Speaker 1: He's big Chase, he's big bright. He sucked con crow
Speaker 1: by sun Joe. He's at the fifty, he's at the back.
Speaker 1: Hurt says, in for the touchdown, he's rolling, he's big, praying.
Speaker 1: It's Suckings on the firelight. He fires and a touchdown
Speaker 1: looking deep for blackman a racist and it hasn't touchdown.
Speaker 1: The boys hit there he go. It is put a
Speaker 1: four one and it is called crow touchdown. Suckers Wilson
Speaker 1: on the play action is bullet. He's black. He's throwing
Speaker 1: to the nearest able. Legions open and parts us in
Speaker 1: for the touchdown. Robo it's the fack. Romo is floating
Speaker 1: in for praying to catch us. Some decline, he said.
Speaker 1: For a touchdown here it is for four months. It
Speaker 1: is up. We got to look at everything in terms
Speaker 1: of how do we make this in that because obviously
Speaker 1: a ton of such is a good enough Lasha McCoy
Speaker 1: is the all time best running back here. We certainly
Speaker 1: understand that. But to get something you have to give
Speaker 1: something up. And again with mac we did not want
Speaker 1: to lose him. It had a tremendous year force. It
Speaker 1: just we couldn't go as high as as Kansas City one.
Speaker 1: We got an opportunity to get Byron Maxwell. We've seen
Speaker 1: Byron firsthand. We got a chance to play agains him
Speaker 1: when we played Seattle. Obviously we felt he was the
Speaker 1: best corner that was available. The way we looked at
Speaker 1: it is we got Kiko Alonzo and Byron Maxwell for
Speaker 1: Lusha McCoy. Obviously a big day for US. Had three
Speaker 1: new signings today with Walter Thurman and Ryan Matthews and
Speaker 1: Marco Murray. You gotta run the football in this league,
Speaker 1: and that's what we believe in. That's what I've always
Speaker 1: believed in. And we lost a very talented running back
Speaker 1: and making that decision and losing Lashawn, it's how do
Speaker 1: you replace someone of that caliber? And that's what we did. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think coach Cooey took a week of faith bringing
Speaker 1: me in here. Obviously he believes in me, and now
Speaker 1: it's my time to prove to everyone else in this
Speaker 1: building that I belong here. I just can't wait to
Speaker 1: see what's about to happen. And you are looking at
Speaker 1: Chicago the sight of the twenty fifteen NFL Draft. For
Speaker 1: the first time since nineteen sixty four, the draft not
Speaker 1: held in New York City, it shifts to the Windy City,
Speaker 1: and that is an appropriate name for everything that we
Speaker 1: know about this draft. One half hour before it begins. Hello,
Speaker 1: everyone on Dave Spidero, the Eagles Insider here at an
Speaker 1: overcare complex. Welcome the Eagles Draft Central. And the backdrop
Speaker 1: of this draft, of course, is intrigue. The winds, if
Speaker 1: you will, of speculation have been blowing heavily all day.
Speaker 1: Will the Eagles make the big move up from number
Speaker 1: twenty in round number one this evening into the top ten,
Speaker 1: the top five, the top two, and land the quarterback
Speaker 1: that everyone has associated Chip Kelly with, that's his former
Speaker 1: Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota. Will have it covered for you
Speaker 1: throughout the evening here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com and
Speaker 1: our Eagles Digital Network. We've got Bo Wolf and Greg
Speaker 1: Cosell in the fan cave. We've got Chris McPherson reporting
Speaker 1: on the latest from Chicago. We've got experts like Tony
Speaker 1: Pauline checking in with what he hears around the league.
Speaker 1: And in just a little bit I'll be joined by
Speaker 1: the voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, the great Merril Reese.
Speaker 1: It's exciting fans are on the edge of their seats.
Speaker 1: Nobody truly knows what to expect other than Ed Manowitz,
Speaker 1: Vice President of Player Personnel, Jeffrey Lourie, the chairman CEO
Speaker 1: of this football team, and of course head coach Chip.
Speaker 1: So we've got you covered here. The draft to begin
Speaker 1: at about eight o'clock when Commissioner Roger Goodell announces that
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay is on the clock. And at that point, well,
Speaker 1: all bets are off because nobody truly knows what's going
Speaker 1: to happen at the top of this draft. Just spend
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes which with Coach Kelly over at
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field. It was the draft party. The scene
Speaker 1: is electric over there, more than five thousand fans and
Speaker 1: they were all on their feet when Chip Kelly introduced
Speaker 1: by me to the crowd, and you get a sense
Speaker 1: of what the fans want. Welcome to Lincoln Financial Field
Speaker 1: and our draft party. I'm Davis Pedero. Please welcome head
Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly. Come on, I want you to help
Speaker 1: me with the Eagles chat starting. Hey hey jee hell hey, okay,
Speaker 1: appreciate you and we slow down, slow down, appreciate you.
Speaker 1: Guys all coming out obviously, it's a very exciting time
Speaker 1: for us anytime we get a chance to visit with
Speaker 1: you guys again, the best fans in football. We're excited
Speaker 1: about our opportunities, not only tonight but for the next
Speaker 1: couple of days. Here trying to add a couple of
Speaker 1: quality guys to the group of people we already have.
Speaker 1: Our guys have been working extremely hard for the last
Speaker 1: two weeks. Everybody's there working their tailoff. We're excited to
Speaker 1: put a good team together. We can't wait to get
Speaker 1: back out in front of and play for the best
Speaker 1: fans of football. Hold back up one more that one
Speaker 1: more time, give me your ball start hid hey, hey,
Speaker 1: hey jee, Well the man can certainly work a room.
Speaker 1: Did he give you any hint at all as to
Speaker 1: what he's thinking with this round number one tonight? I
Speaker 1: didn't get much of a hint. So will the Eagles
Speaker 1: make the move up? Will they stay at twenty? Will
Speaker 1: they back out of twenty and get an extra selection?
Speaker 1: We don't know. We're on the edge of our seats,
Speaker 1: just like you. When we return to Eagles Draft Central
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. NFL film senior producer
Speaker 1: Greg co Sell breaks down his top five at each position.
Speaker 1: We'll hear from Merril Reese. We'll hear from you a
Speaker 1: little later on as well. But first up, I sit
Speaker 1: down with Eagles Vice president of Player Personnel Ed Manowitz.
Speaker 1: The trade scene. How does it happen in the NFL.
