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The DiCecco Daily: Interesting Developments At Eagles Practice · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's happened in Eagles fans? Welcome into this edition
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  of to check O Daily. It's Andrew de Checko and
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  we are now just days away from Eagles Cowboys the
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  season opener at Lincoln Financial Field. It's going to be
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  absolutely electric. Needless to say, the Super Bowl fifty nine
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  banner will be unveiled and this should be a really
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  fun game to cover. But first we have to get
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  to what I observe from my time at the Overcare
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  Complex on Monday. It was the first day that the
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  Eagles had to put out an injury report, So let's
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  just get right to that, because there were some interesting
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  developments here. Not practicing guard Landon Dickerson not with a knee,
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  with a back, quarterback Tanner McKee with the right thumb, limited,
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  safety Drew mccouba ham string, and outside linebacker josh ousha
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  with the groin. Jaylen Carter with the shoulder was a
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  full participant. So let's kind of unpack this here Landon
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  Dickerson and bear in mind that now that it's the
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  regular season, reporters were always able to be out there
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  for the first fifteen minutes or so, so that's all
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  we're able to see in the warm ups and individuals.
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  So based on what we were able to see, Landon
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  Dickerson wasn't out there, and Brett Toath, the veteran entering
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  his seventh NFL season, was the left guard in place
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  of Landon Dickerson.
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  Speaker 2: And now we learn that it's not the knee, but
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  it's the back issue. It's a back issue.
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  Speaker 1: But the sense that I get is that while it
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  may be up in the air that Landon plays on
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  Thursday night, I think it's still skews towards him playing.
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  But we'll have to wait and see what develops because
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  we're still able to go tomorrow. I'll be there tomorrow
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  on the practice field and we'll have more information there.
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  But there's no need to yet sound any kind of
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  an alarm. But I think the fact that they plugged
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  in Brett Toeth there gives you an idea of what
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  the contingency plan would be if Landon Dickerson couldn't go.
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  But for Tanner McKee with the right thumb, what I
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  have observed from him was that he was doing everything
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  with his left hand, handing the ball off to the
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  quarterbacks as they were going through their drills.
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  Speaker 2: He was wearing a bucket hat.
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  Speaker 1: On Monday, he was a non participant, but I did
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  get a chance to talk to Sam Howe and Tanner
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  McKee Monday when the Locker Room was open. I'll have
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  more on that for the Inside the Locker Room podcast.
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  But yeah, so, no, Tanner McKee does not seem likely
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  to be playing Thursday night. But Sam Howe in all
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  likelihood will be the number two in that situation if
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  Tanner doesn't go. And obviously right now all the information
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  that we have is trending towards Tanner not being available.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what the that's the most.
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  Speaker 1: Pertinent injury news and encouraging news for Drew mccuba, who
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  for the second consecutive day participated in a limited capacity. Obviously,
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  on Sunday there was no injury report, but today when
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  in the first one of the season was issued, he
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  was a limited participant with the hamstring.
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  Speaker 2: Look.
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  Speaker 1: I still am not convinced that he would be the
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  starter on Thursday, given how limited his reps have been
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  this summer, but I think it's trending favorably towards him
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  being available for Thursday, and it's eventual. If he doesn't
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  start Thursday, it feels like it's always a matter of
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  time being the second round pick with that kind of pedigree,
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  the cerebralness of Drew mccuba, that he will eventually be
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  paired opposite Read Blankenship. But at this time, my guess
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  would be that Sidney Brown would be the starter opposite
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  blank and Ship because he's simply just taken the lion's
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  share of the reps all summer and on Sidney Brown
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  road quickly. He didn't really have a bad summer. He
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  didn't have a great summer. He didn't give up anything egregious.
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  He always seemed to be in the right position. Really
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  fun player to watch, triggers extremely quickly downhill craves contact,
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  and I feel like that type of play is contagious.
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  It radiates throughout the defense, and we'll have to just
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  wait and see how that transpires.
