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  Speaker 1: we are in the midst of this coming NFL We're
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  Speaker 1: in the midst of the NFL Draft season. But the
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  Speaker 1: draft is going to be here before we know what.
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  Speaker 1: The Philadelphia Eagles are going to be on the clock
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  Speaker 1: before we know it. Lots of draft picks that we're
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  Speaker 1: and only Lou Deviassi from the Locked Down Eagles Podcast. Buddy,
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely well, really quick before we get into the draft.
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  Speaker 1: Get all right. Well, Lou, as we've talked about on
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  Speaker 1: our podcast platform, you know, I know you've been getting
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  Speaker 1: into it to a certain extent over locked on Eagles
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  Speaker 1: as well. As we're heading into this NFL Draft. I
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  Speaker 1: really don't feel that much anxiety about what Howie Roseman
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  Speaker 1: and the Eagles front office may do throughout this draft.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if it's still coming off the Super
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  Speaker 1: Bowl win or the fact that this is a young
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  Speaker 1: Eagles team who is slated to be relevant for the
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  Speaker 1: next few years. It really does feel like how He
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  Speaker 1: is playing with house money heading into this draft. Are
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  Speaker 1: you thinking the same thing and how do you think
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  Speaker 1: US Eagles fans really should be looking at this upcoming
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  Speaker 1: draft from an overall perspective.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I'm actually with you, and I was stressed
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  Speaker 2: last year because I was adamant about them. They need
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  Speaker 2: to draft a cornerback. I will not be happy until
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  Speaker 2: they do it. No more trenches, I get it. Do
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  Speaker 2: that ninety percent at a time. Take one year to
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  Speaker 2: take a corner So I was stressed last year. Then
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  Speaker 2: how we got Cooper dejen Quinya Mitchell back to back
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  Speaker 2: of course in the reverse order there. I was happy
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  Speaker 2: this year they did that for me. They have a
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  Speaker 2: complete roster for the short term and for the long
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  Speaker 2: term as well. I made the point on my show
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  Speaker 2: that this is the most unpredictable draft for the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: since I'd say eighteen post Super Bowl fifty two, But
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  Speaker 2: that was because the roster was so complete from a
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  Speaker 2: short term respective that year. This year, it's like they
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  Speaker 2: have needs filled for this season, yeah, and for beyond,
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  Speaker 2: and especially now that the Camp Jurgens second extension has done.
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  Speaker 2: Their entire offense is locked up basically through twenty twenty seven,
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  Speaker 2: so they can kind of do whatever they want this year,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm fine with it. If they took a tight
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  Speaker 2: end or a safety, I'm cool with it. If they
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  Speaker 2: go with the trenches, they have the optionality and the
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  Speaker 2: flexibility because how he's done such a good job over
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  Speaker 2: the last four drafts and free agency of hitting on
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  Speaker 2: sustainable pieces that it's a great Yeah, they don't they
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  Speaker 2: don't have to. Yeah, they don't have to force anything.
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  Speaker 1: The flexibility is a great word that you use there
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  Speaker 1: in Low and I think when you were using that
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  Speaker 1: word flexibility, it really generates just these positive vibes about
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  Speaker 1: where the organization and this team is going in the future.
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  Speaker 1: Offensively and defensively too. The flexibility I think is so
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  Speaker 1: key for where they want to go down the road.
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  Speaker 2: That's the thing too, is it's not just I feel
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  Speaker 2: like at times the offense always had sustainable, long term
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  Speaker 2: core pieces, but it was at the the expensive of
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  Speaker 2: the defense. Now they have one of the youngest defenses
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  Speaker 2: in football as well, with legitimate pieces that'll eventually get extensions.
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  Speaker 2: So there isn't a clear hole. I think safety might
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  Speaker 2: be the closest to that, but there is a piece
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  Speaker 2: at every spot that you at least have some hope
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  Speaker 2: for With Sidney Brown and even at corner with Keelee
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  Speaker 2: Ringo opposite Quangnon and Coop Jay Loox Hunt on the edge,
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  Speaker 2: Moro Joma on the inside. Yeah, they could maybe try
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  Speaker 2: to upgrade through the draft, but they have a piece.
