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  Speaker 1: All right, welcome to Opposition Territory here at the Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: Sports Table Podcast Show, the longest-running weekly Philly sports podcast
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  Speaker 1: show in the world. We are now going to be
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  Speaker 1: diving into this upcoming NFL season. We got our season
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  Speaker 1: previews obviously coming this week with regard to the Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: but our game previews with regard to the Philadelphia Eagles
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  Speaker 1: and this opening game preview. Eagles, Commanders, it is going
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  Speaker 1: to be one hell of a game. And joining us,
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  Speaker 1: we've got our good friend from the Trap or Dive podcast.
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  Speaker 1: Love the guys over there. We've got our good friend
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  Speaker 1: Jamal Forrest. Dude, you have been on the podcast now
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  Speaker 1: for years, man. I always appreciate you taking the time.
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  Speaker 1: Always good to talk to you, man.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, likewise, Jeff, appreciate you. Big game to start the
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  Speaker 2: season for both mobs, man.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, exactly. There are folks within Eagles Nation, and we're
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  Speaker 1: going to be getting into this more on our regular
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  Speaker 1: season preview show that we're going to be uploading this Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: but there are a lot of folks thinking the Commanders
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  Speaker 1: may be taking this one right off the bat. And
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  Speaker 1: to be honest, Jaden Daniels, which we're going to get
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  Speaker 1: to in just a bit here as we're talking about
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  Speaker 1: this upcoming matchup, kind of it wouldn't actually surprise me
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  Speaker 1: in a bit if that actually does happen.
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  Speaker 2: Jamal yeah uh I think it's an interesting concept I
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  Speaker 2: didn't know how Philly fans felt about it um I
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  Speaker 2: think Washington is in a spot where you know there
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  Speaker 2: are so many different moving pieces and that that came
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  Speaker 2: across you know their plate this offseason yeah uh 2025
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  Speaker 2: and 2024 honestly you didn't have good rosters at all
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  Speaker 2: exactly you know you found a way to win the
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  Speaker 2: first year um the second year injuries and on top
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  Speaker 2: of that a poor roster just didn't help you and
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  Speaker 2: everything went downhill um you gotta find a way if
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  Speaker 2: you're adam peters and dan quinn to bounce back dan
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  Speaker 2: quinn on the side of finding the right staff to
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  Speaker 2: lead your offense and your defense um and then adam
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  Speaker 2: peters get some talent, get some speed. Like, let's not
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  Speaker 2: be averaging 35 years old. I'm exaggerating, but like one
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  Speaker 2: of the oldest teams, the oldest team in the NFL. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Not a way to get better. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And I think when you look at like these different situations,
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  Speaker 2: this team is so new from a roster turnover standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: your coaching standpoint, you feel like Philly should be the favorite,
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  Speaker 2: rightfully so. But you think in like Washington has this
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  Speaker 2: upper hand because it's a familiar opponent, but it's also
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  Speaker 2: something that you can't prepare for from a coordinator standpoint
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  Speaker 2: because you don't know what they're going.
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  Speaker 3: To bring come week one. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: And I think it's important that we get into the
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  Speaker 1: strengths and weaknesses of the commanders right off the bat
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  Speaker 1: here as, you know, Philadelphia Eagles fans are listening to
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  Speaker 1: this podcast, watching it perhaps on YouTube. Let's get into
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  Speaker 1: it here, Jamal. What is it? We'll start off with
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  Speaker 1: the biggest strength first on the commanders. What's the biggest
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  Speaker 1: strength on this team heading into this game?
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  Speaker 3: I mean. The biggest, are we talking player, unit?
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  Speaker 1: Anything, dude. Yeah, anything you want in terms of what
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  Speaker 1: that biggest strength is, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I was actually just talking about this last week. So, like,
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  Speaker 2: I think the most, the biggest or the most important
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  Speaker 2: piece to, or most important player to this team is
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  Speaker 2: going to be Jaden Daniels.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, rightfully so.
