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The DiCecco Daily: Intel On Eagles Transactions; UDFAs Who Can Make The 53 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:09
  Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody?
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: Welcome in to another episode of the Checko Daily. Andrew
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: decheco here Eagles beat reporter friendsidethebirds dot Com. I want
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: to get some housekeeping items out of the way, and
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: then today's podcast is going to be about three undrafted
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: free agents that, in my estimation before having seen them
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: take a snap, have the best chance to make the
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: Eagles fifty three man roster. But this goes back to
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: Friday's transaction. To no surprise, the Eagles use their international
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: player pathway exemption on rookie defensive linemen who r Bernard,
• 0:47
  Speaker 2: so he'll be protected.
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: And that means that Joshua.
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: Weiru, the other eligible ipp player from Kenya, does in
• 0:58
  Speaker 2: fact count against the eagles ninety man roster, so if
• 1:03
  Speaker 2: he doesn't make it, he'll be subjected to waivers. And
• 1:06
  Speaker 2: that is sort of something to put a bow on that,
• 1:10
  Speaker 2: because I know that there were some who were curious
• 1:12
  Speaker 2: about that. And the Eagles also made a small roster
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: move on Tuesday. They waved injured rookie defensive back Tucker
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: Large out of Washington State. Began his career at South
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: Dakota State, and he would have had Uphill climb to
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  Speaker 2: make the roster, but he will be waved injured. I
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: did see him standing by the team, not participating in
• 1:42
  Speaker 2: the warm ups, and I zoomed in and it was
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  Speaker 2: number thirty seven that would be Tucker Large.
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: So it would appear that he was dealing with something
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: even before the practice.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not certain about that, but they signed linebacker Isaiah
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  Speaker 2: King out of Idaho, productive tackler. He'll be in contention
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: with Deontay Lawson and Chance Campbell for what could be
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  Speaker 2: a fifth and final spot in the linebacking pecking order
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  Speaker 2: on the fifty three.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have to see about that.
• 2:15
  Speaker 2: But Isaiah King was among the players who participated in
• 2:20
  Speaker 2: the rookie mini camp on a tryout basis, so good
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  Speaker 2: story there. He was able to earn his ticket to
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: the ninety man roster and get to training camp. The
• 2:31
  Speaker 2: Eagles are a team that gives tryout players a good opportunity,
• 2:35
  Speaker 2: and I look back to twenty twenty four. Cornerback Sean
• 2:38
  Speaker 2: Stevens out of Farris State had a productive rookie Mini
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: camp and was signed to the ninety man roster last season.
• 2:48
  Speaker 2: Last spring, it was wide receiver Giles Jackson from Washington
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  Speaker 2: he stood out and was able to land a contract
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  Speaker 2: out of that, and then this year Isaiah King becomes
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  Speaker 2: the third player in as many years. The Eagles will
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  Speaker 2: give opportunities to players if you warrant the game day elevation,
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  Speaker 2: if you're on the practice squad, if you're in training camp,
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  Speaker 2: if you're at bottom of the roster, guy you earn
• 3:17
  Speaker 2: those reps and you have to make your mark during
• 3:19
  Speaker 2: the developmental period and in rookie mini camp, they give
• 3:23
  Speaker 2: tryout players a fair opportunity, and it just so happened
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: they had a roster spot available, unfortunately for Tucker Largs
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  Speaker 2: who was injured, and Isaiah King is the newest member
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: of the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles also announce some front
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  Speaker 2: office maneuvering today, and we'll put that into context here.
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: They announced some changes to the football operations scatting and
• 3:51
  Speaker 2: sports Medicine and Performance departments. Football Operations, Adam Berry becomes
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: the assistant general manager. He replaces Alec Hallaby, who is
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: leaving for external opportunities after being with the team for
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: seventeen years.
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: Began as an intern.
