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The DiCecco Daily: "Massive" Cam Jurgens Trade Creates Major Change For Eagles · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome into another episode of
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  Speaker 1: DiCecco Daily. It's Andrew DiCecco, Eagles beat reporter for InsideTheBirds.com.
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  Speaker 1: Massive news on a Wednesday for the Eagles as, and
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  Speaker 1: this comes on the heels of Lane Johnson's announcement of
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  Speaker 1: his retirement. On Wednesday afternoon, the Eagles trade center left
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  Speaker 1: guard Cam Juergens in a 20-27 seventh round pick. to
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  Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens for a 2027 fifth round pick and
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  Speaker 1: a 2028 second round pick. And to outline, in 2028,
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles now have two first round picks and two
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  Speaker 1: second round picks. On the surface, it may strike you
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  Speaker 1: as a little curious that the Eagles would be willing
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  Speaker 1: to part with a player at a position that they're
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  Speaker 1: pretty thin in But let's not forget what Howie Roseman
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  Speaker 1: said back on August 31st, where if you were to
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  Speaker 1: shoot him with truth serum going into training camp, he
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  Speaker 1: was really curious to learn about this reserve group of
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  Speaker 1: offensive linemen. They were young and inexperienced, and he ended
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  Speaker 1: up coming away really impressed. He was really excited about
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  Speaker 1: the group, and he really conveyed that point when he
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  Speaker 1: spoke during cutdowns. So that right there should tell you
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  Speaker 1: how the Eagles feel about their options internally, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: get to all of that. But Cam Juergens, and I
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  Speaker 1: want to say this now because I know that recency
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  Speaker 1: bias is going to maybe alter the perception of what
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  Speaker 1: he accomplished here during his time with the Eagles. As
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  Speaker 1: a 2022 second round pick, I mean, that was a
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  Speaker 1: really strong pick for the Eagles. Think about it. He
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  Speaker 1: gave them some quality years. He played right guard in 2023,
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  Speaker 1: but he really settled in as a center and was
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  Speaker 1: dominant in 2024. This is a two-time Pro Bowl player,
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  Speaker 1: and in 2024, he made the ultimate sacrifice. He valiantly
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  Speaker 1: battled through a back injury through the Eagles' postseason run,
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  Speaker 1: and along with Landon Dickerson, who battled through an injury
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  Speaker 1: as well, That Super Bowl run probably doesn't happen without
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  Speaker 1: the dominance that they were showcasing up front. And I
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  Speaker 1: can pinpoint a ton of Saquon Barkley highlight reel runs
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  Speaker 1: en route to Super Bowl 59. And so when you
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  Speaker 1: think about Cam Juergens, and I know public perception is
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  Speaker 1: a little bit skewed right now, he should be remembered
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  Speaker 1: for what he did and laying his body on the
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  Speaker 1: line for All for the chance to go to, and
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  Speaker 1: then the Eagles, of course, won that Super Bowl. Now,
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  Speaker 1: let's outline things here, because after the 2024 season, he
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  Speaker 1: had back surgery in February. And that takes quite a
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  Speaker 1: bit of time to recover from, to bounce back. You're
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  Speaker 1: not typically yourself the following season, and clearly he wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't play well. at full strength in 2025. That
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  Speaker 1: was very apparent watching him. And then in the 2026 offseason,
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  Speaker 1: he goes to Columbia. He goes to Medellin to get
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  Speaker 1: stem cell treatment. And I don't think that that should
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  Speaker 1: be viewed as a negative. It should be viewed as
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  Speaker 1: a positive that he was exploring every avenue to ensure
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  Speaker 1: that he was doing everything that he could to return
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  Speaker 1: as healthy as possible in 2026. And then in training camp,
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  Speaker 1: For my perspective, I thought that he performed well. He
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  Speaker 1: was available. He was moving around better. It's always difficult
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  Speaker 1: to gauge the effectiveness of an offensive lineman, I think,
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  Speaker 1: in training camp. It's really when you get into the
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  Speaker 1: regular season. What I was basing it off of, does
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  Speaker 1: he look healthy? Yes. Is he moving around well? Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Does this system fit his skill set in theory? It does.
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  Speaker 1: Or it did. But he'd get into the regular season
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  Speaker 1: and he struggled. I'm not going to try and sit
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  Speaker 1: here and sell you on the fact that he played
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  Speaker 1: well because he didn't. Certainly not to his standard. The
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  Speaker 1: standard that we've seen just a couple of seasons ago.
