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The DiCecco Daily: Intel, Insight From Eagles Final Practice Before Titans Game · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:10
  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome in to another edition
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: of the Checo Daily.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: It's Andrew DiCecco, Eagles beat reporter for InsideTheBirds.com.
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: We have the Friday injury report and.
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: Out for the Eagles, outside linebacker Jonathan Grenard, pectoral, questionable
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: safety Drew McCuba with the knee. The Friday practice report reads,
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: limited defensive tackle Jalen Carter, wrist, outside linebacker Jonathan Grenard, pectoral,
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: safety Drew McCuba, knee, full participants, wide receiver Hollywood Brown, hamstring,
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: defensive back Cooper DeGene, calf, abdomen, and wide receiver Elijah
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  Speaker 2: Moore with the neck.
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  Speaker 1: So there you have it. Cooper DeGene and Jalen Carter
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: are good to go.
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  Speaker 2: Both players earlier in the week, as I outlined in
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: the injury report on InsideTheBirds.com and on this podcast, said
• 1:04
  Speaker 2: that they expected to play. The question that I have is,
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: how much will Jalen Carter be able to play? He
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  Speaker 2: played 94% of the defensive snaps against the Commanders.
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  Speaker 1: This is a game that the heat index is going
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  Speaker 1: to be pretty severe and.
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  Speaker 2: You're probably going to need to implement sort of a
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  Speaker 2: rotation there when it comes to the defensive line, especially
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  Speaker 2: at defensive tackle.
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  Speaker 1: So it may mean that someone like.
• 1:31
  Speaker 2: A Byron Young is going to have to play a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more. BYU played six snaps against the Commanders.
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  Speaker 2: Ty Robinson, I'm not sure, played any defensive snaps. Both
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  Speaker 2: players may have to take on a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: of an elevated role as the Eagles look to establish
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: more of a rotation there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure how much Jalen Carter is going to
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  Speaker 1: be able to play.
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  Speaker 2: He had the right wrist injury, and he injured himself
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  Speaker 2: doing the peanut punch in the Week 1 matchup. So
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: we'll have to wait and see how that goes, but
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Carter left no doubt that he was going to play.
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  Speaker 2: Then you have Jonathan Bernard, who's out. Now, I mentioned
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  Speaker 2: this in yesterday's podcast that The quotes that I read
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  Speaker 2: for you from my transcript suggested that he was still
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  Speaker 2: at least a week away and that he's treading.
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  Speaker 1: In the right direction. So that's obviously a good sign.
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  Speaker 2: No setbacks as he was limited in every practice to
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  Speaker 2: start the season. And, look, with the pec injury, you've
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  Speaker 2: got to build up strength first. You also have to
• 2:30
  Speaker 2: build up your endurance and your stamina as well. And
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  Speaker 2: Jonathan Grenard's not going to go out there unless he
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  Speaker 2: can really help the Eagles. He's certainly not going to
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  Speaker 2: go out there if he's going to hurt the team
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  Speaker 2: or even hurt himself. And the Eagles are going to
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  Speaker 2: take a cautious approach here. The fact that he wasn't
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  Speaker 2: placed on injured reserve to start the season tells you
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  Speaker 2: that the team believes that at least it's a pretty
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  Speaker 2: good chance that he's back within.
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  Speaker 1: That four-week frame. And.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles need more out of their pass rush in
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  Speaker 2: this game. I look at Dan Moore, their left tackle,
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  Speaker 2: their right tackle, J.C.
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  Speaker 1: Latham.
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  Speaker 2: Those are beatable players. They've proven to be a little
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  Speaker 2: bit vulnerable, at least comparing it to last season. Jalex Hunt,
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  Speaker 2: Nolan Smith, it's your show for at least another week.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to be able to take over and make
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  Speaker 2: your presence felt.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to need more out of A.K. Epinesa. I'm sorry, A.K.
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  Speaker 1: Epikady and A.J. Epinesa. A.K., Emma Cady played 40% of
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  Speaker 1: the snaps last week.
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  Speaker 2: FNSA played just 12, but Vic Fangio earlier in the
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  Speaker 2: week mentioned that he was banged up. Both players may
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  Speaker 2: need to take on a little bit more of an
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  Speaker 2: elevated role. The Heat is the equalizer in this game.
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  Speaker 2: The Titans are not a very good football team. They
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  Speaker 2: don't have a lot going for them on either side
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  Speaker 2: of the ball, really, in any of the three phases.
