Speaker 1: Well, we see how it changes from the nightfall in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia on a Friday, a busy Friday night in South Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: and as the sun rose a beautiful Saturday, getting everybody
Speaker 1: ready for Day three of the twenty fifteen NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to Eagles Draft Central, presented by
Speaker 1: Deetson Watson once again, Dave Spidero, the Great Merril Reese.
Speaker 1: I bow at your presence as always, and we entered
Speaker 1: day three of this twenty fifteen NFL ter. We do
Speaker 1: after a very very productive Thursday night and Friday night. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we've got a lot of fun, some moves to be made,
Speaker 1: and another unpredictable day I think for the Philadelphia Eagles. Now,
Speaker 1: the Eagles have four selections on this day. Their pick
Speaker 1: in the fourth round, of course, no picks in round
Speaker 1: number five having traded them to the Miami Dolphins in
Speaker 1: the deal that netted the Eagles Eric Row. And then
Speaker 1: we see two picks in round number six, one pick
Speaker 1: in round number seven. We don't know how that's going
Speaker 1: to look at the end of the day. As we
Speaker 1: get you caught up with our Eagles Draft track or Meryl.
Speaker 1: Three picks in and on paper anyway, four picks to go.
Speaker 1: Who do you like today? Well, you would think that
Speaker 1: at least one of these picks has to be devoted
Speaker 1: to an offensive lineman, at least one, maybe two. Maybe
Speaker 1: If you're drafting for need, you better make sure that
Speaker 1: they're the highest rated players in the play. I know that,
Speaker 1: but I can't imagine that there are in some offensive
Speaker 1: lineman who will be among the highest rated players in
Speaker 1: the third, fourth, or six rounds. I think there has
Speaker 1: got to be somebody out there. I mean, Trey Jackson
Speaker 1: is still out there. The interesting name is t J. Clemmings,
Speaker 1: who is the big offensive lineman from Pitt. There's been
Speaker 1: some talk about a stress fracture, but I remember years
Speaker 1: and years and years ago Buddy Ryan called the guy
Speaker 1: by the name of Keith Buyers and medical reject, and
Speaker 1: he went onto a long and productive NFL career. He
Speaker 1: had a stress fracture. So we'll see, Yeah, we'll see
Speaker 1: an Eagles with those four picks, and certainly some needs
Speaker 1: that we identify the offensive line, and then you're really
Speaker 1: looking for measurables at this point in the draft, your
Speaker 1: highest rated players. We've got you covered all the way
Speaker 1: through today. Our third day of this draft, the final day,
Speaker 1: Merrill and myself here in the Extrinity studio in our fancave.
Speaker 1: We've got Bo Wolf and Greg Cosell who will get
Speaker 1: us the exes and ohs and nuts and bolts, and
Speaker 1: they are ready to go on this beautiful Saturday in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: and we're going to start with that right now. Eric
Speaker 1: Rowe really was maybe the most popular of the three
Speaker 1: picks here for the Eagles. They made the move up
Speaker 1: to get Row, the defensive back from the University of Utah,
Speaker 1: big range, physical, does what the Eagles like defensively, and
Speaker 1: bow Wolf and Greg coach Cell break down a little
Speaker 1: bit about Eric Row and what he's all about, how
Speaker 1: he might fit into this Bill Davis defense inside the
Speaker 1: film room. But I'll tell you who's anything but casual
Speaker 1: on the football field. That's Eric Rowe, the Eagles second
Speaker 1: round pick at the top. Had a chance to watch
Speaker 1: him at the Senior Bowl, and you can see here
Speaker 1: we talked about yesterday the demands of the cornerback position
Speaker 1: in the Eagles offense to be physical. Let's watch Eric Row. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's right here at the top of the screen. And
Speaker 1: we talked yesterday Bow about playing two kinds of press man,
Speaker 1: where you can use your hands or you can just
Speaker 1: mirror and shadow. Here Eric Rowe, as you see, will
Speaker 1: use his hands very effectively to disrupt the route. And
Speaker 1: the important thing here, which the NFL is different than college,
Speaker 1: you can only do that in a five yard area
Speaker 1: in the NFL, which he did really effectively right there.
