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The DiCecco Daily: Looking At Former Eagles Playing In Super Bowl LX, How They Got Away · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome into another edition of to check O Deli.
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: I am your host, Andrew Dchecko, Eagles beat reporter for
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: insidethebirds dot Com and no full transparency. I did not
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: watch a moment of the Pro Bowl games. But as
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: I understand it, if you're interested in flag football statistics
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: and advanced metrics, they're available for you on social media.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: But I really don't get into the Pro Bowl and
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: I do something different with my time. But in more
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: pressing news, the Eagles are interviewing Cardinal's past game specialist
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  Speaker 1: Connor Senger today for their quarterbacks coach position. Reportedly this
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: from Ari Merov and look just a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: background here. Singer, who began his coaching career in twenty
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  Speaker 1: seventeen coaching quarterbacks at Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he actually spent
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: the final two seasons of his playing spent the past
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  Speaker 1: four seasons on the Arizona Cardinals coaching staff, and in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, Singer served as the team's past game
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  Speaker 1: specialist under head coach Jonathan Gannon, and then at the
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six East West Shrine Bowl, Senger served as
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: the East team offensive coordinator while the Eagles newly minted
• 1:17
  Speaker 1: OC Sean Mannion functioned as the West team offensive coordinator
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: and interesting sort of connection there. And like Sean Mannion,
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: Senger also played the quarterback position, though in this case
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: never at the pro level. Look and when this sort
• 1:35
  Speaker 1: of surfaced on social media, I saw some who were saying, well,
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: what does this mean for Scott Leffler?
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: I really like Scott Leffler this and that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think it's a little disingenuous to say that
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  Speaker 1: you really like a position coach from the outside. And
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: what I mean by that is few have an idea
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  Speaker 1: of what they have really done to leave an impact
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  Speaker 1: or make an imprint on a position group on a
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  Speaker 1: certain player. You may like the name, he may like
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  Speaker 1: their background, but you really have no idea of the
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  Speaker 1: impact that they're having.
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  Speaker 2: And I think to say.
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  Speaker 1: That is a little bit off base now, and I
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  Speaker 1: would also look at it like this. Scott Leffler was
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  Speaker 1: the quarterbacks coach last season for the Eagles, and while
• 2:17
  Speaker 1: I do believe that there were certain parts of Jalen
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: Hurts's game that advanced, I mean, looking at this season,
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: you can't say that the quarterback play was exceptional by
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  Speaker 1: any stretch, and when you're versed in quarterbacks, as Sean
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  Speaker 1: Mannion being a former quarterback is, you're going to want
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  Speaker 1: to put your own imprint on that. I would imagine,
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  Speaker 1: so it doesn't see it wouldn't seem likely that Scott.
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  Speaker 2: Leffler would be one of those coaches that is a holdover.
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  Speaker 1: Again, he was just with the Eagles for one season,
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  Speaker 1: so there's not necessarily an allegiance there. He's not a
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  Speaker 1: long tenured coach, so we'll have to wait and see
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  Speaker 1: what happens there. But I would have to imagine that
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  Speaker 1: Sean Mannion, even though he probably doesn't have a very
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  Speaker 1: large rollodex, knowing that he's new to coaching and it
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  Speaker 1: hasn't coached anywhere else, really, you can't imagine that he's
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: gonna have a huge glossary of names to draw from. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Howie Roseman will also help him if need be, in
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  Speaker 1: finding some of those up and coming coaches or who
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  Speaker 1: he believes would be a good fit, because he's really
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  Speaker 1: good in that area. But I'm waiting to see what
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  Speaker 1: happens there. I would imagine there's a couple names that
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  Speaker 1: are different on this staff, but time will tell. Time
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  Speaker 1: will tell I want to spend the bulk of this
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  Speaker 1: podcast going over some of the names on the two
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl teams. Of course, the New England Patriots and
• 3:33
  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, who played in Philadelphia. I had a chance
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: to cover a lot of these players, and so it's
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  Speaker 1: kind of cool to be able to see them on
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  Speaker 1: a big stage in some cases once again. So the
• 3:45
  Speaker 1: Patriots have Milton Williams, mc collins, Christianellis, they have Patrick
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  Speaker 1: Johnson who's on their practice squad, and the Seahawks have
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  Speaker 1: Josh Job. They have Brady Russell, they have Max and
• 3:57
  Speaker 1: Hookh's on their practice squad.
