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The DiCecco Daily: Intel From Eagles First Day Of Mandatory Minicamp · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's happened? Everybody?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of De Checko Daily. Andrew di
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  Speaker 2: Checo here with you, Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds dot Com.
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  Speaker 2: We have day one of mandatory mini camp notes to
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  Speaker 2: get to today, and please bear with me if I'm
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  Speaker 2: a little scatterbrained, because I have a lot of my
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  Speaker 2: notes here that are written out, and I will try
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  Speaker 2: my best to formulate them so that it makes sense.
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  Speaker 2: I have not yet written my observation, so I'm getting
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  Speaker 2: it to you guys first. But before we get started,
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  Speaker 2: I thought it was really interesting that Mike Garriffolo of
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  Speaker 2: NFL Network reported that former Eagles wide receiver AJ Brown
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  Speaker 2: visited the facility last week to pick up some items
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  Speaker 2: and say goodbye, and then he also signed a photo
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  Speaker 2: that was there and it said the best to ever
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  Speaker 2: play here, always open and he signed it.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting. If he's talking about the best.
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  Speaker 2: Receiver to play in Philadelphia, which is how I sort
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  Speaker 2: of perceived it and interpreted the message, you could certainly
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  Speaker 2: make a case. In my opinion, I would say yes.
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  Speaker 2: But there's a lot of great ones. DeShawn Jackson, My Quick,
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  Speaker 2: Harold Carmichael, There's there's so many. If he's talking about
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  Speaker 2: the best player in franchise history, man, uh no, there's
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  Speaker 2: there's no shot. There's no shot at that, especially when
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  Speaker 2: you have someone like Lane Johnson on the team he
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  Speaker 2: used to play for no less. But if he's talking
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  Speaker 2: about the best wide receiver to come through Philadelphia, he
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  Speaker 2: certainly has a case. And that might be something fun
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  Speaker 2: to do in the six weeks where there's no football
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  Speaker 2: or practice or anything like that to kind of go through.
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  Speaker 1: It could be something that we re revisit later on.
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  Speaker 2: But let's get to the practice opsers from.
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday, and.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles started off well, let you know what, Let's
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  Speaker 2: do an attendance report because the only player to my
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  Speaker 2: eye that was not there was edge rusher Joe Tryon
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  Speaker 2: show Yanka. And for the days that the media has
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  Speaker 2: been there for, we have not seen Joe try On
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  Speaker 2: show Yinka. But present and not practicing today wide receiver
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  Speaker 2: Makay Lemon, who is still nursing the hamstring injury even
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  Speaker 2: no surprise, because you don't want to run the risk
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  Speaker 2: of reaggravation. This gives him time to let it heal
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  Speaker 2: fully and you're able to get to training camp full strength.
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  Speaker 1: He has enough time to work through that. No surprise there.
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  Speaker 2: Wide receiver Britain Covey was present and didn't practice, so
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  Speaker 2: was Jehide Campbell, Carson Steele, the running back, linebacker Chandler Martin,
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  Speaker 2: tight end Grant cal Kata, and defensive.
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  Speaker 1: Back Tucker Large.
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  Speaker 2: Tucker Large is on the reserve non football injury list,
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  Speaker 2: and I actually saw Chandler Martin and Tucker Large working
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  Speaker 2: on the second field. I guess it would be with
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  Speaker 2: the trainer and they were doing some sprints. So they
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  Speaker 2: are working and trying to get you know, trying to
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  Speaker 2: get some work in while they are sidelined. And I
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  Speaker 2: think after the ball security drill, my focus diverted to
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  Speaker 2: the offensive line, where I really wanted to fixate on
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  Speaker 2: offensive line coach Chris Cooper because for one, of course,
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  Speaker 2: he's replacing a legendary figure in Philadelphia and in the
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  Speaker 2: organization in Jeff Stoutland.
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  Speaker 1: But I also wanted.
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  Speaker 2: To see how he was teaching and just his presence
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  Speaker 2: in practice, and what we've seen, or what I've seen
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  Speaker 2: for the last handful of times that it's been open,
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  Speaker 2: is that you see someone who is very intense. He's
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  Speaker 2: has a lot of energy, he's implementing some different things
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  Speaker 2: in terms of, you know, tools to work with, and
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of tempo to his offensive line session
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  Speaker 2: when he's working with those players. But I think most
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  Speaker 2: interestingly was that he's overseeing a group now that has
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  Speaker 2: a lot of veterans there, those who have worked only
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  Speaker 2: with Jeff Stoutland, and so how do you go about
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  Speaker 2: sort of commanding that buy in or you know, trying
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  Speaker 2: to convince someone like Elane Johnson or Jordan Mylotta that
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  Speaker 2: this is what we're implementing here is for the best.
