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The DiCecco Daily: Notes From Eagles First Training Camp Practice · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: What's happened? Everybody. Welcome into this edition of the Checko Daily.
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Andrew Dicheco here bringing you a training camp edition. Man,
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it feels good to say that that's right. The Eagles
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had their first training camp practice today. Football is officially
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back in South Philadelphia, where it should be and all
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is right in the world. And there were some really
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notable pieces and nuggets to glean from this practice. Obviously,
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I wrote my observations as I always do on Inside
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the Birds dot com, and so Nick Sirianni and Howie
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Roseman they met with us before training camp, and they
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had some interesting things to say. If you really listen
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the messaging throughout from Howie rose to Nick Sirianni to
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every player who was available, they all echo the same sentiment.
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They are focusing on what's important, what's ahead. They're not
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saying the word repeat, they're not saying defend their title.
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They are trying to be where their feet are, putting
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in daily work and focusing on getting better as a team.
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So you won't hear anything Super Bowl related inside that
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building from any player or organizational figure for the Philadelphia Eagles,
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So you can expect that to persist throughout the season.
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But then you get some interesting, well not interesting, but
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expected news because ahead of practice the Eagles place linebacker
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Nakobe Dean, who of course is recovering from that torn
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pateeller tendon, on the active Physically unable to perform list,
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and they also signed defensive tackle Joe Evans, so they
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added some depth there, and they waived injured guard Marcus Tate.
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Marcus Tate, by the way, didn't participate in any of
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the spring practices. He was working off on a side field.
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Had off season surgery following his career at Clemson, and
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it seems like maybe something like that is something to
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that effect is still impacting him. But Joe Evans is
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six' two three twenty. Three he was a rookie free,
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agent and he briefly spent time with The colts in the.
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Spring more housekeeping. News The Eagles wednesday status report included
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defensive Tackle Jalen carter with the shoulder and Guard Kenyon
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green with the. Knee both did not, practice and Linebacker
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Jahad campbell shoulder and Center Cam jurgen's back were limited.
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Participants so it's my understanding that this is as it
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pertains To campbell And jurgens that the pitch count is
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all part of the, recovery part of the recovery, plan
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and there's nothing additional in terms of The carter And
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green not. Practicing BUT i can tell you, this if
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it were something of, significance you would see either player
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on an injured list to start. Camp so we'll have
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to wait and see how this. Progresses but please don't
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sound the. Alarm AND i think the biggest story of
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today was Getting Jihad campbell on the field because if
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you remember back to the spring When Fitic fangio met
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with the, media the timeline that he projected was sometime In.
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August that was a quote that had been surfacing for
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the last six weeks or. So to See Jihad campbell
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on the, field obviously doing individual, drills but then he's
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doing team. Drills he's working with the second team alongside
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rookie Linebacker Smile Monden. JUNIOR a couple of nice plays From.
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Campbell you see the, athleticism you see the movement, skills
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all of the qualities that made him a highly coveted
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first round pick had it not been for the. Injury
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and the notable play THAT i will go through was
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it Was tanner McKee looking to throw a crossing route
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to wide Receiver Danny. Gray gray's moving towards the close
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sideline where we're, standing and the pass was a bit.
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Underthrown but this really highlights the, athleticism the length and
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the range Of campbell because he gets a hand in
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there to break up the. Pass he also had some
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nice pressure at one point up the, middle which really
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hastened to progression or accelerated the clock in the mind
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of whatever quarterback was back. THERE i forget which one
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BECAUSE i was Watching campbell on the, play but obviously
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you can see the impact that he's going to make
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when he's full. Go and he was listed as, limited
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but it looked to me that he got all of
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the reps with the second. Team but that's great news
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for The Phodelphi, eagles and he's ahead of, schedule so
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that was, THE i, guess the the biggest headline of the.
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Day per. Se let's go through some depth chart. Notes
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with the first team going left tackle to right, tackle
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you Had Jordan, Malatta Landon, Dickerson Brette, Tyler, Stein Lane.
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Johnson with the second, Team Kendall, Lamb Brett, Toth Drew
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kendall at, center right Guard Matt, pryor And Darren kinnard
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at right. Tackle the third team was left Tackle Myles,
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tinton left Guard lake And Vakalahi's Trevor keegan right, Guard
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Howin pierce right Tackle Cameron. WILLIAMS i should also note
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Seeing keegan's snap was not a surprise to me because
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he did rep at center during The Senior bowl practices
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and it was always my understanding going into the draft
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process that he can play all three interior. Positions that's.
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Valuable so that might be something that you want to file.
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Away here's another. Point The eagles open eleven on eleven's
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in base and guess who was AT. S that's, Right Cooper.
