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What's going on, folks. It's Jeff here. I wanted to let you
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know that we recorded this Opposition Territory podcast on July twenty second, twenty twenty
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four. By the time you hear this, some things may have changed here
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or there, but we hope you enjoy the show. Welcome to Opposition Territory.
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Here at the Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly
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sports podcast show in the world, that's right over eleven years strong. We've
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got a great discussion come in your way this week. We're gonna be diving
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into the NFC East. Also have some New York giants talk along the way
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here with our first time guest here at the PST podcast show, and here
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on Opposition Territory. This is gonna be an interesting division, really, I
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mean, conventional wisdom and of course is telling us and I'm putting all bias
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aside, that the Philadelphia Eagles are likely to be the winners of this division.
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Will that actually happen? There's a lot of different dynamics going on with
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this division with certain teams as well. We're gonna get into it right now,
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joining us for the first time. It is great to be able to
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talk to him about this New York Giants team, about this NFC East Division
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and what's going to be happening this coming season. We have from gm n
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HQ. You know, we love our fans sided sites out there. Mister
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Burraglio Perez. How you doing, buddy, I'm doing great. Thanks so
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much for having me excited to be here. It's great to have you on
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the podcast. Been whatting to have you on for some time now. And
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well, first and foremost, GM n HQ, you guys do a really
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great job over there. Where can folks find you and your colleagues and all
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the content you're putting up on the interwebs out there? I appreciate it.
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Yeah, so we're the giant side for fan Sided and so yeah, just
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gm n HQ dot com. We got some great stuff lely enough to training
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camp and then obviously the preseasons right around the corner regular season two and then
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on Twitter we're at just at GM n HQ. You you can find us
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there, all right? Very good? Well, Barrellia. I just got
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done watching the Giants off season hard Knocks this past weekend on HBO my friend
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and oh my gosh, after I got done watching it. I was like,
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I was like, holy crap. And I was like, I part
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of me is thinking to myself and again to try to like keep we try
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to be as subjective as we can here. And I'm like, I'm so
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glad that. And I'll say this with a caveat too. No front office
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is perfect, but I'm like, I'm really glad the Philadelphia Eagles don't have
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the problems at least that were highlighted in the Hard Knocks docuseries this past you
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know, this past offseason here, it just seems like such a bizarre front
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office from a New York Giants perspective. And I do wonder if Giants fans
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are going to be even more concerned about, you know, certain decision making
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as the new season approaches here. I wonder if if there is going to
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be that concern your thoughts on that as well, And I guess your thoughts
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also just about the Hard Knocks docuseries and should there be some concern within Giants
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Nation about the direction of the front office, because if I was a Giants
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fan, I'd see some concerns. What are your thoughts here, so I
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would say it's definitely been split, like there have been some people who have
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been like, you know, kind of going after Joe Shane, like what
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is he doing? Like how is this his process? Yeah, But then
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on the other side of things, there are other people who are backing them,
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and I'm kind of in that corner, I would say, just because
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I mean one of the most viral clips throughout Hard Knocks so far has been
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John Marra talking with him and being like, Hey, you know, I'm
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gonna lose sleep if Saquon leaves. Yeah, if it goes to the Eagles.
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You know, it seemed like he was kind of pushing for the Giants
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to pay Saquon and forget about the other needs that this team has, which
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you know, we'll get to in a little bit. But Shane was really
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kind of sticking to his guys like, you know, we we can't overspend,
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we can't overpay. We got to focus on other things, prioritizing,
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you know, the offensive line, which his team is it, since you
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know it seems like forever we'll get to that bit. Yeah, of course.
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Yeah, So I would say, yes, there is some concern about
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how there seems to be a big disconnect between owner and GM, but I
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think there was still some real people relieved that they saw like, okay,
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it's still the GM show, Like, yes, the owner is going to
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be involved. He's going to talk about what he wants. Like when Maris
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said, you know, he's the most popular guy on the team, you
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know, people are like, oh god, you know, this guy's just
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worried about Jersey sales. He doesn't care about the product on the field.