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  Speaker 2: The team moves as far as he'll take them, and
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  Speaker 2: he has to stay healthy. But I also think when
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  Speaker 2: you think about Jaden Daniels, um, his transition to this
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  Speaker 2: new offense, David Blau. Uh, and when I say new
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  Speaker 2: is it's familiar within the, the workings of the NFL is, is,
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  Speaker 2: is a scheme that has been utilized across the league, right? He,
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  Speaker 2: he comes from, uh, uh, uh, your Chicago coach right
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  Speaker 2: now that I'm drawing a blank on Ben Johnson.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and has elements and principles from, from him that
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  Speaker 2: he's been able to use. But at the same time, uh,
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  Speaker 2: I think Jaden has been able to acclimate himself from
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  Speaker 2: a person who's worse used to like simplified offenses from
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  Speaker 2: a play calling standpoint to more complex reads and more
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  Speaker 2: complex calls and a lot of more responsibility on his plate.
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  Speaker 3: He's been able to handle that.
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  Speaker 2: Just listening to people talk about him and him talk
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  Speaker 2: about his off season and his training training camp to
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  Speaker 2: this point. So yeah, It seems like he's super prepared,
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  Speaker 2: but that transition has been really important for him. And
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  Speaker 2: I think if he doesn't come out the gate slow
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  Speaker 2: or seems like he's struggling from a processing standpoint, I
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  Speaker 2: think you see the effects of what this new offense
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  Speaker 2: can do for him and the explosive nature of it
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  Speaker 2: right away. You can see that. But it is to
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  Speaker 2: be determined. But again, he is your biggest strength in
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  Speaker 2: terms of your player, but then when you move to
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  Speaker 2: a unit, you go to the other side of the football,
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  Speaker 2: part of what we talked about or what I just
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  Speaker 2: kind of previewed with Adam Peters, your front seven is
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  Speaker 2: completely new.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you still got Deron Payne that's there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. If you followed anything that I had to say
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  Speaker 2: about Johnny Newton this offseason, respect. Now, I'm not talking about.
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  Speaker 3: Him being hurt. I would never do that.
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  Speaker 2: But respectfully, the best thing this team could have for
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  Speaker 2: Johnny Newton is the fact that he is not playing
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  Speaker 2: for the future. If he was not a high-end draft pick,
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  Speaker 2: he would be on the verge of being cut. But
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  Speaker 2: I say that to say it's not about picking on
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  Speaker 2: Johnny Newton. You have Shai Tuttle, Tim Settle, your big
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  Speaker 2: one techniques, nose tackles that's in your interior that's going
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  Speaker 2: to help you stop the run. Johnny Newton couldn't do that.
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  Speaker 2: And now that's one of the reasons. He was going
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  Speaker 2: to be real heavy in the rotation, but he's hurt.
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  Speaker 2: So now because he's unavailable, he's not going to be
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  Speaker 2: heavy in the rotation. You have an opportunity to have
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  Speaker 2: better run defenders on the line of scrimmage to help
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  Speaker 2: you in an instance that you're going up against a
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  Speaker 2: Saquon Partley, which just so happens.
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  Speaker 3: To be your week one opponent.
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  Speaker 2: And then you bring in your edge rushers, Odafe, Owe, Claiborne, Chason. And, and,
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  Speaker 2: and you got a rookie in your toolbox and Joshua
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  Speaker 2: Joseph's who, while he's.
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  Speaker 3: Like super fresh, he's super.
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  Speaker 2: Green in terms of what he can do as a pro,
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  Speaker 2: like that, his, what he brings to the table in
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  Speaker 2: terms of his, his traits and his frame is raw,
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  Speaker 2: but you see it in glimpse and you.
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  Speaker 3: See it early.
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  Speaker 2: So, Like he's going to have some snaps week one
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  Speaker 2: because Doris Armstrong is suspended for a game. That's kind
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  Speaker 2: of your depth thing. So you'll see some moments of
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  Speaker 2: Joshua Josephs. But like this speed, this length, this power,
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  Speaker 2: this turnover up front, I didn't even get the Sunday
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  Speaker 2: styles yet. Like, and, and even the, the revived Frankie
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  Speaker 2: Lou role, he was kind of playing out of position
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  Speaker 2: last year. He's more of an off ball linebacker, but
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  Speaker 2: injuries are, like relegated him to the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 3: He primarily played your age.
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  Speaker 2: Like there's a lot of things in this front seven
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  Speaker 2: where you look at him and you say, I think
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  Speaker 2: that if Durante Jones, who came from.
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  Speaker 3: Brian Flores, who has an understanding of like.
