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Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everyone?
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Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of The check O Daily. It's
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Speaker 2: Andrew de Checko, Eagles beat reporter for insidethebirds dot Com,
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Speaker 2: and we got preseason action Saturday night as the Eagles
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Speaker 2: go to Baltimore to take on the Baltimore Ravens in
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Speaker 2: the preseason opener. And I am here to give you
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Speaker 2: sort of a preseason primer, offering you a list of
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Speaker 2: players that I'm most looking forward to seeing.
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Speaker 1: I have been there for all eleven.
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Speaker 2: Training camp practices and I feel like there are a
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Speaker 2: number of players who are trending upwards. There are some
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Speaker 2: that have to have to kind of get it going
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Speaker 2: and show some things, but for different reasons. These are
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Speaker 2: the players that I am most looking forward to seeing.
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Speaker 2: We'll go through offense and defense, and we'll start on
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Speaker 2: the offensive side. Tank Bigsby's probably going to start this game,
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Speaker 2: but I already know about Tank Bigsby, so he's not
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Speaker 2: going to be on this list. I want to see
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Speaker 2: how Will Shipley, the Eagle's third year running back, takes
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Speaker 2: this offense, the new scheme, and how he is able
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Speaker 2: to maybe find some running lanes and in a style
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Speaker 2: that maybe caters to him a little bit more and
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Speaker 2: if he's able to factor in the receiving game. But
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Speaker 2: he is someone that does have juice. He has had
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Speaker 2: some nice, tough runs in training camp. Hasn't had a
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Speaker 2: ton of snaps because those belong to Saquon Barkley and
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Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby. But Will is someone that I want to
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Speaker 2: get eyes on and see how this version of him
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Speaker 2: looks in this particular offense.
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Speaker 1: And he looks like he's bulked up. He's added some strength.
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Speaker 2: I think some of the shortcomings that you'll see with
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Speaker 2: him in running when it comes to running the football
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Speaker 2: when it was inside zone, didn't have a lot of
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Speaker 2: power to surge through some tackles and fight through it,
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Speaker 2: whereas in this system you might see him being able
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Speaker 2: to utilize his vision and elusiveness a little bit more.
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Speaker 2: And then, of course I go back to the receiving element.
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Speaker 2: He's caught some nice passes in training camp. He also
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Speaker 2: had a bad drop, but he is someone that can
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Speaker 2: win on wheel routes. He had a nice one from
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Speaker 2: Andy Dalton and they seem to have a decent rapport
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Speaker 2: when it comes to that. So we'll see how that
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Speaker 2: all manifests in a game. Situation. But then you look
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Speaker 2: at a little bit further down in the pecking order,
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Speaker 2: Carson Steele, who is a third year running back six
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Speaker 2: foot two hundred and twenty eight pounds, was a full
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Speaker 2: back with the Chiefs as a rookie, made the Chiefs
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Speaker 2: as an undrafted free agent in twenty twenty four. Well,
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Speaker 2: Damian Pierce has missed the last several practices and he's
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Speaker 2: sort of a player whose stock is trending downwards. But
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Speaker 2: when you look at Carson Steele, if the Eagles aren't
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Speaker 2: going to lean too heavily into Tank Bigsby, because he's
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Speaker 2: going to be a prominent piece of their offense, and
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Speaker 2: I think Will Shipley's going to see a ton of work.
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Speaker 2: Carson Steele would be the next player that you can
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Speaker 2: expect to see. That's number thirty four. You'll see the
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Speaker 2: flowing locks, You'll see a chiseled frame, he runs hard,
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Speaker 2: lowers his shoulder. I think he's the exact kind of
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Speaker 2: player that when you put the pads on, you're able
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Speaker 2: to see the value there, and then on special teams.
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Speaker 1: I'm looking to see something from him.
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Speaker 2: There because I think he has a skill set that
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Speaker 2: lends itself to maybe becoming a ringer in coverage. Now
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Speaker 2: he has an uphill battle to make the roster, But
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Speaker 2: there's thirty one other teams that you're putting tape out
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Speaker 2: there for. And so Carson Steele, simply for the power
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Speaker 2: that he runs with and the contact balance, is someone
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Speaker 2: that is on my list absolutely. At wide receiver, Darius
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Speaker 2: Cooper is not going to be on this list because
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Speaker 2: I already know about Darius Cooper. He's an NFL player,
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Speaker 2: He's had an exceptional training camp.
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Speaker 1: He's for real.
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Speaker 2: But I don't think that there's anything I'm going to
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Speaker 2: learn about Darius Cooper over the next three games that
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Speaker 2: I don't already know. He's shown up every day in
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Speaker 2: practice and made a play a day.