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  Speaker 2: Really respect alex path to the NFL and up through
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  Speaker 2: the ranks. Hard working individual and brilliant, brilliant mind. Dan
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  Speaker 2: Ryan is the Senior Director of Team Operations, Matt Leo,
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  Speaker 2: Director of Player Engagement. I want to circle back on
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: Matt Leo in a moment. Grant Writer, Director of Football Administration,
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  Speaker 2: Zachary Stever, Director of Football Research and Strategy, Zach Drapin
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  Speaker 2: Assistant Director of Personnel Strategy, Isabelle Pantel senior quantitative quantitative.
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  Speaker 1: Analyst, Marlon Sanders video manager.
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  Speaker 2: And then they have two new hires Clara Montenegro de
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  Speaker 2: Burke player personnel and football operations coordinator and Samantha Harvey
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  Speaker 2: video assistant. Additions to scouting that are notable Joe Douglas
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  Speaker 2: Senior VP of Player Personnel, Phil bay A, VP of
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  Speaker 2: Player Personnel, Alan Walking, VP of Football Operations and Strategic Initiatives.
• 5:10
  Speaker 2: And a new hire that I find to be particularly
• 5:14
  Speaker 2: fascinating is Mike mccagning mccagnan personnel executive if you may
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: remember him as a one time general manager with the
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  Speaker 2: New York Jets from twenty fifteen to I believe twenty nineteen.
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  Speaker 2: So those are some of the front office maneuvers from today,
• 5:34
  Speaker 2: and I wanted to circle back on Matt Leo, Because
• 5:38
  Speaker 2: Matt Leo has had a really really interesting journey to
• 5:42
  Speaker 2: get to coaching. Remember back in twenty twenty through twenty
• 5:47
  Speaker 2: twenty two, he was a defensive end for the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: via the International Player Pathway program. He was on the
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  Speaker 2: practice squad all of those years. Then in twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 2: after he leaves football, he's a defensive and football op
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  Speaker 2: operations assistant with the Eagles, And in twenty twenty four
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  Speaker 2: and twenty twenty five he was a player development assistant
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  Speaker 2: key in that area along with Connor barw When both
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  Speaker 2: of those names deserve a lot of credit for what
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  Speaker 2: they've done behind the scenes, bringing a lot of young
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  Speaker 2: players along. And then in twenty twenty six, matt Leo
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  Speaker 2: becomes the director of player Engagement. By all accounts, well
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  Speaker 2: well deserved and a really good story for Matt Leo,
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  Speaker 2: but also for those who work above him to develop
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  Speaker 2: the coaches under there and prepare them for greater opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: I think really speaks volumes of the Eagles organization. So
• 6:40
  Speaker 2: looking at the undrafted free agents, I go back to
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  Speaker 2: two thousand and one when the Eagles kept players who
• 6:48
  Speaker 2: you probably aren't going to remember in safety Terrace Carrol
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  Speaker 2: Terrence Carroll from Oregon State and cornerback Daryl Crutchfield out
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  Speaker 2: of Clemson. This is no notes for me right now.
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  Speaker 2: I am just wired to remember these things. I cover
• 7:01
  Speaker 2: the team and I try to make sure that I
• 7:03
  Speaker 2: have every angle covered here. But I do remember both
• 7:08
  Speaker 2: of those players. In two thousand and two, there was
• 7:12
  Speaker 2: Justin Ina, the linebacker out at BYU, and Artist Hicks,
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  Speaker 2: the offensive lineman who ended up starting for the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: down the line. He started in Super Bowl thirty nine,
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  Speaker 2: if I'm not mistaken, at guard and he ended up
• 7:25
  Speaker 2: going to the Vikings. I believe after that in two
• 7:27
  Speaker 2: thousand and three, that might be the best undrafted free
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  Speaker 2: agent class, or it really speaks to the shaped Eagles
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  Speaker 2: roster was.
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  Speaker 1: In back then.
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  Speaker 2: But you had Roderick Hould the cornerback out of Auburn.
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  Speaker 2: You had defensive tackle Sam Rayburn out of drawing a
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  Speaker 2: blank here, but you had Alonzo Ephram who was a
• 7:47
  Speaker 2: center at Alabama. You had wide receiver Greg Lewis who
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  Speaker 2: was the wide receiver from Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: He played with.
