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The DiCecco Daily: NFL Draft Day 2 Defensive Prospects Who Would Be Good Fits For Eagles · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome into another episode of The Checko Daily.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew di Checko Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds dot Com
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  Speaker 1: Here and a couple notes before we get started. It's
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  Speaker 1: not available as of this moment of the recording, but
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  Speaker 1: I sat down with Memphis offensive tackle Travis Burke.
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  Speaker 2: We covered some ground there.
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  Speaker 1: He had some interesting insight regarding the Eagles that I
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  Speaker 1: think listeners will find notable, and also share some backstory
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  Speaker 1: as to his career, and he's been a well traveled player.
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  Speaker 1: Started at Gardner Webb, then went to Florida International, then
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  Speaker 1: finally arriving at Memphis and enormous offensive linemen at six
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  Speaker 1: foot nine will tell you about what he actually weighs
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  Speaker 1: because there's a misconception out there. But had a lot
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  Speaker 1: of fun sitting there and talking with him, and I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate Travis carbon out a few minutes, and then my
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  Speaker 1: final mock draft to check out mock Draft three point zero.
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  Speaker 2: You can expect to see that on Inside the Birds dot.
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  Speaker 1: Com Monday, And you know, I don't like to do
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  Speaker 1: mock draft twenty six point zero or anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: That's just me.
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  Speaker 1: But as you gather more information throughout the pre draft process.
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  Speaker 1: It gives you a better a clearer picture as to
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  Speaker 1: which way the team could be leaning or where players
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  Speaker 1: are going to be slotting, and it just makes things
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more realistic. So that'll be available for
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  Speaker 1: you guys to consume as well. So I talked about
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  Speaker 1: the other day a number of Day two options on
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  Speaker 1: the offensive side that would seemingly be fits for the
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  Speaker 1: foot off Eagles, and now I want to look at
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  Speaker 1: the defensive players on Day two that could be a
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  Speaker 1: fit for the foot off Eagles relative to where they're picking,
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  Speaker 1: and as a refresher, they're picking at fifty four and
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  Speaker 1: ninety eight on Day two. The Eagles have done a
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  Speaker 1: very good job, in particular Howie Roseman, in identifying talent,
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  Speaker 1: and on Day two you want to come away with
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  Speaker 1: starters or players who can develop into eventual starters. And
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be a good opportunity for the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles to continue to backfill the roster with some high
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  Speaker 1: end talent. I'm a big fan of some of the
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  Speaker 1: Day two prospects and well, as you guys can probably
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  Speaker 1: hear when I talk about the offensive guys, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot that should be available in terms of wide receivers
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  Speaker 1: when the Eagles are on the clock at fifty four,
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  Speaker 1: and I still think that even though they traded for
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  Speaker 1: don Tavian Wicks, that that shouldn't preclude nor do I
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  Speaker 1: believe it would preclude the Eagles from taking a wide
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  Speaker 1: receiver on Day one or Day two on draft weekend.
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  Speaker 1: With that, let's take a look at some players on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive side that would make some sense. A couple
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  Speaker 1: pass rushers, Keiran Crawford from Auburn. We talked a lot
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  Speaker 1: about Keldrick Falk and understandably so he's likely going to
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  Speaker 1: be a first round pick.
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  Speaker 2: But there's another player.
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  Speaker 1: From Auburn, and that's Keyron Crawford who warrants your attention.
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  Speaker 1: He's just under six foot five, his wingspan hovers around
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  Speaker 1: eighty inches, which is good. Twenty two years old, he
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  Speaker 1: was just a one year starter for Auburn, so not
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  Speaker 1: a ton of starting experience there, obviously, and he is
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  Speaker 1: also someone who's not well traveled, but he played at
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  Speaker 1: Arkansas State, spent two years there, two years at Auburn.
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  Speaker 1: He started at Arkansas State in twenty twenty three thirteen games,
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  Speaker 1: then last season for Auburn started twelve and have thirty
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  Speaker 1: six tackles, nine and a half tackles for loss five sacks.
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  Speaker 2: Has a little bit more of.
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  Speaker 1: A productive college career enough compare to his teammate Keldric Falk,
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  Speaker 1: who's a little bit more highly heralded.
