Speaker 1: Six to zero, your final score as the Eagles fall
Speaker 1: to the Jets in game four of preseason action. Welcome
Speaker 1: to the postgame Show, presented by Rico. I'm Amy Campbell,
Speaker 1: friend Duffy fran Thus concludes preseason game action for the
Speaker 1: Eagles for twenty nineteen. We've made it. We've made it.
Speaker 1: It was a long summer and training camp was great,
Speaker 1: the preseason was great. But time to start talking about
Speaker 1: some real football that counts in the standings, which I
Speaker 1: am so ecstatic to do next week. Yeah, we look
Speaker 1: forward to that, but we're not quite there yet. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about this game a little bit. Any takeaways for
Speaker 1: you from this one? Well, I think you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: look the offense had a couple of untimely negative plays
Speaker 1: that kept them from reaching the end zone. But I
Speaker 1: think ultimately you look at what this defense was able
Speaker 1: to do. It a lot of young players playing at
Speaker 1: all three levels of the defense here for Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: and the rest of that defensive staff, and you saw
Speaker 1: some really good things. We continue to see some good
Speaker 1: play from that defensive front. We'll talk about one of
Speaker 1: those players here coming up. But ultimately, you'd like to
Speaker 1: see you like some of the things you saw on
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, and we saw some
Speaker 1: highlights on offense as well, even though it didn't result
Speaker 1: in points. I want to let our viewers know, if
Speaker 1: you're watching on Facebook, you can send us your questions.
Speaker 1: We'll be taking those throughout the night as well, So
Speaker 1: go ahead and let us know what you're thinking. We'll
Speaker 1: be here to kind of respond to that as well.
Speaker 1: For him, one of the big storylines really this storyline
Speaker 1: coming into this night is that you know, jobs are
Speaker 1: on the line for a lot of these players. So
Speaker 1: much is on the line. This really the last big
Speaker 1: opportunity before the roster goes from the ninety two. What
Speaker 1: are people looking for? What makes a solid backup role
Speaker 1: in the NFL? Sure, I think really when you look
Speaker 1: at the backups on any NFL roster, really, you know
Speaker 1: all teams right now they know for the most part
Speaker 1: who the starters are. There was no starting jobs really
Speaker 1: around the NFL that were decided here on Thursday night.
Speaker 1: But when you look around, everybody's trying to pick and
Speaker 1: choose who the backups are going to be, maybe not
Speaker 1: even the primary backups, but those secondary and tertiary backups.
Speaker 1: The bottom end of your roster. So where are those
Speaker 1: players coming from? Well, really, in my mind, it comes
Speaker 1: into three different buckets. You've got your veterans who are
Speaker 1: really mentors and leaders and have that kind of influence
Speaker 1: on younger players and the roster, so they bring plenty
Speaker 1: of value help make players around them better. Number two,
Speaker 1: you've got your developmental players, so guys do you expect
Speaker 1: to become starters down the line. And then the third
Speaker 1: are those well defined role players, your third down running backs,
Speaker 1: your nickel corners and dime corners, your subpackage pass rushers alone,
Speaker 1: the defensive line, all of those are very defined roles.
Speaker 1: So you're fitting into one of those three buckets. Veteran leader,
Speaker 1: developmental young player, or a defined role player. So many
Speaker 1: things that can determine what value is more than just
Speaker 1: the pure outleticism. The roles are specifically defined. That was
Speaker 1: one thing that stood out to me about the halftime
Speaker 1: interview between Dave Spiderow and Howie Roseman that how he said, Look,
Speaker 1: it's not our job to just a mass a bunch
Speaker 1: of talent. It's our job to build a complete team.
Speaker 1: For the Eagles, every role is specifically defined, starter, backup,
Speaker 1: he said, We're not just trying to collect a bunch
Speaker 1: of talent, trying to build the best team possible for
Speaker 1: the Eagles, And so value can be defined in a
Speaker 1: lot of different ways, and that's what this team is
Speaker 1: doing from top to bottom. Yeah, I think really, And
Speaker 1: you're around players, right, whether it's here or with Sports Illustrator,
Speaker 1: you've been around players. You know that they all come in,
Speaker 1: you know, different boxes, right. Some guys are great students
Speaker 1: of the game. Some guys don't really you know, put
Speaker 1: in that kind of work. Some guys are just very natural.
Speaker 1: Other guys have to really really work hard to reach
Speaker 1: that ceiling. And so I had an opportunity, we talked
Speaker 1: about it on the Eagle Line the Sky podcast fueled
Speaker 1: by Gatorade earlier this summer. I had an opportunity to
Speaker 1: go down and join Lane Johnson and Brandon Brooks at
Speaker 1: the Old Line Mastermind Summit. And you know, an event
Speaker 1: like that amy really opened my eyes to really what
Speaker 1: guys are like behind the scenes from a preparation standpoint.
Speaker 1: Because you talk to them here in the locker room,
Speaker 1: you talk to them in the cafeteria or in the hallway,
Speaker 1: you get a sense of what they're like, but you know,
Speaker 1: you go down and you see what they're like from
Speaker 1: a preparation standpoint, the work that they put in, and
Speaker 1: you get a sense of demand. Like, that's how this
Speaker 1: guy lasted the NFL for twelve years. Maybe not the
Speaker 1: best player purely off film that number one guy, you'd say, oh,
Speaker 1: this guy's a first round pick, but this guy lasted
Speaker 1: in the NFL because he really really works at it.
Speaker 1: Those guys end up sticking on rosters and those are
Speaker 1: the guys that really are the glue of your football team.
Speaker 1: Even talking to I Greece about this last week, he said, look,
Speaker 1: I was able to have such a long career because
Speaker 1: of my commitment to special teams. And for some reason,
Speaker 1: it's not something that every guy values the way they should.
Speaker 1: When it can be something that can extend your employment
Speaker 1: in the NFL, it can keep those paychecks coming, and
Speaker 1: so you talk about value and how important that can be.
Speaker 1: Special teams a huge part of it. We talk about
Speaker 1: it all the time. It's almost a bit of a cliche.
Speaker 1: But it's a cliche for a reason. Let's go back
Speaker 1: to that game, our player that stood out friend, you
Speaker 1: and I came to a unanimous agreement on this. It
Speaker 1: was not very difficult. DeShawn Hall, who has really made
Speaker 1: a lot of noise this preseason. He had another sack
Speaker 1: in this game for total for the preseason. That leads
Speaker 1: the team, and I believe it leads the league. It
Speaker 1: might have changed tonight, right, certainly one of the productive
Speaker 1: defensive lineman in the NFL this summer. And look, the
Speaker 1: guy is really earn you know where he's gotten to
Speaker 1: at this point where he's now fighting for a job
Speaker 1: on the fifty three man roster. He's been so productive.