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Dejen The eagles are not in base defense very often at.
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All they're mostly in, nickel SO i Mean Vic vanjo
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did mention this during the, spring but, again they're not
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in base defense very much at. All Cooper dejen went
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into nickel shortly, thereafter and the starting corner opposite, him
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Opposite Quenya, mitchell Was Keeley. Ringo Keithey ringo is obviously
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someone that we have to talk about because this is
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the marquee position. Battle right the starting cornerback spot Opposite Quenyon.
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Mitchell that's going to be between at least right, Now
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Keithe ringo And Dori. Jackson right, now that's a two person.
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Battle Keetey ringo surrendered a deep shot down the sideline
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on seven on sevens From tanner, McKee who placed a
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perfect pass into the bread basket of wide Receiver Terrorist.
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Marshall ringo didn't have good position on that play and
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then later in practice and there was not much he
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could do on this. One this one was solid, coverage
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But Jaywen hurts unquirks a twenty to twenty five yard
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shot down the left sidelines TO Aj. Brown and by the,
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Way Jaywen hurts AND Aj brown look to be in
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mid season. Form the, timing just the feel for what
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each other is going to do or where he needs to.
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Be it was pitch and catch AND Aj, brown in my,
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opinion is the best receiver in the. League it's kind
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of hard to it's kind of hard to. Stop but
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the coverage was, solid but aj just soars up on
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this jump ball plucks it out of the air And
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ringo loses that. One then there is another play where
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wide Receiver Terrorist marshall was heading towards the sideline where
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we were standing on like a crossing route or a comeback,
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route and he uses his body to shield Off ringo
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and you can see the strong hands in snatching it,
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away And ringo tried to get a hand in there
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for the pass, breakup but he just got out muscled
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there By Terras. Marshall obviously not ideal for day one
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For Kilee, ringo but you never want to make too
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much off of one, practice and that's something THAT i
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seemingly say a year after. Year but Adri jackson also
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got some first team looks during seven on, seven so
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that is something you can expect to see a lot
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of mixing and matching throughout training camp as they look
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to find a winner in that cornerback. Battle one. Thing
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another thing That i'll say is That mac, McWilliams The
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eagles rookie fifth round pick out OF, ucf he looks.
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Solid when he was playing back Up, nickel he Was
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Cooper dejanie's immediate reserve AND i thought he did some
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good things there as. Well and looking at the linebacker,
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Situation Jeremiah Trotter junior lined up Opposite Zach baond with
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the first. Team these reps are going to be hugely
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invaluable For Trotter junior as he makes this leap from
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year one to year. Two he played one hundred and
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four defensive snaps last, season and you see the. Instincts
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you see the ability to play with anticipation and read and,
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diagnose AND i think playing Alongside bond and getting that
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chemistry that on the field chemistry is going to be
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very important for his. Progress and for those wondering that
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the defensive line Without Jalen carter was comprised Of Nolan
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smith And Jyalx hunt at the edge And Jordan davis
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And Moro jomo holding it down at on the defensive. Line,
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Now Jordan davis is in tremendous, shape hardly. Recognizable he's
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lean and. Mean he still has the same. Power and
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you get the sense that this is what The eagles
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knew they were getting when they're banking on someone Like Jordan,
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davis because you see the incremental progress that really started
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during the mid last season and then that postseason. Run
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he's taken this. Seriously he knows that a lot is
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writing on a lot of the Defensive you, know upside
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here is writing on him taking that next step forward
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and playing more, snaps and you get the sense that
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he's ready to do. That he knows what's expected and
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he's not taking that. Lightly so look keep an eye
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On Jordan. Davis Terris, marshall the wide, receiver is a
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player that we probably should start talking about a little bit. More,
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yes it was one, PRACTICE i, understand but this is
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on the heels of having a pretty nice set of spring.
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Practices AND i told you he he Beat ringo on
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a deep. Shot he had the one on the. Sideline
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he just catches the ball and he's good at high
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pointing and coming up with contested. Catches he has a
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frame that isn't quite Like Johnny. Wilson's but if you
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remember back to any of the podcasts That i've had,
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PREVIOUSLY i mentioned that if they're not quite seeing what
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they're hoping to see From Johnny, wilson, Well Terris marshall,
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has you, know six foot, two two hundred. Pounds he
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has the frame and the makeup of somebody who can
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do similar things in terms of the blocking and the
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dirty work that you look. For AND i don't think
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it was it was a coincidence That Aj brown And
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DeVante smith they heaped praise On marshall after practice and
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WITH Aj brown saying That marshall was going to make
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the wide receiver room quote unquote. Uncomfortable but he did
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say that that's a quote unquote great, Thing so keep
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an eye on. Him, also you, Know Danny gray will
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be in the mix and an ISAs. Smith Avery williams of,
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course Although Avery, williams by the, way going through the punt,
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returners this is WHAT i found to be particularly. Interesting
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the punt returners On wednesday were A cooper dejene And Ias,
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Smith John, Dotson Taylor moore and the undrafted wide receiver
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out of Wake forest And Giles jackson THE udfa out Of.