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  Speaker 2: A Mike Zimmer defense or, yeah, I think Mike Zimmer
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  Speaker 2: from Cincinnati at one point, when you have like these
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  Speaker 2: understandings of different principles and you can pull from all
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  Speaker 2: of these different like, super notable and proven coaches, this
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  Speaker 2: is an opportunity where that athletic front seven and new
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  Speaker 2: front seven that Washington has, they can really keep you,
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  Speaker 2: first off, keep you in the game against Philadelphia, but
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  Speaker 2: also have opportunities to win the game for you if
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  Speaker 2: they can create some turnovers up front. We'll see, but
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  Speaker 2: that's the biggest strength that Washington has.
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  Speaker 3: They have to prove it.
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  Speaker 2: But like on paper, I think Adam Peters at least
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  Speaker 2: did his part in the offseason, trying to turn over
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  Speaker 2: that front seven and make it a little bit more formidable.
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  Speaker 1: Gotcha. Well, let's flip the coin here. Biggest weakness on
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  Speaker 1: this commander's team as we're heading into this week one
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  Speaker 1: matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. I mean, what do you
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  Speaker 1: see as that biggest weakness on this team? Because as
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  Speaker 1: we know, there isn't one NFL team out there that's
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  Speaker 1: 100 percent perfect on either side of the ball. So
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  Speaker 1: what what's that biggest weakness heading into week one here?
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  Speaker 3: Like the left guard spot is unsettled. Yeah. Your left
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  Speaker 3: tackle spot is unsettled.
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  Speaker 2: And that's even still, that's still giving credit to Brandon Coleman,
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  Speaker 2: who is coming in place with Laramie Tunsil. He's, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Laramie Tunsil, he's Taurus Peck. So who knows how long
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  Speaker 2: he's out for? I mean, obviously, I mean, if we're
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  Speaker 2: being honest here, he may be out for the whole season.
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  Speaker 2: It is what it is. But Brandon Coleman has looked
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  Speaker 2: solid dating back the last two, three games of the
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  Speaker 2: season where he was starting at left tackle.
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  Speaker 3: He's comfortable there.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that this is a year where you
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  Speaker 2: can see the growth in him. He just has to
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  Speaker 2: prove it to himself. There's a lot of internal battles
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  Speaker 2: that he was fighting last year. And coaches really had
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  Speaker 2: to challenge him. So we'll see where he's at. But
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  Speaker 2: If I'm being real, as much as I like Coleman,
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  Speaker 2: we just don't know what that left side of the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line is going to look like.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. What the chemistry is going to be like in
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  Speaker 1: that cohesion.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And then you're banking on Nick Allegretti, who is primarily
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  Speaker 2: a left guard. And, you know, they want to bet
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  Speaker 2: on him to play center now because they wanted to
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  Speaker 2: get rid of Tyler Biotis.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's been a whole storyline this offseason because Nick Allegretti
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  Speaker 2: has been hurt. uh, for basically the entire preseason practice,
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  Speaker 2: like maybe three times the entire preseason. I mean, on
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  Speaker 2: the training camp and preseason, he didn't play any preseason games. Um,
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  Speaker 2: so limited experience there in terms of like building that
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  Speaker 2: relationship with Jaden.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, and you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, we talking about a backup, who knows what he
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  Speaker 2: can do in a full-time role where you're seeing upwards
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  Speaker 2: to like 600 snaps in a season.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Um, So, you know, we'll cross that bridge when we
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  Speaker 2: get there, but offensively, that's your weakness until it's proven otherwise.
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  Speaker 2: And defensively, that's safety. That's safety room. Free safety and cornerbacks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the corners, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And that's really why your front seven has to show up.
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  Speaker 2: You put all that money up there, it doesn't help
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  Speaker 2: that Trey Amos is hurt. And he's on IR, short-term IR,
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  Speaker 2: so you don't get him until October at the very earliest.
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  Speaker 2: It may be later, but Cornerbacks and safety spot. You
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  Speaker 2: just don't know what that post role is going to
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  Speaker 2: look like. Post meaning like Jeremy Reeves and Jartavis Martin.
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  Speaker 3: You don't know. You don't know what they're going to
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  Speaker 3: look like. And then Mike Sandwich, like.
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  Speaker 1: My like and i'm pausing this a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: after the break we're definitely going to get into this
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  Speaker 1: more after the break when it comes to the matchup
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  Speaker 1: so i don't know if you want to save anything
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  Speaker 1: for that.
