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Speaker 1: a gorgeous Wednesday, a couple of days away from the
Speaker 1: preseason game number three against the Green Bay Packers. Some
Speaker 1: say that this is a litmus test if you will
Speaker 1: for NFL teams. Do you believe that? I do believe so,
Speaker 1: first and foremost, the Eagle has been very good so
Speaker 1: far in the preseason, being Baltimore Indianapolis, two of the
Speaker 1: best teams in the AFC. But now, if you look
Speaker 1: at last season, you saw what Green Bay did to
Speaker 1: the Eagles. I think that's a game that Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: looked at and said, you know what, We're just not
Speaker 1: that elite team yet. So while it's not a full
Speaker 1: sixty minute comparison here, you get a little more rotating
Speaker 1: see how far you've come along. I think in certain
Speaker 1: areas it's a litmus test, particularly the defensive backfield against
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and a good group of receivers. But I'm
Speaker 1: not sure how much the coaches will play their frontline players.
Speaker 1: The league seems scared with all of these major players
Speaker 1: going down with serious injuries, how much do you play
Speaker 1: the starters. Will look into that a little bit later
Speaker 1: in the week when Chip Kelly addresses the media and
Speaker 1: talks about perhaps his rotation for Saturday night. A busy
Speaker 1: day here Wednesday at the Novicare Complex and a great
Speaker 1: show for you as well. We'll take a look behind
Speaker 1: the scenes to the Detroit Lyons, a team that many
Speaker 1: believe will be in the playoffs this year. And we
Speaker 1: also have a studio guest who is vying to make
Speaker 1: the team and to impress some people around the league.
Speaker 1: But first let's get you caught up on everything going
Speaker 1: on with this football team. It's our three six the
Speaker 1: update out on the practice field with Alex Smith. Hi everyone,
Speaker 1: Alex Smith here with your three sixty update, present it
Speaker 1: by Sports Atar. The Eagles are just three days away
Speaker 1: from their all important third preseason game against the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers on Saturday night. Today, offensive coordinator Pat Shermer
Speaker 1: spoke about what he wanted to see from quarterback Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford as he gets ready to play the Packers. He's
Speaker 1: out there playing, so we just need him to, you know,
Speaker 1: do this play as well as he can. Hey, And
Speaker 1: when we go on the field, all we're trying to
Speaker 1: do is score touchdowns and get get in the end zone.
Speaker 1: So he led us to a touchdown scoring drive when
Speaker 1: he was in the game the other night, So we
Speaker 1: just want him to do that. Shermer also spoke about
Speaker 1: one of Bradford's primary targets, rookie wide receiver Nelson Aglore,
Speaker 1: and what he's seen from the rookie here in his
Speaker 1: first NFL training camp. I think he's he's really made
Speaker 1: great strides in this training camp. He's proven he can
Speaker 1: make a play, and that's really critical for a receiver.
Speaker 1: You know, we teach him to run these very specific
Speaker 1: routes and then we teach him that this is the
Speaker 1: way it should look like ideally, But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, you get downfield somehow and when the
Speaker 1: ball comes your way, you gotta catch. And he's displayed
Speaker 1: in ability to do that, and that's I think what
Speaker 1: you'll help him kind of helps start him on his way.
Speaker 1: Aglore responded to his coach's comments after practice today, and
Speaker 1: while he is very grateful for what Pat Schremer had
Speaker 1: to say, he's just gonna focus on getting better every day.
Speaker 1: For him to think that highly on me is obviously
Speaker 1: a blessing. He's a great coach and you know he's
Speaker 1: been doing this for a while, and you know, I'm grateful.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I'm going to
Speaker 1: make the easy plays. So he sees a consistent player
Speaker 1: moving over to the defensive side of the ball. We
Speaker 1: caught up with cornerback Byron Maxwell as he prepares to
Speaker 1: face off against Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay's
Speaker 1: talented receiver Corps. I mean, definitely. I mean, but that's
Speaker 1: any every game. Every game is a challenge. When you're
Speaker 1: going there's always a child. It's not that you're going
Speaker 1: out there and it's a slow It just happened to
Speaker 1: be Aaron Rodgers. He's wanted the best in the league.