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  Speaker 2: And he mentioned Lane Johnson mentioned after practice his playing experience,
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  Speaker 2: and then talking to former Minnesota Vikings players like Brian
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  Speaker 2: O'Neill who spoke very highly of Chris Cooper. So I
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  Speaker 2: was able to kind of really pay attention to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his coaching, his directives and things of that nature. Cross
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  Speaker 2: training could end up being something that you see some
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  Speaker 2: more of with him. And I look at even in
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  Speaker 2: the early going, during the early stages of practice when
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  Speaker 2: it was just the offensive lineman, I saw Drew Kendall
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  Speaker 2: getting some work at left guard, Markel Bell, who had
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  Speaker 2: been replacing Lane Johnson at right tackle.
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  Speaker 1: When Lane wasn't there.
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  Speaker 2: He was working at left tackle, someone like Michael Morris
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  Speaker 2: and Cameron Williams were working on the right side. Just
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  Speaker 2: some observations there, and it's something that I noted and
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  Speaker 2: I will be keeping an eye on seeing if that
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  Speaker 2: trend continues in training camp. And so you saw that,
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  Speaker 2: and then eventually they got into seven on sevens. So
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  Speaker 2: seven on sevens, I feel the need to I've said
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  Speaker 2: this on this podcast, I've written about it, but I
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  Speaker 2: feel it needs reiterating. The Eagles are in the early
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  Speaker 2: stages of this offense offensive implementation under first year coordinator
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  Speaker 2: Sean Mannion. So this is where it's the introductory phase.
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  Speaker 2: You're learning verbage, You're trying to figure out the strengths
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  Speaker 2: of your players. The players are trying to learn the personnel,
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  Speaker 2: and the personnel is trying to find ways to best
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  Speaker 2: utilize the players that they have and maximize their ability.
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  Speaker 2: And so with that growing pain should be expected. That's
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  Speaker 2: what spring practices are for. You're trying different things. You're
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  Speaker 2: working on implementing it through the vision of Sean Mannion
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  Speaker 2: and in a collaborative approach really with his coaches as
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  Speaker 2: well that are versed in the background that he's bringing in,
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  Speaker 2: and you really won't be able to see the total molding,
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  Speaker 2: and it probably won't be fully repped up until you
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  Speaker 2: get the training camp, even in the later stages of camp.
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  Speaker 2: But it shouldn't really be a surprise that the defense
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  Speaker 2: looked cohesive, they looked poised, and they were fast flowing.
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  Speaker 2: They made a lot of plays early on.
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  Speaker 1: They were.
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  Speaker 2: I guess, closing on the football quickly. And when you
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  Speaker 2: have players that have played within that system for three years,
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  Speaker 2: many of them and many of them have also learned
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  Speaker 2: under Vic Vangiel for the three years that he's been
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  Speaker 2: in Philadelphia, that shouldn't really.
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  Speaker 1: Be a surprise.
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  Speaker 2: But what I can tell you from an offensive standpoint
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  Speaker 2: is that you're seeing Jaywen Hurts do a lot of
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  Speaker 2: under center.
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  Speaker 1: You're seeing motion being implemented.
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  Speaker 2: You were seeing some of the eye candy type of
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  Speaker 2: things that you were hoping to see with Kellen Moore.
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  Speaker 1: You're seeing that. Now we'll see how.
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  Speaker 2: It continues to develop and evolve when the Eagles return
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  Speaker 2: for training camp. They still have one more day of
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  Speaker 2: mandatory mini camp, but I think that this is all
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  Speaker 2: something that's going to greatly benefit Jaywin Hurts not only
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  Speaker 2: jaywhen hurts, but the entire offense, the offensive line and
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  Speaker 2: learning this new outside zone schemes and some of the
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  Speaker 2: different things that the offensive linemen are going to be
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  Speaker 2: tasked with doing. And you know that the defense had
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  Speaker 2: some plays early. Jeremiah Trotter Junior is a player who
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  Speaker 2: continues to stand out to me. He nearly picked off
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  Speaker 2: Andy Dalton. He plays with great anticipation. He always seems
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  Speaker 2: to be in the right place at the right time.