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Right, That's where your GM comes in, right. So it seemed like
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Shane though, was It's like he was between a rock and a hard place
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at times. It really was because you have done an owner, the owner
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of the team kind of pushing you in a certain direction. Yet you have
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your personnel and even you know within himself being like I know what I need
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to do in order to get this team to that next level. Again kind
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of looked it seemed like he was caught between rock and a hard place.
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It was a tough spot to be in, especially with how the negotiations with
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him in Particul had gone in the past. You know, he another clip
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he was saying, you know, the last year's talk took about ten years
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off my life, which is pretty funny, right. You could tell like
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in a perfect world he wanted him back, but he always wanted him back
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at the right price. So, like you said, he was stuck in
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a difficult spot. But I think at the end of the day he he
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you know, as much as I hate to say, it's tough steing Saquon
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lead as bestally to go to a division rival, but I think he made
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the right call to really help get this team in a better spot. Yeah,
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I think at the end of the day. Look, I'm very happy
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about it. As a Philadelphia Eagles, I'm very happy about it. But
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at the end of the day, I think he did make the right decision
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because there are other aspects of this Giants team that need to be looked at
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if they are going to contend at some point down the road. And I
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guess to piggyback off you know that first topic right there. You know,
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as we know coaches, they like to replicate each other in the NFL.
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Yet I find it bizarre sometimes, even after looking at the Hard Knocks docuseries
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here about the Giants, sometimes I find it bizarre that front offices don't always
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try to replicate what other front offices are doing as much in the NFL.
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I mean, I think some do try. Sometimes they fail, but others
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just don't seem to try. I'm not saying the Giants are like that or
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we're like that, but you have teams, say Hype, you have teams
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in the NFC East, like the Eagles and the Cowboys who have consistently made
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their offensive lines a priority, as you know, and they've seen a you
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know, quote higher level of success because of it. And I don't necessarily
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see the Giants or the Commanders in this NFC East division kind of getting to
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that top tier in terms of their offensive line stature. So brillio, how
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much of an issue is this with the Giants and then really getting to that
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next level in the NFL? Well, I think we saw it last season.
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You know, under former position coach Bobby Johnson, they gave up baby
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five sacks, which I don't say incredibly. Whichever quarterback you have up behind
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center, they're not gonna have any chance if you're giving up you know,
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that many sacks in a season, you know, kind of balancing off of
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the whole Saquon thing. The Giants they knew they had to prioritize it this
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offseason, so they went out and got offensive guard John Running junior, which
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I thought was a tremendous signing. I think it's a great move. And
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then they also brought in Jermaine Lemanor, who has the ability to play either
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guard or tackle. So right now, one of the biggest question marks I
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would say for the offensive line is what's going to happen with Evan Neil,
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Right, former number seven overall pick, highly regarded guy coming out of Alabama,
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and the first two seasons of him, you know, as a starter,
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have been a complete train wreck, right, So he needs to take
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that step this season. But if he struggles, he's still battling recovery from
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offseason ankle surgery, right, If he's not ready to start the season,
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then you're gonna have more question marks. So which is why Actually some some
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big news had just come out. The Giants hosted veteran offensive guard Greg van
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Rotin for a visit, and Rubin Vargas he's a Giants reporter out of Barslonax.
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He was the one who broke the the Munich game news. But he's
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saying that a deal is going to be finalized here pretty soon, like it's
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close. It's so as they're telling him that. So I think if that
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happens, you really start to wonder like, is this insurance for Evan Neil
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or is this where the Giants are thinking? You know, this could be
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more than that. You know they do they move Elemanor over to right tackle?
