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The DiCecco Daily: Detailing Eagles Roster Maneuvering In Light Of Injury Situation · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome into this edition of
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  Speaker 1: the check O Daily. It's Andrew de Checo. And on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: the first day the Eagles took the practice field to.
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  Speaker 2: Prepare for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of roster maneuvering that took place, and
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  Speaker 1: some pretty significant ones at that.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to start to break that all down.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get into the Wednesday injury report and what that
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  Speaker 1: could mean moving forward, some things to keep an eye on.
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  Speaker 1: But let's start with the most interesting news. And I mean,
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  Speaker 1: obviously this is something that the Eagles are going to
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  Speaker 1: have to find a way to atone for and have
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  Speaker 1: an answer there from the edge rusher position especially. But
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  Speaker 1: there's a number of roster moves, so let's break it down.
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  Speaker 1: Sign to the active roster safety Marcus EPs, tight end
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  Speaker 1: camlow In, cornerback Perry Nickerson placed on injury reserve, cornerback
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  Speaker 1: Jacorian Bennett, wide receiver Darius Cooper, and outside linebacker Nolan Smith.
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  Speaker 2: Signed to the practice squad.
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  Speaker 1: Linebacker Lance Dixon, defensive back Eli Rix, and wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: Quz Watkins. So let's look at the injured reserve players.
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  Speaker 1: Jacoreyan Bennett. We don't know what the extent of injury is,
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  Speaker 1: but he was clearly injured on the field goal block.
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  Speaker 2: Where he took out the punter.
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  Speaker 1: If he's around in the locker room, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: try and flag him down and see if he's willing
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  Speaker 1: to talk about the injury. Darius Cooper, we know is
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  Speaker 1: the shoulder injury. That's what was announced in the press box.
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  Speaker 1: That's what we reported. And Noan Smith, it is a
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  Speaker 1: triceps strain or a triceps injury to sustain to the
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  Speaker 1: same tricep that he had surgery on coming off the
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Now, my understanding is that all three players
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  Speaker 1: should be back around the bye week. Nolan Smith probably
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  Speaker 1: through the bye week, but all these injuries will not
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  Speaker 1: require surgery.
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  Speaker 2: So great news there.
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  Speaker 1: But for Nolan Smith, he headlined this pass rusher group
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  Speaker 1: and while the numbers may not reveal overwhelming stats in
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  Speaker 1: the sack department, what Nolan Smith did was bring toughness, attitude,
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  Speaker 1: and tenacity to that group. Did a nice job of
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  Speaker 1: setting the edge and the running game played with immense physicality,
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  Speaker 1: and every time Nick Serronnie talked about Nolan Smith, he
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  Speaker 1: gushed about the physical nature in which he plays the game,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw the developing qualities the more he plays,
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  Speaker 1: and that's something that maybe doesn't correlate in the box score.
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  Speaker 1: But not having him there is something that is going
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  Speaker 1: to hurt the Eagles, especially at a position that they
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  Speaker 1: were already thin in. So the players that they're well
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  Speaker 1: stocked at that position, but that now creates an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for as he's o Jilari who's been in active for
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  Speaker 1: the first three weeks, and another veteran in obo Okoronquo,
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  Speaker 1: also an active.
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  Speaker 2: For the first three games.
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  Speaker 1: Those players that both played a lot of snaps in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, they have experience. I think Ocoronko maybe has
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  Speaker 1: seventeen career sacks, but he's played in a ton of games.
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  Speaker 1: Azizo Shilari has twenty two career sacks. Younger player just
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  Speaker 1: they weren't able to get onto the practice field. They
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  Speaker 1: don't really or the game field, they don't really play
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  Speaker 1: special teams. But now they have an opportunity. And Nick
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  Speaker 1: Sirianni often talks about their players' roles and while everybody's
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  Speaker 1: role may not be the same, it's all vitally important
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  Speaker 1: to what the Eagles do, and at some point or another.
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  Speaker 1: Players are called upon later in the season or at
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  Speaker 1: various points in the season, even if at the start
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  Speaker 1: of the season they don't really necessarily have a huge
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  Speaker 1: role or they're kind of relegated to behind the scenes duties.
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  Speaker 1: So those players should be should see an uptick in SNAPS. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Jaywixs Hunt, Zadarius Smith, Josh Ushe are all players who
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  Speaker 1: are going to front that group in the immediate few
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  Speaker 1: future until Nolan Smith's able to return from injury. So
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  Speaker 1: Marcus Apps, cam Lato, and Perry Nickerson signed to the
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  Speaker 1: active roster. Marcus Aps was out of elevation, so the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles had to make a decision on him one way
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  Speaker 1: or the other.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have a lot of safeties there.
