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The DiCecco Daily: Recapping Day 3 Prospects Drafted By The Birds · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome into another episode of the Checho Daily.
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  Speaker 1: It's Andrew Decheco, Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds dot Com here,
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  Speaker 1: and it was a very long but it was a
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  Speaker 1: very eventful cap to a draft that yielded the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: a lot of talent, a lot of upside and difference makers.
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  Speaker 1: And when you look at what they were able to
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  Speaker 1: do in the first round, adding mackay Lemon with the
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  Speaker 1: twentieth overall pick.
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  Speaker 2: In the second round at.
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  Speaker 1: Pick fifty four, adding a dynamic tight end in Eli
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  Speaker 1: Stowers in the third round, adding at pick sixty eight MARKL. Bell,
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  Speaker 1: a very promising offensive tackle with tremendous size and athleticism.
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  Speaker 1: In round five, and there was a long way today
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  Speaker 1: from pick sixty eight all the way to round five.
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  Speaker 1: At one seventy eight, they drafted Cole Peyton, quarterback from
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  Speaker 1: North Dakota State. In round seven, they had four picks,
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  Speaker 1: number two oh seven Michael Morris gard Georgia, round seven,
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  Speaker 1: number two forty four, Cole Wasnewski safety from Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 1: Round seven, number two fifty one. U R. Bernard defensive
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  Speaker 1: tackle from Nigeria as part of the International Pathway Program.
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  Speaker 1: Round seven number two fifty two Keishawn James, Newby Edge
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  Speaker 1: from New Mexico. So we're going to solely focus on
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  Speaker 1: the Day three players from today because there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of reason for optimism. The Eagles swung for upside for
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  Speaker 1: a number of these prospects.
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  Speaker 2: But let's take a look at it.
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  Speaker 1: Because Cole Payton is a quarterback that I in one
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  Speaker 1: of my three mock draft I think for the first
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  Speaker 1: two mock drafts, I had him with the Eagles at
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  Speaker 1: number one seventy eight, and look, I mean I viewed
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  Speaker 1: him as a fourth or a fifth round pick, but
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  Speaker 1: I thought, given the state of quarterbacks in this draft class,
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  Speaker 1: that there would be some some talent available in the
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  Speaker 1: fifth round that maybe you bank on upside there. And
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles have never shied away when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: fortifying or adding some intriguing developmental prospects at the quarterback position,
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  Speaker 1: and today was no exception.
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  Speaker 2: They found a way to acquire more picks thereafter.
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  Speaker 1: This was their own pick one seventy eight and they
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  Speaker 1: get Cole Payton, who started just one season at North
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  Speaker 1: Dakota State last year as a red shirt senior, completed
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  Speaker 1: seventy two percent of his passes, which is notable. He's
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  Speaker 1: a dual threat quarterback and very athletic, which Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 1: highlighted in the post draft availability and mentioned the wow
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  Speaker 1: plays that really stood out when you watch his film
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  Speaker 1: and cited his just his big playability, the athletics, and
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  Speaker 1: presumably he was referring to his ability to maneuver the
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  Speaker 1: pocket and pick up yards with his legs. He had
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred and seventy seven rushing yards and thirteen touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: as a runner alone last season, which comes out to
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  Speaker 1: a five point seven yards per carry average.
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  Speaker 2: So this is a different type of quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: He needs some seasoning still, but he has the arm strength,
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  Speaker 1: he has the athletic qualities that you look for, and
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  Speaker 1: if you're drafting a quarterback in the fifth round, one
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  Speaker 1: would presume that they're going to have a better than
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  Speaker 1: average chance at sticking on the fifty three man roster. Now,
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  Speaker 1: what I would also say is that Howie Roseman in
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  Speaker 1: the post draft availability said that the Eagles would be
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  Speaker 1: comfortable carrying four quarterbacks. The way the roster shapes ultimately
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  Speaker 1: determines that, and it's a little bit easier to say now,
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  Speaker 1: but I do believe that the Eagles won't part with
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  Speaker 1: an upside player if they believe that there's something there,
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  Speaker 1: but he has to showcase that he belongs on the
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  Speaker 1: fifty three roster with a training camp that would be encouraging.
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  Speaker 1: Whereas I look at Kyle McCord from last season and
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  Speaker 1: he never really emerged. He never really offered glimpses of
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  Speaker 1: optimism that would warrant.