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  Speaker 2: He's highly instinctive, and it seems like whenever he's on
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  Speaker 2: the field, he finds a way to make plays. Jay
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  Speaker 2: loox Hunt is another player that deserves a mention here
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  Speaker 2: because he looks increasingly more comfortable dropping in the coverage.
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  Speaker 2: He has a good feel for landmarks and when he
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  Speaker 2: sinks into the coverage, he's able to read the eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Of the quarterback. This is the guy who led the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles in interceptions last season.
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  Speaker 2: He picked off Andy Dalton in seven on sevens and
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  Speaker 2: then during a situational period he stormed into the backfield
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  Speaker 2: that likely would have been a sack. I think, and
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  Speaker 2: I've said that this will be a breakout season for
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  Speaker 2: jaloks Hunt. I think he could approach double digit sacks
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  Speaker 2: a certainly playing the opposite Jonathan Bernard, and I think this.
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  Speaker 1: Is sort of the start of it.
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  Speaker 2: Every year he's made leaps, this one feels like he's
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  Speaker 2: primed for the breakthrough, the door down and announcing his
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  Speaker 2: presence to the rest of the NFL. Certainly don't want
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  Speaker 2: to never put too much pressure or get too carried away.
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  Speaker 2: But when you look at his build and he's growing
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  Speaker 2: into this position, he was a converted safety last season.
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  Speaker 2: He led the edge rushers and snaps, he led the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles and interceptions, quarterback hits.
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  Speaker 1: He's just a productive football player.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that he's proven that the more he's
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  Speaker 2: out there, the more snaps and reps that he's getting,
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  Speaker 2: the better he's becoming. And Riek Wohen is another player
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  Speaker 2: that deserves to be talked about here because in every
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  Speaker 2: practice he's made a play. I've talked plenty about his
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  Speaker 2: size at six foot four, his blazing speed, the uniqueness
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  Speaker 2: of his frame makes it so difficult for players to
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  Speaker 2: sort of get around him. He made another nice play
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  Speaker 2: on a ball over the middle to Devonte Smith, and
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  Speaker 2: I think what I'm most taken about is his ability
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  Speaker 2: to flip his hips and run with receivers normally not
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  Speaker 2: normally often when you see players of that makeup, they're
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  Speaker 2: usually stiff or they don't run particularly well.
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  Speaker 1: He can do all of that. It's not about ability
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  Speaker 1: with him.
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  Speaker 2: It's about consistency playing within the confines of that defense and.
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  Speaker 1: Being a dependable player down in and down out.
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  Speaker 2: And if he's able to do that, and it certainly
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  Speaker 2: seems like vic Vangil, at least in the early going,
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  Speaker 2: is bullish enriek one, and why would he not be.
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  Speaker 2: They're still in the you know, the early process of
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  Speaker 2: things here. But if he's able to really hone in
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  Speaker 2: and fine tune some things and master the details of
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  Speaker 2: this defense, the Eagles are gonna have a big time
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  Speaker 2: player there at corner because he's gonna see a lot
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  Speaker 2: of action and he's equipped to handle that and make
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  Speaker 2: some plays on the football, as we've seen early in
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  Speaker 2: his career.
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  Speaker 1: But Jalen hurts.
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  Speaker 2: In seven on seven's there was an overthrow Tovante Smith.
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  Speaker 2: Davante got behind looked like it was Marcus EPs Enrique Wollen.
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  Speaker 1: This is the first or early throw in the seven
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  Speaker 1: on seven sessions. Davante won the pass was just out
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  Speaker 1: of reach. It was a little too far.
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  Speaker 2: The the second team corners initially for seven on sevens
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  Speaker 2: Jonathan Jones on the outside, Keilely Ringo on the other side.
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  Speaker 2: The linebackers were Chance Campbell, who had a nice practice
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  Speaker 2: and Smile Mandan who also had a nice practice. Then
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  Speaker 2: you had the secondary of Andre Sam, Michael Carter and
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  Speaker 2: Mac McWilliams playing nickel. Andy Dalton again took the second
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  Speaker 2: team work at quarterback, which is now notable because for
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  Speaker 2: the practices that we've been there for at least the
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  Speaker 2: last three, Andy Dalton's been working with the second team.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that's just the day that it falls, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was my understanding that there have been rotating between
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  Speaker 2: Tanner McKee and Andy Dalton. But it seems like Andy
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  Speaker 2: Dalton is becoming or growing into the number two role.
