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The DiCecco Daily: Eagles Get Good News On A.J. Brown, Dickerson, Not For Drew Mukuba · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 2: Hey, what's happened? Everybody?
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  Speaker 1: Welcome into this edition of the Checko Deli. Andrew Dichecko
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  here and the Eagles held their final practice of the week,
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  that is until Sunday, when game week officially kicks off.
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  That's the next time they'll be on the practice field.
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  And there were a number of transactions, number changes and
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  practice status notes that we have to get to.
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  Speaker 2: So let's get right to it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to carry this podcast too long today,
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  but I do, as always, want to hit you with
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  the information and give you that quick fix of all
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  that happened today at an overcare complex. So let's start
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  with the practice status and bear in mind as we
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  get into this that in the regular season it's a
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  lot different from training camp. So we as the media,
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  we're there for about fifteen minutes when we are able
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  to see practice, so you're seeing warm ups and individuals,
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  so it's not quite like the summer where you got
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  to see the whole practice.
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  Speaker 2: That's the difference. So from what we were.
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  Speaker 1: Able to see, guard Landon Dickerson knee and wide receiver
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  Aj Brown hamstring practice in some capacity for the second
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  consecutive day.
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  Speaker 2: So did wide receiver.
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  Speaker 1: DeVante Smith, who had the groin he was also a participant,
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  and cornerback Keeley Ringo, who sustained a quad injury on
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  the final day of training camp that sidelined him from
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  the preseason finale.
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  Speaker 2: Also participated.
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  Speaker 1: No practice again for rookie safety Drew mccouba, who's still
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  nursing the hamstring injury, but he was spotted working on
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  a side field. The Eagles fortified their depth at the
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  position by adding veterans safety Marcus EPs to the practice
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  squad that was announced late last night. He was out
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  there today. He's wearing number thirty nine. Epp suffered an
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  ACL injury in Week three of last season. Important to
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  note and as for Willie Lampkin, the Eagles rookie center
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  who they claimed via waivers from the Rams, he was
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  he appeared not to be practicing today. He's wearing number
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  sixty one. He was sort of standing as the Eagles
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  were stretching. And remember he had the knee injury and
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  ankle sprain in the preseason game against the Chargers, but
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  he said he should be back soon.
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  Speaker 2: He spoke to us today and the good news there.
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  So Willie Lampkin was present.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles yesterday wave two players who made the initial
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  fifty three van roster twenty twenty four fifth round pick
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  Trevor Keegan offensive lineman and safety Tristan McCollum.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 1: When the waiver claims came through about four four thirty,
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  it was known that Tristan McCollum was claimed by the
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  Las Vegas Raiders and Trevor Keegan was claimed by the
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  Dallas Cowboys. Both players are now on fifty three man
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  rosters and both respective teams have.
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  Speaker 2: To keep them on their fifty three for it at
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  least three weeks.
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  Speaker 1: That is the rule, and there was I got a
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  lot of questions about this, but despite a report that
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  the Eagles had signed former Broncos running back Audrich Steamme,
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  there was no sign of steam A at practice. We'll
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  wait and find out more on that. Let's get to
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  some number changes, cause I know there are a lot
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  of folks out there who are Jersey number enthusiasts, and
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  there was a ton today. We were able to assess
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  it obviously looking at the players on the field, but
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  then we were handed the roster where we were able
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  to see the fully established practice squad. And I'll have
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  some notes on that as well. So from the active roster,
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  some number changes. Quarterback Sam Howell he's now wearing number fourteen.
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  He's a new addition. Wide receiver John Metchi he's now
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  wearing number eighteen. He was wearing number eighty. Cornerback Jacory
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  and Bennett He's now wearing number forty one.
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  Speaker 2: He was wearing forty nine.
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  Speaker 1: Defensive end ogwo Okuranquo is wearing number forty five. Was
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  wearing number fifty. Center guard Willie Lampkin. I mentioned number
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  sixty one. He's a new addition. Offensive lineman Fred Johnson.
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  He's wearing number seventy four, his old number last season
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  and the year before with the Eagles. He's a new edition.
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  Wide receiver Darius Cooper. He was wearing forty one. Now
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  he's wearing number eighty. That was a much discussed topic
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  based on what I was able to see on social media.
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  Now for the practice squad, I mentioned safety Marcus EPs
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  he's wearing number thirty nine. New addition tackle Luke Felix Fulalo.