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  Speaker 2: They have Tyler Hall who's on their practice squad.
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  Speaker 1: So let's kind of go through this a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll first start with Milton Williams on the Patriots,
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  Speaker 1: because look, he said this on opening night of the
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and it really should be of no surprise
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  Speaker 1: that he had no contact with the Eagles. They didn't
• 4:15
  Speaker 1: reach out ahead of free agency. He was going to
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: be out of their price range. That was always going
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  Speaker 1: to be the case. And he got a huge contract
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  Speaker 1: and rightfully so. And he's paying dividends for the Patriots
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  Speaker 1: right now. And I think He's in a really good
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  Speaker 1: position to be a game wrecker in this one. He's
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  Speaker 1: been a strong performer all season long. I always enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: talking to Milton Williams. He was a man of few words,
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  Speaker 1: didn't necessarily interact with teammates a bunch.
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  Speaker 2: He kind of kept to himself.
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  Speaker 1: He had a locker there that was right behind the
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  Speaker 1: pillar and a little separate from the defensive lineman towards
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  Speaker 1: the tail end of it. But whenever I did talk
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  Speaker 1: to him, it was always a really good conversation, you know,
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  Speaker 1: talking about in particular his connection, Ane's connection with the
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: team and how that resonated, particularly with Milton and things
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  Speaker 1: like that. But that is someone who has earned his
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: money the hard way. He was a rotational player. He
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: bawled out in the super Bowl last year and getting
• 5:14
  Speaker 1: to Patrick Mahomes, and he deserves everything that he has.
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  Speaker 1: And he's one of those guys that when you're watching
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  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, it's easy it's going to be easy
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  Speaker 1: for me to say, yeah, I saw that coming because
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  Speaker 1: you can see the potential that he had. The Eagles
• 5:27
  Speaker 1: just had an influx of defensive lineman that it was
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: really hard to one pay him. But also give him
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  Speaker 1: a defined role, and so he's thriving there in New England.
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  Speaker 1: Then you have Mac Collins, who's sort of an odd ball.
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  Speaker 1: I did not cover Mac Collins. I was not around
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  Speaker 1: covering the team in twenty seventeen, eighteen or nineteen, but
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  Speaker 1: kind of an oddball guy. He really liked playing special teams.
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  Speaker 1: He was a fourth round pick out of North Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: He was Mitch Trubisky's top receiver there. Didn't really pan
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  Speaker 1: out in Philadelphia as a wide receiver.
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  Speaker 2: Although I know that many of you.
• 6:03
  Speaker 1: Probably saw that preseason game against the Packers where Sam
• 6:05
  Speaker 1: Bradford went perfect on that drive and Mac Collins scored
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown on that drive stiff armed a defender, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that there were a lot of.
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  Speaker 2: Eagles fans that were saying they got a good one.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, it just he never really emerged as
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  Speaker 1: anything more than a wide receiver for here in Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 1: There was a year, I want to say twenty nineteen
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  Speaker 1: where he got a lot of opportunities to play meaningful
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  Speaker 1: snaps at wide receiver, but he was kind of more
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  Speaker 1: or less running. Cardio didn't necessarily get open. He wasn't
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  Speaker 1: targeted by Carson Wentz or anything like that. But then
• 6:36
  Speaker 1: he goes to the Falcons. He's been a number of
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: places and he's sort of found a niche as a
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  Speaker 1: complimentary player who can come up with the catcher two
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  Speaker 1: in a big spot, but not anyone who's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a world beater or a starter. But he's kind
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  Speaker 1: of quirky. He walks around barefoot a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Look.
