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The DiCecco Daily: How Will Eagles QB Adjust To New Offense? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everyone?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of the Checho Daily Andrew de
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  Speaker 2: Checko Eagles Beat reported for insidethebirds dot Com today and
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  Speaker 2: really going forward until we run through all the position groups.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to outline every position room and highlight every
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  Speaker 2: player on the Eagles roster right now, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: start with the quarterback room. We'll start with quarterback Jayalen Hurts.
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  Speaker 2: This is a big season for him in a new
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  Speaker 2: offense where much is going to be expected in the
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  Speaker 2: way of middle of the field utilization, quick decision making.
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  Speaker 2: Balls got to come out. You have to throw with
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  Speaker 2: timing and anticipation. You're gonna be doing more under center
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  Speaker 2: than he's ever done at any point in his career,
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  Speaker 2: and you're gonna have to throw more inside the numbers.
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  Speaker 2: And it's not about doing it He's clearly done that
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  Speaker 2: in the past. It's about doing it with consistency and
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  Speaker 2: week to week and not having sort of a lull there.
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  Speaker 2: When he has had to throw in the middle of
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  Speaker 2: the field, his numbers are impressive. It hasn't been all
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  Speaker 2: that often where he's done that, however, But I look
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  Speaker 2: at the receiving options that the Eagles brought in in
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver Makay Lemon, who's more of an interior type
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  Speaker 2: of presence.
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  Speaker 1: He can separate the top of his routes.
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  Speaker 2: He can get open and find the saut spots in zone,
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  Speaker 2: tough over the middle, willing participant to mix it up
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  Speaker 2: after the catch and attack the catch point. He's just
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  Speaker 2: a really gritty player and his skill set leans more
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  Speaker 2: towards the slot type of profile. So that's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a player who's going to have to be involved
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  Speaker 2: over the middle of the field. You have Eli Stowers,
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  Speaker 2: who they drafted the tight end from Vanderbilt, who you
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  Speaker 2: really can move around, but he can do some damage
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  Speaker 2: from the middle of the field that intermediate range. So
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  Speaker 2: you couple that with DN Tavian Wicks, who's an underneath
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  Speaker 2: type of receiver who can separate at the top of
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  Speaker 2: his routes.
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  Speaker 1: He's not a burner, but he can.
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  Speaker 2: Use his body to shield off defenders and work that
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  Speaker 2: intermediary level. There's a lot of pieces that were added
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  Speaker 2: this offseason that really support the notion that this offense
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  Speaker 2: under Shawn Manny and I say notion because we really
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  Speaker 2: have no idea what it's going to look like will
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  Speaker 2: have Matt Lafleur and Sean McVay influences with it, and
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  Speaker 2: with that you can expect to see a passing game
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  Speaker 2: that features a lot of those qualities. Now, this very
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  Speaker 2: much feels like this is the offense that the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: are going with the trains at the station, almost like
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  Speaker 2: get on board because it's going to lead without you
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  Speaker 2: type of thing. It's a modernized NFL offense that is
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  Speaker 2: West Coast based, of course, but I think that it's
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  Speaker 2: it would be unfair to say that Jayalen Hurts can't
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  Speaker 2: do it, because we've seen him do it, and I
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  Speaker 2: think what he's accomplished in this city warrants the benefit
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  Speaker 2: of the doubt that he'll be able to take to it. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the story from ESPN, there is a quote in there
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  Speaker 2: that said Jaywen Hurts is more open to change now
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  Speaker 2: than he's ever been, which is great and encouraging. But
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  Speaker 2: it's beyond the willingness part. It's about being able to
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  Speaker 2: take it a step forward and accept and act enact
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  Speaker 2: those changes on the field and be comfortable and successful
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  Speaker 2: doing so.
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  Speaker 1: And if there were.
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  Speaker 2: A coach that you feel pretty good about being able
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  Speaker 2: to maximize that skill set. It would be a former
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  Speaker 2: quarterback who by all accounts as a brilliant offensive mine
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  Speaker 2: in Sean Mannion. So I think that there is a
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  Speaker 2: world in which this becomes a very very productive season
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  Speaker 2: for Jaywen Hurts, and this offense may well tap into
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  Speaker 2: another dimension as far as what he's able to do.
