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Football at Four: Updating the Eagles TE and CB Situation · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: a day where the Eagles have got some things going. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: it happened yesterday, right when we got off the air.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles made a couple of moves and unless something
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  Speaker 1: has happened in the last couple of moments since Jeff
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  Speaker 1: has popped on to the screen. Jeff Wolan, who I
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  Speaker 1: don't know how how he convinced him to take a
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  Speaker 1: one year deal, but this is a pretty impactful move
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  Speaker 1: for Howie Roseman, is it not?
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  Speaker 2: It's an impactful move.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know better than this might come on
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  Speaker 3: how he didn't convince him to take a one year
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  Speaker 3: deal over some offer elsewhere for more money and more years,
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  Speaker 3: as Adam and I said on cap on Inside the Birds.
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  Speaker 3: And you know this, the NFL tells you how it
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  Speaker 3: feels about a player by that player's contract and especially
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  Speaker 3: when free agency comes along. He signed a one year
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  Speaker 3: deal up to fifteen million, So it's not fully fifteen million.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's twelve. What did a Dori get one
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  Speaker 3: year for eight I think so it's a little bit
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  Speaker 3: more than a Dori Jackson. He's a talented kid who
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  Speaker 3: had a really good first year, but he's got knocks
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  Speaker 3: against him. There's immaturity knocks, there's mental lapses. He was
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  Speaker 3: benched in the game this year. He's also very handsy.
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  Speaker 3: He led the Seahawks in penalties. So I know you've
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  Speaker 3: talked about it. I've heard others point out this stat
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  Speaker 3: that you know, he's his.
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  Speaker 2: Numbers are really good when targeted.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, but if they were really, if that stat really
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  Speaker 3: told the story of who requel it.
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  Speaker 2: Is, he wouldn't be signing a one year deal in
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  Speaker 2: free agency.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know that.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, that sounded negative. I'm sorry. I was
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  Speaker 2: just sort of going off of the convincing thing.
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  Speaker 3: He obviously, to me, is a high upside upgrade over
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  Speaker 3: ADOI Jackson. So long as he fits this system well
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  Speaker 3: and can really get his head on straight, there's potential there.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's what I was gonna ask. What kind of
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  Speaker 1: fit is this? This is a guy who's pretty good
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  Speaker 1: in man coverage across from Quinnon Mitchell. Now it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be Mitchell, Cooper, Degene and you would think Wooland. And
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  Speaker 1: his name has come up in trade talks the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of years and it was like, hey, hey, should
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  Speaker 1: you kick the tires there? He's a big I said.
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  Speaker 1: You know, going back to the early Eagles when Dallas
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  Speaker 1: had Michael Irvin and Alvin Harper and you drafted Bobby Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they were trying to find guys to go
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  Speaker 1: up there. He would fit that bill six four two fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: big physical corner. Does he fit in your mind Vic
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  Speaker 1: Fangio's system.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 3: I mean Vic actually played more man defense last year
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  Speaker 3: than he had the year before. And I obviously did
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  Speaker 3: that because it's a year later of Quinnon, Mitchell and
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  Speaker 3: Cooper de jeen right, and he just felt more comfortable,
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  Speaker 3: especially on third down. In the NFL, you want to
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  Speaker 3: be able to play man defenses. You're gonna either blitz
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  Speaker 3: or you're going to, in Vic's case, either play at
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  Speaker 3: tilted front or have a sim pressure.
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna try to rattle the quarterback on third down.
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  Speaker 3: And you would love to be able to play man
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  Speaker 3: defense to get those receivers, you know, kind of bumped
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  Speaker 3: off their outs while the quarterbacks under a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of the rest. That's the key to playing defense. That's
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  Speaker 3: why the Seahawks were so good at it. They did
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  Speaker 3: not blitz at very much at all. Excuse me. So
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  Speaker 3: there is a clear fit. With those long arms that
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  Speaker 3: he has, he can be sticky. I did speak to someone.
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  Speaker 3: I spoke to someone today who did a personnel person
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  Speaker 3: in the NFL who did watch his tape for his team,
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  Speaker 3: and he told me that he feels it's an upgrade.
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  Speaker 3: He thinks it's a good system fit, good man press corner.
