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The DiCecco Daily: Exploring Eagles Position Battles On Defense Headed Into Camp · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Oh, and welcome into another episode of The check O Daily.
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  Speaker 1: It's Andrew de Checko, Eagles beat reporter for insidethbirds dot Com,
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  Speaker 1: and we're going to continue on with our position battles
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  Speaker 1: in training camp with a look at the defense today,
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  Speaker 1: and there's a lot of really interesting ones. We'll start
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  Speaker 1: with the most notable, and that is who will be
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  Speaker 1: the number two safety aligning opposite Drew mccouba when the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles kick off the season September thirteenth. The candidates are
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  Speaker 1: Marcus Epps, who's a veteran, Michael Carter the second, who
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  Speaker 1: is a nickelback by trade but making the transition to safety,
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  Speaker 1: and really those are the only players that I could
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  Speaker 1: really foresee factoring into this conversation. They have other players
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  Speaker 1: who are vying for the fourth job, such as rookie
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  Speaker 1: Cole was Nesky and on Sam Mark Maximus Pulley, an
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  Speaker 1: undrafted free agent, but the main entree is the number
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  Speaker 1: two safety spot and that's what we're going to focus
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  Speaker 1: on to start. Marcus EPs is a player that is
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  Speaker 1: very dependable. He is fundamentally sound, doesn't have the range
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  Speaker 1: or athleticism that you like, but he makes up for it.
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  Speaker 1: With instincts, dependability, discipline, and those are qualities that go
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  Speaker 1: a long way with coordinator Vic Fangio. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: that you need to be a superstar to excel at
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  Speaker 1: the safety position in this defense, in a Vic Fangio defense,
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  Speaker 1: and certainly not when you have three cornerbacks like Quinna, Mitchell, Cooper,
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  Speaker 1: Dejen Enrique Woman. So I would imagine that going into
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  Speaker 1: training camp, Marcus EPs is going to have the leg up,
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  Speaker 1: and he probably should because he has experience working in
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  Speaker 1: his favor. He's been in the league, he started for
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  Speaker 1: different teams, he's been in different systems.
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  Speaker 2: And he knows how to play. He's a true pro.
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  Speaker 1: But I have to think that while all of that
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  Speaker 1: is great, and Vic Vango certainly gave him a ringing endorsement,
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  Speaker 1: you're naturally going to be intrigued with what the unknown is,
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  Speaker 1: and in this case, that is Michael Carter, the second
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  Speaker 1: who hasn't played safety in his career at the pro level.
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  Speaker 1: He was a high level nickel defender during his time
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  Speaker 1: with the Jets, and the Eagles clearly liked what they
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  Speaker 1: saw when he had to step in for an injury
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Johnson in the season finale where he played over
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  Speaker 1: sixty snaps at safety that they wanted to give him
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  Speaker 1: a longer look at the position. And Joe Casper, Eagles
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  Speaker 1: defensive backs coach, has a good relationship that predates their
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  Speaker 1: time in Philadelphia because Joe Casper was on the Duke
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  Speaker 1: football staff when Michael Carter was there, and I I
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  Speaker 1: have to imagine that that will help the transition a
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  Speaker 1: little bit.
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  Speaker 2: He'll be able to answer questions.