Speaker 1: A former third round pick out in Carolina, talented player,
Speaker 1: and he's played very very well this summer and that's
Speaker 1: showed up again tonight. All Right, a couple of important
Speaker 1: dates coming up this weekend. Howie Roseman going to be
Speaker 1: very busy. I believe Dave Spinnero. Spinnero jokingly said how
Speaker 1: he doesn't need to sleep. He probably won't be doing
Speaker 1: a lot of sleeping over the next few days. Again, Saturday,
Speaker 1: four pm, that is the deadline for the roster to
Speaker 1: go from the ninety to the fifty three. Sunday at noon,
Speaker 1: that is the deadline to put in waiver claims on
Speaker 1: the players. And then an hour later Sunday at one pm,
Speaker 1: you can make your ten man practice squads. So a
Speaker 1: lot going on over this weekend, especially that one hour
Speaker 1: between the waiver claims and the practice squad. There's ten
Speaker 1: guys that they can get and to add value to that.
Speaker 1: And there's just so many different ways this thing can go. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because if the practice squad is not just built by
Speaker 1: players that are on your own roster we mentioned it
Speaker 1: on the Kickoff show, you know, it could also be
Speaker 1: players that are on other roster. So the pro scouting
Speaker 1: department right now, those guys are invaluable to the coaching staff,
Speaker 1: to Howie Roseman, to help acquire more talent. They're scouring
Speaker 1: all of their assigned teams. Everybody at that in that
Speaker 1: scouting department as assigned a handful of teams and they
Speaker 1: know everybody on the ninety man roster for each of
Speaker 1: those squads, and so when somebody has waived or somebody
Speaker 1: has cut, they say, hey, you know what, this guy
Speaker 1: would fill this role. We talked about those three different roles.
Speaker 1: This guy would fill this role for us on this
Speaker 1: football team. They can help us win a championship. And
Speaker 1: those guys get acquired. We've see that year after year
Speaker 1: after year. The Eagles go out and there they're aggressive.
Speaker 1: At this point in the summer, I wouldn't expect that
Speaker 1: to change. I expect them to always be looking. They're
Speaker 1: always looking to acquire more talent every phase of the year.
Speaker 1: That's totally them for Howie Roseman and that front office staff.
Speaker 1: I wish I remember who I saw that tweeted this,
Speaker 1: but it really put things in perspective for me a
Speaker 1: little bit too. Of you know, a lot of guys
Speaker 1: who are going to not make this team and it's
Speaker 1: going to be a really disappointing thing for them. They
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to be picked up by other teams,
Speaker 1: but there are guys who are going to make teams
Speaker 1: that are then going to be cut when someone else
Speaker 1: becomes available, and all of that maneuvering as well. So
Speaker 1: even when that first roster comes out, there's still going
Speaker 1: to be moves that are made and a lot of
Speaker 1: changes that happen from there to the practice squad as
Speaker 1: things settled down. It's a roller coaster of emotions for
Speaker 1: those guys that are on the bubble right now because
Speaker 1: you don't know if that call that you get is
Speaker 1: going to be your last call with the organization, and
Speaker 1: so you may think you're safe on Saturday at four
Speaker 1: pm and then find out Sunday at eleven thirty that
Speaker 1: you're not. And it's again, it's it's like we talked
Speaker 1: about in the Kickoff Show, it's just the nature of
Speaker 1: the business. This time of year is just really really
Speaker 1: tough for everybody involved on both sides, players, personnel, the teams,
Speaker 1: veteran players. They still kind of feel that hurt. Guys
Speaker 1: that you know, are out of the league and have
Speaker 1: been out of the league for a decade this time
Speaker 1: of year, they definitely feel it. I think it's something
Speaker 1: that most guys in the league can relate to as well.
Speaker 1: We mentioned a lot of choices that are going to
Speaker 1: be upcoming. We're going to break down the roster position
Speaker 1: by a position. We'll start with the quarterbacks. We got
Speaker 1: five guys on this roster as of now. Here's the list, Fran.
Speaker 1: What stands out to you, Yeah, I think ultimately when
Speaker 1: you look at the list, you know, and it's obviously
Speaker 1: a guy a number of guys from you know, different
Speaker 1: areas of acquisition for the Eagles, right, You've got veteran signings.
Speaker 1: You've got guys who are bought in late in the offseason.
Speaker 1: You've got draft picks. You know, the guys like Nate
Speaker 1: Sutfield were acquired you know, after cutdown day. Right, So
Speaker 1: I think ultimately the Eagles have done a really good
Speaker 1: job of acquiring Town a number of different ways at
Speaker 1: that position. Now it comes down to what we talked
Speaker 1: about earlier, right, the three different buckets for a backup quarterback.
Speaker 1: And when you're looking for a backup quarterback, you're looking
Speaker 1: for number One, someone who can be reliable. Number Two
Speaker 1: a coach on the sideline, someone that can be you know,
Speaker 1: a sounding board for the starting quarterback, not just in
Speaker 1: the meeting room and during practice, but in the game.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you go when you watch you know
Speaker 1: the mikings of Carson went instead of Nick Foles during
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl run, and you see the interactions both
Speaker 1: those guys had with each other on the sideline in
Speaker 1: between series where they come to the you know, come
Speaker 1: to the sideline, you know, and Carson won't say Nick, hey,
Speaker 1: what did you see there? And Nick asked Carson, Hey,
Speaker 1: what did the defense do there? And they're able to
Speaker 1: kind of bounce things off each other. Coach isn't even involved.
Speaker 1: That's what you want from a backup quarterback. So that's
Speaker 1: something we don't see. We don't see that on film,
Speaker 1: we don't see that watching the broadcast. You know, that's
Speaker 1: just something that the coaches are very well aware of
Speaker 1: and the guys in that room are well aware off.
Speaker 1: So it's a matter of who's that number two guy,
Speaker 1: And then if you want to carry a third is
Speaker 1: that a developmental player? Is that somebody else that can
Speaker 1: also impact in that area. That's what the decision they
Speaker 1: have to make. Well, one of the things we've heard
Speaker 1: for the last few seasons it's so unique about the
Speaker 1: Eagles quarterback room is how well these guys support each other,
Speaker 1: how they compliment each other, and what a great chemistry
Speaker 1: that room has and how unique it is across the NFL.
Speaker 1: Let's keep moving. Let's look at the running back position.
