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The DiCecco Daily: My Super Bowl LX Preview · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome into another edition of the check
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  Speaker 1: O Daily. Andrew decheco here Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds
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  Speaker 1: dot Com, Super Bowl sixty and I get that there's
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  Speaker 1: not a lot of buzz surrounding this game from the outside,
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  Speaker 1: but there are a lot of reasons for intrigue in
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  Speaker 1: this game, and I think opinions may differ once the
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  Speaker 1: game is kicked off. It could be a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a more of a closely contested game that I
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  Speaker 1: think is being given credit for. A lot of folks
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  Speaker 1: assume that the Seattle Seahawks are gonna run away with
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  Speaker 1: this one. They very well may, but I just get
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  Speaker 1: the sense that when you have two teams that are unfamiliar,
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  Speaker 1: you have nerves.
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  Speaker 2: That sometimes play into it.
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  Speaker 1: It lends itself to maybe getting off to sort of
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  Speaker 1: like a boxing match where you're trading blows early on
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  Speaker 1: a lot of former Eagles in this game. So I
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  Speaker 1: know that if you're looking at it and not overly
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  Speaker 1: enthused with either team, you don't have any rooting interest.
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  Speaker 1: You're looking forward to the commercials, well, maybe some of
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  Speaker 1: those Eagles ties. And for example, there's going to be
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  Speaker 1: four players in this game who are starting that were
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  Speaker 1: former Eagles. On the Patriots, there's three guys Mac Collins
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver. You have defensive tackle Milton Williams, and you
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  Speaker 1: have linebacker Christian Ellis. Then you have on the Seattle
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks side cornerback Josh Joe and they all carry different
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  Speaker 1: stories of perseverance. They arrived at their respective teams in
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  Speaker 1: sort of an untraditional way. I think it's fair to
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  Speaker 1: say Mac Collins is on his sixth team, was a
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  Speaker 1: fourth round pick of the Eagles in twenty seventeen, never
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  Speaker 1: quite fit into the receiver rotation that he goes to
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  Speaker 1: the Dolphins, then he spends time with the Raiders, where
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  Speaker 1: he had a career high fifty seven reception six hundred
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  Speaker 1: and ninety yards, and he goes to the Buffalo Bills.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure I'm forgetting a team, but there's the Patriots
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  Speaker 1: that are that are there, and he sort of has
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  Speaker 1: emerged as a starting receiver who's more inclined to come
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  Speaker 1: up with a large reception than he is to be
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  Speaker 1: a volume type of receiver. So I think that he
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  Speaker 1: can catch a deep ball in this game. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: saying that he'll score a touchdown. Or anything like that.
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  Speaker 1: But I think that there will be a couple shot
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  Speaker 1: plays to Matt Collins to really take advantage of his speed.
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  Speaker 1: Christianellis is a player that was formerly an undrafted free
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  Speaker 1: agent signing at the Minnesota Vikings, goes to the Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: spends time on the practice squad, gets cut a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of times with the forty nine ers, ends up on
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles active roster. Eventually starts in that game in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three against the forty nine Ers. Doesn't play well.
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  Speaker 1: No one played well in that game. But then he's waived.
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  Speaker 1: There's about six or seven teams who put in a
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  Speaker 1: claim for him. The Patriots are awarded Christianellis off of
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  Speaker 1: waivers and he stabilized his career and has become a
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  Speaker 1: starting player over the past two and a half season,
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  Speaker 1: starting eighteen games. Believe he started thirteen games this season.
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  Speaker 1: This is an explosive, dynamic, second level player who has
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  Speaker 1: come up with his fair share of violent collisions. He's
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  Speaker 1: someone that should have an active evening in Santa Clair,
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  Speaker 1: I would imagine.
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  Speaker 2: And then you have Milton.