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Speaker 1: And is the real deal. But there are other players
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Speaker 1: at this position.
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Speaker 2: Johnny Wilson is probably at the top of my list
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Speaker 2: here because he never really got a chance to showcase
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Speaker 2: what he had been working on behind the scenes last summer.
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Speaker 2: He was coming on a little bit as a receiver.
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Speaker 2: We already know that he's an effective blocker, but I
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Speaker 2: think he's sort of coming into his own as a
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Speaker 2: pass catcher. There's room for a Johnny Wilson on this roster,
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Speaker 2: and I'm already assuming that Darius Cooper is essentially a
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Speaker 2: lock based on performance. But Johnny Wilson can block on
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Speaker 2: the perimeter, he can run down the field and cover kicks,
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Speaker 2: but he's also someone who has a unique body type
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Speaker 2: and can factor into.
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Speaker 1: The red zone.
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Speaker 2: And when you're looking at making exceptions and maybe going
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Speaker 2: heavier at a position, you tend to want to do
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Speaker 2: that with a player that has a skill set that
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Speaker 2: differentiates himself from other players in the room. And I
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Speaker 2: think Johnny's had a solid camp and has kind of
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Speaker 2: flown under the radar a little bit.
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Speaker 1: He missed a couple of days with the.
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Speaker 2: Knee, but he's back now and so he's playing for
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Speaker 2: a roster spot. Johnny Wilson's absolutely on there. Keep an
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Speaker 2: eye on the connection between Andy Dalton and Johnny Wilson
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Speaker 2: because a lot of times in training camp and even
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Speaker 2: in the spring, Andy has looked to him on these
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Speaker 2: inbreakers where Johnny uses his frame. Andy puts it where
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Speaker 2: Johnny can go get it, and so I think there's
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Speaker 2: a little bit of a rapport there between the two.
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Speaker 2: A player that you probably already have heard me talk about,
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Speaker 2: but I think that getting to see him in a
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Speaker 2: game scenario with the Eagles is something that I'm really
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Speaker 2: intrigued with. And that's Danny Gray another long He's a
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Speaker 2: long shot to make the roster, kind of along the
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Speaker 2: lines of Carson Steele, if not even more so, because
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Speaker 2: there's just so many bodies in front of him. But
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Speaker 2: if you think about it, last summer, he was in
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Speaker 2: training camp, he got injured, he was waived, he came
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Speaker 2: back on the practice squad. You didn't get a chance
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Speaker 2: to see him in the preseason. And then the year
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Speaker 2: before that he joined the practice the squad, but didn't
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Speaker 2: have a training camp with the Eagles, so you haven't had.
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Speaker 1: A chance to see him in action.
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Speaker 2: And this is someone who was a third round pick
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Speaker 2: of the San Francisco forty nine ers in twenty twenty two.
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Speaker 2: Has good speed, he's competitive, and I think he's going
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Speaker 2: to approach this game with a chip on his shoulder.
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Speaker 2: I can tell you from having talked to Danny last
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Speaker 2: year in the year before that he is someone that
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Speaker 2: is naturally motivated. But I have to imagine that he's
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Speaker 2: going to be chomping at the bit to get back
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Speaker 2: out there and put some good things on tape.
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Speaker 1: At tight end, I'm going to.
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Speaker 2: Be looking at Cameron Latou and more so as a receiver,
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Speaker 2: because Cameron Latsuo has caught some passes, he's done some
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Speaker 2: different things, and I want to see what he can
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Speaker 2: now do if he's incorporated a little bit more as
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Speaker 2: a pass catcher, because he has some really good receiving ability.
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Speaker 2: Just look at his Alabama tape, and if he's able
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Speaker 2: to add that in all of a sudden, you have
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Speaker 2: a very well rounded depth piece there at tight end.
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Speaker 2: And I think at the top of the list there
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Speaker 2: has to be Eli stat the rookie tight end who's
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Speaker 2: had a quiet training camp, though he's making strides and
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Speaker 2: taking steps in the right direction. Again, it's going to
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Speaker 2: be a work in progress, but I think his skill
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Speaker 2: set and athleticism lends itself to being able to come
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Speaker 2: up with some dynamic plays as a receiver and get
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Speaker 2: loose in the open field. Maybe they're able to accentuate
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Speaker 2: his leaping ability and just overall explosiveness in the red zone,
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Speaker 2: and if he's able to put his best foot forward
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Speaker 2: in this game, that's certainly going to be something tangible
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Speaker 2: that he can lean into a little bit.
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Speaker 1: It can build confidence moving forward.