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  Speaker 2: But that's not to say that previously in the other
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  Speaker 2: ota days that we weren't there because we were there
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  Speaker 2: for two of the six that Tanner McKee wasn't working
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  Speaker 2: with the twos. But on this day, what I can
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  Speaker 2: tell you is that it was again Andy Dalton working
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  Speaker 2: with the second team.
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  Speaker 1: And it was a mixed bag. Really, it was a
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  Speaker 1: mixed bag for the offense.
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  Speaker 2: There were some good and there were some plays that
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure they would like to have back, but it's
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  Speaker 2: all part of this process of growing and installing a
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  Speaker 2: new system and trying some different things. And Jaywen had
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  Speaker 2: some nice throws, Andy Dalton had some nice throws.
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  Speaker 1: Tanner McKee had sort of a nice bounce back practice.
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  Speaker 2: The quarterback who didn't necessarily make the most of his
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  Speaker 2: I believe six reps was rookie Cole Payton, who I
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  Speaker 2: thought and the practice last week did a did some
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  Speaker 2: good things. But in this one, and we'll get to
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  Speaker 2: it later, I thought that there were he left something
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  Speaker 2: to be desired. But there's a lot of passes to
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  Speaker 2: the running backs, is what I've noticed. And Saquon Barkley's
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  Speaker 2: been a popular target from to Jalen Hurts. He's been
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  Speaker 2: a good outlet receiver, dependable one. And Will Shipley has
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  Speaker 2: factored in a little bit as well as a receiver.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see if that becomes something that the offense looks
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  Speaker 2: too a little bit more this year, because it hasn't
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  Speaker 2: really been a facet of the offense in recent years.
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  Speaker 1: We seem to be tantalized with that or.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe even deceived in the summer because it doesn't manifest
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  Speaker 2: in the regular season despite seeing an influx of that
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  Speaker 2: during training camp.
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  Speaker 2: I thought there were times in the seven on seven
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  Speaker 2: sessions that maybe Jalent held on to the ball a
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  Speaker 2: little bit too long. There is a play that he
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  Speaker 2: ends up hitting Saquon over the middle, the play that
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  Speaker 2: I'm referring to and Smile mind and have really good
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  Speaker 2: coverage there. Smile Monn also had really nice coverage on
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  Speaker 2: Hollywood Brown. It was on a Jay when hurts ball
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  Speaker 2: at the force the incompletion on what looked to be
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: a busted coverage, Andy Dalton hit Elijah Moore for a
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  Speaker 2: touchdown which was probably twenty five or thirty yards down
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  Speaker 2: the right sideline. I'm not exactly sure who was in
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  Speaker 2: coverage on that play. It looked like it could have
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  Speaker 2: been Mac McWilliams or Andre Sam but it definitely looked
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  Speaker 2: like it was a busted coverage.
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  Speaker 1: And the play that I was.
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  Speaker 2: Talking about that Jeremiah Trotter Junior almost picked off Andy Dalton.
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  Speaker 2: He jumped in front of will Shipley and in that session,
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  Speaker 2: in that period there, Cole Payton got three reps. Nice
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  Speaker 2: pass breakup on one of the tryout players, Bryce I got,
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: I got, Yeah, I gotta figure out the name here,
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: but I want to get that too.
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  Speaker 1: Because the Eagles while I'm thinking.
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  Speaker 2: Of it had some tryout players that were here, and
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  Speaker 2: it was Bryce Ford, Wheaton, Brandon Hayes who was recently
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  Speaker 2: waived when the Eagles signed defensive tackles Ion Wilson.
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  Speaker 1: James Proche who's been in the league a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: He was also at Eagles practice as well on a
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  Speaker 2: tryout basis, but.
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  Speaker 1: Three castro fields broke up a play to Bryce Ford.
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  Speaker 1: We special teams.
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  Speaker 2: The punt returners were Hollywood Brown, James Proche, and Cooper
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  Speaker 2: Dejen something maybe to file away. Remember Britain Covey did
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  Speaker 2: not practice today, So without Britain Covey, without Kaye Lemon,
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  Speaker 2: I think that that's probably why you saw four different
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  Speaker 2: tryout receivers. The fourth player who was wearing number forty
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  Speaker 2: one the last name Davis. I haven't been able to
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  Speaker 2: pinpoint just yet, but there were four players at receiver
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  Speaker 2: during the mandatory mini camp Day one session. You saw
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  Speaker 2: bass when the Eagles went the team Cooper Degen drew MCA,
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  Speaker 2: but safety Byron Young was in for Jalen Carter. Jalen Carter,
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  Speaker 2: while he was present, he didn't participate in team drills.