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of that is performative. I know
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  Speaker 1: that he's aware where the cameras are, and I think
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  Speaker 1: he's sort of embracing that type of role someone who,
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: you know, from my perspective, likes to crave, crave some attention.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that it was one thing that I did
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  Speaker 1: think was cool with him was when he was doing
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: the Warriors call from the movie The Warriors, which I
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  Speaker 1: think is a classic.
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  Speaker 2: As he's walking down the corridor ahead of the.
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  Speaker 1: AFC Championship game, Warriors come out in plays clang in
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  Speaker 1: the bottles.
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  Speaker 2: Look.
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  Speaker 1: He knew, he knew that there's going to be cameras there,
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  Speaker 1: and he sort of ate that up. But this is
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  Speaker 1: a guy who he's bounced back from injury with the Patriots,
• 7:29
  Speaker 1: and he made a couple of big catches in the
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: championship game in the snow there, So yeah, we'll see,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see what he's able to do in the game.
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  Speaker 1: They Patriots have sort of a committee approach when it
• 7:40
  Speaker 1: comes to wide receivers. They have Stefan Diggs. Of course,
• 7:43
  Speaker 1: they have Boutie, who made a tremendous catch against the
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  Speaker 1: Houston Texans in the postseason one handed in really difficult conditions.
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  Speaker 2: I think it was sleading and you look at CJ. Stroud.
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  Speaker 1: He couldn't he couldn't control where he was put in
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  Speaker 1: the football, and I thought that in that moment he
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: made a nice play. But they have a group, a
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  Speaker 1: collection of receivers who are going to see the football,
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: and Matt Collins will certainly be one of them. Then
• 8:08
  Speaker 1: you have Christian Ellis, whose interesting case because the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: brought him in. He was a young player, not a
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  Speaker 1: lot of experience, but I liked his athleticism, his range,
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  Speaker 1: his bloodline. He's got his brother, Jonah Ellis plays for
• 8:23
  Speaker 1: the Broncos. Luther Ellis, the father, played for I believe
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  Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, and he was sort of a player
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  Speaker 1: that I thought was dynamic and explosive, but really raw.
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  Speaker 1: And inexperience. Then the Eagles waived him in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: three thinking that they were going to get him on
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  Speaker 1: the practice squad. Well, there is about six or seven
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  Speaker 1: teams that put in claims for him, and that was
• 8:44
  Speaker 1: a move that backfired for the Eagles. Christian Ellis ends
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: up there with the Patriots, plays a lot of special
• 8:49
  Speaker 1: teams for Bill Belichick to close out that year, and
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: then he sort of rounded into form and he's gotten
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to help defensively and manned as he hit hard
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  Speaker 1: and think of a lot of different plays. I think
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  Speaker 1: he had a really really big hit where he tattooed
• 9:04
  Speaker 1: Jackson Dart in a primetime game. And he's just sort
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  Speaker 1: of like a heat seeking missile out there. He's the
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  Speaker 1: type of guy that to me, seems like he savors
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  Speaker 1: every moment that he's out there, doesn't take anything for granted.
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  Speaker 2: Plays with his.
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  Speaker 1: Hair on fire and really fun to watch and it's
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  Speaker 1: a great story of development. Credit to Patriots for sticking
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  Speaker 1: with him and seeing that through, because I believe that
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  Speaker 1: he had something more to offer than purely being a
• 9:29
  Speaker 1: special teamer. But he's come into his own there with
• 9:32
  Speaker 1: the Patriots. You have Patrick Johnson who's on their practice squad.
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: Patrick Johnson, of course, spent the twenty twenty five season
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  Speaker 1: with the Eagles, was on the active roster for a
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: number of games, mostly spent on the practice squad. That's
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  Speaker 1: someone who was a seventh round pick for the team
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one.
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  Speaker 2: Great story of development.
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: You don't often see seventh round picks hang around as
• 9:51
  Speaker 1: long as he has, and you got to give him
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: credit there for being able to do what he needs
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: to do to hang on the fringes of an NFL roster.