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Do they put Van Roten at right guard? Running left guard? Your
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center's John Michael Schmidt's second year guy out of Minnesota, and then you have
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former All Pro left tackle Andrew Thomas. So then you kind of put all
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that together and you go from one of the or not I'm sorry, not
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one of the worst. You go from the NFL's worst offensive line in twenty
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twenty three to hey, you've got a formidable unit up front. Yeah.
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Right, So, but the big thing is with Neil. You know,
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is he going to start off that you're on the pup list? Is he
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not going to pull these first four games? If that happens, you know,
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you you signed someone like Van Roten. I think it's really going to
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help. And then obviously, the main guy who's going to benefit from unimproved
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offensive line, I'm sorry, improved offensive line is the same guy who's in
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a make or break season fighting first career in Daniel Jones. Right, that's
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a very good point too. I mean, just sticking really quick with regard
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to the offensive line. I mean, last week on our Opposition Territory podcast,
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we were talking about the Jacksonville Jaguars and how that Jaguars offensive line.
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They have a number of number or first round picks on their offensive line,
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but they just haven't been sticking and they haven't been able to produce at the
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level that a first round pick. You know, that hope is there that
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they'll be able to produce. And I think of a lot of it comes
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from coaching too. You can have all the talent in the world, but
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if the players and the coaches from a personality perspective, and not even from
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a scheming perspective, but just getting along understanding what they need to do during
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practices, how it translates onto the field. You know, if that cohesion
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is not there, I don't necessarily know of all the talent in the world
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is going to bring success. So I don't know about quite frankly, don't
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know about the offensive line coach for the New York Giants too too. Well.
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I look at the Eagles when they have a guy like Jeff Stotlin who's
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been there for quite some time. He was able to take seventh rounder into
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in Jordan Milatta, a rugby player from Australia, and turn him into a
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you know, an All Pro and one of the best left tackles in the
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league. As well as some other players who's the Eagles have been able to
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dig up here and there and get productivity from them. I do wonder how
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much of an offensive line coaching perspective, you know, might be a play
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here as well well. So I'm thank you for bringing that up. I
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didn't even bring that back before, But Sir Carmon Brisillo is a new offensive
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line coach, Yes, and I think of all the moves that Giants made,
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whether it be from a coaching staff standpoint or players, he's got to
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be up there in one of the most you know, top five most important
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editions of the offseason. Yep, he's got the experience. He's coming in.
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He seems to be gelling well with the offensive line this fart. Like
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you said, coaching makes a huge difference. You know. Bobby Johnson,
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he just you know, he wasn't getting the job done. You know,
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people were hoping that he would be the guy to help develop Evan Neil.
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You know Andrew Thomas took, you know, such a big step, and
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but then last year he battle battled injuries. But the hope was last year,
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you know, Neil would take a similar step to what Thomas did.
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From year one to year two, we didn't see it happened. And then
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literally the day after you know, not a dig here, but not the
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day after the Giants meet the Eagles in the regular season finale, dave All
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made some changes and he fired Bobby Johnson, and now Bobby Johnson's uh with
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the Commanders and a lot of Giants in's like, hey, Washington, like
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you know that's your problem now, like that's not exactly exactly. I think
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Bristillo is going to make a huge Like there's a lot of excitement around him.
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Now he's got he's got to show it though, you know that that's
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a that's a big hire to you know, Brian dave All's staff. So
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we got to wait and see how it how it pans out. But I'm
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I'm cautiously optimistic that he's going to be able to make a world of a
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difference for for an offensive line that I mean, let's be a reholed,
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but let's be real here. They cannot get any worse than they did last
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year. That's true. Yeah, the table is set for him to improve
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things exponentially. Again, folks talking to Bralio Perez from g men HQ.
