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The DiCecco Daily: Observations, Intel From Tuesday At The NFL Scouting Combine · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:08
  Speaker 1: Hey, what's up.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody? Welcome in. This is the check O Daily. I'm
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: Andrew de Checo. I'm talking a little quieter than normal
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: because I'm inside the Indiana Convention Center. We heard from
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  Speaker 2: Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and Eagles general manager Howie
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: Roseman today and both had some pretty interesting things to say.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll start with what Howie Roseman had to say,
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  Speaker 2: and I think most importantly, he highlighted a couple of
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: free agents. Talking about Brandon Graham. He spoke about Reid
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  Speaker 2: blank and Ship. He spoke about Dallas Goddard and in
• 0:41
  Speaker 2: terms of Brandon Graham, that which was the first question.
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: He said, Brandon Graham's always welcome in Philadelphia, called him
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  Speaker 2: an Eagles Hall of Famer, cited his ability to transition
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  Speaker 2: inside a defensive tackle. I don't quite know what direction
• 0:53
  Speaker 2: the Eagles will go in that regard, but I have
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  Speaker 2: to think that it won't be an easy one. But
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  Speaker 2: as they look to remake that room and get a
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  Speaker 2: little bit younger, it seems like they're trending in a
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  Speaker 2: different direction. But we'll see how things go. With ree
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  Speaker 2: Blanket Ship, he talked about him being an undrafted player,
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  Speaker 2: and really growing into a role as a leader on
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  Speaker 2: this team and what he means to the foot off Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: That's not going to be something easy, an easy decision,
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  Speaker 2: and there could be other teams who are in on that,
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  Speaker 2: so I look at that as something that could be
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  Speaker 2: a little bit challenging.
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  Speaker 1: And then when you get to Dallas.
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  Speaker 2: Goddard, talked about him having a tremendous season, that they
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  Speaker 2: were happy that they were able to work things out
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  Speaker 2: last offseason and how it paid off. Spoke extremely highly
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  Speaker 2: of Dallas Goddard in terms of him as a person,
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  Speaker 2: what he contributes on the football field, and that he
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  Speaker 2: and his agent will be speaking in the neck over
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  Speaker 2: the next few days while they're out here in Indianapolis.
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  Speaker 1: So that's obviously encouraging.
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  Speaker 2: Those conversations always take place, but it's even more amplified
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  Speaker 2: when you're here at the scouting combine because that's where
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  Speaker 2: everybody is and that's where you're able to really get
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  Speaker 2: these conversations and preliminary conversations done. So I view him
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  Speaker 2: as a second priority player behind Jalen Phillips. And I
• 2:13
  Speaker 2: wrote about Dallas Guyard and his value and how it
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  Speaker 2: it almost was a season that didn't happen. Having eleven
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns career high, sixty receptions career high, and all those
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  Speaker 2: things I think are really important. He also spoke about
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  Speaker 2: the cornerback position and how Quinna Mitchell and Cooper Degene
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  Speaker 2: are players who want to be in Philadelphia for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. They're impactful. He went on to speak about
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  Speaker 2: Cooper Degene in glowing fashion, caught him just a really
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  Speaker 2: good football player, lauded his versatility and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: You can see that Howie Roseman's.
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  Speaker 2: Really prideful in bringing in broke both of those players.
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  Speaker 2: Not many teams it's hard to realize have players of
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  Speaker 2: that caliber, and the Eagles have two of them. But
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  Speaker 2: he also mentioned, and I think this is notable, that
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  Speaker 2: they're going to continue to look at adding to that
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  Speaker 2: position this offseason, whether that's free agency, whether that's the draft,
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  Speaker 2: because you do get the sense that they went into
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  Speaker 2: the offseason last year thinking that they're going to bank
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  Speaker 2: on player development and Keilee Ringo, They're going to go
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  Speaker 2: the cost effective rout and free agency and Dori Jackson,
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  Speaker 2: and that just didn't pan out, and they didn't do
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  Speaker 2: a good enough job there. That was sort of oversight
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  Speaker 2: and They're not going to make the same mistake twice.
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  Speaker 2: Howie Roseman has proven that he doesn't make the same
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  Speaker 2: mistake twice. So I'm expecting the Eagles to add to
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  Speaker 2: that group and give them a more solid option there
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  Speaker 2: to pair opposite Quinnon Mitchell.
