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Speaker 1: Welcome to playmakers. Everyone. I'm Haley Ellwood. It is Week

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Speaker 1: nine and the Los Angeles Chargers will travel east to

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Speaker 1: take on the Philadelphia Eagles. It's gonna do a bit

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Speaker 1: of a no your opponent series today, So joining me

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Speaker 1: is Philadelphia Eagles on air personality Ella did Giovanni. Ella,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for coming on. Yeah, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Exciting matchup this week. Exciting matchup, one of those kind

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Speaker 1: of unfamiliar ones you know when you look at crossing conferences.

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Speaker 1: This is the third NFC East opponent the Charters will

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Speaker 1: face this season, and these teams are vastly different from

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Speaker 1: the last time they met about four years ago. But

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Speaker 1: just kind of overall looking at this one, there are

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Speaker 1: some relationships, some sort of reunions that are going to happen.

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Speaker 1: But what are your thoughts on this game? Yeah? I

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Speaker 1: mean for the Eagles, they're obviously coming off of a

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Speaker 1: big win last week in Detroit and a much needed win,

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Speaker 1: and they did it in dominant fashion. The front half

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Speaker 1: of this isn't was spent on the road quite a bit,

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Speaker 1: so I know the team and Eagles fans are very

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Speaker 1: excited to be back at Lincoln Financial Field this Sunday

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Speaker 1: when the Chargers come to town. Obviously, like you kind

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Speaker 1: of touched on, the coaching staff here in Philly has

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Speaker 1: strong ties to the Chargers, which I'm sure we'll touch

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Speaker 1: on a little later, but they definitely adds some excitement,

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Speaker 1: and I think this is a great opportunity for the

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Speaker 1: Eagles defense against a young quarterback, Justin Herbert, who has

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Speaker 1: and the Eagles defense they've played lights out last week,

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Speaker 1: so and you know, Justin Herbert presents quite a challenge,

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Speaker 1: but I think one that the defense is very confident

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Speaker 1: going into based on the performance they did have last week. Offensively,

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Speaker 1: the Eagles surely will be challenged as well. Even today

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Speaker 1: in a press conference, of course, Shane Steiken right off

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Speaker 1: a lot of young talent on the offensive line who

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Speaker 1: really stepped up in big ways when vets unfortunately have

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Speaker 1: see how the success of last Sunday is built upon

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Speaker 1: this week. You know, when you talk about that convincing

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Speaker 1: Detroit Lions. So much of that game too. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned the defense, but offensively it was done on

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Speaker 1: I think the staff obviously knew here in Philadelphia they're

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Speaker 1: still exercising all possible ways to run this offense, and

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Speaker 1: Sirianni always emphasized is putting his players in the best

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Speaker 1: the run game would give the Eagles the best chance

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Speaker 1: to win. So, you know, they had three hundred fifty

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Speaker 1: And unfortunately, you know, the Eagles experienced quite a bit

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Speaker 1: for Boston Scott, the rookie Kenny Gainewell, and then Jordan

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Speaker 1: and they certainly did. Obviously, Eagles fans were very excited

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Speaker 1: and Philadelphia certainly got that done. Turning to the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts now in his second season, how has he evolved? Roughly?

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Speaker 1: he is now the starting quarterback. Right in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: the Eagles became his team, and I think it's a

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Speaker 1: difference maker, especially when you're spending all of training camp

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Speaker 1: And you know, a big objective that Sirianni and Stiken

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Speaker 1: So the run game really allowed the offense to extend

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Speaker 1: So we've seen a lot of progress from this Eagles offense,

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Speaker 1: the most progress, of course, occurring on Sunday against the Lions.

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Speaker 1: But I really think that run game did allow them

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Speaker 1: let's talk about those reunions because we kind of touched

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Speaker 1: They've both been a part of a lot of different

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Speaker 1: they always touch on who their mentors are throughout the

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Speaker 1: think those relationships are super helpful and beneficial, especially when

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Speaker 1: you become a new head coach and you're putting together

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Speaker 1: There's no denying that those two certainly care Um and Sirianni,

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing he's he's big on talking

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Speaker 1: to put the pieces together. The Chargers have had a

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Speaker 1: Stike and obviously offensive coordinator. You know, I know that

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Speaker 1: least Stike and spoke. You mentioned him mentioning Joey Bosa.

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Speaker 1: about maybe how some of that familiarity is going into

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Speaker 1: I mean that's an asset. He said. No stone is unturned,

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Speaker 1: You know, he talks a lot about like Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: and how Philip Rivers, you know, helped him so much

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Speaker 1: But of course Steiken spoke a lot today about Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if there's anybody that's familiar with Justin Herbert,

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Speaker 1: But of course there's kind of the the little fun

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Speaker 1: friends with Brandon's Daley, right, Yes, yes, he talked about

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Speaker 1: lot of intertwining. For sure, There'll be a lot of

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Speaker 1: The NFL is such a small world. But lastly, before

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Speaker 1: this Sunday. So I'm gonna give you a defensive guy

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Speaker 1: with Darius Slay. I mean, he's been having a heck

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Speaker 1: you know Slay will be hunting Herbert's targets on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: So he's definitely won to watch. Offensively, I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: He emerges and really takes his role as the number

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Speaker 1: one tight end on this team. You know, the coaches

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Speaker 1: past few weeks are exactly why we were able to

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Speaker 1: make the move that we did. We're so comfortable with

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Speaker 1: him assuming this role. And you know, this is the

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Speaker 1: first time in his NFL career that he's riding solo.

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Speaker 1: He's always played alongside zach Ertz, and so he is

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Speaker 1: blocker and a pass catcher. And that's Dallas, right, Dallas daughter. Yep, Yes,

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Speaker 1: all right, Ella, thank you so much for sharing your insight.

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Speaker 1: We look forward to this one. I wish I was

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Speaker 1: coming out to Philly to see you it came out there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks Hayley, thank you so much.