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  Speaker 1: And after week one, he was inserted at left guard
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  Speaker 1: after Landon Dickerson went on injured reserve. And he looked
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  Speaker 1: like a player that was... not a left guard that
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  Speaker 1: was really learning that position on the fly. I think
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  Speaker 1: he deserves credit for being willing to make that move.
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  Speaker 1: And there were obvious growing pains there. But I don't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily know that you can pinpoint all of the leakiness,
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  Speaker 1: I guess you could say, from the offensive line on
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  Speaker 1: Cam Juergens. I know it seems like, or what I've
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  Speaker 1: observed is many like to highlight a player on offense
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  Speaker 1: or a player on defense and really harp on that,
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  Speaker 1: really drive that point home when things aren't going well.
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  Speaker 1: But the reality of the situation is it's a collaborative effort.
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  Speaker 1: It's not coach speak. It's not me trying to tell
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  Speaker 1: you this. So you feel differently about Cam Juergens. You
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  Speaker 1: feel however you want to, I'm trying to provide a
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  Speaker 1: different perspective. And I think it's going to get lost
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  Speaker 1: in it. The, the, the way that he battled that,
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  Speaker 1: that season. And I, his role in Saquon Barkley's historic season.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, he didn't play well this year through,
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  Speaker 1: through four games and he right now is in concussion protocol.
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  Speaker 1: Remember he self-reported those symptoms on Monday and he's in
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  Speaker 1: the protocol right now. So it probably leaves his status
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  Speaker 1: for Sunday in doubt when the Baltimore Ravens go to
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  Speaker 1: Atlanta to play. But I look at this and I,
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  Speaker 1: From an Eagles perspective, the value there was tremendous for
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  Speaker 1: the trade. You're getting a second round pick back for
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  Speaker 1: a player that has battled a ton of injuries. He
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  Speaker 1: hasn't looked particularly strong this year in terms of his performance.
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  Speaker 1: And you always have to look at the long term
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  Speaker 1: projection of what that player is going to be and
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  Speaker 1: how they can help you. And regardless of all that,
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  Speaker 1: it gives you an ability to maneuver. It gives you
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  Speaker 1: some flexibility. Let's not forget, the Eagles have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of marquee players on the defensive side that are going
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  Speaker 1: to have to be paid. You can't pay everybody, but
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  Speaker 1: this makes it a little bit... You're a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more flexible in what you can do. And you can't
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  Speaker 1: just operate in the here and now. And that's something
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  Speaker 1: that the Eagles never do. You also have to look
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  Speaker 1: at the future to give yourself a... sort of a
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  Speaker 1: lengthier chance at success. And when you look at that
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  Speaker 1: 2028 sort of draft hall that they have, I mean, that's,
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  Speaker 1: that's a, that's a strong place to start and it
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  Speaker 1: gives you a chance to continue to build out the
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  Speaker 1: roster and maybe add some cornerstones. But, I really do
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  Speaker 1: believe that you take everything into account here, and there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of positives for this. I think the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: should be commended for it, for making this trade. I
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  Speaker 1: think on the surface, I mean, it was a home
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  Speaker 1: run for Philadelphia. The Baltimore Ravens clearly needed a center,
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  Speaker 1: and Cam Juergens is still young, and maybe he fits
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  Speaker 1: what they're doing a little bit better. Who knows? But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, when I look at that, I think the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles really– they won that trade, but I also think
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  Speaker 1: the Ravens got a player that maybe not this week,
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  Speaker 1: but for the, the, you know, the rest of the
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  Speaker 1: season can really help them by stepping in and getting
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  Speaker 1: him back to his natural position as a center. He's
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  Speaker 1: not a guard. He's a center. And he was playing
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  Speaker 1: out of position, which, which certainly didn't help him here
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  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. You can also make the case that he
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  Speaker 1: wasn't playing particularly. He wasn't giving you high level performance
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  Speaker 1: at center and, I might quibble at that a little
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  Speaker 1: bit because I don't profess to be a film aficionado,
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  Speaker 1: which is why I ask questions. I can watch it,
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  Speaker 1: I can break it down, but until I'm 100% certain
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  Speaker 1: about what a player's responsibility is or what they're being
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  Speaker 1: taught or were they expecting help, all that needs to
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  Speaker 1: be taken into account. To the untrained eye, it looks
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  Speaker 1: like Cam was responsible for a lot of lapses there
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  Speaker 1: in protection. But in reality, that's not always the case,
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  Speaker 1: which is why I like to ask questions. And I
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  Speaker 1: think in today's social media world, when you see these
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  Speaker 1: still shots or a six-second clip, it doesn't tell the
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  Speaker 1: full story. Yeah, any player, you can catch any player
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  Speaker 1: having a blunder there in any still shot or a
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  Speaker 1: random clip. But does that tell the whole story? Is
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  Speaker 1: that really... being fair and giving an accurate assessment of
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  Speaker 1: that player. Now, again, I'm not going to sit here
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  Speaker 1: and tell you that Cam Juergens was lighting the world
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  Speaker 1: on fire because that just wasn't the case. But I
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  Speaker 1: But Cam Juergens gave the Eagles some quality seasons. He
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  Speaker 1: should be remembered as someone who was a warrior in
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  Speaker 1: the sense of what he played through to help the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles attain their second Super Bowl. But now the options
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  Speaker 1: there are likely Willie Lampkin, who... the Eagles are bullish on.
