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The DiCecco Daily: Going Inside Howie Roseman's Perspective On The Draft Process · 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 check O Daily. It's
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  Speaker 2: Andrew de check Go, Eagles beat reporter for Inside the
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  Speaker 2: Birds dot Com here And on Tuesday, Nick Sirianni and
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  Speaker 2: Howie Roseman met with reporters for their annual pre draft conference,
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  Speaker 2: and they typically are geared more toward big picture questions
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  Speaker 2: team building.
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  Speaker 1: Than it is prospects or process.
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  Speaker 2: That's usually something that teams like to keep closer to
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  Speaker 2: the best. But I thought what Howie Roseman in particular
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  Speaker 2: had to say yesterday was really insightful if you're into
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  Speaker 2: how the Eagles approach the draft, because it really gives
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  Speaker 2: you good perspective.
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  Speaker 1: And insight into how the Eagles do it.
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  Speaker 2: And another notable nugget from that Prescott conference was you
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  Speaker 2: got to hear Nick Sirianni and Howie Roseman days after
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  Speaker 2: acquiring wide receiver DN Tavian Wicks.
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  Speaker 1: You got to hear their perspective on the trade.
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  Speaker 2: And one thing that both Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 2: said was his ability to separate at the top of
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  Speaker 2: routes was a really appealing facet of Dn Tavian Wicks's game.
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  Speaker 2: Nick Sirianni talked about his toughness, but Howie Roseman talked
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  Speaker 2: about how he's like. They were well versed on his game.
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  Speaker 2: They watched it on the flight to the owner's meetings.
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  Speaker 2: They watched film on Dantavian Wicks, and Hallie Roseman talked
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  Speaker 2: about his ability to be an inside and outside wide receiver,
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  Speaker 2: so optionality, the separation at the top of his routes
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  Speaker 2: was another thing.
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  Speaker 1: That he said. But he also cited his ability to
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  Speaker 1: elevate his.
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  Speaker 2: Game and key situations against the Eagles, so he saw
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  Speaker 2: that firsthand. And then he reference of a couple plays
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  Speaker 2: that don Tavian Wicks made in the Green Bay Packers
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  Speaker 2: thirty one to twenty four winning Week thirteen over the
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  Speaker 2: Detroit Lions, and he said he noted the fourth and
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  Speaker 2: three reception that he had. It was actually a sixteen
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  Speaker 2: yard reception that Wicks had to put the game on ice.
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  Speaker 2: And then there was another fourth down catch and then
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  Speaker 2: he had a twenty two yard really really nice touchdown
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  Speaker 2: in the corner of the end zone to put the
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  Speaker 2: Packers up ten nothing in that game.
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  Speaker 1: But Howie Roseman cited those three.
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  Speaker 2: Plays and as things that he that really caught his eye,
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  Speaker 2: and the quarterbacks that he was working with, whether it
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  Speaker 2: was Malik Willis or Jordan Love, their trust in him
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  Speaker 2: to get him the football and know that he's going
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  Speaker 2: to deliver.
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  Speaker 1: That was something that was really appealing to them.
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  Speaker 2: And now and Dontavian Wicks adds to a very deep
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  Speaker 2: receiving core right now with AJ Brown here for the moment.
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  Speaker 1: And as for AJ Brown, Howie.
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  Speaker 2: Roseman said, AJ's an eagle, and their messaging has been
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  Speaker 2: very consistent throughout the pre draft process in the offseason,
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  Speaker 2: and so not really a surprise there. We'll see what
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  Speaker 2: happens down the road and perhaps something develops.
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  Speaker 1: But I want to focus more today on the.
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  Speaker 2: Checko my guys' prospects from the twenty twenty six NFL Draft.
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  Speaker 2: That's an unofficial title, and we can workshop that a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, but I just kind of going through the
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  Speaker 2: draft process and now that we're coming to the finish line,
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  Speaker 2: it's put that in my mind that there's a number
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  Speaker 2: of players that I would pound the table for if
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  Speaker 2: I was an NFL GM, And there are so many
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  Speaker 2: talented players, so it's not limited to this list, of course,
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  Speaker 2: but the ones that.
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  Speaker 1: I really want to highlight that are my guys.
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  Speaker 2: Are offensive tackle Max Ianachor from Arizona State, Athletic immense upside.
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  Speaker 2: He's just scratching the surface, relatively new to football, but
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  Speaker 2: his ability to become a high end tackle with that
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  Speaker 2: unique athletic profile and his size and wingspan and his mobility,
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  Speaker 2: I just feel like the sky is the limit for him.