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  Speaker 2: Aaron moorehead and Brandon Lloyd there.
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  Speaker 1: And Reno Mahe.
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  Speaker 2: The running back slash wide receiver out of BYU and
• 8:05
  Speaker 2: Quentin Michael of course, who ended up starting for the
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: Eagles down the line there at safety. Was a really
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  Speaker 2: really underrated player and hit really hard, carved his nition
• 8:15
  Speaker 2: special teams initially, but he was probably the best example,
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  Speaker 2: one of the better examples that I can recall in
• 8:22
  Speaker 2: Eagles history as far as undrafted free agents go. Then
• 8:25
  Speaker 2: there's other players that you're not going to remember, Like
• 8:28
  Speaker 2: in two thousand and five there was a safety named
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: Jeremy Thornberg, and I believe that was the same year
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  Speaker 2: that Steven Spock the tight end hung on. There's other
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  Speaker 2: examples that are escaping me, but you look at wise
• 8:44
  Speaker 2: we fast forward things to recent years with the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: In twenty twenty one, you had Jack Stole. In twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty two, you had Reed Blankenship and Josh job. In
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five you had Darius Cooper. In twenty twenty
• 9:03
  Speaker 2: three you had Eli Rix the corner. And so the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles have a rich history of really finding these gems
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  Speaker 2: that slip through the cracks. For whatever reason, they're left
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  Speaker 2: out on the outside looking in after the draft, and
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles see a lot of value.
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  Speaker 1: They leave no stone unturned.
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  Speaker 2: They bring them in and they much like I said
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  Speaker 2: about the tryout players, they give undrafted rookies an opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: There's the developmental period at the end of training camp
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  Speaker 2: practices that those players and rookies are really they handle
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  Speaker 2: all of those snaps because they don't get a ton
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  Speaker 2: of reps in training camp.
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of how that works.
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  Speaker 2: But they give them opportunities in the preseason and they
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  Speaker 2: base every they take everything into account, and then it's
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  Speaker 2: up to those players who reps are really sporadic when
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  Speaker 2: you're that far down the depth chart to take advantage
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  Speaker 2: of it. And last season last summer, Darius Cooper did
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  Speaker 2: just that.
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  Speaker 1: He made seemingly a play.
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  Speaker 2: Every day and certainly earned his way onto the Eagles roster.
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  Speaker 2: But let's look at this group, and this is going
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  Speaker 2: to be a hard roster to crack, as you saw
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  Speaker 2: me go through or you heard me go through my
• 10:15
  Speaker 2: way too early Eagles fifty three man roster projection, So
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  Speaker 2: I mean, spots are at a premium here.
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  Speaker 1: But the Eagles have proven over the years.
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  Speaker 2: I think maybe twenty twenty was the only year where
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  Speaker 2: not a single undrafted free agent made the Eagles fifty.
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  Speaker 1: Three man roster.
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  Speaker 2: So the history and the numbers and the data would
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  Speaker 2: support the notion that some of these guys are going
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  Speaker 2: to have a really good shot. One of them would
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  Speaker 2: appear to be a shoe in. But as I kind
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  Speaker 2: of went through my fifty three man roster, doesn't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: mean that he would make the initial fifty three man roster.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Long snapper Rocco Underwood, who headlines this list. He had
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  Speaker 2: a very productive and active career at the University of Florida,
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  Speaker 2: and the Eagles don't have a long snapper on the
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  Speaker 2: roster right now. They did not resign Charlie Hewlett cal
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  Speaker 2: Ottamitas is with the Pittsburgh Steelers. There were other names
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  Speaker 2: that could have been available in free agency that the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles opted not to pursue. They were poking around some
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  Speaker 2: of the impending draftees. In terms of Spencer Triplett from
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  Speaker 2: UNC Garrison, I'm john a blank on his last name,
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  Speaker 2: but he was at He's from BYU, and I know
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  Speaker 2: Michael Clay was there. And then you had Tyler Grzanski
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  Speaker 2: from Penn State, who the Eagles had at their local
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  Speaker 2: pro day. So there were a number of names of
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  Speaker 2: long snappers enough to suggest that they might be trying
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  Speaker 2: to go younger there more cost effective, and they tend
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  Speaker 2: to look at whenever they get a long snapper, they
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  Speaker 2: tend to have a pretty lengthy career Mike Bartrump, John Dorenboss,
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  Speaker 2: Rick Lovado, and getting a young player like that, not
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  Speaker 2: only are they going to be cost controlled when you're
• 12:01
  Speaker 2: looking at how the roster is going to shape up,
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  Speaker 2: but they also project out to have a longer career
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  Speaker 2: and you provide a little bit more stability there.