• 9:58
  Speaker 1: And now he has a chance to get another Super
• 10:00
  Speaker 1: Bowl ring being on the practice squad. So he's someone
• 10:05
  Speaker 1: that he did not sign a reserve futures deal with
• 10:07
  Speaker 1: the Eagles, so when they reached about mid January, his
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: contract expired. Those who were not retained, their contracts expired,
• 10:15
  Speaker 1: and he was free to sign wherever he was a
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: free agent.
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  Speaker 2: And he's with the Patriots. The Seahawks, well.
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: They have cornerback Josh Job and Josh Job as I've
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: mentioned before. Well, one to make sure you check out
• 10:30
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• 10:33
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  Speaker 2: It's called top Gunner.
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  Speaker 1: I wrote a story back in twenty twenty three when
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: Josh Job appeared on the Pro Bowl about for his
• 10:40
  Speaker 1: Special Teams contributions, and I really told the story of
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: how he honed in and owned his role. And I
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: got good quotes in there from Brittin Covey and Braden Mann.
• 10:52
  Speaker 1: But he goes from special team stalwart to starter for
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks, and I can tell you this, Josh
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: Job didn't talk a lot, but I got a chance
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: to know him a little bit because when I was
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: doing my Rookie Diary series in twenty twenty three with
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: Eli Rix, Josh Joe Blocker to his left, and so
• 11:10
  Speaker 1: there were many times where after I would record the
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: interview with Eli, the three of us, or sometimes Josh
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: and I would just be chatting about football, about different things,
• 11:23
  Speaker 1: and I got to know him a little bit. So
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: when you're when I'm watching the season unfold and you're
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: seeing him have success, it's kind of cool for me
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: because it's a unique perspective knowing that we had some
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: of those conversations in the past and he fits their system.
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: You can't fault the Eagles for parting ways there. He
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: didn't factor into their defensive plans. He was gravvy, he
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: got a lot of penalties when he was called upon
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: to step in. He was really a special teams player.
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: And then he fits with the with the Seahawks defense,
• 11:53
  Speaker 1: with what they're looking to do. They stayed patient with them.
• 11:55
  Speaker 1: They saw something there. I give Carl Scott, their defensive
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: backs coach, a lot of cit He has background with
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: Josh Joe dating back to their time in Alabama. And
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  Speaker 1: I will also say this, if you think back to
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: that twenty twenty three season where the Eagles were playing
• 12:11
  Speaker 1: kiey Ringo, Josh Job and Eli Rix, if you were
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: to tell me that a couple of years later, keey
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: Ringo would have whiffed in his opportunity to be a
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: starter and be primarily a special teams player. And Eli Rix,
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: who let's not forget, was a highly decorated player in
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: college and a highly coveted undrafted free agent, played quality
• 12:33
  Speaker 1: football for the Eagles as a rookie. If you were
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: to tell me that he wouldn't be in the league
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: and currently he isn't and Josh Joe would be a starter,
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure I would have envisioned that, not by
• 12:45
  Speaker 1: a long shot, but I did see the potential in Josh,
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: and it's the right team that was able to get
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: that out of him. It just wasn't his time here
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. It wasn't the right system, it wasn't the
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: right fit, and when he got his opportunities, he was
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: up and down. So you can't say the Eagles should
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: have done this or they didn't give it enough time.
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: Because when Josh was here, I remember because I was
• 13:08
  Speaker 1: sort of not necessarily defending but supporting what he brought
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: because I'd watched him play at Alabama and I've gotten
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: to talk to him, I've gotten to know him, and
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: I know how teammates felt about him, about his ability
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: to step in there and play. And there were a
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: lot of fans who were ripping them, and they were
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: really and I think a lot of their ire was
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: misguided prisoners of the moment rather than zooming out and
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: looking at it in its totality.
• 13:32
  Speaker 2: But he was fine.
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: He didn't necessarily seize the moment when he was given
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: those opportunities in Philadelphia. But I always knew that he
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: could play, and I didn't necessarily know if it would
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: be with the Eagles, but he could play, and he's
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: proven that, so looking forward to seeing what he's.
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: Able to do on the big stage this weekend. Really
• 13:51
  Speaker 2: against the New England Patriots.
