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The DiCecco Daily: Projecting Roles For Eagles Rookies In 2026 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everybody?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of to check Odaly. It's Andrew
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  Speaker 2: de Checko here, Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds dot Com.
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  Speaker 1: Now today's topic.
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  Speaker 2: I was thinking of doing the Eagles twenty twenty six
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  Speaker 2: draft pick that was going to have the biggest impact
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  Speaker 2: this season, but I think it's pretty clear that that
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  Speaker 2: would be McKay Lemon. There's not anyone else that would
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  Speaker 2: really be in contention. So instead I'm gonna pivot go
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  Speaker 2: through the draft picks and try to determine their projected
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  Speaker 2: roles entering the twenty twenty sixth season. Okay, so that
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  Speaker 2: brings us to McKay Lemon, who the Eagles drafted.
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  Speaker 1: In the first round.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, and you know, with McKay lemon, it's pretty
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  Speaker 2: clear that he's going to be one of the Eagles'
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  Speaker 2: top two receivers this season.
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  Speaker 1: And DeVante's leads the way.
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  Speaker 2: But mackay Lemon, if he doesn't begin as the number two,
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  Speaker 2: I believe that he will eventually become the un questioned too.
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  Speaker 2: Now context is important here because makaye Lemon missed some
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  Speaker 2: valuable time during spring practices because he had the hamstring injury,
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  Speaker 2: and while he was getting those mental reps, which is
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  Speaker 2: hugely important, it's not the same as being on the field,
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  Speaker 2: going through the motions and being corrected and coached on
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  Speaker 2: the fly, so that needs to be taken into account.
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  Speaker 2: But everything that I've gathered about mackay Lemon suggests that
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  Speaker 2: he's a fast learner. He's coming from a system at
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  Speaker 2: USC where he had to do some different things, so
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  Speaker 2: it's not like all of a sudden he's being exposed
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  Speaker 2: to a durssically different route tree and has to master that.
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  Speaker 2: One of his strengths is route running and being technically
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  Speaker 2: savvy in that area.
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  Speaker 1: Landmarks are something.
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  Speaker 2: That he has really been able to master and that
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  Speaker 2: should elicit trust from Jalen Hurts. But we'll have to
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  Speaker 2: see how he begins training camp, and it could be
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of a slow burn, or he could
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  Speaker 2: hit the ground running.
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  Speaker 1: It all depends.
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  Speaker 2: But wide receiver is a tricky position to learn as
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  Speaker 2: a rookie, and certainly I would imagine in this offense
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  Speaker 2: where details are paramount, and that was never more evident
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  Speaker 2: than when Dontavian Wick sort of outlined what it takes
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  Speaker 2: to be an effective receiver in this kind of an offense,
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  Speaker 2: and he highlighted the details, and it's not something that
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  Speaker 2: you can kind of just bank on talent or anything
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 1: You have to really be skilled and.
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  Speaker 2: Really nuanced and how you approach it and how you
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  Speaker 2: attack it and your role in that and where you
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  Speaker 2: line up and different things. You can throw off an
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  Speaker 2: entire play if you're not lined up properly or if
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  Speaker 2: you're just even.
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  Speaker 1: A hair off.
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  Speaker 2: So for me, that's where my questions really are with
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  Speaker 2: makay Lemon mastering the finer intricacies of the receiver position
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  Speaker 2: within the context of this offense. But once you put
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  Speaker 2: all that aside, his natural ability is eventually going to
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  Speaker 2: take over, and in a true West Coast offense, which
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  Speaker 2: this is, you're going to see him really thrive as
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  Speaker 2: an interior receiver, someone who can work the short to
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  Speaker 2: intermediate levels, create yards after the catch. He will go
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  Speaker 2: up there and fight for the football. He's never shied
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  Speaker 2: away from fighting for the ball in traffic. And so
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  Speaker 2: you couple all of those things together, and I would
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  Speaker 2: imagine that in another offense where it's more of a
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  Speaker 2: high volume passing offense, he would be a volume based
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  Speaker 2: receiver all that said, I still think he's going to
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  Speaker 2: finish with the second most targets and receptions from this
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  Speaker 2: receiving group behind Davonte Smith, with Dantavian Wicks coming in
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  Speaker 2: as the third option. So that's kind of the way
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  Speaker 2: that I'm foreseeing Makai Lemon, and I'm very much looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to watching him in training camp, especially in the
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  Speaker 2: one on one matchups where route running, precision and some
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  Speaker 2: of the craftiness that I think he brings to the
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  Speaker 2: table will be fascinating to see when he's going up
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  Speaker 2: against someone like a Rake Wohen at six foot four
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  Speaker 2: with Mackay Lemon being whatever he is five to eleven.