Speaker 1: In college you can carry that a little further and
Speaker 1: some corners have to learn that. But there you saw
Speaker 1: Eric Rowe do a great job with physical press man.
Speaker 1: Now here is a very critical part of the game, obviously,
Speaker 1: red zone where teams play a ton more man coverage
Speaker 1: because the field is so constricted, And here you'll see
Speaker 1: Row do an excellent job reacting to the route. The
Speaker 1: thing I've always liked about him watching him on tape
Speaker 1: is he's very patient, and you saw there he waited
Speaker 1: for the receiver to declare his route before he reacted.
Speaker 1: Very important to be patient as a press corner. The
Speaker 1: other thing we always talk about with Row is that
Speaker 1: length of course, in addition to the willingness to be
Speaker 1: physical in the red zone, where the windows are even smaller,
Speaker 1: you know the difference between half an inch of arm
Speaker 1: length could be the difference between deflecting a pass or no.
Speaker 1: That is absolutely true because quarterbacks are always told that
Speaker 1: you have to be quicker and throw into tight windows
Speaker 1: in the red zone. So as a corner, you also
Speaker 1: have to be quicker and arm length matter is because
Speaker 1: you just have to reach in. That's all you do.
Speaker 1: We just saw that. Now here's Row and here's another
Speaker 1: part of playing man coverage, playing off man where you're
Speaker 1: not in press position. And this is something that he
Speaker 1: did in college as well. And you'll see right here.
Speaker 1: He's very comfortable. He's very smooth in his movement, comfortable
Speaker 1: in his back pedal. Look at his feet, they're not
Speaker 1: quite pissed and like, but they're very smooth. He's an
Speaker 1: easy mover and then he reacts. And by the way,
Speaker 1: I think you'll see him playing man to man on
Speaker 1: some tight ends this year for you. We talked about
Speaker 1: that yesterday, the ability to move Eric Row around for
Speaker 1: Bill Davis. In this defense. You can see here working
Speaker 1: against the tight end. All right, the last one, we're
Speaker 1: gonna just take a look at him, willing to be
Speaker 1: nasty against Time Montgomery here and he'll beat the block.
Speaker 1: And one of the notes I made when after I
Speaker 1: finished watching my five or six games of Eric Row,
Speaker 1: was that he embraced the physical part of the game.
Speaker 1: He was used. He predominantly played on the left side
Speaker 1: in Utah's defense, and that meant there were times he
Speaker 1: was the boundary corner and the boundary corner the short
Speaker 1: side of the field. They have to be physical, and
Speaker 1: he was used as a blitzer. He would tackle in
Speaker 1: the run game, so he embraced the physical part of
Speaker 1: the game. Very excited about what Eric can bring to
Speaker 1: this Eagles defense. Just a small taste there, looking forward
Speaker 1: to seeing more during training camp and then of course
Speaker 1: in his rookie season for the Eagles. Back to you guys,
Speaker 1: all right, thanks very much, guys. You know, it was
Speaker 1: an interesting time for the Eagles merrill. After a very
Speaker 1: quiet first round only two trades made, the NFL got
Speaker 1: busy on Friday trades at the top of round number
Speaker 1: two in the Eagles getting in the mix, jumping up
Speaker 1: to forty seven, taking Row, and the announcement came from
Speaker 1: Chicago and former Eagles offensive lineman John Runyan was there
Speaker 1: to announce the pick. With the forty seventh pick to
Speaker 1: the twenty fifteen NFL Draft, The Philadelphia Eagles select Eric
Speaker 1: Rowe defensive back U tall Well, that is the guy
Speaker 1: we were looking for them to select. It's a guy
Speaker 1: that they had ridged very, very highly, and as a
Speaker 1: matter of five Dave, he was selected as the defensive
Speaker 1: back with the best athletic skills at the entire combine.
Speaker 1: I am very interested to hear from Chip Kelly whether
Speaker 1: he plans to use him as a cornerback or a safety.
Speaker 1: He has considered to be a corner with safety skills,
Speaker 1: which we're looking for. We're looking for safeties that can cover.
Speaker 1: And this kid played actually corner, you know, so he's
Speaker 1: got those skills and um, he can play corner, you know.
