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Football at Four: Updating Several Eagles Situations Before Preseason Game 2 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: and celebrate every win. And today we are celebrating the
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  Speaker 1: wrapping up of the week Eagles joint practices. We thought
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  Speaker 1: with Adam Kapp in the last couple of days live
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  Speaker 1: from Foxborough, and today we have Andrew the Check who
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  Speaker 1: is also at the joint practices, so we got a
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  Speaker 1: lot to recap ahead of tomorrow's preseason game number two.
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  Speaker 1: And Andrew is back with us here on the Sports
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  Speaker 2: Andrew, welcome back in How you doing today?
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing well, Josh, are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing good and I feel like we have so
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  Speaker 1: much to get to so I want to start with this,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for you going looking at those two with practices.
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  Speaker 2: I gotta get your reaction to what Jordan may.
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  Speaker 1: Allattas said yesterday because he talked about and we played
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  Speaker 1: the audio how he said that. You know, Day one
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  Speaker 1: was a pretty good day for them, but day two
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  Speaker 1: they did a little too much boxing and nine enough football.
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  Speaker 1: So for you, what were the big contrasts for you
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  Speaker 1: between day one and day two.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so on day one, I thought they got a
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  Speaker 3: lot of really quality work in. That's not to say
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  Speaker 3: that they didn't on day two as well, but Day
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  Speaker 3: two was noticeably more chippy, and you could tell from
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  Speaker 3: the beginning of practice, Josh that the energy and intensity
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  Speaker 3: was ramped up. And I think the Eagles really brought
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  Speaker 3: the juice that day particularly. I noticed it on the
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  Speaker 3: defensive side. Ramandre Stevens and the Patriots running back gets downhill,
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  Speaker 3: gives a little extra losers shoulder on Cooper dejen I
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  Speaker 3: think Elijah vera Tucker the guard throws a little extra
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  Speaker 3: shot in there, and no one Smith took exception to it.
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  Speaker 3: Andre sam put a nice stick on Ormandre Stevens. Zach
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  Speaker 3: Vond popped Traveon Henderson along the sideline. I was really
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  Speaker 3: focused on the defense yesterday, but on the offensive side
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  Speaker 3: there was a scuffle a couple of them as well.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I could see where Jordan's coming from. And
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  Speaker 3: sometimes when you're facing a team for the second day.
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  Speaker 3: It was much hotter. The second day, at least it
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  Speaker 3: felt more humid. It just felt like it was bound
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  Speaker 3: to happen. But I thought the Eagles made a statement
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  Speaker 3: from early in practice that they were there to bring it,
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  Speaker 3: and I thought that they did a nice job.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of the defense, I want to get your perspective
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  Speaker 1: on Vic Fangio made the comment earlier in the week
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  Speaker 1: about Johoad Campbell about how you and I talked about
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  Speaker 1: Campbell a little bit last week about this is a
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  Speaker 1: guy who, because the Kobe Dean came back last year
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  Speaker 1: the heat, you know, I'm paraphrasing a little bit, was
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  Speaker 1: behind a little bit behind the eight ball in terms
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  Speaker 1: of his development understanding the defense. Where do you think
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  Speaker 1: John Campbell is at the end of this week heading
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  Speaker 1: into the rest of this month.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he was a first round pick lest year, so
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  Speaker 3: he's going to be starting. But Vic Tanjo alluded to
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  Speaker 3: a couple of mistakes that Jahad made in the game,
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  Speaker 3: and I think that if all things were going well,
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  Speaker 3: he wouldn't be playing in the preseason game. And Jeremiah
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  Speaker 3: Trotter Junior, conversely, has had a nice training camp. Now
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  Speaker 3: Jahad Campbell, let's be clear, is going to be the starter.
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  Speaker 3: But I almost wonder if there's a world where Trotter
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  Speaker 3: Junior can factor in situationally, and that's something that Adam
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  Speaker 3: Kaplan and I were talking about. He posed that question
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  Speaker 3: to me the other day. But I also am a
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  Speaker 3: little curious at their reasoning there because Vic and Nick
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  Speaker 3: Sirianni have both mentioned that he needs reps in every
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  Speaker 3: situation's different. But Drew mccuba, his season ended in November,
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  Speaker 3: he had the fractured ankle. Him and Jahad Campbell played
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  Speaker 3: almost the same amount of snaps. They started both ten
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  Speaker 3: games apiece, and Drew mccuba did not start in that game.