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  Speaker 1: So that's something that I'll.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly be keeping an eye on and very much looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to. In the second round, pick number fifty four,
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles took tight end Eli Stowers at a Vanderbilt
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  Speaker 2: and Eli Stowers along with Uar Bernard. I've gone on
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  Speaker 2: record saying there are the two picks that I like
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  Speaker 2: the most for the Eagles because Stowers was a player
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  Speaker 2: that I was immensely high on for a couple of
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  Speaker 2: seasons at the.
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  Speaker 1: College football level.
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  Speaker 2: I like his ability to be able to line up
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  Speaker 2: at different spots, including the X spot, where I think
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles could deploy him occasionally.
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  Speaker 1: And while he's still a work in progress as.
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  Speaker 2: A blocker, which I ultimately think think is going to
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  Speaker 2: limit his overall effect inness and probably reduce some of
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  Speaker 2: his snaps this season, he does have an immense athletic
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  Speaker 2: profile where he can be a three level threat even
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  Speaker 2: though he's not a proficient blocker. I would have to
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  Speaker 2: imagine that the Eagles are going to find ways to
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  Speaker 2: get him onto the field, find creative ways to get
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  Speaker 2: the ball in his hands, and let the natural athleticism
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  Speaker 2: take over. That being said, I still think he will
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  Speaker 2: be sporadically worked in. I don't envision a hefty workload
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  Speaker 2: for Stours in year one, but then things stand to
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  Speaker 2: change in his second season, where that's where I'm expecting
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  Speaker 2: the passing of the proverbial baton from Dallas god Or
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  Speaker 2: to Eli Stowers and that's really where you're going to
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  Speaker 2: see him take his game to another level. But with
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  Speaker 2: the player that talented and where you drafted him in
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  Speaker 2: the second round, there's going to be a role for him,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't know that it will be in the
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  Speaker 2: traditional sense. I imagine that You're going to find ways to
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  Speaker 2: align him around the formations, find ways to create advantageous
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  Speaker 2: matchups that he can that really accentuate Stours' ability to win.
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  Speaker 2: And he does have a route running prowess, he does
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  Speaker 2: have really good ball skills, and.
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  Speaker 1: He's dynamic in space.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think I know that he's technically the
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  Speaker 2: number two tight end. I believe that will be Johnny
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  Speaker 2: Munt because Johnny Munt allows the Eagles to do some
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  Speaker 2: different things and he's a very, very sound blocker, which
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  Speaker 2: is going to be essential in this offense. And if
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  Speaker 2: you look back on any of the successful offenses with
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  Speaker 2: the influences that Sean Mannion is coming in with, whether
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  Speaker 2: it's Sean McVay, Kyle Shanahan, all those had really exceptional
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  Speaker 2: blockers in some area of their tight end room. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: they weren't necessarily the starters, but George Kittle, for example,
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  Speaker 2: really good blocker. And Tucker Craft is a depth at
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  Speaker 2: blocking as well. And so Dallas Goddard big question there
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  Speaker 2: because he regressed pretty significantly as a blocker, so he's
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  Speaker 2: he's going to have to rebound a little bit. You'd
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  Speaker 2: like to see him rebound a little bit to give
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles a little bit more of a well rounded
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  Speaker 2: option there. But Johnny Munt, to me, is going to
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  Speaker 2: take on more of a workload than Stours just because
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  Speaker 2: there's a defined role for him, and I believe that
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  Speaker 2: he's going to be really key in the running game
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  Speaker 2: this season, whereas I see Stours as a situational receiving
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  Speaker 2: option that the Eagles will look to exploit some different
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  Speaker 2: matchups that work in his favor in the offensive favor.
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  Speaker 1: But that's my projection right now for Eli Stowers.
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  Speaker 2: As a rookie third round pick pick sixty eight, Markel
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  Speaker 2: Bell out of Miami. The Eagles have Fred Johnson at
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  Speaker 2: offensive tackle. They have.
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  Speaker 1: Not much behind Fred Johnson, So Markel.
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  Speaker 2: Bell is a player that I know that a lot
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  Speaker 2: of folks are eager to see on the field, especially
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  Speaker 2: in the preseason where he stands to get a lot
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  Speaker 2: of work. But I view him as someone who still
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  Speaker 2: needs a little bit more seasoning.
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  Speaker 1: He's not quite ready yet.
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  Speaker 2: That could change in training camp depending on how he performs.