Speaker 1: It's been a busy couple of days for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: We're coming right back on Eagles Drafts Central. The NFL
Speaker 1: Draft is here. I'm here with Ed Manuwitz, Eagles vice
Speaker 1: president of player Personnel, Eagles with the twentieth selection on
Speaker 1: Thursday night. Eight picks overall, and you're just general evaluation
Speaker 1: of where this draft is deep, where you think it
Speaker 1: might be particularly strong. Yeah, I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of good players at a lot of different levels of
Speaker 1: this draft. You know, as we go through the guys
Speaker 1: that we think have a chance to be solid starters,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of good depth that pretty much across
Speaker 1: the board. Certainly at the offensive line, there's some guys
Speaker 1: that fit for us. There's some guys at the corner
Speaker 1: safety position that fit for us as well, in addition
Speaker 1: to wide out. So I think, um, you know, not
Speaker 1: all that different than some of the drafts in the
Speaker 1: previous three years. But you know, we're confident that we've
Speaker 1: got enough players at all levels to improve typically, What
Speaker 1: what is it like from you know, six o'clock on
Speaker 1: Thursday night until the time of team picks? How crazy
Speaker 1: is the room? It's actually, it's very it's very anticlimactic. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the majority of our work is done at
Speaker 1: that point in time. So the draft to me is
Speaker 1: all about preparation and organization and that's that's all year
Speaker 1: That's a year round thing. So as we kind of
Speaker 1: finish up on our meetings and what we're gonna do,
Speaker 1: most of that work and those decisions, those conversations, they've
Speaker 1: already happened. So when when you're picking and you're on
Speaker 1: the clock, it's not as crazy as what people will see.
Speaker 1: Those decisions have made. We're just we're just going to execute.
Speaker 1: Do you have a senseaid generally and not specific to
Speaker 1: this year, but just what the top teams are going
Speaker 1: to do? I mean, do you know what if, for example,
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay's going to do it one or that just
Speaker 1: kind of you've got to guessing like everybody else. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you do a little bit. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody truly knows. I'm not even sure
Speaker 1: that those teams truly know exactly what they're doing for us.
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's different mechanisms that you can do
Speaker 1: in terms of draft management to kind of whether it's
Speaker 1: team needs or it's uh, you know, you look at
Speaker 1: some of these mocked rash just to kind of give
Speaker 1: you a feel of who may be there who may not.
Speaker 1: But to me, it's it's unpredictable. We can't really control
Speaker 1: who they take and who they don't take. What we
Speaker 1: can control is who is on our board, what level
Speaker 1: they're on our board, and then we'll be prepared to
Speaker 1: pick at twenty. If we're picking at twenty, if we're
Speaker 1: going to pick higher than that, we'll be prepared to
Speaker 1: pick there. If we're picking below twenty, we'll be prepared
Speaker 1: to pick at that spot as well. Do you anticipate
Speaker 1: that that twentieth pick will gain a lot of interest?
Speaker 1: I mean, just literally every team call every team in
Speaker 1: the league about their picks. Us. It's a little bit different.
Speaker 1: You know, We've we've received some phone calls already this week,
Speaker 1: you know, just some teams that, hey, you know, would
Speaker 1: you be interested in moving up or back. I think
Speaker 1: every team in the league makes those calls, you know,
Speaker 1: But the more the more we get closer to Thursday,
Speaker 1: the more those calls will increase. I think the validity
Speaker 1: of those calls also picks up as well. But once
Speaker 1: the players start coming off the board and some players
Speaker 1: of interests of other teams start to kind of disappear
Speaker 1: and they kind of get into a smaller pocket, I
Speaker 1: think those calls will start to accelerate. Is it hard
Speaker 1: to not fall in love with a player or players
Speaker 1: heading into the draft? I would say no, because we
Speaker 1: we we trust our process, you know, and it's it's
Speaker 1: not an emotional decision in terms of any evaluation of
Speaker 1: the player. You know, we stick to our prototypes, we
Speaker 1: stick to our process, and you know, certainly there's going
Speaker 1: to be players that we feel very confident would be
Speaker 1: really good fits for the Eagles and they would be
Speaker 1: target players for us. But those aren't emotional based decisions,
Speaker 1: as are based off of the evaluation of the player.
Speaker 1: And up to this point you've described the working relationship
Speaker 1: with Chip is outstanding. Um, what will it be like
Speaker 1: when that you're on the clock. What's you like at
Speaker 1: that at that point in time. I envisioned it being,
Speaker 1: you know, the same as what it's been now, a
Speaker 1: very it's going to be a very calm, you know process. Again,
Speaker 1: our our conversations, our decisions. At that point we'll have
Speaker 1: already been made. Um, you know, we'll know we've played
Speaker 1: out all the scenarios at that point in time, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, well we'll make the pip. We'll make a
Speaker 1: good decision. It just draft exceptional in any way relative
Speaker 1: to pass And you've mentioned some specific positions. But is
Speaker 1: it an uncharacteristically thin draft, deep draft, or is it
Speaker 1: kind of everywhere along the line and redraft? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's it. I don't think that it's it's
Speaker 1: particularly strong or week in a lot of different areas. Again,
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit about what you do, um,
Speaker 1: what your system is. I think it's different for every team,
Speaker 1: So some teams may operate under the assumption that's particularly
Speaker 1: strong or weak in a certain area. For what we do,
Speaker 1: I think it's it's pretty on part. Best of luck
Speaker 1: to you, Thank you, Thank you, Eagles vice president of
Speaker 1: Player Personnel, and we welcome you back to Eagles Draft
Speaker 1: Center Legals insider Dave Spidero, now joined by senior producer
Speaker 1: NFL Films Greg Cosell. On a pretty Nazi day. Huh,
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. I'm waiting for the next rumor in
Speaker 1: the next fifteen years. Your prediction for the Eagles move up? Today,
Speaker 1: we put what do you think my prediction would be? Yes,
Speaker 1: I think they'll move up. Interesting. Well, we'll find out
Speaker 1: if you're in there all right in the In the interim,
Speaker 1: let's discuss the depth of this draft, and Mike Mayack
Speaker 1: from NFL dot Com and NFL Network has his top
Speaker 1: five lists. Let's begin at the quarterback position. Is there
Speaker 1: anything worth talking about beyond Jamis Winston and Marcus Marrison. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: there's always players to talk about. And I think that
Speaker 1: a player like Garrett Grayson is really an interesting player
Speaker 1: as you look ahead. I think he keep in mind
Speaker 1: date what you get beyond the first two. You're dealing
Speaker 1: with a whole bunch of circumstances that have to be right,
Speaker 1: and I think that's what you look at with a
Speaker 1: guy like Garrett Grayson. But he'd probably be my number three, okay.