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  Speaker 2: A spot on the roster.
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  Speaker 1: It's never easy to part with a draft pick, but
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  Speaker 1: he just never He just never performed well enough to
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  Speaker 1: stick around. But Cole Payton is one of my favorite
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  Speaker 1: Day three quarterbacks, Garrett Nussmeyer being another one, and I
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  Speaker 1: think that there's a really good fit there in terms
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  Speaker 1: of what he can do and the kind of skill
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  Speaker 1: set that could give the defense some interesting looks that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to have to account for.
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  Speaker 2: This is a tough player.
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  Speaker 1: The toughness really flashes when you watch him play, and
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  Speaker 1: he does have the big arm and the athletic qualities,
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  Speaker 1: but I think his pocket presence and pocket awareness leaves
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  Speaker 1: a little bit to be desired. But you bring him
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  Speaker 1: into an NFL building, as I say, with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of these prospects, and they're going to work with that
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  Speaker 1: player and up. It's up to them to really take
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  Speaker 1: to the coaching and apply it on the field. But
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  Speaker 1: I think that he's a really interesting player for a
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  Speaker 1: number of reasons, and certainly a value picked there in
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  Speaker 1: the fifth round.
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  Speaker 2: The quarterback factory continues to churn.
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  Speaker 1: He adds to a room that already includes Jalen Hurtz,
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  Speaker 1: Tanner McKee.
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  Speaker 2: Andy Dalton, and now Cole Peyton.
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  Speaker 1: What I would also add is that the Eagles really
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  Speaker 1: value Tanner McKee and that hasn't changed.
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  Speaker 2: If you remember when they signed Andy Dalton.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I said on this podcast I've written
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  Speaker 1: about it that it didn't necessarily mean that it was
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  Speaker 1: going to be foreshadowing that Tanner McKee would be moved.
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  Speaker 1: I just didn't see it that way. The Eagles value
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  Speaker 1: him too much. It would have to have taken an
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  Speaker 1: offer that's going to blow them away. The Eagles value
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  Speaker 1: the backup quote position perhaps more than any other team.
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  Speaker 2: He's in the last year of his rookie deal.
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  Speaker 1: I understand that, and sometimes with that you try to
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  Speaker 1: get value where you can. But the Eagles like to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that they have all their bases covered when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to the quarterback position, so and I think
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  Speaker 1: Hallie Roseman really cemented that by saying that the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: would be comfortable carrying four quarterbacks. So there you have
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  Speaker 1: it right now, and Andy Dalton will at least right
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  Speaker 1: now be the third quarterback. And that's a pretty strong
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  Speaker 1: room with a lot of different skill sets, and I
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  Speaker 1: can't wait to see how everything shapes out shapes up
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  Speaker 1: in training camp. Michael Morris is a guard from Georgia.
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  Speaker 1: Athletic player, tough player. He sort of was thrown into
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  Speaker 1: the deep end a little bit early as a true freshman,
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  Speaker 1: going up against the likes of Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis,
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  Speaker 1: but I think that really helped shape him into the
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  Speaker 1: player that he eventually became. It took him a while
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  Speaker 1: to get on the field for Georgia. He ended up
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  Speaker 1: starting nineteen teen games five and twenty twenty four where
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  Speaker 1: he was replacing Tate rutled Ratledge at right guard, So
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  Speaker 1: there's five games there and they started fourteen games at
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  Speaker 1: left guard in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: But this is a powerful player.
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  Speaker 1: He had twenty nine reps at the NFL Scouting Combine,
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  Speaker 1: which was seventh most among all players there. He tied
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  Speaker 1: with Chase bisentis the guard from Texas A and M
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  Speaker 1: so he has a lot of power, a little heavier,
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  Speaker 1: about three hundred and fifty pounds. He weighed in a
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  Speaker 1: three thirty four at the combine at six five. At
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  Speaker 1: Pro Day he was listed at three point fifty. But
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  Speaker 1: a big, powerful player who moves well and was a
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  Speaker 1: standout at the East West Shrine Bowl. That's a player
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  Speaker 1: that when you look at the Eagles right now, they
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  Speaker 1: don't have a ton of guard depth, and really they
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  Speaker 1: don't have a true guard. You have Drew Kendall, who's
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  Speaker 1: the center. Jake Majors is a center. Could they play
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  Speaker 1: guard in a pinch?