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  Speaker 3: So it was a little curious to me, and I
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  Speaker 3: think that they really want to see Jahad work through
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  Speaker 3: some things. That was just my initial read on the
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  Speaker 3: whole thing. There have been moments where you can see
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  Speaker 3: the athleticism flash in practice. I think he's been really active,
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  Speaker 3: But I'm also not in the meeting rooms, and I
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  Speaker 3: don't know. I'm not privy to any of the mental
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  Speaker 3: mistakes or miscues that could be taking place, and so
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  Speaker 3: I think they're telling you with their actions that they
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  Speaker 3: just want to see a little bit more from him,
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  Speaker 3: and that's why he played last Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: And when you talk about situationally, I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: put words in your mouth, so just to give you
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to clarify.
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  Speaker 2: So like, for example, when the.
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  Speaker 1: Eagles play teams that maybe are more run based teams, like,
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  Speaker 1: are you talking about maybe getting Campbell and Trotter on
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  Speaker 1: the field together. Are you talking about maybe fighting opportunities
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  Speaker 1: for them to have, you know, different roles in different looks,
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  Speaker 1: Like is that what you're talking about when you're talking
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  Speaker 1: about getting those guys more opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: Opportunities to get him on the field in a game.
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  Speaker 3: And situational bit, whether it's short yardage, whether it's certain
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  Speaker 3: down in distances that maybe Jeremiah Trotter Junior might execute
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  Speaker 3: it a little bit better, maybe he sees it a
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  Speaker 3: little bit quicker plague recognition, ability to diagnose. I just
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  Speaker 3: think I know that vic Vango does not traditionally rotate linebackers,
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  Speaker 3: But when you have someone like Trotter Junior who has
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  Speaker 3: had a good camp. He had a good camp last summer,
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  Speaker 3: and there's different things that he brings from an intangible
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  Speaker 3: standpoint that I think that they could incorporate into the
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  Speaker 3: defense and maybe add another layer to it. But make
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  Speaker 3: no mistake about it, John Campbell's drafted in the first
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  Speaker 3: round for a reason. He brings you a certain unique
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  Speaker 3: athletic traits there that maybe you're not really going to
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  Speaker 3: find around the NFL. I think he's very much so
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  Speaker 3: the modern day NFL linebacker in terms of his movement ability.
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  Speaker 3: But there's more to it than that, and that's why
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  Speaker 3: I think the Eagles kind of have the best of
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  Speaker 3: all worlds with those three linebackers.
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  Speaker 1: Birds dot Com. Andrews, you mentioned Andrew Bakuba a moment
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  Speaker 1: ago talk.
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  Speaker 2: To us about safety.
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  Speaker 1: What were you observed from the joint practices at safety,
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  Speaker 1: because Figio he did talk about guys like Michael Carter
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  Speaker 1: and others during his pressure this week.
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  Speaker 3: What were my impressions on safety? Yeah, I mean, look,
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  Speaker 3: Marcus EPs has been the front runner and that's been
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  Speaker 3: something that's been a common theme throughout training camp and
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  Speaker 3: for everything that Marcus EPs brings, he's a steady consistent player,
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  Speaker 3: very instinctive, high football IQ. But he's not one that's
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  Speaker 3: going to typically make the big play. But he gives
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  Speaker 3: you a certain level of stability there whereas Michael Carter's
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  Speaker 3: new to the position. But Michael Carter, I would argue,
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  Speaker 3: elevates the ceiling of the defense because he's around the
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  Speaker 3: football a lot. He gives you certain traits that maybe
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  Speaker 3: otherwise wouldn't have from that position, meaning short area of quickness,
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  Speaker 3: I discipline, ability to break on the football, some of
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  Speaker 3: his traits that carried over from him being a high
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  Speaker 3: end nickelback where he was with the Jets, where he
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  Speaker 3: was once the highest paid nickelback in the NFL. I
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  Speaker 3: just think that he brings a little something different and
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  Speaker 3: the way that the NFL is trending the modern era,
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  Speaker 3: you need to have safeties that allow you to be
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  Speaker 3: multiple and they can cover some ground and allow you
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  Speaker 3: to do some different things defensively. I think Michael Carter's
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  Speaker 3: probably had a slightly better summer. I think it's fair
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  Speaker 3: to say That's not to say that Marcus EPs has
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  Speaker 3: had a bad summer just because you haven't seen him
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  Speaker 3: make a lot of plays. That's not always the biggest indicator.
