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Eagles Training Camp And Preseason Storylines (PST Episode 681) · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, the longest
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Speaker 1: running weekly Philly sports podcast show in the world, over
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Speaker 1: thirteen years strong. We've got a great show coming to
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Speaker 1: you this week where we are going to be getting
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Speaker 1: into the Philadelphia Phillies and what we're thrown down on
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Speaker 1: the table. This week, we've got a great interview with
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Speaker 1: our friend Anthony Miller from Inside the He's going to
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Speaker 1: be joining us to talk about what we're seeing from
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Speaker 1: the Eagles during training camp, storylines that we're going to
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Speaker 1: be following this upcoming season. What we saw in that
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Speaker 1: first Eagles preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens where there
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Speaker 1: wasn't a lot of great stuff. Yeah, I mean.
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Speaker 2: If you're looking to, yeah, if you're looking to get
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Speaker 2: like deep into like the roster battles, then I get it.
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Speaker 2: But like I we put it on and it was like, Okay,
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Speaker 2: none of the starters are playing, Like I hope at
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Speaker 2: least we'd get like one drive out of them, but yeah,
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Speaker 2: they weren't even doing that. So it was just like,
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Speaker 2: you know, you know, you want to see I guess
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Speaker 2: the you know, guys that are going to be second
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Speaker 2: string and maybe third stringers. Yeah, in in case, you know,
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Speaker 2: work worst case scenario they're needed due to injury. But
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Speaker 2: you know, at the same time, it's just like, you know,
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Speaker 2: if I see these people on the field a lot
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Speaker 2: over the course of the season, it's not going to
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Speaker 2: be a great year.
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Speaker 1: Look, I'm gonna I'm gonna ask Anthony. We're gonna do
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Speaker 1: a stock up stock down type of a type of
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Speaker 1: bit there, and I'm gonna ask him about the quarterback
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Speaker 1: two position stuck up or stock down because Andy Dalton
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Speaker 1: looked like Poostu one of your favorite phrases from back
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Speaker 1: end of the day. And so.
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Speaker 2: But I mean, at least McKee you can kind of
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Speaker 2: dream on a little bit. I mean there's no yes,
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Speaker 2: there's no real room for growth with Andy Dalton. He
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Speaker 2: he was who he's gonna be like six years ago.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. All right, Well let's let's let's get
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Speaker 1: into the crux of what we're gonna be talking about here,
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Speaker 1: Len before we bring on our guests this week, some
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Speaker 1: Phillies talk thoughts on the field of dreams game. I
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Speaker 1: just going into it, I was really excited because I'm like,
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Speaker 1: this is where this Phillies team based on where this
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Speaker 1: is being played just kind of the nostalgic aspect of
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Speaker 1: this particular setting that they were in, based on the
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Speaker 1: Field of Dreams movie that we all watched. You know,
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Speaker 1: we're going up so thinking, you know what, this could
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Speaker 1: be a really great spot for this Phillies team to
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Speaker 1: really kind of turn things around, and they certainly did.
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Speaker 1: They really did il Swimmer with two shore bombs. You know.
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Speaker 1: Oh it was great. I just I loved it for
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Speaker 1: so many reasons. Unfortunately, a lot of people didn't even
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Speaker 1: know this thing was going on. To be honest with you,
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Speaker 1: I think Netflix and Major League Baseball did a really
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Speaker 1: poor job of letting the general public know that they
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Speaker 1: had a game that was actually worth watching. So it
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Speaker 1: was Major League Baseball's first game at the Field of
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Speaker 1: Dreams movie site in four years in Dyersville, Iowa. It
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Speaker 1: averaged about one point sixty six million viewers on Netflix
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Speaker 1: Thursday this past Thursday night. It was down substantially from
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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham,
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Speaker 1: Alabama that averaged two point five million views on Fox
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Speaker 1: when that game took place. So little little disappointment from
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Speaker 1: Netflix in Major League Baseball not really letting the general
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Speaker 1: public know that there was a game worth watching that
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Speaker 1: was pretty freaking cool for a lot of us.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I would think that a lot of
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Speaker 2: that goes to maybe MLB and Netflix's promotion of it.
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Speaker 2: You know, maybe they do a good enough job promoting it.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I think the Phillies are a team with
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Speaker 2: a lot of a lot of people that you know,
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Speaker 2: you might want to see, you know, the Harpers, the
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Speaker 2: shore Bers, you know, guys like that, whereas the Twins,
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Speaker 2: you know, okay, yeah, Byron Buckson is good, but also like,
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Speaker 2: who else really was on the Twins that you know,
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Speaker 2: right you're tuning in the CEA. So maybe if it
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Speaker 2: was more of a marquee opponent as my hey.
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Speaker 3: As my dog is messing with the bed in the background.
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Speaker 1: I was just sooner, butthole was in the case.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I could see it too in the camera.
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Speaker 2: I was like, god, damn it, Luna, So yeah.
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Speaker 1: I freaking love it so much. It's better than a
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Speaker 1: lot of our other friends. Dogs will tell you that much.
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Speaker 3: She has her moments.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry, go ah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I mean the Phillies are I don't know
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Speaker 2: I would call them a marquee team, but you know
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Speaker 2: they're they're marketable, whereas are the twins, you know, so,
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Speaker 2: and that's not me trying to disparage the Twins at all,
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Speaker 2: it's just the reality of the situation.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, And look, I think I thank god they
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Speaker 1: won the game because we're We're always going to be
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Speaker 1: able to say now for the rest of our lives,
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Speaker 1: the Phillies won that first Major League Baseball game at
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Speaker 1: the Field of dream Site, and I just the nostalgic
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Speaker 1: of it. I just thought it was so freaking cool, man,
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Speaker 1: I really did it.
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Speaker 2: I mean, the visuals are incredible. You know, coming out
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Speaker 2: of the corn is always going to be cool. It's
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Speaker 2: gonna be something everybody that gets to play in that
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Speaker 2: game is going to look forward to. Everybody that that
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Speaker 2: plays baseball has watched that movie and is dying to
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Speaker 2: do that. So, I mean that's and then in the
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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame Legends coming out afterward, I think only
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Speaker 2: added to that. So it was I mean the way
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Speaker 2: the way they actually did the thing was awesome. It's
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Speaker 2: just maybe the promoting of the thing wasn't where it
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Speaker 2: should have been.
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Speaker 1: Maybe. Absolutely. Yeah, look too, I think everybody on the
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Speaker 1: team didn't everybody on the team have a hit except
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Speaker 1: for JT. Real Muto. I believe, I think so.
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Speaker 2: I mean, and that's you know, the the Phillies came
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Speaker 2: to play in that game. I mean, Nola was the
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Speaker 2: best he'd been all year. You know the fact that
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Speaker 2: they didn't have the ABS system that's been talked about
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Speaker 2: a lot where uh, he struggled with that due to
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Speaker 2: you know, some of the break on some of his pitches.
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Speaker 3: They don't always get called strikes.
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Speaker 2: That wasn't available at this game, so you're only going
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Speaker 2: off of the UMPSI and he probably got more strikes
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Speaker 2: than he normally does.
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Speaker 3: But he'd pitched great.
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Speaker 1: Like the runs, Yeah, really quick with the pitching. I
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Speaker 1: like the fact that they didn't have the pitching of
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Speaker 1: the box above on plate. I really enjoyed that. Dude,
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Speaker 1: we haven't seen that. How it's in decades.
