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The DiCecco Daily: Important Updates From Eagles Wednesday Practice · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's happened everybody? Welcome into this edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Checko Daily. It's Andrew Di Tocheco here, Eagles beat reporter
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  Speaker 1: for Inside the Birds dot Com. And it's Wednesday, which
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  Speaker 1: means the Eagles were back on the practice field. They
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  Speaker 1: held a walk through around four thirty Wednesday afternoon, and
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  Speaker 1: there was a number of different news items to emerge
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  Speaker 1: from Wednesday's media availability throughout the day. And I actually
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  Speaker 1: put together a notebook which you can read on Inside
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  Speaker 1: the Birds dot Com and it covers a number of topics,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll start with the first one that before any
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  Speaker 1: of the media availability today. Earlier this morning, the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: activated cornerback Jacory and Bennett from injury reserve. He's now
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  Speaker 1: on the fifty three man roster, and they placed veteran
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  Speaker 1: cornerback jay Or Alexander, who of course, they traded for
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  Speaker 1: on November one, on the reserve retired list. I did
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  Speaker 1: a podcast yesterday about jy Ere Alexander, and yes, it
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  Speaker 1: was a little curious because in his introductory media scrum
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  Speaker 1: he expressed a lot of optimism and a fresh start
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  Speaker 1: here in Philadelphia, said he felt as healthier than he's
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  Speaker 1: been since the knee surgery and was really eager to
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  Speaker 1: get after it didn't make the trip to Green Bay.
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  Speaker 1: And the reasoning for that was to get further acclimated
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  Speaker 1: with a new defense and ensure optimal help for his
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  Speaker 1: nee to get him ready for the stretch run. And
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  Speaker 1: so with the news of him sort of stepping away
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  Speaker 1: to get his mental and physical health in order for
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  Speaker 1: the time being, well, we'll have to wait and see
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  Speaker 1: what all that means down the line. But the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: placed him on the reserve retired list Wednesday morning.
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  Speaker 3: But ja Corean Bennett.
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  Speaker 1: He's an interesting player because he's played twenty four defensive
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  Speaker 1: snaps this season. He injured his peck in Week one
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  Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys, played through the injury, reaggravated it
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  Speaker 1: on Week three against the Rams. Late in that game,
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  Speaker 1: it was on the final drive, I believe, he said
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  Speaker 1: to me when I asked him about it, and he
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  Speaker 1: was shelt for a while. Wednesday was the final day
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  Speaker 1: that the Eagles had to make a decision on him
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  Speaker 1: whether to activate him to the fifty three, which they
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  Speaker 1: did or shut him down for the season as his
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  Speaker 1: twenty one day window was expiring. But I'm curious to
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  Speaker 1: see what he can bring to the mix here. He's
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  Speaker 1: a bigger, physical type of corner. He's a solid tackler,
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  Speaker 1: probably their best tackler aside from Quinna Mitchell and Cooper Dejen.
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  Speaker 1: Cooper Degen may be one of the better tackling cornerbacks
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. But I think that he gives you
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  Speaker 1: a physical presence, and now he gives you three options
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  Speaker 1: if you're Vic Vangie for outside corner opposite Quinya Mitchell,
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  Speaker 1: so they don't necessarily have to be committed to a
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  Speaker 1: Dori Jackson, who's the starter right now if injuries arise,
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  Speaker 1: and who knows that Jaquorian Bennett could be a matchup
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  Speaker 1: based type of corner. He could very well start at
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  Speaker 1: some point this season. We'll have to wait and see.
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  Speaker 1: Vic Fangio mentioned that he graded him out as incomplete
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  Speaker 1: when asked because he hasn't played enough to get a
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  Speaker 1: firm evaluation. But that's going to be a big boost
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  Speaker 1: and he takes the roster spot for jay R Alexander.