Speaker 1: One that we've heard all preseason long is going to
Speaker 1: is an incredibly deep position. A lot of tough choices
Speaker 1: for this coaching staff in this front office when we
Speaker 1: look at that's an impressive list there, Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: and ultimately the problem to have, but definitely a tough
Speaker 1: one exactly. And there's just a lot of guys with
Speaker 1: proven resumes. I mean, that's really what it comes down
Speaker 1: to when you look at this running back room is
Speaker 1: that there are players with NFL experien There's guys with
Speaker 1: lots of promise, guys that have done things even in
Speaker 1: short times in the NFL. You know, that's what makes
Speaker 1: this a very difficult decision. But ultimately, when you're looking
Speaker 1: at that running back room, you want guys that can
Speaker 1: fit roles. Everybody now talks about running back by committee,
Speaker 1: will in order for that to happen, you need a
Speaker 1: committee and guys that can fill different roles in that committee. So,
Speaker 1: you know, do you have someone that can play on
Speaker 1: early down? So you have someone that could play on
Speaker 1: third down, goal line, short yardage. Now, can someone plays
Speaker 1: special teams? Can someone be a good pass protector? You
Speaker 1: need all of that into the mix. Now that's where
Speaker 1: the other buckets come into play. Right, Do you have
Speaker 1: someone that's developmental that you hope can be an early
Speaker 1: down back or can hope you hope can turn into
Speaker 1: a really good third down player and special teams as well,
Speaker 1: So so important, not just you know in the core
Speaker 1: special teamers you know as blockers and guys that can
Speaker 1: get downfield and get after the football. But also the
Speaker 1: return game, if you could be a kick returner or
Speaker 1: punt returner, that can add to your value as well well.
Speaker 1: In that running back position, one where we are wait
Speaker 1: and see how many are going to be on this roster?
Speaker 1: What is the coaching staff, the front office? How many
Speaker 1: are they planning on keeping a position last season that
Speaker 1: we saw had a lot of injuries and a lot
Speaker 1: of attrition for lack of a better word there. So
Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting to see how many running
Speaker 1: backs do you make this roster. Let's keep with the offense.
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the wide receiver group, another long
Speaker 1: list of players, a lot of options for the coaching staff.
Speaker 1: There's there's going to be some tough choices in this
Speaker 1: room as well, because there's a lot of talent in
Speaker 1: that wide receiver room. And ultimately, you know what your
Speaker 1: starting receivers are going to look like. You're one, two,
Speaker 1: and number three. Then it goes to your four, you're five,
Speaker 1: and maybe your sixth spot. What do the what traits
Speaker 1: do you need from those three guys? And I think
Speaker 1: ultimately you're looking for players that can help as blockers,
Speaker 1: that can help and on special teams, and then also
Speaker 1: can do different things for you in different packages, whether
Speaker 1: that means you're a red zone thread or you're kind
Speaker 1: of a do everything player that can be moved around
Speaker 1: the formation and used in different ways to kind of
Speaker 1: throw the defense off bounce. Those kinds of players bring
Speaker 1: lots of value. That versatility can offer a lot of
Speaker 1: value to an offensive coaching staff, and the Eagles have
Speaker 1: a little bit of all that in this receiver room.
Speaker 1: So it's going to be interesting see which way they
Speaker 1: decide to go with that group overall. Yeah, long list
Speaker 1: of guys there. I think I counted ten on the
Speaker 1: roster there for that position. So certainly a lot of choices.
Speaker 1: Let's keep going. Let's go to the tight ends, take
Speaker 1: a look at not as many as the wide receivers,
Speaker 1: but I'm still going to be some difficult choices for
Speaker 1: the coaching staff and and just some thoughts about how
Speaker 1: they're going to how they see that position group and
Speaker 1: what they want to what they want to make it here. Well,
Speaker 1: you know that this is going to be a tight
Speaker 1: end center offense, right because you've got Zach Ertz and
Speaker 1: Dallas scouted on the roster. You know that the offense
Speaker 1: is going to be, you know, heavily involved with twelve
Speaker 1: personnel a two tight ends, So for that you're also
Speaker 1: going to need some help from your backup tight ends.
Speaker 1: You need those guys to be involved. So you need
Speaker 1: guys that can block, You need players that can impact
Speaker 1: the passing game, and also players that can go out
Speaker 1: and play special teams because with especially with the changed
Speaker 1: rules amy and special teams, you need those combo players.
Speaker 1: And what I mean by combo players not necessarily a small,
Speaker 1: undersized skill guy and not a big lumbering lineman, but
Speaker 1: those linebackers and bigger safeties and tight ends. They need
Speaker 1: to be your core special teams players. So whoever that third,
Speaker 1: potentially fourth tight end is, they need to be active
Speaker 1: on all four core special teams. That's kickoff, kick return, punt,
Speaker 1: punt return. They have to be active participants there. As
Speaker 1: we pause the roster discussion for a minute, and friend,
Speaker 1: you've been here a long time, You've been in the
Speaker 1: building around the whole roster making process. What is it
Speaker 1: like the next few days, just the energy all of
Speaker 1: the decisions being made. I imagine there's just a lot
Speaker 1: of different feelings going through the air here. What are
Speaker 1: the next few days like for people who are not
Speaker 1: in this building the way that you have access to,
Speaker 1: What is it like? Well, there's two sides of the coin,
Speaker 1: because on one side, you're very excited about the start
Speaker 1: of the regular season and to get things going, and
Speaker 1: you know, you see all that hard work that's happened
Speaker 1: over the offseason is now about to come to fruition.
Speaker 1: And then the second side of that is then the
Speaker 1: idea that you gotta get rid of some football players.
Speaker 1: And so it's it is very tense, it is a
Speaker 1: little bit quiet. It is a little bit somber. So
Speaker 1: you know, there's not as much you know, joking around
Speaker 1: in the cafeteria or in the hallways or anything like that.
Speaker 1: It is a tough couple of days. But on the
Speaker 1: back end of that, there's also a level of excitement
Speaker 1: and so that's what you're really, you know, trying to
Speaker 1: hang your hat on as you're moving around and moving
Speaker 1: to the next few days from the past, do you
Speaker 1: have any crazy stories of anything that you've seen. I know,
Speaker 1: I'm putting you on the spot here a little bit,
Speaker 1: but I'm I'm just curious. You know, there's always a
Speaker 1: lot of surprises. You know, there's always a lot of
Speaker 1: unexpected things. Have you any crazy moves that you've seen
Speaker 1: this staff make before? Yeah? I can't think of anything
Speaker 1: off the top of my head. I mean, look, every
Speaker 1: every one of these kind of stands on its own.