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  Speaker 1: That's been very clear. Whether you listen to Nick Sirianni,
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  Speaker 1: whether you listen to Howie Roseman during cutdowns, when he
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  Speaker 1: spoke about the offensive line, even that clip on social
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  Speaker 1: media where Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni were letting Willie
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  Speaker 1: Lampkin know that he made the team. You could just
• 12:57
  Speaker 1: tell that there's an affinity there for him. And I
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  Speaker 1: understand why he's not the biggest guy in the world, 5'11, 290,
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  Speaker 1: but he plays like he's 6'4. And he moves well.
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  Speaker 1: He has that wrestling background. He has a really good
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: head on his shoulders. He plays like he has a
• 13:17
  Speaker 1: chip on his shoulder. But what I really like about
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  Speaker 1: Willie is his technique, his hand placement, and his ability
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  Speaker 1: to anchor. He has a really strong base that I
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: think you'll be impressed with if you get to see
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: him in an extended role, which it would appear that
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: that would be the case. But... Who knows whether that
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: will actually be at center or at left guard. It's
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  Speaker 1: all about what the Eagles believe is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the best alignment to give them a chance to win
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  Speaker 1: the football game. So I'm not entirely certain, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that we will be, until kickoff. They're a
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  Speaker 1: competitive advantage. The Eagles aren't going to give away their
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  Speaker 1: plan in all likelihood. But let's just say that Willie
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  Speaker 1: Lampkin at left guard would be the logical choice there.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Kendall's doing some really good things at center. I
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  Speaker 1: think he took a little bit of a step back
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  Speaker 1: against the Rams, but again, very limited sample size. What
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  Speaker 1: you're seeing as a young player who I think is
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  Speaker 1: making strides, you always get better by playing. You're not
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  Speaker 1: going to get better by sitting on the bench and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you start a game or two and then,
• 14:26
  Speaker 1: you know, you take a seat. I mean, Or, you
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  Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like, if you're rotating, like, for example,
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  Speaker 1: at the safety position when Marcus Epps and Michael Carter
• 14:35
  Speaker 1: were rotating at safety, that doesn't benefit any player. If
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: Michael Carter is a player you want to get a
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: longer look at, he's never really played safety before, you
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  Speaker 1: want to throw him out there and let him kind of,
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  Speaker 1: you know, learn trial by fire. Anyway, Willie Lampkin is
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  Speaker 1: the player that I believe will get the nod there.
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  Speaker 1: And so you look at the offensive line, we'll go
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  Speaker 1: left to right. Jordan Mailata, Willie Lampkin, Drew Kendall, Tyler Steen,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm expecting it to be Markel Bell. It makes
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sense. He's a young tackle. You've invested
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  Speaker 1: a third round pick in him. What better way to
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: get his feet wet and get him that on-the-job training
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  Speaker 1: than put him out there and let him kind of
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: learn on the job. And so that right now is
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  Speaker 1: the way that I kind of read it. A lot
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: can change. Obviously they have other players and we'll get
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: to the injury report in a moment, but yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean that, that's, that's the, that, that seems to be
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  Speaker 1: the most sensible plan of attack moving forward. And they're
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: going to have to turn the page pretty quickly here.