Speaker 1: Um so it's a great test. We're ready for it
Speaker 1: and we're gonna ready when it comes. Sticking in the secondary,
Speaker 1: safety Malcolm Jenkins spoke about what the defense gets out
Speaker 1: of both these training sessions and the preseason games. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, it's I think both you get different things.
Speaker 1: I think from a skill standpoint, you during practices where
Speaker 1: you really hone in on your skills, but when you
Speaker 1: get to the game, you know, you get the timing
Speaker 1: of tackling, and because we don't talk a live out here,
Speaker 1: but you get the timing of actually striking somebody would
Speaker 1: really like to fit in the run and um, it's
Speaker 1: a little bit faster, a little more intense. So the
Speaker 1: timing aspect you get, you get back into preseason games.
Speaker 1: But from a skill development, that's all during during the
Speaker 1: work week and really by time the game come, you
Speaker 1: just just out there playing. The battle for the starting
Speaker 1: nickelback job has been one of the most contested spots
Speaker 1: here at Eagles training camp, but according to cornerback Jalen Watkins,
Speaker 1: working against the premier slot receiver like Jordan Matthews has
Speaker 1: gone a long way. I've been going against shortan since
Speaker 1: my freshman year of college. But it's definitely he's physical
Speaker 1: at the point of attack with the ball, so from
Speaker 1: that aspect, he's gonna go up and get it. So
Speaker 1: then you get game reps every time he's in the game,
Speaker 1: and everybody knows he's a workhorse, so just chasing him
Speaker 1: all around the field is definitely a tough task and
Speaker 1: it's good to go to game, so you prepare for that,
Speaker 1: make sure you're caught up on all the latest Eagles
Speaker 1: news before Saturday night's game in Green Bay. You can
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Speaker 1: Thanks Alex. In a little bit, we're gonna look at
Speaker 1: the Detroit lines, a team that should have beat those
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys in the postseason last year, when I pose
Speaker 1: a threat once again in two in fifteen. But the
Speaker 1: third quarterback battle, it's one that's been in the spotlight,
Speaker 1: and it's amazing how deep this team is. Because of
Speaker 1: the fact that you're focused on the third quarterback. But
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley, the longest tenure quarterback on this roster, hoping
Speaker 1: to win that third job, Dave, you have a chance
Speaker 1: to catch up with Yeah, and it's a different Matt
Speaker 1: Barkley in year three. He's healthy, he's confident, he knows
Speaker 1: the scheme, and he feels he's playing outstanding football. As
Speaker 1: for the roster battle with Tim Tebow, what does Barkley
Speaker 1: I have to say, Well, you've got to stick around
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Speaker 1: in studio here. I'm Eagles insider Dave Spidero with Eagles
Speaker 1: quarterback Matt Barkley, and hey, we're talking. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: the position. Lots of success, ball moving up and down
Speaker 1: the field, lots of points on the board. How you
Speaker 1: feeling about your preseason? I feel solid. I felt like
Speaker 1: I've done a good job of moving moving the offense,
Speaker 1: putting us into good scoring positions. I wish I could
Speaker 1: have kept off a couple of drives with more touchdowns,
Speaker 1: but you can always nitpick at things. I think I've
Speaker 1: done a good job of managing the offense and pushing
Speaker 1: the tempo, which is what coach Kelly wants. It's amazing
Speaker 1: the tempo and everybody talks about the tempo, and I
Speaker 1: guess I understand it. But the design of the offense
Speaker 1: seems to be great. When you now that you've really
Speaker 1: become ingrained in it, Matt, What is it about tempo
Speaker 1: to work so much even though the rest of the
Speaker 1: league knows is coming. Well, first of all, you've been
Speaker 1: practicing a certain way the whole year, or as one team,
Speaker 1: maybe that week they'll do some extra sprints after practice
Speaker 1: or try to get in shape that week. But it
Speaker 1: doesn't compare to playing a full game at the level
Speaker 1: of high speed that we play it. And once we're
Speaker 1: going and it really shows up. You know, play six
Speaker 1: seven into a drive when you're pushing it and you're
Speaker 1: just going, you're lining up super quick every play, and
Speaker 1: you got running backs coming out of the backfield. You
Speaker 1: got vertical routes and guys have to carry and they
Speaker 1: just have they just drop zones where guys will be
Speaker 1: wide open and you find open and happened in the
Speaker 1: game on Saturday. We just find open guys this ditch it.