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  Speaker 3: But along with those other things that I said he does,
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  Speaker 3: he gave up too many deep balls for a guy
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  Speaker 3: who has great speed and really long arms.
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  Speaker 2: So that's one thing you'd have to look out for.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So intrigued by how he fits in here.
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  Speaker 1: It's a one year deal for Rick Wollan And of
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  Speaker 1: course one problem with him, he's got a lot of penalties.
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  Speaker 1: He's been a guy who gets a lot of these
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  Speaker 1: fifteen yarders. That's something that you're gonna have to aokount for.
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  Speaker 1: He had a huge penalty in that NFC Championship game
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  Speaker 1: against the Rams. He was the one that was whistled
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  Speaker 1: for that, and I thought it was a weak taunting penalty.
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  Speaker 1: But he's got a couple of those. He has been
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  Speaker 1: flagged for stuff like this in the past. So he's
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  Speaker 1: your new Derek Barnett.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I love that you mentioned that, okay,
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  Speaker 3: because I was trying to think of a comp and
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  Speaker 3: you just gave it to me. Because as soon as
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  Speaker 3: the Eagles made the signing, I kind of saw this
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  Speaker 3: like reaction on social media, like this is another great
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  Speaker 3: how we steal. And it's so funny because if if
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  Speaker 3: Riek Willan's exact career was with the Eagles right where,
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  Speaker 3: it starts off with a good rookie year like Derek Barnett,
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  Speaker 3: but by the end of the year, you're talking about
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  Speaker 3: a guy who's had too many laps.
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  Speaker 2: Is getting bench making mental mistakes in a big game.
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  Speaker 3: You Eagles fan, if he were an Eagle right now,
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  Speaker 3: Eagles fans would want him to get out, right, Like,
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  Speaker 3: that's the funny thing. It's just like Eagles fans want
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  Speaker 3: it had enough of Derek Barnett by the end of
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  Speaker 3: his career. I remember they were mad when he got
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  Speaker 3: resigned for a one year deal to the Eagle, right.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's always I.
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  Speaker 3: Find this fascinating is that sometimes fans and public get
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  Speaker 3: like excited by the other teams player who's clearly not
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  Speaker 3: impressing that team because they think it's going to change here.
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  Speaker 3: But in reverse, it doesn't work that way. It's always
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  Speaker 3: that that's the guy you want to get out. And
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  Speaker 3: I think it's fair to say, like if Seattle's coaching staff.
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  Speaker 3: I know the Eagles are a great coaching staff, but
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  Speaker 3: if Seattle's coaching staff was frustrated with him, to me,
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  Speaker 3: signals that there's probably gonna be some frustrations with him here.
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  Speaker 3: But I will say this, he's the number two corner.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 3: Seattle has Devin Witherspoon. He's a really, really good player.
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  Speaker 3: But here I would say, you're you're not under the
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  Speaker 3: microscope because you've got Quinnon, Mitchell and Cooper dejeen, right,
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  Speaker 3: and we'll see mccouba. So I don't think the eyes
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  Speaker 3: will be on him to be a super So he
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  Speaker 3: just has to be.
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  Speaker 2: Better for Jackson, and I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: anticipate that.
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  Speaker 1: Why because everybody remembers a Dory on opening night and
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  Speaker 1: then doesn't remember any other game of the season. He
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  Speaker 1: actually kind of played well as the season went on,
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  Speaker 1: but it's opening night. He did not play well, and
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  Speaker 1: that's all we remember. So he's stunk last year, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well sort of right.
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  Speaker 3: It didn't help that the Eagles were basically trying to
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  Speaker 3: replace him at every single juncture of the season, including
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  Speaker 3: Jairo Alexander, who couldn't even get on the field, right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean the Eagles.
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  Speaker 3: In fairness to the fan, the Eagles were also trying
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  Speaker 3: to say, can we please try to get somebody better
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  Speaker 3: than the Dorry Jackson. But I think in fairness to
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  Speaker 3: a dorri he did play better as the season went along.