Speaker 1: As you know, there's there's always those little decisions that
Speaker 1: you can kind of look back and you say, man,
Speaker 1: like remember that, and then one year later it's it's
Speaker 1: forgotten because you're moving on to the very next season. So,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's a very kind of up and
Speaker 1: down roller coaster a few days, but the team gets
Speaker 1: through it. Now you're excited for a week one. Well,
Speaker 1: and speaking of that excitement, if you're a young player
Speaker 1: trying to make this roster, how exciting is this process
Speaker 1: when you know you see your if you know, for me,
Speaker 1: I'm a theater kid, right and you know you see
Speaker 1: your name on the cast list when you go and check.
Speaker 1: What must that feel like for a young guy, especially
Speaker 1: with just how difficult the process can be to make
Speaker 1: it to that point. I mean, it's kind of what
Speaker 1: we just talked about, where it's all that hard work
Speaker 1: that you've put in. If you're a rookie, you know,
Speaker 1: you go back to your college season ends and you
Speaker 1: are immediately going into training for the NFL Draft. You're
Speaker 1: going to the Senior Ball or the Shrine Game, then
Speaker 1: you're going to the Combine. Potentially you're worried about Pro Day,
Speaker 1: and you're getting shipped around plane to plane to plane
Speaker 1: to plane, going from team to team to team for
Speaker 1: all those private visits and workouts and secrecy, and you're
Speaker 1: working out with agents and you're finding out where you're
Speaker 1: gonna go in different hotel rooms. It's crazy process. And
Speaker 1: then right from there you've got draft weekend, and then boom,
Speaker 1: you're in Mini camp, and then you're in there Ota,
Speaker 1: and then you've got a couple weeks off and then
Speaker 1: you're a training camp. It is a whirlwind. So for
Speaker 1: those guys, not even necessarily the first, the second, third
Speaker 1: round picks, guys that you expect to make the team,
Speaker 1: but the late round picks, the undrafted free agents, those
Speaker 1: guys that make it. It's a whirlwind. But it's like
Speaker 1: we mentioned too, you don't want to get too too
Speaker 1: high because you know you never know how long that
Speaker 1: feeling will last they change so quickly. So as an
Speaker 1: insider who covers the draft process, you're around so many
Speaker 1: of these players. This they go, like you said, this
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl, the Shrine Game, their pro days. So much
Speaker 1: goes into this. One thing that stood out to me
Speaker 1: really when I was covering, When I was around these guys,
Speaker 1: they're doing these games, they're putting everything on tape that
Speaker 1: they possibly can, and then they're going and doing interviews,
Speaker 1: then they're doing private workouts. I mean, the fatigue is
Speaker 1: beyond physical and mental. And then you come into camp
Speaker 1: and you're fighting for your life. I mean the mental
Speaker 1: fatigue that goes into this for a guy. I don't
Speaker 1: think people realize how intense the process is to make
Speaker 1: a team. Talking with players over the years, the second
Speaker 1: year guys, the guys that are coming into their second season,
Speaker 1: they all say how much of a relief it was
Speaker 1: just to even get to the offseason because you didn't
Speaker 1: have that a year ago. You know, it really is
Speaker 1: a whirlwind. From the time their college season ends up
Speaker 1: until the end of their first season their rookie campaign,
Speaker 1: it's craziness and you want that feeling to go as
Speaker 1: long as possible. Remember, these are guys that are used
Speaker 1: to maybe playing minimum twelve games, maximum thirteen or fourteen
Speaker 1: if they play at Alabama or Oklahoma, mark Clemson. You know,
Speaker 1: then you get those fourteenth games, but you know, twelve
Speaker 1: games that gets you to Week eight of the regular season.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're it's a crazy process for those rookies. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's for those guys coming into their second year. The
Speaker 1: offseason is a nice little retreat. And not only that,
Speaker 1: you're mentally fatigued. You're just thrown into this situation where
Speaker 1: everybody is used to being They're bigger, stronger, faster, they've
Speaker 1: been doing it longer than you. You hear this cliche
Speaker 1: of the game speeds up exponentially, and can you imagine
Speaker 1: being so mentally fatigued, And then you're thrown into this
Speaker 1: job interview situation where you're basically swimming trying to learn
Speaker 1: and to catch up and to act like you've been there,
Speaker 1: look like you've been there. So many things go into
Speaker 1: it for these guys. Yeah, and that's why when coaches
Speaker 1: and scouts and everybody works with these players during the
Speaker 1: pre draft process, it's not just about oh, what does
Speaker 1: the guy look like on film? It's what is he
Speaker 1: made up? From a mental standpoint and from a competitive standpoint,
Speaker 1: a toughness standpoint, all of those things go into it
Speaker 1: because you have to be able to hold up in
Speaker 1: the NFL. You can't just show up, you know, and
Speaker 1: your jaw hits the floor and say like whoa, Like
Speaker 1: there's there's Carson Wentz. Oh like that, you've been there,
Speaker 1: you go exactly, you got to show up and you
Speaker 1: got to compete with these guys and you've got to
Speaker 1: make plays for them. They're relying on you just as
Speaker 1: much as you're relying on them. You need all those
Speaker 1: guys to be able to come in and mesh immediately.
Speaker 1: And so that's why those traits, that things that you
Speaker 1: know you try and find out away from the field,
Speaker 1: they're just as important. And that's something I can really
Speaker 1: relate to because true story, when I came here for
Speaker 1: my interview with the Eagles and I met fran Duffy,
Speaker 1: I was like, whoa, it's fran Duffy. I've been following
Speaker 1: his work for years. Now. Now we're talking, of course,
Speaker 1: we are awaiting the thoughts of head coach Doug Peterson.
Speaker 1: Here's the press conference room. Hopefully he will be here soon.
Speaker 1: We want to, of course, hear his thoughts to summarize
Speaker 1: the final preseason game. A lot of questions I'm sure
Speaker 1: that will be asked an answer just about the entire
Speaker 1: process the roster making as well. We heard from him pregame,
Speaker 1: We've heard from him all week just about his empathy
Speaker 1: for this situation, understanding he's been there, understanding the big
Speaker 1: moment that these guys are going through. What kind of
Speaker 1: impact do you think that has on a guy to
Speaker 1: have a coach that really understands what this process is
Speaker 1: like and what they're feeling on a day like today.
