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The DiCecco Daily:Putting Into Perspective A Wild Day Of Eagles Injury News · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:08
  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome in to another episode
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: of the Checo Daily. It's Andrew DiCecco, Eagles beat reporter
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: for InsideTheBirds.com. And it was a wild Thursday at the
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: Jefferson Health Training Complex because the Eagles received some very
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: difficult news. They will be without quarterback Jalen Hurts, certainly
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: for Sunday, but indefinitely with a superficial blood clot. The
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: team released an announcement earlier this afternoon, and I'll read
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: it for you because it's very important. It says, on Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: October 8th, Jalen visited the training room after practice requesting
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  Speaker 1: treatment for his calf. He informed the medical staff he
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: had been cleated during the Rams game.
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  Speaker 2: On October 4th.
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  Speaker 1: This was just the first treatment session for the calf
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  Speaker 1: injury following the game after having practice in full both
• 1:00
  Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, Jalen received treatment practice in
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  Speaker 1: full and was added to the practice report. Out of
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: an abundance of caution, an ultrasound was performed on Saturday
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: following the team's flight to London and walkthrough. The ultrasound
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  Speaker 1: revealed a superficial blood clot. our medical staff and doctors
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: in London reviewed the results and concluded that activity and
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  Speaker 1: mobility were important and that Jalen could safely play. Doctors
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  Speaker 1: recommended a follow-up ultrasound within 72 hours of the game
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  Speaker 1: and the return flight to Philadelphia. Jalen played without limitation
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  Speaker 1: in the game Sunday, received treatment on Monday and Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: and practiced in full on Wednesday as reflected in the
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  Speaker 1: practice report. Throughout our time in London, the end this week,
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  Speaker 1: we have remained in communication with the league office regarding
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  Speaker 1: the matter. On Wednesday night, a follow-up ultrasound revealed movement
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  Speaker 1: in the small blood clot. Jalen will be out for
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  Speaker 1: Sunday's game versus the Panthers as we determine the appropriate
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: course of treatment. His health and safety are our highest priority.
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  Speaker 1: Scary situation, needless to say, with Jalen Hurts. And going
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  Speaker 1: back to last week, On Friday, he popped up on
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  Speaker 1: the injury report with a calf injury and he was
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  Speaker 1: listed as a full participant. Played in the game, though
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine traveling to London on a six, seven
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  Speaker 1: hour flight is good for anyone. But of course, when
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  Speaker 1: you're dealing with an injury of that magnitude and.
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  Speaker 2: Ben, you play the.
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  Speaker 1: Game, and I understand that there's been a lot of
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  Speaker 1: discourse this week as to why Jalen Hurts didn't run
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  Speaker 1: as much.
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  Speaker 2: He ran twice for, I think, two yards.
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  Speaker 1: And Sean Mannion earlier this week mentioned that the game
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  Speaker 1: plan really focused on being more pass-oriented against the Jacksonville Jaguars,
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  Speaker 1: and this probably explains the rationale behind it. But Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Hurts talked a little bit about the injury. And he
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that he got quote unquote nicked against the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: And as you heard there in the team's announcement, he
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  Speaker 1: got cleated in the Rams game and he spoke about
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  Speaker 1: it very briefly on Wednesday, the injury.
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  Speaker 2: And he said, it was a very unique experience to
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  Speaker 2: say the least.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to get into the details of kind
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  Speaker 1: of leading up to the game and whatnot or whatnot, but.
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  Speaker 2: Got nicked up in the Rams game.
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  Speaker 1: And, for those who were at the game, they mentioned
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  Speaker 1: that Jalen was slow to get to the practice to,
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  Speaker 1: to get to the game field, um, on Sunday at
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  Speaker 1: Tottenham Hotspur stadium. And he got there, you know, he
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: took the field right before kickoff and really all he
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  Speaker 1: offered on Wednesday about that was trying to rest. So
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: clearly he was hampered by that and he played the
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  Speaker 1: full game and he toughed it out.
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  Speaker 2: I think he deserves a lot of credit for that.
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  Speaker 1: That's, That's a warrior out there battling, and he put
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles in position to win that game. Then you
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  Speaker 1: get to practice this week, Wednesday. He was still listed
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  Speaker 1: with the calf injury, but he was a full go.