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Check out everything that they have going on over there. Just search out gmn
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HQ and you get a lot of great Giants content talk about the NFC East
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as well, different things going on with this New York Giants team. So,
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as we're moving along with our conversation here have a two part question for
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you. As training camp is starting here, folks are looking at the New
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York Giants because look, even US Eagles fans, we are looking at what
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other teams in this NFC East are doing, and the Giants, honestly,
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they are interesting to me, at least they are. So I'm wondering as
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we as we look into some of these storylines we're gonna be following during training
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camp here, Burralio, what's one brutal storyline that we're gonna be following with
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this Giants team, and then we're gonna go We're gonna do the flip side
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of that and do a hopeful storyline in just in just a minute here,
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But what's the real brutal storyline that you're gonna be following being like, oh
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geez, I can't believe this is going to be happening during the course of
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this training camp. I got to bring it up again, but I think
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it's the offensive line. No, it's definitely like you because it's just how
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bad they were last season. So we want to see these guys improving.
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Yep, it's unlucky for them that they're going up against Brian Burns, cave
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On Thibodeau, Dexter Lawrence. Who I mean, you look at those three
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guys like you want to talk about just beasts. Yes, going to war
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in the trench is like you got to feel bad for Carmen Briszilla and what
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he's going to go up against. But at the same time, they've got
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to show that they're going to be able to improve and then kind of off
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that again to it, it's Evan Neil. Like I my worry right now
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with them bringing in Greg van Roten and probably signing them is they're probably not
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feeling comfortable about Evan Neil's ankle. He was shut down from mini camp because
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he just didn't make the progress that they were hoping for. So I think
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that's going to be one of the biggest concerns question marks for this team is
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what's going to be going on with the offensive line, but more specifically on
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the edge right tackle with Evan Neil. We could find out that, I
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mean we Adam Sheffer could tweet something as we're speaking right now that they're going
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to shut him down until you know, whoever knows when. But I think
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that's the thing that we're going to be following closely. I wasn't sure if
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you were going to say the offensive line for that the answer to that question,
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or if you were actually going to say the running back and what is
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going to be happening with the backfield, because as I'm looking at this Giants
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team, Barralio, I look at how are they going to have a balanced
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offense? And I think it's going to be a real challenge for them this
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year, especially again losing Saquon Barkley. You've got Devin Singletary in there,
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who isn't necessarily a barn Burner by any stretch of the imagination. But I
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was wondering if you were going to say the offensive line or the running back
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room and just what's going to be happening out of that backfield. Are there
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some concerns though? With that backfield? I think there are, but also
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there's some optimism. Like yet, losing Saquon Barkley is massive. I'm not
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gonna and you know, Eagles fans should be ecstatic about having him, though
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I'm not. I had Saquon on my fantasy team last year. I'm not
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drafting him again because I know that whole tush pushing it going up. I
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need those touchdown points, so I'm not touching Saquon. But with Singletary,
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he he's not a superstar, He's not a Pro Bowl you know, running
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back. But at the same time, he's proven that he can get the
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job done, you know, whether he was Buffalo or the Texans. I
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mean, it's easy to forget. Granted he didn't hit a thousand yards.
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He's coming off a career best season, you know, Russian for almost nine
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hundred yards last year, So I think he'll bring some balance, so bring
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some stability. And again too, you know, Saquon has battled injury issues
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throughout his career. Singletary has been very, very durable, so that could
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be something you know that is going to be a benefit for the for the
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Giants offense. Now again, I'll say it once more. He is Saquon
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Barkley the better running back, absolutely, But I think that you know,
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the coaching staff at the front office, they have enough belief in Devin single
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Terry that they think he'll be able to produce enough where yes, it's going
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to be a bit of a loss, but he's still going to help them
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win some games and be competitive in others. All right, very good.