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Speaker 2: So Eli Stowers, the Eagles second round draft pick number
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Speaker 2: eighty seven, is on the list for sure. And then
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Speaker 2: on the offensive line there's a number of players. Drew
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Speaker 2: Kendall is not going to be on this list, which
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Speaker 2: may surprise you, But as you all know, I'm bullish
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Speaker 2: on Drew Kendall and I was when he got drafted.
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Speaker 2: I meant that that was probably my favorite Day three
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Speaker 2: But I already know a decent amount about Drew Kendall.
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Speaker 2: I've seen a lot of them in training camp. I
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Speaker 2: want to see some of the younger players that are
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Speaker 2: vying for depth rolls. Drew Kendall is already one of
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Speaker 2: the eight offensive linemen who are sort of cemented on.
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Speaker 1: The roster right now.
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Speaker 2: He's going to be a very important piece on game
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Speaker 2: day as the interior back up, the top interior backup.
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Speaker 2: But I'm looking at Willie Lampkin, the Eagles second year
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Speaker 2: offensive lineman. He had a good training camp last year
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Speaker 2: with the Rams, a good preseason that he put out
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Speaker 2: a lot of really good tape, and now we get
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Speaker 2: to see him here in Philadelphia. But this is someone
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Speaker 2: that I do believe strongly that Philadelphia fans that haven't
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Speaker 2: seen him yet you're going to fall in love with
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Speaker 2: him because he plays with tremendous effort, strong ability to anchor.
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Speaker 2: He's a lot stronger at the point of attack than
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Speaker 2: you might expect for a five eleven two.
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Speaker 1: And ninety pound offensive lineman. He's a center.
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Speaker 2: He played guard in college, but he's now learning guard
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Speaker 2: at the NFL level, so the Eagles have cross trained
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Speaker 2: him there. I think he's going to get some opportunities
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Speaker 2: to play both, and he might be able to serve
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Speaker 2: up some pancakes in this one, because I think that
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Speaker 2: that was something that really sort of caught fire a
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Speaker 2: little bit on social media last year in a positive way.
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Speaker 2: A lot of those clips that he was getting the
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Speaker 2: best of some of these defensive linemen, really good at
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Speaker 2: using his natural leverage to his advantage. And another player
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Speaker 2: would be Jake Majors, the eagles second year offensive lineman.
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Speaker 2: He joined the practice squad after Week one. He was
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Speaker 2: with the tamp Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent
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Speaker 2: last summer, but he suffered an injury.
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Speaker 1: He was waived.
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Speaker 2: The Eagles grabbed them and they put him on the
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Speaker 2: practice squad. He was there all season, got to learn
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Speaker 2: from Jeff Stoutland and the NFL's best offensive line room.
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Speaker 2: So I think that he kind of entered training camp
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Speaker 2: with a solid foundation. He's learned a little bit from
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Speaker 2: Jason Kelce this summer. He's a very smart player. He's
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Speaker 2: very tough. He set a Texas program record for most
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Speaker 2: starts with fifty six, so he has a lot of
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Speaker 2: experience playing center, and the Eagles cross train to mcguard
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Speaker 2: as well.
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Speaker 1: He has shorter arms, so that's something to keep in mind.
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Speaker 2: But I think when you look at him, you're going
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Speaker 2: to see a technician who's highly intelligent. He's really good
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Speaker 2: at dissecting and diagnosing what defenses are doing pre snap,
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Speaker 2: and he's had a quietly good camp. There's been moments
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Speaker 2: where as a guard when he's been inserted there, defensive
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Speaker 2: linemen have gotten the better of him. But it's still
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Speaker 2: a work in progress there, but I can see it.
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Speaker 2: And he's largely taken second team reps, So that suggests
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Speaker 2: that the Eagles are intrigued with what they've seen from him,
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Speaker 2: because they're certainly not going to just throw reps away
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Speaker 2: if the player isn't holding up his end of the bargain.
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Speaker 1: Certainly, so the.
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Speaker 2: Eagles are telling you that he's coming along nicely, and
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Speaker 2: that's why they're sort of rewarding him with these second
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Speaker 2: team reps. Otherwise you might as well just give it
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Speaker 2: to your sixth round pick in Michael Morris and the
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Speaker 2: fact that they are giving Jake Majors these opportunities to me,
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Speaker 2: has him on my list as someone that Warrant's watching.