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  Speaker 1: He knows how to tower things to Michael's strengths and
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  Speaker 1: it's a fascinating battle. I understand that they are probably
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  Speaker 1: underwhelming as far as most of those on the outside
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  Speaker 1: are able to kind of gauge, and while that may
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  Speaker 1: not be entirely inaccurate, I still don't think that the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles should add to the position for the sake of
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  Speaker 1: doing so, certainly before they get a really good glimpse
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  Speaker 1: at the players that they have in house who have
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  Speaker 1: been working with them through the spring and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: And so I look at those two players and they're
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  Speaker 1: differing skill sets and what they bring to the table,
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  Speaker 1: And for me, I'm more intrigued with Michael Carter the
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  Speaker 1: second because of his movement ability, his range, yes, he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have the same size as Marcus Aps, who's two
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  Speaker 1: hundred pounds or over Michael Carter's five foot ten one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eighty five pounds. At least that's his listed measurables,
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  Speaker 1: so you maybe have some concern pairing him opposite of
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  Speaker 1: Drew mccuba, who is also listed at one to eighty
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  Speaker 1: six at five to eleven, And the durability concerns are
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  Speaker 1: going to be there because when you have to be
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  Speaker 1: a willing participant and and run support and things like that,
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  Speaker 1: all of that comes into play. But I look at
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  Speaker 1: how the safety position has evolved and the trends around
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, and players like a Drew mccuba, like a
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  Speaker 1: Michael Carter the second are sort of the new wave
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  Speaker 1: of safeties in this league. You don't see the Troy
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  Speaker 1: Palamalus or players of that modle.
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  Speaker 2: The Brian Dawkins is of.
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  Speaker 1: The world, the bigger body guys who are thumpers and
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  Speaker 1: kind of more I don't want to say one dimensional,
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  Speaker 1: but they sort of resemble that of a throwback type
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  Speaker 1: of player. I think right now, the latest craze or
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  Speaker 1: the intrigue with adding smaller players is that it allows
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  Speaker 1: your defense to be multiple. You can do some different
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  Speaker 1: things with them on the back end, and when you
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  Speaker 1: look at how how that position is evolving. For me,
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  Speaker 1: I'm pretty intrigued with Michael Carter the second. The Eagles
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  Speaker 1: certainly are at least enough so to give him a
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  Speaker 1: really long look at safety, and at worst he'll be
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  Speaker 1: the number three. Marcus Ops is going in as the favorite.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he had some nice moments. He's had some
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  Speaker 1: nice moments in his Eagles career, but even last season
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  Speaker 1: when he was pressed into service going, you know, stepping
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  Speaker 1: in for Drew mccouba, I thought he did some good
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  Speaker 1: things there as well. There's always going to be limitations
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  Speaker 1: to his game, however, and that is something to take
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  Speaker 1: into account. He doesn't necessarily have the same allure as
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  Speaker 1: a red blanketship even but the limitations, I guess are
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  Speaker 1: relatively on the same level. So that's that position, and
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  Speaker 1: I really boil it down to just those two players.
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  Speaker 1: We'll find out soon who has the edge, but I
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  Speaker 1: imagine that Marcus Ops is going to go in, excuse me,
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  Speaker 1: go in as the.
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  Speaker 2: Odds on favorite.
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  Speaker 1: Moving down in the defense, we have the edge rusher
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  Speaker 1: position where it would appear that Jaylyox Hunt is the
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  Speaker 1: odds on favorite to align opposite Jonathan Grenard and take
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  Speaker 1: on the second most amount of snaps in the pass
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  Speaker 1: rusher group, but Nolan Smith might have something to say
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  Speaker 1: about it. And Nolan Smith is a player that I
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  Speaker 1: feel has sort of not been forgotten about, but it's
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  Speaker 1: just assumed that he's going to slide in as the
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  Speaker 1: third edge rusher, coming off the bench and playing meaningful
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  Speaker 1: snaps in that capacity. I wouldn't be so sure. Because
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  Speaker 1: Nolan's a younger player. He's going to enter motivated and
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  Speaker 1: looking to carve out a larger role. Injuries have precluded
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  Speaker 1: him from taking that next step forward. He had the
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  Speaker 1: triceeps tear in the Super Bowl and he had a
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  Speaker 1: triceps injury last season. But Nolan is a player that
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  Speaker 1: is incredibly physical at the line of scrimmage. I would
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  Speaker 1: argue that pound for pound, he's one of the more
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  Speaker 1: physical defensive linemen rushers in the league. Throws his body around,
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  Speaker 1: setting the edge with authority and violence. That's fine, and
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  Speaker 1: that's super integral to what the Eagles need from that position.