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  He's an international exemption. He's wearing number seventy two. Wide
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  receiver Terriss Marshall, he's wearing number eighty two. He was
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  wearing forty six. Wide receiver Britain Covey is a new addition.
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  He's a new old addition. He's wearing number eighty five.
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  Pleasant surprise to see him on the practice field today.
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  Tight End Cameron Lattu, he was wearing forty nine last summer.
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  Now he's wearing number eighty seven. So let's get to
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  some quick news and notes on on some of those
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  practice squad signings. One, I think the Marcus EPs edition
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  is a savvy move by the Eagles. He started plenty
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  of games in the NFL, start at seventeen games and
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  all postseason contests for the Eagles in twenty twenty two, when,
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  of course they made it the Super Bowl fifty seven
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  and played the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: So he brings a wealth of experience.
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  Speaker 1: And depending on what happens with Drew mccouba in the hamstring,
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  if he's not quite ready, the Eagles don't want to
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  rush him. Perhaps Epps could be a player who was
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  elevated for Week one. We'll have to wait and see.
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  There's still plenty of time yet for the Eagles to
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  make an assessment. But Britain Covey spent the summer with
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  the Rams. He fell short of making the final roster, obviously,
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  but he was originally an undrafted free agent signing of
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  the Eagles in twenty twenty two, appearing in thirty eight
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  games over three seasons, predominantly serving as the team's punt returner,
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  and in twenty twenty three, Britain Covey averaged.
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  Speaker 2: Fourteen point four yards per return.
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  Speaker 1: Covey, he's twenty seven years old, was limited just five
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  games last season. If you remember, he suffered a neck
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  injury in the Ravens game. He had a shoulder injury
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  I believe week three on a play towards the sideline
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  when he was tackled out of bounds against the Saints,
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  but it was the neck injury that ultimately landed him
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  on injured reserve on December twenty eighth, And with the
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  Eagles absent of a definitive answer at punt returner, Britain
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  Cubby could be someone to keep an eye on when
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  it comes to game day elevations. Much like Marcus EPs,
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  there's a lot of options here. It just depends on
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  where the Eagles are at health wise. As we get
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  closer to Thursday night, I mentioned Luke Felix fool Lollo,
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  and he's a rookie offensive tackle. He's six foot seven,
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  three hundred and eighteen pounds. He replaces lake In Vakalahi
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  as the team's international exemption. Felix fool Lala Loo attended
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  the Seahawks Rookie Mini Camp on a tryout basis and
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  spent the summer with the team. During the preseason, he
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  recorded the Seahawks' second highest pass block rade according to
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  Pro Football Focus, and he was first among the Seahawks
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  group of offensive tackles. He was born in Brisbane, Australia,
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  and began playing football as at junior in high school
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  at matter Day High School.
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  Speaker 2: In Santa Ana, which is an esteemed high school for athletics,
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  especially football.
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  Speaker 1: When he moved to California, he started his collegiate career
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  at Utah and he finished at Hawaii. As I mentioned,
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  he joined as an undrafted free agent in the NFL
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  Rookie Mini Caamp tryout spent the summer with the Seahawks.
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  My understanding is is that he had multiple teams that
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  were interested, But the sense that I've got is that
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  he chose the Philadelphia Eagles due to their acclaimed developmental program.
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  They're going to get the most out of them, and
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  that's something you can expect from every young player on
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  this team. The Eagles prioritized developing young talent, and some
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  of that plays into who they kept on the fifty three,
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  like at Cameron Williams and then on the practice squad
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  if you really look at it, cornerback Eli Rix. There's
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  certain players there that really to me suggest that they
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  were They're kept on for development, developmental purposes that the
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  team wants to continue to work with, and then maybe
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  next summer they're able to make a serious run at
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  a roster spot.
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  Speaker 2: But the Eagles right now, that's the roster.
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  Speaker 1: They are well positioned now leading into the September fourth
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  season opener against.
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  Speaker 2: The Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, I'll have plenty more news and notes and insight
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  to provide beginning Sunday. I'll get to you another podcast
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  before then, but Sunday is when things start to ramp
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  up and we get into the game week, if you
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  can believe it or not, busy week of transactions. Thanks
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  for sort of hanging with me, and hopefully these podcasts
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  are informative and are giving you guys the information that.
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  Speaker 2: You've been craving.
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  Speaker 1: That's the goal here obviously, but for now that's going
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  to do it for this edition of the Checko Daily. Again,
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  I am Andrew Dechecko signing off and I'll catch you
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  on the next one.