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  Speaker 3: So again, if Riek Wolland could. But I'll here's the
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  Speaker 3: thing about a Dory, very mature, smart guy understands his assignments,
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  Speaker 3: like his issues at this point where his age and
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  Speaker 3: his talent level. And you know we saw that at
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  Speaker 3: times getting burned and everything like that. But you didn't
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  Speaker 3: have to worry about lapses per se or immaturity or
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  Speaker 3: things like that.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Jeff Boscher football at four. Reek Wolan is
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  Speaker 1: now here. He gets a one year deal. It's up
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  Speaker 1: to fifteen million dollars. We'll see how he fits in
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  Speaker 1: with Vick Fangio. So the other moves I thought were
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  Speaker 1: interesting last night. I want to get your take on these.
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  Speaker 1: They I'm Johnny munt a blocking tight end. He knows
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  Speaker 1: Sean Mannion. They then follow that up by bringing back
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  Speaker 1: Grant Calcuttara. I thought this is the interesting part. Do
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  Speaker 1: you think that they like cal Kutara enough as a
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  Speaker 1: pass catcher, not as a blocker. Obviously he struggled in
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  Speaker 1: that role. But if hey, you're the pass catcher, the
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  Speaker 1: other guy, we now got a run blocker. We are
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  Speaker 1: okay with cal Kuttara, maybe drafting a guy developing him.
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  Speaker 1: But cal Kuttara, You'll be the main pass catcher for
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  Speaker 1: a heck of a lot less than Goddard.
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  Speaker 2: Uh main pass catcher. From that he would basically.
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  Speaker 1: Be the He would be your pass catching tight end
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  Speaker 1: and Johnny Munt's the blocker. And then you draft a
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  Speaker 1: guy and then maybe halfway through the season if he's
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  Speaker 1: coming on, or even if he beats cal Katara out.
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  Speaker 1: But in lou Will paying someone ten million dollars to
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  Speaker 1: play tight.
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  Speaker 3: End, right right, I think I'm in the middle with
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  Speaker 3: what you're saying. I mean, I think the reality of
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  Speaker 3: the situation is with Goddard problem not.
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  Speaker 2: Coming back here.
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  Speaker 3: They had nobody under contract other than cam Lot too.
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  Speaker 2: Right, So to your point, you need a guy who
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  Speaker 2: knows the system.
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  Speaker 3: Amazingly, Johnny Munt was with the Vikings when Mannion was
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  Speaker 3: a quarterback there. So there's a guy who comes in
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  Speaker 3: and does take care of that blocking element that you need.
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  Speaker 3: And then I think, what the Eagles are trying to
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  Speaker 3: do Mike is make sure they have bodies at that position,
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  Speaker 3: and also not spend anything that's going to cancel out
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  Speaker 3: any comp picks that they're going to get, so you
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  Speaker 3: never get dinged in the compic formula when you bring
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  Speaker 3: back your own guys, even if they hit free agency,
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  Speaker 3: which he did not technically, so.
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  Speaker 2: There will no be He's a body. He gives them depth.
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  Speaker 3: They really only have three tight ends under contract right now,
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  Speaker 3: you know, or by tomorrow, which will be Mont, it'll
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  Speaker 3: be Calcatara, and it'll be cam Latto, who obviously has
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  Speaker 3: not proven much in this league, although I would like
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  Speaker 3: to see him use more.
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  Speaker 2: They do have E. J.
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  Speaker 3: Jenkins and Jayan Bell, but those guys are are kind
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  Speaker 3: of fringe players fighting make a team. So to me,
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  Speaker 3: it was more of an opportunity at that low price
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  Speaker 3: to bring in a guy, yes, who can be a
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  Speaker 3: pass catching tight end, but they're gonna have to draft there.
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  Speaker 3: They're absolutely gonna have to draft at that position, and I.
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  Speaker 2: Still think they have to make modest moves there.
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  Speaker 3: To your point, could he emerges, I would think if
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  Speaker 3: he has to emerge as your top pass catcher, uh,
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  Speaker 3: then it's not a great thing, to be honest with you,
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  Speaker 3: and that's something that you draft high and get a
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  Speaker 3: guy who can come play right away.
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  Speaker 1: That's where like, hey, they've seen him for the last
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  Speaker 1: four years. He's never really been given the opportunity. But
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  Speaker 1: I got to imagine they've seen him in practice and think, hey,
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  Speaker 1: this guy could catch the ball. He could probably get
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  Speaker 1: some yards after the catch. If we don't ask him
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  Speaker 1: to block, maybe we can have him for I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what did he get paid, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's a one year deal, so I'm gonna imagine
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  Speaker 3: it's one of those you know, nine hundred K guarantees
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  Speaker 3: exactly like that.
