have a positive impact being around
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: the team and helping Tanner McKee in terms of preparation, especially,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: for example, a Monday night football game. This is how
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: I prepared.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: When you have an extra day to do so.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: These are my notes when I was going against this team,
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: and these are things to watch, and don't forget about this.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: Jalen is still going to be around, and it was encouraging.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: To hear that he is around and doing whatever he can,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: despite his circumstances, to be a positive impact behind the scenes.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: And those are just some of my takeaways from the
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: Eagles pressers and trying to just sort of summarize the
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: week going forward and some of the key things that
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: I'll be keeping an eye on.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: And I'll have much more for you throughout the week.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: And, of course, with the Jalen Hurts situation and as
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the NFLPA, as they put out in their statement, On
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: Tuesday evening, there's going to be a full investigation in
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: terms of just the treatment that Jalen Hurts had throughout
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: this whole process. So that's a developing story, and I
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: don't really have anything new to add to that. But
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: when I do, I will bring that to you, as
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: I will all of the Eagles' information this week as
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: things get started on the practice field Thursday. And that's
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: going to do it for this episode of DiCecco Daily.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: I'm Andrew DiCecco, and I'll catch you all on the
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: next one.