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The DiCecco Daily: Intel From All That Happened At Eagles Evening Practice · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:09
  Speaker 1: It's Andrew DiCecco, Eagles beat reporter for InsideTheBirds.com. And we
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  Speaker 1: just wrapped day 16 of Eagles training camp. And it
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  Speaker 1: was the lone open practice. This one was under the
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  Speaker 1: lights of Lincoln Financial Field. It was a two-hour practice
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  Speaker 1: and a lot to take away. By the way, the
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  Speaker 1: total per the Eagles of people in attendance exceeded 45,000.
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  Speaker 1: Just an outstanding turnout. Clearly, this is a city that
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  Speaker 1: is driven by football above all, and the turnout was insane.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we got a chance to walk on the field,
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  Speaker 1: those of us who covered the team before the game,
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  Speaker 1: before the practice, and I took a moment just to
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  Speaker 1: kind of look around, and I mean, the lower section of.
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  Speaker 2: The stadium was completely filled.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone was clamoring for Eagles football, and I thought that
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles put on a good show. But let's get
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  Speaker 1: to the practice report.
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  Speaker 2: Who practiced? Who didn't?
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  Speaker 1: And you'll see that there are some interesting names here.
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  Speaker 1: The following Eagles did not practice. Offensive tackle Markel Bell.
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  Speaker 1: Thumb leg.
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  Speaker 2: Cornerback Ja'Corian Bennett. Knee. Tight end Grant Coccaterra.
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  Speaker 3: Back.
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  Speaker 2: Guard Landon Dickerson. Not injury-related.
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  Speaker 3: Rest.
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  Speaker 2: Cornerback Jonathan Jones. Shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: Tight end Eli Stowers. Hamstring and safety Cole Wisneski.
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  Speaker 2: Concussion.
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan Grenard with the pectoral strain remains on the active
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  Speaker 1: physically unable to perform list.
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  Speaker 2: And limited for.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles on Tuesday evening was cornerback Mack McWilliams with
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  Speaker 1: the shoulder. The transaction update, I mentioned that the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: released safety JT Gray and running back Jaquinden Jackson on Monday. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the corresponding moves occurred later Monday evening after the podcast
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  Speaker 1: was recorded. The Eagles signed defensive back Jalen Mahoney and
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  Speaker 1: running back Jordan Mims. Mahoney was recently of the UFL,
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  Speaker 1: and Mims was recently with the Minnesota Vikings in training camp.
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  Speaker 1: He was waived on August 12th. Let's get to the observations. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: I do need to note that early in the team period,
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  Speaker 1: Lane Johnson appeared to tweak something. He walked off the
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  Speaker 1: field with the trainer, but he spent most of the
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  Speaker 1: two-hour practice watching from the sideline. That's something to monitor,
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  Speaker 1: of course, in his place. Fred Johnson came on at
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  Speaker 1: right tackle, and that was the offensive line. Drew Kendall
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  Speaker 1: came in at left guard, and he repped their all-practice
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  Speaker 1: in place of Landon Dickerson. While we're at it, let's
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  Speaker 1: just get to the O-line configurations. Left to right, Jordan Mailata,
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  Speaker 1: Drew Kendall, Cam Juergens, Tyler Steen, Lane Johnson, and I
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that veteran Fred Johnson stepped in as the replacement
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  Speaker 1: at right tackle. Drew Kendall, I thought, did a nice
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  Speaker 1: job filling in for Landon Dickerson at left guard. As
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned previously, Kendall looks appreciably stronger relative to last
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  Speaker 1: season and is playing at around 305 pounds, which should
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  Speaker 1: help him at guard. The second-year offensive lineman has received
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  Speaker 1: valuable reps this summer, both at center and guard. Jake
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  Speaker 1: Majors briefly repped with the first team at center late
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  Speaker 1: in the session, with Juergens returning on the ensuing series.
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  Speaker 2: The second-team offensive.
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  Speaker 1: Line, from left to right, left tackle Miles Hinton, left
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  Speaker 1: guard Michael Morris, center Jake Majors, right guard Willie Lampkin,
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  Speaker 1: although Michael Jordan, the veteran, also got some time there,
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  Speaker 1: and right tackle Cameron Williams.