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  Speaker 2: The team's clearly high on him, and I do believe
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  Speaker 2: that he carries significant upside, but sometimes the developmental piece
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  Speaker 2: takes a little bit of time. Maybe he's a year
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  Speaker 2: away from being the Fred Johnson of next season, or
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  Speaker 2: potentially a starter, depending on what happens or what Lane
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  Speaker 2: Johnson decides to do next season. But right now, knowing
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  Speaker 2: that you have Fred Johnson and he's signed to a
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  Speaker 2: one year deal, he's going to be your swing.
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  Speaker 1: Tackle on game day. Barring something unforeseen, maybe Mark L.
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  Speaker 2: Bell lights it up and all of a sudden, Fred
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  Speaker 2: Johnson becomes potentially expendable. But I just think Fred carries
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  Speaker 2: a lot of value for this season where the window
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  Speaker 2: is open, and I think he solidifies that role in
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  Speaker 2: the immediacy, whereas Markel Bell is sort of a player
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  Speaker 2: with the eye towards the future.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't think you'll see much of MARKL.
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  Speaker 2: Bell. Maybe in the A season finale or something like that,
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  Speaker 2: but it would obviously take quite a bit of attrition
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  Speaker 2: for him to see the field in the regular season,
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  Speaker 2: unless there's just some blowouts and you.
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  Speaker 1: Want to try to get your rookie some opportunities there.
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  Speaker 2: Fifth round picked number one, seventy eight Cole Peyton out
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  Speaker 2: of North Dakota State.
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  Speaker 1: Cole Peyton's going to have to battle to make the.
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  Speaker 2: Roster to be clear and if he's able to put
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  Speaker 2: together enough enough I guess of a sample size in
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  Speaker 2: the preseason that suggests to the Eagles that they might
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  Speaker 2: have something there and they don't want to exploit him
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  Speaker 2: or expose him to waivers, then he would be the
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  Speaker 2: number three quarterback. But I look at Kyle McCord last
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  Speaker 2: season when training camp rolled around, he wasn't overly effective.
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  Speaker 2: In fact that he there were many practices where he
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  Speaker 2: had to question whether or not he belonged, and then
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  Speaker 2: he made the practice squad and then was ultimately signed
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  Speaker 2: to a futures deal by the Green Bay Packers. I
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  Speaker 2: think Cole Payton is a much more intriguing prospect and
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  Speaker 2: offers something different that Kyle McCord wasn't able to. He's
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  Speaker 2: more of a traditional quarterback, whereas Cole Payton has some
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  Speaker 2: athletics athleticism and you might be able to turn him
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  Speaker 2: loose in the way that Taysom Hill was able to
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  Speaker 2: affect the Saints' offense.
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  Speaker 1: But I still think we're not there yet.
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  Speaker 2: He's got to be able to demonstrate consistency in camp,
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  Speaker 2: show signs of growth as a passer and mechanically in
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  Speaker 2: order to make the roster, but I still have a
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  Speaker 2: hard time envisioning the Eagles carrying both Tanner McKee and
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  Speaker 2: Andy Dalton, both players you would think have some value,
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  Speaker 2: especially for a team that maybe isn't enthused with their
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  Speaker 2: depth at quarterback or maybe there's an injury. So I
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  Speaker 2: think from that perspective, maybe it's a Tanner McKee who.
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  Speaker 1: Has more value.
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine that Andy Dalton, and I think in
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  Speaker 2: that case, Cole Peyton would slide in as the number three.
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  Speaker 2: But he was always going to be a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a project, if you will. He wasn't a clean
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  Speaker 2: prospect where the mechanics were sound, and he was someone
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  Speaker 2: who was able to you can plug him right in
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  Speaker 2: and he's going to be able to orchestrate an NFL offense.
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  Speaker 2: But it's hard to look past those athletic qualities that
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  Speaker 2: I think separate him from a lot of the quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: that were drafted on Day three. And because of that,
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  Speaker 2: you don't want to run the risk of losing that
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  Speaker 2: player off waivers, and the Eagles have been a team
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  Speaker 2: that typically doesn't like to part with their draft picks prematurely.
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  Speaker 2: They want to give them the opportunity to continue to
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  Speaker 2: work with the coaching staff and develop.
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  Speaker 1: So I think Colt Peyton sticks as the number three.
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  Speaker 2: But other than that, I don't really foresee a path
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  Speaker 2: to playing time even in the season finale. But maybe
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  Speaker 2: you can get him a quarter in that case, but
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  Speaker 2: we're getting way ahead of ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's going to be the number three quarterback
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  Speaker 1: and that.