Speaker 1: And at the running back position, said to be a
Speaker 1: very deep group of running backs in this draft. One, two, three,
Speaker 1: perhaps go in the first round. What do you think
Speaker 1: of this group? It's a really deep running back group,
Speaker 1: and I think this will be the year we find
Speaker 1: out how they're valued in the NFL. Because my guests
Speaker 1: is teams have six running backs in their top sixty.
Speaker 1: I like Amer Abdulla a lot out of Nebraska. Okay.
Speaker 1: The wide receiver position greg last year. Historic performance from
Speaker 1: rookie wide receivers this year maybe just as good quality
Speaker 1: throughout out. We look at some of the top names, numbers,
Speaker 1: they just come off the board, right, I mean that
Speaker 1: is eye popping stuff, big, strong and fast. Breschard Perriman's
Speaker 1: the name that stands out to me, Dave. I watched
Speaker 1: the wide receivers very early in this draft process, and
Speaker 1: I saw all of Perraman's targets and catches. Really like
Speaker 1: Broschard Imperriman on film. All right. Now, the tight end
Speaker 1: position probably not an issue for the Eagles with Selig
Speaker 1: and Jack Gertz and Trey Burton, who had a nice
Speaker 1: rookie campaign on special teams, maybe elevated his role this year.
Speaker 1: But what do you see here? Are there players beyond
Speaker 1: the first pick of the ten playing speaking of zach Ertz.
Speaker 1: I think Tyler Croft has zach ERT's type ability. It
Speaker 1: might not show up in the first year in the league,
Speaker 1: but I think down the road, Tyler Craft is the
Speaker 1: name that sticks out to me, all right, And for
Speaker 1: the Eagles, I think this is a position to need.
Speaker 1: Todd Harriman's is now in Indianapolis Colts. Yep. There are
Speaker 1: questions about the interior of the Eagles offensive line. Might
Speaker 1: there be some quality at twenty round two, perhaps round three?
Speaker 1: I think to get a little later down, I think
Speaker 1: someone like aj Can would fit what the Eagles do
Speaker 1: very well. He's a name that sticks out to me.
Speaker 1: He's the kind of player to me, Dave that you
Speaker 1: plug him in and he'd be a ten years daughter.
Speaker 1: And we see in the NFL greg offensive tackles from
Speaker 1: college often make that transition inside. So this group of
Speaker 1: offensive tackles, do you see more pure tackles or do
Speaker 1: you see a lot of this group transitioning inside? Well,
Speaker 1: the game's changed a bit where you can play tackle now.
Speaker 1: It's not the way it was because they're passing games
Speaker 1: were quicker ball comes out quicker. But I think that
Speaker 1: when you look at this list, TJ. Clemings is a
Speaker 1: really interesting player here because he's athletic, but he's only
Speaker 1: played tackle for a couple of years and he has
Speaker 1: a lot of work to do. But you see the
Speaker 1: athleticism on film. On the other side of the football,
Speaker 1: you gotta win in the trenches. Greg and this group
Speaker 1: of defensive lineman, the muckers, the grinders, good group of
Speaker 1: defensive tackles. Yeah, I think it's a pretty good group.
Speaker 1: You know. Leonard Williams the name a lot of people
Speaker 1: probably talk about as an interior alignment. You know. I
Speaker 1: think when you look at this name, Eric Armstead, to
Speaker 1: me is a player, and a lot of people might disagree.
Speaker 1: I think he could be as good or better than
Speaker 1: Leonard Williams down the road. And he's an Oregon product
Speaker 1: and somebody expected to go maybe in the top ten
Speaker 1: tonight to a team that a three or four team
Speaker 1: we're talking about. Absolutely, he's a three people should think
Speaker 1: of Callius Campbell of the Arizona Cardinals. He's very much
Speaker 1: like that right now. Okay, now we go to the
Speaker 1: next line of defense, the linebacker position. Lots of questions here,
Speaker 1: lots of talent, lots of trouble, and a lot of
Speaker 1: question marks. Yeah, the player I like on that list
Speaker 1: is to phone Anthony at a Clemson to me, he's
Speaker 1: really quick, he's fast, I think he played, he can cover,
Speaker 1: and he's a very very good blitzer. And that's something
Speaker 1: that I think you'll you'll really see as a major factor.
Speaker 1: You know, if the Eagles are thinking about that position
Speaker 1: they like their linebackers to blitz. Obviously, it's to phone
Speaker 1: Anthony to me as a player that would work really well.
Speaker 1: And another position that we could possibly see the Eagles
Speaker 1: if they stay at twenty or keep their pick or
Speaker 1: move back cornerback and there are some good ones in
Speaker 1: this draft. Long press corners. That's what Eagles are looking for.
Speaker 1: What do you see from this group, Well, this group
Speaker 1: has a lot of good players. I mean, to me,
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters and we know he's had some issues in college,
Speaker 1: but if you're looking for a press man corner, I
Speaker 1: think Marcus Peters is the best press man corner in
Speaker 1: this group. I think that if that's the way you
Speaker 1: want to play. I mean, I think of when he
Speaker 1: went up against Jalen Strong from Arizona State and Jalen
Speaker 1: Strong couldn't get off the line of scrimmage against Marcus
Speaker 1: Peters and we hear the name Byron Jones now here
Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson possibilities for the Eagles should they say at
Speaker 1: twenty Kevin Johnson to me is very refined. He could
Speaker 1: play both man and zone. You're not necessarily going to
Speaker 1: play press man on every single snap. I think Kevin
Speaker 1: Johnson is probably the best combination corner of the first
Speaker 1: round prospects. And Greg the safety position. Oh, where are
Speaker 1: all the great safeties in the NFL? Do you see
Speaker 1: any great ones in this list? Oh? I really like
Speaker 1: to Marry Randall from Arizona State, because a team like
Speaker 1: the Eagles, they want their safeties to be interchangeable dave
Speaker 1: to meaning to play in the box and to be
Speaker 1: able to play the back end. And I think to
Speaker 1: Marius Randall is the best back end safety in this
Speaker 1: draft class, with the ability to fill the alley and
Speaker 1: play the run game really effectively as well. So there's
Speaker 1: your headliners from all of the physicians in the twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen NFL Draft, which begins in ten minutes. So Team
Speaker 1: minus ten minutes, We're gonna send Greg over to the
Speaker 1: fan cave with BeO Wolf bring in the voice of
Speaker 1: the Eagles, Merrill Reese. And when we return to Eagles
Speaker 1: Drafts Central, NFL Networks Mike Mayock, who will say more
Speaker 1: words per minute than anyone on the planet. Over the
Speaker 1: next three days, we'll hear from him from Chicago, along
Speaker 1: with Chris McPherson. Stay tuned. Eagles Drafts Central continues, We
Speaker 1: got you covered all the way through this wild night
Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia Eagles. Back to Eagles Draft Central live
Speaker 1: in an overcare complex, Dave Spannero now joined by the
Speaker 1: voice of the Eagles, the great Merrill Race, who is
Speaker 1: just ready for this draft. I am, I am. I've
Speaker 1: covered about one hundred drafts and never, David, never have
Speaker 1: I felt the buzz, the excitement, the anticipation, the feeling
Speaker 1: of drama in the Eagles draft headquarters heading into this
Speaker 1: all right, before we get into some of the names,
Speaker 1: you're feeling, Merrill, do you think the Eagles will make
Speaker 1: that quantum move from twenty to two to three to four.