Speaker 1: They'll get fifteen twenty yards like that. How is it
Speaker 1: challenged you mentally? I know the physical part is one thing,
Speaker 1: but how about it the mental part? Is it made
Speaker 1: you more acute mentally absolutely focus. It makes you focus
Speaker 1: on what you need to know right now, and you
Speaker 1: have to make quick decisions. You have to make smart,
Speaker 1: quick decisions with the ball, not only pre snap. You
Speaker 1: don't have a whole really long process coming up to
Speaker 1: the ball, surveying the defense and making all these calls
Speaker 1: and checks. You get the play call, you line up,
Speaker 1: and you go, and all that has still has to
Speaker 1: happen before you get the ball to your hairs and
Speaker 1: know where you going, what your reeds are. So it's
Speaker 1: it's definitely made me focus in on what matters and
Speaker 1: what I need to focus on this play. From a
Speaker 1: physical standpoint. We've talked about this before, from a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago to now, totally different. Right, the shoulders great,
Speaker 1: you're driving the ball, You're thrown with more as if
Speaker 1: you still feel that way. The things are every week better,
Speaker 1: better and better. Yeah, I'm not thinking about my arm anymore.
Speaker 1: Whereas my first year I was here every ball through
Speaker 1: I wasn't even sure where it was going to end up,
Speaker 1: just because I was coming out to the side to
Speaker 1: compensate from my shoulder injury. So I'm totally confident with
Speaker 1: my arm now that I can put the ball wherever
Speaker 1: I want to. And now it's all just focusing about
Speaker 1: helping these younger guys getting the offense no know what
Speaker 1: their responsibilities need to be and just being a you know,
Speaker 1: a commanding leader on the field. Now, this is not
Speaker 1: a knock at all of the wide receivers, but when
Speaker 1: you play in these preseason games, you're playing generally in
Speaker 1: the second half. You're playing with guys who may or
Speaker 1: may not be on the roster, not starting caliber at
Speaker 1: this point in their careers NFL plays. How is that
Speaker 1: an adjustment for you to not kind of know exactly
Speaker 1: have that chemistry built with these guys. It can be
Speaker 1: a challenge at times just not being on the same
Speaker 1: timing or on the same page on certain routes, but
Speaker 1: it almost forces you to be a more accurate pastor,
Speaker 1: to be sharper with the rows and off the field,
Speaker 1: to make sure that those guys know what they're doing,
Speaker 1: to be a teacher to them, and to be a
Speaker 1: quarterback leader that they can the couple great competition here
Speaker 1: with Sam and with Mark and with Tim and you
Speaker 1: has that made you a better quarterback? Yeah? I think
Speaker 1: we have a great room of quarterbacks who are all
Speaker 1: pushing each other. GJ is still kind of hanging out
Speaker 1: in our in our meeting groups too, and he's doing
Speaker 1: a little bit of both, so as many positions as
Speaker 1: he's playing. But yeah, all those guys, we're pushing ourselves
Speaker 1: to be better. We all have different backgrounds, all different
Speaker 1: skills that we bring to the table and definitely think
Speaker 1: it's made all of us better. Man, we've got two
Speaker 1: preseason games to go here, mindset for you change it
Speaker 1: all in these last couple of weeks of preseason, I
Speaker 1: don't think so. Just just excited again to make the
Speaker 1: most of the opportunity, whether it's one series or you know,
Speaker 1: a majority of the game week for or whatever it's
Speaker 1: going to be. Uh, just score points, move the ball
Speaker 1: and make the coach is happy. Do you have an idea?
Speaker 1: At what point do you know how much you're gonna
Speaker 1: play in a preseason game? Las Weego was the day
Speaker 1: before the game or the day of the game. So
Speaker 1: you're just preparing, preparing for you don't you don't really
Speaker 1: know what's going to happen, so you have to prepare
Speaker 1: for anything. And this week just knowing the game plan
Speaker 1: and know what you no our approaches to the score
Speaker 1: points and it's it's kind of similar week to week.