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  Speaker 2: They have shown a lot of promise over the years
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  Speaker 2: and at pretty much every spot. So yeah, and it's
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  Speaker 2: probably the Super Bowl when you're right too, I think
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  Speaker 2: two rings five in eight years where you beat the
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  Speaker 2: NFL's equivalent of Michael Jordan and Lebron James and Tom
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  Speaker 2: Brady and Pat Mahomes. Right as your cup feeling pretty
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  Speaker 2: filled as well?
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  Speaker 1: Right, absolutely, Well, Look, many of us are thinking as
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  Speaker 1: we're looking at this draft that the Eagles are probably
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  Speaker 1: going to try to bolster themselves through the trenches on
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  Speaker 1: both offensive on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: I think especially from a defensive line perspective, given the
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  Speaker 1: fact that they lost some talent during this offseason. Lou
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  Speaker 1: And based on some of the tweets that I've read
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  Speaker 1: from you, my friend, I know that you love James
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  Speaker 1: Pierce Junior from Tennessee. I love the guy too, But
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  Speaker 1: if he is not there interior defensive line and that
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  Speaker 1: talent is also I think going to be important to
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  Speaker 1: continuing that, you know, quote building within the trench's mentality.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think d line is where the Eagles are
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  Speaker 1: really going to go with that number thirty two overall
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  Speaker 1: pick or their first pick, whenever that's going to be.
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  Speaker 2: I think so, and again I wouldn't be surprised if
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  Speaker 2: it's any position that we hear on Thursday night. But
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  Speaker 2: if I if I was a betting man and I
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  Speaker 2: am to it, sometimes I would go with the trenches.
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  Speaker 2: Whether it's an edge rusher or a pass rushing defensive
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  Speaker 2: tackle like a Walter Nolan from Ole mess or a
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  Speaker 2: Derek Harmon from Oregon. I could see them going there
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  Speaker 2: because not only is it a need again, moro Is
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  Speaker 2: Joma is somebody that I like, say with Jaylex Hunt,
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  Speaker 2: but Howie Roseman likes to have many options in the trenches.
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  Speaker 2: Especially after losing Milton Williams, they want to place him
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  Speaker 2: with a pass rusher. So I think that's the way
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  Speaker 2: to go. Plus, it's the strength of this class I
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  Speaker 2: think the most depth. If there's a chance of somebody
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  Speaker 2: falling down the board to thirty two, or even in
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  Speaker 2: the form of a small trade up, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: for a pass rusher, whether it is Walter Nolan or
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  Speaker 2: James Pierce or I don't know, Shamar Stewart from Texas
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  Speaker 2: A and m mckel williams. There's so many guys this
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  Speaker 2: year that I think there is a chance that somebody
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  Speaker 2: slips down the board and you can go up and
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  Speaker 2: get that player. They could take the offensive linemen that
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  Speaker 2: are in this class, tight end safety, but I just
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  Speaker 2: think based on the depth of the class, the strength
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  Speaker 2: at the top of it, and the need short term
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  Speaker 2: and long term, that pass rusher probably makes the most sense.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. It's interesting how you did mention the tight end.
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  Speaker 1: I would tell folks to go back into the podcast
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  Speaker 1: feed or here on our YouTube channel. We spoke to
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  Speaker 1: Matt Waldman from the Rookie Scouting Portfolio this past week,
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  Speaker 1: really talked about the tight end position in a lot
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  Speaker 1: of depth, So folks go back and listen to that.
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  Speaker 1: It was a great, great conversation. But I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: move along our conversation here, Lou with the secondary, because
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  Speaker 1: the secondary is what I'm going to be really interested
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  Speaker 1: in seeing where the Eagles potentially go in this draft.
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  Speaker 1: Whether it's cornerback, safety, the Eagles are going to need
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  Speaker 1: to start addressing both positions in my opinion. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: of course, quinyon Mitchell Cooper dejen last year to first
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  Speaker 1: pick and second picks of last year's draft, but the
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  Speaker 1: depth behind them. I mean you were mentioning Kighlely Ringo
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  Speaker 1: as well as one of those possible up and comers.