Speaker 1: If you had asked me weeks ago, I would have
Speaker 1: said absolutely, not less than one percent. But as we
Speaker 1: go on and on, and I hear people from around
Speaker 1: the country, and this one gets this bit of information
Speaker 1: and we know how Chip Kelly feels about Marcus Mariota.
Speaker 1: At this point, I think it is possible. I still
Speaker 1: have to be convinced that you can somehow find a
Speaker 1: way to go from twenty to two, because I think
Speaker 1: you have to go to two or maybe one to
Speaker 1: get Mariota, but I would rule nothing out. Well, before
Speaker 1: we talk about some of the names that you like,
Speaker 1: because you always like names I like in these drafts,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the offseason that has been and the
Speaker 1: changes Eagles have made. And it's been an extraordinary offseason
Speaker 1: of moves or franchise rattling moves, your sense of what's happened.
Speaker 1: It's been a surprise, one surprise after another. I never
Speaker 1: expected Shady McCoy to move on, although I knew there
Speaker 1: were salary cap considerations. I, as you know, have been
Speaker 1: a big supporter of Nick Foles for a long time,
Speaker 1: and when I heard that that trade was made, I
Speaker 1: thought it must be a mistake. And then of course
Speaker 1: I started watching a lot of tape of Sam Bradford,
Speaker 1: and I see what Chip Kelly likes about Sam Bradford. Basically, Dave.
Speaker 1: I feel that Chip Kelly looked at what he had
Speaker 1: and said, you know, we have a good team. We
Speaker 1: can win ten eleven games, but we don't have what
Speaker 1: we need to win a Lombardi Trophy. And so he's
Speaker 1: taking certain risks with the answer and the feeling that
Speaker 1: the upside is so great that if he assembles this
Speaker 1: right cast has the right quarterback, that he has total
Speaker 1: confidence in that this will be a super Bowl winning team,
Speaker 1: not just a contender. And as you look now, as
Speaker 1: we're just minutes from the start of the draft, at
Speaker 1: needs that this team has it. Hopefully he can get
Speaker 1: addressed in the next three days. What do you think
Speaker 1: three three needs? Not necessarily in any order, offensive line,
Speaker 1: defensive back. And I believe when you lose a dirt
Speaker 1: Jeremy macluan, a talent as Jeremy is, you have to
Speaker 1: bring in another talented, premier wide receiver. All right, So
Speaker 1: MARYL and I will be live throughout the night tonight,
Speaker 1: updates on Friday and Saturday. It's a seven round draft,
Speaker 1: will have you covered live, press conferences, everything. Do you
Speaker 1: have some names to bring to the table here, Marl?
Speaker 1: Were there are a couple I've heard a lot about
Speaker 1: Byron Jones out of Connecticut. The fact that not only
Speaker 1: is he a great, great athlete whose combine is backed
Speaker 1: up by his on the field performance, but he is
Speaker 1: an exemplary human being. You hear Chip talking about the
Speaker 1: culture of this team. Byron Jones, who they call the
Speaker 1: Senator at Connecticut, could only add to it. He's a special,
Speaker 1: unique guy. He's one wide receiver. Well you heard Greg
Speaker 1: mentioned Breshad Perrimant. He's got outstanding size, outstanding speed from
Speaker 1: central Florida. He's got NFL bloodlines. His dad was a
Speaker 1: great player with the Detroit Lions. And then the other
Speaker 1: one is Nelson Aghilar, who comes out of Southern cow.
Speaker 1: We also hear about Jalen Strong from West Catholic and
Speaker 1: Arizona State, although it seems to me that he is
Speaker 1: very similar in style to Geordan Matthews. So you want
Speaker 1: somebody who can offer something different. Well, we shall see
Speaker 1: what happens here, were just minutes away from Roger. This
Speaker 1: Merril is going to be either a really long nights
Speaker 1: or a really short night. Yeah, either the Eagles make
Speaker 1: the big move to get up or we wait to
Speaker 1: see what happens. I'll tell you this, if it's a
Speaker 1: really short night and that the Eagles capture Marcus Mariota,
Speaker 1: in that first couple of those first couple of picks,
Speaker 1: there will be an explosion, a fan explosion throughout the
Speaker 1: city that we have never seen. After Well, I just
Speaker 1: hope that if it doesn't happen, which I still think
Speaker 1: it will not happen. You people are not disappointed. So
Speaker 1: you're going on record. I've said it from day one.
Speaker 1: I came back out now. But you're not feeling more.
Speaker 1: You're not. I think it's a very difficult move still
Speaker 1: to go from twenty to two. Okay, you're giving up
Speaker 1: a lot. If Chip if what Chip Kelly has said
Speaker 1: all along and Edmund in which that we're not going
Speaker 1: to mortgage in the future for one player, well then
Speaker 1: if they can do that, great, But I don't know
Speaker 1: how you can move that far up. But I'm if
Speaker 1: I can't disagree with you. And yet this little voice
Speaker 1: in my head says Marcus Mariota. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: out to Chicago. Chris McPherson with Mike Mayock from the
Speaker 1: NFL Network. What are the options for the Eagles should
Speaker 1: they stay at number twenty. Mike, you're very close to
Speaker 1: the Eagles. You've been in the facility during the pre
Speaker 1: draft process. Do you have a sense of what Chip
Speaker 1: is gonna do this weekend? No way, I have no idea.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the one thing I know about
Speaker 1: Chip is that I don't know. And he's got his
Speaker 1: own plan, He's got his own way to evaluate personnel.