Speaker 1: But if you're on your on your gaming, it shouldn't
Speaker 1: be a problem. Matt, thanks for joining us than keep
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Speaker 1: Eagles are going to play on Thanksgiving, but this time
Speaker 1: it's gonna be against the Detroit Lions and the previous
Speaker 1: the matchup. We bring in Tim Twentyman from Detroit Lions
Speaker 1: dot Com. Tim, the Eagles have the defending rushing champion
Speaker 1: in DeMarco Murray. On the flip side, the Lions have
Speaker 1: the defending number one ranked run defense in the entire NFL.
Speaker 1: But they lost two key pieces in Dominican Sue and
Speaker 1: Nick Fairley this past offseason. How would they compensate for
Speaker 1: those losses? Yeah, that's one of the real big question marks,
Speaker 1: you know, heading into training camp is is what does
Speaker 1: an a Dominican sue list Lions defense look like? And
Speaker 1: you know, I think that the front office did a
Speaker 1: good job kind of being proactive knowing that that sue
Speaker 1: was gone and trading for Helodi Nada, the five time
Speaker 1: pro bowler. You know, So I think the loss in
Speaker 1: terms of the run game isn't going to be as
Speaker 1: significant as maybe people think. I think though Helodi Nada
Speaker 1: is going not gonna get you eight and a half
Speaker 1: sacks that in Dominican suit did last year. You know,
Speaker 1: he's made a lot of money in this league playing
Speaker 1: nose and being that run stopper and that you know,
Speaker 1: blocking occupy occupier. And so I think the Lions are
Speaker 1: going to be still just as strong defensively against the
Speaker 1: run as they were last year. They're gonna have to
Speaker 1: find some other ways to get pressure on the quarterback
Speaker 1: because the Dominican was so good at that. But just
Speaker 1: in terms of a run stopping defense, look, the Lions
Speaker 1: were the ninth best defense against the run in the
Speaker 1: history of the NFL. Last year. You know, teams average
Speaker 1: less than seventy yards per game. So I think They're
Speaker 1: still gonna be really strong in that end. They've got
Speaker 1: DeAndre Levy behind Helodi Nada. They've got some guys in
Speaker 1: Ty run Walker and Kron Reach what they're excited about
Speaker 1: defensive tackle, and they get their middle linebacker, Stephen Tullock back.
Speaker 1: So strictly against the run, I think this unit is
Speaker 1: still going to be just as strong as they were
Speaker 1: last year. Levy is an underrated superstar in this league.
Speaker 1: He's definitely a name to watch this season. Now. When
Speaker 1: I think of the Lions, I think of Matthew Stafford
Speaker 1: a quarterback and Calvin Johnson a wide receiver. But it
Speaker 1: seemed like the Lions realized that they had to pull
Speaker 1: a little more focus into the ground game this offseason.
Speaker 1: Tim Holmport wasn't for the Lions to invest with the
Speaker 1: top two picks in the draft Lake and Thompson in
Speaker 1: the first round, and then running back Amira Dula to
Speaker 1: help solidify that run game huge. I mean Jim Caldwell
Speaker 1: when he got here, he said, look, I want my
Speaker 1: team to be able to stop the run, which they
Speaker 1: did last year, and run the football. They didn't get
Speaker 1: it done last year in that part of I mean,
Speaker 1: they ranked twenty eighth in the NFL and really put
Speaker 1: too much on Matthew Stafford's shoulders in the first year
Speaker 1: of an offense. And so they want to be more balanced.
Speaker 1: Like they were about fifty eight forty two pass run
Speaker 1: last year, and they want that number to be more
Speaker 1: fifty fifty. And so, like you said, they went and
Speaker 1: got a good young starting left guard in Lake and Tomlinson.
Speaker 1: They got a guy in a mir Abdula who's kind
Speaker 1: of that change of pace, that shifty guy, that guy
Speaker 1: that can get him the big play, which they didn't
Speaker 1: have last year. So it's really been in emphasis this season.