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  Speaker 1: Williams, of course, who had two sacks in the Super
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  Speaker 1: Bowl for the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: Was a third round pick back in twenty twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: Always had starting caliber potential, but whether or not he
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  Speaker 1: was playing with Fletcher Cox, Javon Hargrave, or what have you,
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  Speaker 1: he playing time was sort of difficult to come by.
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  Speaker 1: He played a career high sixty percent of the New
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  Speaker 1: England Patriots defensive snaps over twelve games, three and a
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  Speaker 1: half sacks in the regular season, two sacks in the postseason,
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  Speaker 1: and it was never realistic that the Eagles are going
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  Speaker 1: to be able to bring him back financially. It just
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  Speaker 1: would not have worked out for Christian Ellis. You can
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  Speaker 1: say that that was a mistake in hindsight that the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles may be misread because I imagine that they wanted to
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  Speaker 1: get him back on the practice squad Matt Collins. It
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  Speaker 1: just never worked out here in Philadelphia, I believe in
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen he started ten games. He played in twelve
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  Speaker 1: was pretty much running Cardio getting his steps in. Didn't
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  Speaker 1: find a way to get himself open and just didn't
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  Speaker 1: maximize that opportunity. Was way before the twenty nineteen season.
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  Speaker 1: Ended ended up with the Dolphins from there and then
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  Speaker 1: stayed there for a couple of seasons, but then you
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  Speaker 1: look at the Seattle Seahawks side and they have Josh Job,
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  Speaker 1: who I've talked a lot about. I've gotten the no
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  Speaker 1: Josh when he was here in Philadelphia. He lockered next
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  Speaker 1: to Eli Rix when I would do my rookie diary,
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  Speaker 1: and he's soft spoken, doesn't have a lot to say typically,
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  Speaker 1: but we ended up getting into some conversations throughout that season,
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  Speaker 1: and it's kind of cool to see where the path
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  Speaker 1: has taken him. Because I always believe that he could play.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't think that it was realistically going to happen
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  Speaker 1: here in Philadelphia because he had been given opportunities, was
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  Speaker 1: really handsy, got a lot of penalties, and he sort
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  Speaker 1: of fell out of favor special teams demon but not
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  Speaker 1: every system is going to be a fit, and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you need to change of scenery. So what I'm saying
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  Speaker 1: a lot now is that the Eagles gave up on
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  Speaker 1: him too quickly.
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  Speaker 2: They shouldn't have done that. This and that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I remember me writing about Josh Job and
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  Speaker 1: having some intrigue about what he can bring and getting
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  Speaker 1: met with a lot of pushback and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people out there that saying he couldn't play. He's terrible,
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  Speaker 1: he stinks this and that, and then just seeing that
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  Speaker 1: on social media, so hindsight's kind of funny to see
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  Speaker 1: everybody sort of shift on that.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles gave him opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: It didn't work out here, he went to a system
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  Speaker 1: that fit his skill set. He spent time on their
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  Speaker 1: practice squad and was ultimately he played in ten games
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  Speaker 1: for them last year, signed in free agency to a
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  Speaker 1: one year deal and carved out a starting role. He
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  Speaker 1: sort of mixes in with Rake Woollen and then you
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  Speaker 1: have Devin Witherspoon on the other side, and he's been
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  Speaker 1: a really good story of development. And he's playing under
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  Speaker 1: Carl Scott, who was his defensive backs coach for a
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  Speaker 1: time at Alabama, so that familiarity I'm sure helps. But
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  Speaker 1: he's sort of taking this opportunity and ran with it,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it's I do find it humorous because
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  Speaker 1: when he was in Philadelphia, there was a lot of
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  Speaker 1: fans that were sort of dumping on him and casting
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  Speaker 1: him aside and questioning his ability to be able to play.
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  Speaker 1: And there were moments where he had uneven performances. That's
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  Speaker 1: not to say that he didn't, but I believed in
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  Speaker 1: the player because I saw him play at Alabama, I
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  Speaker 1: saw him play in training camp, and I saw him
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  Speaker 1: perform at different times in the regular season when his
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  Speaker 1: number was called pretty well. And he started three games
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  Speaker 1: for the Eagles in twenty twenty three and to middling results.