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Speaker 2: He wears number seventy five. Then the other offensive lineman
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Speaker 2: is someone who I've been on since the spring. I
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Speaker 2: noted him and I really started to pay attention to
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Speaker 2: how he was performing and how the Eagles were lining
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Speaker 2: him up and things like that. And that's John Adjuco
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Speaker 2: and a djuku and so I look at what he
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Speaker 2: can do. And this is someone who's twenty seven years old,
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Speaker 2: who's a twenty twenty three on drafted for agent with
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Speaker 2: the Tennessee Titans. He's a right tackle really, but they recently,
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Speaker 2: at least for one practice cross training my left guard.
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Speaker 2: So Juco is somebody that to me is a little intriguing.
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Speaker 2: When you look at the Eagles backup offensive lineman, there's
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Speaker 2: a lot of youth there. You have Fred Johnson, of course,
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Speaker 2: but there's not a ton of experience. Now he's just
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Speaker 2: played in sixteen games, nine starts, but it's something and
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Speaker 2: if he can provide added value as a player who
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Speaker 2: can play tackle and guard, well, then you have something
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Speaker 2: to work with there. So he's kind of my sleeper,
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Speaker 2: my under the radar guy that I recently put on
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Speaker 2: my fifty three man roster last week, I believe, so
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Speaker 2: that's some way to keep an eye on.
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Speaker 1: That's number sixty seven.
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Speaker 2: Let's look at the defensive side, and the defensive side
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Speaker 2: of the ball has a lot of players that I'll
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Speaker 2: be keeping an eye on, but I'm gonna whittle it
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Speaker 2: down to those who I feel are most important for
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Speaker 2: the viewers, and so we're gonna go with Byron Young
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Speaker 2: to start defensive tackle, entering his fourth season, the final
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Speaker 2: year of his rookie deal. Those who have listened or
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Speaker 2: read my work over the past couple of years, you
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Speaker 2: already know that I'm a I'm a big, b y guy.
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Speaker 2: I've seen a lot from him, I think had he
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Speaker 2: been on another roster, he's a third defensive tackle and
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Speaker 2: you're hearing about him a lot more. But nevertheless, he's
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Speaker 2: here in Philadelphia and he's sort of buried on the
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Speaker 2: depth chart. But he's had a good camp. He's lost
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Speaker 2: some weight, he showed some juice as a pass rusher,
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Speaker 2: and he is someone that I think offers that positional
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Speaker 2: versatility that's appealing. Vic Fangio seems to like him and
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Speaker 2: he is one of the more important death pieces on
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Speaker 2: the roster.
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Speaker 1: So Byron Young is on my list.
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Speaker 2: There at linebacker, we're gonna look at Chance Campbell, number
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Speaker 2: fifty nine. He was on the Eagles practice squad all
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Speaker 2: last season, signed just before the final preseason game. He
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Speaker 2: did enough in that limited sample size to punch his
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Speaker 2: ticket onto the practice squad, and I think a lot
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Speaker 2: of that has to do with they already knew about
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Speaker 2: the player. Bobby King, the Eagles linebackers coach, was with
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Speaker 2: him in Tennessee, and he's a highly intelligent and stinctual player,
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Speaker 2: and I think you're going to see him rack up
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Speaker 2: a number of tackles when he gets his opportunity. He's
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Speaker 2: really in contention for what would probably be the fifth
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Speaker 2: linebacker spot, and I would argue that the Eagles could
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Speaker 2: go that route, but that would be more along the
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Speaker 2: lines of special teams. That's really where he's going to
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Speaker 2: have to convince the coaching staff by being a third
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Speaker 2: base standout, and I think he has the makeup.
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Speaker 1: To do that.
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Speaker 2: He's just got to stay healthy. That's been the one
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Speaker 2: hang up for him throughout his career. But at twenty
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Speaker 2: six years old. He hasn't he doesn't have a lot
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Speaker 1: Vic Vangels certainly does.
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Speaker 2: He said don't sleep on chance Campbell now at edge rusher.
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Speaker 2: It's Ajpanessa, the Eagles veteran edge rusher that they signed
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Speaker 2: after mandatory mini camp. He's played a lot of football.
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Speaker 2: He's transitioning to a scheme in which he's going to
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Speaker 2: have to do some different things like dropping the coverage.
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Speaker 2: He's feisty, he gets after it, and I think his
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Speaker 1: In the secondary.
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Speaker 2: As we close things out, there's a number of players
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Speaker 2: that I could have went with. Second year of cornerback
20:17
Speaker 2: Mac McWilliams highlights this list. Mac has not only had
20:22
Speaker 2: a nice couple of days of late, he's really come
20:25
Speaker 2: on the last week and a half. And that's just
20:27
Speaker 2: the facts of the matter. If you're paying close attention
20:31
Speaker 2: to those of us who are there at practice.
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's been noted that he is.