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Well, on the flip side of the coin there, what's one hopeful storyline
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that we should be following with this Giants team as we're hiding into training camp
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here. I mean it's an obvious one, but you know, Milik Neighbors,
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you know, he's your number six overall pick new wide receiver one and
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the front office has failed miserably and trying to bring in that electric guy on
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the outside, you know, at receiver, that guy that's going to get
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people off their seats at MetLife Stadium ever since you know Odell left in yeah,
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twenty eighteen. They tried with Kadarius Tony. We all know how that
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went. They tried with any Dalladay. One of the worst moves a free
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agency in Giant's history. So now it's going to be like, you know,
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what can this kid do? You know? And the similar similarity to
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Stodell Beckham Junior there, you know, Lsu standout neighbors plays with just a
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ton of swagger, like there's no limit to this kid's confidence. So that's
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gonna be one of one of the biggest storylines and a reason for hope is
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can this guy help transform the offense? You know, it's not going to
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be just him though, like the aerial attack, it's not just gonna be
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neighbors neighbors neighbors. Other guys are gonna have to step up. I'm excited
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to see. If you know Wandeale Robinson. You know, he's not the
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biggest wide receiver in the world by any means, but he's so shifty,
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so quick. Jalen Hyatt, he showed flashes last year of being a downfield
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threat. Can he take that next step right? And don't forget about Darius
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Slayton too. You know, he's coming back final year of his contract.
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Led the team in receiving for the last five years, so that there's some
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there's some quality there. But then you bring in someone like neighbors. Who's
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that that playmaker, that guy who's going to go up and you know,
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post the head, the head turning kind of games. So I think he's
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definitely gonna be a guy to watch. He does well when it comes to
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the catch point and bringing those balls down. I'll tell you that we saw
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plenty of that in college. So all right, buddy, Well let's let's
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get into some more NFC East talk here. You know, I mentioned the
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Commanders earlier. You know, they're a team that continues to go through excuse
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me, we're structuring, especially as they're heading into their second year under new
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ownership. I mean, it's a franchise that has certainly been in flux over
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the years, and I think at this point me actually be getting on their
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feet. But I wanted to get your opinions real quick in terms of their
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direction and how you see this Commander's season really heading here again as they have
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new ownership, a lot of new pieces here to this team. What are
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your thoughts with regard to the Commanders. Definitely definitely a different era for them.
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Yeah, but I think one that Washington fans should be excited about.
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You know, obviously, the main addition is Jaden Daniels. You know,
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you bring in a quarterback of his caliber and it kind of stinks for some
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Giants fans because, yeah, there was a lot of talk about Drake May,
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but on hard Knocks it is clear that Brian Davele loved this kid.
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Yeah, there was a clip of of Shane asking him would you trade up
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for him? And Daball just still and face like danielsbsolutely. I would like
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you could tell that he really really likes him. I think he's going to
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be a stud in this league. I think he's going to be phenomenal.
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So I think finally Washington has a quarterback that, you know, their fans
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can be excited about. And we know how much of a difference a quarterback
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can make, you know, especially a young, exciting one like him.
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Like, is he going to have the same kind of impact that c.
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J. Stroud had on the Texans? I don't know. My gut tells
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me that maybe, And I don't like that because I wish that would be
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happening for the Giants, you know, but I think but similar with any
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young quarterback, there's going to be some hiccups, there's gonna be some mistakes,
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there's going to be you know, it's not going to be perfect.
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There's gonna be grown pains for sure. It happens with every rookie quarterback for
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everyone. Like there's gonna be a game where people are like, oh my
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goodness, you know he is it. But then there's gonna be other ones
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where he's going to, you know, throw an interception in the end zone
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where it's a ball that he shouldn't have. Like these things happen every year
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with the young quarterback. So I think this year, I think the Commanders
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are going to improve. I don't think that, you know, they're going
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to be pushing for a playoff spot, but I think there's definitely going to
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be a reason for hope in year one under Daniels where people can get behind
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him and see that this ownership is taking things seriously and moving in the right
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direction. Well as we're moving along with the conversation here, I've been saying
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for some time Burrellio that I think the Cowboys are going to take a step
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backwards this coming year. I just cannot seem to understand how they've created the
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situation that they have with Dak Prescott, a legit franchise quarterback, and I
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think that that particular discord, or the back and forth, the question marks
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that are there about his future in Dallas, his contract, all of this
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may actually be a detriment that just kind of lingers in the background for this
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Cowboys team this coming season here as well as you know, a run game
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that doesn't seem to be too too scary, and we know that they've had
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a prolific run game over the years, not necessarily last year, but it's
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something they've leaned on in the past. I don't know if they have that
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anymore. What are your thoughts on where the Dallas Cowboys maybe going this season?