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  Speaker 1: But now he's in a place where he's sort of
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  Speaker 1: rediscovered himself, I think is a fair way to say it.
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  Speaker 1: And you have to give the Seattle Seahawks credit for
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  Speaker 1: remaining patient and seeing it in him. But let's look
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  Speaker 1: at the game itself, because this is one that you're
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  Speaker 1: seeing a lot of people predict the Seattle Seahawks run
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  Speaker 1: away with this one, and I say that may not
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  Speaker 1: be the case because in Super Bowls it's very difficult
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  Speaker 1: for that to happen. Now, obviously, if you're looking at
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty nine where the Eagles got off to
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  Speaker 1: a very early lead and built on that and really
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  Speaker 1: put the Chiefs away early, that doesn't always happen.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes there's nerves and jitters that you have to.
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  Speaker 1: Get out of the way, and it's a slow it's
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  Speaker 1: a slow moving game as teams are trying to feel
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  Speaker 1: it out. As I mentioned, it's like a boxing match sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: But because you're not playing in the snow or anything
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  Speaker 1: like that. I think Drake May is going to look
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  Speaker 1: a lot better than he has this postseason. He has
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  Speaker 1: not had a good postseason. The New England Patriots, I
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  Speaker 1: should say, don't have a ton of star star value
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  Speaker 1: there at the skilled players positions. You have Matt Collins,
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  Speaker 1: you have I have Stefan Diggs, who certainly is a
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  Speaker 1: household name, Kayshawn Bouti, tight end Hunter Henry, who I
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  Speaker 1: think is going to be a big factor in this game,
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  Speaker 1: work in the middle of the field and being that.
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  Speaker 2: Safety valve for Drake May.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks or the Patriots do like to push the
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  Speaker 1: ball down the field, so I would imagine that there
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  Speaker 1: will be a shot player two for Mac Hollins, who,
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  Speaker 1: as I mentioned, is not a volume receiver in their offense,
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  Speaker 1: but he is someone that can stretch the field and
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  Speaker 1: the running game. With Ramandre Stevenson Traveon Henderson, I think
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  Speaker 1: Stevenson is going to see a ton of volume in
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  Speaker 1: this game, especially in short yarded situations. And then defensively, again,
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  Speaker 1: not a lot of familiarity, a lot of household names,
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  Speaker 1: but they fly around, they play fundamentally sound and they've
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  Speaker 1: really adopted a certain personality under head coach Mike Rabel,
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  Speaker 1: who I think has done a tremendous job the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five head Coach of the Year and rightfully so
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  Speaker 1: that he's done a really good job of of sort
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  Speaker 1: of putting his spin on the culture and getting everybody
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  Speaker 1: to buy in. And so that's a team ordinarily should
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  Speaker 1: have plenty of fanfare because there's a lot of underdogs,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of really good stories.
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  Speaker 2: On that team.
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  Speaker 1: Unlike the Tom Brady years where they would expected to win,
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  Speaker 1: this is sort of an underdog type of team.