Speaker 1: So we'll we'll we'll figure out exactly where he fits.
Speaker 1: But he may start out at corner force. You know.
Speaker 1: We we've got we've got a lot of time here.
Speaker 1: But you know, it's it's it was getting what we
Speaker 1: felt was the best secondary guy out there for what
Speaker 1: we do, and that's what we was. He was a
Speaker 1: guy we targeted since the draft ended last night, that
Speaker 1: was a guy. That's the guy who wanted. And so
Speaker 1: Eric row comes into Philadelphia. He has arrived at the
Speaker 1: Novacare Complex, both he and Jordan Hicks. We'll have press
Speaker 1: conferences later today. We'll have the fore live, of course,
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. When we return to
Speaker 1: Eagles Draft Central, presented by Diets and Watson, we talk
Speaker 1: about Jordan Hicks, the third round draft pick from Texas,
Speaker 1: an inside linebacker, a position that last year ravaged by injuries.
Speaker 1: All of us sudden is chock full of talent. And
Speaker 1: then we check in with Tony Pauline, one of our
Speaker 1: draft insiders. He's up in New York. He missed the
Speaker 1: flight to Chicago, so he's giving us all of his
Speaker 1: intel from New York City. We'll find out what's ahead
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Speaker 1: Dave Spidero and Caryl Reese eagerly awaiting Day three. It
Speaker 1: begins in just a few minutes here, Merrill and I
Speaker 1: know we talked a little bit about the names before
Speaker 1: we get into what happened yesterday. How about the safety
Speaker 1: you got, Well, there's one a Penn Stater and Nitney
Speaker 1: Lyon by the name of Adrian Amos. I don't know
Speaker 1: about his tackling, but he covers very very well, but
Speaker 1: there's a name. Okay, that is a name, and Adrian Amos.
Speaker 1: Eagles fans of the Ears have come to rely on
Speaker 1: Merrill rethe end names well from time to sign from
Speaker 1: that indeed, there's all right. There's another dB out there too.
Speaker 1: Um he's the one who's a specialist of jumping off
Speaker 1: the balcony from the UFC. His name is Josh Shaw.
Speaker 1: And then he concocted some kind of story about saving
Speaker 1: his nephew. But look, when you go back and find
Speaker 1: out that man Tai Tao invented a girlfriend a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago, that's this is not so bad, all right? Well, yes, today,
Speaker 1: Eagles feeling really good about what they did in rounds
Speaker 1: two and three, and it was a really festive occasion
Speaker 1: in Chicago as the fans got into the action. Who
Speaker 1: would the Eagles pick round three, pick number eighty four,
Speaker 1: with the eighty fourth pick in the twenty fifteen NFL Draft,
Speaker 1: My Philadelphia Eagles select Jordan Hicks, linebacker, University Texas, A
Speaker 1: young man who's battled through a lot of injuries and
Speaker 1: I'm just so happy for him for him to come
Speaker 1: back and have a senior year that he had. I
Speaker 1: was talking telling our players, you know, like you go
Speaker 1: through a season and there's some guys you wish that
Speaker 1: you could out back. Yep, he's one of those guys.
Speaker 1: But I think he plays the run very well. He's
Speaker 1: got a feel for working through traffic and finding the ball.
Speaker 1: The thing that really stood out to me and now
Speaker 1: you have to think about your sub packages, and that's
Speaker 1: the way defensive coordinators think is he was a very
Speaker 1: good pass defender. He played a lot of zone at Texas,
Speaker 1: but he's got the skill set to play man to man,
Speaker 1: which the Eagles play a lot of. But I think
Speaker 1: he's a complete linebacker who checks pretty much most of
Speaker 1: the boxes. This was he was our highest rate it
Speaker 1: gat you know, we had him rated in the second round.
Speaker 1: You've seen him playing a four three defense, You've seen
Speaker 1: him playing the three down defense. That's really lend you
Speaker 1: to show you what his versatility is. And again, we
Speaker 1: think he's a three down linebacker and for us, that's
Speaker 1: what we're looking for, separated us from some of the
Speaker 1: other linebackersh we're pretty good in this draft, but their
Speaker 1: first and second down guys, you gotta take him off
Speaker 1: the field on third downe He's a type of player
Speaker 1: like a Michael Kendricks and like Akiko Linza that you
Speaker 1: don't have to take off the field and say done.