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  Speaker 2: No no i'm it's no matchup part but just more
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  Speaker 2: so just like from a side standpoint you just don't
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  Speaker 2: and that's why i was hesitating like when you when
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  Speaker 2: you think about these guys like some some people are
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  Speaker 2: like challenged in height but They're also like dog competitors
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  Speaker 2: and ferocious at like at the catch point and things
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  Speaker 2: like that. You just don't see that consistently from some
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  Speaker 2: of the guys that we have. So, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: those are weaknesses, man. The entire secondary group until proven otherwise.
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  Speaker 2: And you're at the left side of the offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to have to tighten up, especially against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to get into some matchups when we get
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  Speaker 1: back from break. We are going to take a break again, folks.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking to Jamal Forrest from the Trap or Dive podcast. And, buddy,
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  Speaker 1: let everybody know where they can find you on the
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  Speaker 1: interwebs out there if they want to connect with you,
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: if they want to check out what you're doing.
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  Speaker 2: At Let Maul Tell It on all your socials, Twitter
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  Speaker 2: all podcast platforms.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. Great, great follow. We're going to take
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  Speaker 1: a break, folks. When we get back, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: dive into some matchups that we're going to be seeing.
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  Speaker 1: Week one, Eagles against the Commanders. Stick with us. All right,
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  Speaker 1: we're back with our buddy Jamal Forrest from the Trap
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  Speaker 1: or Dive podcast. And before going to break, talking about
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  Speaker 1: this Commander Secondary, and it's going to be a challenge
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  Speaker 1: for them throughout the season, but week one against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Wanted to get into the actual matchups, Jamal, with Eagles
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  Speaker 1: wide receivers going up against the Commander Secondary. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we already know the three... kind of threat that Devontae
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  Speaker 1: Smith is. And it remains to be seen though, how
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  Speaker 1: much Eagles rookie, uh, Mackay Lemon, how much he gets involved.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a lot of unknowns with regard to Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Hurts and the chemistry that he's going to have with
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  Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown, Elijah Moore, Dontavian Wick. So I'm actually very
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  Speaker 1: excited to see what he's going to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do specifically from the slot. Um, that cohesion and chemistry
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  Speaker 1: with Hurts, it's not a hundred percent there, uh, at
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  Speaker 1: this point. So I'm wondering, how do you see the
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  Speaker 1: cornerbacks and safeties that you were talking about before the
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  Speaker 1: break really trying to disrupt this receiver core that we
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  Speaker 1: still have a lot of unknowns in Philly here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think ultimately, even with like a Durante Jones
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  Speaker 2: and his system, you think about all of the elements
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  Speaker 2: contributing to the passing game, all three, all three levels
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  Speaker 2: element contributing to the passing game, excuse me. It wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: necessarily always be like your one-on-ones per se, but can
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  Speaker 2: you get to your spots as quickly as you can
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  Speaker 2: and how quickly can you get your eyes on the football?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And if you can execute your assignment and be where
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  Speaker 2: you need to be, that is going to be ultimately
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  Speaker 2: one of the bigger challenges for Durante. Even when you
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  Speaker 2: think about your receivers, one of the bigger challenges is
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  Speaker 2: going to be how quickly can Jalen Hurts process the
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  Speaker 2: speed and the blitz scheme and pressure scheme that Durante
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  Speaker 2: is going to bring. And that's not to say that
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  Speaker 2: he can't because, again, Durante came from Minnesota. Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 2: has had success against Minnesota and Brian Flores but you
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  Speaker 2: also don't have A.J.
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  Speaker 3: Brown anymore and.
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  Speaker 2: This is a whole new look you already described the
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  Speaker 2: makeup of your receiver room now Devontae Smith there's no
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  Speaker 2: there's no slighting what he is to our offense no
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  Speaker 2: offense or buts about that but you also think about
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  Speaker 2: Rasul Mike Sanrasil And a guy from Detroit who's slipping
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  Speaker 2: my mind right now for Washington, but Amik Robertson, sorry.
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  Speaker 2: But like you're starting three guys. How much can they
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  Speaker 2: really close up or muddy up those windows for Jalen?
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  Speaker 2: And that's kind of like the marriage of the front
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  Speaker 2: seven that I mentioned earlier.
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  Speaker 3: Helping out that secondary.