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  Speaker 2: So it's an NFL team, and that's why they play
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  Speaker 2: the game. But on paper, this looks like a game
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  Speaker 2: that the Eagles should house them. But until the game's played,
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  Speaker 2: you just never know. They're practicing in this heat, whereas
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles are getting out there Friday. If you're listening
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  Speaker 2: to this Friday, they're getting out there. They flew out
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  Speaker 2: this afternoon. So they'll have some time to acclimate to
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  Speaker 2: the weather. But when you're playing in that type of weather,
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  Speaker 2: He always has to be mindful of it. I think
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  Speaker 2: this is a game that the Eagles should lean on
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  Speaker 2: the run game, take advantage of an aggressive defensive front
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  Speaker 2: led by Jeffrey Simmons.
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  Speaker 1: You have John Franklin Myers. You have Jermaine Johnson. Take
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  Speaker 1: advantage of their aggressiveness.
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  Speaker 2: I imagine that they're really going to pin their ears
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  Speaker 2: back and try to attack that Eagles interior. And Saquon
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  Speaker 2: Barkley should be able to really.
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  Speaker 1: Take advantage of that.
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  Speaker 2: Probably want to find more carries for a tank bixby
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  Speaker 2: just to really try to shorten the game get the
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  Speaker 2: running game going and work plays off of that we
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  Speaker 2: never really well we didn't get a chance to see
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  Speaker 2: the the full sean madden experience in week one the
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  Speaker 2: eagles did what they had to do to win the
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  Speaker 2: game you survive in advance but the offensive line play
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  Speaker 2: wasn't great and it was a little vulnerable and they
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  Speaker 2: forced them to do some more inside zone that power
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  Speaker 2: type of run style and This is a game that
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  Speaker 2: I think Saquon Barkley stands to benefit. Now, against the Jets,
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  Speaker 2: the Titans surrendered 102 rushing yards off 22 carries to
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  Speaker 2: Brees Hall. I think it was 150 total. So they
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  Speaker 2: got gashed in the run game. And when the weather
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  Speaker 2: is like that, you want to try to shorten the game,
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  Speaker 2: get out of there with a win, lean on Saquon Barkley,
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  Speaker 2: which foundationally that's what the Eagles want to do.
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  Speaker 1: And then I have a question about the offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: How are they going to perform?
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  Speaker 2: Regardless of who's in at left guard or center, the
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  Speaker 2: Titans likely have that highlighted as an area that they
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  Speaker 2: are going to try to exploit, and it becomes incumbent
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  Speaker 2: upon the Eagles to find a way to combat that,
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  Speaker 2: whether that's double-teaming Jeffrey Simmons and doing some different things
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  Speaker 2: up front. But I think Drew Kendall would make the
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  Speaker 2: most sense there at left guard. I mentioned Fred Johnson
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  Speaker 2: was the left guard in the very short portion of
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  Speaker 2: practice that was open to reporters. When reporters leave, that's
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  Speaker 2: when practice really begins. So that's not to say that
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  Speaker 2: they didn't go to something different. They know what's being reported.
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  Speaker 2: The teams are aware of what's being reported.
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  Speaker 1: We're all out there. We're all looking at the offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: So for competitive advantages, it wouldn't surprise me if there
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  Speaker 2: was a little gamesmanship there.
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  Speaker 2: But until you get to pregame warmups, you're never entirely
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  Speaker 2: sure what the Eagles are thinking.
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  Speaker 1: Who knows? They may want to lean on that.
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  Speaker 2: Experience that Fred Johnson has in this particular matchup. I mean,
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: it sets up to be a tough spot for anyone,
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  Speaker 2: but certainly someone in Drew Kendall has always played 89
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  Speaker 2: offensive snaps in his career, just last season as a rookie,
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  Speaker 2: and he's never played guard before.
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  Speaker 1: He's a center by trade.
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  Speaker 2: But all indications based off what we saw in the
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  Speaker 2: summer suggest that Drew Kendall would be the first guy up.
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  Speaker 2: But that's not to say that the Titans aren't going
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  Speaker 2: to look to try and capitalize on that. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to throw this out there. Yes, Drew Kendall did
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  Speaker 2: impress in camp, and I put him up there among
• 10:36
  Speaker 2: my five players that I was most impressed with in camp.
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  Speaker 3: That happened.
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  Speaker 1: That's not a mirage or anything like that. The Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are bullish on him.