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  Speaker 1: It's I don't know. I have this this bizarre concern
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  Speaker 1: that may not be valid about where the depth of
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  Speaker 1: the defensive backfield really is going to be going. So
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  Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on how the Eagles are going
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  Speaker 1: to handle the defensive backs in this draft based on
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  Speaker 1: the current depth chart and how that looks.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a valid concern. You lost not just
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  Speaker 2: Darius Slay, but Isaiah Rodgers and Avonte Maddocks. You lost
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  Speaker 2: three pieces that played a lot of football for you
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  Speaker 2: last year and over the years, so they could use
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  Speaker 2: more depth. I think they're banking on Kimi Ringo taking
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  Speaker 2: that step at Dori Jackson still being something at the
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  Speaker 2: next level.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, you know it exactly. Maybe you get something
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  Speaker 2: left from him Eli Rix, maybe, I mean he showed
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  Speaker 2: some promise in twenty twenty three, but they definitely have
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  Speaker 2: to add a corner in this class, and I would
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  Speaker 2: like him to have slot versatility too, because without Avante Maddox,
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  Speaker 2: who's your nickel backup to Cooper Degene. So I would
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  Speaker 2: like to add a corner as much as I love corners,
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  Speaker 2: though I think early on in the draft, unless the
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  Speaker 2: board is just a disaster and corners by far the
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  Speaker 2: best player available, like a Trey Amos or a Maxwell Harriston,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's a smart use of a resource
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  Speaker 2: to get another corner early on when you know there's
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  Speaker 2: two guys already on the same kind of timeline from
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  Speaker 2: a contract perspective, in Cooper and Quinnon, that you're going
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  Speaker 2: to give an extension to. So taking somebody in the
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  Speaker 2: first round that I almost know isn't getting a second
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  Speaker 2: contract on my team, I don't love that idea. Again,
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  Speaker 2: if the board's a disaster and you can't trade down, okay,
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  Speaker 2: But for me, the focus is more on safety because
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  Speaker 2: Sidney Brown, I think ideally is more of a third safety,
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  Speaker 2: a rotating player in dime packages. If a Malchi Starks
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  Speaker 2: fell down the border nick em and Warri, I kind
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  Speaker 2: of like the idea of even moving up for one
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  Speaker 2: of those guys. So I think safety is after losing
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  Speaker 2: Chaunsey Garner Johnson is the bigger focus than corner. I
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  Speaker 2: think they should definitely have a safety in the first
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  Speaker 2: three rounds.
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  Speaker 1: I have had a number of back and forth with
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  Speaker 1: some folks on social media various platforms talking about Sidney
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  Speaker 1: Brown quite frankly lou and folks saying he really hasn't
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  Speaker 1: had that chance, and of course he hasn't been a
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  Speaker 1: long term starter. However, we have seen him on the field,
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  Speaker 1: and we've seen him do some good things, but he's
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  Speaker 1: also been detrimental out there as well in certain games
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  Speaker 1: because he's a crazy person exactly exactly. So, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what's your response to that narrative of Okay, we
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  Speaker 1: don't necessarily know who Sidney Brown is. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 1: about that at this point. What are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he hasn't played a lot because of
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  Speaker 2: the injury, of course, which kept him out for some
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  Speaker 2: of last year. But also I'm a little concerned that
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  Speaker 2: even when he was healthy, Vic Fangio played Trista McCollum
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  Speaker 2: over him when they were playing backup safety. So Sidney Brown,
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  Speaker 2: I love the traits, I love the rain. He does
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  Speaker 2: have crazy hit power. I think if he can rein
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  Speaker 2: it in and improve his tackling because the misstackleway last
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  Speaker 2: year was not good that Fanjo didn't trust him. If
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  Speaker 2: he can rain that in and develop those techniques and
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  Speaker 2: patients the tackling angles this year, he does have a
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  Speaker 2: high ceiling, but I'm concerned that he might just always
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  Speaker 2: be that reckless kind of player, and I don't love
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  Speaker 2: the coverage ability of him one on one. So I
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  Speaker 2: think ideally, if that's your third guy coming in in
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  Speaker 2: certain packages, that's really good. Again, he has got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of playing time, and I like that the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: want to give him a chance as well as a
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  Speaker 2: lot of young players. That's how last year's defense got
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  Speaker 2: so good, is giving these young players a chance instead
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  Speaker 2: of bringing back veteran stop gaps. But for Sidney Brown,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I think there could be an upgrade
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  Speaker 2: through this draft, even bringing in like at Justin Simmons
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  Speaker 2: after the draft. I think sid is ideally a third
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  Speaker 2: safety at this next level. We'll see though, if he's
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  Speaker 2: got to definitely get more playing time to really know
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  Speaker 2: the full story.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, it's going to be a great storyline to follow
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  Speaker 1: when we're certainly going to be following heading into this
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  Speaker 1: draft and the rest this offseason. But moving over to
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  Speaker 1: the offense.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Eagles have an interesting running back room
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  Speaker 1: at this moment, of course, with Saquon Barkley, Will Shipley,
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  Speaker 1: who's going to be going into his sophomore season, and
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  Speaker 1: the acquisition of AJ Dillon during free agency. Lou, I'm wondering,
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  Speaker 1: when this NFL draft is all said and done, how
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  Speaker 1: do you think the Eagles running back room is going
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  Speaker 1: to look. I do you think it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: the same or do you think Howie is going to
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  Speaker 1: add even more depth to the running back room and
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  Speaker 1: this particular position on offense. And do you like anybody
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  Speaker 1: perhaps maybe a Day two, Day three pick.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they should bring in at least one
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  Speaker 2: more running back, and I think they will.