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious to see what Jacquarian Bennet can provide how
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  Speaker 1: they choose to utilize them and deploy them. Will he
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  Speaker 1: factor into the defensive plans We're gonna find out, and
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  Speaker 1: they could certainly use all the optionality that they can
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  Speaker 1: at that cornerback position. I thought that Dori Jackson had
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  Speaker 1: a nice game. Nick Siriani on Wednesday said that he
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  Speaker 1: thought he played really well. I talked to Dori Jackson
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  Speaker 1: locker room just about what it felt like to be
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  Speaker 1: back out there, what he's continuing to learn about himself,
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  Speaker 1: because he's mentioned to me before, even in year nine,
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  Speaker 1: he's someone who has a thirst for knowledge and he's
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  Speaker 1: constantly trying to learn. He doesn't feel like he's known everything,
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  Speaker 1: despite the fact that he's the veteran presence in that
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  Speaker 1: cornerback room. Gave a good answer there, and then we
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  Speaker 1: talked a little bit about the Lions, what they present
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  Speaker 1: from an offensive standpoint, and how or what he's going
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  Speaker 1: to be king in on individually based off of the
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  Speaker 1: matchups with Amm Russ Saint Brown, Jamison Williams.
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  Speaker 3: And that group of pass catchers that they have.
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  Speaker 1: So it looks to be that right now he's sort
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  Speaker 1: of the default option, but He's played pretty well and teams, granted,
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  Speaker 1: haven't really taken advantage of that second cornerback spot. Surprisingly,
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  Speaker 1: I expect Jared Goff and the Lions to do so.
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  Speaker 1: But I think it's important to acknowledge that Adorri Jackson's
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  Speaker 1: played fairly well and it seems like he is the
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  Speaker 1: preferred option right now for Vic Vangio.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows.
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  Speaker 1: Jaquorian Bennett could alter those plans, but I think it's
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  Speaker 1: still going to take him a game or two because
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine they're going to throw him out there
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  Speaker 1: and make him a starter after not having played since
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  Speaker 1: late September.
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  Speaker 3: But crazier things have happened.
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  Speaker 1: I do think that Jacoryan Bennett has probably the most
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  Speaker 1: upside of that group of three that I mentioned, although
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  Speaker 1: Keithley Ringa being twenty three years old and having that
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  Speaker 1: physical body type that he has is certainly intriguing. But
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  Speaker 1: I think the unknown of a Jacquarian Benett how he
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  Speaker 1: can fit within this defense, it certainly conjures some optimism.
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  Speaker 1: And that's a position group that there's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a big spotlight on them, Knowing how the Lions like
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  Speaker 1: to operate offensively, and Jared Goff can fit the ball
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  Speaker 1: in the tight windows, and he unlike Jordan Love, unlike
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  Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, unlike take your pick bo Nicks. They're going
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  Speaker 1: to go after that second cornerback spot and it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be imperative for the Eagles to have a sound
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  Speaker 1: plan of attack there.
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  Speaker 3: I believe they will. We also heard from AJ Brown today, Hey.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't like to get into this too much.
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  Speaker 3: That's not what I do.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like to harp on the tabloid type of news,
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  Speaker 1: but I'll just briefly touch on it.
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  Speaker 3: I guess he was on and I still.
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  Speaker 1: Don't understand what twitch streaming totally is, but there were
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  Speaker 1: comments that were made. I woke up, I saw it
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  Speaker 1: on my phone on social media, and he addressed it.
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  Speaker 3: He talked about it.
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  Speaker 1: He mentioned that he's not going to apologize for making
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  Speaker 1: light of his situation with his friend, and he said
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  Speaker 1: if you have eyes, you know you can see why
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  Speaker 1: he's frustrated. And he's positive in the sense that he's
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  Speaker 1: trying to push for the unit to improve. He wants
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  Speaker 1: to I've said this many times. He wants to win.
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  Speaker 1: He knows the impact that he can have on a game.
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  Speaker 1: He prepares himself for these moments. He wants that pressure.