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Speaker 3: It's been some time, Yeah, for sure.
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Speaker 1: Yes, And I'm sorry, go ahead, you were you wanted to.
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Speaker 3: Tell No, I'm just I mean they were hitting.
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Speaker 2: I mean, the second chore for home run that probably
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Speaker 2: could have been caught bounced off the guy's glove.
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Speaker 3: But what are you gonna do? I mean, it's just
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Speaker 3: it's a tough play regardless. But I mean, they showed up.
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Speaker 3: They played well, they pitched well, they hit well.
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Speaker 2: I mean, for a Phillies fan, you couldn't really ask
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Speaker 2: for much more out of that performance from them.
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Speaker 1: And it started a sweep of the Minnesota Twins. And
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Speaker 1: I guess next in terms of where we're talking about
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Speaker 1: with this team is you know, where where are they
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Speaker 1: going to go here in August. I'm actually going to
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Speaker 1: be I mean, this podcast is going to be uploaded,
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Speaker 1: but I would have gone to the I'm going to
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Speaker 1: the game this Wednesday. So it's this past Wednesday, the
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Speaker 1: game that I'm at, and I I'm not gonna say
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Speaker 1: what I want to see because people are going to
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Speaker 1: be listening to this and watching this after. But I mean,
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Speaker 1: I really wonder if this offense can really make positive
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Speaker 1: changes here in August to at least try to have
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Speaker 1: some sort of consistency. For the love of God, I
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Speaker 1: just want some consistency because the streakiness of this offense
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Speaker 1: is just driving me absolutely crazy. You know, you've had
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Speaker 1: Christopher Sanchez just being an absolute ace for a specific
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Speaker 1: point in time during the course of the season, then
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Speaker 1: you have like right now, Zeus Lizardo is that guy
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Speaker 1: who it looks like that Ace right here at this
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Speaker 1: particular point in the season, Zach Wheeler at once struggle. Yeah, Yeah,
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Speaker 1: he's been struggling.
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Speaker 2: He's pitching tonight against against Miami, and they showed his
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Speaker 2: past four starts.
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Speaker 3: He struggled the work starts.
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Speaker 2: The e RA is over seventh, so he he's gotten
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Speaker 2: off track a little bit. Maybe that's the I don't
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Speaker 2: know with him, if it's the August dead arm period,
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Speaker 2: because he did miss the beginning of the year with
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Speaker 2: the durrassicale the recovery from that surgery.
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Speaker 3: So I don't know.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on with him right now,
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Speaker 2: but hopefully he can work his way through it.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. I just again, I want to get back to
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Speaker 1: the offense, like can this offense be consistent because at
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Speaker 1: this point, you know, we are seeing good stuff from
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Speaker 1: Bryce Harper. I think Kyle Schwarber is getting back into
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Speaker 1: the swing of things. I just we need Bryson start,
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Speaker 1: Bryson start, Bryson Stott. What the hell? Where am I
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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I talk so much throughout the day
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Speaker 1: to people, do you have like.
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Speaker 2: A finite limit on your brain of Okay, these words
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Speaker 2: can come out good and after this word count, I'm done.
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Speaker 3: For the day. Like is that? How is that how
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Speaker 3: it works with you?
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Speaker 1: It's kind of like how I tell my kids. I'm like,
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Speaker 1: there's only a certain amount of ram and gigabytes that
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Speaker 1: are in here, and there's not many left.
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Speaker 3: That's fair.
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Speaker 1: So that being said, Bryson Stott, you know, I mean,
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Speaker 1: we've seen some good stuff from him, you know, over
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Speaker 1: the course of you know, the past month or so here,
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Speaker 1: and I just want to see consistency with this team
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Speaker 1: again comes back to that word consistency with this offense here.
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Speaker 1: I think that's what they need in order to and
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Speaker 1: it may sound simplistic, may sound elementary, but it's what
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Speaker 1: they need in order to really make a run at
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Speaker 1: the postseason. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: And my take on all of this is you mentioned
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Speaker 2: the postseason, and you know you're thinking about October, and
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Speaker 2: I'm telling you to forget all that because the playoffs
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Speaker 2: for the Phillies have started right now. They a couple
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Speaker 2: of days ago, they were in a tie for the
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Speaker 2: third wild card spot, right Yeah, basically one game out
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Speaker 2: of not being in the playoffs at all. Currently going
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Speaker 2: into tonight, they were a game up, they were in
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Speaker 2: the second wildcard spot, so technically they're in the playoffs,
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Speaker 2: but that's a very tenuous position right now. The Cubs
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Speaker 2: are in the number one spot coming into today for
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Speaker 2: the wild they have number one wild card and they
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Speaker 2: are six games ahead of the Phillies, five five or
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Speaker 2: six games ahead of the Phillies, and then everybody else underneath that.
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Speaker 2: But you look at the at the standings coming in,
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Speaker 2: the Phillies are in second, the Padres are a game
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Speaker 2: behind them, the Diamondbacks are only two games behind them.
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Speaker 2: Miami is only three games behind them, so they they
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Speaker 2: have to win i'm most.
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Speaker 3: Of their series. I think for the rest of the year.
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Speaker 2: They have to start playing playoff baseball right now, just
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Speaker 2: to make sure that they remain in the playoffs. Like
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Speaker 2: it's got to start coming together.
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Speaker 3: It has to happen now.
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Speaker 2: I mean, there's no more I know, typically a lot
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Speaker 2: of these teams to be like, oh, we get off
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Speaker 2: to a rough start and then we get going and
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Speaker 2: we just ease our way into the season. You are
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Speaker 2: well into the season. Now the urgency has to be there,
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Speaker 2: the play has to be there at this point. So
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Speaker 2: that's that's where I'm at. As far as what this
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Speaker 2: team is going forward, are going to do. You know,
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Speaker 2: those those three guys at the top of that rotation
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Speaker 2: need to pitch like you're in a playoff series and
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Speaker 2: can basically shut the door on most of these other teams.
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Speaker 3: Schwarber's got to continue hitting.
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Speaker 2: I like what I've seen a guy that's been maligned
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Speaker 2: for a lot of the year, Alec Bohm. So far
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Speaker 2: in I mean in August, I had the splits up. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: in August, he's hitting three sixty eight. He's got a
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Speaker 2: no ps a minine thirty one. He had a decent
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Speaker 2: he had a pretty good May. He's having a great August.
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Speaker 2: The entire rest of the year for him was has
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Speaker 2: been an absolute tire fire. So Alec Bohm, I think
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Speaker 2: to me, and he needs to keep this up because
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Speaker 2: he's playing for his next contract, whether it's in Philadelphia
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Speaker 2: or somewhere else. He's playing to get the best contract
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Speaker 2: he can for next year because this is the last
12:54
Speaker 2: year of his deal here.
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Speaker 3: I don't know if we'll be back.
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Speaker 2: I would love to see them be able to upgrade
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Speaker 2: over him. But he's got to really kick it into
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Speaker 2: gear for the rest of the season and show teams. Hey,
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Speaker 2: I'm worth paying you know, next year whenever, you know,
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Speaker 2: all that stuff. So he's the guy that needs to
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Speaker 2: continue what he's doing. I'm not worried about Hartburn. Sure
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Speaker 2: where they're going to continue to do what they do.
