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The DiCecco Daily: Eagles Preseason Postgame Report vs. Patriots · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everyone? Welcome into another episode of
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  Speaker 1: the Checko Daily. It's Andrew de Checko, Eagles beat reporter
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  Speaker 1: for insidethebirds dot Com, and despite heroics from quarterback Tanner
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  Speaker 1: McKee and running back Carson Steele, the Eagles were unable
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  Speaker 1: to leave Gillette Stadium with a win Saturday evening, dropping
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  Speaker 1: their preseason matchup with the Patriots by a score of
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  Speaker 1: twenty four to twenty one. And let me just set
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  Speaker 1: the scene. I have my notes and observations for you.
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  Speaker 1: But the Eagles led by four with five to ZHO
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  Speaker 1: five remaining, but Patriots quarterback Braver and Morton would author
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  Speaker 1: a comeback, leading an eleven play seventy three yard drive
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  Speaker 1: and on a first and ten from the Eagles, thirty
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  Speaker 1: seven cornerback Sean Wade, who also forced to fumble in
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  Speaker 1: this game, was tagged with a defensive pass interference penalty,
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  Speaker 1: and then on the ensuing play, Morton delivered a thirty
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  Speaker 1: seven yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Nick Degenero, who
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned in my practice notes, actually to pull ahead
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  Speaker 1: twenty four to twenty one with just under a minute
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  Speaker 1: to play. Eagles rookie quarterback Cole Payton would get the
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  Speaker 1: nod on the ensuing series, but he wasn't able to
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  Speaker 1: author comeback of his own. He was sacked by linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Quintavius Hutchins and he lost the football. Would have been
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  Speaker 1: a pretty monumental feat to be able to march the
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  Speaker 1: football down there with a reserve offensive line and rookie
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  Speaker 1: Cole Payton, who still needs a lot of work as
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  Speaker 1: a passer. But I thought the Eagles showed a lot
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  Speaker 1: offensively in this game. That's what you want to see
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  Speaker 1: in this type of performance based off of how the
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  Speaker 1: first game went, where they weren't able to generate any
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  Speaker 1: semblance of offense. This game told a different story, and
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  Speaker 1: Eagles quarterback Tenner McKee led the way offensively. He completed
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  Speaker 1: sixteen of twenty two pass attempts for one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: seventy three yards and two touchdowns. Running Backs Will Shipley
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  Speaker 1: and Carson Steele rushed for fifty six and thirty three
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  Speaker 1: yards respectively. Carson Steele actually led all Eagles receivers, pulling
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  Speaker 1: in six of seven targets for eighty six yards and
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  Speaker 1: a twenty yard touchdown. More on both players as I
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  Speaker 1: worked through my observations here but defensively, the Eagles recorded
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  Speaker 1: four sacks, with second year defensive tackle Tyve Robinson accounting
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  Speaker 1: for two of those. Outside linebacker Joshua wayru and linebacker
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Trotter Junior collected the others. Scary start to the
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  Speaker 1: game as running back Jaquindon Jackson tackled Lan Larison following
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  Speaker 1: a twenty five yard return on the opening kickoff just
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  Speaker 1: five seconds into the game. It looked like Jackson took
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  Speaker 1: a helmet took a knee to the helmet. He was
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  Speaker 1: down for a long while before being loaded onto a stretcher.
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  Speaker 1: As the Eagles sideline emptied onto the field to support
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  Speaker 1: their teammate. Jackson did give two thumbs up and then
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  Speaker 1: he was then hauled away in an ambulance, which the
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  Speaker 1: ambulance actually drove right onto the field. You don't often
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  Speaker 1: see that, but some more notes from the From the
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  Speaker 1: first defensive series, Larison picked up twenty eight yards on
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  Speaker 1: the first quarter. It was a screen pass and the
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  Speaker 1: play was sprung by right guard Jacob Rizzy, who climbed
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  Speaker 1: to the second level. He covered up Eagles linebacker Smile
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  Speaker 1: Monden Jr. Monden Jr. Also Did well to sort of
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  Speaker 1: knife through the offensive line and maneuver the running back
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  Speaker 1: on another play, but he failed to finish and wrap
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  Speaker 1: up the quarterback. He was also sent on another blitz
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  Speaker 1: in the second quarter. He blew up running back to
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  Speaker 1: Michael Hasty, but again Smile was unable to finish the play.