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  Speaker 1: They had three on the roster, so he is the
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  Speaker 1: backup personal protector on punt behind Will Shipley, and he
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  Speaker 1: gives them another veteran or a veteran option there at
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  Speaker 1: that position. It seemed inevitable that they were going to
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  Speaker 1: sign him. Cam la two is a player who is
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  Speaker 1: elevated the last two weeks. He is a tough, tenacious blocker,
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  Speaker 1: very physical at the point of attack. That was evident
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  Speaker 1: watching him over the past two weeks, especially in that
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  Speaker 1: block that he had two plays before Jay when Hurts
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  Speaker 1: scored in the Chiefs game, drove Charles and Menahue the
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  Speaker 1: defensive end off the ball and into the end zone.
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  Speaker 1: He can play on special teams and he Kana fulfills
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  Speaker 1: that Ben van sumer En role, so he can help
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  Speaker 1: on offense sporadically, but also on special teams. And he
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  Speaker 1: does bring that and that griminess and willing to do
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  Speaker 1: the dirty work that Nick Surrounding typically covets from role
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  Speaker 1: And then Parry Nickerson is a veteran corner he's entering
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  Speaker 1: He's in his eighth NFL season.
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  Speaker 2: He's bounced around a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I talked to him in the locker room, congratulating him
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  Speaker 1: on signing to the fifty three. It's been a wild
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  Speaker 1: ride throughout his career for those who have followed it.
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  Speaker 1: And I asked him, I said, when's the last time
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  Speaker 1: you played in a regular season game? And he dated
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  Speaker 1: it back to twenty twenty three early in the season
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  Speaker 1: when he was with the Miami Dolphins, but he also
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  Speaker 1: bounced between the practice squad and the active roster, so
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  Speaker 1: he lit up. He was all smiles at this opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have to see if he's active, but the injury
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  Speaker 1: report today could foreshadow maybe Parry Nickerson being active on
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  Speaker 1: game day. But we have a waste to go here.
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  Speaker 1: It's only Wednesday, so those are the roster moves. Lance Dixon,
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  Speaker 1: the linebacker, had some bright moments in the summer, really
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  Speaker 1: rangy physical, especially attacking a line of scrimmage as a blitzer.
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  Speaker 2: He's on the practice squad. He's back.
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  Speaker 1: He suffered an injury in the preseason finale, which likely
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  Speaker 1: precluded him from being available at the start of the season,
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  Speaker 1: which is probably why you didn't see him sign to
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  Speaker 1: a practice squad period.
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  Speaker 2: He rejoins the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Eli Rix comes back and Eli Rix has been on
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  Speaker 1: and off the practice squad this year. He didn't make
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  Speaker 1: the team out of training camp. He was on the
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  Speaker 1: roster the first two years. When you have injuries at
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  Speaker 1: corner and Korean Bennett and I are We'll get into
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  Speaker 1: adri Jackson's practice status in a moment, but you need
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  Speaker 1: bodies there.
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  Speaker 2: Eli Rixon knows the system. He's young.
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  Speaker 1: I'm surprised, frankly that he's not already on another practice squad.
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  Speaker 1: He worked out for the Falcons I think a week ago,
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  Speaker 1: didn't sign there. He's back in Philadelphia. I saw him today.
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  Speaker 1: He's wearing number forty one. Lance Dixon's wearing number fifty,
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  Speaker 1: and the return of one Quez Watkins. He's on the
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  Speaker 1: practice squad. He's wearing number forty six. He also worked
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  Speaker 1: out a maybe two or three weeks ago. He was
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  Speaker 1: one of seven players that the Eagles worked out. He
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  Speaker 1: gives that speed element. Nick Sirianni has always gushed about
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  Speaker 1: Ques Watkins and what he brings. I'm not quite sure
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  Speaker 1: that you'll see him active at any point this season
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  Speaker 1: because the Eagles also have Terris Marshall on the practice squad,
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  Speaker 1: Britain Covey's there as well. Javon Baker's also there, so
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  Speaker 1: they have a number of players at that position, and
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  Speaker 1: it's largely fluid.
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  Speaker 2: The practice squad.
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  Speaker 1: There are very few players who are actually on the
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  Speaker 1: practice squad from the start of the season to the
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  Speaker 1: end without being released and then coming back at least
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  Speaker 1: a time or two. So that's something to keep an
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  Speaker 1: eye on as well. But Ques Watkins is back. Those
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  Speaker 1: are the roster moves today and then the injury news.