Speaker 1: He knows what he likes. He's got a specific set
Speaker 1: of parameters with heightweight and speed and what fits every
Speaker 1: person in his system. And he's gonna go He's gonna
Speaker 1: run his draft board that way. Chip. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: you're in the Philadelphia Ria, Mike. You hear all about
Speaker 1: the Marcus Mariota hype and discussion Chips that he will
Speaker 1: not mortgage the future to get him. What in your
Speaker 1: estimmation would mean mortgaging the future, Well, if you look
Speaker 1: at the strict draft trade chart, the Eagles would basically
Speaker 1: have to give up their entire draft, which you're not
Speaker 1: going to do. So then it becomes a combination of
Speaker 1: either picks, end players or all players. So we're in
Speaker 1: a vacuum here, and I have no idea what players
Speaker 1: they're talking about, But to move from twenty to two
Speaker 1: is very significant, and I highly doubt will be able
Speaker 1: to do it. What do you think of Chips approach
Speaker 1: in terms of overhauling the roster this offseason. It seems
Speaker 1: like he's come in and said, even though I want
Speaker 1: twenty games in the first two seasons, I'm gonna need
Speaker 1: to do what I have to do to make this
Speaker 1: team better, even if it's parting ways with some Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl talent. What do you think of his approach and
Speaker 1: just taking his roster and completely overturning it. I think
Speaker 1: he has very finite ideas on how to distribute the
Speaker 1: money under the salary cap. And for instance, a Trenk Cole,
Speaker 1: a guy who I really like and would love to keep,
Speaker 1: but if he only has six and a half sacks,
Speaker 1: then he's not going to pay him an inorder amount
Speaker 1: of money. And same thing with Lashawn McCoy. You know
Speaker 1: you could get two or three tailbacks, which is what
Speaker 1: he basically did, for the same or less money. So
Speaker 1: he's gonna be very aware of the salary cap and
Speaker 1: he's gonna get value for his dollar. With Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: as a quarterback, who should Eagles look at at number
Speaker 1: twenty to come out of this draft? Saying that they
Speaker 1: have a better football team, that they have an even
Speaker 1: better chance of reclaiming in the NFC East twenty fifteen. Well,
Speaker 1: I think they need to get better on defense. I
Speaker 1: think they're going to be very good on offense regardless,
Speaker 1: So I would take the best defensive back on the board,
Speaker 1: whether it's a corner or a safety. The safety for
Speaker 1: me would be de Marius Randall at that point in
Speaker 1: the draft. The corner could be Kevin Johnson, who is
Speaker 1: the cleanest corner out there. It could be Marcus Peters
Speaker 1: who's had some off the field issues. But I think
Speaker 1: they have to take whoever they have is the best
Speaker 1: defensive player, especially in the back end. Well, thank you, Chris,
Speaker 1: and thank you Mike Mayock. Busy weekend for them in Chicago,
Speaker 1: Busy weekend for us here in Philadelphia. When we return
Speaker 1: to Eagles Draft Central as the draft just about underway here,
Speaker 1: we'll check in with Tony Pauline up in New York.
Speaker 1: He didn't get the memo that the draft moved out
Speaker 1: to Chicago, so we'll check in with Tony from Draft
Speaker 1: Insiders dot Net find out the latest buzz. Do the
Speaker 1: Eagles move up, Let's find out on the other side.
Speaker 1: When Eagles Draft Central returns, we welcome you back at
Speaker 1: the Eagles Draft Central here on Philadelphia Eagles Dot Comment
Speaker 1: or Eagles Digital Network. We're live from the Novicare Complex
Speaker 1: all evening long Eagles insider Dave Spiderow joined by the
Speaker 1: Voice of the Eagles, Merrill Reis. We're just talking about
Speaker 1: some draft day shockers that the Eagles have had. They've
Speaker 1: moved up many times, Jerome McDougall, not a good move.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you one. Nineteen ninety eight. Who did the
Speaker 1: Eagles take in nineteen ninety eight Ray Roads the head coach,
Speaker 1: and that would be Trey Thomas. Uh No, that was
Speaker 1: nice that nineteen No, No, that was ninety Wait, maybe
Speaker 1: I'm thinking ninety six. Who was Harris John who was
Speaker 1: the defensive That was n the Jones. Yeah, that was
Speaker 1: a stunning That was stunning. Marcus Smith last year, a
Speaker 1: stunning name. I'll tell you another one that was surprising
Speaker 1: because there had been so much talk about the talent
Speaker 1: and not going for somebody just on his combined numbers.
Speaker 1: But when they moved up and took Mike Mamula, that's right,
Speaker 1: and that was a spassing. My passed Warren Stapp And
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens tonight. All right, let's go out
Speaker 1: to Chicago. Chris McPherson with the latest buzz out there,
Speaker 1: and now we know it's a new venue, we know
Speaker 1: that drafttown is spread out all over the place, and
Speaker 1: we know that they're Eagles fans who are out there
Speaker 1: having a good time. Is Chris McPherson ready to go here?
Speaker 1: Let's let's hear from Chris Maxee, what's going on in Chicago? Okay,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get to him in just one second. Merrill,
Speaker 1: do you like by the way they moved from New
Speaker 1: York to Chicago. I think it's great. That's just a
Speaker 1: one year thing. Yeah, I think it's a one year thing.
Speaker 1: But I think the idea is to move the draft
Speaker 1: around the country like the political conventions. That's not a
Speaker 1: bad idea, right, So let's go out and see what
Speaker 1: the scene is like in Chicago. Hi, Chris, what's it
Speaker 1: like out there? Good evening, David Merrill and Eagles fans
Speaker 1: out there. The latest report coming out of Tennessee from
Speaker 1: ESPN's Paul Kuharsky is that there are two teams who
Speaker 1: are still in the mix to try to get the
Speaker 1: number two pick from Tennessee, and that one is the
Speaker 1: Philadelphie Eagles and the other is the Chicago Bears, who
Speaker 1: the number seven overall pick. One team that Eagles do
Speaker 1: not have to worry about is the San Diego Chargers,
Speaker 1: as Kevin Acy from San Diego reports that the Charges
Speaker 1: have it told Philip Rivers that he will not be
Speaker 1: traded now. If the Eagles want to leap brought the
Speaker 1: Titans and get to number one Tampa base spot to
Speaker 1: get Mariota, that is not going to happen because Rick
Speaker 1: Stroud aut Tampa is reporting that the Bucks intend to
Speaker 1: use the number one overall pick on quarterback Jamis Winston
Speaker 1: from Cleveland's Perspective. Mark Maski from the Washington Post is
Speaker 1: reporting that they want to come out of tonight with
Speaker 1: at least a quarterback, whether it's Marcus Mariota or Sam Bradford.