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  Speaker 2: If you can do your job on the back end
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  Speaker 2: and just get to your spots, that's going to make
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  Speaker 2: these windows much harder for Jalen Hurts to throw into.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't necessarily look at this matchup as one-on-ones
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  Speaker 2: down the line. It's more so about can Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 2: beat the pressure scheme of Durante and and make the
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  Speaker 2: right reads consistently because all it's going to take is
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  Speaker 2: for that one window to close up or to, for
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  Speaker 2: him to think that he has something immediately and it
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  Speaker 2: was never there to begin with.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and that's where the athletic spots of like Sonny
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  Speaker 2: styles and, and, um, Leo Chanel comes in from the
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  Speaker 2: linebacker spot. They're the middle of the field. They're going
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  Speaker 2: to be your roamers. Like Sonny Stiles is one of
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  Speaker 2: your most athletic players in the draft at his position.
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  Speaker 2: And can Durante move him around in places where he
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  Speaker 2: takes away windows for Jalen Hurts? Cause he can cover your,
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  Speaker 2: your middle, your hooks. He can cover your flats. He
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  Speaker 2: can cover your quarters. He can cover the scene. So
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  Speaker 2: like those are elements where you think about your receivers
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  Speaker 2: and it's so much more that's going to be challenging
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  Speaker 2: in this game, in the passing game with your receivers.
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  Speaker 3: And honestly, the.
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  Speaker 2: Receivers are going to have to figure this out too
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  Speaker 2: because they got to help Jalen.
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  Speaker 3: It's not just all on Jalen.
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  Speaker 2: They got to figure out how to get these, how
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  Speaker 2: to get open in the zone and figure out how
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  Speaker 2: these cornerbacks are going to play them. But I think
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  Speaker 2: the front seven is going to have to do pretty
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  Speaker 2: much a lot of work to help out this secondary.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel comfortable that they can do that, the
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  Speaker 2: front seven.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Well, before we go to our next break, too,
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  Speaker 1: I want to flip the sides here and get into
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  Speaker 1: the commander's wide receivers room against this Eagle secondary. Got
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  Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, Stefan Diggs, Antonio Williams going up against the
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  Speaker 1: likes of Quinion Mitchell, Rick Wolin and Cooper Dijon, who
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  Speaker 1: is certainly an X factor, not just in the slop,
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  Speaker 1: but when they're going to be playing base. Cooper Dijon
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: probably back in the safety position. Not sure how often
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: we'll see that base coverage. But I'm wondering, Jamal, how
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: difficult is it going to be for these commanders receivers
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: to win these one on one battles with these Eagles secondary?
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Yes.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: You know, that's that's going to be a little bit
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: more tougher. Yeah.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: And it does seem like more one to one because
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: you're talking about a secondary. Granted, your front seven or
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: your front, your pass rushers. In a Vic Fangio scheme, they.
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: Are who they are. You rely on your.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: Edges, and you just have some of the best interior
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: defensive linemen already you can rush for, and y'all would
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: be just fine. But from a secondary standpoint, Quinion, and
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, Cooper and Quinion obviously are the top two.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: And then you add in the third, and I think honestly,
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: What helps Washington now is that you can challenge defenses
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: from a standpoint of moving Terry off of his mark.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: He doesn't always have to line up on the left side, right?
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: You have a personnel package from your receivers down to
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: your tight ends and running backs where you can deploy
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: a four wide set. If you're bold enough against these
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: guys and your four wide set can include two receivers,
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: a tight end and a running back.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: All right. And I think like.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: These different elements of trying to spread out the Eagles defense.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: Understanding who your corners, who their corners are. Yeah.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: Is a way that you can bypass those challenges. But
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: make no mistake. Terry has to win. Terry has to find.