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  Speaker 1: Then this injury news drops like a bombshell Thursday around
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  Speaker 1: just before 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Obviously, the priority
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  Speaker 1: here is for the Eagles and you always feel for
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  Speaker 1: the person first on a human level, but it's about
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  Speaker 1: getting him the proper treatment and figuring out the most
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  Speaker 1: appropriate course of action to ensure that he can make
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  Speaker 1: a healthy and speedy recovery here.
• 4:30
  Speaker 2: I mean, the hits keep coming for the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: I know Jordan Mailata after the game mentioned that last
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  Speaker 1: week was like a week from hell.
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  Speaker 2: You see your right tackle retire, your.
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  Speaker 1: Left guard slash center who you've worked with for years
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  Speaker 1: and he gets traded away. There's a lot of attrition
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  Speaker 1: parsing through the roster. And Jordan, my lot is pretty
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: much the last man standing. And he said, yeah, I
• 4:59
  Speaker 1: think I spoke too soon. I think I jumped the
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  Speaker 1: gun there. And, you know, Jordan, my lot is someone
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  Speaker 1: that is more or less that the team spokesperson, he's
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: the guy that you go to when you, Want to
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  Speaker 1: hear about sort of the state of the team and
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  Speaker 1: he's keeping everything together as best he can. I think
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  Speaker 1: that he has really done a good job of helping
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the younger players remain focused and instill
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  Speaker 1: confidence in them. Jake Majors, for example, spoke to me
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  Speaker 1: about Jordan and how he sort of helped him. prepare
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  Speaker 1: for that first game and settle him in and get
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  Speaker 1: him locked in and in those situations but this is
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: a really challenging time for the Eagles and you may
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  Speaker 1: look at it as you know something you know another
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  Speaker 1: injury that they're dealing with but it's it really speaks
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  Speaker 1: to a lot of the adversity that they're going through
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  Speaker 1: they they've now lost their leader their starting quarterback for
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  Speaker 1: an undetermined amount of time.
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  Speaker 2: You can't put a timeline on that.
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  Speaker 1: You don't quite know what the scenario is, but it's
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: a very serious injury and pretty scary. So I want
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  Speaker 1: to find what Jordan Mailata had to say because.
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  Speaker 2: Some of his quotes here are really strong and.
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  Speaker 1: Here, there it is. You did call it the week
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  Speaker 1: from hell. Do you have to manufacture? And the question
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  Speaker 1: was trying to manufacture the positivity, the energy, and all that.
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  Speaker 1: And Jordan, before he says that, he goes, I think
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  Speaker 1: I was a little early. I might have jumped the
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  Speaker 1: gun on that one. Holy cow. Yeah, it's the NFL, man.
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  Speaker 1: It's the gift that keeps on giving. Might have jumped
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  Speaker 1: the gun on that one. And he mentioned, when talking
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  Speaker 1: about his energy, he said, again, I think it's, it
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  Speaker 1: comes naturally. I think it's just, you know, authenticity. It's
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  Speaker 1: just who I am. You know, I reflect on how
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: I handled the week last week, you know, and then
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  Speaker 1: correct even, uh, not just the game, but just how
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  Speaker 1: I led during the week. And I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I should just come in with high energy this week, regardless.
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  Speaker 1: And this is before the news. And he talked about
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the younger players and, and what his
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  Speaker 1: focus is right now. So he said that, He's focused
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  Speaker 1: on getting guys like Jake Majors and Willie Lampkin and
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: all those guys dialed in and making sure that he's
• 7:27
  Speaker 1: that steadying presence that keeps things moving forward and he
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: knows how to really respond to different challenges. And I
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: can't say enough about what I've observed from Jordan Milata
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  Speaker 1: this season in terms of just his leadership being a
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  Speaker 1: pillar of stability, a calming presence, and a tremendous mentor
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  Speaker 1: and resource for a lot of young players, but also
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  Speaker 1: an example for maybe some veteran players who haven't gone
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  Speaker 1: through this. And as we sort of pivot to what
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  Speaker 1: this means in the immediacy, well, that means that Tanner
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: McKee is going to be the starting quarterback. And Tanner
• 8:04
  Speaker 1: mentioned that Jalen sort of turned to him in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room and said, looks like you're going to be
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  Speaker 1: And Tanner said that they spoke about the reason why,
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: and he said he appreciated it. J-Win instilled confidence in him.