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  Speaker 2: We'll start with the quarterback situation. Jalen Hurts.
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  Speaker 1: Early in practice, he had a chance to hook up
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  Speaker 1: with wide receiver Devontae Smith deep down the middle of
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  Speaker 1: the field.
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  Speaker 2: The pass, though, hung up in the air a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: It allowed cornerback Quinion Mitchell to gain better position and
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  Speaker 1: log the pass breakup.
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  Speaker 2: Hurts threw to his right, delivered a strike over the middle.
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  Speaker 1: Cross-body throw to Dontavian Wicks, and Wicks was open. He
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  Speaker 1: targeted Wicks again shortly thereafter.
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  Speaker 2: This time was on a heave into the corner of
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  Speaker 2: the end zone.
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  Speaker 1: Quinion Mitchell provided sticky coverage on the play, but ultimately
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  Speaker 1: the pass was a little bit overthrown, just a hair
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  Speaker 1: out of reach. But what I've seen from Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 1: and Dontavian Wicks is a developing rapport that's been apparent
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  Speaker 1: all summer long. And I think with Dontavian Wicks being
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  Speaker 1: the top starting receiver who's been available, you know, Devontae
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  Speaker 1: Smith and Mekhi Lemon missed a lot of time. It's
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  Speaker 1: allowed him to really established that chemistry with Jalen Hurts.
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  Speaker 1: And I think in the short to intermediate levels of
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  Speaker 1: the field, you're going to see him get peppered with
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  Speaker 1: targets this season. Quinion Mitchell, by the way, made a
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  Speaker 1: diving attempt at an interception after a Hurts throw, ricocheted
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  Speaker 1: off the hands of Darius Cooper.
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  Speaker 2: You got to have that.
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  Speaker 1: That was an uncharacteristic drop for Darius Cooper. Quinion Mitchell
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  Speaker 1: had an active evening. And so I also think that
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  Speaker 1: While Darius Cooper had an uncharacteristic drop, so did Devontae
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  Speaker 1: Smith on a play that looked like he lost concentration
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  Speaker 1: on that. Devontae's almost automatic when it comes to catching
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  Speaker 1: the football. He had a drop in this one, but
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  Speaker 1: he also had a couple of really nice receptions that
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  Speaker 1: we'll get to at some point here. But during a
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  Speaker 1: red zone period, Jalen Hurts delivered a well-placed ball to
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  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley, who was running a wheel route in the
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  Speaker 1: corner of the end zone with Zach Bond trailing.
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  Speaker 2: Zach Bond had decent coverage on the play.
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  Speaker 1: And I've highlighted what he's brought in terms of coverage
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  Speaker 1: and just being a well-rounded player. But Saquon made a
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  Speaker 1: nice grab. He went to the ground with it. And
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts threw it with a lot of touch. And
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  Speaker 1: that's what you want to see. The timing certainly was there.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback two update. Andy Dalton was first up with
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  Speaker 1: the second team. Tanner McKee, fresh off an encouraging performance
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  Speaker 1: against the Patriots, got the nod on Monday, so the
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  Speaker 1: rotations continued. During an early team period, Andy Dalton zipped
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  Speaker 1: in a pass that was too tall for Darius Cooper.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Carter II was the defender in coverage.
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  Speaker 1: He had a better shot at reeling it in than
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  Speaker 1: Cooper did. Dalton did, however, connect with wide receiver Elijah
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  Speaker 1: Moore on a deep crossing route for a touchdown. There
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  Speaker 1: was no one else there. He put it right where
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  Speaker 1: he could catch it and run. So that was a
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  Speaker 1: nice throw there from Andy Dalton. But aside from that,
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  Speaker 1: nothing notable from Andy Dalton. But Tanner McKee piloted a
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  Speaker 1: series that resulted in a Will Shipley touchdown right up
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  Speaker 1: the gut. And on the two-point try, McKee attempted to
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  Speaker 1: fit one in the back of the end zone to
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver Hollywood Brown. While quarterback Keely Ringo was there
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  Speaker 1: for the pass breakup, McKee delivered a pass on the
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  Speaker 1: series that was a bit behind tight end EJ Jenkins.
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  Speaker 1: But the 6'6 target hauled it in. and took a
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  Speaker 1: thud from safety Andre Sam that knocked him off balance.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that Rick Wolin had a really strong night.