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks is the topic. Time now to send it
Speaker 1: over to the fan cave. Bo Wolf Greg co Sell
Speaker 1: a little breakdown if an Eagles inside linebacker, how does
Speaker 1: he fit into this defense? Well, thanks, Dave. We're here
Speaker 1: once again with NFL Film Senior producer Greg co Sell
Speaker 1: and Gregg. Once again, we had the foresight to check
Speaker 1: out the guys at the Senior Bowl, expecting that they
Speaker 1: might land on the Eagles. This time it's the Eagles
Speaker 1: third round pick, Jordan Hicks, the linebacker in the middle. Here.
Speaker 1: Of course, you'll see Eric Rowe at safety. That's not
Speaker 1: who we're gonna watch, though, We're gonna watch Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: diagnosed this run play and you get after it and
Speaker 1: you'll notice he's in a stacked linebacker position. That's the
Speaker 1: position he would play for the Eagles. The key thing here,
Speaker 1: look at his eyes, go right to the ball, play
Speaker 1: off the block, and then take the most direct path
Speaker 1: to the ball carry. That's one of the most overlooked
Speaker 1: elements playing linebacker is taking the most direct path to
Speaker 1: the ball. And it sounds simple. Not everybody does that.
Speaker 1: Hicks did that very well at Texas. All right, let's
Speaker 1: look a look at the next play here now, and
Speaker 1: you'll see some of the things that Jordan Hicks will
Speaker 1: be asked to do in this Eagles defense, being able
Speaker 1: to play in space because of the two gapping defensive
Speaker 1: line for the Eagles. Will see him do that here.
Speaker 1: Facts you're going to see there's the D lineman and
Speaker 1: there's Hicks, and you're going to see the D lineman
Speaker 1: Davis take on the two blocks, which allows Hicks to
Speaker 1: run free. But you have to be able to recognize
Speaker 1: that and fill quickly. And you're going to see Hicks
Speaker 1: do that right here. Really good job, you don't. It's
Speaker 1: how he stepped up right away. He didn't wait, he
Speaker 1: read the play, he stepped up, he filled, and therefore
Speaker 1: was able to make the play at the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage basically, which is what you want to do. You
Speaker 1: don't want to sit back and let the runner get
Speaker 1: to you on your side of the ball. Let's watch
Speaker 1: him do it again, this time behind Danny Shelton in
Speaker 1: the middle. Yeah, there's Shelton, there's Hicks, number fifty three,
Speaker 1: and you're going to see the same thing happen right here.
Speaker 1: You'll see that Shelton sort of holds the center and
Speaker 1: allows Hicks to freely flow to the football. That's what
Speaker 1: you have to do when you're an inside stacked linebacker
Speaker 1: in a three four defense, and that is sort of
Speaker 1: the idea of this Eagles defense is to allow the
Speaker 1: linebackers to roam free, untouched if possible. And now let's
Speaker 1: take a look at Jordan Hicks in coverage, being very fluid,
Speaker 1: probably one of the better coverage inside linebackers in this
Speaker 1: trap yeah, and I think that's what really stood out.
Speaker 1: And Chip Kelly talked about that at the press conference
Speaker 1: as well, that Hicks was very very good in pass coverage.
Speaker 1: That stood out when you watch Hicks on film at Texas,
Speaker 1: really aware and Zones has the physical tools to play
Speaker 1: man to man. Just a very natural coverage defender and
Speaker 1: you're going to see that here because his movement is
Speaker 1: very easy. Again, look how poised and comfortable he is
Speaker 1: and didn't overreact. He allowed the back to declare the
Speaker 1: out so he was able to react to it. Very
Speaker 1: very comfortable coverage player. And the critical part here again
Speaker 1: Coach Kelly talked about this a three down linebacker. That's
Speaker 1: what Jordan Hicks can be. That's exactly right, can do
Speaker 1: it all. A three down linebacker for this Eagles defense.