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  Speaker 2: They've run a certain style under him and Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 2: for a number of years with a few different wrinkles,
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  Speaker 2: but largely it's been the same offense, and it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be drastically different. And so Jalen Hurts assumes that
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  Speaker 2: top quarterback role, the franchise quarterback. There's a spotlight that's
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  Speaker 2: unavoidable when you are the starting quarterback, and he will
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  Speaker 2: be tested this offseason now more now than he ever
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  Speaker 2: has at any point in his career. Behind him, you
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  Speaker 2: have Tanner McKee, and Tanner McKee is beloved in the building.
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  Speaker 1: He's highly valued, and I believe.
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  Speaker 2: That there are a number of teams in which Tanner
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  Speaker 2: McKee could start. For as far as backup quarterbacks go
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  Speaker 2: around the NFL, that's a pretty good option to have
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  Speaker 2: a Tanner McKee. And the Eagles have four quarterbacks that
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  Speaker 2: they're taking the training camp. And while Howie Roseman said
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  Speaker 2: that the Eagles would be open to carrying four quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: they value all four on the roster.
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  Speaker 1: Clearly.
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  Speaker 2: It's just difficult to envision even as we sit on
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  Speaker 2: May seventh, because the roster's really talented. There's a number
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  Speaker 2: of players that you may want to keep and go
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  Speaker 2: heavier at a certain position, and so it's tough to
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  Speaker 2: imagine the Eagles being able to have the luxury.
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  Speaker 1: Of carrying four quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 2: That being said, Tanner McKee is a super trusted, dependable
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  Speaker 2: option that the Eagles really like, and so he's in
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  Speaker 2: trench as the number two as long as he's here.
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  Speaker 2: But I can't help but wonder if there will be
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  Speaker 2: a team in training camp that isn't necessarily overly enthused
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  Speaker 2: with their quarterback situation. Maybe it's someone like an Aaron
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  Speaker 2: Rodgers and he's still leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers hanging in
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  Speaker 2: the lurch. Maybe there is an injury, and so you
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  Speaker 2: look at Tanner McKee and you may wonder, well, you
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  Speaker 2: can get the guy from Philly who has performed well
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  Speaker 2: largely when called upon in limited sample sizes. Maybe we
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  Speaker 2: have something there, And perhaps you're willing to offer the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles a worthwhile trade.
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  Speaker 1: Just spitballing, but I.
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  Speaker 2: Just want to make it very clear that as long
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  Speaker 2: as Tanner McKee's here, he will clearly be the number two,
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  Speaker 2: and the Eagles certainly aren't going to offload him for
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  Speaker 2: anything less than what they perceive to be optimal value.
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  Speaker 2: He's not someone that they're just going to give away.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles, as I mentioned, often or a team that
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  Speaker 2: prioritizes the backup quarterback position, perhaps more than any other
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  Speaker 2: team in the NFL, and they want to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that their strength they have some strength in numbers at
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  Speaker 2: the most important position in football. Third quarterback in this
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  Speaker 2: conversation is Andy Dalton. Andy Dalton, entering his sixteenth season
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  Speaker 2: in the NFL, had a long career with the Cincinnati Bengals,
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  Speaker 2: then has since bounced around to a couple teams before
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  Speaker 2: landing with the Philadelphia Eagles via trade back in March.
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  Speaker 2: Look At thirty eight years old, Andy Dalton certainly is
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  Speaker 2: going to have some questions as to whether when you
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  Speaker 2: get to training camp, is he still a player that
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  Speaker 2: can you can rely on as a backup quarterback? Has
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  Speaker 2: he's has his viability as a quarterback that you can
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  Speaker 2: certainly rely on. Is that still viable or are there
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  Speaker 2: signs of regret regression or has he fallen off? Those
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  Speaker 2: are things that will be answered, But I think right now,
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  Speaker 2: all things equal, Andy Dalton is as good a third
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  Speaker 2: quarterback as you're gonna find. You have to wonder if
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  Speaker 2: he would like to be a number two, but that
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  Speaker 2: won't happen unless Tanner McKee has moved. But Andy Dalton
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  Speaker 2: brings a wealth of experience. He adds another veteran voice
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  Speaker 2: to the room to help and support Jalen Hurts. And
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  Speaker 2: he's laid in different offenses which I believe should help
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  Speaker 2: maybe acclimate and this Eagles offense.