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  Speaker 1: There was a play down the field that it was
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  Speaker 1: a timing play where maybe, and again, we always saw
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  Speaker 1: this once, and this is not an indictment on the player,
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  Speaker 1: but it looked like maybe the route could have been
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more precise from wide receiver Makai Lemon,
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  Speaker 1: and Rick Wolin undercut the route, made a nice interception
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  Speaker 1: on the play, and There was another one later where
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  Speaker 1: Jalen was facing pressure up the.
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  Speaker 2: Middle, I believe it was. He doesn't get enough on it.
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  Speaker 1: This is along the right sideline, as I'm looking at
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  Speaker 1: my notes here, and he lofts it to Devontae, but
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  Speaker 1: Reek-Wohan just steps right in front, picks it off, takes
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  Speaker 1: it the other way for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Now, there were moments in this where Reek-Wohan had..
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  Speaker 1: He's gotten beaten as well, but he's been pretty close
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  Speaker 1: and tight in coverage there, and that's really what you
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  Speaker 1: want to see. I think that he had a really
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  Speaker 1: strong practice, and that comes on the shoulders of a
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  Speaker 1: pretty nice showing there in New England on the second
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  Speaker 1: day of practice there.
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  Speaker 2: But that's something that I thought.
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  Speaker 1: You want to see from a corner that has been
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  Speaker 1: A bit of a mystery, a bit up and down
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  Speaker 1: in his career, but I think you're going to see
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  Speaker 1: a lot more of that this season because teams are
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  Speaker 1: going to avoid Cooper Dejean. They're going to avoid Quinion Mitchell,
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  Speaker 1: and I thought that he did a really nice job
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  Speaker 1: there to.
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  Speaker 2: Come up with that.
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  Speaker 1: Really good pressure in this one. I thought Nolan Smith,
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  Speaker 1: Jalix Hunt, Mauro Jomo. Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter had
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  Speaker 1: some nice plays to.
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  Speaker 2: Bottle up the running game.
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  Speaker 1: There weren't a lot of holes for Saquon Barkley, Tank Bigsby,
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  Speaker 1: and Will Shipley to really run through. There's been moments
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  Speaker 1: in camp where that has been the case, but it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't the case tonight. And look, you may look at
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  Speaker 1: it and you're hearing me talk about the pressures from
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  Speaker 1: these players, and maybe you're starting to, you may have, concerns,
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  Speaker 1: you may look at it, well, what's up with the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line? Well, bear in mind that Fred Johnson was
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  Speaker 1: playing right tackle and J. Lux Hunt gave him all
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  Speaker 1: the work that he could handle. And I think from
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  Speaker 1: an interior perspective, there's been moments where Cam Juergens, who
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  Speaker 1: I think has had a nice training camp, Landon Dickerson
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  Speaker 1: and Tyler Steen have really performed well, but the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: also have really talented players on the other side as well.
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  Speaker 1: So you're going to see that back and forth, that
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  Speaker 1: give and take as you have, as you, if you've
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  Speaker 1: read my observation, listen to these podcasts all summer. And
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  Speaker 1: it seems like every training camp practice I'm noting performance.
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  Speaker 1: from Jalux Hunt and Mauro Jomo. Jomo had two, three
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  Speaker 1: sacks in this one, would-be sacks. Of course, they're not
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  Speaker 1: taking the quarterback to the ground. They're letting these plays
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  Speaker 1: go off. But Jalux Hunt was just... wreaking havoc, just
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  Speaker 1: an active, rangy player, fluid, athletic, and when you're going
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  Speaker 1: against Fred Johnson, J-Look's just.
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  Speaker 2: Beating him like a drum, and really..
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  Speaker 1: That earlier in training camp, there were moments where Jalux
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  Speaker 1: was really.
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  Speaker 2: Getting the better of him. But to be honest, Jalux has.
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  Speaker 1: Had, whether it's Will Campbell in New England or whoever,
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  Speaker 1: he's been delivering. And a Jomo is someone that I
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  Speaker 1: think is going to have an absolute breakout campaign. He's explosive.
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  Speaker 1: He plays with such an edge and doesn't quit on
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  Speaker 1: a play. His motor is always running hot. And he
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  Speaker 1: had a really nice practice in this one as well.