Speaker 1: And I would add even the fifth round Michael Burton,
Speaker 1: the fullback who they've added as well. So they made
Speaker 1: a conscious effort to be better running the football and
Speaker 1: I think they did so. So we'll see, Tim. Is
Speaker 1: there any concern about whether Calvin Johnson might be starting
Speaker 1: to hit a decline? He will be thirty years old
Speaker 1: this season. He nearly had two thousand yards just back
Speaker 1: in twenty twelve, but the last two seasons, understandably the
Speaker 1: numbers have gone down a little bit. Miss some time
Speaker 1: to injury last season. Is there any concern that Johnson's
Speaker 1: production might be on the decline. Well, I think the
Speaker 1: injuries probably more so. I mean, you know, he played
Speaker 1: in thirteen games last year, still had over a thousand
Speaker 1: yards in seventy seven catches and eight touchdowns, but the
Speaker 1: injuries have cropped up. He missed three games last year,
Speaker 1: he missed two games the year before. That's more games
Speaker 1: than the last two seasons that he missed his for
Speaker 1: six and so you know he is going to be
Speaker 1: thirty years old this year. So I think the wear
Speaker 1: and tear that that's been put on his body, I
Speaker 1: think is the biggest concern, Not so much his abilities,
Speaker 1: because when he's in there, I think he's still showing
Speaker 1: that he's that big play guy. He's a huge threat
Speaker 1: for them, But the injuries have nagged a little bit,
Speaker 1: and so that's something to watch with Calvin Johnson. You know,
Speaker 1: they probably have one of the best receiving duos in
Speaker 1: the league and him in Golden Taed and if those
Speaker 1: two guys can stay healthy and there you know, second
Speaker 1: year tight end Eric Ebron can emerge like they hope
Speaker 1: he will. I mean, that's a really nice trio, but
Speaker 1: I think the only thing that can derail that in
Speaker 1: terms of Calvin is going to be the injuries. He's
Speaker 1: still Megatron, He's still that player, but can he stay healthy?
Speaker 1: I think he has to prove that this year. I
Speaker 1: think the question He's still respected one of the best receivers,
Speaker 1: not just receivers, but players in the entire NFL. Tim,
Speaker 1: last question for you. The Lions won ten games back
Speaker 1: in twenty eleven. They bounced back and won four the
Speaker 1: following season. Last year, the Lions won eleven games. Should
Speaker 1: have beaten down also the playoffs. We all know what
Speaker 1: happened at the end of that game. But Tim, do
Speaker 1: you think the lines are better prepared to handle success
Speaker 1: this time around? Well? I think so, And I think
Speaker 1: it stumps from the top. Jim Callbo, the head coach.
Speaker 1: I think there's just a different mentality with this team.
Speaker 1: It's kind of a blue collar, lunch pale kind of
Speaker 1: football team, and he instills that in them, and so
Speaker 1: I think you know that that trickles down through the
Speaker 1: coaching staff into the players. And I think this is
Speaker 1: a veteran laden team too. I mean, they've got some guys.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Matthew Stafford before. I mean, you can't believe it,
Speaker 1: but you know, this is going to be his seventh
Speaker 1: season in the NFL. And so you've got guys, you know,
Speaker 1: like Helodi Nada, like Stephen Tullock, like Glover Quinn, like
Speaker 1: Golden Table, a lot of veteran guys who kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, know what it takes to win in this league.
Speaker 1: And then they got a taste of it last year.
Speaker 1: And I don't think they're gonna be too quick to
Speaker 1: let that taste escape their mouth. And and so they're gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, do what they need to do, and and
Speaker 1: stems from the top. And I would be real shocked
Speaker 1: if if we saw a steep decline like we've seen
Speaker 1: in last year's This is a veteran team. They've got walitytown,
Speaker 1: they've got a good coaching staff, um, they've got all
Speaker 1: the pieces they think they have to win. It's just
Speaker 1: can you know, can they get off to a good
Speaker 1: start with your schedule and can they get a few breaks?
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun showdown come Thanksgiving. Tim, I
Speaker 1: will remind you the Eagles are undefeated on the Thanksgiving holiday.