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  Speaker 1: So.
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  Speaker 2: Roco Underwood is a player that he appeared in fifty
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  Speaker 2: games for Florida. He was a mainstay on their special
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  Speaker 2: teams units. Good size at six three two thirty one,
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  Speaker 2: which would bode well when you have to get down
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  Speaker 2: the field and make tackles. He won the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: four Patrick Mentley Award and he qualified as a semi
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  Speaker 2: finalist last year. He totaled one hundred and three snaps
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  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five, fifty two on punk coverage and
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  Speaker 2: another fifty one on field goals and extra points. Rocco
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  Speaker 2: Underwood would be one player that I would imagine has
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  Speaker 2: a better than average shot at sticking. Now, the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: could also opt to go with no long snapper on
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  Speaker 2: their initial fifty three and bank on getting Roco Underwood
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  Speaker 2: on the practice squad and elevating him and then making
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  Speaker 2: that decision after the elevations expire, which is after three games.
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: You may remember that they had Charlie Hewitt on the
• 13:06
  Speaker 2: practice squad late in the season that are able to
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  Speaker 2: kind of do some roster gymnastics, So it's not out
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  Speaker 2: of the realm with possibility, but right now, all things equal,
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  Speaker 2: I think Roca Underwood leads this UDFA class with the
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  Speaker 2: best chances of sticking. Linebacker Deonte Lawson is another player
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  Speaker 2: that I've mentioned, and I actually had him on my
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  Speaker 2: way too early fifty three man roster as the fifth
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  Speaker 2: and final linebacker. Look, he's twenty three, started forty one
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  Speaker 2: games at Alabama fifteen last season. I thought he was
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  Speaker 2: a Day three selection all day long. I was shocked,
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  Speaker 2: frankly that he wasn't picked. Now, he did have the
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: ACL injury in twenty twenty four, he did battle some
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  Speaker 2: nagging injuries during his career at Alabama, and he's undersized
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  Speaker 2: at two twenty six, so perhaps that factored in a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. But when you look at starting forty one
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  Speaker 2: games at a premiere program in Alabama, you have athleticism.
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  Speaker 1: The movement is I would say.
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  Speaker 2: It's something that I believe will lend itself to being
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  Speaker 2: a preseason standout. And while he doesn't have necessarily the
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  Speaker 2: sideline of sideline range, he does move well in space.
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  Speaker 1: Then you look at his season that he had.
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  Speaker 2: He was a second team All SEC selection in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five, eighty nine tackles, four and a half for loss,
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  Speaker 2: a second a half, four passes defended, and a pair
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  Speaker 2: of force fumbles. So I think with him it comes
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  Speaker 2: down to injury and maybe he was sort of knocked
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  Speaker 2: a little bit on his size. But I think that
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  Speaker 2: there's a world in which the Eagles could be compelled
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  Speaker 2: to carry five linebackers as long as one of those.
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  Speaker 1: Players really emerges.