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  Speaker 1: He wants the football, and he finished that game catches
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  Speaker 1: for thirteen yards in a game in which the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: struggled to move the football, and someone like aj Brown
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  Speaker 1: can make a difference on a given play. He can
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  Speaker 1: flip momentum, and it is kind of curious that he
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  Speaker 1: hasn't factored in as prominently as he should from an
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  Speaker 1: offensive standpoint. But he also mentioned that this is a
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  Speaker 1: good quote. Sometimes we're not contributing. We're not contributing, we're
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  Speaker 1: not doing our job on offense. You can't just keep
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  Speaker 1: slapping a band aid over that and then expect to
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  Speaker 1: win late in the year and think that you're going
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  Speaker 1: to do it. It's not going to effing happen. It's
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  Speaker 1: not going to happen. Last year is what it was.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for the ring. But it's a new season.
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  Speaker 1: They adapt it and we have to adapt. We have
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  Speaker 1: to continue to get better and find new ways. And
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  Speaker 1: that's where the frustration comes in. It's not about winning.
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  Speaker 1: I want to win, Yes, I want to help contribute
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  Speaker 1: as well. I think that's fair. It is fair. AJ
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  Speaker 1: Brown is one of the best wide receivers in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: and when the passing game seems to be stuck in
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  Speaker 1: neutral at times, he's someone who has the ability to
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  Speaker 1: get them out of that funk. And you have to
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  Speaker 1: wonder where those bang eight routes that were so prevalent
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  Speaker 1: when he was with the Tennessee Titans, those slant routes
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  Speaker 1: and things like that. On the surface, it does, it
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't appear to be that difficult to incorporate one of
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  Speaker 1: the best receivers in the NFL. I'll end with this
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  Speaker 1: and we're going to move forward because I don't like
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  Speaker 1: harping on this and I feel like we need to
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  Speaker 1: move on. But AJ's a great teammate. He's a captain
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  Speaker 1: for a reason. He wants to win, he wants to
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  Speaker 1: make an impact, and I just think that his presence
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  Speaker 1: within the offense needs to be featured more heavily. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that anyone would dispute that. But he's
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  Speaker 1: a captain for a reason. He has leadership qualities. Do
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  Speaker 1: I agree with the way that he approaches it every time? No,
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  Speaker 1: But everybody processes and handles things differently, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that's important. You can't view every single person through the
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  Speaker 1: same lens. And that's in every walk of life, not
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  Speaker 1: just with the NFL in this situation in particular, everybody
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  Speaker 1: processes things differently. When I was younger, when I got
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  Speaker 1: frustrated on things. Sometimes you don't think. You just react
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  Speaker 1: and you don't necessarily think about what comes with that
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  Speaker 1: down the line, not that you know, not that it
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  Speaker 1: was anything drastic or anything, but sometimes you get caught
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  Speaker 1: up in the emotion of a moment and you're not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily thinking of the ramifications down the line or the
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  Speaker 1: questions that follow with that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, when you want to have.
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  Speaker 1: An impact on the game, and when you work really
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  Speaker 1: hard at your craft, you want to be able to
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  Speaker 1: go out there and showcase that.
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  Speaker 3: And he hasn't been able to do that this season.
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  Speaker 1: And when you're at the top of your game and
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  Speaker 1: when you're an offense with all this star power and
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  Speaker 1: it's struggling, he wants to be that spark. He wants
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  Speaker 1: to get things rolling because he knows the kind of
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  Speaker 1: mark that he can make on a given play, not
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  Speaker 1: even the game, on a given play.
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  Speaker 3: And so I understand where he's coming from.
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  Speaker 1: Love is accountability, and I do think that he's going
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  Speaker 1: to be heavily featured in this offensive game plan against
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  Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, all that being said, let's get to some of
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  Speaker 1: the other news items that were on my in my notebook,
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  Speaker 1: and that is the play, that fourth and sixth play
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  Speaker 1: in which Nick Sirianni doubled down on. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles were up three, They're at the Green Bay thirty
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  Speaker 1: five yard line with thirty three seconds left in regulation,
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  Speaker 1: and in a curious decision, the Eagles elected to keep
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  Speaker 1: the offense on the field, and I think the immediate
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  Speaker 1: thought was that it was an attempt to maybe draw
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  Speaker 1: the Packers off side and then set up a push
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  Speaker 1: play or something to that effect. But I personally would
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  Speaker 1: have brought out Braydon Mann, the Eagles punter, who was
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  Speaker 1: having a stellar season by the way, to attempt a
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  Speaker 1: pooch punt. But Nick Sirianni after the game didn't seem
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  Speaker 1: to even take the punting aspect of it into account.