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Speaker 2: I love what a Rise is done, you know, since
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Speaker 2: he's come to the team. I think, you know, for
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Speaker 2: a guy that profiles at the top of the order,
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Speaker 2: guy where they have him is not what I have done,
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Speaker 2: what I would have done, but I think it's great
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Speaker 2: hitting him clean up, letting him a guy that gets
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Speaker 2: on base, that gets hits. Yeah, I mean it makes
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Speaker 2: all the sense in the world. Put guys on base
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Speaker 2: in front of them, let him drive them in. I mean,
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Speaker 2: I again, it's not the conventional baseball you know, lineup,
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Speaker 2: but for what he does, it's smart.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Our friend of the show, John Staalmus, who was
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Speaker 1: on the show last week talking about this team. He
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Speaker 1: wrote a recent article on the Good Fight When and
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Speaker 1: he specifically the question is whether this new found offensive
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Speaker 1: efficiency is a lasting change or merely a weird three
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Speaker 1: week blip. When the pressure is on this October, will
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Speaker 1: the changes hold? Heck, will they hold into next week?
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Speaker 1: The Phillies are a dizzying group. That's what John said,
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Speaker 1: and it really goes to what Eric and I were
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Speaker 1: talking about last week also on the show, where Eric
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Speaker 1: was like, he was like, dude, I think they're going
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Speaker 1: to start on a hot streak, but will that hot
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Speaker 1: streak really, you know, provide that consistency that they need
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Speaker 1: or is it just going to be an inconsistent lineup?
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Speaker 1: Like again, like John was saying, is this going to
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Speaker 1: hold even into next week or so? So I think
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Speaker 1: that's the real question here that this new found offensive
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Speaker 1: efficiency that John was talking about talking about, is it
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Speaker 1: is it a lasting change or is it just a
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Speaker 1: blip on the blip on the radar here?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean yeah, there, there's there's no reason it
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Speaker 2: can't be, you know, a lasting change. They've got all
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Speaker 2: the pieces in place in terms of talented guys, guys
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Speaker 2: that are making a lot of money, Guys that you know,
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Speaker 2: they're not babes in the woods here, They're they're well traveled,
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Speaker 2: you know, professional baseball players that have been doing this forever.
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Speaker 2: There should be nothing that comes in front of them
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Speaker 2: that's like I've never seen this before. So, I mean,
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Speaker 2: there there's no excuse, there's literally no excuse for this
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Speaker 2: team not to perform, and if they don't, I think
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Speaker 2: it's it's pretty damning.
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Speaker 1: Really quick, buddy, before I let you go, I just
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Speaker 1: I'm so concerned about the bullpen.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that's the area that I mean is
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Speaker 2: flat out terrifying.
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Speaker 1: It really is. It's it's a great word. Terrifying is
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Speaker 1: absolutely the great war a great word. Coming into this season, man,
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Speaker 1: just how many months ago we were like, all right, man,
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Speaker 1: this bullpen seems like things are going to be okay.
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Speaker 1: They're going to be the solid piece of this team.
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Speaker 1: And now here in mid August, it's like, oh my gosh.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, brought you figured Okay, he's got the eighth and
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Speaker 2: then obviously you've got Duran for the ninth, and okay,
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Speaker 2: just figure out who the seventh inning guy is and
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Speaker 2: who your other guys are and where they soloted in
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Speaker 2: the bullpen and we're golden. And really I thought that
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Speaker 2: was gonna be, like you had said, perhaps the strongest
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Speaker 2: area of the team going in the season, and it's
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Speaker 2: just been yeah.
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Speaker 1: I got disappointing. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's the point where you're like, oh God,
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Speaker 2: please give me, you know, out of the starters, please
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Speaker 2: give me seven or eight innings, like just you know,
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Speaker 2: and you know, you get that impending sense of doom
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Speaker 2: if they only go like five and a third or
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Speaker 2: something like that, It's like, Okay, we're never going to
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Speaker 2: get all these outs we need.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, it's it's.
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Speaker 2: I really am scared if they do make it to
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Speaker 2: the postseason that that is going to rear its ugly head.
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Speaker 1: Let us know your thoughts. If you're watching on YouTube,
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Speaker 1: leave us a comment below your thoughts on this Phillies bullpen.
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Speaker 1: Are you terrified like we are of what this bullpen
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Speaker 1: may or may not do during the course of the
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Speaker 1: rest of August tiers. We're even looking at September and
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Speaker 1: whether or not this Phillies team can actually make it
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Speaker 1: to the postseason as they are on the cusp of
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Speaker 1: a wild card spot here. So that being said, buddy,
17:12
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you go. We're gonna get into some
17:13
Speaker 1: Eagles talk. Hey, you got you getting some fantasy football
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Speaker 1: leagues coming up here?
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Speaker 3: I have none.
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Speaker 1: How many?
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Speaker 3: How many are you doing?
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Speaker 1: Six?
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Speaker 2: Okay, So basically every every week you're gonna be like, oh, yeah,
17:30
Speaker 2: I want this guy to do well. Oh wait, I
17:32
Speaker 2: don't want him to do well because I have him
17:33
Speaker 2: in when one league and I play him in two others,
17:36
Speaker 2: I know I will never That's the thing about Like
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Speaker 2: I get fantasy football, I get playing it. I've played
17:42
Speaker 2: in the past, but the whole thing of being in
17:45
Speaker 2: a ton of different leagues and playing against your own players, and.
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Speaker 3: I know it's it's so self defeating. I don't know
17:53
Speaker 3: why you do it.
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Speaker 2: On the list of things that I don't know why
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Speaker 2: you do it, that's pretty high up there.
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Speaker 1: A long list, right, it's a long list of things, right. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: My campaign manager is like, are you serious. He's like,
18:08
Speaker 1: what is this on the schedule? What's this f F thing?
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Speaker 1: I go it's Fantasy football Draft. He's like, oh my god.
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Speaker 1: I mean and that's the thing. That's the other end.
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Speaker 2: It was like, you know, you're still a person, you
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Speaker 2: still have interest. Oh, absolutely, completely shut everything down.
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Speaker 1: But he goes, I've seen five of these. Yeah, okay,
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Speaker 1: another way.
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Speaker 2: That is where he has a rock solid point. There
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Speaker 2: should only be one of those.
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Speaker 1: Yes, all right, Well, I think you got to get
18:38
Speaker 1: back into it, buddy.
18:39
Speaker 3: I think you gotta.
18:40
Speaker 1: I think moving and cheeking.
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Speaker 2: My recommendation to you would be to not hold your breath.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so that sounds good. I'll let you go, buddy, Luna,
18:51
Speaker 1: if you're back there, my dear, h you're such a
18:54
Speaker 1: good girl.
18:55
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, she's back there, no longer showing her
18:58
Speaker 2: blood hole off.
18:59
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was gonna say she showed us our bunghole
19:01
Speaker 1: for for a little bit. Was like, look at.
19:03
Speaker 3: Me, yeah, tarting it up.
19:06
Speaker 1: Yeah, got all right, buddy, I'm gonna let you go. Folks,
19:10
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a break when we get back. Got
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Speaker 1: a lot of Eagles talk coming your way.
19:16
Speaker 3: And now on the table.