Speaker 1: Of course, they would have to make a deal with
Speaker 1: the Eagles in order to make that happen. So though
Speaker 1: it's the latest on the Marcus Mariota's situation and the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, it's going to be an exciting few minutes
Speaker 1: to see what truly unfolds. Guys, back to you in
Speaker 1: the studio, my Chris, thank you very much. A two
Speaker 1: team race, the Eagles and the Bears, and thank Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know, and somehow or the Cleveland's involved in
Speaker 1: this whole thing. Yeah, and it goes minute by minute here.
Speaker 1: So let's now bring in Tony Pauline from Draft Insiders
Speaker 1: dot Net. Merrall, Now we know that there are talks
Speaker 1: happening upstairs. Let me just give you the senior. We're
Speaker 1: downstairs in our Exffinity studio. The rest of the media
Speaker 1: in the PR offices, and upstairs is Ed Manowitz, Chip Kelly,
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Lourie, among others in the Eagles draft room. And
Speaker 1: that's where really the brain center is happening. That's where
Speaker 1: all the phone calls are being made. Yeah. And if
Speaker 1: I'm Tampa Bay or I am Tennessee, I am going
Speaker 1: to wait until I am on the clock and squeeze
Speaker 1: out every pick and every player I could possibly have
Speaker 1: possibly get at that exact moment. I'm not going to
Speaker 1: trade two minutes too soon. And from Ian Rappaport NFL
Speaker 1: network of one of the insiders there, the Eagles offering
Speaker 1: reportedly a first round draft pick this year, first round
Speaker 1: draft pick next year, a third round draft pick, Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: Michael Kendricks, and Brandon Boykin and maybe Dave Spidero thrown
Speaker 1: in for aid Us to go right. Exactly, Yeah, good
Speaker 1: for you. Let's go to draft insider. Draft insiders done that,
Speaker 1: Tony Pauline. Tony available via smack here from New York.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about it. What are you hearing? What are
Speaker 1: you what are you thinking? I'm thinking that's an awful
Speaker 1: to give up for one player. I think right now
Speaker 1: that would be a bad trade for the you know,
Speaker 1: you look at Robert Griffind not too long ago. You
Speaker 1: look at what the Washington Fridskins gave up for him
Speaker 1: and how that's turned out, you know, for one player
Speaker 1: like that, and if Marianna does not pan out, they
Speaker 1: give away all those players and picks to sit you
Speaker 1: franchise back five years. Well, Tony, so how does this
Speaker 1: generally work? I mean, that is a report. I mean,
Speaker 1: do you is your sense that first of all, the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay is going to make the pick and take
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston number one? And then what will transpire once
Speaker 1: Tennessee is on the clock? I mean, will there be
Speaker 1: active talks, multiple phones going? Yeah? Absolutely, impa Bay's gonna
Speaker 1: take Jamison and what will happen as Tennessee will basically
Speaker 1: take all their time from the fuck to try and
Speaker 1: get a deal done. Now, remember they can still draft
Speaker 1: Marcus Marianna to get a try to get a deal
Speaker 1: done and maybe trade and later on if you don't
Speaker 1: get the deal during the twelve mini circles of the block?
Speaker 1: Your sense, Tony, will this deal your prediction? Will this
Speaker 1: deal go down? Will the Eagles be in position to
Speaker 1: draft Marcus Mariona? I'd be very surprising. Yep, that's a
Speaker 1: huge It's so much up for one time. Who if
Speaker 1: his name was Andrew Luck, I can understand that deal. Mariana,
Speaker 1: who's my number quarterback? I find it dificul With with
Speaker 1: all respect to you, Tony and your knowledge, I have
Speaker 1: a tough time with equating this deal if it comes
Speaker 1: down to the deal with RG three because RG three
Speaker 1: went to a coaching staff that was not comfortable with
Speaker 1: his style. He went to a dysfunctional organization basically, and
Speaker 1: he had an injury. Here is a guy coming in
Speaker 1: perfectly healthy to a coach who those just how to
Speaker 1: use him. Yeah, I understand that, but it's still, you know,
Speaker 1: for them these trades. Look at the Ryan Lee trade,
Speaker 1: for example in nineteen ninety eight, when San Diego gave
Speaker 1: away all those pictures to go at one point and
Speaker 1: it didn't work out for them. You look at the
Speaker 1: Ricky Williams trade when the gave away all those picks.
Speaker 1: They at Ricky Williams, the source of bopsided trade, were
Speaker 1: giving away multiple picks, future picks, productive starters. One single
Speaker 1: player should not work out. That's giving away all the goods. Tony.
Speaker 1: Your perspective, you're what is the deal? What kind of deal?
Speaker 1: If that deal that we talked about would be, you know,
Speaker 1: two number one draft picks and then veteran players like
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox, Michael Kendricks, Brandon Boykin, both Kendricks and Boykin
Speaker 1: in the last year of their deals. By the way,
Speaker 1: from Tennessee's perspective, is that a deal you don't pass up?
Speaker 1: I don't think that. I mean, you set yourself now,
Speaker 1: but moving forward in the future. Yeah, I mean I
Speaker 1: think it was rams based on those pics of Washington Fredkins.
Speaker 1: I think what's gonna happen is is Titans is still
Speaker 1: are still really gonna need a quarterback? Zat announced that's
Speaker 1: you know, that is the all tendency to pass up.
Speaker 1: All right, Tony Poline, We will check back with you
Speaker 1: a little later on Tony Poline from Draft Insiders dot Net.
Speaker 1: Five minutes to go here with Tampa Bay on the clock,
Speaker 1: LIFs throw it over to the fan cave, bow Wolf
Speaker 1: and Greg co Sell from NFL Films, Boys, what's on
Speaker 1: your minds? All right, guys? Well, Greg, let's talk about Obviously,
Speaker 1: the two quarterbacks at the top of this draft expected
Speaker 1: to go one two. Yeah, who knows who the team's
Speaker 1: picking them will be. But the last two Heisman Trophy winners,
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston from Florida State Marcus and Mariota from Oregon
Speaker 1: compare contrast. That's two of them. It's tent forming in
Speaker 1: terms of what they bring to the table. They're different
Speaker 1: skill sets, totally different kinds of quarterbacks. Winston is a
Speaker 1: pure pocket passer with the wreck the skills of a
Speaker 1: pocket passer. What that means is he throws with natural anticipation.
Speaker 1: But that also means is he's tough in the pocket.
Speaker 1: He'll stand and deliver the ball with people around him.
Speaker 1: It means that he wants the ball out of his hands.
Speaker 1: So he's willing to make stick throws into very tight windows,
Speaker 1: which sometimes gets them into trouble. So Winston is a
Speaker 1: prototypical pocket quarterback. That's the strength of his game. That's
Speaker 1: what he'll be in the NFL. He's a little heavy footed.