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  Speaker 2: Again.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be out there tomorrow Tuesday for practice, and then
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  that will be the final time that we're out there
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  until we see the team when everybody else sees the
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  team Thursday evening when the Eagles take on the Dallas Cowboys.
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  So let's just get to some notes that I had
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  based off of the press conference. This is going to
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  be a short podcast, guys, and I'm going to do
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  the inside of the Locker Room record it tomorrow afternoon
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  after the final locker Room session. A lot of really
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  good stories, a lot of really good insight to give you, guys,
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  and I hope you enjoyed last year because it's come back.
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  And while we're on this subject very quickly, there's also
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  going to be the Rookie Diary series once again. If
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  you remember, the first year was with cornerback Eli Rixon
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  twenty twenty three, last season was with running back Will
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  Shipley and this year and I've already recorded this episode
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  and it'll be you know, written out on Inside the
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  Birds dot com. It is with cornerback Mac McWilliams from UCF,
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  the Eagles fifth round pick. I've had some good conversations
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  with Mac already. I think you all are really going
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  to enjoy his story and kind of living through his
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  rookie season through his eyes. I always really value those
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  conversations weekly with with whoever, whether it's Eli or Will
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  or in this case Mac, and hopefully you all will
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  get a better sense of what he's working on behind
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  the scenes and also get to.
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  Speaker 2: Know a little bit about him. Off the field.
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  Speaker 1: So let's get to some of those quick notes, because
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  today was a coordinator day, so we heard from Vic Vangio,
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  we heard from Kevin Patullo, we heard from Michael Clay.
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  But I found this to be most interesting because while
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  Vic is typically forthcoming, he obviously was asked point blank
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  who the starting cornerback was going to be and he said,
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  not sure yet, I'll let.
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  Speaker 2: Nick answer that.
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  Speaker 1: I also asked about the linebacker and then the safety positions, respectively,
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  and he gave a similar answer, so he wasn't necessarily
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  going to reveal it. But then he was asked if
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  he knew who the starters would be, and he replied
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  pretty much. Yeah. So based off of eighteen practices and
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  three preseason games, if I had to make an educated
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  assumption here, it's going to be a Dori Jackson at
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  corner opposite Quinna Mitchell, and as I mentioned, Sidney Brown
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  next to Blanken Ship at safety.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously that's all subject to change.
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  Speaker 1: And I think if you needed further evidence, Vic Fangio,
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  what cornerback jacoryan Bennett has shown him over the past
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  four weeks And his answer was I like him. He's
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  got good speed, he's got a good attitude, he's got
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  a good football brain, shown some good coverability. I'm sure
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  he'll be out there at some point this season. It
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  could be this one too, so who knows. But it
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  does again, much like the Sydney Brown situation at safety,
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  it does feel like if Jacorean Bennett doesn't open Week
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  one as the starter, it feels like inevitably, based on
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  his skill set, body type, I just and upside, I
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  feel like he would be the most logical choice. So
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  that's kind of where I land on all of that.
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  And then linebacker Jahad Campbell would be the most logical
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  choice to pair opposite Zach Bond. We didn't get a
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  chance to see a ton of that pairing in training
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  camp because Zach Bond missed a chunk of time. I'm
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  with the back and Jahid Campbell was going second and
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  first team and bouncing back and forth, and Jeremiah Trotter Junior,
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  who had a tremendous training camp, was largely rolling with
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  the first team for the entirety of the summer. But
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  if your goal is to put your most dynamic and
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  high upside and best pairing next to one another and
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  fortify that second level it would be Jehid Campbell and
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  Zach Bond. So that's what I'm expecting to see there.
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  So you've gotten my predictions and how I'm sort of
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  reading this and how I forecast the defense looking on
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  Opening Night listen. I cannot wait to cover this game.
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  I can't wait to cover this season. We will have
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  everything here on Inside the Birds dot com and on
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  Inside the Birds platforms where you can find all of
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  the podcast and really good content and insight throughout the season.
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  This has been to check odaily. I'm Andrew de Checo
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  and I will talk to everybody tomorrow. O