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  Speaker 2: Not really surprised as he's sort of you know, recovering
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  Speaker 2: from from the shoulder, and Jonathan Jones had a nice
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: pass breakup during a situational period, Andy Dalton threw it
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  Speaker 2: to Elijah Moore deep left. Jonathan Jones was all over
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  Speaker 2: for the past breakup and there was an end around
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  Speaker 2: to Danny Gray, but Chance Campbell sniffed that one out.
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  Speaker 1: Chance Campbell has has flashed a little bit again.
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  Speaker 2: We're not gonna get carried away, but all you have
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  Speaker 2: to base your information off of is what we you know.
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  Speaker 1: For me is what I've seen, and.
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  Speaker 2: For what I've seen, Chance Campbell has he's an active player.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's physical, and he's willing to mix it up,
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  Speaker 2: and he seems to be more often than not in
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  Speaker 2: the right place. Still has a long ways to go
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: to elbow his way in roster for roster consideration, at
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  Speaker 2: least in my estimation right now, but I thought it
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  Speaker 2: was notable that he was able to produce when his
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: number was called. Johnny Wilson has made some nice plays
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  Speaker 2: over the past few practices. Really, he seemed to be
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: a player that Andy Dalton feels really comfortable with, especially
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: on those inbreaking routes. He uses his frame well to
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: snatch the football way and shield defenders. Highwood Brown's been
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: another option for Andy Dalton, and I thought that that
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  Speaker 2: was something worth mentioning. Is that Johnny Wilson seems to
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: be and the pads aren't on yet. We'll see what
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: happens when the lights come on in training camp, and
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: you know that's sort of the big stage, the ultimate
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: proving grounds. But Johnny Wilson seems to be building off
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  Speaker 2: of what he was able to do before he suffered
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  Speaker 2: the injury last summer, and the more reps that he
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: gets it seems the more comfort well he's becoming. No
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: coincidence there. Jaywen Hurts had a really nice deep ball
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  Speaker 2: to e J Jenkins down the scene. It was Drew
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  Speaker 2: mccooba and Riq Wollen and coverage there. And you have
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  Speaker 2: to remember the way that at least for seven on
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  Speaker 2: seven is the way that it's geared is for the
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  Speaker 2: offense to have that advantage. That's just a nature of it.
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  Speaker 2: It's a passing essentially, a passing drill. But when you
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  Speaker 2: get the team that's where I wrote. You wrote really
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  Speaker 2: able to see the defense bear down and how active
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  Speaker 2: and intense they are and how they sort of operate
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  Speaker 2: in unison. I thought early in practice DeVante Smith was
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: a popular target for Jalalen Hurts well. Later in the session,
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  Speaker 2: it looked like he forced one to Davante as he
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  Speaker 2: was sort of rolling to his right.
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  Speaker 1: That pass was incomplete. Yeah, kay Jenkins again.
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  Speaker 2: As I'm looking through my notes, Andy Dalton hit him again,
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  Speaker 2: which smile monded in coverage. Smile Monded is pretty sticky
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  Speaker 2: in coverage. In fact, I thought both second team linebackers today,
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  Speaker 2: as I outlined the chance Campbell, I thought Smile Monden
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  Speaker 2: showed well.
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  Speaker 1: As well.
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  Speaker 2: So here's a sequence for Cole Payton because he had
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  Speaker 2: three more reps. Later on, there was a Damian Pierce
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  Speaker 2: carry that went up the gut. Maximus Polley, the undrafted
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: safety OUTA Wafford, had a pass break up on Samori Torre,
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: the wide receiver who was recently signed over the middle,
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: and then he hit Brandon Hayes on a deep over.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Remember Brandon Hayes was a player who was with the
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Eagles last week and then when they signed defensive tackles
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: Ion Wilson, he was waived. He was participating on a
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: tryout basis. It was like a deep over with tary
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: castro fields in coverage. There was dump off to Dallas
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: Goddard in the session. Look, the tight ends are going
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  Speaker 2: to be a big part of this offense as it
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  Speaker 2: pertains to the passing game, but also when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to blocking, tight ends have to be able to block
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  Speaker 2: in the system. Dallas got ter talk a little bit
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  Speaker 2: about that after practice, about how much Johnny Munt has
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: has helped.
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  Speaker 1: Him in this regard.