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  Speaker 3: I like AJ Dillon.
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  Speaker 2: He was actually a suggestion for me last offseason if
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  Speaker 2: they weren't going to Saquon Barkley route and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to keep with the committee approach.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought.
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  Speaker 2: I like that size and power that he could bring
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  Speaker 2: to the table. I like that element this year too,
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  Speaker 2: because Will Shipley's more of an undersized receiving type of back.
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  Speaker 2: If Saquon get banged up, I don't want Will Shipley
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  Speaker 2: to be like the full blown RB one. So I
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  Speaker 2: like Dylan in that perspective, but the neck injury is concerning.
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  Speaker 2: This could end up being a Rashad Penny type of
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  Speaker 2: signing where he just doesn't play at all. So I
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  Speaker 2: think you got to bring in another body, and I
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  Speaker 2: hope it's with the power aspect to it. I want
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  Speaker 2: another guy with size. The Eagles met virtually with South
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  Speaker 2: Carolina running back Rahem Sanders, somebody that I really like.
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  Speaker 2: He's got that power aspect. You could probably get him
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  Speaker 2: in the fifth round. You've got what three or four picks, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: in round five. So I liked that suggestion on Day
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  Speaker 2: three this year. Look, Saquon Barkley is not going to
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  Speaker 2: touch the football almost four hundred times that he did
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  Speaker 2: last year. I just don't think a running back that
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  Speaker 2: age can realistically, even Saquon, who's a cyborg of a
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  Speaker 2: human being, I don't think realistically he can take on
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  Speaker 2: that historic workload two years in a row. So some
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  Speaker 2: of that relief will come through more passing, but I
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  Speaker 2: also think it should come through running backs, other running
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  Speaker 2: backs getting more touches. So I think you want to
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  Speaker 2: add more bodies because I don't know if Aj Dillon
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  Speaker 2: or will Shipley, you should really bank on to be
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  Speaker 2: at RB two that has a bigger workload than like
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  Speaker 2: a Kenneth Gainwell did in twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: Again, folks, we're talking to Lou Debassi from the Locked
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  Speaker 1: as we're moving along with a conversation here, Lou, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like if you have aj Brown and Devonte
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  Speaker 1: Smith on your team, you really don't need that many
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  Speaker 1: more receiving hands. But I have a feeling the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are going to look to possibly draft another wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: as Annayah Smith and Johnny Wilson, who were drafted last
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  Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty four, really didn't break through too much. No,
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  Speaker 1: Johnny Wilson had had one touchdown this year, but I
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  Speaker 1: know he had less than fifty yards of receiving. What
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  Speaker 1: are your thoughts about the Eagles possibly drafting a wide
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  Speaker 1: receiver to possibly even compete with Johan Dotson for that
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  Speaker 1: number three wide receiver role, or to even add another
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  Speaker 1: depth piece.
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  Speaker 2: I could totally see it, and it's not just from
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  Speaker 2: a receiver perspective of they need to bring in comp petition.
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  Speaker 2: Without Britain Covey here and now it's just Johnny Wilson
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  Speaker 2: and i A Smith behind your top three. But Dotson's
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  Speaker 2: only under contract for one more year. They have the
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  Speaker 2: fifth year option idea, but or option I should say
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  Speaker 2: fifth year option option. They are not going to use
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  Speaker 2: that on Dotson. So outside of aj Brown DeVante Smith,
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  Speaker 2: you only really have those two hunder contract beyond this
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  Speaker 2: season as pass catchers, with Dalla Scoddard also probably not
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  Speaker 2: coming back this year, and if he does, it's on
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: a one year rental. So yeah, I think they got
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: to bring in a pass catcher, whether it's a tight
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: end or receiver. And maybe they think, hey, the third
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: guy in this passing offense now is not going to
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: be a tight end. Maybe they go tight end by
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: committee and say it's Dotson or another early pick that
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: we bring in to be that got it replacement. So
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: keep an eye out for receiver. I don't think it.