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  Speaker 2: Sure?
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  Speaker 1: Could Miles Hinton or Cameron Williams maybe step been there
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  Speaker 1: and offer that guard versatility and cross train there. Sure,
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  Speaker 1: But they don't have that pure backup guard that was
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  Speaker 1: lost when Brett Toath left and signed with the forty
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  Speaker 1: nine ers in free agency.
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  Speaker 2: So this gives you a.
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  Speaker 1: Young developmental player who's coming from a premier program, and
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  Speaker 1: those are players that you bet on all the time
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  Speaker 1: more often than not, especially on the final day of
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  Speaker 1: the draft, and you just operate under the assumption that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to figure it out. They're coming from a
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  Speaker 1: program where a lot was expected. There were demands that
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  Speaker 1: you know that they were sort of faced with every day,
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  Speaker 1: and you come into an NFL building now an NFL system,
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  Speaker 1: and not that it's not all that different, but you
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  Speaker 1: have an understanding of what's expected and you're used to
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  Speaker 1: playing against premier competition.
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  Speaker 2: So I look forward to seeing what that reunion looks like.
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  Speaker 1: Should he go up against Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter
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  Speaker 1: at any point.
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  Speaker 2: So that was Michael Morris. Then moving forward you have.
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  Speaker 1: Cole was Nowski, and Cole was Newski is a really
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  Speaker 1: interesting player because he began his career as a linebacker
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  Speaker 1: at North Dakota State and it wasn't until I believe
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three where he converted to safety.
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  Speaker 2: And this is a big body guy. He is six
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  Speaker 2: foot one, two hundred I'm sorry, six foot three, two
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  Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen pounds. He didn't run the forty at
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech Pro Day, but he did produce a thirty
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  Speaker 2: six and a half inch vertical on a ten to
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  Speaker 2: two broad jump and had twenty two reps on the
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  Speaker 2: bench press. Last season for Texas Tech, seventy eight tackles,
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  Speaker 2: six for loss, one sack, six passes defended in two
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  Speaker 2: forest fumbles. He's twenty four years old, so he's a
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  Speaker 2: little bit on the older side. He played five seasons,
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  Speaker 2: as I mentioned, at North Dakota State and then transferred
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  Speaker 2: to Texas Tech in twenty twenty five, and I think
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  Speaker 2: think there's some similarities there that you could look to
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  Speaker 2: read blanket ship as an apt comparison in the football instincts,
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  Speaker 2: the football sense, the toughness, the tenacity, and the qualities
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  Speaker 2: that you look for in that position. I think he
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  Speaker 2: could if he's able to stick around thrive as a
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  Speaker 2: special team's ace. And when you go back and if
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  Speaker 2: you've ever watched any Texas Tech football, or if you
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  Speaker 2: happen to go back and even watch any YouTube highlights,
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  Speaker 2: you'll see him throw his body around. You can see
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  Speaker 2: the linebacker tendencies showcase themselves when he's out there making
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  Speaker 2: those tackles and flying around and showcasing that range. That
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  Speaker 2: was a really good pick for the Eagles. I think
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  Speaker 2: at two forty four.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps the biggest winners, at least coming out of the
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  Speaker 1: draft are the players that are currently in the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: safety room because they didn't draft a player early that
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  Speaker 1: would threaten any of those players and their snaps next season,
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  Speaker 1: or they didn't trade for a player at least at
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  Speaker 1: this time that would alter the landscape of that room.
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  Speaker 1: So I think drafting a player on the seventh round,
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  Speaker 1: you're taking a flyer, and then when you get to
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  Speaker 1: training camp, it's up to the player to make the
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  Speaker 1: most of what will probably be limited opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: So that was Cole was Newski picked at two forty four.
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  Speaker 2: Then you get to two.
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  Speaker 1: Fifty one, and I'm gonna be honest with you, guys,
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  Speaker 1: this is one of my favorite picks of the draft
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  Speaker 1: for different reasons because I look at U. R. Bernard Bernard,
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  Speaker 1: he was an ipp defensive tackle. I've written about him.
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  Speaker 1: I also wrote about Josh Weiru, who is from Kenya.
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  Speaker 1: Howie Roseman and his post draft availability said the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are signing him as well.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm focusing now on U. R.