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  Speaker 2: And Chance Campbell, it's been documented that he was a
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: key player on the scout team. I mentioned in the
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: podcast on Tuesday that he's a player that you're going
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  Speaker 2: to want to highlight during training camp. And Isaiah King undrafted,
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  Speaker 2: a guy who I mentioned was signed off of a
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: rookie tryout. He was a productive player in college. You
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: can never count out anyone in these scenarios. Chandler Martin,
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: they signed to a two year deal. He has a
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: little bit of NFL experience, so if any of those
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: players are able to jump out, I could see the
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: Eagles keeping five linebackers.
• 15:19
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  Speaker 1: And then.
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  Speaker 2: The final player I wanted to talk about was tight
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  Speaker 2: end dayclon Wright. And I'm sure that that is of
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: no surprise to listeners of this podcast, because well, I
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: had him making my way to early fifty three man
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  Speaker 2: roster as the fourth tight end. And look, this is
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: a player that, again I had a six round grade on.
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  Speaker 2: I was shocked that he slipped through the cracks and
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: didn't hear his name called.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, this is a player that was really
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: explosive last season at Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 2: He had thirty nine catches for six hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 2: five yards and five touchdowns, a second team All SEC selection.
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  Speaker 2: Good size at six four two forty six, toughness and
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  Speaker 2: versatility really stands out when you watched Old Miss last season.
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  Speaker 2: He does have a vertical element and dynamic qualities. It's
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: twenty two years old, good ball skills. Not necessarily the
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: best blocker in the world, but he can certainly do it.
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  Speaker 1: He's capable.
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  Speaker 2: And when you factor all of that into the mix here, well,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, would you want to keep a Johnny munt
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  Speaker 2: Over a DAYK one? Right if Daikwon Wright has a
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  Speaker 2: solid preseason, and he was already a Day three consideration.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he was widely viewed.
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  Speaker 2: I should say as a Day three option, you're fresh
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: off the draft. You're only months removed by the time
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  Speaker 2: you have to make your roster decisions.
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  Speaker 1: So all it takes is a team.
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  Speaker 2: That was a little higher on him, maybe than some others,
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  Speaker 2: to put a waiver claim in. And as a young
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  Speaker 2: player with developmental qualities, I think that he would provide
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  Speaker 2: more value than a Johnny Munt. Johnny Munt is an
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: older player, one dimensional player, very affective blocker. But are
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: there going to be teams clamoring for Johnny Munt if
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: the Eagles part ways with him, and could you get
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: him on the practice squad and elevate him and then
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: figure out your plan moving forward after those.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: After you've reached the limit on those elevations.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think you'd lean towards keeping the younger player,
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  Speaker 2: but he has to go out there and obviously earn it.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't seen him take a snap yet, But I'm
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: going off solely college production and projected upside. I would
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: say that day Kwon Wright has a good shot because
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: besides Dallas Goddard and Eli Stowers. I had Cameron Loto
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  Speaker 2: as another tight end making the roster. There's not a
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: lot of definitive answers or players that you look at
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: and say they are locks besides Dallas godd Or and
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  Speaker 2: Eli Stowers, so day Kwon Wright could have a good
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: opportunity to elbow his way into the roster consideration. I
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: like talking about these off the beaten path stories of
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: Eagles in years past and going through the undrafted free
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: agent going through the list and trying to identify players.
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  Speaker 1: That I believe had or have a.
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  Speaker 2: Better than average shot, or you can see a path.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: You don't necessarily have to squint to see it. But
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  Speaker 2: it's interesting and relevant because the Eagles, as I outlined,
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: they do take a lot of shots and give undrafted
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: players equal opportunity to play their way into a roster spot.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: And maybe not every place is like that around the NFL.
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: Obviously I wouldn't know I cover the Eagles, but presumably
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: not every place gives undrafted players the same opportunity as
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: draft picks and free agent additions, but the Eagles do,
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: and they have a couple names on this list that
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: I find to be particularly intriguing, which prompted me to
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: do this.
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  Speaker 1: But with that, I leave you with that, and that's
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  Speaker 1: gonna do it.
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  Speaker 2: For this edition of The Checko Daily, I'm Andrew Decheco
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  Speaker 2: and I'll catch you all on the next one.