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: I'm not predicting receiver is going to go early. But
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: if you told me they took a pass catcher that's
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: wide receiver in the first three rounds and not a
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: tight end, I wouldn't be shocked. I'm not predicting it,
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: but I think they just need to add a third
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: passing option in this draft, or at least somebody that
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: has that potent long term, because Dotson and God are
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: not here to stay.
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: I don't think, yeah, as do I I think it's
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: going to happen. And again, it feels like Howie and
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: the front office are playing with house money here. They're
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: gonna be able to make a lot of various moves
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: and nothing is really going to shock me.
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: So yeah, Jeff, what if like a Matthew goldenfell the threat?
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: Oh my god?
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: I mean yeah, could you imagine? I would like to
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: add a deep threat? And obviously DeVante Smith and aj
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: Brown have explosive ability. They can be plays down the field.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: We saw it with the Dagger playing in the super Bowl.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: But I mean, like a niche like deep threat specialist,
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: a better version of a Quez Watkins. I want to
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: take a chance on a guy like that again that
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: has that kind of like sub four to three speed
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: as a natroll for this unit.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, And Lou before I let you go, buddy, Finally,
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: you know, I think we're all waiting to see whether
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: the Eagles will end up trading Dallas Goddard. It's a
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: storyline that a lot of US fans are talking about
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: right now. Possibly, who knows, maybe they'll trade him to
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: move up in the first round of this draft, possibly
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: the games some draft assets, or even to acquire a
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: pass rusher. Who knows. I mean, Godard was drafted all
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: the way back in twenty eighteen. It's hard to believe
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: that he's been here for so many years. I don't know,
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: how do you think this all plays out? And if
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: they do end up trading him, I mean, what the
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: heck are they going to do with the tight end position?
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: I mean you kind of hinted at it a couple
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: of minutes ago here, But you know, how do you
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: think this all plays out?
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: They have a few options they could look to, you know,
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: increase the workload of Johan Dotson. I think it's a
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: really deep tight end class. I think the most likely
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: scenarios they draft somebody in round two LSU, although Mason
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Taylor from LSU might even be available at that point.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: But like an Elijah Rorio from Miami, a Harald fan
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: and from Bowling Green. I like Gunner Helm as well
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: from Texas. Maybe more as a third round pick. I
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: think a Day two selection is going to be the
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: most likely replacement for Goddard. I have said that if
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: they can make it work, I want him back for
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: one year. I think a rental season of Goddart and
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: a championship window is more important than another Day three
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: pick when you have a thousand of them right in
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: the next few years. But I just think both sides
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: are their feet are dug in, Like the Eagles want
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: him to take a pay cut and they're not going
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: to extend him, and I think Goddard wants to pay raise,
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: especially after the trade McBride extension, coming off a really
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: strong playoff run. Goddard was a huge reason you won
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: the Super Bowl last year. Yes, I just don't think
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: there is really a middle ground. I think this is
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: they're due for a Hassan Reddick type of ending. I
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: think the Eagles want him to take the Josh Sweat
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: kind of pay cut last year, where it's a restructured
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: one year deal, and I don't think Goddard wants to
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: do that. And there's no guaranteed money left in his deal,
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: So is he going to risk at thirty years old
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: with his injury history playing on that deal this year,
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: I doubt it, and so I think both sides just
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: probably are looking to move on. And it stinks because
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: I think the Eagle is gonna be a worse team
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: for it. Yeah, I think they're better off at Dallas.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: Godder on this team even if they miss if he
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: misses three to five games next year, they're still a
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: better team with him on the field.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And folks, I know that Lou has talked about
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: the tight end position on the Locked On Eagles podcast
• 18:54
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• 18:56
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• 19:01
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• 19:03
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• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate it, Jeff, So you can hit me
• 19:07
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• 19:10
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• 19:13
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• 19:17
  Speaker 2: But I love coming on the Philly Sports table man.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: I've been following it for a very long time.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: Thanks. I appreciate it. I always have fun coming on.
• 19:23
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• 19:26
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• 19:40
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• 19:41
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