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  Speaker 2: But I would like to see a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: More from him in terms of pass rush, and that's
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  Speaker 1: not something that we've seen on a consistent basis.
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  Speaker 2: It's come in spurts.
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  Speaker 1: I look at the twenty twenty four postseason where he
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  Speaker 1: was wrecking shop and really factoring as a pass rusher
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  Speaker 1: where the Eagles needed him to do so. But you
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  Speaker 1: want to see more of that and for him to
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  Speaker 1: really take that next step and really challenge Joe exs Hunt,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to have to really dial in his pass
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  Speaker 1: rush acumen and become a little bit more of a
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  Speaker 1: threat there on a regular basis. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: he's going to enter training camp motivated because this is
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  Speaker 1: a good opportunity for him to kind of put his
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  Speaker 1: stamp on that position. And there's a lot of questions,
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily viewing him as a disappointment, certainly that would
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  Speaker 1: be unfair, but maybe there's questions as to whether or
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  Speaker 1: not he can be a top tier pass rusher or
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  Speaker 1: if he's going to be more of a complimentary piece
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  Speaker 1: for his career. So he's still really young, he plays
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  Speaker 1: with some juice and now it's just about putting practices
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  Speaker 1: together and becoming a more consistent player as a rusher,
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  Speaker 1: and you know he's gonna deliver in terms of run
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  Speaker 1: support and things like that, but we'll have to see.
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  Speaker 1: You could also make the argument that someone like Nolan
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  Speaker 1: Smith would benefit in a reserve role where he's now
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  Speaker 1: rotating in for preservation purposes. He's not the biggest guy
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  Speaker 1: in the world, but I can tell you that looks
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  Speaker 1: like he added some muscle in the offseason, which it
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  Speaker 1: will be hugely critical.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll have to wait and see.
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  Speaker 1: But the player that I've talked about at length on
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  Speaker 1: these podcasts, I've written about him on Inside the Birds
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  Speaker 1: dot Com is jay loox Hunt, and for good reason,
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  Speaker 1: because Jay loox hunts a player that you look at
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  Speaker 1: the jump that he made from year one to year two.
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  Speaker 1: He played two hundred and forty one snaps rookie six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and ninety three last season, and five and a half.
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  Speaker 2: Sacks on the year.
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  Speaker 1: Five of those sacks happened to come when Jay when
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  Speaker 1: Phillips arrived, so from week ten onward. But this is
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  Speaker 1: a player that when you watch him play, you can
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  Speaker 1: see the refined approach when he's rushing. When he's rushing
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback, he has a plan. He has a wider
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  Speaker 1: array of pass rush moves to dive into and that
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  Speaker 1: comes with reps, that comes with experience, that comes with
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  Speaker 1: gaining knowledge and talking to other players. He's been part
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  Speaker 1: of the Pass Rush Summit, which is an offseason event
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  Speaker 1: kind of like tight End University, and jay Loox has
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  Speaker 1: been a presence there. He added some muscle as well
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  Speaker 1: last offseason and he made himself into a two way
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  Speaker 1: player where he's a force against the run. Not quite
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  Speaker 1: to the level of Nolan Smith, but he is really
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  Speaker 1: capable in that capacity. But where I really notice him
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  Speaker 1: is the burst, the athleticism, the twitchiness rushing and knowing
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  Speaker 1: how to set up offensive linemen and not going into
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  Speaker 1: it necessarily with an approach with a divine plan, being
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  Speaker 1: willing to adjust and adapt on the fly.
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  Speaker 2: And for a young player that it was widely.
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  Speaker 1: Expected would take some time to acclimate to the NFL
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  Speaker 1: coming out of Houston Christian just for years or so
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  Speaker 1: ago he was a safety at Cornell.
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  Speaker 2: He's developed at a rapid pace and to me, I.