Speaker 1: There's sincerity with it, you know, and the guys, you know,
Speaker 1: they understand that they're not getting, you know, fan you know,
Speaker 1: the fake truth, you know, so they understand, Hey, the
Speaker 1: coach has been in my seat before, he knows what
Speaker 1: it feels like. He's not gonna, you know, kind of
Speaker 1: sell me up the river and say one thing but
Speaker 1: really mean another. That's what it really allows Doug to
Speaker 1: be able to connect with these players on such a
Speaker 1: high level, and it's what makes him the coach that
Speaker 1: he is. And you see that, you know, when we
Speaker 1: show on Eagles Unscripted, all the different behind the scenes
Speaker 1: access with Doug it at meetings and things like that.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's able to connect with these guys. You
Speaker 1: see amount of practice and the relationships he's got with
Speaker 1: those guys that shows up and that means a lot
Speaker 1: to those guys, and it means it means a lot
Speaker 1: to free agents who have choices to make. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's something we hear all the time here is from
Speaker 1: free agents who have some choices to make. Who some
Speaker 1: of them who are still trying to make this team,
Speaker 1: but they had choices about where what team they wanted
Speaker 1: to go do their preseason with and try and make
Speaker 1: that team. They of the way that coach Peterson handles things,
Speaker 1: the way that this team does business. They feel like
Speaker 1: it has you know, that reputation goes throughout the league,
Speaker 1: and we see guys make that choice to join the
Speaker 1: Eagles because of that locker room in the way that
Speaker 1: they treat their players. Yeah, and that goes to also
Speaker 1: the culture that not only that Doug is built in
Speaker 1: the locker room, but that the players are able to
Speaker 1: kind of maintain that culture and govern that culture. So
Speaker 1: you've got those leaders. The Carson Wentz is the Malcolm
Speaker 1: Jenkins and the Jason Peters and Jason Kelsey, the Brandon
Speaker 1: Grahams and Fletcher Coxes. They're able to maintain that. So
Speaker 1: it makes it a fun atmosphere. And you're right. I
Speaker 1: mean you talk to Malik Jackson when he gets here,
Speaker 1: that's one of the first things that comes out of
Speaker 1: his mouth is, yeah, you know what this is. This
Speaker 1: was the kind of place that I wanted to be at.
Speaker 1: Not only we're going to compete for a title, but
Speaker 1: it's a great atmosphere for me to be able to
Speaker 1: continue my professional career. And you hear that from those
Speaker 1: guys time and time and time again. Absolutely so, as
Speaker 1: we have preseason game number four in the books, it's
Speaker 1: kind of a surreal feeling. I feel like we've been
Speaker 1: doing this for a while already. We've seen a lot
Speaker 1: this preseason, a lot of standout moments, anything that has
Speaker 1: you particularly excited for this season to get started. I'm
Speaker 1: just excited for this Eagles offense. You know, you look
Speaker 1: at Carson Wentz coming back, and you know you have
Speaker 1: all these weapons. You add in a Deshaun Jackson, you
Speaker 1: add Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders, you know, you bring
Speaker 1: back Dallas Goddard to pair with Zach Ertz. And you know,
Speaker 1: I've talked so much about you know, twelve personnel, the
Speaker 1: two tight end sets and what that'll mean for Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson and Micro and that offensive staff. I am so
Speaker 1: excited because now this offense has so many different ways
Speaker 1: to beat you. As a defense, if you're strong in
Speaker 1: one area, the Eagles can attack you in that area
Speaker 1: where you're weaker, and vice versa, so they can find
Speaker 1: different ways to beat you. That's what really has me
Speaker 1: most excited. It's just getting ready to see the fireworks
Speaker 1: that Carson Wentz and the rest of that group can
Speaker 1: put on display and as things come together and that
Speaker 1: will unfold over the next few days. Is how he
Speaker 1: Roseman and his staff gets to work. We've talked a
Speaker 1: lot about how aggressive he is, how he's always working
Speaker 1: the phones, how he's always trying to go make the
Speaker 1: big move. It's something that we love that Eagles fans love,
Speaker 1: just that emo of that aggressiveness. How do you see
Speaker 1: that philosophy? Comparing around the league? Not every front office
Speaker 1: is that aggressive. It's just you know, your your apples
Speaker 1: and your oranges. How does how he's aggressiveness compare with
Speaker 1: what other front offices around the league are doing. You know,
Speaker 1: we've talked about it time and time again on our
Speaker 1: daily podcasts over during training camp on the Eaglene the
Speaker 1: Sky podcast. Is you know, instead of going out, you know,
Speaker 1: if there was an injury on the bottom end of
Speaker 1: the roster, or if they needed to bring in a
Speaker 1: ninetieth man or an eighty ninth man, they weren't bringing
Speaker 1: in some undrafted free agent from you know, Lindenwood College
Speaker 1: or from Drake University. No, they were bringing in a
Speaker 1: guy who's been in the NFL for three to four years.
Speaker 1: They were going and signing a Jonathan Cyprian who was
Speaker 1: a second round pick, or they were going, you know,
Speaker 1: after guys who have played in the NFL. Those guys
Speaker 1: are competing for jobs a Cassi Meta Bali, they you know,
Speaker 1: acquire and those guys have played in the NFL. They're
Speaker 1: here to fight for their career. Those our guys who
Speaker 1: are going to bring competitive juices that not only of
Speaker 1: you know, this guy could come in and make our team,
Speaker 1: but he's gonna bring the best out of our young
Speaker 1: players and make sure that those guys are all battling
Speaker 1: and that that's ultimately what you want, that aggressiveness. But
Speaker 1: if if you again, if you're a team that's a
Speaker 1: little bit further away, five years ago, they that wasn't
Speaker 1: necessarily kind of player you were looking for. You're looking
Speaker 1: for someone a little bit more high upside you can
Speaker 1: try and develop and control the rights and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: Those are all the things that you worry about if
Speaker 1: you're a little bit further away. But where the Eagles
Speaker 1: are at right now from a competitive standpoint, that allows
Speaker 1: you to go and be a little bit more aggressive,
Speaker 1: which is what we've seen from them over the course
Speaker 1: the last few weeks. Well, it's something we've continued to
Speaker 1: hear all preseason, this idea of churning the roster, of
Speaker 1: causing that competition, and here comes coach. We're going to
Speaker 1: hear from him a little bit more right now. Okay, Doug,
Speaker 1: if you look at how Clinton Corson, how would you
Speaker 1: say playing role? Sum I think he's playing probably like
Speaker 1: like a rookie quarterback should and would be at this
Speaker 1: time quite honestly, um I you know, going all the
Speaker 1: way back to the to the offseason, starting after the
Speaker 1: after the draft, and all the way through to tonight's game.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, UM, it's not easy to play
Speaker 1: quarterback in the National Football League, and and um the
Speaker 1: things that he has done, UM in practice, even in
Speaker 1: you know, some of these games. It may not look
Speaker 1: like it because the end result, but he's made a
Speaker 1: lot of progress this uh, this entire training camp. So
Speaker 1: my hat's off to him and how he's worked and
Speaker 1: how he's prepared. What you see from the young defensive
Speaker 1: vents tonight, I thought they played hard. We got after
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Uh, they closed on a couple of you know,
Speaker 1: uh tackle for losses. I thought they they came ready
Speaker 1: to play. I mean it was it was good to see, um,
Speaker 1: you know in this last game, the energy level they had, UM,
Speaker 1: the effort that uh they gave. UM obviously looked more
Speaker 1: at it tomorrow when we check out the tape. But
Speaker 1: I thought, overall played well to be made the toughest
Speaker 1: of them all. I think they're all tough. I just
Speaker 1: told the guys in the locker room that you know,
Speaker 1: these next few days or the hardest, hardest few days
Speaker 1: we we have. UM, you know, you got ninety or
Speaker 1: so players and you got to get to fifty three
Speaker 1: and then and then you build back your practice squad guys.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's a tough business, and I
Speaker 1: just appreciate all the hard work that these guys did
Speaker 1: for um through training camp, obviously through the off season, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, and and they left it in our hands.