19:21
Speaker 1: There's a lot of excitement about this Philadelphia Eagles team
19:24
Speaker 1: as we are honing in on and following a ton
19:27
Speaker 1: of storylines within Eagles training camp. We saw our first
19:30
Speaker 1: preseason game this past week, and and joining us to
19:33
Speaker 1: get into this team into training camp what we're gonna
19:36
Speaker 1: be seeing this season in more detail from inside the Eagles,
19:40
Speaker 1: our good friend Anthony Miller. Anthony, Buddy, thanks so much
19:42
Speaker 1: for taking the time to jump on here. Man's good
19:44
Speaker 1: to see you again. Good to talk to you.
19:46
Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks for having me on, Jeff appreciate it. Looking
19:47
Speaker 4: forward to our conversation.
19:49
Speaker 1: Yeah, we had a great conversation the last time you
19:51
Speaker 1: were on a few months ago. I wanted to bring
19:52
Speaker 1: you back just because there's so many eyes on this
19:55
Speaker 1: Eagles team. As again, they're in the midst of training camp,
19:59
Speaker 1: had the first preseason game. We've seen what some of
20:02
Speaker 1: the depth on this team can and also cannot do.
20:05
Speaker 1: At this point, we've seen some performances good, bad, kind
20:09
Speaker 1: of neutral as well. But as we're looking at in
20:12
Speaker 1: following these storylines here, Anthony, when it comes to this
20:16
Speaker 1: Eagles team, when it comes to this upcoming season, I'm
20:19
Speaker 1: wondering what is the biggest under the radar storyline at
20:22
Speaker 1: the moment during Eagles training camp that you're really keeping
20:25
Speaker 1: your eyes on. Here.
20:27
Speaker 5: How impressed I am with the offensive line.
20:29
Speaker 4: I think we had a lot of concerns about the
20:31
Speaker 4: depth of the offensive line behind the starters.
20:33
Speaker 5: We know how great the starters are, but we.
20:35
Speaker 4: Just didn't know about the young guys and who was
20:37
Speaker 4: gonna step up, you know about you know, behind the
20:39
Speaker 4: main five and you know, like a guy that I
20:42
Speaker 4: absolutely loved watching the tape on this weekend was Willie Lampkin.
20:45
Speaker 4: I mean, this guy is yeah, ten, five, eleven and
20:48
Speaker 4: he literally pushed a guy six yards down the field
20:51
Speaker 4: and threw him another three yard. He was like, smokes, like,
20:55
Speaker 4: this guy is really good, and I'm like, you know,
20:58
Speaker 4: Drew Kendall is finally coming into it zone. Like, I
21:00
Speaker 4: just felt like there was a lot of backup offensive
21:03
Speaker 4: linemen that played really well. I mean, Jake Majors I think,
21:05
Speaker 4: had a really good game too. So it's very encouraging
21:09
Speaker 4: from you know, when you look at the offense, it
21:11
Speaker 4: was pretty bad to watch on Saturday, but absolutely the
21:14
Speaker 4: one bright spot was that offensive line was really good.
21:17
Speaker 4: Now the back was really stepped up and played well,
21:20
Speaker 4: and I think it's gonna make for a very tough
21:23
Speaker 4: last couple of weeks for that coaching staff to try
21:25
Speaker 4: to figure out who's you know, gonna end up getting
21:28
Speaker 4: the jobs. But you know, credit to h Chris Cooper,
21:30
Speaker 4: the the offensive coordinator. I think the are the offensive
21:33
Speaker 4: line coach. I think there was a lot of concerns
21:35
Speaker 4: about you know, him, Chris stepping in for Jeff Stoutlin
21:38
Speaker 4: and how he was gonna do, and so far it's
21:41
Speaker 4: been a really good positive, you know feedback from what
21:45
Speaker 4: you know, what I've seen from the offensive line. So
21:47
Speaker 4: I've been very impressed with it, and I think it's
21:49
Speaker 4: gonna be interesting to see how the last couple of
21:51
Speaker 4: weeks go with that group and with the offense in general.
21:54
Speaker 1: I love that you started with this, Anthony, because over
21:57
Speaker 1: these months, I think that we all have had that
22:01
Speaker 1: concern about the offensive line, specifically the starting offensive line,
22:05
Speaker 1: and what the health is going to look like, because look,
22:07
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson misses games just about every single year at
22:10
Speaker 1: this point within his career. We've had Cam Jurgens and
22:14
Speaker 1: Landon Dickerson injured. I feel like, and my gosh, knock
22:17
Speaker 1: on wood here that Jordan Mylotta, given his size, given
22:21
Speaker 1: the intensity at which he plays the game, I hope
22:25
Speaker 1: he doesn't get injured, but look, it happens. There are
22:28
Speaker 1: injuries that happen all the time with offensive linemen. And
22:32
Speaker 1: to see the depth play at the rate at which
22:35
Speaker 1: they played in this first preseason game against Baltimore, like
22:39
Speaker 1: you were saying, it was really really nice to see.
22:42
Speaker 1: And we're gonna get into the offensive line in a
22:44
Speaker 1: little bit too. But wanted to go through an exercise
22:47
Speaker 1: with you here as where get in this discussion. Started
22:51
Speaker 1: doing a stock up and stock down with a bunch
22:55
Speaker 1: of players here and from what we are seeing during
22:57
Speaker 1: training camp and even during the first preseason game here.
23:00
Speaker 1: So we're gonna go through some of these guys right here.
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Speaker 1: Let me know if stock is up, stock is down,
23:06
Speaker 1: even maybe if the stock is neutral with them, I
23:08
Speaker 1: think we can do that as well. So let's start
23:11
Speaker 1: with I'm actually want to go from a position standpoint,
23:14
Speaker 1: the quarterback two position with Andy Dalton and Tanner McKee. Dude,
23:21
Speaker 1: I'm giving it stock down because, like you said, the
23:24
Speaker 1: offense was horrendous during the first half. I mean for
23:27
Speaker 1: basically three quarters, if not more, was horrendous during the
23:31
Speaker 1: first preseason game. I'm giving quarterback two at this point
23:35
Speaker 1: stock down. What are your thoughts here?
23:36
Speaker 4: I mean, what was the financial crisis back in like
23:38
Speaker 4: two thousand and eight. Yeah, I feel like that's a
23:41
Speaker 4: KEP two position, Like it makes absolutely no sense. You
23:44
Speaker 4: got Andy Dolton coming in, he knows the offensive game.
23:47
Speaker 4: You got Tanner McKee, who's been really good the last
23:49
Speaker 4: pay Tanner McKee looks looked better last year with Kevin
23:52
Speaker 4: Platulo than he did in this offense. It's really worries.
23:56
Speaker 4: I'm like, honestly, like I wrote, about this. I think
23:59
Speaker 4: after the way Cole played, like, why are we not
24:01
Speaker 4: giving him more looks at QB too? Like, I don't
24:04
Speaker 4: think he should be the QB two. I'm not saying that,
24:06
Speaker 4: but I think he earned the right to do that
24:08
Speaker 4: because Andy Dolton and Tanner McKee are doing absolutely nothing
24:11
Speaker 4: to win that job right now. So yeah, stock down
24:14
Speaker 4: big time, majorly concerned about the backup job right now.
24:17
Speaker 1: I'm absolutely with you. All right, let's move to the
24:19
Speaker 1: offensive line. We're going to get into some offensive line
24:22
Speaker 1: depth here. First up, Markel Bell. I mean he's been
24:25
Speaker 1: talked about continuously during the course of camp. We did
24:29
Speaker 1: see him during the first preseason game. MARKL. Bell. I
24:32
Speaker 1: am thinking stock up from what we have seen of him, dude,
24:37
Speaker 1: I mean, he really could be the quarter or the
24:39
Speaker 1: quarter the right tackle of the future here. He really
24:42
Speaker 1: could be.