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: And he mentioned that he's ready for this opportunity. He's
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: comfortable with this offense. What's different now compared to some
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: of the week 18 games that he's gone out there
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: and played. He said, I'm a little older. I know
• 10:49
  Speaker 1: a little bit more. He mentioned his comfort level and
• 10:51
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• 10:55
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• 10:59
  Speaker 1: it was healthy.
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  Speaker 2: And he noted how good of a teammate Andy was.
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  Speaker 1: And if he saw something that he reflected back on,
• 11:06
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  Speaker 1: is what I saw back in 2018. And this is
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: what I liked versus this. And sort of just being
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: a good teammate amidst the positional battle they were going through.
• 11:21
  Speaker 1: So Tanner McKee, We'll take the field Sunday afternoon, a
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: different quarterback. We'll see what he has in store. Now,
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: he did not have a particularly good training camp. Neither
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: did Andy Dalton. Andy Dalton was named the number two quarterback.
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: And then leading up to the Rams game, they flip-flopped
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: and they went with Tanner McKee as the number two.
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: And then last Friday, they released Andy Dalton. So right now,
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: they have Tanner McKee and they have Cole Payton. So
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: what I'm most curious to learn about Tanner McKee in
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: this matchup is how is he in terms of processing?
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: Because it looked like he was thinking quite a bit
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: in training camp. Maybe his mind was racing. You have
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: to make quick decisions. You have to throw with anticipation.
• 12:07
  Speaker 1: And it seemed like for someone who was going through
• 12:09
  Speaker 1: a totally new system, something that he hasn't really been
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  Speaker 1: asked to do at the NFL level.
• 12:14
  Speaker 2: It looked like he was swimming a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I don't say that to alarm anyone. I say
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: that to tell you where he was at that time. Now,
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: full transparency, we don't get to see the quarterbacks in action.
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: We don't see practice like we did in training camp.
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: And that's.
• 12:30
  Speaker 1: Sort of standard practice that's par for the course that's
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: how it is everywhere but we don't get to see
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: the full allotment of practice so I can't tell you
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: how he's responded since then or how he's really taken
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: to this offense what's different about his game all I
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: have to go off of is what I saw in
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: training camp in the preseason now this is interesting because
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: a lot of the players this week that Tanner repped
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: with in the preseason he's going to be out there
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: with so I I'm talking about Darius Cooper, potentially Jake Majors.
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  Speaker 1: And if Jake does, in fact, become the center for
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: the second week in a row, well, he's worked a
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  Speaker 1: ton with Tanner McKee in the preseason.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a little bit of a bonus there.
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  Speaker 1: He's handed off to Damian Pierce in the summer and
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  Speaker 1: briefly in the preseason. Pierce only played in the final
• 13:20
  Speaker 1: preseason game and had four carries there.
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  Speaker 2: So... it's not doom and gloom, but this is another
• 13:28
  Speaker 2: shot to.
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  Speaker 1: The body for a team that it feels like couldn't
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  Speaker 1: afford to withstand another injury. And now it's at the
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  Speaker 1: most important position in all of sports quarterback. And it's,
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  Speaker 1: it's not a hamstring. It's not a shoulder. It's a
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  Speaker 1: blood clot. So I just want to reiterate the importance
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: of this injury. And first and foremost, beyond his contributions
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  Speaker 1: on the field, you have to, feel for Jalen Hurts,
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  Speaker 1: the person on a human level, this is a scary
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  Speaker 1: situation and you hope he's able to.
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  Speaker 2: Make a healthy and speedy recovery, as I mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: And then the on-field stuff is all secondary, but it
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  Speaker 1: was certainly a shock to a lot of the teammates
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  Speaker 1: that were speaking in the locker room on Thursday. And
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  Speaker 1: it just adds another element to this season that just
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: when you think there can't be any more curve balls thrown,
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  Speaker 1: certainly this early and here we are week six and
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  Speaker 1: we're now having this conversation. So, I mean, there's not
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot that that can happen that will surprise
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  Speaker 1: me at this stage, but the Eagles just have two
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: quarterbacks on the roster and Tanner McKee and Cole Payton. Now,
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: Andy Dalton was released and yeah, I mean, he apparently
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: has other options. That's what some of the reports out there.