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  Speaker 1: You'd like to see him be able to close, but
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  Speaker 1: he is probably at his best as a run and
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  Speaker 1: hit linebacker at this point of his career. He's a
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  Speaker 1: smaller guy, but the athleticism and instincts are very apparent,
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  Speaker 1: as I've outlined, But rather than navigating through traffic, I think,
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  Speaker 1: and all that being said, it's very apparent that the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles do have some talent to mold. Then he's a
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  Speaker 1: fourth linebacker. So as a young developmental player who's excellent
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  Speaker 1: on special teams, who has those athletic traits, you can
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  Speaker 1: work with a player like that. You don't need him
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  Speaker 1: to step in there and play defense. He's clearly a
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  Speaker 1: work in progress there, but you can see signs of
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  Speaker 1: a player that is worth developing, and that is Smile,
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  Speaker 1: Mond and Junior. Good stuff from defensive lineman Gabe Hall
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  Speaker 1: early in this one. The third year defensive lineman showcased
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  Speaker 1: his length and athleticism when he split the double team.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it was Patriots offensive lineman James Hudson third
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  Speaker 1: and Marcus Bryant. He was able to make a play
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  Speaker 1: in the run game as a result of that. He
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  Speaker 1: also drew a Hudson holding penalty on the tail end
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  Speaker 1: of Alarison run. There was also a play, if you
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  Speaker 1: may be able to remember, it was in the first
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  Speaker 1: first held where Gabe Hall read and redirected when he
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  Speaker 1: was closing ground on Tommy DeVito. Rather than being sucked inside,
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  Speaker 1: he kind of pivoted and was able to kind of
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  Speaker 1: close the gap there. And that was a play that
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  Speaker 1: Tommy DeVito attempted a hasty short toss to the right.
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  Speaker 1: He was trying to get it to tight end Jack Westover,
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  Speaker 1: but it was deflected at the line of scrimmage by
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  Speaker 1: outside linebacker Jose Ramirez. Look, Gabe Hall has had a
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  Speaker 1: quiet summer, certainly relative to last summer, but I think
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  Speaker 1: he helped himself with a productive week in Foxborough. He
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  Speaker 1: was able to put some good things on tape. In
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  Speaker 1: this game. The Eagles have a very deep defensive line,
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  Speaker 1: so it's going to be very difficult for Gabe to
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  Speaker 1: be able to muscle his way into the picture there,
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  Speaker 1: But that tape's available to thirty one other team, so
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  Speaker 1: he probably helped himself there. If not, he could have
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  Speaker 1: another spot on the Eagles practice squad. But that just
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  Speaker 1: indicates how deep the Eagles are. They needed another point
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  Speaker 1: of reference. That just illustrates how deep the egos are
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  Speaker 1: Eagles third year running back Will Shipley captain impressive center
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  Speaker 1: joint practices where he was just providing splash plays as
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  Speaker 1: a receiver and as a runner. He had a strong
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  Speaker 1: performance against the Patriots on Saturday Night, and he showcased
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  Speaker 1: juice and juice and power. He produced fifty six yards
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  Speaker 1: and a touchdown on eleven carries. The biggest difference, if
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  Speaker 1: you want my honest evaluation here in Shipley's game, relative
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  Speaker 1: to maybe his first two seasons, is that he's running tougher,
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  Speaker 1: He's running harder. His ability to play through contact is evident,
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  Speaker 1: and against the Patriots, he kept his legs churning and
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  Speaker 1: made the Patriots defender's work to bring him down. I
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  Speaker 1: noted this earlier in the summer that it appeared that
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  Speaker 1: Shipley had bulked up a little bit in the offseason.
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  Speaker 1: And it's tough running in a game setting because you
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  Speaker 1: can't tackle to the ground in practice, so it's always
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  Speaker 1: really tough to gauge, but in a game setting it
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  Speaker 1: supports that and Shipley's roster spot was always secure. For
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  Speaker 1: those wondering He's a core special teamer, notably serving as
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  Speaker 1: the personal protector on punt and he's also the team's
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  Speaker 1: kickoff returner, and so it was good to see him
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  Speaker 1: get out there. He did some good things in the opener,
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  Speaker 1: but in this game, I thought that he was really
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  Speaker 1: able to read his blocks take advantage of the play
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  Speaker 1: of the second team offensive line, which I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: highlight here shortly, and that was good to see Shipley
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  Speaker 1: be able to cap what was a productive week for him.