24:42
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think a stock up for him too. He's
24:44
Speaker 4: looked really good. I thought he looked good in that
24:46
Speaker 4: preseason game. He looks strong, he's bullying people around as well.
24:49
Speaker 4: Set six foot nine frame. We were really hoping that
24:52
Speaker 4: he would kind of be able to live up to,
24:54
Speaker 4: you know, the size that he has and be able
24:55
Speaker 4: to hold up his end of the bargain at the
24:57
Speaker 4: right tackle position.
24:58
Speaker 5: But you know, at first, when we after him, I
25:00
Speaker 5: was like, I like him. I think he'd be a.
25:02
Speaker 4: Good death piece, but I wasn't one hundred percent sure
25:04
Speaker 4: if he was going to be the successor of Laine Johnson.
25:06
Speaker 4: After what I've heard and what I've seen so far, like,
25:09
Speaker 4: I'm more convinced, Like, Okay, I think if you give
25:12
Speaker 4: him a year to sit behind Lane Johnson, maybe arguably
25:15
Speaker 4: the greatest right tackle in NFL history, and learn from him,
25:17
Speaker 4: I don't see why he can't improve, you know, you know,
25:21
Speaker 4: developed this year and improve next year. I have a
25:24
Speaker 4: lot of confidence. I think he could be the right
25:26
Speaker 4: tackle of the future. So I really like what he's
25:27
Speaker 4: done so far.
25:28
Speaker 1: All right, let's stick with an offensive lineman here some depth.
25:33
Speaker 1: We've seen him on the field before. We've seen him
25:35
Speaker 1: as a starter when Lane Johnson was injured last year,
25:39
Speaker 1: and that is Fred Johnson. I gotta be honest with
25:43
Speaker 1: you here. As much as I have liked Fred Johnson,
25:45
Speaker 1: I am actually going to give him a stock down here.
25:50
Speaker 1: He was called for a holding penalty on the Eagles
25:53
Speaker 1: opening drive, and we know that he's had somewhat of
25:56
Speaker 1: a call it a shaky camp thus far. His his
26:02
Speaker 1: fight that he had with Moro Jomo at the end
26:05
Speaker 1: of last Thursday's practice. I think there's some real competition
26:10
Speaker 1: for him, in particular with regard to where he really
26:14
Speaker 1: fits in with the offensive line. I think, yes, he
26:16
Speaker 1: is a good depth piece and he has proven that.
26:19
Speaker 1: But I still think stockdown based on where we're at
26:22
Speaker 1: right now. I don't know. I could be wrong here.
26:23
Speaker 1: What are you thinking.
26:25
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go neutral on it. I don't think he
26:27
Speaker 4: hasn't had a great camp. I don't think it's been
26:29
Speaker 4: horrible either. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the
26:31
Speaker 4: doubt because he has been a very reliable backup, like
26:33
Speaker 4: when I know he stepped in for jordanman a lot
26:36
Speaker 4: a few years ago a left tackle. He stepped in
26:38
Speaker 4: for Lane Johnson last year by tackle like he's a
26:40
Speaker 4: good swing tackle.
26:41
Speaker 5: He's a reliable guy that you can count on.
26:43
Speaker 4: He won't be great, but he'll hold up his end
26:45
Speaker 4: of the bargain, like even last year, like when he
26:47
Speaker 4: stepped in for Lane Johnson. He wasn't great, but I
26:50
Speaker 4: think he did hold up his own at the position.
26:53
Speaker 4: So yeah, I don't think he's had a great camp either,
26:55
Speaker 4: but I'm kind of neutral on it.
26:57
Speaker 5: I trust him.
26:58
Speaker 4: I think he's a good veteran, yeah, and step in
27:00
Speaker 4: whenever he needs to. So I'll give him the benefit
27:03
Speaker 4: of the doubt and say, like he'll get better and
27:05
Speaker 4: if he needs to get called on, I do trust
27:07
Speaker 4: that he can.
27:07
Speaker 5: Get the job done.
27:08
Speaker 1: Okay, next up, and we got a few more here,
27:10
Speaker 1: We're gonna go Hollywood Brown. I'm actually gonna be going
27:14
Speaker 1: stock down just because of the fact that he is
27:16
Speaker 1: a veteran, hasn't really done much to differentiate himself as
27:21
Speaker 1: a go to wide receiver perhaps within this new wide
27:24
Speaker 1: receiver room. I'm going stock down with him. What are
27:27
Speaker 1: your thoughts here, Anthony?
27:28
Speaker 5: I am stocked down one hundred percent with him too.
27:30
Speaker 4: I you know, he the chemistry between him and Jalen
27:32
Speaker 4: Hurts is not there right now to the point where
27:35
Speaker 4: they're now working out with each other afterwards, trying to
27:38
Speaker 4: get routes down, like there was two days in a
27:40
Speaker 4: row where Jalen Hurts through an interception or they were
27:43
Speaker 4: you know, off key because him and Hollywood Brown on
27:46
Speaker 4: the same page.
27:46
Speaker 5: That can't happen.
27:47
Speaker 4: I mean Hollywood Brown was brought in to be the
27:49
Speaker 4: speed guy, to get you know, to be the deep
27:51
Speaker 4: threat and get those big pass plays down the field,
27:53
Speaker 4: and that's just not happening right now at a consistent level.
27:57
Speaker 4: Like I, I honestly think like Elijah is having a
28:00
Speaker 4: better camp than around. Like I know, he's not gonna
28:04
Speaker 4: get cut, but I think there needs to be a
28:06
Speaker 4: serious conversation about whether Hollywood Brown should make this team
28:09
Speaker 4: or not. Because Darius Cooper is having a great camp,
28:11
Speaker 4: you know, Don Davies Wicks is having a great camp.
28:13
Speaker 4: I just feel like there's a lot of other receivers
28:15
Speaker 4: that are having a much better camp than him. And
28:17
Speaker 4: I was hoping he would step up with Makay Lemon
28:19
Speaker 4: being injured and out, but.
28:20
Speaker 5: He just hasn't.
28:21
Speaker 4: So he'll be lucky if he gets playing time at
28:25
Speaker 4: this point from you know what's been talked about so far.
28:28
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on to a defensive back, and
28:31
Speaker 1: specifically a cornerback. Somebody has been on this team for
28:34
Speaker 1: some time. It has been my hope that he would develop.
28:37
Speaker 1: But I think when we look at Keeley Ringo, we
28:41
Speaker 1: are seeing who we're seeing in various ways. He can
28:44
Speaker 1: be a good player every now and then, he can
28:46
Speaker 1: also be a liability on the field. I mean, I'm
28:50
Speaker 1: gonna kind of go neutral with him here. You know,
28:53
Speaker 1: we had he had that holding call in the UH
28:57
Speaker 1: in the first preseason game. It was a rough holding call.
29:00
Speaker 1: Then he came up with a very impressive interception in
29:03
Speaker 1: the back of the end zone that really really flashed
29:06
Speaker 1: some elite physical traits that I think maybe could potentially
29:10
Speaker 1: make him UH part of this fifty three man roster
29:15
Speaker 1: here Anthony, But again, his ceiling has just never been high,
29:20
Speaker 1: and being a veteran in this league thus far, I've
29:24
Speaker 1: kind of been a little disappointed with him. I'm gonna
29:26
Speaker 1: go stock neutral here with kiey Ringo. What are your thoughts?