Speaker 1: He's not a quick twitch athlete. If you turn the
Speaker 1: tables now and you start looking at Marcus Mariota, he's
Speaker 1: a totally different kind of quarterback. Marcus Mariota is a
Speaker 1: quick twitch athlete. He's a great mover, very light feed. Now, Mariota,
Speaker 1: what he's used to is a precisely timed pass game
Speaker 1: that gets the ball out quickly to open receivers. That's
Speaker 1: what he's used to. It's a scheme offense. That offense
Speaker 1: wins with scheme supremacy, and in college it's really made
Speaker 1: so much better because of the wide field, the white
Speaker 1: hash marks. So that's a college offense that is almost
Speaker 1: impossible to stop tactically. We know the history, of course,
Speaker 1: between Kelly and Marioti. He recruited him, had the two
Speaker 1: seasons with him in terms of what he would bring
Speaker 1: to this Eagles offense. Why is it that people think,
Speaker 1: and maybe it's possible reports that the Eagles are potentially
Speaker 1: trying to move up that high. Why would it be
Speaker 1: that he would be such a perfect It's his offense.
Speaker 1: He knows this offense, and I firmly believe no matter
Speaker 1: what Coach Kelly has said that ultimately that offense to
Speaker 1: really be effective, needs a quarterback that has the ability
Speaker 1: to run. And that's critical to this offense because so
Speaker 1: much of it is based on the readoption element, the
Speaker 1: fake handoff. That's what this offense is all about. All right, well,
Speaker 1: thanks Greg. We will find out momentarily, I suppose whether
Speaker 1: or not Marcus Mariota will be an Eagle, But for
Speaker 1: now we send it back to David Merrill in the
Speaker 1: Exfinity studio. All right, very good guys. Now the Tampa
Speaker 1: Buccaneers have made their selection. Jamis Winston, no surprise, is
Speaker 1: the first pick of this twenty and fifteen NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: So now Tennessee is on the clock. There is ten
Speaker 1: minutes to go here, Merril, So we will find out
Speaker 1: the fate of the Philadelphia Eagles. Maybe maybe Tennessee passes
Speaker 1: on Mariota, they keep the pick, they pass on Marioda,
Speaker 1: and then we can go through this one more time.
Speaker 1: I cannot imagine that my hardest pounding right now, it
Speaker 1: really is. I was thinking about Winston and all the
Speaker 1: facts that everybody was saying, well, it's a lock, and
Speaker 1: then suddenly people were saying, well, you know what, Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay may reconsider and take Mariota. They didn't, so that
Speaker 1: has locked the way. So if the Eagles won him,
Speaker 1: in fact, let me go so far as to predict,
Speaker 1: Dave that if that Mariota is going to go in
Speaker 1: this slot, whether it's Tennessee, whether it's the Bears, whether
Speaker 1: it's the Eagles, whether it's somebody else. But I like
Speaker 1: you like Winston? Do I like Winston? I think Winston
Speaker 1: is a good quarterback, a very good quarterback. He's got
Speaker 1: a great arm. He is accurate. He did not have
Speaker 1: the best accuracy last year, but he does have an
Speaker 1: accurate arm for the most part. But he is very,
Speaker 1: very immature. There is an off the field issue with
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston, and that is something that Tampa Bay is
Speaker 1: going to have to worry about. With Mariota, you have
Speaker 1: no off the field issues. Since again I spoke about
Speaker 1: Byron Jones, about a guy who only adds to the culture.
Speaker 1: Really the wholesome feeling that you have in an organization,
Speaker 1: and the same thing with Byron Jones, the same thing
Speaker 1: with Mariota. Okay, Merl Reese, thank you very much. James Winston,
Speaker 1: a Tampa Bay buccaneer, who goes next in this twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen NFL Draft Round number one. We take a break
Speaker 1: from Eagles Draft Central, and when we return, the palms
Speaker 1: are getting sweaty, the heartbeat is increasing. Will the Eagles
Speaker 1: make this move? We'll let you know first right here
Speaker 1: in Eagles Drafts Central when we return, boast if the
Speaker 1: Titans take Mario. But from the start, Meryl, how could
Speaker 1: you possibly think this trade? Now? Possibly, I think the
Speaker 1: Eagles could go from two from twenty to two. But
Speaker 1: if you were listening to all the reports today, how
Speaker 1: could you not think you know what this could happen?
Speaker 1: I think. I think there are pre draft conversations every year.
Speaker 1: I know that Chip, Kelly ed mana which Jeffrey Leary
Speaker 1: are not saying a word to anybody. So for the speculation,
Speaker 1: it was fun. We're gonna find out here. As Commissioner
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell strides up to the podium in Chicago to
Speaker 1: make the announcement, who will the Tennessee Titans select with
Speaker 1: the second pick in this twenty and fifteen draft. We're
Speaker 1: gonna find out momentarily, Merrill, and your thoughts are Marcus's Mario?
Speaker 1: And how are you feeling right now? So as an
Speaker 1: Eagles lover and the voice of the Eagles, well, I
Speaker 1: had mixed reactions because when you listen to the people
Speaker 1: that will be leaving here, you're talking about a bunch
Speaker 1: of talented football players. Okay, let's go. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the DFL network now and Commissioner Roger Goodell. The second
Speaker 1: pick in the twenty fifteen NFL drafts, the Tennessee Titans
Speaker 1: select Marcus Mariotto, quarterback Oregan and it is Marcus Marioto
Speaker 1: in Hawaii. This will be potentially the longest private flight
Speaker 1: taken by any number two overall pick. The Eagles draft
Speaker 1: fans at the draft party, the Titans fans are all excited.
Speaker 1: The Eagles fans are They don't know what to think. Now,
Speaker 1: maybe you could put the Sam Bradford jersey's up for
Speaker 1: sale now, not yet, you shouldn't put You shouldn't go
Speaker 1: buy your Sam Bradford jersey yard. Put about all the
Speaker 1: Cleveland rovers. Oh my gosh. So there's the young man,
Speaker 1: the reigning Hisman Trophy winner is going to Tennessee, all
Speaker 1: the way from the Honolulu, from from Hawaii to Nashville.
Speaker 1: He's going to be the guys. So that means that
Speaker 1: meton Er is out. What does that mean? You're going
Speaker 1: to get to himself a vetteran guy to start teaching
Speaker 1: him how to be a professional in this league. First
Speaker 1: things First, tell me about Mariota the quarterback markin. First
Speaker 1: thing that jumps out with Marcus Mariota is his athleticism.