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  Speaker 2: But you can see it if you go back to
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  Speaker 2: watch it and watching any of these offenses, you see
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  Speaker 2: how paramount it is to get blocking production from the
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: tight end position. There was another play that Quenyon Mitchell
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: essentially ran the route for Davante Jaylen just missed him
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: in the right corner of the end zone. Really well
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: played by Quinnon who just matched them step for step.
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  Speaker 1: But that's kind of just.
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  Speaker 2: It reiterates something that I wrote about a couple of
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: weeks ago, a couple of days ago for Inside the
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: Birds dot Com about Quenyon Mitchell taking the next step
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: and he doesn't believe that he's an.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: All pro anymore.
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  Speaker 2: He's turned the page from that, and because he's wired
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  Speaker 2: in that way, because he is a ultimate competitor and
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  Speaker 2: thrives in that setting. It's gonna bring out the best
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  Speaker 2: of him and I cannot wait to watch Quinnon versus A. J.
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  Speaker 1: Brown.
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  Speaker 2: For the two day Joint practices in Foxborough in August,
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: Andy Dalton lofted a pass in the end zone to
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Johnny Muntz. That's right, Johnny munt was targeted, but Andre
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: sam was called for a defensive pass interference there. He
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: ends up hitting Quez Watkins on the next play. Then,
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: on this occasion, Andy Dalton holds the ball, he rolls
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  Speaker 2: to his left and he rifles a throw to will
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  Speaker 2: Shipley and he overshoots him and it chance Campbell again.
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  Speaker 2: He probably overran the play a little bit, but he
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: was sort of trailing and he was sort of in
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: position to make a play on the football, but it
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: just sort of zipped in there and he sort of
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: got a hand on it as he was passing it by,
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: and then he hit Cameron Lotsu underneath. With mac McWilliams covering,
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Andy Dalton goes to Danny Gray, who was sort of
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: running it look like a shallow drag route to the
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: left corner of the end zone. With mac McWilliams and coverage,
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: Danny caught that for a touchdown, and then on the
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: next play, Andy Dalton overshot Danny Gray in the right
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: corner of the end zone.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: I believe that was Keiley Ringo in coverage there.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: As far as standouts on the offensive side, I thought
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: Elijah Moore made the most of his opportunities. He caught
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: a flurry of passes, including the one that I told
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: you went for a twenty five thirty yard touchdown.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: And he's an interesting.
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: Guy because Nick Sirianni has mentioned him before about his
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: ability to kind of separate.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: He's shifty, He's had some productive seasons in the NFL.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: He's bounced around a little bit.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: But maybe, just maybe he's able to establish staying power
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: here in Philadelphia. But one would presume he's gonna have
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: to offer some kind of special teams upside to warrant
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: a roster spot or justify one.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: But uh jalhen Hurts.
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: Hit him sort of in the middle of the field,
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: found the He found the saut spot in the zone
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: right in front of Drew mccuba, and Elijah Moore is
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: able to bring that one in. Then he goes to
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: Dallas Goddard, who's tagged short of the end zone by mccuba.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: Probably the best catch of the day was on a
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Tanner McKee ball where Hollywood Brown reached behind him and
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: extended to you on an intermediary throw to grab the pass,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: and then he hits him again right after that short
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  Speaker 2: left and that's where Maximus Pulley comes up to tag him.
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Tanner McKee did overthrow Johnny Wilson on at first glance,
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: was a fade ball with Kashina a Capina gushikin, and
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: there Samori Torre came up with a touchdown reception with
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: undrafted rookie linebacker Deontay Lawson in coverage, and then Samori
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Torre had sort of a quick out to the right
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: side for the two point conversion with Maximus Pulley in coverage.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: He threw the left corner to Tank Bigsby, but I'm
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: talking about Tam McKee here.
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: He threw the right corner or the I'm sorry McKeith
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: throws to the left corner to Tank Bigsby, but cornerback
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: Ambry Thomas had him tightly defended and the pass was incomplete.
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: There wasn't a lot of space to fit that throw in.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: And then practice ends on a touchdown to wide receiver
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: Hollywood Brown with undrafted rookie defensive back Copino Kashikin in coverage.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: Practice covered nearly just shy, probably an hour and forty
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: five Irish minutes on this day, and then they'll have
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  Speaker 2: one more mandatory mini camp practice tomorrow before breaking for
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: the summer.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Ahead of Eagles training camp.
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  Speaker 2: That's gonna do it for this episode of The Checko
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  Speaker 2: Dealy Andrew de Checko, We'll catch you all on the
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  Speaker 2: next one.