29:30
Speaker 4: I am If there is a Kieley Ringo hate fan club,
29:34
Speaker 4: I would be the president of it. I never liked him,
29:38
Speaker 4: you know, the way he has played the last couple
29:39
Speaker 4: of years, Like at six foot six foot two, like
29:42
Speaker 4: he should he should be doing what like Greek Woolin's
29:45
Speaker 4: been able to do, but he just hasn't. Yeah, I'm
29:47
Speaker 4: actually gonna go neutral. Also as much as like I
29:50
Speaker 4: feel like you Jingo should be cut. He's very lucky.
29:54
Speaker 4: He got that interception, otherwise there would be no way.
29:57
Speaker 5: He makes this team.
29:58
Speaker 4: But like mac mcwill wiams had a much worse game
30:01
Speaker 4: than Kiey Ringo did in the preseason game. So like,
30:04
Speaker 4: I think Mack mcgilliams looked like the worst corner out there,
30:07
Speaker 4: and he was a guy that I thought was gonna
30:08
Speaker 4: make the roster. I don't know if he does anymore
30:10
Speaker 4: because he looked terrible in that Ravens game. So I think,
30:13
Speaker 4: like the fault, Ringo is maybe gonna make the roster.
30:16
Speaker 5: I don't know.
30:17
Speaker 4: He's a great special teams guy, but ye as a corner,
30:19
Speaker 4: he's just horrendous to watch. But I'll go neutral just
30:22
Speaker 4: to give him the benefit out because he did get
30:24
Speaker 4: the interception, so I'll give him a pass on it.
30:26
Speaker 4: But I still think he should be cut from this team,
30:28
Speaker 4: Like I.
30:29
Speaker 1: Don't know where the last few years, I honestly so
30:31
Speaker 1: have I but like because of that interception, that's why
30:34
Speaker 1: I went neutral with it to last but not least,
30:38
Speaker 1: and before we have to go to a break are Bernard,
30:42
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on him? I mean, he's being
30:45
Speaker 1: so hyped in terms of the type of athlete that
30:49
Speaker 1: he is and he should be for his athleticism, had
30:52
Speaker 1: some rough had some rough times on the field during
30:54
Speaker 1: his first preseason game. I'm gonna go neutral here with
30:58
Speaker 1: are Bernard. I'm wondering what the expectation really should be
31:03
Speaker 1: for him. What are your thoughts here? Stock up or
31:05
Speaker 1: stock down or stock neutral.
31:07
Speaker 4: I think it's unfair to put stock down just because
31:09
Speaker 4: that was his first football game ever.
31:11
Speaker 5: I'm going to go neutral.
31:12
Speaker 4: He played very high with his shoulder pads throughout the game,
31:16
Speaker 4: which is why he was getting pushed up and not
31:18
Speaker 4: really able to get much penetration.
31:20
Speaker 5: He maybe had one or two plays where like you can.
31:22
Speaker 4: See the potentially like okay, like he can he can
31:25
Speaker 4: do this, he can't do it, but he's just so
31:27
Speaker 4: fresh and so new. I mean, I still have the
31:30
Speaker 4: belief that, like the physical abilities that he has, the
31:33
Speaker 4: speed that he has, like this guy could be a
31:35
Speaker 4: freaking nature, but it is going to take a year
31:37
Speaker 4: or two for him to get into the flow of
31:40
Speaker 4: the game. So I'm gonna go neutral just to be
31:42
Speaker 4: fair with him. But yeah, he didn't have the greatest
31:45
Speaker 4: preseason game, but I think there is potential there with him.
31:48
Speaker 1: All Right, very good if you're watching on YouTube. Leave
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Speaker 1: us a comment below, what are your thoughts stock up
31:53
Speaker 1: stock down on any of the players that we just mentioned,
31:56
Speaker 1: and if you have any thoughts about any other players
31:58
Speaker 1: that we did not mention, we'd love to hear from you.
32:01
Speaker 1: We're going to take a break, but when we get back,
32:03
Speaker 1: we've got more Eagles talk coming your way. All right,
32:08
Speaker 1: we are back with our buddy Anthony Miller from Inside
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32:18
Speaker 4: With you, you can follow me on the X with by
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, you do a lot of great posting, a lot
32:39
Speaker 1: of great content over it Inside the Eagles. And as
32:41
Speaker 1: we're moving along with our conversation here, Jalen Hurts has
32:46
Speaker 1: probably thrown more interceptions in this camp than any other
32:49
Speaker 1: camp in practice in the past, and many of these
32:52
Speaker 1: interceptions are over the middle of the field, and yes,
32:55
Speaker 1: we it's preseason, it's camp, it's practice, folks, you know,
32:58
Speaker 1: let's we need to pump the brakes a little bit here,
33:01
Speaker 1: especially the Hurts aids that are out there. But Anthony,
33:06
Speaker 1: so many of us over the years have been wanting
33:08
Speaker 1: to see Jalen Hurts throwing over the middle of the field,
33:11
Speaker 1: and this coming season, yes, it seems like that is
33:13
Speaker 1: likely going to be happening more often than not in
33:16
Speaker 1: the Sean Manyon offense. A lot of us have been
33:18
Speaker 1: clamoring for it. Do you think this could potentially be
33:21
Speaker 1: a problem for him this coming season? Or again, is
33:24
Speaker 1: this just practice, trying to make something happen, perhaps really
33:27
Speaker 1: just pushing himself here? What are your thoughts here on
33:30
Speaker 1: this narrative?
33:31
Speaker 5: I mean I like it.
33:32
Speaker 4: I mean last year he didn't throw I don't remember
33:35
Speaker 4: recording that he throw as many interceptions in Kevin Patul's offense.
33:38
Speaker 4: But Kevin Patulo's offense was so vanilla and playing with
33:41
Speaker 4: five million hitch routes that it was impossible for him
33:44
Speaker 4: to throw an interception. So I actually don't mind it.
33:47
Speaker 4: It look he's showing a willingness to try something new
33:50
Speaker 4: and try to get used to throwing in the middle
33:53
Speaker 4: of the field and taking shots.
33:54
Speaker 5: Like we know he's a.
33:55
Speaker 4: Good deep ball quarterback and he can make the throws
33:58
Speaker 4: when he needs to. This is just something new for him,
34:01
Speaker 4: and I think it shows his willingness to be able
34:04
Speaker 4: to try different things. So I would rather him throw
34:06
Speaker 4: a bunch of interceptions in training camp and just trying
34:08
Speaker 4: to get a feel for it. I mean understand, like
34:11
Speaker 4: his wide receiving course pretty much all new, so he's
34:14
Speaker 4: got to build chemistry with these guys like really outside
34:17
Speaker 4: of like Davonte Smith, Johnny Wilson and Darius Cooper, like
34:20
Speaker 4: everyone else's brand new. So yeah, it's going to take
34:23
Speaker 4: time to build that chemistry, and that's what training camp's for.
34:25
Speaker 5: So I'm not worried about him.
34:27
Speaker 4: I think he'll still be Okay, Well, we throw more
34:29
Speaker 4: picks in last year.
34:30
Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be bound to happen. I think
34:32
Speaker 5: it may be a little bit more like what happened
34:34
Speaker 5: with you know o C. Brian Johnson back in twenty
34:36
Speaker 5: twenty three.