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  Speaker 2: But you like the size.
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  Speaker 1: He's twitchy, he's explosive, and he is the type of
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  Speaker 1: player that I think has a skill set and an
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  Speaker 1: upside that projects favorably to a Vic Fangio defense. And
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  Speaker 1: he can drop in the coverage, which is another added
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  Speaker 1: appeal for a pass rusher. Now, I think that he
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  Speaker 1: would be a fit when they're on the clock at
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  Speaker 1: fifty four.
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  Speaker 2: That's the range that you're going to be looking at
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  Speaker 2: someone like him.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, just some measurables here, six' four and three
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  Speaker 1: ace at the, combine two hundred and fifty three, pounds
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  Speaker 1: wingspan of seventy nine and an eighth Inch and he
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  Speaker 1: didn't do any of the other, drills.
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  Speaker 2: Nor did he do that At Pro.
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  Speaker 1: Day But Keron profferd's a player that everybody should know
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  Speaker 1: and maybe file away as a name to, note but
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  Speaker 1: he it WAS i see a note here at the
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  Speaker 1: combine he did position drills only and looked like he
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  Speaker 1: was dealing with a quad. Issue there's another player on
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  Speaker 1: this list That warrant's consideration Or warren's, acknowledgment and that
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  Speaker 1: Is Danny Dennis, sutton another edge rusher out Of Penn.
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  Speaker 1: State And Dennis sutton is someone WHO i think has
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  Speaker 1: elevated a little bit throughout this, process maybe from an outside. Perspective,
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  Speaker 1: again a lot of these players that you're hearing in
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  Speaker 1: terms of their draft stock. Vaulting it's that the outside
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  Speaker 1: is catching up to these, prospects but they were, viewed
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  Speaker 1: they were viewed differently in league. Circles And Dennis sutton
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  Speaker 1: is A, Millsborough delaware. Native he's twenty two years, old
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  Speaker 1: fourth year, player two year starter For Penn. State he
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  Speaker 1: is just under six foot, six two hundred and fifty six,
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  Speaker 1: pounds eighty two and a quarter inch wing. Span that's,
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  Speaker 1: impressive and ran the forty in a four to six
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  Speaker 1: three thirty nine and a half inch vertical ten eleven
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  Speaker 1: on the broad. Jump and, YEAH i mean this is
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  Speaker 1: someone who has a longer.
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  Speaker 2: Build he's built.
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  Speaker 1: Compactly he's, strong he can hold the point of, attack
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  Speaker 1: and he uses his hands pretty well and.
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  Speaker 2: Not an overly productive.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier in his career At Penn, state where he had
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  Speaker 1: six and a half sacks through two, seasons but the
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  Speaker 1: final two seasons he collected eight and a half sacks
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five and twenty
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  Speaker 1: five tackles for loss over that. Span, again we talk
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  Speaker 1: about players that are just scratching the surface and have
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  Speaker 1: room to gow and, develop AND i look At Danny
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  Speaker 1: Dennis sutton as one of those, players AND i think
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  Speaker 1: that if you're looking at pick fifty, four sixty three
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  Speaker 1: is probably more. LIKELY i think IF i think sixty,
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  Speaker 1: three if The eagles still need an edge, rusher he's
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  Speaker 1: your best player on the.
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  Speaker 2: Board you go ahead and you go get.
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  Speaker 1: Him the next player we're going to get into Is.
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  Speaker 2: Kyle lewis From.
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  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh one of my favorite defensive prospects in this, class
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  Speaker 1: and he's really hard to classify because he's. Undersized he
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  Speaker 1: was a safety in high, school used as the star
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  Speaker 1: player In pittsburgh's, defense so kind of a hybrid type of.
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  Speaker 2: Role he's twenty two years, old he.
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  Speaker 1: Started for two and a half years At, pittsburgh and
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  Speaker 1: for a, perspective he's five foot eleven and seven.
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  Speaker 2: Eights that was his combine measurement.