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  Speaker 1: Bernard And this is a six foot and a half
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and six pound defensive tackle who ran a
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  Speaker 1: four six three forty yard dash. He tested through the
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  Speaker 1: roof at the HBCU Showcase and the International Pathway Program
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  Speaker 1: sort of like a combine, and that's where he was
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  Speaker 1: really on the radar. That was at the Washington Commander's
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  Speaker 1: training facility. He's never played football before. He grew up
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  Speaker 1: playing soccer. In basketball, he was a center and a forward,
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  Speaker 1: and you're looking at a player like that and you're
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  Speaker 1: sort of you're sort of banking on the upside.
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  Speaker 2: And the Eagles obviously.
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  Speaker 1: Have a lot of history there with Jordan Malatta and
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  Speaker 1: with the IPP program, and so Howie Roseman actually said,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when the Eagles traded down from one ninety
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  Speaker 1: seven to accumulate more picks in the seventh round, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of that had to do with U. R. Bernard
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  Speaker 1: in mind, and that arms you with more flexibility to
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  Speaker 1: go get a player like that.
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  Speaker 2: That's going to take some time.
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  Speaker 1: You have to be patient because he's never played football before,
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  Speaker 1: as I mentioned, but you look at the tools that
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  Speaker 1: he has and the athleticism. He's twenty one years old
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  Speaker 1: with that kind of size and unique athletic ability. Perhaps
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  Speaker 1: he figures it out, and if he does, the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: could have a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Of a gem there.
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  Speaker 1: But he's from Nigeria and I'm really looking forward to
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  Speaker 1: seeing what he does with his opportunity, how he takes
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  Speaker 1: the football, how he takes to the contact and is
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  Speaker 1: able to sort of shed blocks and combat offensive linemen.
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  Speaker 2: It's all new to him. But perhaps this is a
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  Speaker 2: case where well he continues to.
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  Speaker 1: Learn the technical aspects and become more refined, maybe the
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  Speaker 1: athletic parts of his of his you know, of his
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  Speaker 1: skill set really starts to take over. And I wrote
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  Speaker 1: a story about who are Bernard and Joshua? We were
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  Speaker 1: on inside the birds dot com back around Easter. I
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  Speaker 1: think I spoke to Javon Gopi, who works with both players,
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  Speaker 1: and he was able to provide me with more insight
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  Speaker 1: and background. So I was because I was really curious
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  Speaker 1: they tore it up at the combine and I wanted
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  Speaker 1: to get more insight now and perspective on who they were,
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  Speaker 1: what their background was, and sort of what they could
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  Speaker 1: be up against and which teams were interested in them
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  Speaker 1: and things like that to feel it out. But the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles have had some success with the IPP program, and
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  Speaker 1: I think both players will be fascinating to follow along
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  Speaker 1: in OTA's and training camp. Then at two fifty two,
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles select Keishawn James Newby, an edge rusher, at
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  Speaker 1: of New Mexico, and he's an interesting player in the
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  Speaker 1: sense that he's twenty three years old. He spent three
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  Speaker 1: years at Montana Tech, then another two at Idaho before
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  Speaker 1: closing out his career last season at New Mexico. He's
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  Speaker 1: listed at six two two thirty eight and he had
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  Speaker 1: fifteen tackles for loss in nine sacks in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles take typically seven or eight pass rushers to
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  Speaker 1: training camp, and I have to go through and look at.
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  Speaker 2: The roster to see where they are right now.
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  Speaker 1: But that's a player that could, in theory, have an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to to crack the roster if he's able to
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  Speaker 1: provide added.
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  Speaker 2: Value on special teams.
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  Speaker 1: You have no way of knowing how some of these
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  Speaker 1: late round prospects are gonna fare until you see them
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  Speaker 1: on the football field. There's reason to be excited for
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  Speaker 1: a lot of these players, but until you see them
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  Speaker 1: with the helmet and the pads and everything's live and
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  Speaker 1: the stakes are high, you really have no idea about
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  Speaker 1: how they're gonna fit or acclimate to the NFL level.
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  Speaker 1: But there's reason for optimism for a lot of this
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  Speaker 1: and you look at this Eagles draft Hall. You also
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  Speaker 1: have to add in Jonathan Gernard and Dan Tavian Wicks because.
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  Speaker 2: Draft picks from this class were required for that.