Speaker 1: That's what Chip Kelly he's looking for. We look forward
Speaker 1: to breaking down whoever the Eagles pick on Day three
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Speaker 1: Today it's Dave Spidero with Merrill Reese. It's Day three
Speaker 1: of Eagles Raft Central, presented by Dieton Watson and Meryll.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you a question. Do you know how
Speaker 1: many draft picks have been made since the Eagles selected
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson number one overall? I would say, all the
Speaker 1: top of my head, somewhere in the neighborhood of seventeen.
Speaker 1: You're amazing. Sixteen is actually the number sixteen because you
Speaker 1: didn't listen to the questions doesn't include Lane. But the
Speaker 1: point we all think that offensive line could be addressed,
Speaker 1: it's one of these two to be I mean, there's
Speaker 1: the offensive line is a key to the offense. We
Speaker 1: all focus on the quarterback, and we all talk about
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford having to stay healthy. To keep Sam Bradford healthy,
Speaker 1: you cannot have a porous offensive line. And there are
Speaker 1: two question marks on this offensive line at each guard spot. Now,
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly may feel comfortable with Alan Barber, with Matt Tobin,
Speaker 1: but this is not a proven thing. Barber was out
Speaker 1: most of last year. He was hurt in the opener
Speaker 1: against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Eagles did have some depth,
Speaker 1: Andrew Gardner playing quite a bit, David Mulk playing a
Speaker 1: lot when Jason Kelsey was down town. They've developed some depth.
Speaker 1: How do they feel about the offensive line? Well, Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly said on Friday Night, but only Todd Harriman's has gone.
Speaker 1: Everybody else has returned, so they still feel good about
Speaker 1: what they have upfront. But might the Eagles dip into
Speaker 1: the talent pool along the offensive line? We go to
Speaker 1: Tony Pauline to give us a preview of some Day
Speaker 1: three possibilities up front. Sean Hickey Serac uses a name
Speaker 1: to remember if the Eagles continue to fourtify the offensive
Speaker 1: line on the final day of the draft. The senior
Speaker 1: left tackle has got a versatile game and plays smart,
Speaker 1: fundamentally sound football. He's not overly athletic, he doesn't have
Speaker 1: great footwork. He's not a dominant rumblocker, but he's very
Speaker 1: good in all areas of the game. He can play
Speaker 1: either right tackle or bulk guard positions and would add
Speaker 1: depth to the offensive line. A former defensive lineman, p J.
Speaker 1: Clemings has done well the past two years on the
Speaker 1: offensive line, playing right tackle for Pittsburgh. He's all an
Speaker 1: athlete with a great amount of upside, but he's also
Speaker 1: a player that needs a lot of work. People are
Speaker 1: torn on whether he's going to stay at the tax
Speaker 1: position or move inside to guard, but a team that's
Speaker 1: a patient with him and helps develop his skills on
Speaker 1: the offensive line could have a very good player down
Speaker 1: the road. West Virginia's Mark Lewinsky is next. Not too
Speaker 1: many offensive lineman this year's draft or as mean or
Speaker 1: nasty as Mark Lewinsky of West Virginia. He's a pass
Speaker 1: protector in the West Virginia system that also showed himself
Speaker 1: to be a dominant rum blocker. He doesn't have a
Speaker 1: great upside, but his game is NFL ready and he'd
Speaker 1: be a solid pick for any team on the second
Speaker 1: day of the draft. San Diego State left tackle Terry
Speaker 1: Pool has got a great deal of versatility, as people
Speaker 1: feel he can line up and protect the edge at
Speaker 1: the next level or move into guard. He's tough, he's strong,
Speaker 1: and he plays with the nasty attitude. He's also fundamentally sound.
Speaker 1: He's not a great athlete, but the proper system pool
Speaker 1: can have a long NFL career. Boston College's Andy Gallick
Speaker 1: is next. A very understated offensive center. Andrew Gallick of
Speaker 1: Boston College reminds me of Tom now and Round, picked
Speaker 1: by the Dever Broncos, who went on to have an
Speaker 1: All Pro career in the NFL. He's not over the athletic,
Speaker 1: he's not dominant, but he's outstanding in every aspect. He
Speaker 1: plays smart, fundamentally sound football, and he's a type of
Speaker 1: late round lineman that could eventually start in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech left tack Lawrence Gibson is one of the
Speaker 1: more athletic offensive line prospects in this year's draft, and
Speaker 1: as a solid developmental prospect. He can play tackle, he
Speaker 1: can play guard. He can be used in a variety
Speaker 1: of systems, but he'll need some work on his game
Speaker 1: before he's NFL ready. A few offensive linemen work harder
Speaker 1: than b. J. Finney, the center from Kansas State who
Speaker 1: slugs it out in the middle. He's not an athletic guy,
Speaker 1: and he's not pretty to watch, but he consistently gets
Speaker 1: the job done with solid blocking fundamentals and good football intelligence.