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Washington but it did not Include Avery, williams who practiced
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in full after being sidelined during the. Spring he was
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doing coverage drills elsewhere during the special teams. Period second
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team running back Will shipley is a player that we've
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talked a lot about on this. Podcast i've written a
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lot about. It Will shipley taking on an expanded, role
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expected to be the number two running back Behind Saquon,
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barkley and it's been one practice but you can see
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the explosiveness and the juice and the home run hitting
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ability that he, provides and he just adds a different
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dimension to this. Offense one play during team, period he
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found the crease to the. Right he ripped off this
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long run and it kind of reminded me of last.
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Season But Lane johnson raised his arm up if you,
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remember he did that a lot during those Long Saquon barkley,
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runs almost as if to signal he's, gone but to
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further drive this point. Home after, Practice Saquon Barkley saquon
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lockers next To will and they have a good. Relationship
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but he. Met he Lauded Will shipley for his pass
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catching and, footwork but he also said that he's the
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smartest back in the room and that it quote unquote
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pisses him off how smart he is because he's a
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veteran And will is just such a student of the,
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game and if you listen to any of my rookie diary,
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series that shouldn't come of a. Surprise but that's really
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what he. Brings he's a highly intelligent player who fixates
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on whatever his role is and wants to be the
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best at. It and so you couple that with the
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qualities that he, brings the unique qualities that he brings
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to the, backfield AND i think you have an interesting
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one two punch With saquon And will and then Aj.
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Dillon of, COURSE i think that he'll be the front
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runner for the third spot as long as he can
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prove that he can stay healthy and that there's no
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ill effects of that neck. Injury the other player Who
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i've talked a lot about And i've written a lot,
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about but it's pertinent, Today Jayalkes. Hunt. Jokes hunt had
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a good. Spring you see the get off and the
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power and the increase in. Strength AND i wrote a
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really good story about chronicling his off season and how
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and how he was attacking it and approaching, it and
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how he was putting on weight and throwing around weight
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that he wasn't coming close to last. Season, well that
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manifested on the field. Today he was Given Jordan malatta
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a couple of different challenging, reps and in one play in,
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particular he got home for what would have been a,
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sack Although Jalen hurts tucked the ball and picked up
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a couple of, yards but in a, game that's a.
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Sack And Jordan mylatta after practice Showered Jay Ooks hunt with,
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praise saying that he believes he's going to be a.
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Star he, joked and he, SAID i had to do
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With Josh sweat and NOW i got to deal With
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Jayoxs hunt and it's, like, oh come, on what DO
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i gotta? Do help me out, here you, know kind
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of like kind of like give me a. Break and
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he was just sort of gushing over the work That
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Jay ooks puts in and how happy he is for
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him and believing that he's going to have a very big.
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Season so coming from someone Like jordan My, lotta that
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obviously means a. Lot but that was the first day
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of practice and there's plenty to dissect. There i'll be
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bringing these to you every single day and there's a
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lot to look forward. To today's practice covered about seventy five.
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Minutes that's categorized as the as a yellow. Practice they're not in.
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Pads this is more of the acclamation period that's, Standard
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so we'll have to see how things progress from. Here
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but there's a lot To there's a lot to look
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forward to with This eagles. Team today felt like the
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first day of. School there's a lot of optimism and,
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excitement and you know the players that you, know you
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get the sense that it's a fresh. Season they're not
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worried about anything that happened last. Year there's a lot
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of new faces, here and there's, energy and there's a
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certain urgency THAT i think a lot of the young
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players and some of the new faces add into the
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established players who are already. Here they have good leadership
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from top to. Bottom so on the, surface this is
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a recipe of a team that's going to do some good.
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Things and they're sole, Again they're focused on the daily.
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Grind they're not looking forward, because As jay When hurt,
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said the future is too far. Away they're not looking
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back because the past already. Happened they're trying to stay.
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Present so that is the mindset and the mentality of
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This eagles team as they venture on into the twenty
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twenty five. Season this has been TO checko. DAILY i
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Am andrew De, checo AND i will talk to everybody
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tomorrow For day two Of eagles training. Camp have a good.
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One