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  Speaker 1: He also spoke.
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  Speaker 2: About Jake Elliott, and he talked about how clutch he is,
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  Speaker 2: spoke about getting him off the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad
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  Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: And what that whole process, what was like.
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  Speaker 2: Spoke again stood by him, unsurprisingly and said he has
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  Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in Jake Elliott. You can take
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  Speaker 2: that for what it is. It wasn't an overly long answer.
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  Speaker 2: I wrote about that as well for Inside the Birds
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  Speaker 2: dot Com. But it's one of those things where not
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  Speaker 2: a lot needs to be said. Howie Roseman has always
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  Speaker 2: and Nick Sirianni and all the Eagles leaders, they've all
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  Speaker 2: stood by Jake Elliott, and it's not really surprising. But
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  Speaker 2: I still don't think, Yeah, it's great that you have
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  Speaker 2: confidence in him, and it's great that he did all
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  Speaker 2: these awesome things for the franchise in years past, but
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  Speaker 2: it's about the here and now. Jake Elliott's never been
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  Speaker 2: challenged in training camp. I think that could change as
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  Speaker 2: early as this summer. We'll have to wait and see
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  Speaker 2: how that goes. But he did speak about Jake Elliott,
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  Speaker 2: and so I think that was something that was important.
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  Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni was asked.
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  Speaker 2: About Saquon Barkway and how this running system, this new
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  Speaker 2: run scheme could fit with with his skill set, and
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  Speaker 2: as I expected, Nick Sirianni pretty much said that, well,
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  Speaker 2: he's a really good football player, so he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be great, you know, good in anything.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, he he pretty much just talked about
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  Speaker 1: and then it was all in.
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  Speaker 2: It was a little vague about how this offense could
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  Speaker 2: look with Saquon, and Saquon could be even better and
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  Speaker 2: benefit from this new look rushing attack. And Saquon Barkley
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  Speaker 2: wasn't the only player that Nick Sirianni lauded today.
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  Speaker 1: Davonte Smith.
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  Speaker 2: That was something that I walked away thinking, Yeah, that
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  Speaker 2: carries a little bit of weight because you don't often
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  Speaker 2: see Nick Sirianni reacted a certain way. He said, I
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  Speaker 2: think I forget how the question was asked, but it
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  Speaker 2: was more like, do you expect Davonte do.
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  Speaker 1: You feel like Devanta hit his ceiling and he goes, Oh, no,
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  Speaker 1: he goes.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's always going to get better, and especially
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  Speaker 2: in this offense. And so he was a player that
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  Speaker 2: I've talked about I think is going to greatly benefit
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  Speaker 2: from it.
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  Speaker 1: But when you hear Nick.
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  Speaker 2: Sirianni talk about it in that sense, I think that's
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  Speaker 2: you know that that's certainly something that should perk your
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  Speaker 2: ears up. Because he spoke about DeVante Smith being tough,
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  Speaker 2: being super physical, and how he you know, how he
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  Speaker 2: gets involved with the offense, and I think, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna find the.
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  Speaker 1: Quote for you, but what did he say?
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  Speaker 2: He said, No, I think he continually gets better.
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  Speaker 1: I think you saw him have a great year this year.
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  Speaker 2: And even when a guy appears not to have a
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  Speaker 2: good year, you're always looking at it like is his arrow.
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  Speaker 1: On the rise? Is his arrow on the fall?
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  Speaker 2: And even if a guy doesn't have his best year,
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  Speaker 2: he can still be on the rise. Well, I think
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  Speaker 2: we saw DeVante have a great year, and I think
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  Speaker 2: you just continue to see him play better and better.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's a tribute to who he is.
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  Speaker 2: Guys that are tough, that love football, that are smart,
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  Speaker 2: football players and their talented have a tendency to reach
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  Speaker 2: their ceiling God willing, and I think that's what you're seeing.
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  Speaker 1: You're seeing him continue to get better.
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  Speaker 2: You're seeing him continue to do these things and make plays.
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  Speaker 1: Only he can make on the football field.
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  Speaker 2: And so I just think you continue to see him
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  Speaker 2: on the rise and excite about what will look like
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  Speaker 2: in this new offense.
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  Speaker 1: That we'll have.