Speaker 1: Auburn's Reestismus is one of those players that doesn't have
Speaker 1: great physical skills but gets the most from his assets.
Speaker 1: He plays smart, tough football, knows where he is on
Speaker 1: the field, and would add depth to any offensive line
Speaker 1: in the NFL. If the Eagles look at quarter father
Speaker 1: offensive line on the final day of the twenty fifteen draft,
Speaker 1: those are the names to remember. Well, there's certainly more
Speaker 1: than the offensive line to consider today. Merrill is considering
Speaker 1: safety as well. What about outside linebacker? What about quarterback?
Speaker 1: What about some of the players that we heard might
Speaker 1: go on Day one? Early in this conversation about the draft,
Speaker 1: who are still on the board in day three? Let's
Speaker 1: bring Tony Pauline onto the show via Skype. Tony Foulian
Speaker 1: from TEA from Draft Insiders dot Net. I got some
Speaker 1: numbers for I got some names for you, got some
Speaker 1: questions for you. Let's start with a quarterback position. Hunley
Speaker 1: and Petty are out there. I don't believe Eagles will
Speaker 1: make a move for them. But what kind of prospects
Speaker 1: are they and why are they still on the board. Oh, basically,
Speaker 1: you look at Hunley. He's a great physical specimen. He's
Speaker 1: got all the tools to play at the next level.
Speaker 1: But the fact is this, mechanically he's poor as changes
Speaker 1: his point of release, really does not do a good
Speaker 1: job with his reads, very indecisive in the pocket, makes
Speaker 1: adverse throws not accurate, I mean, makes wide open receivers
Speaker 1: will all too often work too hard to make the reception,
Speaker 1: which leads to a loss of opportunity running after the catch.
Speaker 1: Bryce Petty, you know, he's a pretty thrower, fundamentally sound,
Speaker 1: he's got a good arm. But the fact is is,
Speaker 1: you know, those Baylor quarterbacks have not worked out well
Speaker 1: in the NFL. People who talked about their concern with
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota moving from a spread system into a into
Speaker 1: an NFL type of offense, You've got a time sap
Speaker 1: by ten when you're talking about Bryce Petty. So you know, humbly,
Speaker 1: you're looking at the decision making the fundamentals Bryce Petty,
Speaker 1: You're looking about the time it will take before to
Speaker 1: get him ready, before he's able to step under center
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Tell me there's an offensive lineman who
Speaker 1: was expected to go higher. T J. Clemings is listening
Speaker 1: all about a medical concern. Two things about t J. Clemings,
Speaker 1: So actually the three things. Number one, he was overrated
Speaker 1: to begin with. I mean people had him in the
Speaker 1: first round in January. That was ridiculous. He was never
Speaker 1: really a first round prospect. Then he went to the
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl and he performed poorly that he showed a
Speaker 1: lot of holes in his games, and NFL scouts and
Speaker 1: team said, you know what, this guy may take a
Speaker 1: little bit of time before he's NFL ready. Then the
Speaker 1: medical comes into play. Still a legitimate prospect, he's good
Speaker 1: value right now. It's just that people were expecting too
Speaker 1: much from him early on, and he's more of a
Speaker 1: work in progress than the guy that you're gonna plug
Speaker 1: and play from day one. Also on the offensive line,
Speaker 1: lall Collins is still there. Will a team make a
Speaker 1: run here? I mean, have teams now done their work
Speaker 1: on him and found something serious in this police issue,
Speaker 1: this investigative matter, Well, I don't think the police are
Speaker 1: going to be sharing any information with NFL teams. What
Speaker 1: I had heard on the Thursday was that, you know,
Speaker 1: they were looking into communications between Collins and the victim