Speaker 1: And now it's our opportunity now to you know, make
Speaker 1: some tough decisions in the next couple of days. How
Speaker 1: do you evaluate how Malcollins has played. It's a pretty season.
Speaker 1: He's been in a little more active the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, sums. So we just got to go back
Speaker 1: and look at look at everything that's full, you know,
Speaker 1: the full body of work and and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously you know his health coming in was was an issue,
Speaker 1: but he battled through that, got himself healthy and back
Speaker 1: on the field. And um, he fought through that and
Speaker 1: he know that's that's commendable. And we just got to
Speaker 1: look at the whole body of work and and and
Speaker 1: see and and again make make some make some tough
Speaker 1: decisions on these guys. What did you find out about
Speaker 1: Jordan My A lot of injury. We're actually going to
Speaker 1: get another update in the morning when we get back
Speaker 1: tonight and then in the morning when we do our
Speaker 1: medical and so on Monday, I should have a probably
Speaker 1: a better update, you know, with with where he's at.
Speaker 1: Doug obviously sewn situation a little unfortunate used, how serious
Speaker 1: is it? Used? Clear that up just as far as
Speaker 1: you expect him. But we'll get one in ten days.
Speaker 1: He'll be fine. Dog rud on a different Rudy forward
Speaker 1: wasn't out there tonight? Why wasn't he playing? It's kind
Speaker 1: of lower body issue that just needed some rest. And
Speaker 1: then you had Cameron Johnson on the kickoff. What was
Speaker 1: the reason for that just in case? I mean you've
Speaker 1: seen us in the past when when Jake's gone down
Speaker 1: and we've used Kamu, you know, and just an opportunity
Speaker 1: to get Cam a drop kick on a kickoff that
Speaker 1: could be beneficial for us if someone were happened to
Speaker 1: Jake during the season. No, no, no, it's just something
Speaker 1: we wanted to do. We're just tonight leave windows. Um.
Speaker 1: You know again, Windell is a player that we know, man,
Speaker 1: we got a lot of history with him, um, and
Speaker 1: and you know, unfortunate out gosh that one run tonight.
Speaker 1: I mean, we had a trap inside and the backer
Speaker 1: hit a ball on the you know, tackle on the
Speaker 1: ball came out. But um, you know, Wendell is a
Speaker 1: guy that uh, um that we understand, we kind of
Speaker 1: know him, and and you know he last week it
Speaker 1: was you know, it was it was Corey's opportunity last week,
Speaker 1: his opportunity this week, and and uh would have played
Speaker 1: last week. The game was shortened obviously, but um, you
Speaker 1: know he's he's right in the mix. What made you
Speaker 1: not want to play Andrew Doo tonight? Knowing that he's
Speaker 1: not going into the season as a start. Andrew's gotten
Speaker 1: a lot of work at tackle, um, especially left tackle,
Speaker 1: you know, all through training camp. I mean that that
Speaker 1: has been the primary focus with him. And you know,
Speaker 1: for a guy that could be part of the seven
Speaker 1: on game day, UM, you know, just wanted to give
Speaker 1: him extra rest. Do you ever keep a player, um,
Speaker 1: who might not figure into your plans as much? But
Speaker 1: he's turned a spot and it kind of proves to
Speaker 1: the rest of the guys. Yeah, I think every year
Speaker 1: there's there's that one guy, sometimes two guys that on
Speaker 1: every team. You know, it might be a surprise to
Speaker 1: you guys, It might be a surprise to the fans,
Speaker 1: but to us, it's no surprise based on how that
Speaker 1: that player has worked. Um, and guys make teams all
Speaker 1: the time, Um, you know because of because of that
Speaker 1: their effort, their energy, their willingness to uh practice, you
Speaker 1: know and make an impact. All right, thanks, lead coach
Speaker 1: said the these next few days are the hardest few
Speaker 1: days that we have. That really stood out to me.
Speaker 1: Totally understands there's going to be a difficult process to
Speaker 1: narrow this roster down to fifty three from ninety. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's what we talked about it just a
Speaker 1: few minutes before the press conference, and that you know,
Speaker 1: he's got a lot of empathy for the players on
Speaker 1: the bottom of this roster that aren't going to be
Speaker 1: here in a couple of days. And um, you know
Speaker 1: that that was reflected I thought in the press conference.
Speaker 1: Absolutely appreciate coaches that empathy and understanding. There. We'll continue
Speaker 1: our roster breakdown in just a minute. We're going to
Speaker 1: take a quick break. Stay with us. We have the standings.
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Speaker 1: are looking at the offensive line as a whole. We're
Speaker 1: going to go through the tackles, the guards in the centers,
Speaker 1: but brand when we look at the roster, a lot
Speaker 1: of talent here probably the most talented group in the
Speaker 1: NFL statistically one of the best in the NFL at
Speaker 1: this position. What stands out to you just about the
Speaker 1: offensive line, a hole and all these guys on the roster. Sure,
Speaker 1: and I think ultimately, well as a quick refresher, you
Speaker 1: got those three buckets, right, So are you a developmental player?