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  Speaker 1: Talking about the offensive line, I've often written and discussed.
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  Speaker 1: I've mentioned this recently over the airwaves when asked, and
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  Speaker 1: I will sometimes voluntarily mention this group because throughout the
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  Speaker 1: summer watching them every practice, I've been very impressed with
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles second team offensive line. It's a far cry
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  Speaker 1: from the line that you saw last summer, where I
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  Speaker 1: thought that they had a lot of questions in terms
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  Speaker 1: of depth. You had Kendall Lamb, you had Matt pryor
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  Speaker 1: this group here you see youth athleticism upside, and I
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  Speaker 1: think the Eagles are setting themselves up for the future
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  Speaker 1: success having young pieces in place. And they were largely
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  Speaker 1: responsible for kickstarting the Eagles offense with a dominant effort
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  Speaker 1: in the run game. The four players who specifically deserve
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  Speaker 1: a mention include Mark hel Bell, Willie Lampkin, Drew Kendall,
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  Speaker 1: and Jake Majors. On Shipley's first carry, which was an
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  Speaker 1: eighteen yarder, it was key blocks from Bell, Lampkin and
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  Speaker 1: Majors that sprung them, and when Shipley scored from five
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  Speaker 1: yards out, it was Kendall and Lampkin who paved the way.
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  Speaker 1: An argument can be made, and I've said this, and
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's hyperbole that Kendall has taken one
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest jumps within the past year. I've been
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  Speaker 1: really impressed with Drew Kendall. Just a growth in terms
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  Speaker 1: of play strength, He added weight, he's three zero five now,
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  Speaker 1: and just taking the cross training and embracing it and
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  Speaker 1: being able to showcase that he can also be an
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  Speaker 1: effective guard as well. Needless to say, that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be hugely critical for the Eagles, as he will be
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  Speaker 1: the team's top interior offensive lineman. On game day and
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  Speaker 1: it was Kendall left the game early, which was expected,
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  Speaker 1: but I thought it was also notable that so too
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  Speaker 1: did Willie Lampkin. I felt pretty strong. I felt pretty
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  Speaker 1: strongly about Lampkin's prospects for the fifty three man roster
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  Speaker 1: coming into the year, and his limited snaps always confirmed it.
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  Speaker 1: How about this. When I asked Wednesday about the performance
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  Speaker 1: of second year defensive tackle ty Robinson in the preseason opener,
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  Speaker 1: Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Vangio did not mince words. He said,
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  Speaker 1: he came to life. He's been on life support since
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  Speaker 1: he's been here, but he came to life and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: that will continue well. Against the Patriots, Ty Robinson produced
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  Speaker 1: four tackles and a pair of sacks, giving him now
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  Speaker 1: three over a two game span. Midway through training camp,
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  Speaker 1: probably right around his dust up with right guard Tyler Steen,
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  Speaker 1: now that I think of it, Robinson started to come
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  Speaker 1: on in practice. He was winning his one on one
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  Speaker 1: matchups with his patented club move that he likes to
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  Speaker 1: go to, and he flashed also during team periods. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: as I often say, young players simply need time to
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  Speaker 1: grow and develop. Patience is required, regardless of how much
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  Speaker 1: experience you come into the NFL with from the collegiate
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  Speaker 1: level or how old you are. Sometimes you need patients
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  Speaker 1: and you have to be able to have that kind
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  Speaker 1: of patience to see it through, and as he continues
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  Speaker 1: to stack days, Robinson seems to be building confidence. He
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  Speaker 1: isn't likely to leap frog Byron Young in the pecking order.