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  Speaker 2: But that doesn't mean that there won't be growing pains.
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  Speaker 2: That doesn't mean that there won't be pressure up the middle.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't mean that Drew Kendall can't play. It's a
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  Speaker 2: byproduct of the growing pains that accompany playing a young
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  Speaker 2: player who doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: Have a lot of experience.
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  Speaker 2: He could very well go out there and dominate. He
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  Speaker 2: could impress. But if there are some lapses, if there
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  Speaker 2: are some areas that the Titans are exploiting, that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: mean that we were wrong or that the player can't
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  Speaker 2: play or anything like that. It's You kind of got
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  Speaker 2: to wait a little while. But anyone who's going to
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  Speaker 2: be healthy and functional is going to give you a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more than what Landon Dickerson was able to
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  Speaker 2: give you against the commanders. And I would also argue
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  Speaker 2: that the wide zone and this style that Sean Mannion
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: is bringing in and Chris Cooper and Ryan Mahaffey, the
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  Speaker 2: run game coordinator, tight ends coach, that they're all working
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: together to establish.
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  Speaker 1: I think that suits someone like Drew Kendall perfectly.
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  Speaker 2: More than it would someone like Landon Dickerson who's a
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  Speaker 2: better power player, moving forward, using his strength to bulldoze defenders.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see if they're able to do some more of
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  Speaker 2: the wide zone stuff because that's what I'm hoping to see.
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  Speaker 2: That's really what the Eagles are going to be predicated
• 11:59
  Speaker 2: on if this offense is fully imagined. As far as
• 12:04
  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts, he was very good against the Washington Commanders.
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: I don't know that he needs to do anything differently.
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  Speaker 1: You want to continue to see him get the.
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  Speaker 2: Ball out quickly and on time, put the ball where
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  Speaker 2: his playmakers can take advantage of their ability to create
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  Speaker 2: yards after the catch.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that I want to see any more
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  Speaker 1: design runs.
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  Speaker 2: I know that that's a popular topic of conversation this
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  Speaker 2: week if I'm the Eagles. I'm probably not overly enthused
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  Speaker 2: with that linebacker, with that concept because why put your
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: quarterback in peril you have no control over what defenders
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  Speaker 2: you're going to do and that sort of detracts from
• 12:39
  Speaker 2: all the progress that they've made you don't want to
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: just revert to some so much of what you've done
• 12:45
  Speaker 2: in the past you want to really try to lean
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  Speaker 2: into the Sean Mannion offense and certainly keep your quarterback
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  Speaker 2: as healthy as possible I think back to that Chicago
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  Speaker 2: game in 2022 where Jalen got hurt on a design
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  Speaker 2: run and I think it needs to be a part
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  Speaker 2: of his game where he can improvise and create and
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  Speaker 2: keep defenses on us that way. But you want to
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  Speaker 2: see the under center, the motion, all of the principles
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  Speaker 2: that we're expecting to see with this offense without deviating
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  Speaker 2: too far away and creating these design runs.
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  Speaker 1: And all that. Because I think that that is just–
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  Speaker 1: that's not really an offense. You're not– That's not an
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  Speaker 1: offensive identity.
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  Speaker 2: It's a weapon, and it's something that I think the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles should tap into when called upon, but you don't
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  Speaker 2: want your quarterback to take needless hits and subject himself
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  Speaker 2: to potential injury.
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts has proven that if.
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  Speaker 2: The opportunity presents itself and nothing's really opening up down
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  Speaker 2: the field.
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  Speaker 1: He'll take advantage of it and he'll create plays like that.
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  Speaker 2: But when you have so many other playmakers, you have
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  Speaker 2: Saquon Barkley, you have Tank Bixby, who I think is
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  Speaker 2: a hell of a running back, in my opinion. You
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  Speaker 2: have all those skilled players that you're going to spread
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  Speaker 2: the ball around to.
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  Speaker 1: Take advantage of them.
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  Speaker 2: Don't ride your quarterback and subject him to unnecessary hits,
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  Speaker 2: I guess would be my read on my.
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  Speaker 1: My thoughts on that.
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  Speaker 2: I like the Eagles receivers versus the Titans secondary.
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  Speaker 1: Cordell Flott and Elante Taylor as their corners.
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  Speaker 2: They have Kevin Winston out of Penn State as one
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  Speaker 2: of their safeties. Imani Hooker, very beatable secondary. I would
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  Speaker 2: imagine that this is another spot where Dontabian Wicks should
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  Speaker 2: be able to thrive. I really like the story that
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  Speaker 2: Sean Mannion shared about Dontabian Wicks and the 64-yarder, what he.