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  Speaker 1: Have a hard time envisioning anyone else but jay ooks
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  Speaker 1: Hunt being the player who takes that second spot opposite
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  Speaker 1: Grenard when the Eagles begin the regular season, because I
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  Speaker 1: believe that much in the player he is my breakout
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  Speaker 1: player on the defensive side, but they're not just going
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  Speaker 1: to hand him the job, which is why it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be interesting because you have two young players and
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  Speaker 1: Nolan Smith and Jay looks Hunt that are vuying for
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  Speaker 1: that opportunity and both have flashed in different ways. So
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  Speaker 1: now it's going to be about who who is the
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  Speaker 1: player who the Eagles feel most confident in to step
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  Speaker 1: Then we'll look at the defensive tackle position, and you
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  Speaker 1: know who the top three are. You have Jalen Carter,
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Davis, Moro Jomo. But last season, let's not forget
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  Speaker 1: that Byron Young who didn't play it all for the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles the season prior after being claimed via waivers.
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  Speaker 2: Before the season.
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  Speaker 1: He stepped in in pretty big spots for the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: last year when Jalen Carter was shelved for a few weeks.
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  Speaker 1: He played seventy four snaps at two and a half sacks.
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  Speaker 2: I like the effort that he plays with. He has
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  Speaker 2: some juice.
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  Speaker 1: He gives you some positional versatility if needed.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that he's.
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  Speaker 1: The run defender that well, he's not the run defender
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  Speaker 1: that Jayalen Carter, or really any of the Eagles defensive
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  Speaker 1: tackles are, maybe outside of Moro Jomo, but I think
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  Speaker 1: he's capable doing that and also getting after the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: But it seems, maybe most importantly that Vic Vangiel has
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  Speaker 1: taken a liking to Byron Young calls him b why
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  Speaker 1: they found a role for him last year, and it
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  Speaker 1: is notable that he, when Jayalen Carter was not participating
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  Speaker 1: in team drills, stepped in as the replacement for Jayalen
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  Speaker 1: Carter with the first team. He's someone who was the
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  Speaker 1: immediate benefactor when Jayalen Carter missed time, So the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: seem to have some confidence in him. He's entering the
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  Speaker 1: final year of his rookie deal, so expect a motivated
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  Speaker 1: by going into it looking to make the most of
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  Speaker 1: this opportunity here in Philadelphia, and I like his game
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. I would argue that, and I talked
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  Speaker 1: about this on this podcast, that he's one of the
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  Speaker 1: more important depth pieces on this roster because Jayalen Carter's
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  Speaker 1: had some shoulder injuries, and he's also played eighty four
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  Speaker 1: percent of the defensive snaps the past two seasons. And
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  Speaker 1: I would argue that the Eagles are over exerting and
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  Speaker 1: leaning too much into the Jayalen Carter angle. And you
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  Speaker 1: got to make sure that he's getting adequate rest. I
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  Speaker 1: understand that the Eagles don't traditionally rotate a lot there,
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  Speaker 1: but he's a young player, he's dominant. You want to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that he's as fresh as possible, and you
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  Speaker 1: have pieces that can help alleviate some.
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  Speaker 2: Of that burden, notably Byron Young.
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  Speaker 1: However, last summer, rookie Ty Robinson, he's now entering his
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  Speaker 1: second season, was a.
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  Speaker 2: Player that a lot of people were excited about.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't offer a ton in training camp, had a
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  Speaker 1: really quiet summer. You saw him in the preseason. It
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  Speaker 1: looked like he still had some ways to go before
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  Speaker 1: he got to a level that the Eagles would feel
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  Speaker 1: confident working him into a rotation. And that's all fair,
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  Speaker 1: and I saw it as well. I got questions as
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  Speaker 1: to why I wasn't writing about him in my observations,
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  Speaker 1: and it simply boils down to when he makes a play,
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  Speaker 1: when he stands out in one on ones, I will,
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  Speaker 1: but that never really came to fruition. However, he's coming
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  Speaker 1: into this year after well one. He looks like he's
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  Speaker 1: added some size, which is good, but he also was
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  Speaker 1: in the building last year working with defensive line coach
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  Speaker 1: Clint Hurt, And just because he played a lot of
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  Speaker 1: snaps in college and was an older player when he
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  Speaker 1: entered the league doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to
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  Speaker 1: hit the ground running. Sometimes it takes a little while
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  Speaker 1: for the light to come on, and maybe Ty Robinson
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  Speaker 1: is that kind of player.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have to see.