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  Speaker 3: He's always seems to be in the right place. He's
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  Speaker 3: not giving up big plays, and I think there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of trust there when it comes to Vic Vangio
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  Speaker 3: in Marcus EPs. But I think Michael Carter is an
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  Speaker 3: interesting player because he does have the range. Now, sometimes
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  Speaker 3: his versatility may work against them because he wears three
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  Speaker 3: different hats and so he's someone that you can deploy
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  Speaker 3: in a number of different ways. And I think that
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  Speaker 3: they're going to find a way to get him on
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  Speaker 3: the field.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew one more on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Talk to us about your observations from joint practices when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to the edge rushers and the d line. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan Grenard, we don't know when he's coming back, so
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  Speaker 1: without him, a lot of focus and curiosity is about
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  Speaker 1: who is the guy is going to be Outside of
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  Speaker 1: Agillis help me, No, Hunt has popped.
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  Speaker 2: He has developed well. But what of the other guys
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  Speaker 2: are you looking at and what have you observed?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, outside of Jay Lox Hunt, I think no
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  Speaker 3: one Smith has had a good training camp. It's been quiet,
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  Speaker 3: but he's been effective. He's a violent edgsetter. He's added
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  Speaker 3: weight and strength to his frame, and I think that
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  Speaker 3: he's provided some good pressure in practice. He brings a
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  Speaker 3: lot of intensity. I think he's kind of growing into
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  Speaker 3: more of a leadership role, and he's healthy more important,
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  Speaker 3: Most importantly, he's healthy at the stage of the game,
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  Speaker 3: which is incredibly important for him because injuries have kept
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  Speaker 3: him from I think reaching his fullest potential. And I
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  Speaker 3: think he's had a nice camp. Then beyond that, you
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  Speaker 3: have a Ak Ebkadi goes by Ak and they have
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  Speaker 3: a Jvanessa and Ebkady is someone that I've taken notice of.
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  Speaker 3: He's done some good things in terms of just setting
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  Speaker 3: the edge. I think he's shown some juice as a
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  Speaker 3: pass rusher in different circumstances, and he's played a lot
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  Speaker 3: of football. He had some juice there. Then you have
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  Speaker 3: someone like aj Epanessa, who's played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 3: He's being asked to do things that he hasn't had
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  Speaker 3: to do before. But he's working through some things. And
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  Speaker 3: if you listen closely and pay attention to what vic
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  Speaker 3: Vangio says, you'll hear that he seems intrigued with the
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  Speaker 3: player and his body type. Josh is different from the
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  Speaker 3: other players in that room. He's more of a bigger
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  Speaker 3: bodied run defender type and he does bring a little
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  Speaker 3: bit of an edge to him. I like the way
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  Speaker 3: that he plays the game. I remember talking to Josh Wairu,
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  Speaker 3: the Eagles rookie free agent in his first ever NFL game.
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  Speaker 3: Talked to him afterwards and he said that in the
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  Speaker 3: first or second play of the game, when he watched
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  Speaker 3: aj Panessa set the edge, he said to himself, Oh, Okay,
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  Speaker 3: it's on now, the game's on. So that tells you
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  Speaker 3: the kind of player that he is and the way
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  Speaker 3: that he plays the position. I think he adds a
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  Speaker 3: different dimension to that edge rusher group.
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  Speaker 1: You just mentioned about how Fangio has talked about ag Epanessa.
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  Speaker 2: Can we hit on that real quick?