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  Speaker 1: So not a slam dunk that he comes back, certainly
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  Speaker 1: not a slam dunk. And that would put the Eagles
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: in a, and a predicament because you can't go into
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: a game with just two quarterbacks, and there's no one
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  Speaker 1: that you can really sign this late in the game,
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  Speaker 1: especially if they don't have any experience in the system,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be able to give you sort of
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  Speaker 1: a comfort level of having them on hand. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have any practice squad quarterbacks. There's nobody that's signed to
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  Speaker 1: this point, and we're going on Friday. So it puts
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: the Eagles in a really difficult spot, and it's ironic
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: because– They carried four quarterbacks for so long. They release
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  Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, and then Jalen Hurts comes up with the
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  Speaker 1: blood clot.
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  Speaker 2: So just a really odd and.
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  Speaker 1: Tricky situation that the Eagles are going to have to
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: find a way to navigate through. One thing I will say,
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: and I know that Nick Sirianni has gotten quite a
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: bit of criticism this week based off of his late-game scenario.
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: decision making, game management and all that. And rightfully so,
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: rightfully so. But you also have to say that the
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: team came out there ready to play. And given all
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: that had gone on the previous week, the retirements, the trades,
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: the attrition, the team was locked.
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  Speaker 2: In and ready to go. And they didn't come out flat.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't pack it in.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't look like they would rather be elsewhere or
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  Speaker 1: they didn't have a woe was me. mentality they went
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: out there and they they took it to the Jacksonville
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  Speaker 1: Jake they gave him their best shot and for a
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  Speaker 1: half of football that first half they look like a
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: team that wanted it more and they were taking advantage
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: of the coaching shortcomings of Liam Cohen and Trevor Lawrence
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: not playing his best and they just couldn't get the
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  Speaker 1: job done but they had that game one and I
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: think if Nick Sirianni is going to be criticized for
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  Speaker 1: his late game decision making he also has to be
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: recognized for his voice resonating and having the guys ready
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: to play in a really challenging spot. So that's where
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: the Eagles are going into this game against the Carolina Panthers.
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  Speaker 1: And they're a, they're a decent football team and they
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: have some good players on that side, namely quarterback Bryce Young,
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  Speaker 1: who has done a really nice job this season. He's
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: sort of coming into his own. You saw the growth
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  Speaker 1: last season a little bit, especially late in the year.
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  Speaker 1: And now you're seeing it really the, just come to fruition.
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  Speaker 1: But again, Let's get to the injury report, because not
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: practicing on Thursday, running back Saquon Barkley, hamstring, defensive back
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: Michael Carter, abdomen, outside linebacker A.J. Epinesa, back, outside linebacker J.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: Lux Hunt, knee, ankle, quarterback Jalen Hurts, calf, running back
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  Speaker 1: Will Shipley, foot, and wide receiver Dontabian Wicks, hamstring.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: So Wicks was listed as limited with.
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  Speaker 1: The hamstring on Thursday, on Wednesday, excuse me, and then
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  Speaker 1: today he was a non-participant, or a Today he was
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: a non-participant. Now, last week, last Thursday, he was limited
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  Speaker 1: with the hamstring, and then on Friday he was full go.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: So we'll see where things stand on Friday, but that
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: pop-up on a Thursday to not practice, that's another body
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: shot that the Eagles are going to have to see
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  Speaker 1: what it all means moving forward.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: These hamstring injuries, man, keep popping up.
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  Speaker 1: And that's a position right there that the Eagles can't
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  Speaker 1: afford to be light at.
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  Speaker 2: They already have.
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: Devontae Smith, and I'll get to him in a second,
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: who was listed as limited, so that was an upgrade.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: But we'll get to it. Limited.
