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The DiCecco Daily: Analyzing Final Injury Report For Eagles Vs. Bills · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's happened to everybody? Welcome into another edition of
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  Speaker 1: the check O Deli. It's Andrew Decheco here Eagles beat
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  Speaker 1: reporter Friendsidethebirds dot Com. Hope everyone out there had a
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  Speaker 1: wonderful holiday, and we have New Year's coming up, so
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  Speaker 1: that's another one. This everything moves so fast once you
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  Speaker 1: hit Thanksgiving. But I hope everyone out there had a
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  Speaker 1: great holiday and great time with their family and friends.
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  Speaker 1: And it's always a great time of the year. But today,
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  Speaker 1: as it pertains to the Photolph Eagles, they held their
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  Speaker 1: final practice of the week ahead of Sunday afternoons matchup
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  Speaker 1: with the Buffalo Bills at high Mark Stadium, and we
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  Speaker 1: do have a final injury report that we're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to right now. The official game status out for
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean with a hamstring and tackle
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  Speaker 1: Lane Johnson foot No surprise there. Both players were not
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  Speaker 1: practicing at all the week. Lane Johnson, we haven't even
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  Speaker 1: seen him this week, so he will Neither player will
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  Speaker 1: be going listed as questionable. Tackle Cameron Williams remember the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles open his twenty one day practice window.
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  Speaker 2: It has to be nearing its end.
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  Speaker 1: I have to go back and look, my apologies, but
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  Speaker 1: because he's not even activated, he's on injury reserve. That's
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  Speaker 1: why he's listed as questionable the official Friday practice report.
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  Speaker 1: Not practicing linebacker Nakobe Dean and tackle Lane Johnson foot
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  Speaker 1: full practice for linebacker Zach Bawn hand wide receiver A J.
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  Speaker 1: Brown teeth, linebacker Jahad Campbell back ankle, Defensive tackle Jaylen Carter, shoulders,
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  Speaker 1: guard Landon Dickerson illness, tackle Fred Johnson, caf tight end
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  Speaker 1: Cameron Latsu stinger, wide receiver DeVante Smith illness, tackle Cameron
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  Speaker 1: Williams shoulder. At this point in the season, I feel
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  Speaker 1: like I'm echoing what I've been saying over the past
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks, but the Eagles are remarkably healthy at
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  Speaker 1: this stage of the game. It's certainly compared to other
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  Speaker 1: teams around the NFL. Now, you look at this and
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  Speaker 1: I see this as a really good measuring stick because
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  Speaker 1: it's the last time the Eagles are going to be
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  Speaker 1: facing a team that could give them problems or at
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  Speaker 1: least could present different matchup issues that I think that
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  Speaker 1: if they're able to go out there and execute, that
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  Speaker 1: should bode well for them going into the postseason. You
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  Speaker 1: can certainly build off of some of the things that
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  Speaker 1: they've done in games against the Chargers, Raiders and Commanders.
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  Speaker 1: And so you look at the Buffalo Bills and they
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  Speaker 1: present a significant challenge in terms of the dual thread
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  Speaker 1: ability of quarterback Josh Allen. Five hundred and fifty two
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  Speaker 1: rushing yards this season, twelve touchdowns, he's thrown for twenty
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns and ten interceptions.
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  Speaker 2: He can do it all.
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  Speaker 1: He was limited on Wednesday and Thursday with a foot injury,
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  Speaker 1: but trending in a positive direction. He's playing on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm curious to see how inclined he's going to
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  Speaker 1: be to dial up some of those runs. Knowing that
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles are a pretty fast flowing defense, and from
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles perspective, this is another good test to see
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  Speaker 1: how they're able to stack up against a mobile quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Remember some of my talking points leaning into the Commander's game,
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  Speaker 1: and of something I was really intrigued with was I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to see how they were going to respond against
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  Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback like Marcus Mariota. Because for as good
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  Speaker 1: as this defense has been, where they have had some
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  Speaker 1: hiccups or some sticking points, if you will. It's been
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  Speaker 1: with the quarterback run game, and Mariota, of course, got
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  Speaker 1: hurt in that game, and Josh Johnson ended up chilling
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  Speaker 1: in for him, and he's not anywhere close to being
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  Speaker 1: that kind of quarterback at this stage of his career,
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  Speaker 1: so they weren't really able.
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  Speaker 2: To be tested in a meaningful way. But I thought that.
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  Speaker 1: While Mariota was in the game, the Eagles showed some
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  Speaker 1: signs of promise there. The Buffalo Bills in the secondary,
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  Speaker 1: they're pretty stingy. I believe they're giving about an average
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  Speaker 1: of one hundred and sixty seven pass yards per game.