Speaker 1: Are you a defined role player which on the offensive
Speaker 1: line would be a swing backup as a tackle like
Speaker 1: are you a left tackle, right tackle, a guard, center,
Speaker 1: can you play multiple positions? And then lastly the veteran
Speaker 1: mentor where do you fit into any of those three buckets?
Speaker 1: And ultimately offensive line for the bottom of the roster,
Speaker 1: you're looking for versatility. And the reason why that is
Speaker 1: so important is, yeah, you may carry nine offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: you may carry ten offensive lineman, but typically most game
Speaker 1: days you're only going to dress seven. So you need
Speaker 1: those two backups to be able to provide the backup
Speaker 1: options on all five spots. So you need somebody that
Speaker 1: could play both both tackle spots, somebody that could play
Speaker 1: both guard positions and we see the guards here on
Speaker 1: the Eagles roster, and someone that could also back up
Speaker 1: on the center spot and the Eagles have some versatility
Speaker 1: in the starting lineup, guys like Isaac Saymalo, who is
Speaker 1: lined up at four or five positions on game day
Speaker 1: for the Eagle so far in his young career. That's
Speaker 1: what made him such an attractive player, you know, early
Speaker 1: in his career, before he was an ingrained starter. You
Speaker 1: need that versatility. And so you know, whereas running back
Speaker 1: you have a goal line back or something like that,
Speaker 1: a specialty player, you're not going to necessarily have that
Speaker 1: as much on the offensive line. But versatility is key
Speaker 1: unless you are a high end developmental player or a
Speaker 1: very reliable veteran backup who can kind of offer that
Speaker 1: mentorship for the young players in that room. Well, that's
Speaker 1: a luxury of this Eagles team is that they have
Speaker 1: all of those things when it comes to this position group,
Speaker 1: because there is such talent, because there is such depth,
Speaker 1: they have those developmental guys as well. Really one of
Speaker 1: the best units in the NFL. And and and it's
Speaker 1: remarkable because even when you go down the line, you
Speaker 1: look at the starters, I mean some of the best
Speaker 1: to ever do it. You look at some of the backups,
Speaker 1: I mean they could be starting on most teams in
Speaker 1: the NFL. So just the versatility and the ability of
Speaker 1: these guys to play multiple positions, I mean, just luxury
Speaker 1: for this team. Really in a testament to how well
Speaker 1: they've built this roster. Offensive line depth around the NFL
Speaker 1: is a plague, all right now. I mean, nobody has
Speaker 1: good offensive line depth, and the Eagles are one of
Speaker 1: a handful. And I like a handful of teams that
Speaker 1: have good quality offensive line depth. And we'll take a
Speaker 1: look at the centers now on this roster. You know,
Speaker 1: I remember we had Daniel Jeremiah Manifl Network in the
Speaker 1: studio right here to talk on the Journey of the
Speaker 1: Draft podcast. That was his number one takeaway was, you know,
Speaker 1: just looking at this offensive line and the depth of
Speaker 1: the Eagles do have. And that's a testament to Howie Roseman.
Speaker 1: That scouting staff as well as the coaching staff Jeff
Speaker 1: Stoutlin and his group that really have helped develop all
Speaker 1: of these young guys. They acquire the talent from the
Speaker 1: scouting side, and then they coach them up and develop
Speaker 1: them here during the spring and during the summer, and
Speaker 1: that's paying dividends. Now. It's a very talented group well,
Speaker 1: and a good offensive line coach not easy to find
Speaker 1: as well, So the Eagles very very thankful for coach
Speaker 1: Jeff Stoutland. There, let's switch to the defense. Let's take
Speaker 1: a look at the safety's on this roster currently. That's
Speaker 1: a long list of guys as well. Friend your thoughts, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think ultimately, when you're looking at safety's you're looking
Speaker 1: for players you know can impact you in a couple
Speaker 1: of different ways. And every team is a little bit
Speaker 1: different with how they use their safeties. Are you a
Speaker 1: free safety, strong safety team? Are you a left safety,
Speaker 1: right safety? If you need your guys to just be
Speaker 1: interchangeable and be able to do everything, every team treats
Speaker 1: out a little bit differently. But ultimately, when you look
Speaker 1: at your safeties, the backups you need to be able
Speaker 1: to play special teams. There are those combo players that
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier. You need them to be able to
Speaker 1: impact special teams. You need them to be reliable players
Speaker 1: because if one guy goes down in that secondary, you
Speaker 1: need the backup to be able to step in and
Speaker 1: you can't be like the chink in the armor that
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, that's where the offense is going
Speaker 1: to go to like a magnet. You have got to
Speaker 1: be able to be reliable as a backup defensive back
Speaker 1: to the point where you know you can be at
Speaker 1: least adequate in what you're asked to do on defense.
Speaker 1: So you need to be reliable. Versatility is big and
Speaker 1: special teams. Well, we're going to continue looking in the
Speaker 1: secondary at the cornerbacks, and when you look at the
Speaker 1: safeties and the corners, really, last season, so many injuries,
Speaker 1: there were a lot of guys, have a lot of
Speaker 1: really young, really green guys who were thrown out into
Speaker 1: the fire, really and we're able to get some amazing experience.
Speaker 1: Now you look around, this is a position of depth
Speaker 1: because of all those young guys who are able to
Speaker 1: get some real meaningful reps last season. When you look
Speaker 1: at this cornerback roster, a lot of choices for the
Speaker 1: coaching staff as well. One of the deepest groups on
Speaker 1: the team, without question. And I think ultimately when you're
Speaker 1: looking at corner you want versatility because this is a
Speaker 1: sub package league. We hear this all the time, right,
Speaker 1: so so many snaps of both nickel package where you
Speaker 1: have five dbs in the field and dime where there
Speaker 1: are six defensive backs on the field. Over more than
Speaker 1: half the team is defensive backs, so you need the
Speaker 1: ability to be able to play multiple positions, and the
Speaker 1: Eagles have a ton of guys that have played both
Speaker 1: corner spots, played inside, outside, have safety experience. This is
Speaker 1: a very, very versatile group and it's a very competitive group.
Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite position groups on the team.