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni was very, I think very forthcoming and, and,
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  Speaker 1: He showed a hardened resolve in sort of rallying the Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: and it was in his presser on Wednesday where he
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: talked about locking arms and not making excuses, looking yourself
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  Speaker 1: in the mirror, keeping your head up, and owning your
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: mistakes whenever you mess up. he pretty much talked about
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  Speaker 1: coming together as a football team, banding together and focusing
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  Speaker 1: on the task at hand, not making excuses, not feeling
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  Speaker 1: sorry for yourself and going out there and trying to
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: put your best foot forward. And that's not coach speak
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  Speaker 1: because when I saw Nick Sirianni talk on Wednesday, that
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: message came from the heart and you could tell that.
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: And so I think you're going to see a focus
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  Speaker 1: and a determined Eagles team. They're going to be grossly undermanned.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: I'm not, there's no getting around that, but yeah, the messaging, the,
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  Speaker 1: from Nick Sirianni, I think he obviously leads the way.
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  Speaker 1: That's something that when you have all these new pieces
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  Speaker 1: in place, there's a lot of moving parts right now.
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  Speaker 1: I just, you know, I don't know if they're going
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  Speaker 1: to win this game. I'm not going to sit here
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: and give you a prediction, but I do know that
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  Speaker 1: they're not just going to roll over. They're going to
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: go out there with something approved. They're going to try to,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they try to win every game. That's the goal.
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  Speaker 1: And I, What you want to hear from your head
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  Speaker 1: coach if you're the Eagles is sort of that hardened resolve,
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  Speaker 1: that sort of rallying cry, I guess you could say,
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  Speaker 1: that lock arms. That's how they are moving forward. So
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  Speaker 1: I did have a chance to talk to Eagles running
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: back Will Shipley in the locker room Wednesday, and he
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: mentioned that he always prepares as if he's a starter.
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  Speaker 1: So he said, it's Wednesday right now. I'm focused on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: But when Sunday rolls around, whatever role I have, I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to embrace it. I asked him about what Michael
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Clay had to say. And Michael Clay, the Eagles special
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: teams coordinator, had some really interesting things to say about
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: how Will has taken ownership of his role on special teams.
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  Speaker 1: Called him sort of a mellow, even-keeled guy. But he's
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: not afraid to get after it, let someone know when
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  Speaker 1: something isn't right. And he mentioned when I asked him this,
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  Speaker 1: I said, how are you going about asserting yourself in
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  Speaker 1: this running back room where there's so much going on
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  Speaker 1: right now? How how do you how do you have
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  Speaker 1: that sort of calming presence and settling everything down? And
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  Speaker 1: first and foremost, Will said, well, Saquon's the leader and
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Saquon's very vocal and he's around and doing whatever, you know,
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  Speaker 1: helping us with whatever we need. And he said he
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  Speaker 1: leads Will leads by serving and leading by example. and
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  Speaker 1: also in his actions and how he attacks every day,
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  Speaker 1: the joy and the light that he tries to bring
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  Speaker 1: to the facility every day and on the practice field.
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  Speaker 1: Those were his words.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: Hey, Philly fans, game day is stressful enough. Parking, traffic,
• 18:44
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  Speaker 1: I think that that is, it comes across when you
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: talk to Will that he's always upbeat. He does have
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  Speaker 1: a calming presence. But if you watch him out there
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  Speaker 1: on the field and you get him talking about a
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  Speaker 1: certain aspect of football or anything really football related, you
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: can see the fire in his eyes. You can hear
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: the passion in his voice. Look, I've talked to Will now.