34:37
Speaker 4: But I still think that this is this is good
34:40
Speaker 4: process for him, even though it looks.
34:41
Speaker 5: Like a negative.
34:42
Speaker 1: I love seeing him thrown over the middle here I
34:45
Speaker 1: really do. I mean, he's continually talking about how he
34:48
Speaker 1: wants to make sure that he's still learning, how he
34:51
Speaker 1: is still developing as a quarterback as well. Yes he's
34:54
Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl, Yes he was the Super Bowl MVP.
34:57
Speaker 1: But Jalen Hurts is always that guy that is willing
34:59
Speaker 1: to learn, wants to actually do more, and always wanting
35:04
Speaker 1: to like get his fingernails dirty. And I love that
35:06
Speaker 1: about him, I really do. And yes, sometimes he can
35:08
Speaker 1: be frustrating on the field. Sometimes the decision making can
35:11
Speaker 1: be frustrating. But man, Anthony, all I want to see
35:15
Speaker 1: are some mesh concepts here. That's all I want to
35:17
Speaker 1: see is some like mesh concepts and him being able
35:20
Speaker 1: to get get the ball to a receiver over the
35:23
Speaker 1: middle and a mesh concept. I'm gonna go crazy when
35:25
Speaker 1: I'm watching it if I see that, I really will. Yeah.
35:29
Speaker 4: I mean last year he was just playing is so
35:31
Speaker 4: safe with the ball, and that was frustrating because everyone
35:33
Speaker 4: knows he can throw a great deep ball and he
35:35
Speaker 4: had aj Brown and DeVante Smith and he just didn't
35:37
Speaker 4: utilize it as often.
35:38
Speaker 5: Whether that's on him or Kevin Patulo, who knows, but you.
35:42
Speaker 4: Know, at least this time around, he's got a plethora
35:44
Speaker 4: of like different types of receivers, which makes some more
35:46
Speaker 4: exciting offense that.
35:48
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's got a.
35:49
Speaker 4: Tall receiver in Wix that can you know, go up
35:51
Speaker 4: there in goal line situation.
35:52
Speaker 5: He got Dvonte Smith that can do it all. You
35:54
Speaker 5: got Darius Cooper.
35:55
Speaker 4: He's got strong hands like aj Brown, you got melch
35:58
Speaker 4: Makaie Lemon. Who can you know be that you know,
36:01
Speaker 4: short receiver that can couch the short routes, you know
36:04
Speaker 4: the ground that's a deep threat. So he's got so
36:06
Speaker 4: many different weapons and so many different types of receivers
36:09
Speaker 4: that he can do a lot in this offense.
36:11
Speaker 1: Absolutely, all right. I want to move to another player
36:15
Speaker 1: right now who I think has really been under utilized
36:17
Speaker 1: since he has been on this Eagles team, which hasn't
36:19
Speaker 1: been too long. I want to get into this running
36:22
Speaker 1: back room, specifically Tank Bigsby. When given opportunities last season,
36:27
Speaker 1: as we know, he absolutely flourished. He made the most
36:30
Speaker 1: of those opportunities. Anthony, So I'm wondering, how do you
36:33
Speaker 1: think Tank Bigsby should be utilized this upcoming season within
36:37
Speaker 1: this new Seawan Mannon offense.
36:39
Speaker 4: I had no idea because he only got two carries
36:41
Speaker 4: in the preseason game. Yeah, that already frustrated me enough
36:44
Speaker 4: when I was like, come on, like this dude is starting,
36:46
Speaker 4: like let's get him some carries. So I'm already kind
36:49
Speaker 4: of worried about how they're going to use him. But
36:50
Speaker 4: I mean you use him like you do Saquon Barkley. Like,
36:53
Speaker 4: I really do think Tank Bixby should be getting ten
36:55
Speaker 4: to fifteen carries a game. You know, from all indication
36:59
Speaker 4: of training camp does down like the running backs are
37:01
Speaker 4: going to be more involved in the passing game. So
37:03
Speaker 4: do you involve Tank Bigsby more and catching you know,
37:05
Speaker 4: passes out of the backfield and get him out on
37:07
Speaker 4: wheel routes or something like that.
37:09
Speaker 5: I love to see that out of him.
37:11
Speaker 4: I mean, he's got breakaway speed when you give him
37:13
Speaker 4: the opportunity to do so. So I'd love to see,
37:16
Speaker 4: you know, more versatility out of him. And you know, honestly,
37:18
Speaker 4: I just won him on the field. I'm not saying
37:21
Speaker 4: he's just split carries with Saquon Barkley, but I wouldn't mind,
37:24
Speaker 4: you know, if Barkley gets fifteen twenty carries and Tank
37:27
Speaker 4: Bigsby gets ten to twelve.
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Speaker 5: Carries a game. Yeah, I think that would be super ideal.
37:31
Speaker 4: They kind of take the load off of Barkley and
37:33
Speaker 4: mtch really utilize Tank Bigsby because this dude at five
37:36
Speaker 4: point nine yards per carry last year with the Eagles,
37:38
Speaker 4: like we should be putting him out on the field
37:40
Speaker 4: more often.
37:40
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I completely agree with you, and I think you know,
37:43
Speaker 1: as Saquan's getting older, and yes he has had specific
37:47
Speaker 1: injuries when he was on New York Giants, really you know,
37:50
Speaker 1: making sure that you know he is going to be
37:52
Speaker 1: fresh towards the end of the year when they're absolutely
37:55
Speaker 1: going to need him. I don't think eight to ten
37:57
Speaker 1: carries from Tank Bigsby on the game by game basis
38:01
Speaker 1: is gonna hurt this team by any stretch of the imagination.
38:04
Speaker 1: In fact, I really do think that it could help
38:07
Speaker 1: as well. But you know something that you talked about
38:09
Speaker 1: earlier that I want to get back into a little
38:11
Speaker 1: bit with regard to the Eagles offensive line. We talked
38:15
Speaker 1: about Markel Bell Fred Johnson earlier from a depth perspective,
38:19
Speaker 1: but I've really been thinking, Anthony about what this Eagles
38:23
Speaker 1: offense may look like without Lane Johnson after next season.
38:27
Speaker 1: Life without Lane But also how things may look without
38:31
Speaker 1: having you know, Jeff Staltlin around to be the leader
38:35
Speaker 1: of this unit. And you kind of referenced that a
38:37
Speaker 1: little bit earlier as well, because Jeff Stoutlin's been able
38:40
Speaker 1: to take guys like Jordan Mylatta, whether it was Fred
38:43
Speaker 1: Johnson and the very very serviceable play that he provided
38:48
Speaker 1: the offensive line when Lane Johnson and my Lotta were out,
38:51
Speaker 1: as you referenced earlier. I'm just wondering your thoughts on
38:56
Speaker 1: what we may be seeing with the offensive line this
38:58
Speaker 1: season from a scheme standpoint, that schematic standpoint, and where
39:02
Speaker 1: this unit may actually be heading in the future, because
39:04
Speaker 1: I think a lot of US Eagles fans have been
39:06
Speaker 1: really spoiled with an amazing offensive line for so many years.
39:12
Speaker 1: It's been such a long time we haven't had these
39:15
Speaker 1: challenges to really think about. So I don't know what
39:18
Speaker 1: are your thoughts here with this narrative and storyline.