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  Speaker 1: So instead of paying a guy ten million dollars, you're
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  Speaker 1: paying this guy less than a million dollars. He catches
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  Speaker 1: three to four passes, he gets forty to fifty yards,
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  Speaker 1: the other guy blocks. I don't know, like how big
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  Speaker 1: of a role the tight end has in Sean Mannion's offense.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's what That's where I'm wondering, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: we have to see, is you know what a what
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  Speaker 3: happens to aj Brown b How do they remake the
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  Speaker 3: wide receiver position because they need bodies They need depth,
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  Speaker 3: They need to get more from a slot receiver. They
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  Speaker 3: just need more than just two guys hauling it all.
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  Speaker 3: And the purpose of this offense is to be able
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  Speaker 3: to get guys in space and you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, make them productive.
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  Speaker 3: So to your point, you know, that is an area
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  Speaker 3: where I thought Grant Calcutta two years ago when he
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  Speaker 3: had to fill in for a couple of games for
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  Speaker 3: godd Ar, did a nice job. Now he's kind of
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  Speaker 3: a catch the ball and turn around and run if
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  Speaker 3: he can guy. I mean, he's not going to break
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  Speaker 3: a lot of tackles. I mean he can run in space,
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  Speaker 3: so he does fit the offense. But he's also you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's had his concussions. Yeah, I still think he has
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  Speaker 3: to make this team based on whatever moves left that
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  Speaker 3: the Eagles are going to be making at that position.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, there could be some value at that price,
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  Speaker 3: especially if he gets in there for a few snaps
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  Speaker 3: and catches the ball right exactly.
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  Speaker 1: It's like you can't pay everybody. We have a guy
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  Speaker 1: we're familiar with, We've got a guy that can now block.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe these two guys can hold it down. We draft
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  Speaker 1: a guy, you know, in the second round. He gets
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  Speaker 1: up to speed and boom. That's how he good. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see red blanketship he obviously leaves. How do you foresee
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  Speaker 1: now with what we know that safety position evolving moving
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  Speaker 1: forward here?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and there are a couple of safeties you know,
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  Speaker 3: flown off the board lately. So I mean, you're looking
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  Speaker 3: at the available safeties now, and you know, I just
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  Speaker 3: put it up on Philly Voice. I did a little
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  Speaker 3: like who are the best available at certain positions?
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  Speaker 2: And safety is one of them.
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  Speaker 3: There's still some interesting names, but they're going to be
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  Speaker 3: Remember they're not trying to make the type of signing
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  Speaker 3: right that's going to cancel out what they're probably going to.
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  Speaker 3: I can't see not being a third round pick, the
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  Speaker 3: number one overall compensatory pick next year in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 3: seven for losing Joe and Phillips is such a big deal.
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  Speaker 2: So you're looking at Kyle Dugar.
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  Speaker 3: Andre Cisco is kind of interesting to me because he
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  Speaker 3: was hurt last year with the Jets, but he's been
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  Speaker 3: decent safety throughout his career with the Jags. He was
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  Speaker 3: a real ball hal at Syracuse had like thirteen interceptions
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  Speaker 3: in three years. There's your old reliables like Jordan Poyer
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  Speaker 3: and Donovan Wilson. There's Gino Stone and Ashton Davis. Davis
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  Speaker 3: was drafted by overdrafted by Joe Douglas with the Jets,
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  Speaker 3: so there's familiarity there.
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  Speaker 2: But that's what we're looking at, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, if you're not going to pay eight million
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  Speaker 3: dollars roughly to keep Reid blanket ship, then you're not
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  Speaker 3: gonna go out and sign you know, Andre Cisco for
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  Speaker 3: ten million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. They're looking for that.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, I do believe that not only they
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  Speaker 3: will get bodies here, but I do believe Michael Carter,
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  Speaker 3: the second coming back on that revised contract, will get
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  Speaker 3: a chance to compete for that job. He was a
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  Speaker 3: safety in college. He's a very good nickel at one
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  Speaker 3: time for the Jets until they changed their defense. He
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  Speaker 3: came here and immediately got on the field as like
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  Speaker 3: a third safety or a big nickel second interior slot guy.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that there's a chance he can compete
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  Speaker 3: for that job. And then there's always do they move
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  Speaker 3: Cooper to.