Speaker 1: and potentially collins sister and the victim in the form
Speaker 1: of text messages. I don't know how true that is,
Speaker 1: but that's what NFL teams were told. Now, first thing
Speaker 1: is is NFL teams were not going to draft Lall
Speaker 1: Collins until this is over, and it's not going to
Speaker 1: be over anytime soon. And then Collins comes out yesterday
Speaker 1: and says if he's not selected in either the second
Speaker 1: or third round, he's going to re enter the draft
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, which he has the right to. Now Collins
Speaker 1: is not gonna get drafted. I'd be shocked if anyone
Speaker 1: based on what happened Thursday and will actually what happened
Speaker 1: Wednesday and the statement yesterday that he's not gonna play
Speaker 1: if he's not drafted a second or third round, I'd
Speaker 1: be shocked if any team, you know it takes a
Speaker 1: fire round him. Maybe somebody does in the seventh round,
Speaker 1: but then Collins has to sign a three year deal
Speaker 1: with that team for seventh round money. I don't think
Speaker 1: he's gonna do it. What about some of the prospects
Speaker 1: that the Eagles won't consider in one thirteen. The Eagles
Speaker 1: have a fourth round pick, no picks in round number
Speaker 1: five two in the sixth round one, in the seventh round,
Speaker 1: we look at it and say, the Eagles need offensive
Speaker 1: line help, potentially maybe a safety, maybe somebody off the edge.
Speaker 1: Tony give us a couple of possibilities. You know, we
Speaker 1: already talked about TJ. Clemings. I think he's good value.
Speaker 1: Trey Jackson, Laida State revery athletic offensive guard, did a
Speaker 1: terrific job blocking for Jameis Winston. A little bit of
Speaker 1: inconsistent in his game. I think he fits the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles scheme, but doesn't always play up to his level
Speaker 1: of ability, which I don't think Chip Kell would like.
Speaker 1: But still, if you get him in there, you light
Speaker 1: a fire underneath him, and you get him to hit
Speaker 1: on all cylinders, you could have a player safety that
Speaker 1: I really like. Jane Sample out of Louisville. Guy who
Speaker 1: can cover the past, guy who's tough against the run.
Speaker 1: It's not the greatest athlete, but really has a well rounded,
Speaker 1: complete game. I think he's more than the straight line
Speaker 1: type downhill safeties that the Eagles have on their roster
Speaker 1: right now. Really can be a three down defender. Sample
Speaker 1: out of Louisville thought he was gonna go last night
Speaker 1: in the third round. I think he's good value right
Speaker 1: now in the fourth frame, Tony another name, Mark Lewinsky,
Speaker 1: offensive line, West Virginia University. Could he be somebody the
Speaker 1: Eagle Schools zero in on. I have him as a
Speaker 1: later round pick. I mean he is a nasty blocker,
Speaker 1: sort of a Jason Kelsey type. Not as good on
Speaker 1: his feet as Jason Kelsey, but really a tough, slug
Speaker 1: it out type of guy. You know, played in that
Speaker 1: on the West Virginia system, which rarely uses a tight end,
Speaker 1: is more of a passing system. Yeah. I like his attitude.
Speaker 1: I like his fundamentals. Not a great athlete, but the
Speaker 1: type of guy that gets the most out of his
Speaker 1: ability Tony, regardless of physician. Look, we know that in
Speaker 1: the NFL Draft rounds four through seven there are going
Speaker 1: to be some Pro Bowl players drafted. Here. Who do
Speaker 1: you like who's got that kind potentially that kind of
Speaker 1: upside in the draft? On Day three? Well, you know,
Speaker 1: here's one name for you. And as I look at
Speaker 1: my board to the left, here Eifel ray Alomo, the
Speaker 1: cornerback from Oregon. I mean, here's a guy who was
Speaker 1: coming into the season was legitimately considered a mid first
Speaker 1: round pick, was the highest rated cornerback by NFL scouts.