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  Speaker 1: And so when you factor in Dantavian Wicks and Jonathan Gernard,
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  Speaker 1: you get makay Lemon, Eli Stowers, Markel Bell, Cole Payton,
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  Speaker 1: Michael Morris, Cole Wasnwski, you r Bernard Keyshawn, James Newby.
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  Speaker 2: You should feel really good about this draft. Hall.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles are hell of a lot better now than
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  Speaker 1: they were just.
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  Speaker 2: A few days ago.
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  Speaker 1: And you have to give credit to Howie Roseman and really.
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  Speaker 2: His supporting staff.
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  Speaker 1: And what the Eagles do which I really commend them for,
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  Speaker 1: is Howie Roseman started a tradition where in the at
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  Speaker 1: the end of day three, the post draft availability, he'll
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  Speaker 1: bring up everybody onto the platform at the podium, coaches, scouts,
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  Speaker 1: those who work there at the facility, everyone involved in
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  Speaker 1: the draft process, and he recognizes them and they all
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  Speaker 1: get together for the annual photo, which was really cool
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  Speaker 1: to see because a lot of these a lot of
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: these scouts and different organizational organizational figures, they're behind the scenes.
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  Speaker 1: You don't really get to see them, but they are
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  Speaker 1: essentially vital to what.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles do.
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  Speaker 1: And a day like today where it's such a collective,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's a collaborative process. It takes a collective
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  Speaker 1: you're able to see them get the recognition they deserve.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's I think that's something special that
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  Speaker 1: Howie Roseman does.
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  Speaker 1: not gonna sit here and tell you who my favorite
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  Speaker 1: draft picks were. I'll tell you who a couple of
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  Speaker 1: the ones that I really liked. I really liked the
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  Speaker 2: And U. R.
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  Speaker 1: Bernard would be the other one because I just think
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  Speaker 1: that he is just sort of a blank canvas, a
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  Speaker 1: multiple ball clay, and I think the intrigue with me
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  Speaker 1: is there because you don't know how he's gonna how
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna respond. There's a lot of interest there. He
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  Speaker 1: took the for a brief moment there. He took the
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  Speaker 1: NFL world by storm with that with those testing numbers
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  Speaker 1: and opening some eyes there and putting him on NFL radars.
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  Speaker 1: And the Eagles do a really good job of uncovering
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  Speaker 1: that talent and then bringing them into the building and
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  Speaker 1: working and developing those players. So if he were to
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: land with any team, who or Bernard probably has the
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  Speaker 1: best chance of reaching his potential with the Philadelphia Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: a team that prides themselves on and has an extensive
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  Speaker 1: track record.
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  Speaker 2: Of player development. A note for undrafted free agents.
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  Speaker 1: I can confirm, as a source confirmed to me that
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles are signing long snapper Roco Underwood.
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  Speaker 2: At the University of Florida.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles don't have a long snapper on the roster,
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  Speaker 1: not really a surprise. I have mentioned on this podcast
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  Speaker 1: and written about them showing interest in different collegiate long
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  Speaker 1: snappers and Rocco Underwood is headed to Philadelphia, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: keep you updated on the signings. A lot of them
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: are fluid. It's important to keep in mind a lot
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: of these signings are fluid. There's you know, it's sort
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  Speaker 1: of a mad dash to bring in a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these guys, so you don't want to get too carried
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  Speaker 1: away with it until firmed by the team when they
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: when they put the list out.
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  Speaker 2: But but right now.
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  Speaker 1: That seems to be It seems to be like he's
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  Speaker 1: headed there, and it would make a lot of sense
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  Speaker 1: as the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: Don't have a long snapper, so a lot to unpack.
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  Speaker 1: I'll have a story of recapping today on Inside the
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: Birds dot Com. More stories to come as these draft
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: picks have gotten an opportunity to talk via zoom. Mackay
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  Speaker 1: Lemon spoke in person, got a chance to talk to
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  Speaker 1: and meet him. Same goes for Eli Stowers, and there'll
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: be stories to come from that. So keep an eye
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: on Inside the Birds dot com for that, stay tuned
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: to what's coming on Inside the Birds platforms, and of
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  Speaker 1: course right here on to check O Daily.
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  Speaker 2: That's gonna do it for this episode of the check Odaily.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Andrew to check O and I'll catch you all
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