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  Speaker 2: Jen there, although I would put that lower on the
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  Speaker 2: tote pool.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so let's get to the craziness that happened yesterday
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  Speaker 1: in which Baltimore backs out of the deal for Max
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  Speaker 1: Crosby yesterday. Then this morning they pivot and give twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven million dollars a year to Trey Hendrickson. Number one,
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  Speaker 1: Hendrickson now makes less than Phillips. I think that's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: And then two the fallout of Crosby going back and
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  Speaker 1: what that could mean for Philadelphia looking to replace Phillips.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I know, obviously, you know, my colleague
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  Speaker 3: Jimmy Camski reported that they are.
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  Speaker 2: They did took a swing there at Hendrickson.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know, you know how big of a swing
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  Speaker 3: it was, but they took a swing. Now I don't
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  Speaker 3: There are recent reports that the Raiders are just gonna
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  Speaker 3: wind up holding on to Max Crosby, which is gonna
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  Speaker 3: be an awesome look back. I mean, with all the
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  Speaker 3: moves they've made to getting to Kobe Dan, you get
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  Speaker 3: Kway Walker, kept Eric Stokes. They're gonna draft Mendoza, right,
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  Speaker 3: he got genty in year two, a better offensive line,
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  Speaker 3: Colton Miller. Come watch the Raiders go win like double
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  Speaker 3: digit games, you know, and then like Max Crobbins was
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  Speaker 3: a big.
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  Speaker 2: Reason for that that would be a very funny look back.
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  Speaker 3: But the Eagles definitely need to do something here at
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  Speaker 3: the edge of Mike, and I don't know what it is.
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  Speaker 1: You just felt like there was some reports that they
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: would have been interested in Crosby had they lost Phillips. Well,
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: Crosby got traded. Does Howie now call and is he
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: you're not paying two first round picks for him? Now right?
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: I mean, I'm sure he's yeah. I don't know he
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: was going to give up two first round picks in
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: the first place. So we'll see. Very it's to me,
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: it's a fascinating story.
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: But if the Raiders are gonna hold on to I
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: don't know if the I would imagine some of those
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: Raiders are gonna hold on to him.
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: Reports are to fend off all the people now calling
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: the Raiders trying to offer like a sixth and the
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: seventh for Max Crosby, Howie, So you know, so we'll
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: see what happens. You know, you just know this how
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: he's not going to go into the season this baron
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: at the edge position. He'll do something.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: I agree, all right. Adam Schefter about half an hour
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: ago said quote, they would rather not move him even
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: though he would like to be moved, and they are
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: not going to move him until they get what they
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: feel is a fair price. That is the very latest
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: on A. J. Brown. Has anything changed in your mind
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: on AJ Brown and whether he will be here or moved.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: No, I still think that if there's some team that
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: can work with the Eagles on what they're looking for.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: And you know, I don't think the Patriots signing Romeo
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: Dobbs makes them like, you know, all right, we survived
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: the loss of Stefan Diggs, who had a really good
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: year for them last year.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: I think they need more.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: Especially you don't want to come back equal or just
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: the same as you were last year.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: You want to get better.
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: So I would still keep them very much alive in
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: the sweep stakes until it's officially over all.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: Right, that's obviously something. Everybody's keeping an eye on Jalen
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: Carter's name. You know, they were getting calls. It doesn't
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: mean they wanted to trade him. But do you think
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: they are closer to working on an extension for Jalen Carter?
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they should be.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: I think they have to figure out what's going to
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: happen with the AJ Brown situation first, and you know,
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: I also think they've got to make sure that Jalen Carter,
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: you know, with his shoulder issues that he had last year.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: I know he's been working somewhere in South Jersey, I believe,
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: really hard on getting those things rehabbed and getting them
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: right for the next season.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: So that's going to be a big part of it too.
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: And you know, Adam and I talked about on the
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: on the pod a couple of days ago. Whenever you
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: see a guy that talented and he doesn't have the
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: extension yet and the Eagles are known for doing him quickly,
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: that always is going.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: To invite people to call it likes, Hey, what's going on?