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  Speaker 1: And again, Landon Dickerson didn't practice.
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  Speaker 2: Cam Juergens.
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  Speaker 1: I thought was fine. Tyler Steen, I thought was fine.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Kendall, I noted as he had some really quality
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  Speaker 1: reps as well. But again, when you have talented players
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  Speaker 1: on both sides, there's going to be moments where both
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  Speaker 1: were at different points. One group is going to look
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  Speaker 1: a little bit better than the other. And that's just
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  Speaker 1: the nature of it. When you have two dominant offensive
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  Speaker 1: line and defensive lines, that's just the way it goes.
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  Speaker 2: On the two point play.
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  Speaker 1: I think I mentioned this, Keely Ringo with a nice
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  Speaker 1: play to break it up in the back of the
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  Speaker 1: end zone.
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  Speaker 2: Of Hollywood Brown.
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  Speaker 1: Keely's quietly made some plays, and he's gotten a lot
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  Speaker 1: more reps lately when the Eagles are banged up there.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have Jonathan Jones. They haven't had Ja'Cory and Bennett.
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  Speaker 1: Sean Wade, he practiced today, but there were moments where
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  Speaker 1: he's been a little bit banged up as well. And
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  Speaker 1: so there's going to be opportunities, and Keely, I think,
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  Speaker 1: is making the most of it. And when you release
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  Speaker 1: someone like JT Gray, by the way— who is and
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  Speaker 1: has been one of the NFL's top gunners for a
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  Speaker 1: while now, if he's not on the roster, I think
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  Speaker 1: that all but secures Keeley Ringo's spot if you had
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  Speaker 1: any questions about his standing. Makai Lemon found the end
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  Speaker 1: zone on this day, and that's what you want to see.
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  Speaker 1: He lined up in the backfield. He caught a wheel
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  Speaker 1: route for a touchdown. He was wide open. Moments like that.
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  Speaker 1: As a young player, when you're really trying to find
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  Speaker 1: your footing and your place in the offense..
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  Speaker 2: That's what you want to see. I thought he made
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  Speaker 2: the most of his reps, largely.
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  Speaker 1: There were moments where you can see that he's still
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: trying to establish that chemistry with Jalen Hurts. He's still
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  Speaker 1: learning the details of what he's being asked to do
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  Speaker 1: in this offense. But he's been used a lot, whether
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  Speaker 1: it was yesterday, today, as a motion guy. And so
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  Speaker 1: I think that that kind of indicates how you're going
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  Speaker 1: to see him used.
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  Speaker 2: And what he needs more than anything right now, of course,
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  Speaker 2: is reps.
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  Speaker 1: And he's getting that and With that, you can expect
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  Speaker 1: growing pains, but that was a nice moment for the
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  Speaker 1: rookie wideout, and he made a nice play there. Devontae
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  Speaker 1: Smith made a really nice grab. He stabbed it up
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  Speaker 1: in the air. It was sort of a comeback, an in-breaker, and.
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  Speaker 2: That was tight coverage there.
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  Speaker 1: He was able to kind of use his body and
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  Speaker 1: his strong hands to secure that one. He also had
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  Speaker 1: a nice one on a tight window throw where it
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  Speaker 1: looked like he almost came back to the football a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, played it extremely well. There was tight coverage
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  Speaker 1: there from Reek Wollin, but Devontae was able to grab
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  Speaker 1: it and make something out of it. And Devontae is
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  Speaker 1: such an automatic player, and I think sometimes he may
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  Speaker 1: even get.
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  Speaker 2: Taken for granted a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: But, man, when you watch him work, sometimes it's like
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  Speaker 1: poetry in motion. He is a smooth operator as a
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  Speaker 1: route runner. and just having a really good feel for
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  Speaker 1: how to read, um, defensive backs. And, and also just
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: the chemistry with hurts, I think is really, um, apparent
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  Speaker 1: and it should be, they've worked together for a while,
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  Speaker 1: but you get a sense that they both know where
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  Speaker 1: each other's going to be on a given play. The
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  Speaker 1: timing between the two of them is there much like
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  Speaker 1: it is with, let's say a Dallas Goddard. And I
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: thought that Devante did a nice job there. There was, um, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the one that Wolin had, I'm looking at my notes,
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  Speaker 1: to Devontae, it was like a floater. He didn't get
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: a lot on it, and I outlined that, but that
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: was what I observed from that particular throw. I thought
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: that Zach Bond and Jihad Campbell were both really active.
