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The DiCecco Daily: How Jaelan Phillips Will Impact Eagles Defense · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on?
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  Speaker 2: Everybody? Welcome into another edition of to check O Daily.
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  Speaker 2: It's Andrew Dichecko here from inside the Birds dot Com.
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  Speaker 1: And the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: Monday morning, around seven thirty struck another trade with the
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  Speaker 2: Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins trade edge rusher Jalen Phillips to
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles in exchange for a twenty twenty six third
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  Speaker 2: round pick, And for those wondering, that's the Eagles original
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  Speaker 2: third round pick.
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  Speaker 1: So Jalen Phillips.
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  Speaker 2: He's played nine games this season, seven quarterback hits, three sacks,
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  Speaker 2: and the big hiccup with him throughout his career and
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  Speaker 2: even dating back to college at UCLA and Miami, has
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  Speaker 2: been injuries. And in twenty twenty three he played for
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  Speaker 2: VIC Vangio and he suffered an achille tear. But in
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  Speaker 2: the eight games that he played for VIC Vangio, he
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  Speaker 2: had six and a half sacks and twenty seven pressures,
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  Speaker 2: remarkably productive. Has a good relationship with VIC, and now
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  Speaker 2: he gives the Eagles a twenty six year old pass
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  Speaker 2: rusher with upside six foot five, two sixty three.
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  Speaker 1: He liked the size.
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  Speaker 2: There and they finally have a headliner who can compliment
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  Speaker 2: what the Eagles already have with jay loox Hunt, Noan Smith,
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  Speaker 2: Brandon Graham who's joining the team shortly, josh ushe and
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  Speaker 2: Patrick Johnson Let's not forget his Heizo jilaris on injury
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  Speaker 2: reserve with a hamstring injury, so they have sort of
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  Speaker 2: a crowded house there. But it's I think that they've
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  Speaker 2: done a really good job of piecing it together where
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the players who they've been really reliant on,
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  Speaker 2: like a jay loox Hunt, can now slot into sort
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  Speaker 2: of a reduced role, which I think is going to
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  Speaker 2: help him from a production standpoint. Nolan Smith, the way
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  Speaker 2: that he plays the game very physical. He's good at
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  Speaker 2: setting the edge and at two hundred and forty five pounds,
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  Speaker 2: as I mentioned, that lends itself to being nicked up.
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  Speaker 2: Now he doesn't have to necessarily take on the Lion's
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  Speaker 2: sheriff snaps when he returns. Josh Usha has been productive
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  Speaker 2: and he can now flourish with even fewer snaps and
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  Speaker 2: keep everyone fresh. And this rotation going moving forward, and
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  Speaker 2: going back to my stance before the trade deadlineers this
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  Speaker 2: was just my opinion, but I was of the belief
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  Speaker 2: that edge rusher was the most crucial need for the
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia Eagles, and it had to be addressed because it
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  Speaker 2: helps all levels of the defense, especially the secondary. But
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  Speaker 2: they needed someone who could really headline this group, and
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  Speaker 2: they found that in Jalen Phillips. There was a lot
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  Speaker 2: of smoke hovering around the Eagles and the Miami Dolphins
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  Speaker 2: and Jaylen Phillips and Bradley Chubb. It seemed that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Chubb would make some sense because he's played with Victor
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  Speaker 2: with the Denver Broncos and the Dolphins. But Jalen Phillips
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  Speaker 2: has more upside. So they're getting a player who has,
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  Speaker 2: you know, twenty six career sacks, sixty one quarterback hits.
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  Speaker 1: Injuries have been an issue.
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  Speaker 2: He had the achilles in twenty twenty three, and he
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  Speaker 2: had the acl in twenty twenty four, and that sort
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  Speaker 2: of trends with what we taught, what we've seen from
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  Speaker 2: him in college.
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  Speaker 1: But I liked him a lot coming out of college.
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  Speaker 2: He was drafted in the first round, I believe, eighteenth
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  Speaker 2: overall in the twenty twenty one draft. And it's never
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  Speaker 2: been about ability. It's been about availability with Jalen Phillips.
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  Speaker 2: But he gives Eagles, a lengthy player. I think if
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  Speaker 2: you look at what if there's one area of his
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  Speaker 2: game that you'd like to see a little bit more refined,
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  Speaker 2: and I think Vic Vangiol can get that out of him.
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  Speaker 2: It's finishing. He's often around the quarterback. It's like it's
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  Speaker 2: like a shark in the water when they see blood.
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  Speaker 2: But he hasn't been able to finish this season. Getting
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  Speaker 2: with Vic Vangil, getting with Jeremiah Washburn, who coaches the
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  Speaker 2: outside linebackers, I think that that's going to help him
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  Speaker 2: take his game to the next level. So yes, it
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  Speaker 2: does count against the compensatory pick formula. That's a question
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  Speaker 2: that I've gotten a lot since the trade was initiated.
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  Speaker 2: So the Eagles, it may look like a steep price
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  Speaker 2: a third round pick for a player who has an
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  Speaker 2: expiring contract, his positioned to be a free agent after
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  Speaker 2: the season, But this is the type of player that
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  Speaker 2: I could see Howie Roseman assuming Jay when Phillips is
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  Speaker 2: able to stay healthy.
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  Speaker 1: And perform well.
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  Speaker 2: Granted, that's a player that I could see them trying
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  Speaker 2: to sign long term. He's young, as I mentioned, and
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  Speaker 2: he can grow with jay loox Hunt and Nolan Smith
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  Speaker 2: and he could maybe you know, maybe Josh Uche will
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  Speaker 2: be around for another season or two.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see what happens there.