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  Speaker 1: This is my third season. I did the Rookie Diary
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  Speaker 1: with him in 2024. I've had the pleasure of getting
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: to know him a little bit. And when you see
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  Speaker 1: him out there on the field, he has a lot
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: of fire and a lot of juice. And when you
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: hear and you see the way that Saquon has really
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: taken to him, even as a rookie, when he scored
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  Speaker 1: that touchdown in the NFC Championship game, running down the field,
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: you can just see that when he watches him play,
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: he watches him almost like, you know, you can see
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: how proud he is of him. So he seems to be,
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: I mean, I've always... sort of gathered that he's someone
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: that comes across as very likable and someone that is
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: going to run with any opportunity that he has. And
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: he also mentioned this offense because the wide zone, the
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: stretch play, seemingly that would fit what Will does best.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: And he said, you know, this is like six different offenses,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: six years, I believe he said, but he said out
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: of the offenses that he's been in, this is definitely
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: one of his favorites in terms of how it complements
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: his game. And I'm really interested to see how he
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: fares in his first expanded role in a game that's
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: not Week 18 or anything like that. And the Eagles
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: also signed running back Damian Pierce to the active roster expected.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: He does have experience. They're really light in that running
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: back room. And Damian Pierce gives you someone who at
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: one point in time looked to be the franchise running
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: back for the Houston Texans. And Nick Sirianni gushed when
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: talking about damian pierce and just how he conducts himself
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: he always has his head up his chest up and
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: never gets down even though he's on the practice squad
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: nick serrani said the eagles had a running back who's
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: a starting running back in the nfl on their practice
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: squad and he was just very um i mean he
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: was very effusive in his praise for damian pierce so
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: that appears to be the one-two punch however you decide
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: to to uh to rank it who's going to get
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: more work but it would seem to be will shipley
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: and damian pierce in the backfield this week adding to
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: the newness that the eagles are going to be unveiling
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: on offense so that's uh that's that and then we
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: also have to get to the injury report which is
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: pretty lengthy and there's some names on there that you're
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: going to want to monitor as the week progresses and
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: look it's going to be very difficult for some of
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: these guys to get back from it But let's get
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: to it. Not practicing. Running back Saquon Barkley, hamstring. Wide
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: receiver Hollywood Brown, ankle. Linebacker Jihad Campbell, knee. Safety Marcus Epps, groin.
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  Speaker 1: Outside linebacker Jonathan Grenard, ankle. Center Drew Kendall, knee. Wide
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: receiver Devontae Smith, hamstring. Limited. Linebacker Zach Vaughn, concussion, tight
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: end Dallas Goddard, knee. Tackle Fred Johnson, knee. Cornerback Quinion Mitchell, knee.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: First and foremost, it's good to see Quinion Mitchell back
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: on the field. Remember, in the second half of the
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: Eagles-Rams game, he left the game with a knee injury.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: He ended up on the stationary bike, and then he
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: never returned. Jonathan Jones stepped in for him, but it
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: left his status gone. uncertain. Now, Vic Fangio on Tuesday
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: mentioned that he was hopeful that he'll have Mitchell back
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: this week. And the fact that he's starting out the
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: week limited is certainly an encouraging sign. The same can
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: also be said for Zach Vaughn and Dallas Goddard. Now,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: Zach Vaughn, you're going to want to monitor because he
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: is returning from a concussion. So that's not something you
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: rush and it's not something you really have any control of.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: It's about, are you clearing every, like, how are you
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: progressing through everything? And and that will be one to watch.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard with the knee. It seems like Dallas Goddard
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: is on track to play this week. We'll have to
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: see how this week progresses, whether or not there's a
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: setback or not Thursday and maybe Friday, but it seems
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: like things are trending in a positive direction there. Fred Johnson,
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: who had been ruled out the previous two games, with
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: the knee injury is now limited. So again, positive stuff there.
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: Not surprised that Saquon wasn't practicing or Grenard or Devante. Devante,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: I'm expecting to be a little while, at least a
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: little while longer. Saquon's considered a week to week, according
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: to reports. Grenard's day-to-day with the ankle. The surprising one
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: there was Drew Kendall. And let's not forget, and I
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: tweeted this when I saw it at the game, but
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: He was briefly in the medical tent, but he went
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: out there and he played the rest of the game.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: He didn't miss any time. He was back for the
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: next series. And I don't know what that was because
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: he was in there so briefly that it wasn't announced
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: in the press box. But that will be the one
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: that I have highlighted going into Thursday and what I
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: want to learn a little bit more about because, and
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: we're way early here, but if you don't have Drew Kendall,
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: all of a sudden you may have to operate in
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: a world where you have Willie Lampkin at center and
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: maybe Micah Morris at left guard. Just something to consider
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: or something to keep.
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  Speaker 3: An eye on.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: Was a little surprised to see him pop up there
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: because he did finish the game. But again, I'm going
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: into Thursday and trying to look for Drew Kendall and
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: see if he's out there. And I will bring that
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: to you as I see it one way or another.
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: So that's the injury report. And we'll see how this
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: week continues to progress. A lot going on in the
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: early stages of this week. And Thursday, the Eagles are
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: on the practice field at 1.30. I'll have a podcast
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: for you after the locker room, as I always do.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: And for now, that is going to do it for
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: this edition of DiCecco Daily. I am Andrew DiCecco, and
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  Speaker 1: I'll catch you all on the next one.