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I mean, I almost feel bad for Mike McCarthy, you know,
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because you can't feel bad for him. I'm kidding, Like, it's hard
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for me to feel bad about, you know, a guy who's making so
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much mommy and he's coaching one of the most popular teams in the world.
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At the same time, It's like, so Jerry Jones brought him back.
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This is essentially like this is the last year of his deal. Like the
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expectation was that he was going to get fired. They're not giving him an
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extension, and it feels like they're setting him up for failure, and the
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same can be said with Dak, like they're not going to extend and they're
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probably just let him, you know, hit free agency. It's like what's
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going on with the Cowboys, Like they have the pieces to go on a
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Super Bowl run and a lot of people thought that would be the case last
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year, but then they absolutely blew it against the Packers in the in the
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opening round, which you know he saw coming like that was wild to see.
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But it's like Jerry Jones and you know, his family, like what
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is going on? It's not just Dak though, like Ceedee Lamb's not happy
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about his comment situation, Michael Parsons is ready to get paid, like all
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these different you know people that are unhappy. And then, like I said,
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the running game, like they thought life would be you know, bells
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and whistles with Tony Pollard, but he's already gone. He's with a different
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team. And then their answer to him leaving is bringing back Ezekiel Elliott for
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for a reunion. Right is that gonna? Is that gonna scare anyone crazy?
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It just doesn't make sense to me, Like with a team that has
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all the tools to win the division, you know, scare folks around the
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league, and then this is how their off season is gone. It's just
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like I I mean, as I'm sure you you know you love seeing it
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from the outside. Yeah, for everyone in Texas, it's like what are
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they doing? Like what what is the thought process here? So I agree
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with you, I think they're going to take a step back and then Mike
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McCarthy's going to get or not fired because his contract's up, but he's not
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going to be renewed. They're gonna part ways with him then all off season
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unless you know, something surprising happens ahead of camp, like then Dak's gonna
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be on his way out. And then what do you do? Do you
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do you target? You know, a free agent quarterback? But who's gonna
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be available if all these guys are landing these massive, you know, extensions
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for the next five six years or you know, mostly five years, Like
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who are they gonna go after? Are they gonna trade up in the NFL
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Draft to bring in someone when you have a guy like Dak Prescott, so
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when he's on, man, that guy is on, yes exactly. So
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yeah, just it's weird how things have gone for them, Like I don't
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think that. I think the Eagles are probably gonna win the division again,
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and then the Cowboys might, hopefully, if they're lucky, you know,
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I'll sneak into playoffs with a wild wildcard round or a wild card spot.
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Yeah. Yeah, it's just yeah. The Cowboys are so bizarre brilliant.
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I look at them as a team that has so much talent, yet they're
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in this bizarre purgatory with all of that talent. I don't know how an
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organization lets that happen, but I'm gonna let you go here. But but
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but before I do, buddy, h finally we got to get into the
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Philadelphia Eagles. We are a Philly sports based podcast here, and like you
24:04
said, the Eagles appear to be the team to beat in the NFC East.
24:07
And I think while many of us Eagles fans, you know, really
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want to forget about that one and six and of the year collapse from last
24:14
season, which it's always gonna be in the back of our minds, we're
24:15
never gonna forget that. It's not gonna go anywhere on paper. I think
24:21
it was another successful offseason for this team, especially with the acquisition of CJ.