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  Speaker 1: He did cite the field goal and that the wind
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  Speaker 1: being a detriment at that time and impeding the ability,
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  Speaker 1: and that the kick because of it would have to
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  Speaker 1: be a lower trajectory type of kick. And he didn't
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  Speaker 1: express any intent to punt, but he instead entrusted his
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  Speaker 1: offense to put the final nail in the proverbial coffin.
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  Speaker 1: And so the play resulted in a relatively low percentage
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  Speaker 1: throw down the left sideline to aj Brown, who was
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  Speaker 1: closely guarded by Packers cornerback Carrington Valentine. The pass was incomplete,
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  Speaker 1: we all know that, and it return possession to the
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  Speaker 1: Packers at their own thirty six with twenty seven seconds remaining.
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  Speaker 1: Now that play didn't ultimately come back to haunt the Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: it very easily could have without an inspired defensive performance,
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  Speaker 1: and that was just Jaywen Phillips blowing up Packers tight
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  Speaker 1: end Luke Musgrave getting to Josh Jacobs and Red Blanket
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  Speaker 1: Ship pouncing on the football. But it was also Moro
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  Speaker 1: Jomo calling out the play before it happened about the
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  Speaker 1: inside zone this way, and I think that it speaks
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  Speaker 1: to Morow's football acumen. He's a highly intelligent player. But
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  Speaker 1: it was just a snapshot in time of how impressive
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  Speaker 1: this defense is, and was on Monday night, and so
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  Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni had a couple of days to reflect on
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  Speaker 1: that and did he still agree with his decision? Was
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  Speaker 1: it even his decision to throw a pass in that situation.
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  Speaker 3: Here's what he said.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, every time you go into a game, you know
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  Speaker 1: the plays that were running on fourth down. Obviously you
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  Speaker 1: know the plays that are being run the whole time,
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  Speaker 1: but specifically fourth down, because when you go into that
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  Speaker 1: and a fourth down decision works, that's great.
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  Speaker 3: It continues drives, and in that case, it would have
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  Speaker 3: ended the game.
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  Speaker 1: If it doesn't work, you understand as a head coach,
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  Speaker 1: it's all going to be on you. Obviously you're very
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  Speaker 1: in tune with everything that goes on and is in
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  Speaker 1: that play. So knew exactly what play we were calling,
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  Speaker 1: everything that went into it.
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  Speaker 3: On that particular one, it didn't work.
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  Speaker 1: Now, there have been suggestions that the past play was
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  Speaker 1: a result of a spur of the moment collaboration between
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown, but Sirianni poured cold water
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  Speaker 1: on that sentiment, saying, I knew exactly what the play
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  Speaker 1: was that we were calling, and that run and that
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  Speaker 1: was run at that moment. So yeah, hopefully there's some
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  Speaker 1: clarity on that situation. I know a lot of you
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  Speaker 1: maybe had some thoughts on that play or wanted some
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  Speaker 1: clarification in some regard, and those were the answers that
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  Speaker 1: he provided with that context there. What about AJ Brown,
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  Speaker 1: We talked a little bit about it, and on the surface,
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  Speaker 1: it appeared that the Eagles were getting him back after
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  Speaker 1: the hamstring injury and he was going to provide an
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  Speaker 1: immediate jolt to an enigmatic offensive unit. Right So, on paper,
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  Speaker 1: especially with Nate Hobbs, the Packers cornerback out, it projected
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  Speaker 1: to be an opportune spot for the Eagles to Pepper
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  Speaker 1: the team star receiver in the passing game with volume.
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  Speaker 1: At first, things seemed to go according to plan. I
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  Speaker 1: mentioned the tube receptions for thirteen yards in the opening drive.