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  Speaker 1: Two twenty with a seventy six and one eighth inch,
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  Speaker 1: wingspan ran the forty and four five three in the right,
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  Speaker 1: DEFENSE i think that he could be a big time
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  Speaker 1: player in that he has the, twitchiness the. Range he
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  Speaker 1: can cover a lot of. Ground when you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: find defenders who can keep pace with some of these
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  Speaker 1: athletic move tight ends and running backs out of the,
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  Speaker 1: backfield it's hard to find a safety or a linebacker
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  Speaker 1: that can regularly do. That Kyle lewis is kind of
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  Speaker 1: in a unique mold in the sense that he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: have necessarily a defining, role but if you're able to
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  Speaker 1: use him almost as a specialty type of, player it
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  Speaker 1: would make some, sense probably talking about pick number sixty
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  Speaker 1: three right within that range when The eagles are on
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  Speaker 1: the clock and, athletic he can go get the. Football
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  Speaker 1: for context, here he had one hundred and one tackles
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, four eighty one tackles last, season eight
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  Speaker 1: and a half tackles for, loss three, sacks three pass,
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  Speaker 1: defended two, interceptions six interceptions over the past two seasons
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  Speaker 1: and twenty four tackles for loss over the past two.
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  Speaker 1: Seasons so he has a nose for the, football he's around,
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  Speaker 1: it he can make, plays he can get after the,
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  Speaker 1: quarterback and, well he doesn't have that defined, role and
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  Speaker 1: he does have a hybrid. Build he's a good football
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  Speaker 1: player and if you can find, use if you can
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  Speaker 1: make best use of his skill, set he is well
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  Speaker 1: worth taking at pick sixty. Three so That's Kyle, lewis
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  Speaker 1: who is probably going to have to add a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of weight and be a rotational. LINEBACKER i would
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  Speaker 1: imagine you're gonna want to see him probably at two
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  Speaker 1: twenty five to be able to kind of withstand the
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  Speaker 1: wear and tear of a FULL nfl. Season so that
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  Speaker 1: Is Kyle. Lewis THEN i want to talk About Tzaqi,
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  Speaker 1: wheatley the safety From Penn.
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  Speaker 2: STATE i view him as a third round pick.
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  Speaker 1: Probably, yeah he's gonna probably we fall within sixty three and.
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  Speaker 2: Ninety.
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  Speaker 1: Eight but if he's a player you, like you take
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  Speaker 1: him there at sixty. THREE i think at ninety eight
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  Speaker 1: he's more realistic to be. There but longer player six foot,
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  Speaker 1: three you like the, range he can cover some. Ground
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  Speaker 1: he's a little bit older at twenty four years old
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  Speaker 1: two year starter For Penn, state so you like the
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  Speaker 1: experience that he would be coming in. With he's a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good, athlete and in zone, COVERAGE i think is
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  Speaker 1: where he's going to thrive the. Most seventy six and
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  Speaker 1: three eighth wingspan at the combine vertical jump not overly,
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  Speaker 1: impressive thirty two and a half, inches so not overly,
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  Speaker 1: explosive and ten two on the broad. Jump didn't run
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  Speaker 1: the forty at the combine run a four to six
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  Speaker 1: to two at his pro, day again not an overly impressive,
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  Speaker 1: time and you wonder about the long.
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  Speaker 2: Speed but he has a.
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  Speaker 1: Taller leaner. Build he's a willing tackler and run. Support
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  Speaker 1: he's an instinctive. Player he plays with good, recognition and
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  Speaker 1: playing Alongside drew mccuba would give The eagles an athletic
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  Speaker 1: pairing that in the modern. Era And i've said this
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  Speaker 1: many times is what is. Necessity it necessitates two coverage
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  Speaker 1: type of safeties who can do that for, you and
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  Speaker 1: The eagles didn't necessarily have that entirely in red blank
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  Speaker 1: And chip, MKUBA i believe is going to really come
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  Speaker 1: into his own in year. Two so that's another safety
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  Speaker 1: THAT i wanted to make mention of IN Zakei, wheatley
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  Speaker 1: and we'll get Into Bud, clark another. Safety Bud clark
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  Speaker 1: FROM tcu is an interesting player in that he is.
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  Speaker 1: Rangy he's also a little bit of a leaner, build
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  Speaker 1: a little older again at twenty four years, old four
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  Speaker 1: year starter AT, tcu, however so you value that kind
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  Speaker 1: of experience that he would be coming in. With but
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  Speaker 1: he's good in, coverage he has good ball. Skills you
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  Speaker 1: probably have a little bit of concern about his. Size
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  Speaker 1: he weighed just one eighty eight at THE nfl scouting.