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  Speaker 2: So I would imagine that there's going to be a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Of people who are watching this game who are going
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  Speaker 1: to be going for the Patriots because it's sort of
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  Speaker 1: a new regime. You have a young quarterback there, Mike
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  Speaker 1: Grabel played for the Patriots, now he's their head coach,
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  Speaker 1: and you sort of turn things around in short order,
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  Speaker 1: and there's a lot of cast offs on that team,
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  Speaker 1: which makes for I think, really interesting football. Then on
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks side, there may be no better story, at
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  Speaker 1: least in my estimation, than the Sam Darnold career arc,
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  Speaker 1: the redemption story. He has an opportunity to win a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl in the most unlikeliest of careers, and he's
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  Speaker 1: bounced around for quite a bit and now he finds
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  Speaker 1: himself in position to really add to his legacy and
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  Speaker 1: his resume here and complete that journey. He's won fourteen
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  Speaker 1: games in back to back seasons. I think that's the
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  Speaker 1: most compelling storyline in this game. You have the running
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  Speaker 1: game with Kenneth Walker, who has been a huge piece
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  Speaker 1: to what they do, and they lost Zax Charbonnay in
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  Speaker 1: the postseason. But I think when you look at what
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  Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker can bring from just a physicality standpoint, but
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  Speaker 1: he also has the speed and the patience to break
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  Speaker 1: it outside and pick up some runs. He finishes his
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  Speaker 1: runs good contact balance. I think he's going to see
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  Speaker 1: a ton of volume. I mentioned Rmandre Stevenson. I think
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  Speaker 2: Twenty one and up.
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  Speaker 1: Aj Barner their tight end is a player that I
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  Speaker 1: think will factor in in the red zone. I think
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  Speaker 1: there's a world in which he comes up with a
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  Speaker 1: touchdown in this game. I think Sam Darnold, much like
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  Speaker 1: Drake May will be looking for the tight end in
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  Speaker 1: this game. Of course, you have Jackson Smith and Jigba,
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  Speaker 1: who has just been a terror this season at wide receiver.
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  Speaker 1: He's really going to stress the Patriots secondary. I'm curious
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  Speaker 1: to see how that matchup goes with Christian Gonzalez, their
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  Speaker 1: corner who is outstanding versus JSN. That will be something
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  Speaker 1: that I think will be pure theater to watch. Seattle,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, will adopt more of a run heavy approach,
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  Speaker 1: but they also have plenty of weapons in Cooper Cup
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  Speaker 1: and Jackson Smith and Jigba and so. And then you
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  Speaker 1: mix in Rashid Shaheed, who I think is going to
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  Speaker 1: have an explosive big play in this game. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if it'll be on return, but I think he
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  Speaker 1: will get vertical and get behind that secondary for a
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  Speaker 1: big play in this one. And then on defense, this
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  Speaker 1: might be the most entertaining defense that I've watched this season.
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  Speaker 1: And what I mean by that is their front, their
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  Speaker 1: first and second level really attack the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: They get after the quarterback. Ernest Jones has bounced around
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. He's their middle linebacker and he has
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  Speaker 1: just been all over the field.
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  Speaker 2: He's had a tremendous postseason. I like Drake.
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  Speaker 1: I believe Drake Thomas, who's an undrafted player, another linebacker
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  Speaker 1: on their team who finally got a chance to start
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  Speaker 1: this season. After toggling between special teams and the practice squad.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that that's another really good story Josh
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  Speaker 1: job As I mentioned an undrafted corner who found his
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  Speaker 1: place with the Seattle Seahawks and their safety play with
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  Speaker 1: Julian Love, Nick Emm and Worry. They're just a really
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  Speaker 1: fun team that rallies to the football and they play
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  Speaker 1: with their hair on fire. They have a number of
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  Speaker 1: different pass rushers there that I think are going to
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  Speaker 1: early place Drake May under duress. So I believe it
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  Speaker 1: Drake May will be instructed to get the ball out
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  Speaker 1: of his hands quickly, which is why I think Hunter Henry,
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  Speaker 1: maybe Traveon Henderson will be.
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  Speaker 2: Involved in the past game early.
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  Speaker 1: But this is a game that I think is going
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  Speaker 1: to be a little bit it's going to, I guess,
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  Speaker 1: exceed what the expectations are. And I'm gonna take the
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  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks to win this game twenty seven to twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: And my MVP of the game, you guessed it, quarterback
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  Speaker 1: Sam Darnold. That's the way that I'm seeing this game unfold.
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  Speaker 1: That's gonna do it. For this edition of the check Odily,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Andrew de Checko and I'll catch you on the
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  Speaker 1: next one.