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  Speaker 1: For the other quarterbacks in the room.
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  Speaker 2: I think right now, I'm really looking forward to talking
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  Speaker 2: Andy Dalton because he's been around a while. He's been
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  Speaker 2: around some some bright offensive minds, and just his overall
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  Speaker 2: thoughts on the quarterback room, being the elder statesman and
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  Speaker 2: sort of.
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  Speaker 1: The You have the.
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  Speaker 2: The franchise quarterback in Jalen Hurts, who's among the league's best.
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  Speaker 2: You have a young upstart and Tanner McKee. You know,
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  Speaker 2: what's your perspective of this room and what keeps you
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  Speaker 2: going after all these years, what's your driving force?
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  Speaker 1: This at the stage of your career.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a lot of interesting questions there with Andy Dalton,
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  Speaker 2: but that's that's your third quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Then you have Cole Payton, the Eagles drafted in the
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  Speaker 2: fifth round on draft weekend out of North Dakota State.
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  Speaker 1: I've talked a lot about him. I've written a lot
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  Speaker 1: about them.
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  Speaker 2: There's a story right now and int the birds dot
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  Speaker 2: com where I spoke to his position coach at North
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  Speaker 2: Dakota State, and it highlights Cole Payton the person. His
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  Speaker 2: numbers are out there and his highlights are out there.
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  Speaker 1: This is more about how Cole Peyton is wired. That
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  Speaker 1: was the whole.
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  Speaker 2: That was the general focus of the story and ones
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  Speaker 2: that I very much enjoy writing. So Cole Payton six
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  Speaker 2: foot three, two thirty five didn't become a starter until
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  Speaker 2: his red shirt senior season at North Dakota State. He's
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  Speaker 2: an interesting player in the sense that he does have
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  Speaker 2: remarkable athletic upside around a four five six I believe,
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  Speaker 2: and had seven hundred and seventy seven yards and thirteen
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns on the ground last season, and that was only
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  Speaker 2: his his only season, as I mentioned, as a starter,
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  Speaker 2: so very limited sample size thirteen games last season. And
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  Speaker 2: he is a little bit of a raw player in
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  Speaker 2: the center of being able to have that savviness when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to pocket awareness. His mechanics will need to
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  Speaker 2: be tinkered with because they're a little shoddy, or at
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  Speaker 2: least they don't project to be as translatable at the
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  Speaker 2: NFL level. There are certain areas of his game that
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  Speaker 2: he was able to win with and get by with
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  Speaker 2: because of his athletic upside and because of his arm strength.
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  Speaker 2: And he did complete seventy two percent of his passes.
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  Speaker 2: Whatever you want to say about the quality of those
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  Speaker 2: throws or anything to that effect, he still went out
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  Speaker 2: there and he did that.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a high IQ player.
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  Speaker 2: As we learned in the Eagles video and social media
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  Speaker 2: that they posted about the draft and taking you behind
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  Speaker 2: the scenes a little bit, Cole Payton was one of
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  Speaker 2: their Red Star players. Passion, high character and all that
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  Speaker 2: along with Eli Stowers, So he brings a lot of intangibles.
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  Speaker 2: He's highly intelligent, he has a thirst for knowledge. As
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  Speaker 2: it was put to me, I think he's on this team.
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  Speaker 2: I don't see the Eagles parting with a fifth round pick,
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  Speaker 2: but that's kind of my overall assessment with this room.
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  Speaker 2: He's not gonna get a ton of opportunities in practice
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  Speaker 2: as the fourth quarterbacks typically don't. Those reps are usually
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  Speaker 2: devoted more towards the developmental period at the end of
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  Speaker 2: training camp practices. So every rep that he does get,
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  Speaker 2: as sporadic as they may be during practice, you have
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  Speaker 2: to make sure that you're maximizing that he will certainly
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  Speaker 2: be a player.
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  Speaker 1: I will have highlighted when the exhibition.
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  Speaker 2: Season unfolds, but for now, that's going to do it
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  Speaker 2: for this episode of The Check with Dale.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get into running backs tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Decheco, we'll catch you well on the next one.