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: They don't have an overly imposing wide receiver group, but
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: I would imagine that he's someone that they're going to
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: try and target deep. When they do throw the football,
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: Drake May likes to push it down the field, and
• 14:04
  Speaker 1: so that's where he's going to He should see some
• 14:10
  Speaker 1: action there.
• 14:10
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• 16:49
  Speaker 4: about convenience. Camden Apothecary is all about the guest experience.
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  Speaker 4: Their staff makes sure you feel taken care of every
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: time you walk in. Plus they carry only the best
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: quality cannabis at the fairest prices, So whether you're stocking
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  Speaker 4: up for the tailgate, the watch party, or celebrating.
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  Speaker 2: A big win.
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  Speaker 4: You know you're getting the good stuff without overpaying. They
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  Speaker 4: even show love to the community with specials for fans, students,
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  Speaker 4: service members, and healthcare pros. Camed in Apothecary, top quality cannabis,
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  Speaker 4: great prices, and an experience made for Philly fans twenty
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  Speaker 4: one and up.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: Then you have Brady Russell, who some Eagles fans may forget,
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: but he was in training camp with them a couple
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: of years ago as a tight end.
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: I'd done some reporting on him. He came out of Colorado.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: He's the nephew of senior executive personnel Matt Russell who's
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: on the Eagles, and he was used as a tight end.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: Didn't it was buried. There was a lot of players there.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: He didn't make the team, and then he goes to
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks who make him a full back and he's
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: sort of a wild man, special teams guy, someone who
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: craves contact. He flies around out there and he found
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: a home much like Josh Job did. So you have
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: Brady Russell, Maxon Hooks, a player that I got a
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: lot of questions about going into training camp after he
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent last spring.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: He hits.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: He was roommates with Quinna Mitchella Toledo. He was someone
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: who was smart, lacked for athleticism and things like that,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: didn't get a lot of reps in training camp, was
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: sort of cast aside and bypassed by the likes of
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Andre Sam and Tristan McCullum, who was with the Eagles
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: last summer. And he didn't really fare too well in
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: the preseason games.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: But again that was an older rookie.
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: But I saw him as someone that was going to
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: take a little bit of time to develop.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: And he goes somewhere in Seattle and.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: They're able to kind of work with him there, but
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: in Philadelphia there just wasn't a path for him to
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: make the fifty three. And if you're looking at it comparatively,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: I think Andre Sam's a better safety. I think he's
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: a better a better he has a better profile, a
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: better fit for this defense. And he's also in the
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: older category at twenty six years old coming off his
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: second NFL season. But I think they have something there
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: with Andre Sam. And I didn't think that Max and
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Hook did enough to separate himself. If you're looking at
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: it by comparison. And then they have Tyler Hall, who
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: I know that many may forget. He had a cup
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: of coffee with the Eagles last summer. He or in
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, I should say, he was a nickel corner,
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: came over from the Raiders. They signed him to a
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: modest deal. I'd gotten some good info on him that
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: he had multi positional versatility.
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: The Eagles really liked him. He had offers from other teams.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: He got hurt in training camp, as I remember, and
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: he was never able to factor back into the conversation.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: They ended up getting rid of them before the end
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: of the summer. He bounced around to a couple of
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: teams and now he's on the Seattle Seahawks practice squad.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: But I think it might have been talking to Isaiah
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Rogers going into that camp and I asked him about
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: who was or he's I think he complimented Tyler Hall
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: for his movement ability, his short area quickness, and his footwork.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: For what it's worth, It's just something that comes to
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: mind from one of my off season conversations with Isaiah Rodgers.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: But there you have it.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: That's your comprehensive analysis of the former Eagles who are
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: playing in Super Bowl sixty Sunday at six point thirty.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: I will certainly be trying to keep tabs on all
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: of the players on the active roster and seeing how
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: they fare.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: That'll be something that.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: While you may not have any interest in the game,
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: it'll be always cool to see how those former players,
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: especially in my case, those who I covered in the past,
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: how they fare on the big stage. But that's going
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: to do it for this edition of the Czech Odally.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: I'm Andrew Decheco, and I'll catch you all on the
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