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  Speaker 1: Combine drew mccooba was listed at one eighty, Six so
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  Speaker 1: we give The eagles some leaner safeties back there where
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  Speaker 1: run support is going to be in. Question but he
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  Speaker 1: ran a four to four one thirty eight inch vertical
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  Speaker 1: ten to seven broad jump.
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  Speaker 2: For.
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  Speaker 1: Context in terms of his, stats which really demonstrates his playmaking.
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  Speaker 1: Ability over the last two, seasons he combined for seven,
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  Speaker 1: interceptions ten passes, defended and he had a sack last.
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  Speaker 2: Season so he's around the football a.
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  Speaker 1: Lot from WHAT i gathered at THE Nfl scouting, combine
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  Speaker 1: he's a little bit of a chattier defensive. Back he
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  Speaker 1: plays with some, swagger almost like he has a chip
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  Speaker 1: on his.
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  Speaker 2: SHOULDER i think he would be a really fun.
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  Speaker 1: Addition he was a second Team All big twelve recipient
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  Speaker 1: and had a twenty five year old twenty five yard interception.
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  Speaker 1: Touchdown so that would be a player that at ninety
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  Speaker 1: eight could be in play if The eagles so desire
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  Speaker 1: to take a safety at that, point what other position
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  Speaker 1: DO i want to cover?
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  Speaker 2: Up, okay we'll get to one more and that will Be.
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  Speaker 1: Georgia Cornerback Dayalen everett and The eagles are very familiar
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  Speaker 1: with The georgia football. Program obviously three year starter For,
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  Speaker 1: georgia twenty two years. Old you like that in a
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  Speaker 1: draft class where a lot of a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: prospects are on the older. Side BUT i, THINK i,
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  Speaker 1: mean this is a former five star recruit and he
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  Speaker 1: has the, length the physicality that you look. For he's
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  Speaker 1: coming from a system in which much was demanded of.
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  Speaker 1: Him and at six foot, one one hundred and ninety six,
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  Speaker 1: pounds four three eight, speed thirty seven half inch, vertical
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  Speaker 1: ten to four on the broad, jump, explosive twitchy, athlete,
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  Speaker 1: long so the length there is going to be an appealing,
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  Speaker 1: asset has some good, range his footwork is. POLISHED i
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  Speaker 1: tend to and The eagles have had a lot of
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  Speaker 1: success with doing. SO i tend to lean towards drafting
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  Speaker 1: players from these more pre eminent programs because it projects
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  Speaker 1: favorably at the next level and start a forty one
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  Speaker 1: game over the past three. Seasons so you like the
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  Speaker 1: experience that he's coming in. WITH i think at ninety,
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  Speaker 1: eight and he should be on the board and able
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  Speaker 1: to able to help The eagles be more of a depth.
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  Speaker 1: Player obviously they're a little bit crowded at the cornerback,
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  Speaker 1: position but they still need cornerback help for the. Future
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  Speaker 1: Remember Tarik wollen was signed to a one year. Deal
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  Speaker 1: you Have, ringo WHO i believe is in the last
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  Speaker 1: year of his rookie, Deal Ja corey And. Bennett i'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure about his, contract but he's a you, know
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  Speaker 1: he faces an uphill battle to make the. Roster so
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  Speaker 1: the point being is The eagles still have the need
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  Speaker 1: at corner when you're viewing it through the lens of
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  Speaker 1: the long term future of the football. Team so Day
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  Speaker 1: wheneverett would be another player THAT i like that is
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  Speaker 1: worth keeping an eye, on probably around pick number ninety.
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  Speaker 1: Eight those are some defensive players that could hear their
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  Speaker 1: names called by The Philadelphia eagles On day, two as
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  Speaker 1: they not only fill positions of, need but they also
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  Speaker 1: project to go around where they're picking AND i kind
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  Speaker 1: of run through. That but that's going to do it
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  Speaker 1: for this episode Of The Checko. Deli andrew De, Checo
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  Speaker 1: we'll catch you all on the next.
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  Speaker 2: One