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: There?
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: Is this guy available?
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: And then reports come out, Jeff, it would be very
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: very it would be very surprising to me. Now I'm
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: not ruling it out, but it'll be surprising to me
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: if you got traded.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: Jeff mosts with US. Jordan Davis, he did get introduced
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: today at a press conference about his new contract there.
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: So Jordan Davis, he said he didn't expect Jalen Carter
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: to show up. Carter was there, and we'll see what
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: ends up happening with Carter. As he was there to
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: kind of embrace his new teammate, who is now higher
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: paid than he is. That will be something to keep
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: an eye on as well. Sam hal By the way,
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: the backup quarterback or actually the third quarterback he signed
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: in Dallas. Also Matt Pryor, who was kind of a
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: disappointment here. He has signed in Arizona, so he's gone.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: Brett toath. He was another guy who you know, we've
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: talked a lot about too. He actually was one of
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: the more productive backup linemen. They're gonna have some work
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: to do on reshaping this offensive line, at least the depth.
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: That So him signing with the Niners, right, is a
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: validation of what we thought and said on inside the
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Birds and that when you put him at left guard
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: and ask him to like run up the middle and
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: double team three techniques or even single block, you're not
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: using him, correct, That's not his strength. He is a
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: athletic guy who you want moving horizontally like this new
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Eagles offense is going to do with the wider zone
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: or the outside zone. And so we thought he would
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: fit well because when he moved the center, if you
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: remember in that game that they won against the Giants,
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: they did run outside, they kicked him out a little
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: bit more so him have some pretty big blocks in
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: the second level.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: Right, and so I thought he would be a key
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: guy in some.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: Respects, a key depth guy for the Eagles to maybe
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: want to bring back on the cheap. But the fact
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: that the Niners signed him, I thought is pretty interesting
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: because that does go to show that that is the
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: kind of offen where his his strengths are going to
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: be better capitalized.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: And one thing, Jeff, it's you know, twenty after four
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: if you're listening live, if you're listening in the Best
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: of the Sports Batch, it's probably twenty after six.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: But time does the Worst of the Sports Batch come on? Well,
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: that's a.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Whole four hours, right. The guys who were not free
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: agents but teams are now releasing. You're getting a new
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: wave of free agents that are starting to come out there.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: Javon Hargrave is one we've seen being released. So there
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: could be another group of players that emerge on the
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: free agent market here, you know, between now and by
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: the time you hear this in the Best of the
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: Sports Batch.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, got to keep your eyes on Bradley Chubb.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: I don't know if he's been officially released by the Dolphins,
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: but they are going to and that that would be
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: a perfect signing for the Eagles because again, when you
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: when you sign a guy who gets released as opposed
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: to having their contract expire, then it doesn't against the
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: COMPIC For you could pay him three hundred million billion
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: dollars and it's not going to cancel out any of
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: your COMPIC formula. So and plus he played for VIC.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: I mean, he's a big guy's been to the Pro
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Ball twice. I mean he's he's ideal.
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: By the way, some of those names are starting to
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: come out. Josh Pascal, the defensive end from the Lions.
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: He has been released. Kyler Murray the quarterback, of course,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: he has been released. Kirk Cousins, he has been released.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Jake Browning, the backup quarterback. He is going to Tampa Bay.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: Also released here moments ago, Harrison Smith. So there's another
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: safety that hits the market. So you'll start to see
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: some names that will now enter the free agent mix
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: as well.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Football at four Harrison Smith.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: Harrison Smith is so old he might be hosting the
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: Best of the Supports Bash next year.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: He is very seven years old.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah, great, career.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: Yes, the the names that are going to be You know,
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: Javon Hargrave, we just mentioned him. He has been by
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: the way, Azi's Ojalari. He is heading to Atlanta with
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: the Falcons. So there's a former eagle that has got
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: a new home as well. Good stuff, all right, bo,
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: don't forget. Check out all his stuff over at Philly
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: Voice dot com. And the podcast with Adam and Jeff,
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: the Inside the Birds podcast over at Inside the Birds
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: dot com. Andrew's on tomorrow, Adam's back on Friday. Jeff,
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: have a great rest of the week.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: Thank you to Mike. Be good.