Speaker 1: Has got a great body of work, was solid during
Speaker 1: his senior season as Oregon was training for that semi
Speaker 1: final game for the National Championship against Florida State. Tory
Speaker 1: need ligament. So he's kind of behind the A Bowl
Speaker 1: right now. If you're patient with him, he's got terrific
Speaker 1: ball skills and shutdown corner. Doesn't have great signs, but
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that you take him in
Speaker 1: the sixth round, you give him time to rehab two
Speaker 1: or three years down the road, he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: very good player. Also, like Darryl Williams, the offensive tackle
Speaker 1: for Oklahoma, sort of a right side type of player,
Speaker 1: the right tackle, a right guard Schwangmaller type. I don't
Speaker 1: know that he's all pro, but I think at this
Speaker 1: point in time he's good value. Could be a starter
Speaker 1: really relatively early into his rookie season. All right, Tony,
Speaker 1: let's let Eagles fans find out what you think. So far?
Speaker 1: Three picks in with Aguilar, with Row and with Hicks.
Speaker 1: How are the Eagles doing overall? I think they've done
Speaker 1: a good job. I was not that high in the
Speaker 1: Aguilar selection. I understood why they took it, although you know,
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was worth a mid first round choice.
Speaker 1: Then again, there were a lot of players taken in
Speaker 1: the bottom half of Round one that weren't first round value.
Speaker 1: We knew that going in. I thought Eric Rowe could
Speaker 1: be a potential steal in round two. He's got the
Speaker 1: physical skills to play at a variety of system. He's
Speaker 1: a coachable guy, He's got the football intelligence that coach
Speaker 1: Kelly like. So I think that could be a major steal.
Speaker 1: I also like Jordan Hicks. Jordan Hicks was a player
Speaker 1: who has a sophomore Texas, looked like a star in
Speaker 1: the making, had a run of injuries which kept him
Speaker 1: on the sideline, came back as a senior formed. Well,
Speaker 1: I think you'll do very well on the inside of
Speaker 1: the thirty four defense that they play to riprick run
Speaker 1: defender who also can cover. I mean, he's a three
Speaker 1: down defender. It's just a matter of Jordan Hicks showing
Speaker 1: durability and being able to stay on the field. That
Speaker 1: could be a real steal for the Eagles. Well, if
Speaker 1: you are echoing the thoughts of one Chip Kelly, who
Speaker 1: said exactly that about Jordan Hicks last night. Three down linebackers,
Speaker 1: that's what we want on the Philadelphia Eagles. Tony will
Speaker 1: check in with you a little later on today as
Speaker 1: Day three moves along. Thanks so much, Tony Pauline Draft
Speaker 1: Insiders dot Net. Merrill, the stage is set. Your prediction
Speaker 1: round four. I'm going to stay with the offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: I'm going to say that in the round four they
Speaker 1: will hit an offensive lineman. Maybe it's Jackson, maybe it's Lewinsky,
Speaker 1: maybe it's somebody we haven't thought of. But the odds
Speaker 1: are my favor. Since they've gone sixteen straight picks with
Speaker 1: that on OEL, I would think that this could be
Speaker 1: the pick. Yeah, I would tend to agree with you.
Speaker 1: Offensive line, possibly a safety at this point. And but
Speaker 1: we're just guessing. We're down here in the Xfinity studio,
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly and Ed Manowitz are upstairs, and I don't
Speaker 1: think they're tuned in to Eagles Draft century they were.
Speaker 1: They'll watch the archive, okay, all right, they'll review us
Speaker 1: on tap. We'll be back in a bit after each pick. Now, um,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be live again when the Eagles turn in
Speaker 1: the pick um, and then we will continue through the
Speaker 1: analysis and the Chip Kelly press conference as well. We
Speaker 1: don't know a time that will be, so make sure
Speaker 1: you check your social feed for that. Also, at one
Speaker 1: thirty we hear from Eric Rowe and Jordan Hicks. They'll
Speaker 1: have their press conference meeting the Philadelphia media today. We
Speaker 1: thank you for joining us on our first portion of
Speaker 1: today's Eagles Draft Central, presented by Deeton Watson for the
Speaker 1: great Merril Reason. I'm Dave Spidero and we will talk
Speaker 1: to you in just a little bit as Day three
Speaker 1: of the twenty fifteen NFL Draft begins.