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  Speaker 2: He led the Eagles in receiving yards last season slightly,
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  Speaker 2: but I do believe because you can move Tovonte Smith around,
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  Speaker 2: he should greatly benefit from this new look passing attack
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  Speaker 2: that I think you're going to see Sean Manning and
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  Speaker 2: Josh Grizzard, the pass game coordinator, find creative ways to
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  Speaker 2: get Davonte Smith so that he's creating mismatches, move him
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  Speaker 2: around formations. And I do believe that out of all
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  Speaker 2: the players on this offense, that I think are going
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  Speaker 2: to benefit most. Someone asked me this last week, I
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  Speaker 2: said Davonte Smith that Nick Sirianni sort of lit up when.
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  Speaker 1: Asked about that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm still trying to get a good sense of the whole.
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  Speaker 1: AJ Brown thing while I'm out here. I'll continue to
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  Speaker 1: do so.
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  Speaker 2: These are conversations that are gonna They're gonna be ongoing
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  Speaker 2: and they're not gonna go away. But that's something that
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna try to gather more information on during my
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  Speaker 2: time here and then tomorrow. There will be linebackers and
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  Speaker 2: defensive linemen. So one of the linebackers who I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that I'm here to talk to is
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  Speaker 2: Josiah Trotter, brother of Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter, and great
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  Speaker 2: story there. They also have Eric Gentry from Michigan, who
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  Speaker 2: was a Philadelphia native, had a really good season for
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  Speaker 2: the Wolverines last year. You know, there's a I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that the Eagles need to add a linebacker, but
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  Speaker 2: I really like this group that.
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  Speaker 1: They offer different different attributes.
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  Speaker 2: You see a lot of athleticism, some have good size,
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  Speaker 2: some can rush the quarterback. You can find that in
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  Speaker 2: any group, I understand, but I think that the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: could end up adding another player to that group to
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  Speaker 2: especially if Nikobe Dean isn't in the fold next season.
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  Speaker 1: And then really defensive the defensive lineman.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of edge rushers who I wrote about
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  Speaker 2: on Inside the Birds dot Com that I will certainly
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  Speaker 2: be king in on, including Derek Moore. You know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's there's a lot of players that I'll be looking
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  Speaker 2: to to speak to that would fit into that day two,
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  Speaker 2: maybe even Day one mold that has the prototype of
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  Speaker 2: what the Egos typically look for from their edge rushers
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  Speaker 2: that I try to kind of pair it up and
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  Speaker 2: go with players who made some sense. And I did
• 12:01
  Speaker 2: that also for the tight ends as well. I wrote
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  Speaker 2: about four tight ends that will maybe fit what the
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: Eagles look to do from an offensive standpoint. And by
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  Speaker 2: the way, with tight ends, I think the Eagles are
• 12:14
  Speaker 2: going to have to add some more diversity and more
• 12:17
  Speaker 2: blocking players to that room because they were too pass centric.
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  Speaker 2: They were too one dimensional. Even Dallas got it regressed
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  Speaker 2: in that regard, and they didn't have any variety aside
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  Speaker 2: from Cameron Lattu, who really played fullback.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't use him as a wide versus as a
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  Speaker 1: tight end. E J.
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  Speaker 2: Jenkins is a good blocker, but they didn't really He
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  Speaker 2: was on the practice squad.
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  Speaker 1: They called him up just twice.
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  Speaker 2: And I think if you had to remake this room,
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  Speaker 2: you have to make sure that you're adding players that
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: can not only catch the football but give you a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more diversity. And I think with Ryan Mahaffey,
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  Speaker 2: with Sean Mannion, with what they're going to ask their demands.
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  Speaker 2: For that position, you have to be able to do
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  Speaker 2: more than just one thing, and that's where I'm curious
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  Speaker 2: to see how they choose to remake it. I'm even
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  Speaker 2: more convinced now that the room's gonna look completely different
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  Speaker 2: than it did last season. But I still think that
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  Speaker 2: Dallas Goddard should be a priority as MS.
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  Speaker 1: In terms of how they fill out the room, well.
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  Speaker 2: That remains to be seen, but I do think that
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna retool that room to better fit what the
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  Speaker 2: offense is expected to do.
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  Speaker 1: More on everything else tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be here until Thursday, but for now, that's gonna
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  Speaker 2: do it for this edition of the Czechodaily. I'm Andrew
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  Speaker 2: to Checko and I'll catch you all on the next one.