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  Speaker 1: You talked about about how, hey, Jeremiah Trotter might be
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  Speaker 1: a guy who gets play action in a certain matchup
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  Speaker 1: certain situations. Is EPINESSA potentially could maybe be that kind
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  Speaker 1: of guy too, where if you're facing certain teams with
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  Speaker 1: certain formations or certain situations in a game, that he
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  Speaker 1: could be a valuable piece for fanjer to deploy defensively.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I don't know that they're going
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  Speaker 3: to want to expose him too much in coverage. He's
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  Speaker 3: never had to cover a wheel route before prior to
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  Speaker 3: last Saturday. But I would also counter that by saying
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  Speaker 3: that I think Nolan Smith is one of the better
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  Speaker 3: pound for pound edge defenders when it comes to defending
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  Speaker 3: the run, very throwback. He's kind of like a throwback
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  Speaker 3: kind of player. And Jalob Hunts really molded himself into
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  Speaker 3: an effective two way player as well. So I think
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  Speaker 3: they have a lot of complimentary pieces there. And yes,
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  Speaker 3: I do think that there's a world where Fangio who
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  Speaker 3: can be creative and how he deploys his personnel, and
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  Speaker 3: get a guy like Ajpanessa, who's again he's played in
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  Speaker 3: over ninety games I believe in the nf So you
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  Speaker 3: got to find a way to incorporate them, but certainly
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  Speaker 3: not at the expense of your two top pass rushers,
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  Speaker 3: not including Jonathan Grenard.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and not that GE's too far ahead of ourselves, Andrew,
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  Speaker 1: But you know, in my mind, I'm thinking about the
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  Speaker 1: schedule this season, right. You know, you're going to play
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  Speaker 1: a Bears team at Chicago this year. You're going to
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  Speaker 1: play different teams that are going to throw at you.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe some non traditional formations or looks, or that might
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  Speaker 1: be scenarios where you might say, hey, they're running twelve
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  Speaker 1: personnel or they're trying to run something different at us.
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  Speaker 1: There might be guys on Fangio's defense that he might say,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, in those matchups, this guy could be
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  Speaker 1: maybe more valuable. Then let's see against a team like
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  Speaker 1: the Rams might give you something different.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we're getting way ahead of ourselves here.
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  Speaker 3: I think that there's a chance where somebody like that
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  Speaker 3: could see an uptick in snaps. But in terms of
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  Speaker 3: just taking on the lion's share for that particular game,
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  Speaker 3: that's not how fake Fangio traditionally operates. But I think
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  Speaker 3: there's a world where you look at all the pieces
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  Speaker 3: that you have and you find the way to best
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  Speaker 3: optimize what they do well, which is what any good
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  Speaker 3: coordinator does, and vic Vango, in my estimation, is the
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  Speaker 3: best in the business. They're going to find a way
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  Speaker 3: to get everybody involved.
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  Speaker 1: Getting everybody involved us at the offensive side of the ball,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew a lot of guys running a lot of different
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  Speaker 1: routes because of this training camp, you know, mackay Lemon,
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  Speaker 1: Devonte Smith, miss A lot of time. So what did
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  Speaker 1: you see from the guys who are wide receiver who
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  Speaker 1: are not named Smith and Lemon during the two years
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  Speaker 1: of joint practices.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought Hollywood Brown emerged a little bit. He's
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  Speaker 3: had a quiet training camp. He hasn't really been used
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  Speaker 3: as a vertical threat, but he's found the saft spots
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  Speaker 3: in coverage. I think of a play that really illustrates
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  Speaker 3: what he's been all about in his career was on
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  Speaker 3: Monday's practice. He caught a pass right in front of
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  Speaker 3: Tarik Woollen and he he had his back to him,
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  Speaker 3: but he had a really good feel for spacing and
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  Speaker 3: able to navigate that and pick up yards after the catch.
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  Speaker 3: I think then Eagles need to find a way to
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  Speaker 3: get him in space if they're not going to use
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  Speaker 3: him as deep threat, which no team that he's been
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  Speaker 3: on has has found a way to tap into that
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  Speaker 3: for whatever reason. But I thought he's emerged a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: He caught a nice pass and for a touchdown with
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  Speaker 3: good coverage from Kendall Vildor, the cornerback for the Patriots,
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  Speaker 3: in a situational period, and he actually caught one before
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  Speaker 3: that that he couldn't get his feet in, but Hurts
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  Speaker 3: went right back to the well. Elijah Moore missed the
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  Speaker 3: second practice with a neck injury, but prior to that
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  Speaker 3: he's been someone that Jalen seems to have some trust
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  Speaker 3: in as a chain mover, not as not typically I
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  Speaker 3: say typically because he caught a deep pass in that practice,
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  Speaker 3: but not typically as a big play guy, but more
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  Speaker 3: as someone who can effectively move the chains and keep
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  Speaker 3: the offense on schedule. And Darius Cooper's cooled off a
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  Speaker 3: little bit after a really hot start to training camp,
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  Speaker 3: didn't have a good preseason game. So of that group,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there is a little bit to be desired.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the Eagles just waived Johnny Wilson as we
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  Speaker 3: got on this call, and that's a shame because Johnny
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  Speaker 3: Wilson is a player who I was curious to see
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  Speaker 3: how he would fit in this I think the Eagles
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  Speaker 3: really liked him, but he's been sidelined with a knee injury.