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  Speaker 1: Let's not go overboard here, but Robinson, as Fangio said,
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  Speaker 1: has come to life. Let's talk quarterbacks because while Andy
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  Speaker 1: Dalton again underwhelmed, completing three of ten pass attempts for
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  Speaker 1: forty four yards, Saturday was a nice bounce back for
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  Speaker 1: fourth year quarterback Tanner McKee, who I mentioned, completed sixteen
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  Speaker 1: of twenty two pass attempts for one to seventy three
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  Speaker 1: and two touchdowns, the touchdowns being a fourteen yard at
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  Speaker 1: a wide receiver Britton Covey and a twenty yard at
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  Speaker 1: a running back Carson Steel. But it was more about
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  Speaker 1: how Tanner McKee looked. There have been a lot of
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  Speaker 1: moments this summer, and I've talked about this where McKee
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  Speaker 1: appeared hesitant and discombobulated, and that might be a byproduct
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  Speaker 1: of learning a new offense. But against the Patriots, he
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  Speaker 1: got the ball out quickly and on time, and he
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  Speaker 1: kept the offense on schedule. The Eagles all summer have
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  Speaker 1: rotated McKee and Dalton with the second unit, and it
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  Speaker 1: had essentially been a fairly even competition if we're being honest,
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  Speaker 1: But it feels like McKee, with his performance against the Patriots,
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  Speaker 1: Carson Steele, who landed a pair of hurdles in this one,
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  Speaker 1: is a fun player to watch. He resembles a wrecking
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  Speaker 1: ball in the open field and with the Eagles light
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  Speaker 1: on running backs, I mean, you know, Jackson left the
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  Speaker 1: game five seconds in with a scary injury. Tank Bixby
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  Speaker 1: wasn't going to see any work in this game. Carson
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  Speaker 1: Steele took advantage of the extra work. He produced one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and seventeen in all purpose yards, including a twenty
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  Speaker 1: yard touchdown Steele. Like Shipley, he grinded out yards on
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  Speaker 1: the ground. He wasn't as successful as Will was on
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  Speaker 1: the ground. That could be a byproduct of him working
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  Speaker 1: with a deeper reserve offensive line. But where Steel really
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  Speaker 1: dazzled was as a pass catcher, which he accounted for
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  Speaker 1: eighty six yards, and there was an anger and a
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  Speaker 1: desperation demonstrated with every touch. And Steel, by the way,
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  Speaker 1: also reps as a personal protector on punt. What I've
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  Speaker 1: noticed about him is the Eagles seemed to give him
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  Speaker 1: a lot of reps on kick coverage and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure how he would even fit into
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  Speaker 1: the roster mix because you have your three running backs
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: and Barkley, Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley. I think having
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: four be a luxury. He might be able to be
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: a practice squad candidate, but you have to look at everything,
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: and practice counts for a lot. These preseason games are
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: also part of the evaluation process. But I think to
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: just assume that now, all of a sudden, Carsons deal
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: is going to be in the mix for a spot
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: on the fifty three might be a little premature, might
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: be a little unrealistic. You have to let things play out.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: If he's able to really carve out a role on
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: special teams, maybe you have a case. And I think
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: he certainly helped himself, whether it be with the Eagles
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: or another team. But he was just a fun player
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: to watch. I like this quote when we talked to
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: Carson Steele earlier in training camp about his physicality, he said,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I'm a big weight room guy, love that type of stuff.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: So I feel like that's really kind of where when
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: I can show myself is when the pads come on
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: and we actually get physical contact. His play on Saturday
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: night certainly illustrated that. Nice response from wide receiver Darius Cooper,
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: who recorded forty four yards on three catches. The second
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: year receiver had twenty one yards on two catches on
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: five targets last week. He had to drop as well
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: on a third down, but he found the sawt spots
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: and covers and he was strong to the football. Cooper
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: was on receiving end of a thirteen yard pass from
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Andy Dalton on a fourth and one in the first quarter,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: and two other skilled players who deserve a mention here,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: tight ends Cameron Latu and e J. Jenkins, both were
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: extremely physical at the point of attack. They created running
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: lanes for Shipley and Steel, while Latsu also looked Spry
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: on a fourteen yard catch and run. Really cool moment
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: in the second half that illustrated the Eagles pension for
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: player development. Rookies and international player Pathway defensive tackle or
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Bernard an outside linebacker Joshua wereu factored into the box
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: score in their second game ever. Wayrou dropped Pat's quarterback
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Brewin Morton on the in the third quarter for a
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: seven yard loss to force a punt, and Bernard did
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: well to shed a couple blocks and register a couple tackles.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: Their hard work behind the scenes is apparent watching them
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: every day and how they're taking to coaching, how they're
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: picking the brains of their teammates, and you could see
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: how excite their teammates were when they saw them go
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: out there and make some plays. That's apparent. But even
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: though vic Vango will tell you that both are light
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: years away, just providing perspective there, which I think is important.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Their performance in these games is an indication of how
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: far they've come in just a few months time. For perspective.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: The first time either player doned a football helmet was
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: back in the spring for rookie mini camp. And then lastly,
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: all I have here is that it was a rough
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: go of it for a handful of Eagles reserve cornerbacks.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: Ambry Thomas, who struggled in one on ones during joint practices,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: was beaten down the field by wide receiver Kyle Williams,
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: who pulled away for a sixty nine yard touchdown, and
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: with an under a minute to play, Morton capped a
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: seventy two yard drive with a thirty seven yard touchdown
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: strike to wide receiver Nick Degenero, who beat cornerback Isaiah Bolden,
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: former New England Patriot, to take the lead. Now, Isaiah
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: Bolden just got to Philadelphia less than a week ago.