20:38
Speaker 2: Taking advantage of his opportunities and what I've noticed from him,
20:41
Speaker 2: is that you're seeing someone who is notably stronger. He's
20:44
Speaker 2: added some weight to his frame, He's playing with more confidence.
20:47
Speaker 2: He has good quickness, he has a quick trigger, which
20:50
Speaker 2: is important. He's not guessing, and he seems to be
20:52
Speaker 2: a little bit more confident in his assignments. Vic Vangio
20:57
Speaker 2: mentioned maturity when talking about the biggest difference for Macmick
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Speaker 2: Williams from year one to year two, and so Max
21:03
Speaker 2: should get a lot of opportunities in this In this one,
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Speaker 2: we'll see if he's able to take the next step
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Speaker 2: further in his progression at safety. There's two players that
21:12
Speaker 2: I'm going to be looking at. Kapina Gushikin, who's an
21:15
Speaker 2: undrafted free agent out of Ole Miss. I've noticed lately
21:17
Speaker 2: that he's been working in with the second team alongside
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Speaker 2: Andre sam whose name may come up here in a moment.
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Speaker 2: But Gushagin is undersized, but he's extremely explosive and athletic.
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Speaker 2: He is really good at, you know, throttling down. He
21:32
Speaker 2: has good quick and good click and close ability, and
21:36
Speaker 2: he seems to process things relatively fast. I've noticed him
21:40
Speaker 2: sort of creep up the depth chart a little bit.
21:42
Speaker 2: We'll see what that all means, but this is someone
21:44
Speaker 2: who you got to look past the size a little bit.
21:47
Speaker 2: He is immensely athletic and he seems to have a
21:49
Speaker 2: relatively high football IQ. We'll certainly learn more watching him
21:53
Speaker 2: in a game situation, but he's someone who has caught my.
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Speaker 1: Eye of late.
22:00
Speaker 2: And the final player here, that's Andre Sam. Andre Sam
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Speaker 2: is someone who's now in his third year in this defense.
22:06
Speaker 2: There's not a lot that I need to say that
22:07
Speaker 2: I haven't already said about Andre, and I don't want
22:10
Speaker 2: to oversell it, but this is someone who doesn't tend
22:13
Speaker 2: to make a lot of mistakes. He's confident in his assignments,
22:18
Speaker 2: he knows the defense. The Eagles, perhaps most importantly, seem
22:22
Speaker 2: to be really comfortable with Andre because he's been a
22:25
Speaker 2: constant with the second team. He really was last summer
22:28
Speaker 2: was Andre Sam and Tristan McCullum. And I don't know
22:31
Speaker 2: that Andre could have done anything more last summer than
22:33
Speaker 2: that he already could. That he did, but he fell
22:36
Speaker 2: short of making the roster. He's a good special teams player.
22:39
Speaker 2: He has a great story. If you don't know his story,
22:42
Speaker 2: be sure to check that out. And he's someone that
22:47
Speaker 2: when you watch him out there, you'll see someone who
22:50
Speaker 2: is dependable. He's reliable, and he plays a lot bigger
22:55
Speaker 2: than his listed size. He has a feistiness to him
22:59
Speaker 2: which show cases itself on special teams end defense, and
23:03
Speaker 2: I think that experience within the system should help him
23:06
Speaker 2: be able to make some more plays on Saturday night. Well,
23:10
Speaker 2: that's my group of players on offense and defense that
23:13
Speaker 2: I'll be king in on. There's probably others that I forgot,
23:16
Speaker 2: but those are the ones that are at the forefront
23:19
Speaker 2: right now for me at least going into it. Hopefully
23:22
Speaker 2: you guys check out the game and you stick around
23:25
Speaker 2: for the all four quarters because there's a lot of
23:28
Speaker 2: quality football players here.
23:29
Speaker 1: And maybe my view, my view is a little skewed.
23:32
Speaker 2: Because I've had a chance to watch these guys every
23:35
Speaker 2: day since training camp opened. But there's a lot of
23:38
Speaker 2: talent here, and there's a lot of competition at key spots,
23:41
Speaker 2: and who knows, you just might see the next read
23:45
Speaker 2: Blanket Chip, the next Josh Job, the next Eli Rix,
23:49
Speaker 2: and we'll just have to wait and see how everything
23:51
Speaker 2: plays out. But preseason game one tomorrow night, and we'll
23:56
Speaker 2: have all the updates for you on Inside the Birds
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Speaker 2: here on To Checko Daily.
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Speaker 1: That's gonna do it.
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Speaker 2: For this episode of To Checko Daily, I'm Andrew di
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Speaker 2: Checo and I'll catch you all on the next one.