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  Speaker 2: Will buy and large be his role in twenty twenty six,
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  Speaker 2: six round, pick two oh seven Michael Morris out of Georgia.
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  Speaker 2: So Michael Morris is a player that you would think
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  Speaker 2: has a pretty good shot at making the team. The
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  Speaker 2: Eagles don't have a lot of interior depth along the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line. Now he's a Day three pick, so there's
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  Speaker 2: some projection there. But I like what I saw from
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  Speaker 2: him on tape at Georgia. He can play either guard spot,
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  Speaker 2: so there's some appeal there. Strong player, moves really well
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  Speaker 2: for his size, and he strikes me as a player
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  Speaker 2: that coming from Georgia, knowing his athletic profile, those kind
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  Speaker 2: of players typically team sniff around on the waiver wire
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  Speaker 2: for someone like that, And with Chris Cooper now with
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  Speaker 2: the Helm I just get the sense that as they
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  Speaker 2: continue to cross train him, he's going to have some
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  Speaker 2: value there and they're gonna want to work with him
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  Speaker 2: throughout the season, and he'll likely be an active on
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  Speaker 2: game days, but I think he's someone that they want
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  Speaker 2: to continue to work with. And that's all assuming that
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  Speaker 2: he performs well enough in training camp to warrant a
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  Speaker 2: roster spot in the seventh round, pick two forty four
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  Speaker 2: safety Cole was Nwski from Texas Tech. Cole was Nuski
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  Speaker 2: is another player who's going to have to make the team.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, I have him sticking as the fourth safety,
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  Speaker 2: but he didn't really participate all that much in team
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  Speaker 2: drills for most of the open practices to reporters, and.
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  Speaker 1: I like his size at six three two twenty.
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  Speaker 2: He profiles to me as someone who I think would
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  Speaker 2: be an effective gunner certainly someone who can be a
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  Speaker 2: mainstay on special teams. But he's going to have to
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  Speaker 2: outperform the likes of and Andre Sam who's now going
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  Speaker 2: into his third season in this defense, and players like that,
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  Speaker 2: Maximus Pulley at undrafted free agent Kapina Gushikin, who's an
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  Speaker 2: undersized player who gives you nickelback in safety versatility.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not necessarily a slam dunk that Cole was
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  Speaker 1: newsgame makes it.
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  Speaker 2: But all things being equal, I think that you have
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  Speaker 2: to tip your you know, I think it tips in
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  Speaker 2: the favor of the draft pick. But I think he's
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  Speaker 2: more of a special team's standout forth safety and someone
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  Speaker 2: who I think will be someone who can become an
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  Speaker 2: ace for Michael Clay assuming he makes the roster. But
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  Speaker 2: I think right now, as I mentioned, all things being equal,
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine that that he has the inside.
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  Speaker 1: Track at a spot.
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  Speaker 2: Who are Bernard defensive tackle out of Nigeria. Great story,
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  Speaker 2: It's been well told at this point.
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  Speaker 1: I've written about him at least a few times, but.
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  Speaker 2: Not someone that I expect to contribute for a couple
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  Speaker 2: of seasons. It's going to take some time for him
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  Speaker 2: to learn the game. He's going to be pretty much
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  Speaker 2: attached to the hip of defensive line coach Clint Hurt
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  Speaker 2: and mastering the the details of his position, continuing to
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  Speaker 2: if you can believe it or not, hit the weight
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  Speaker 2: room and get even stronger and just learn a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the things that the players that he'll be going
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  Speaker 2: will be in the room with this season have been
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  Speaker 2: doing since they were very young. And he's behind the
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  Speaker 2: eight ball a little bit, and the learning curve should
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  Speaker 2: be pretty steep. It's not always going to be as
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  Speaker 2: seamless as one would expect.
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  Speaker 1: And it took Jordan Mailatta.
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  Speaker 2: A few years before he was really able to enter
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  Speaker 2: the picture in a meaningful way. And the Eagles saw
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  Speaker 2: the ability in my Lota they kept him on the
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  Speaker 2: roster in twenty eighteen, and I imagine the Eagles are
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  Speaker 2: going to do the exact same thing with Bernard, knowing
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  Speaker 2: how much buzz there is around him. He's twenty one
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  Speaker 2: years old, six percent body fat. He was a sensation
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  Speaker 2: coming off that Pro Day and one of the.
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  Speaker 1: True feel good stories of Day three.
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  Speaker 2: Players like that, and I think a lot of times
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  Speaker 2: this gets overblown. Players like that would likely garner some
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  Speaker 2: attention on the waiver wire, when in reality, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of players really don't. I know that there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of widespread fear that their favorite player or training camp
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  Speaker 2: star is going to get clean.