24:26
Gardner Johnson bringing him back into the fold. Devin White. We'll see
24:29
what he can do in terms of Vic Fangio's defense, especially from a cover
24:33
six standpoint where your safeties and your linebackers need to be able to cover in
24:37
space. That's gonna be interesting to follow. Bryce Huff coming over from the
24:41
Jets in a trade, and of course, as we talked about Saquon Barkley
24:45
earlier, lots of new pieces to this Eagles team. But they've got two
24:48
new coordinators on offense and defense. You just don't know how it's gonna go
24:52
here. What are your thoughts on what we're gonna be seeing from the Eagles
24:56
this season? So I hate to say, but I think the Eagles are
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gonna win the division again. I think they're they're gonna win the NFC East.
25:03
And then I mean then we got to wait and see what happens in
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the postseason. For a lot of people, I'm sure most of your listeners
25:08
too, Like the end of last year was was rough. I had the
25:12
Eagles going to the Super Bowl. Yeah, I thought the way things started
25:17
like before the before the downfall, I was like, man, this team
25:19
is looking good. And still I don't know if it was just you know,
25:23
me being naive, but I did not see the loss to the Buccaneers
25:26
coming in the playoffs. I was I was just stunned. I was like,
25:30
you know what, they're not playing well, but they'll get it together.
25:33
So I think there's a lot of motivated guys in that locker room because
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there's a lot of pressure playing in Philly. The fan base is known as
25:40
being one of the most passionate in the not just in the country, just
25:44
out there in general. So I think it'll be a bounce back here.
25:45
I think Jalen Hurts will remind people how good he can be. He's still
25:51
young, you know people are I see people writing them off like, oh,
25:53
it's done. It's like, no, Like what's going on. He's
25:57
got plenty of time. The one thing I will is like I've seeing rumors
26:00
sulting around that his relationship with Nick Siriani is not is not great. I
26:04
don't know how much of that is Philly sports talk radio just trying to find
26:08
nonsense to make up during the course of the offseason. It happens, brilliant,
26:11
It happens every freaking summer. It drives me crazy. Philly sports talk
26:17
radio. They just make stuff up. It's crazy. Could be the trying
26:19
to fill in the gaps and you know where there's not much to talk about.
26:25
But no, yeah, yeah, I can't. Im like Dave,
26:29
they'll figure it out by by when came starts. But no, Hurts is
26:32
gonna be great in the defense. It's like your guys' pass rush and the
26:34
guys up Fron like somehow finds a way to get better each offseason, which
26:38
drives me mad. But then obviously the big one is is Barkley. I
26:42
think he's he's gonna have a huge year. I think he's going to prove
26:45
to be that extradition to the offense that really, you know, take things,
26:49
takes things to that next level. And I mean you've already got aj
26:52
Brown, you've got to bound to Smith, you got Hurts, and now
26:55
you add someone like Barkley. It's like, my goodness, like this is
26:59
going to be motivated. You know a lot of people are saying he wasn't
27:00
worth the money that Rosman gave him. You know, he's been getting a
27:04
lot of hate on social media, but I think that's all just extra feel
27:07
for him to go out and in remind everyone that he's one of the best
27:10
running backs in the NFL. And he's on a new NFC East team now,
27:14
but he's still gonna you know, be a be a beast, and
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you know, hopefully if he can stay healthy, that's a big thing.
27:18
If he can keep himself on the field and stay healthy, I think it's
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gonna be a huge year for him, bigger for the Eagles. Win the
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division and then you know, wait and see what happens in the playoffs.
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Yep, folks, he's Brollio Perez over at g men HQ over fan sided
27:36
buddy. It was a great conversation here. Absolutely loved having you on.
27:40
Thank you so much for taking the time. I'd love to have you on
27:41
in the future, my friend, anytime. Yeah, I'd love to come
27:45
back. Maybe we can do something before the Giants beat the Eagles in their
27:48
first showdown of the year. Ooh, all right, let's do it.
27:52
Let's get together, let's talk more NFC East Giants and Eagles for sure.
27:56
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