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: He's probably still trying to get a feel for the defense.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: He had a nice moment where he broke up a
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: pass against Kai Shan Boody in the joint practices in
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: a situational period. He was then beaten by Booty on
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: the next play or two plays later. And then in
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: this game it looked like Morton was kind of picking
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: on him a little bit. And then Sean Wade, who
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: forced a fumble for the second consecutive week, was tagged
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: with a defensive pass interference penalty on the previous play,
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: and then kiey Ringo in the second quarter was hit
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: with an illegal contact penalty. Killey Ringo has trouble avoiding penalties.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: He gets hansy. You'd like to see him be able
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: to shed some of that the longer he's been in
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: the NFL, be able to work through some of those
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: things and have better technique, but he just seems to
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: be always prone to these illegal contact and defensive pass
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: interference penalties. He's such an athletic player, but you like
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: to see him play with more discipline, and I think
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: that's been sort of the duality of kiey Ringo. You'll
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: see the interception like you had in the end zone
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: last week, You'll see the DPI that he had last week,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: and then you'll see the penalty that he had now.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: He just hasn't been able to put it all together.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: But I thought, by and large, was a really productive
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: week for the Philadelphia Eagles, who spent the week there
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: in Foxborough. That the starters got their quality work during
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: the joint practices, and this game, as I've outlined, was
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: going to always be reserved for the backups, and I
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: thought a lot of those players got some quality work
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: and help themselves in many cases. I also should probably
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: mention that Kapina gushigin the undrafted rookie who's repped at
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: safety and nickelback in training camp, he started the game
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: at nickelback. They had Mac McWilliams starting on the outside
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: and Keey Ringo on the other side. They're really light
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: at corner, but I understand that Michael Carter was playing
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: safety with Andre sam that was the starting safety tandem.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: But it is interesting that gusha Kin's been starting to
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: get some early work in the past couple of preseason games.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: I've noticed them a litle little bit more in training camp
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: get some work at safety. Seems like the Eagles like them.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I know that they also probably like Maximus Polley a
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: little bit, but it seems like Gushakin's a player that
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: has intrigued them some. And context is always important because
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: if you're starting Mac McWilliams on the outside, and if
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Michael Carter the second is playing safety, who really is
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: the backup nickelback to Cooper Degen. There's not a lot
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: of options there. But I did find it interesting that
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: they're working Goosha cain In and the fact that Gushikin
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: was active in making tackles and doing some different things
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: and helping himself with the opportunities that he was getting.
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: That's a name that you're gonna want to monitor over
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: the next ten days or so because I understand that
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: it's a little bit difficult to envision him being able
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: to make the fifty three. But bear in mind that
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: the Eagles most every year, really dating back to twenty twenty,
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: without getting two further back, they have a propensity to
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: at least keep one undrafted rookie. I would look at
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Gushakin and or linebacker Deontay Lawson if you're looking at
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: it from a twenty twenty six class. This is a
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: pretty deep roster. It's not going to be easy to
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: latch on, and it would require the Eagles keeping five
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: linebackers for Lawton to be able to stick. It would
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: require the Eagles to go maybe heavier at defensive back
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: if Gooshi can were to stick. But both of those
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: players are worth monitoring over the next ten days or
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: so as the Eagles have some difficult decisions to make
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: as they parse the roster down to fifty three. Players.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: We'll have an off day tomorrow and they're back at
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: it for more practice next week. I'll have more updates
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: for you on Inside the Birds dot com and of
• 25:38
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• 25:42
  Speaker 1: Andrew de Checo and I'll catch you all on the
• 25:46
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