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  Speaker 1: Did in practice. He ran it full speed, full effort,
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  Speaker 1: didn't get the football. But when it came around to
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  Speaker 1: game time, the ball found him.
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  Speaker 2: And he mentioned how emblematic that was of what the
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: Eagles strive to be as an offense.
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  Speaker 1: Tough, good effort, fundamentally sound.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it really offered a glimpse into Dontavion Wicks,
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  Speaker 2: the person. And that is coupled with the fact that, clearly,
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  Speaker 2: both Sean Mannion and Ryan Mahaffey, who were on the
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers staff, saw enough from Dontavion Wicks in
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  Speaker 2: practice to suggest that he has more to offer in
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: an expanded role. But that offered a unique insight into
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  Speaker 2: his practice habits and how he approaches it from a
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  Speaker 2: mental perspective.
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  Speaker 4: Even if the ball isn't coming his way, he's going
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  Speaker 4: full speed and I think that was a really important
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  Speaker 4: story to share, and I think he faces a good matchup.
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  Speaker 2: We'll probably see a lot of Cordell Flott, I would imagine.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: Alante Tower, of course, comes over from the Saints. He's
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: an okay player, but I think that the Eagles should
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  Speaker 2: be able to take advantage of that when they do
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: go to the air. Also, Dallas Goddard, in taking advantage
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  Speaker 2: of that second level, should be able to build off
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: of his really impressive first outing under Sean Mannion. 77
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  Speaker 2: yards and two touchdowns. Now, I'm not going to sit
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  Speaker 2: here and depict him and think that that's going to
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: be commonplace every week, but with Jalen Hurts, there's that
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: built-in trust and camaraderie and chemistry that they've had with
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  Speaker 2: so much time on task that I wouldn't be surprised
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  Speaker 2: if Goddard sees a flurry of targets in this game,
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  Speaker 2: especially if pressure's mounting up the middle.
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  Speaker 1: You want to get the ball to your safety valve.
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  Speaker 2: That is something that you often will see I think
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: Dallas Goddard finds the end zone in this game. And look,
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  Speaker 2: the way that I'm looking at this game as we
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: close things out, I think that the Titans don't have
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: enough there offensively.
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  Speaker 1: There's not enough firepower, or I should say there's not
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: enough consistency. I like their.
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  Speaker 2: Receivers in Wondell Robinson, who had 1,000 yards last year
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: for the Giants. They have Carnell Tate. You have Calvin Ridley.
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  Speaker 2: Their running back, Tajay Spears, is someone that you're going
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  Speaker 2: to want to keep an eye on because I think
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: him as being this... short area, quickness, explosive type of player.
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  Speaker 2: When tackling becomes so paramount, when it's so humid like
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  Speaker 2: that and it's easy for your details to slip and
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  Speaker 2: you get tired, that he's someone that I would keep
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  Speaker 2: an eye on and highlight.
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  Speaker 1: But apart from that, they don't have a lot there.
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  Speaker 2: From a consistency standpoint, looking at quarterback Cam Ward, their
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: offensive line's not great. Peter Skowronski, their left guard, is
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: a really good football player, but I just think collectively
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: it's just not a very good football team, and I
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: think the Eagles get out to an early lead. They
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: control the clock, and they win this game 27-13.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: They move on to 2-0.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: And then they travel to Chicago to take on the
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Chicago Bears.
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  Speaker 1: On Monday Night Football. We'll see what the Eagles do
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: in terms of their elevations.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Maybe they go for another defensive lineman to bolster that
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: rotation off the edge. Maybe it's someone like Jake Majors
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: on the offensive line if they want to go that route.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe they go with no one.
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  Speaker 2: They're pretty well-stocked. Britton Covey, of course, is signed to
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  Speaker 2: the 53, so there's not a lot of obvious answers here.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: Josiah DeGuar, the tight end on the practice squad and
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: more of an H-back type of player, I can't imagine
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  Speaker 2: that he knows all the terminology and the different functions
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  Speaker 2: of the tight end in this offense after having gotten
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: here just earlier in the week. But he might be
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: a player to keep an eye on down the line
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: as someone who can add something to that tight end group.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: But that's going to do it for this episode of
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: the Checko Daily. I'm Andrew DiCecco, and I'll catch you
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: all on the next one.