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  Speaker 1: It seemed to be skewing towards an Aj heavy game,
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  Speaker 1: but that would remain brown stat line at the conclusion
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  Speaker 1: of the Eagles ten to seven win. So Nick sirian
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  Speaker 1: Is often talked about contribution over credit after the game.
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  Speaker 1: In the video, he mentioned sometimes you sometimes me always us,
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  Speaker 1: which was a message that he shared last season. On
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  Speaker 1: an episode of Unscripted, The message, by Way was inspired
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  Speaker 1: by a shirt worn by wide receiver Johnny Wilson at
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  Speaker 1: the time, who saw that through an Instagram ad.
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  Speaker 3: A little interesting nugget there.
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  Speaker 1: But you can embody a team first mindset, and that's
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  Speaker 1: going to be prevalent in any workforce. But you also
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  Speaker 1: have to get your primary players, your big time players,
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  Speaker 1: someone who can change the game involved early. And he's
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  Speaker 1: among the best players at his position across the entire league,
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  Speaker 1: and he wants the ball in those high leverage moments.
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  Speaker 1: He thrives when he makes an impact. He said that repeatedly.
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  Speaker 1: But aside from games against the Rams and the Vikings,
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  Speaker 1: Brown remains underutilized on an offensive starve for a dynamic
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  Speaker 1: passing game. So for perspective, Brown, who has four hundred
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  Speaker 1: and eight receiving yards on thirty one catches along with
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  Speaker 1: three touchdowns, is down in a handful of categories including
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  Speaker 1: receptions per game three point nine, yards per game fifty one,
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  Speaker 1: average yards per target seven point six. So I conclude
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  Speaker 1: with this what gives well. On Wednesday, Sirianni offered his thoughts.
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  Speaker 1: He said, if you look at that game, if you
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  Speaker 1: look at the game and how the game went. There
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  Speaker 1: are a lot of plays in that game that are
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  Speaker 1: going that are going to him that for different reasons.
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  Speaker 1: Don't for instance, DeVante Smith touchdown, that play is going
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  Speaker 1: to AJ. They took it away and he threw it
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  Speaker 1: over the top. You can't just look at stats. You
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  Speaker 1: can't paint the picture that way. I know that sometimes
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  Speaker 1: is all the information that you guys may have, but
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  Speaker 1: you can't look at it that way and just say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: here's how the game is playing out.
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  Speaker 3: There are reasons in different things.
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  Speaker 1: AJ Brown is one of the best wide receivers in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, so of course we're trying.
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  Speaker 3: To get him involved in the game every single time.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes it goes like it did in the Rams game
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  Speaker 1: or the Vikings game, and sometimes it goes like it
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  Speaker 1: did in the last game. So there's Nick Sirianni's context
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  Speaker 1: and response to the curious utilization of AJ Brown in
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  Speaker 1: the Packers game. Again, I do think that AJ is
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  Speaker 1: going to be incorporated heavily into the offensive game plan
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  Speaker 1: Sunday Night against the Lions, and for the Eagles to
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  Speaker 1: beat the Lions, he has to be.
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  Speaker 3: He's one of the best players on the team.
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  Speaker 1: And the passing game, as Nick Serroani has said, runs
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  Speaker 1: through AJ Brown, DeVante Smith, and Dallas Goddard, the primary
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  Speaker 1: focus being AJ Brown. So those are my notes here
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  Speaker 1: on a Wednesday evening, the first day of media availability.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles return to practice tomorrow about two point fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll hear from Vic Vangil, Eagles defensive coordinator. It's
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  Speaker 1: been a little bit since we heard from Vic. I
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  Speaker 1: can't wait to hear what he has to say about
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  Speaker 1: his dominant defense, shutting down the Packers offense, and some
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  Speaker 1: of his thoughts about the Detroit Lions who are coming
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  Speaker 1: into town and the challenges that they present. But that's
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  Speaker 1: going to do it for this edition of the Czech
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  Speaker 1: O Daily. I'm Andrew Tocheko and I will catch you
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  Speaker 1: on the next one h