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  Speaker 2: And he looked at other tackles that could fall within
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  Speaker 2: his range. I just think that he probably possesses the
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  Speaker 2: most upside. Then you, of course have Kayden Proctor, but
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  Speaker 2: I'm leaving him off my list. MAXI I'm not sure
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  Speaker 2: is on there. I would look at wide receivers and
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  Speaker 2: Chris Bell is a player who I've talked quite a
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  Speaker 2: bit about on this podcast.
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  Speaker 1: I like his body type.
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  Speaker 2: It's compact, it's sort of along the lines of an
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  Speaker 2: AJ Brown, and that he can be that alpha in
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  Speaker 2: a receiving core. He's physical, he's tough, he works the
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  Speaker 2: shorts to intermediate levels. He's lethal after the catch. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: he had the knee injury, and he's gonna have a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of a late start, one would imagine, but
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  Speaker 2: I look at his skill set and I find that
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  Speaker 2: to be very translatable love the way he plays the position.
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  Speaker 1: Ted Hurst another wide receiver.
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  Speaker 2: Out at Georgia's State who I like a lot from
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  Speaker 2: his ability to stretch the field to use his frame
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  Speaker 2: to his advantage that catch radius.
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  Speaker 1: I think his ability to separate downfield would.
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  Speaker 2: Offer a different dimension to a lot of NFL offenses,
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  Speaker 2: including the Eagles. He went to Georgia State and he
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  Speaker 2: had over a thousand yards last season, but I would
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  Speaker 2: argue that he's still yet to play his best football,
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  Speaker 2: and that's right.
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  Speaker 1: There is something that if you're an NFL team, you
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  Speaker 1: have to find that intriguing when you're looking at a
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  Speaker 1: player like that end.
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  Speaker 2: He proved that he can compete with the best at
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  Speaker 2: the recent Senior Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: He performed very well there.
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  Speaker 2: I just like his ability to be an explosive game
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  Speaker 2: breaker with good run after the catch ability, or I
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  Speaker 2: should say he has the elusiveness in the open field.
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  Speaker 2: It's not going to necessarily break tackles. But ted Hurst
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  Speaker 2: would be another player that I wanted to give a
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  Speaker 2: mention to. Elijah Surrean was my final wide receiver that
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  Speaker 2: made my guys list, and he's.
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  Speaker 1: Someone that he went.
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  Speaker 2: To Indiana but played obviously at the highest level. Was
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  Speaker 2: a volume based receiver, not a burner by any means.
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  Speaker 2: He's a more of a possession receiver, I think is
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  Speaker 2: a fair description.
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  Speaker 1: But strong Hands has a.
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  Speaker 2: Knack for coming back for the football and shaking free
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  Speaker 2: for his quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: It seemed like he sort of.
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  Speaker 2: Existed as a security blanket.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to bring in the tough throws.
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  Speaker 2: Strong Hands just a polished product that might not be
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  Speaker 2: the proverbial game breaker at that position, but someone who
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  Speaker 2: I think is going to have a very long.
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  Speaker 1: And prosperous career at the next level.
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  Speaker 2: Running Back K Tron Allen is another one of my
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  Speaker 2: guys using running back from Penn State. I think his
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  Speaker 2: vision is superior to that of Nick Singleton, who he
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  Speaker 2: shared the backfield with the Penn State. I think his
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  Speaker 2: skill set being that between the tackles runner suggests he
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  Speaker 2: can handle volume, good contact balance, and I like the
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  Speaker 2: way he finishes runs. He really really impressed me for
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of years at Penn State, but broke
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  Speaker 2: through last year and I think that was a sign of.
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  Speaker 1: What's to come at the next level.
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  Speaker 2: Tight End Eli Stowers from Vanderbilt have talked plenty about him,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to go on about him for too long,
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  Speaker 2: but when you look at his skill set, you might
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  Speaker 2: say he's not a dominant blocker, and that's fair.
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  Speaker 1: He's working on that.
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  Speaker 2: But when you look at his receiving prowess and the
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  Speaker 2: ability to move around formations and create mismatches and pose
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  Speaker 2: as a threat at all times to a defense, especially
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  Speaker 2: when you look at how offenses now are have evolved
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  Speaker 2: and they're spreading teams out, someone like that who could
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  Speaker 2: just be a weapon, I think would be invaluable. And
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  Speaker 2: his athleticism and ball skills really jump out when you
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  Speaker 2: watch him play. Oscar delt from Georgia doesn't have a
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  Speaker 2: ton of production at the college level.
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  Speaker 1: I think he was a little bit miscast as a blocker.
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  Speaker 2: He could do that, but it was sort of depriving
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  Speaker 2: the offense of his receiving ability. Good lengths physical He
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  Speaker 2: gives you that dual thread or a two way ability
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  Speaker 2: where he can block and he can catch.
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  Speaker 1: And he's more athletic than you would look at you
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  Speaker 1: than his numbers would indicate.