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  Speaker 3: So I think they're a wide receiver depth. We're gonna
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  Speaker 3: learn a lot about that over the next couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Makai Lemon need was to say still needs to get
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  Speaker 3: he needs to catch up, and that's not going to
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  Speaker 3: be an easy task. But aside from those big the
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  Speaker 3: top three receivers, I do have questions in terms of
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  Speaker 3: their depth.
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  Speaker 2: No, and you should have questions.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, Johnny Wilson wave with injured designations when I'm
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  Speaker 1: reading he'll revert to the injured reserve if he clears waivers.
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  Speaker 1: So that is definitely a shame because now the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: are losing a guy who you know, people were very
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  Speaker 1: curious about seeing how you fit in this offense. But
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  Speaker 1: I guess that means just more opportunities for these other guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, between the Hollywood Brown, Elijah Moore, Darius Cooper.
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  Speaker 1: You know, do we anticipate all three of those guys
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  Speaker 1: to get significant action tomorrow night in preseason game number two?
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  Speaker 1: And of those three, who are you most curious about
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  Speaker 1: for Tomorrow night?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we'll have to see about Elijah Moore because as
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  Speaker 3: I mentioned, he had the issue that kept him out
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  Speaker 3: of day too. But I am anticipating seeing a lot
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  Speaker 3: of Darius Cooper, a decent amount of Hollywood Brown. I
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  Speaker 3: mean he only played seven snaps. Him and Elijah Moore
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  Speaker 3: played seven snaps in the preseason opener. They there's not
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  Speaker 3: a lot more that they can learn about him, So
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  Speaker 3: you don't and if you know that he's going to
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  Speaker 3: be on the roster, or if you have a pretty
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  Speaker 3: strong sense, I mean, five million guaranteed pretty much tells you.
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  Speaker 3: It gives you the answers to the test there. Sure,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know that you want to expose them, not
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  Speaker 3: necessary risk, But there's other guys there. You know, you
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  Speaker 3: have your Quez Watkins's, you have your Brittain Coveys and
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  Speaker 3: another players Hollywood Brown and all and the players that
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  Speaker 3: we talked about, well, really Hollywood Brown, they got a
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  Speaker 3: lot of quality work in the joint practices. So I
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  Speaker 3: don't know that you're going to see a lot of him,
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  Speaker 3: But in terms of like Darius Cooper and some of
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: those other players, yeah, that's fair to expect. Andrew.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: Beforey let you go, some of the reports coming out
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: of the joint practice were about Jill and Hurt getting
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: the ball, the Saquon the will Shipley in different situations
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: as outlets. What is your perspective on the running backs role?
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  Speaker 1: How is shaping up to look like in this offense?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm glad you mentioned that, because first off, I
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: do want to mention that I know that training camp
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: In preseasons a lot about finding out who's going to
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: be the final pieces on the roster and the down
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: the roster type of players, who's your sleeper. But I
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: don't want to lose sight of the star players who
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: are going to mean the most when the Eagles get
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: into the regular season. And Saquon Barkley's had a really
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: strong training camp. He showed good juice and burst. Really
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: he's no different than the player that he was since
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: he's been here. But yes, both Saquon Barkley and Will
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: Shipley caught the ball very effectively. Tank Bigsby that's not
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: necessarily his forte. I am curious to see if they
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: choose to get him in the mix there as well.
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: But I know with Will and Saquon, they're really lethal
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: on those Will routes. But it seems like we say
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: this every summer that they're going to be involved, and
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: then when the regular season rolls around, it becomes an afterthought.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: But in this offense with Sean Mannion, which we don't
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: have an entirely firm grasp on what we can fully expect,
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: we have an idea. I would imagine that you want
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: to have those built in outlet options for your quarterback
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: in a timing based offense where you have to get
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: the ball out quickly, why not make life a little
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: bit easier for your quarterback and have those built in
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: answers in terms of the you know, the running backs.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: But I don't think it's that the coordinators in the
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: past haven't wanted it. Jalen Hurts has to be able
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: to embrace it if that's something that Sean Mannion wants
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: to do, Because for whatever reason, every offense, every iteration
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: of it, year after year, has not incorporated it. But
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: I think in this particular circumstance it makes a lot
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: of sense.
• 17:44
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  Speaker 1: a three es being Andrew Happy Hour Friday. You keep
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: up the great work, my friend.
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: Thanks man. Take care