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  Speaker 1: But he is someone that I'm sure the Eagles would
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  Speaker 1: love nothing more than to see him make this leap
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  Speaker 1: in year two. And I just mentioned Byron Young's contract,
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  Speaker 1: He's on the final year of his rookie contract.
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  Speaker 2: So is Moro Jomo.
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  Speaker 1: All of a sudden, Ty Robinson could become an important
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  Speaker 1: depth piece for the future for this team. For this team,
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  Speaker 1: and you want to see him continue to progress. We'll
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  Speaker 1: have to see, because last year it was evident that
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  Speaker 1: he wasn't primed for a big defensive role and he
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  Speaker 1: ended up being the fifth defensive tackle. This year, however,
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  Speaker 1: I imagine that you're going to see a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more of a refined and polished version of Ty Robinson,
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  Speaker 1: so he could have something to say in that number
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  Speaker 1: four defensive tackle spot if everyone's healthy. To be clear,
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  Speaker 1: you're not going to see a lot of Byron Young
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  Speaker 1: or Ty Robinson. But it is still a competition because
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  Speaker 1: it's not like Byron Young's name should be written in
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  Speaker 1: penn as number four on the depth chart. We have
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  Speaker 1: to let things play out a little bit. I tend
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  Speaker 1: to think that Byron Young has the upper hand. I
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  Speaker 1: am a little bit more bullish on the player because
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  Speaker 1: I liked him coming out of Alabama quite a bit,
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  Speaker 1: and it seems like he settled into a really good
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  Speaker 1: compliment and is starting to hit his stride a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: But Ty Robinson is someone who you look at what
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  Speaker 1: he can bring to the table. Potentially this is a
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  Speaker 1: big summer for him, and I don't think.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to go quietly.
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  Speaker 1: He's probably not overly enthused with how his rookie season went,
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  Speaker 1: and so I expect him to go out there with
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  Speaker 1: the mindset of I'm going to remind everyone the player
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  Speaker 1: that I am, and I'm going to make this decision
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  Speaker 1: very difficult on the coaching staff, and I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: try to fight for more playing time. So these are
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  Speaker 1: just some of the position battles that I'm really going
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  Speaker 1: to be keying in on. I could also look at
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  Speaker 1: other players that are further down the depth chart as
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  Speaker 1: far as vying for spots on the roster, But I
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  Speaker 1: want to talk about the big ones, and those are
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  Speaker 1: the more significant position battles. On the defensive side, this
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  Speaker 1: is going to be one of the NFL's top defenses,
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  Speaker 1: if not the top defense, because there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: continuity there. They have playmakers at all three levels. So
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  Speaker 1: to have some of these position battles with players that
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  Speaker 1: are going to whether they win this spot or not,
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  Speaker 1: the starting spots or not. We're in the case of
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  Speaker 1: the defensive tackle position, if they are able to step
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  Speaker 1: into that depth depth role, they're going to play, and
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles are going to more often than not need
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  Speaker 1: these players in the case of Michael Carter the second
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  Speaker 1: if he doesn't stave off or be able to wrestle
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  Speaker 1: the job away from Marcus Epps, or in the case
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  Speaker 1: of Nolan Smith if he's not able to leap Jaloks Hunt.
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: I mean, these are going to still be players that
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: the Eagles need to rely on this season, and depth
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: is going to be hugely important. But those are the
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: positions that I'm looking at in terms of just high
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: leverage spots and who has the most to gain from that.
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: So that's going to do it for this episode of
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: The Checko Deily Andrew Dechecko. I'll catch you all on
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: the next one.