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  Speaker 2: I think if you're looking at for a tight end
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  Speaker 2: of the third round, he's going to be one that's
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  Speaker 2: going to have a long career, kind of like a
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  Speaker 2: Hunter Henry esque type of player. And Will kas Merik
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  Speaker 2: from Ohio State another tight end, and he is just
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  Speaker 2: a physical, dominant blocker.
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  Speaker 1: He takes no prisoners.
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  Speaker 2: He's that guy that you would bring with you down
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  Speaker 2: a dark alley and feel pretty comfortable with. He's just
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  Speaker 2: an imposing presence there. Someone who is going to be
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  Speaker 2: a very efficient inline blocker. He wasn't used much as
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  Speaker 2: a receiver, but I think if you go back and
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  Speaker 2: watch his tape, whether it was at Ohio or then
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  Speaker 2: when he went to Ohio State, you would see that
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  Speaker 2: he has a little bit more to his game then
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  Speaker 2: the numbers would indicate, and that I think he can
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  Speaker 2: be a solid receiver at the next level, a dump
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  Speaker 2: off guy, someone who's gonna finish runs with authority and
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  Speaker 2: certainly be an imposing force as a blocker, and kind
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  Speaker 2: of like Chris Manhertz who's been around. I think he
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  Speaker 2: blocked similar to him, and.
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  Speaker 1: That he can be one of those guys in Nick Boyle.
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  Speaker 2: If you remember who was on the Baltimore Ravens a
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  Speaker 2: number of years ago. For years, he was one of
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  Speaker 2: the better blocking tight ends in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so those are. That's the offensive side and on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive side.
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  Speaker 2: I would highlight cornerback Chris Johnson, by the way, Chris
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  Speaker 2: Johnson from San Diego State. But I have an interview
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  Speaker 2: that will be coming out tomorrow morning with Chris Johnson.
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  Speaker 1: We had a chance to sit down recently and it's
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  Speaker 1: a great conversation.
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  Speaker 2: He's probably a top forty five guy and it wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: surprise me if he sneaks in at the first round.
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  Speaker 2: Highly intelligent, instinctual, good length, good ball skills, five interceptions
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  Speaker 2: over the last two years, nine pass breakups over that
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  Speaker 2: time as well, has a really good feel for reading
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  Speaker 2: the eyes of the quarterback and playing with great instincts.
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  Speaker 2: Has a very high ability, I think, to grasp the
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  Speaker 2: most complex of defenses at the NFL to the point
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  Speaker 2: where he should be able to factor early.
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  Speaker 1: As a rookie.
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  Speaker 2: Also has a lot of special team to experience, a
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  Speaker 2: high character which really shines through.
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  Speaker 1: In that interview. So I wanted to give him a
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  Speaker 2: And Emmanuel McNeil Warren Safety Toledo, big time ball skills,
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  Speaker 2: good length, covers a lot of grounds, and he uses
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  Speaker 2: his length and range to his advantage and covers that
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  Speaker 2: really stands out as a good, big personality.
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  Speaker 1: That really was evident at the NFL Scouting Combine when
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  Speaker 1: he was on the podium.
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  Speaker 2: There, and I think he would be a really really
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  Speaker 2: ideal compliment to Drew mccouba. But I don't view him
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  Speaker 2: as someone that the Eagles would take or I would
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  Speaker 2: be a little shocked if the Eagles were to go
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  Speaker 2: to the safety route in the first round. It's all
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  Speaker 2: going to be dependent on value, obviously, but that's besides
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  Speaker 2: the point. He's one of my guys this year, and
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  Speaker 2: I want to highlight Cayden Proctor, the defensive lineman from
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  Speaker 2: Southeastern Louisiana as well. Talk about a twitchy, explosive athletic
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  Speaker 2: player who can serve as a rotational interior penetrator. He's
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  Speaker 2: going to collapse the pocket. He had nine sacks last year,
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  Speaker 2: two against LSU. Kind of has a skill set that
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  Speaker 2: reminds me a little bit of Moro Jomo, except he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have maybe the arm length that Moro Jomo has
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  Speaker 2: thirty three inch arms for Caleb, but he can with leverage.
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  Speaker 1: He uses that to his advantage.
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  Speaker 2: He wins with quickness, he wins with violent hands to
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  Speaker 2: displace offensive lineman. Fun player to watch, is probably going
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  Speaker 2: to be a late three, early fourth round type of player.
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  Speaker 2: And if you scout the player and not the helmet.
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  Speaker 2: He should be a third round pick based on what
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  Speaker 2: he can do and the value of pass rush from
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  Speaker 2: the interior.
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  Speaker 1: And how that's looked at in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's going to do it for this edition of
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  Speaker 2: the Checko Delli Andrew Decheco will catch you all on
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  Speaker 2: the next one.