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  Speaker 1: Not practicing today. Linebacker Zach Bond with a knee, Linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Jahad Campbell triceps, and cornerback of Dori Jackson with the
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  Speaker 1: groin limited, tackle Lane Johnson stinger, quarterback Tennor McKee wright thumb,
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  Speaker 1: full participant. Running back Will Shipley with the oblique. That
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  Speaker 1: is not a surprise. He was trending towards that late
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  Speaker 1: last week. He was limited in two days leading into
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  Speaker 1: the game. He was ruled out against the Rams. That
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  Speaker 1: will be a welcome edition, not only from a return perspective,
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  Speaker 1: because the Eagles, and particularly Tank Bigsby and John Meshi,
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  Speaker 1: they weren't able to field those kicks and they were
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: knuckleballs from Joshua Cardy. But I think Will Shipley gives
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  Speaker 1: you a player that you feel a lot more confident
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  Speaker 1: in fielding the ball cleanly, making the right decision getting upfield.
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  Speaker 1: But also as a running back because in the absence
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  Speaker 1: of Shipley, it's been pretty much Saquon Barkley. They have
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  Speaker 1: barely utilized aj Dowon, Tank Bigsby, has not seen any
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  Speaker 1: offensive snaps, so it's evident that they really like what
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  Speaker 1: will Shipley brings to the table, and they're not just
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  Speaker 1: going to throw anybody back there solely to I guess,
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  Speaker 1: alleviate some of the workload from Sakwon Barkley.
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  Speaker 2: Lane Johnson was good to see him out there.
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  Speaker 1: He did not participate in individual drills for the time
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  Speaker 1: that we were out there. He was just an observer
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  Speaker 1: taking those mental reps. So I mean that pretty much
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  Speaker 1: illustrates what it is. He's listed as limited. Tanner McKee
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  Speaker 1: great news. Seems to be trending in the right direction
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  Speaker 1: with the right thumb so Zach Bond was wearing a
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  Speaker 1: very sizable brace on his left leg during practice, So
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  Speaker 1: I mean I saw him in the locker room very briefly.
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  Speaker 1: Did not get a chance to speak to him. That's
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  Speaker 1: something we'll be keeping an eye on Thursday. Johad Campbell
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  Speaker 1: with the triceps. He did not have a helmet. He
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  Speaker 1: was sort of walking from station to state from when
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  Speaker 1: we were out there, had a sleeve on his right leg.
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  Speaker 1: But this is the triceps. But just trying to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: set the scene for the listeners. So we'll keep an
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  Speaker 1: eye on that those the two starting linebackers for the Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: the two starting off ball linebackers that is. And then
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  Speaker 1: we look at a Dori Jackson, so a Doorriy Jackson
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  Speaker 1: had a helmet. He was going through team stretches and
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  Speaker 1: he got the sense that maybe it was trending towards
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  Speaker 1: a limited designation, but the official ruling was that he
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  Speaker 1: was ruled as a non participant today, which really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously that's why Parry Nickerson signed to the fifty three
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  Speaker 1: ELI Rix brought back to the practice squad. They're sort
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  Speaker 1: of fortifying that area or providing bodies there as a
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  Speaker 1: contingency plan in case of Dori Jackson can't go. They're
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  Speaker 1: already light in that area right now. So that's something
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  Speaker 1: also that you should be monitoring throughout the week. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see what Thursday and Friday hold, but that's where we're
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  Speaker 1: at right now. So Killey Ringo was a player that
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  Speaker 1: Vic Vangio on Tuesday spoke about as someone that you know,
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  Speaker 1: after the summer, he sort of said, you know your
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: time's gonna come, essentially, so stay ready. And we talked
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  Speaker 1: to Killi Ringo today Wednesday. Confident player is confidence wasn't shaken.
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  Speaker 1: I asked them about what perspective the you know, sort
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  Speaker 1: of taking a back seat and not after not getting
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  Speaker 1: the starting role out of training camp, and what perspective
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  Speaker 1: that maybe gave him, and he said, I'm a student
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  Speaker 1: of the game.
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  Speaker 2: I love the game regardless of what my role is.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing that you can do in that situation
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  Speaker 1: is continue to get mental reps and just see things
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  Speaker 1: from a different point of view.
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  Speaker 2: I think you can only grow from things like that.
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  Speaker 1: When you're seeing things from another set of eyes, it
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  Speaker 1: can definitely help you a lot. So I'll be writing
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  Speaker 1: a story about Kille Ringo and sort of what he's
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  Speaker 1: how he's processed things and his mindset as we lead
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  Speaker 1: into this game where he could potentially start. We'll have
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  Speaker 1: to wait and see. It's still really early, but that
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  Speaker 1: is the the cliff notes version of all the news
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  Speaker 1: and notes from Wednesday at the Novercare Complex. Hope everybody
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: is now fully briefed on what happened, and we'll see
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  Speaker 1: what happens on Thursday. There should be plenty of news
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: out of the Novercare Complex, but for now this has
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  Speaker 1: been to Czech o'delli. I'm Andrew to Cecko, and I'll
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  Speaker 1: talk to everybody tomorrow