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  Speaker 1: That doesn't always happen.
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  Speaker 2: But I think with Bernard, all it takes is one
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  Speaker 2: team to believe that they are the organization that could
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  Speaker 2: see it through and tap into something. And the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: knew that this was going to be a process. When
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  Speaker 2: they drafted them, that was understood. They're going to support them,
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  Speaker 2: They're going to rally around them, and they are committed
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  Speaker 2: to seeing this through, just like who are Bernard is?
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  Speaker 2: I believe he makes the fifty three and is weekly
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  Speaker 2: inactive as he continues to learn the game, and you
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  Speaker 2: can't put a price on how important it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be for him to be in the room with Clint
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  Speaker 2: Hurt and the defensive lineman throughout the season, be on
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  Speaker 2: the practice.
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  Speaker 1: Field, and just continue to grow.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think you'll see him on the football
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  Speaker 2: field for probably two seasons if ever. But you know,
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: not every story pans out the way that Jordan Malattis did.
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  Speaker 1: That's often the exception, not the rule.
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  Speaker 2: But I can tell you that there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: optimism that uor Bernard and the coaching staff that they
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  Speaker 2: have and the support system that they have are going
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  Speaker 2: to do everything in their power to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: this turns out favorably for both the organization and or
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  Speaker 2: or Bernard. Seventh round, pick two fifty two is re
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: wrap things up outside linebacker key Shawn James Nuby out
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  Speaker 2: of New Mexico, another player where the odds are stacked
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  Speaker 2: considerably against him from a numbers perspective.
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  Speaker 1: That changes when you.
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  Speaker 2: Get on the field and you know it's it's a
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  Speaker 2: clean slate and everyone's trying to make their mark. But
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: the Eagles did sign edge rusher aj Apanessa, who has
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  Speaker 2: ninety one games of experience nineteen starts, was a second
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  Speaker 2: round pick in twenty twenty, so he already comes into
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  Speaker 2: the situation, the battle, if you will, with a leg up,
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  Speaker 2: assuming he's healthy and everything checks out there. But you
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  Speaker 2: also have well, you no longer have Joe try On
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  Speaker 2: sru Yinka, but you have Jose Ramirez as well. And
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  Speaker 2: he's a player that's played in four games, he's played
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  Speaker 2: in the Canadian League.
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  Speaker 1: He's played I believe with either of them, maybe.
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  Speaker 2: The Buccaneers, But I think right now the inside track
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  Speaker 2: that's that's aj Epanessa, And I think Keyshawn James Newby's
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  Speaker 2: a little uefairly become an afterthought, someone who's already been
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  Speaker 2: written off largely before he's really been given an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to go out there on the field and try to
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  Speaker 2: make his mark or convince the coaches that he deserves
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  Speaker 1: Reps are going to be extremely limited for him.
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  Speaker 2: As they are for most players that are towards the
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  Speaker 1: So it's up to him to make the most of it.
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  Speaker 2: And then when you go into the preseason games, you
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  Speaker 2: have to approach that with a hunger and an aggressiveness
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  Speaker 2: and a sort of a take no prisoner's mentality, where
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  Speaker 2: Have to attack it and make sure that they remember
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  Speaker 1: And so.
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  Speaker 2: It's still too early to roll him out. He is
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  Speaker 2: But he's a player that I'll be keeping an eye on,
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  Speaker 2: especially during one on ones. He's a leaner type of
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: pass rusher. He's a speed guy, and how is he
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  Speaker 2: going to be able to handle the power and the
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: physicality that you need to combat some of these athletic
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: offensive tackles that just have this.
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  Speaker 1: This enormous you know, size and strength.
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  Speaker 2: This is a whole different ballgame than what he's coming in,
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: you know, accustomed to, So a huge question shemark there
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: as to how he'll be able to I guess quit
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  Speaker 2: himself with the opportunities that he does get. And right
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: now I would lean towards him not making the roster, but.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: I think you need to see.
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  Speaker 2: More and in order to be able to paint a
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: clearer picture. But that's the way that I'm envisioning all
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: of these draft picks entering training camp, and it's always
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: subject to change based off of practice and how things go.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: But right now, based off of the information that I've
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: gathered and the college film that I've watched of these
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: players and knowing the Eagles roster the way that I do,
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: that's kind of the way that I that I have
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: everything mapped out at the moment.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: But things can change. We'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: Training camp, by the way, is a month away, so
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: very exciting stuff coming down the pike and football we'll
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  Speaker 2: be back before you know it. That's going to do
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