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: They were rangy. They were covering ground.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: I really noticed them in coverage a decent amount in
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: this practice, and it was just, it was, it was fun.
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  Speaker 2: It was fast paced.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: And I think it's good that the fan base got
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: a chance to see the Eagles out there. That's your,
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: you know, for some, that's their first chance to see
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: them up close and in person. And there was a
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: lot to glean from this practice. The Eagles always do
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: a really nice job of putting this on once a year. They,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: I got to give a shout out to my guy,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: Dave Spadaro, for really emceeing this thing.
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: He's doing the play-by-play. He's keeping everyone engaged. He makes
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: it really.
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  Speaker 1: Interactive and fun for those in attendance. And I think
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: that Dave deserves a mention there. He does a great
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: job always, but in these joint practices, he really shines.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean, it was just a, it was
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: an eventful quality, quality session. The Eagles have one practice
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: left tomorrow, day 17.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't quite know what to expect. I don't
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: think it's going to be a long practice.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: I would imagine that you're going to see a lot
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: of starters get some work because this is really the,
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: they're not going to be playing in the game on,
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: on Friday night, but it's another good opportunity to get
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: out there and, and, Who knows? I think back to
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: a practice in 2024 where I think it was the
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: last day Nick Sirianni did a situational thing or a
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: competitive series, I think it was, where he's calling a
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: player from offense and a player from defense at random,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: and they're doing different things. I hope that that is
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: something that's in the cards for the final day, but
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: you're never sure. They like to switch things up. What
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: am I looking for tomorrow? Well, I'm looking for– well,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: I'll be personally looking at the quarter situation, who's stepping up,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: who's making plays, who is there anyone who's sort of
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: taking a lead there because the Eagles are still toggling
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: between the two. It seems like they're still undecided on
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: who's going to be the quarterback too, which is kind
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: of crazy to think that we're now venturing into a
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: the latter stages of the summer.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: So decision time is coming. It's fast approaching.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: And I'm going to be looking at the linebacker situation
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: personally because the Eagles have..
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: A lot of talent there.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: Vic Fangio called it the deepest position on the defensive side.
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: How many are you going to keep? You have Smile Mondin.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: You have Chance Campbell. You have Deontay Lawson. Do you
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: need to keep five?
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Is one making a case for the Eagles to keep five?
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Who's shining on special teams? That's something that I'll be
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: looking at. Mack McWilliams, this is a big week for
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: him when you're looking at it from a cornerback depth perspective.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: I think he's on the roster bubble. We'll see if
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: he's able to separate and remove himself from that.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: A big week for him.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: A big week for someone like Chance Campbell, who I mentioned.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: A big week for..
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: I.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: Think Keely Ringo is pretty safe. But for some of
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: these young offensive linemen, who I think have had a really,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: really strong summer. I can't emphasize that enough. I think
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Willie Lampkin is safe. But you have someone like Micah
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: Morris and Jake Majors. Jake Majors, by the way... especially
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: over the past couple weeks, he's come on a little bit.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: And he can play guard. He can play center. It
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: seems like the Eagles like him. Nick Sirianni included him
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: in with that second group of offensive linemen before practice.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: So he's someone that I will be watching quite a bit,
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: not only on Wednesday, but also, of course, in the game.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: And I think the Eagles are going to have a
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: really tough decision there.
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  Speaker 1: The tie typically goes to the draft pick, Micah Morris
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: in this case. But I think Majors is a player
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: who can help the Eagles, give them a little bit
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: better depth. He's not a guard only. He's a center
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: by trade. So I understand that from a big picture perspective,
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: it's not something that many of you listening are going
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: to put a lot of focus on.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: And I get that. But me, as someone who covers
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: the team, these are things.
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: That I've been monitoring all summer. And now things are
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: coming to a head. And I'm really interested to see
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: how things shake out. That's going to do it for
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: this episode of the Checo Daily. I'm Andrew DiCecco, and
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