Speaker 1: Tim Twentyman from Detroit Lions dot Com, thank you very
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Speaker 1: here at an overcare complex and we're talking a little
Speaker 1: bit about the defensive secondary. Some young players expected to
Speaker 1: mature quickly, and one of them is second round draft
Speaker 1: pick Eric Row making some nice strides, Chris and chanced
Speaker 1: to be a big time player. Could be a big
Speaker 1: time player. In fact, would you say, do you think
Speaker 1: you could be the nickel corner I believe. I believe
Speaker 1: he will be the nickel cornerback. Jaalen Watkins got the
Speaker 1: first crack in the preseason. Now it seems to be
Speaker 1: Eric Rowe's job on the other side of the ball
Speaker 1: on Saturday. Oh, by the way, Randall COBBA Pro Bowlers,
Speaker 1: So a great test for Row. Yes, one of the
Speaker 1: best in the league, no doubt. Now the second row
Speaker 1: pick all Utah played three years at safety before making
Speaker 1: the transition to quarterback, and he's been thrown into the
Speaker 1: fire in a short time here in Philadelphia, learning both
Speaker 1: the outside and nickel spots deals trying to get the
Speaker 1: best defensive backs on the field. Rowe is surely one
Speaker 1: of them. He's our Eagle and Focus with Alex Smith. Hi, everyone,
Speaker 1: Alex Smith here with the latest Eagle and Focus as
Speaker 1: today we turn our attention to rookie cornerback Eric Rowe.
Speaker 1: Rowe as a player targeted by the Eagles in the
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen draft, as the team moved up five spots
Speaker 1: to grab him at forty seventh overall in the second round. Now,
Speaker 1: it was most likely rose versatility that drew the Eagle's interest,
Speaker 1: as he started his first three seasons at the University
Speaker 1: of Utah at cornerback before moving to safety in his
Speaker 1: senior year. Now, while Rowe does have experience playing both
Speaker 1: cornerback and safety, the nickel position is something new to
Speaker 1: him as he learns it for the first time in
Speaker 1: his playing career. Ever since fellow rookie Jacory Shephard went
Speaker 1: down with an ACL injury, Roe has been taking first
Speaker 1: team reps on the inside and he's looked pretty comfortable
Speaker 1: to this point, putting on strong displays against the Colts
Speaker 1: and the Ravens in his first two preseason games. He
Speaker 1: may be new to the position, but to this point,
Speaker 1: Rowe has impressed his coaches with his ability to play
Speaker 1: the nickel. Yeah, the first time he's ever played inside.
Speaker 1: Us were limited, and you know, we kept the calls
Speaker 1: pretty simple, but he did a nice job. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a competitor all the end. He's got a nice
Speaker 1: press technique. He understood leverages, which is what you really
Speaker 1: have to do in the nickel slot spot. Eric is
Speaker 1: still growing outside on the outside, so he'll swing back
Speaker 1: and forth. And I've said this for a couple of
Speaker 1: years now. It's it's hard to know the outside and
Speaker 1: the inside and all the little different parts of it.
Speaker 1: And as a young guy, we try to stay out
Speaker 1: of that. But right now we're trying to see if
Speaker 1: one of the corners will take the nickel spot so
Speaker 1: we can keep the safeties back deep. Roe has taken
Speaker 1: the majority of first team reps to this point, but
Speaker 1: he continues to battle with Jalen Watkins and e J.
Speaker 1: Biggers for that quote unquote starting role at the nickel.
Speaker 1: Roe want to face his biggest test to date this
Speaker 1: Saturday when the Eagles faced the Green Bay Packers. For
Speaker 1: Eagle and Focus. I'm Alex Smith. Thanks so much, Alex.
Speaker 1: We are back on Thursday and Friday, and of course
Speaker 1: on Saturday it's the Eagles and the Packers seven o'clock
Speaker 1: kickoff from Lambo Field. You can watch it on DC ten.
Speaker 1: We've got complete coverage Chris handling the reins here at
Speaker 1: the Novicare Complex with the kickoff show and the postgame
Speaker 1: report presented by Rico Goodwin on Saturday. Looking very much
Speaker 1: forward to it again the All Poor and third preseason game.
Speaker 1: You'll be on the sidelines as part of the telecast. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so well, I just don't. I just don't get the
Speaker 1: feel that the quarterbacks particularly say I don't. I just
Speaker 1: don't sense a full half for him. But I'm just
Speaker 1: guessing could you just be a number of snaps. We'll
Speaker 1: find out when Chip Kelly meets the media on Thursday
Speaker 1: and maybe closes in just a bid on where the
Speaker 1: Eagles are with playing time for Chris McPherson. I'm Dave Spidero.
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