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: Cornerback, Ja'Corian Bennett, knee. Wide receiver, Hollywood Brown, ankle. Tight end,
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: Grant Calcaterra, back. Guard, Landon Dickerson, knee. Outside linebacker, Jonathan Grenard, ankle.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Tight end, EJ Jenkins. So you don't have Dontavion Wicks
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: available for Thursday's practice, but you do get Devontae Smith.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: And what I will say about Devontae is that he
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: has been visible in the portion of practice open to
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: reporters for the past couple of weeks. He was working
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: on a jugs machine on Wednesday on a far field
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: when we were out there. And today he was also
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: spotted on a far field.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: And obviously, if.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: He got some limited work, that's a positive development. But again,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: with these hamstring injuries, they can be tricky. And I
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: want to always throw that out there because sometimes, you know,
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: you have.
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  Speaker 2: To be careful with that.
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  Speaker 1: And we also don't know what limited means in terms
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: of like how much work were they actually.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Doing out there?
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: And all of that, but clearly he got a minimal
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: amount of work, and that is certainly progress relative to
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: where he's been the past week and a half. Of course,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: he missed the previous two games with this hamstring injury,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: and he sustained it back in the summer, so it
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: has lingered a little bit. You've got to be careful
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: with that because you don't want to further aggravate it
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: or make things more... challenging in terms of getting back
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: to full strength. So we'll see where Devante Smith lands on,
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Kendall being back on the practice field was a
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: huge boost for the Eagles. Again, listed as limited with
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: the knee, so we don't know what that means. Anytime
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: you're dealing with a knee or anything like that, I
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: would imagine that you would want to slow play it
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: and be careful and take all the proper precautions with
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: that and just get him back out there moving around
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: is a good sign. If not Drew Kendall this week,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: maybe it's Jake Majors. But that's not a slam dunk
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: either because you could potentially have Landon Dickerson back in
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: the mix. And who knows how they feel about Willie
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: Lampkin at center. So that is a little tricky. Now,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: so if it were me, the offensive line that I
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: would roll with would be Jordan Milata at left tackle,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: Landon Dickerson at left guard, Jake Majors at center, assuming
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Drew Kendall doesn't play.
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: Right guard Tyler Steen, right tackle Markel Bell.
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: That's the lineup that I would roll with, and if
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Markel Bell was struggling, I would not hesitate to get
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: Fred Johnson in there, knowing that the Carolina Panthers have
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips and some players who can really wreak havoc,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: and when you have a guy like Tanner McKee back
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: there who is not mobile, you maybe have to make
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: some alterations that you wouldn't ordinarily have to do if
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts were back there. Just some of my early
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: thoughts about this game, and we'll see with those players
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: who had their practice window opened whether or not the
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: Eagles choose to activate them to the 53 which players
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: some none who would be but I can tell you
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: that they need Landon Dickerson and they need Grant Calcaterra
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: and yes they could use rookie Eli Stowers as well
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: because he is a pass catching tight end and in
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: a game like this you want to get him some
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: reps and maybe build some confidence, get him the ball.
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: But before we get ahead of ourselves, the Eagles would
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: have to first activate those players. But they were again limited,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: so no setback there. They were limited on Wednesday as well.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: And then your full goes were linebacker Zach Vaughn, shoulder,
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: linebacker Jahad Campbell, knee, wrist, defensive tackle Jalen Carter, wrist,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: outside linebacker Arnold Ebikedi, shoulder, safety Marcus Epps, groin, tackle
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: Fred Johnson, knee, and safety Andrew Makuba, shoulder. Epps is
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: important that he's a full participant because they are light
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: at that position, and Michael Carter, again, didn't practice with
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: the abdomen injury.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: So having Epps available is a boost.
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: You also have Kenny Moore, who could potentially jump back
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: there if you need him to play some safety for you,
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: and they have Cooper DeGene and Drew McCuba.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: So not ideal. It's not an ideal group. You're really razor.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Thin there, but I think the fact that you have
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: Epps now on hand helps them a little bit, even
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: though he hasn't been playing.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Particularly well when he was available.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: So this has been one heck of a week, really
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: one heck of a two weeks for the Philadelphia Eagles,
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: and we'll see what Friday holds. We'll see what the
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: injury report bears out, and I'll have all that for
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: you on DiCecco Daily, and of course on InsideTheBirds.com. That's
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: going to do it for this episode of DiCecco Daily.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: I'm Andrew DiCecco, and I'll catch you all on the
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: next one.