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  Speaker 1: So this is a game where you look at the
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  Speaker 1: weather being a factor, you look at that secondary and
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  Speaker 1: how the Eagles may have to move the football.
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  Speaker 2: It's an interesting matchup.
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts versus that secondary, But then in the ground,
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  Speaker 1: I like the Eagles matchup. The Buffalo Bills are near
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  Speaker 1: the bottom of the NFL allowing I believe one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and north of one hundred and forty rushing yards per game,
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  Speaker 1: so you would like to see them continue to revert
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  Speaker 1: back to the Saquon Barkley tank bigsby tandem.
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  Speaker 2: I think Tank Bagsby might have.
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  Speaker 1: Another big run in him this week, kind of like
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  Speaker 1: he did against the Commanders, but I do believe it.
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  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley is going to have a big game and
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  Speaker 1: sort of carrying over from what he was able to
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  Speaker 1: do against the Commanders, getting those dirty yards, understanding that
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  Speaker 1: if it's blocked up for three, it's okay to get three.
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  Speaker 1: If it's blocked up for four, go ahead and get four.
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  Speaker 1: Take what's in front of you and keep the offense
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  Speaker 1: in front of the sticks. And I think that's going
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  Speaker 1: to be a big point of emphasis, not only from now,
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  Speaker 1: but moving into the postseason.
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  Speaker 2: This is a really big matchup, and.
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  Speaker 1: It's important to note that the Bills won't have their kicker,
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  Speaker 1: Matt Prater, so they do have Michael Badgeley, who's a
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  Speaker 1: veteran kicker on their practice squad. He's appeared in one
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  Speaker 1: game for them, kicking one of one field goal attempts
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  Speaker 1: for forty one yards. He's two of three on extra points,
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  Speaker 1: which is about sixty six point five sixty six point
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  Speaker 1: eight percent. So he's kicked in a lot of games
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  Speaker 1: before and he's been sort of a journeyman type of kicker,
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  Speaker 1: so he'll be that he'll fill in for Matt Prater
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  Speaker 1: in this game. They're not going to have Jordan Phillips,
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  Speaker 1: their defensive tackle safety Jordan Poyers out, so presumably that
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  Speaker 1: will be Sam Franklin stepping in, and within the absence
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  Speaker 1: of Jordan Phillips, that should be rookie TJ. Sanders from
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina stepping in for him. And also a player
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  Speaker 1: to keep an eye on from the Buffalo Bills because
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  Speaker 1: they're a team that's sort of devoid of household names
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  Speaker 1: aside from Josh Allen and their tremendous running back James Cook.
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  Speaker 1: Look for backup running back Ty Johnson to perhaps take
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  Speaker 1: on a bit more of an offensive workload, especially.
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  Speaker 2: As it pertains to the receiving game. He's super fast.
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  Speaker 1: He's been someone who has stepped up for the Bills
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  Speaker 1: in the postseason at various points this season.
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  Speaker 2: So he's a player that I liked.
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  Speaker 1: If you followed my draft content dating back to his
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  Speaker 1: late as twenty eighteen or twenty nineteen, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know that I was at his pro day.
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  Speaker 1: He ran a four two nine, four to three one
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  Speaker 1: something like that, And I even did sort of a
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  Speaker 1: draft diary where I would talk to him once a
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  Speaker 1: week for about a month and chronicle his draft journey.
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  Speaker 2: And so he's a player that I would keep an
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  Speaker 2: eye on as well.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and see about tight end Dalton
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  Speaker 1: Kincaid and Dawson Knox, who are both listed as questionable.
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  Speaker 1: They were limited on Wednesday and Thursday. They they worked
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  Speaker 1: a little bit on Friday as well, so we'll see
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  Speaker 1: what happens from that perspective.
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  Speaker 2: But this is gonna be a really big game.
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  Speaker 1: From an elevation standpoint, I'm looking at maybe cornerback Brandon Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: who would make some sense to be that extra defensive
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  Speaker 1: back help on special teams, and who knows, maybe an
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  Speaker 1: Aj Jenkins and kind of like last week, that's just
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  Speaker 1: kind of what I would suggest a lot.
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  Speaker 2: It would be logical.
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  Speaker 1: From that standpoint, but we'll have to wait and see
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  Speaker 1: how it goes. But that's kind of my initial thoughts
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  Speaker 1: going into this game. I'll have another podcast for you
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  Speaker 1: guys tomorrow once the Eagles list their elevations, and I'll
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  Speaker 1: talk to you about maybe where they fit, how they fit,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll preview the game a little bit more as
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  Speaker 1: we get closer to kickoff. But for now, that's going
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  Speaker 1: to do it for this edition of The Checko Daily.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Andrew Decheco, and I will catch you on the
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  Speaker 1: next one.