39:20
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I feel more positively about the offensive
39:23
Speaker 4: line than in the past, and you know, I like
39:25
Speaker 4: the scheme that's been brought. I mean, Lane Johnson talked
39:28
Speaker 4: about it months ago where he said, like the scheme
39:30
Speaker 4: is actually going to be more beneficial for him, just
39:32
Speaker 4: because he's not going to be isolated and having to
39:35
Speaker 4: hold his own at the right tackle position. Yeah, the
39:38
Speaker 4: scheme is more set up to have more double teams
39:41
Speaker 4: and more help from the guard and center positions. So
39:44
Speaker 4: especially for Lane Johnson, as I know you talked you
39:47
Speaker 4: talked about it earlier, Like this guy probably misses two three
39:49
Speaker 4: games a year now on a consistent basis, you know,
39:52
Speaker 4: leaves multiple games a year because he's got you know,
39:55
Speaker 4: foot in lower leg injuries. I think this will be
39:58
Speaker 4: beneficial for him to have made Tyler Stein step up
40:01
Speaker 4: a little bit more and help him in you know,
40:03
Speaker 4: doing double teams and helping him on the.
40:05
Speaker 5: Right side of the offensive line.
40:07
Speaker 4: And you know, like I also, you know, the Eagles
40:09
Speaker 4: are going to utilize two tight end sets. So I
40:12
Speaker 4: think Johnny mund Is, I think is going to be
40:13
Speaker 4: a really big factor. Dallas godd Is going to play
40:15
Speaker 4: a factor as well, to be able to kind of
40:17
Speaker 4: help with run blocking schemes and that zone run you know,
40:20
Speaker 4: that zone scheme that they want to run a little
40:22
Speaker 4: bit more with the running game. So I think it's
40:25
Speaker 4: gonna be beneficial. Hopefully it will help kind of cut
40:27
Speaker 4: down the injuries. Of the offensive line because it will
40:30
Speaker 4: kind of me lean a little bit more on multiple
40:32
Speaker 4: guys helping out instead of just hoping on the isolation
40:36
Speaker 4: that they'll be fine. So yeah, I think they will
40:38
Speaker 4: protect Jordan Monolada for the future because I do worry
40:41
Speaker 4: too that he'll eventually get to the point with his
40:43
Speaker 4: side that he's going to start getting injured a lot too.
40:45
Speaker 4: But I think it's going to help Lane Johnson get
40:47
Speaker 4: through this, you know, what looks like to be his
40:49
Speaker 4: final season in the NFL and hopefully kind of produced
40:51
Speaker 4: the amount of times he's taking hits and you know,
40:54
Speaker 4: help him and you know Tyler Steen out as well.
40:57
Speaker 4: And then I think for Mark hel Bell this will
40:58
Speaker 4: help him in the future as well as he trying
41:01
Speaker 4: to takes over that right tackle position hopefully protects him
41:04
Speaker 4: as well.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't wait to see what happens with this
41:07
Speaker 1: offensive line and even where the depth goes during the
41:10
Speaker 1: course of the preseason. Because these guys are getting older,
41:13
Speaker 1: they are often injured as well. And without Jeff Staltland there,
41:18
Speaker 1: we've been so used to him, and you know Stoutland
41:22
Speaker 1: University just taken over and making talent into some superstar talent.
41:28
Speaker 1: So that being said, Buddy, before I let you go,
41:32
Speaker 1: I want to talk about a specific defensive player that
41:35
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna need to see a little bit
41:36
Speaker 1: more of. And I think that this Eagles team and
41:40
Speaker 1: the defense are really going to miss Nakobe Dean this season.
41:44
Speaker 1: And look, I think Jihad Campbell is going to be
41:46
Speaker 1: a very good linebacker in the future. But man, Nacobe
41:50
Speaker 1: Dean just brought an intensity that I hope can be
41:53
Speaker 1: replicated by Jihad Campbell in his second season. I'm not
41:57
Speaker 1: sure if he's gonna get to that point, but the
42:00
Speaker 1: hope is obviously there. What are your thoughts on how
42:02
Speaker 1: Jihad Campbell may developed this coming season into this really
42:06
Speaker 1: critical role on the field. What are your thoughts here?
42:10
Speaker 4: So I'm gonna slightly disagree with you. I liked Campbell.
42:12
Speaker 4: I think he is developing the way he needs to.
42:15
Speaker 4: I thought he had a really good rookie season. It
42:17
Speaker 4: wasn't perfect, but you very sure he can get better
42:19
Speaker 4: throughout the year. And I think getting that experience at
42:21
Speaker 4: the beginning of the year, replacing the Kobe Dean and
42:23
Speaker 4: getting in the starting lineup was actually good for him.
42:26
Speaker 4: It wasn't perfect. But I think him getting those reps
42:29
Speaker 4: was actually beneficial for him. And I'll say this, I
42:32
Speaker 4: have a lot of respect.
42:33
Speaker 5: For Nacobe Dean.
42:34
Speaker 4: I agree with you, like the way they use him
42:36
Speaker 4: on blitzes and pressuring the quarterback like he was probably
42:38
Speaker 4: the best blitzing linebacker on the Eagles last year. But
42:42
Speaker 4: I need somebody who's gonna be more available. And I'm actually,
42:45
Speaker 4: I'll actually say I'm more excited about Jeremiah Trotter Junior
42:48
Speaker 4: than I am a Jahad Campbell. There you go, Okay,
42:51
Speaker 4: We're finally gonna get Trotter on the field on defense
42:54
Speaker 4: on a consistent basis this year. He's been a backup
42:57
Speaker 4: for the last couple of years, and I think he
42:59
Speaker 4: was even ready to be a arder last year. I
43:01
Speaker 4: would like to see Trotter a lot more. I would
43:03
Speaker 4: like to see him and Campbell rotate in because I
43:06
Speaker 4: think Trotter's got great potential to be a good starting
43:10
Speaker 4: linebacker in this league and be a rotational guy for
43:13
Speaker 4: the Eagles for a long time. So, like we all know,
43:15
Speaker 4: Zach Bond's going to do his thing, But I really
43:17
Speaker 4: love what I've seen out of Trotter, especially you know,
43:20
Speaker 4: last year going into this year, I thought it looked great.
43:22
Speaker 4: In the preseason game, he was definitely the standout on defense. Like,
43:26
Speaker 4: get him and Campbell rotating in, and I think both
43:29
Speaker 4: guys are going to be just fine. I really like
43:31
Speaker 4: where the linebacker corps was. And I was actually okay
43:34
Speaker 4: with Dean leaving because I'm not paying him thirteen million
43:36
Speaker 4: a year just to be out five six games this season. Like,
43:40
Speaker 4: let's get Trotter and Campbell developing and get them in.
43:42
Speaker 5: Those are gonna be two young guys that.
43:44
Speaker 4: Are probably gonna be in this on this defense for
43:46
Speaker 4: the next three or four years.
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Speaker 1: Great points, great points, and man, I wish we could
43:51
Speaker 1: talk more, but we gotta get going here again, folks.
43:54
Speaker 1: He is Anthony Miller from Inside the Eagles. Search him
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44:05
Speaker 1: Is great talking to you. I'm hoping we can talk
44:08
Speaker 1: at some other point in the future because love our
44:11
Speaker 1: conversations and this Eagles team I think is going to
44:14
Speaker 1: be doing some special things. So let's talk again at
44:16
Speaker 1: some point down the road. I'd love to do it.
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Speaker 5: Awesome. Thank you, Jeff, I appreciate.
44:19
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