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  Speaker 2: But it gives them sort of a nucleus of pass
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  Speaker 2: rushers that you can build upon, grow with, and maybe
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  Speaker 2: precludes the Eagles from having to address that early in
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  Speaker 2: the draft. I know we're getting far ahead of ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: but when you look at the trade, I think if
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  Speaker 2: you're looking at it, and maybe you're not especially high
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  Speaker 2: on it, you're looking at the compensation and it is aggressive,
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  Speaker 2: but that's the going rate for pass rushers. The Eagles
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  Speaker 2: did what they had to do to really bolster this group.
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  Speaker 2: You have to commend Howie Roseman for leaving no stone
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  Speaker 2: unturned to boaster the roster, and they're not. He's not
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  Speaker 2: afraid or averse to parting with the player, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: a John Mechi that didn't work out, and you can
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  Speaker 2: kind of look at, you know, the cornerback situation. We
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  Speaker 2: don't know yet what we don't yet know about Jacory
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  Speaker 2: and Bennett and how he's going to factor into the plans.
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  Speaker 2: But that didn't stop Howie Roseman from addressing the room
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  Speaker 2: and having two more dart throws strategically strategic dart throat
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  Speaker 2: to try and give some optionality and flexibility. It also
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  Speaker 2: makes it so the Eagles don't have to be overly
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  Speaker 2: committed to either Kiley Ringo or Dorry Jackson. If they
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  Speaker 2: don't pan out, you have now some flexibility to work
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  Speaker 2: with and we'll see. I mean, you have to always
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  Speaker 2: wait and allow trades to play out. You can always
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  Speaker 2: have your initial thoughts and opinions on it, But until
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  Speaker 2: we see any of the three on the field, there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be reasons for optimism and there will be
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  Speaker 2: reasons for skepticism. I think of the three players that
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles acquired, I'm most skeptical of jay r Alexander,
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  Speaker 2: most optimistic about Jalen Phillips.
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  Speaker 1: He's a player that I really liked.
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  Speaker 2: But until you see how he fits into the system,
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  Speaker 2: until you see how they're able to allocate the snaps
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  Speaker 2: and and what that all looks like, you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be questions and some deliberating about how the
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  Speaker 2: puzzle piece WI ultimately fit into the grand equation here.
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  Speaker 1: But I think the Eagles did what they had to
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  Speaker 1: do to add.
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  Speaker 2: Some key pieces on defense to really take it to
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  Speaker 2: the next level. Now, three moves since last Wednesday, I
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  Speaker 2: would have to think that Hollie Roseman's finished.
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  Speaker 1: But if he's not, we'll be doing another podcast.
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  Speaker 2: But I always want to remind everybody, not only did
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  Speaker 2: they acquire defensive back Michael Carter last Wednesday, not only
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  Speaker 2: did they trade for Jerry or Alexander late Saturday afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Not only did they trade for Jalen Phillips on Monday morning,
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  Speaker 2: but they also have Brandon Graham returning. And eventually we'll see, how,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if it's in the short term, it should be.
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  Speaker 2: They'll have Jacoreyan Bennett, who had his twenty one day
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  Speaker 2: practice when to open on October twenty second, and they'll
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  Speaker 2: have Noan Smith, who hasn't had his practice when to
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  Speaker 2: open yet but is widely expected to return in November.
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  Speaker 2: So they have six I guess you can call it
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  Speaker 2: reinforcements on the way to already uplift what they had
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  Speaker 2: to uplift what they already have in a six and
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  Speaker 2: two team that is trending in the right direction, seems
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  Speaker 2: to be building some momentum. But I think that they
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  Speaker 2: were able to punctuate this trade deadline with a big
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  Speaker 2: splash and adding Jalen Phillips. And I'm curious to hear
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  Speaker 2: what Vic Vanjo has to say about Jalen based on
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  Speaker 2: their time in Miami. My understanding is that they had
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  Speaker 2: a good relationship and he played well under Vic. But
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  Speaker 2: I want to hear what he thinks about the fit
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  Speaker 2: or basically what he really likes about the player when
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  Speaker 2: we hear from Vic when the coordinators speak next. Also,
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to hearing what Jalen Phillips has to say.
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  Speaker 2: Uh and Jayira Alexander and Michael Carter will hear from
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  Speaker 2: them this week. So the Eagles, it could the bye.
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  Speaker 2: We couldn't have gone better for the Philadelphia Eagles. They
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  Speaker 2: had some some timely losses from NFC opponents. They added
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  Speaker 2: three players at positions of need, and they're getting healthy
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  Speaker 2: at the right time. So there's plenty of reason for
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  Speaker 2: optimism surrounding this football team. But Howie Roseman should absolutely
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  Speaker 2: be commended for being aggressive and making sure that he
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  Speaker 2: wasn't resting on his laurels. That's never been his m
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  Speaker 2: to be clear, but he sees the window of opportunity here.
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  Speaker 2: He's very well aware of what the shortcomings are where
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles are thin on the roster, if you will,
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  Speaker 2: And that was edge rusher, that was corner and corner.
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  Speaker 2: There's a number of names there. We'll have to see
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  Speaker 2: how it all shakes out. Who emerges from that?
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine that keithy Ringo is the short term
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  Speaker 2: starter and then we'll see how that progresses from there
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  Speaker 2: while Jaire, Alexander and Michael Carter get up to speed.
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  Speaker 1: But there you have it.
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  Speaker 2: There's some additional personnel, there's gonna there's gonna be some
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  Speaker 2: new faces in a Novacare complex when we were there
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  Speaker 2: this week, and I can't wait to cover it all,
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  Speaker 2: can't wait to bring you all of the insight and
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  Speaker 2: analysis right here on the check Odaily.
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  Speaker 1: And that's gonna do it for this edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Checko Daily.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Andrew to Checko and I will catch you on
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  Speaker 2: the next one.