Speaker 1: So when you look at this quarterback group, you need
Speaker 1: guys that are gonna be able to come in in battle,
Speaker 1: be competitive, be versatile, and again broken record, play special
Speaker 1: teams right, Yes, if we haven't covered it enough, special
Speaker 1: teams are very important. Of course, Jim Schwartz really able
Speaker 1: to be creative with the different options there in the
Speaker 1: secondary as well as up front. Let's take a look
Speaker 1: at that defensive end position, an aggressive unit, guys that
Speaker 1: were going to be rushing the pass or it's something
Speaker 1: we've talked about all season long, or all preseason long,
Speaker 1: and we'll be talking about all season long. What stands
Speaker 1: out to you about this part of the roster. Yeah,
Speaker 1: at defensive end number one, you have your guys that
Speaker 1: are going to be starters, but this is a team
Speaker 1: that likes to rotate, so you know those backups that
Speaker 1: set that third and fourth defensive end, they're going to
Speaker 1: play a good amount of snaps. Now, I would say
Speaker 1: that with the addition of Malie Jackson, they're probably gonna
Speaker 1: play a little bit less than what we've seen because
Speaker 1: remember when they would go into pass rushing downs before
Speaker 1: it would be Brandon Graham last year, is Michael Bennett.
Speaker 1: Guys would slide into plays a defensive tackle. With Malie
Speaker 1: Jackson the roster, there's no need for that necessarily, but
Speaker 1: you still want that third and fourth defensive end to
Speaker 1: be able to come in get after the quarterback or
Speaker 1: be a really good early downs run player. So you
Speaker 1: want one of those two traits. Also a kicker if
Speaker 1: you can go out and play special teams as well,
Speaker 1: if you can go out and be a lead blocker
Speaker 1: on kick return or something of that nature. We've seen
Speaker 1: some of the young defensive events on this team this
Speaker 1: summer go out and compete at least one area of
Speaker 1: special teams. You'd like that as a little bit of
Speaker 1: a cherry on top as well. That's great. Let's slide
Speaker 1: over to the defensive tackle position. You mentioned Malik Jackson.
Speaker 1: A lot of competition there at that. Again, an aggressive
Speaker 1: unit Jim Schwartz loves to have his guys really aggressive
Speaker 1: upfront after the quarterback on the outside and blowing things
Speaker 1: up on the inside. What stands out to you about
Speaker 1: this unit? Yeah, And ultimately it comes down to some
Speaker 1: of the same things that we've talked about already. So
Speaker 1: you want some of that versatility, the ability to come
Speaker 1: in and be a three down backup. So whether you're
Speaker 1: a pass rusher that can get after it on third
Speaker 1: down or an early downs run stuffer. Look, we've seen
Speaker 1: backup defensive tackles. I mean we're going back like I'm
Speaker 1: thinking early stages of my fandom. I'm thinking Sam Rayburn
Speaker 1: and Paul Grassmannus, guys that came off and we're the
Speaker 1: spark plugs off the bench and guys like Derek Landry
Speaker 1: when I first got here in twenty eleven, twenty twelve,
Speaker 1: I think back last year. You know, Treyvon Hester double doink.
Speaker 1: You know, got to hit off fingertip on the ball
Speaker 1: on Cody Parkey's field goal. You need those backup defensive
Speaker 1: tackles to come in and give you quality snaps on
Speaker 1: defense and look impact special steaves Trayvon Est the last year.
Speaker 1: You need those guys to be able to impact as well.
Speaker 1: That's a great throwback Thursday there. Let's continue with our
Speaker 1: final unit on defense, the linebacking core, which there's been
Speaker 1: a lot of opportunities with all of the injuries there
Speaker 1: and a long list of geysers. Well, I think this
Speaker 1: is one of the positions that has the most guys
Speaker 1: on the roster as well. That between that and cornerbacks,
Speaker 1: so a lot of options there as well. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I think there's a little bit of a split discussion
Speaker 1: on this from a national standpoint. We'll talk about from
Speaker 1: a media standpoint, because a lot of people would say, oh,
Speaker 1: you don't need to carry as many linebackers now as
Speaker 1: you maybe needed to do five, six, seven years ago
Speaker 1: because of what we discussed earlier. So many defensive backs
Speaker 1: playing now, you're taking linebackers on the field. Why are
Speaker 1: off the field? Why do you need somebody on the roster. Well,
Speaker 1: it's simple the third phase of the game. You need
Speaker 1: them to play special teams. They're your core special teams players.
Speaker 1: And when you go down and goal line, you're not
Speaker 1: playing six defensive backs down on the two yard line.
Speaker 1: You need those linebackers to come on the field and
Speaker 1: be able to hold up or else you're gonna be
Speaker 1: like Swiss cheese inside the five. So you need to
Speaker 1: be able to come in and offer some value in
Speaker 1: those specific roles. And then from a starting standpoint, if
Speaker 1: you're going to come in and be that guy, you
Speaker 1: want to be athletic and be able to come in.
Speaker 1: You know, we've seen guys like Commu gruge Hill, who's
Speaker 1: obviously not in this role now compared to what based
Speaker 1: off what we've seen this summer before his injury, But
Speaker 1: when he first got here, he was athletic, so he
Speaker 1: was a developmental player who played special teams, became a
Speaker 1: special team's captain. That's kind of what you're looking for.
Speaker 1: You you mentioned I Greece early in his career. He
Speaker 1: was a backup linebacker who offered special teams snaps and
Speaker 1: was a great special teamer and the versatility to be
Speaker 1: a pass rushing defensive end on passing downs. And that's
Speaker 1: how you make it as a linebacker. Find some kind
Speaker 1: of specialty role in subpackage, be a great special teamer
Speaker 1: and a guy with upside on the back end of
Speaker 1: the roster. And if there's one thing no team wants
Speaker 1: to be, it's Swiss cheese on the goal line. You
Speaker 1: can make that quotable friend Duffie on this date into
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. So we're wrapping up the Eagles preseason.
Speaker 1: We are looking ahead to Game one versus Washington. We
Speaker 1: are we talk about that game a little bit more
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Speaker 1: Thank you all the road and night had the road
Speaker 1: by was rocky. Ain't I'm gonna break must shot at.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we press for most when we help others. We
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Speaker 1: You're watching the postgame Show presented by Rico as we
Speaker 1: look ahead to the regular season only a few days away,
Speaker 1: week one, September eighth. It's coming versus Washington. That game
Speaker 1: is at one PM. Of course, fran another exciting schedule.
Speaker 1: We could just talk about every single game, but let's
Speaker 1: focus on Washington kind of the big story. We know
Speaker 1: who's going to be the quarterback for them, case Keenum,
Speaker 1: a familiar face for Eagles fans. Yeah, but no matter
Speaker 1: who was going to be quarterback for them, whether it
Speaker 1: was Keenum or Caled McCoy before he got injured, the
Speaker 1: rookie Dwayne Haskins. This was a team that needs to
Speaker 1: run the football. So Adrian Peterson was the starter last
Speaker 1: year because Darius Geist, the second round pick, tours ACL
Speaker 1: in training camp. Well, Geist is back and