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: A way to... There are no ifs, ands, or buts
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: about it.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: This is a tough matchup, but the addition of a Terry.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: I'm assuming.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: A Stephon Diggs and a Antonio Williams, who is a rookie,
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: but he's super quick, a smart receiver, shifty as well.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: The addition of those two is going to help relieve
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: the pressure off of Terry. The question is, are they
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: ready for a challenge today? like Cooper and Quinion, and
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: the guy today added from Seattle. I'm not too sure
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: about exactly how I feel about Rick Willen. I know
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: he's good.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: A lot of pass interference that you may be getting. Yeah.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: The two that I have a lot more respect for
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: is the ones where it's like, Can we find a
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: way to target Reek over those two? But ultimately where
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: I'm getting at, Terry has to win, but the help
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: that you get from Stephon Diggs and Antonio Williams, those
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: are the people where you look at and you say, okay,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: can we get at least... I was about to say five,
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: but if you get three explosives, 20 plus yards, if
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: you get three of them, you can really get the
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: pressure off of you from that secondary.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: But you know, you got to execute.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: And that's one of the things that we just haven't
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: done period against Philly from a, from a receiver standpoint,
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: when like all things being equal, you got to execute.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: So we'll see.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Yep. All right.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Very good. Well, we are going to take one more break.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: When we get back, folks, we're going to end with
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: sneaky players on the commander's offense and defense that we
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: need to keep our eyes on. Let's take that break now.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: We'll be back in just a bit. All right, we're
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: back with our good buddy Jamal Forrest from the Trap
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: or Dive podcast. Follow him on the socials out there
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: at LetMallTellIt. Great, great follow. And as we conclude the
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: discussion here and our preview show, as week one is
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: going to be just right around the corner here. Two
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: part question, buddy, to close us out. Sneaky players for
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: us to watch on the commander's offense and defense. Let's
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: start with the offense first. Who is that sneaky player
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: that us Eagles fans are going to need to like
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: be on the lookout for when it comes to this
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: commander's offense? What are your thoughts here?
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: That's a really good question because there's so many different
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: routes that you can go.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: It's an underrated offense and rightfully so. Like, National media
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: isn't really thinking too much of him.
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: I think I'll go two since I can't settle for one.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Go ahead.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: Bill Merritt, Bill Kroski Merritt.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: I think from a running back standpoint, you know, this
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: is a guy, you know, he did pretty good as
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: a rookie last year. And this is another person who
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: didn't really see, he didn't see any preseason time at all,
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: but in a, in a, in a team where their
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: run game is, was a little discouraging or, or like it,
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: it just wasn't there.
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: It was not as impactful.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: Yes. Um, this is a guy who is super explosive.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: And if he gets a little bit of a crease, um,
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: just a few times out the, out the day, it'll
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: be a really big deal for Washington's offense.
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: Um, and then secondly, Chico Conquo.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Um, and, and that's your, your tight end, your new
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: starting tight end. I would have went with Antonio Williams,
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: but I kind of already talked about him anyway. But
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: Chigokonkwo is a person who can line out wide, but
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: also run routes from in line as well. But he
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: has that speed element too that can really change the
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: game for Washington. And I'm not stupid. I know Philly's
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: team speed on defense is there. He's not going to
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: catch them by surprise per se, but how David Blau
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: can use him is going to be something to watch. Defensively, man,
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: I think Sonny's too obvious. So I'm going to go
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: with Clayvon Chason.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: Because I don't know the status of Odafe Owe right
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: now because we're recording this earlier in the week. He
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: had his practice yesterday on Monday, but Dan Quinn listed
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: his game his availability in terms of full participation heading
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: into the week as to be decided essentially. So we
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: don't know by the time game day comes around, if
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: he'll be available, but Claiborne is a pass rusher. They
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: brought in, uh, he has a lot to prove, but
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: at the same time, uh, he's also a person who
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: did really good last year, pressure in the quarterback, um,
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: and getting home on the quarterback too. And Washington needs
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: that type of speed element as well.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: So, uh, I'll go him.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: And then, A person I'm not going to speak too
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: much on because y'all have familiarity with him.
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: Frankie Lou Vu. This is a revival. This is a
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: revival year for him. All right. So I'll keep it there.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: Y'all know Frankie Lou Vu. Oh, yes. But that's another.
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: That's a number two.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: Frankie's just a pain in the ass. You know what
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: I mean? Like, that's what he's been. Yeah.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Y'all holding a grudge over the guy who's just playing football.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: That's the funny thing.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: I know they think that he's a dirty player, but
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: it's like, yo, he may have just got caught in
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: some things just playing too hard.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: That's all it is.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: There you go.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: The man jumped over a center to try and stop
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: a QB sneak that nobody stops. Like, if that's not competitive,
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: I don't know what it is.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Like, he's trying to win. Exactly. I love it. Great
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: way to end this game preview here. Eagles commanders week one.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: He's our good buddy, Jamal forest from the trap or
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: dive podcast. Check them out on socials out there at
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: let mall tell it my friend. Thanks so much for
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: taking the time to join us. Always great talking to you, man.
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: Let's do this again at some point down the road.
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: I'd love to.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. Let me know. I appreciate you, Jeff, as always.
• 26:46
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• 26:48
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• 27:02
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