Speaker 1: Thank Colin Kaepernick. We're gonna look at the tape right
Speaker 1: now that we'll show exactly what he can and can't do.
Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick, the athletic abuild. He just jumps out, ran
Speaker 1: four or five very long lead, great athlete. Now here's
Speaker 1: a pump bubble screen and he's gonna throw back shoulder
Speaker 1: in the corner of the end zone. That is a
Speaker 1: beautifully throwing football away from the inside corner and inside
Speaker 1: the sideline. Now, every once in a while he misses
Speaker 1: a wide open throw, and about once or twice a
Speaker 1: game that happens. This is what he's gonna happen to
Speaker 1: learn right, you're vision to the right. He's trying to
Speaker 1: come back to another progression. He doesn't see the hang
Speaker 1: linebacker in the window, and that's gonna be the difficult thing.
Speaker 1: More and more of those growths, Kurt Warner, you're us.
Speaker 1: I agree with mine. I think there's so much to
Speaker 1: like about other than completely messing up the pronunciation. Yeah,
Speaker 1: about that, Marcus Mariotto, he no, he said Mariotto Mariotto
Speaker 1: for commissioner from with all this time to prepare, can't
Speaker 1: say Mario. A lot of vows in there, Merrill, It's
Speaker 1: not that tough. See now the Jacksonville Jaguars are on
Speaker 1: the clock, and we shift gears. There will not be
Speaker 1: a Marcus Mariota drafting in Philadelphia, David, will the Eagles
Speaker 1: do in round number one? I just wanted to say
Speaker 1: that all along, Chip Kelly has said he will not
Speaker 1: mortgage the future of the team. That we heard reports
Speaker 1: that he was offering Fletcher Cox and Michael Kendricks and
Speaker 1: free number ones and all events, but none of those
Speaker 1: reports came from Chip Kelly or ed manna Wits. And
Speaker 1: those are the only two people with the authority to
Speaker 1: make those moves. And so when the Eagles make their
Speaker 1: selection later this evening. If they make their selection, assuming
Speaker 1: they don't trade out around, I don't think they will.
Speaker 1: I wonder how much of the press conference will be
Speaker 1: devoted to the Eagles selection versus the Eagles attempts reportedly
Speaker 1: to move up to the Tennessee Titan spot. Because if
Speaker 1: i'm because if I'm Sam Bradford and I think that
Speaker 1: the Eagles have made this massive offer, I mean there's
Speaker 1: got to be a sense of, hey, am I really
Speaker 1: wanted here in Philadelphia? Like I mean, if that stuff
Speaker 1: is true, how do you balance that out? I don't
Speaker 1: doubt that Chip Kelly investigated and talked to Tennessee to
Speaker 1: see what it would take, right, But I don't know
Speaker 1: that he offered everything that was big anticipated, right, I
Speaker 1: hear you. I think that the Eagles, as every team does,
Speaker 1: you investigate every avenue to improve your football team. So
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars on the clock. Now we are in
Speaker 1: the waiting game. Now gets a little bit more intriguing
Speaker 1: for the Eagles as we get to pick number three
Speaker 1: and then the Eagles sitting at number twenty. I'm Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: He's Meryl Reese, the voice of the Eagles. We've got
Speaker 1: Greg co Sell from NFL Films, bow Wolf in the
Speaker 1: fan cave, Tony Pauline up in New York City, Chris
Speaker 1: McPherson in the windy city of Chicago. We've got a
Speaker 1: lot to get to here on Eagles Draft Central, and
Speaker 1: we'll be back in just one moment. Well, you can
Speaker 1: all exhale and sit back and kind of enjoy the
Speaker 1: rest of this first round. The Eagles not moving up
Speaker 1: to the number two position. Marcus Mariota is a Tennessee Titan,
Speaker 1: and now we follow the path of the rest of
Speaker 1: the first round here. What will the Eagles do? Meryl?
Speaker 1: Do they make them move up to the top ten?
Speaker 1: Is there another attractive player? Manu which has said that
Speaker 1: eight to ten impact players here. Would Eagles consider moving
Speaker 1: up for one of those players? I think it's unlikely.
Speaker 1: I also think it's unlikely that they move back, But
Speaker 1: I could see them moving as far as fourteen, fifteen
Speaker 1: or fourteen if there's a player that they really cover
Speaker 1: it and he's there and they don't want to take
Speaker 1: the risk. Yeah, I think it's more likely that they
Speaker 1: move back than it is that they move forward. I
Speaker 1: think I think they stay at twenty. I think give
Speaker 1: up draft picks. Let's bow Wolf and Greg Cosell in
Speaker 1: the Fancave Boys. What was your reaction as Commissioner Goodell
Speaker 1: strode to the podium there in Chicago and botch the
Speaker 1: nickname or botch the name Marcus Mariota. I can't believe
Speaker 1: that he's had all offseason to work on Marcus Mariota
Speaker 1: and still couldn't get it. That boggles my mind. I
Speaker 1: don't really have anything to add to that. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: let's talk about Greg some of the other potential possibilities
Speaker 1: for moving up. We know that Mariota was potentially the
Speaker 1: guy didn't happen for the areas of needs for the Eagles. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you look at cornerback, the top corner on the board.
Speaker 1: Probably in most people's eyes, Trey Waynes from Michigan State
Speaker 1: has the size, speed characteristics the Eagles will be looking for.
Speaker 1: Do you see a scenario in which he falls to
Speaker 1: maybe the early teens, in which the Eagles would jump up?
Speaker 1: And then if you're truly in love with Trey Wayne's
Speaker 1: bow above all the other corners, then yes, But I
Speaker 1: think it would depend on how far Trey Waynes Falls.
Speaker 1: I would not see the Eagles moving up to eight
Speaker 1: or nine to get Trey Wayne's if he were to
Speaker 1: fall to tw over thirteen. I think yes, then you
Speaker 1: can make a strong case for that. I think there's
Speaker 1: other corners in this draft that they would probably feel
Speaker 1: very good about. A Byron Jones out of Connecticut, Kevin
Speaker 1: Johnson from Wake Forest. Do you know anything about Weake Forest?
Speaker 1: I do know a little bit about wake Forest. I'd
Speaker 1: also throw Eric Rove from Utah Agen possibly, but I
Speaker 1: don't think they'd have to trade up to get Eric
Speaker 1: row No. I agree, and I think yeah, I think
Speaker 1: there's those are the guys they would stay at twenty four.
Speaker 1: How about receiver and possible in the position, A position
Speaker 1: the Eagles have done their homework on. We see now
Speaker 1: that the tense Titans have selected quarterback Marcus Mario, Eagles
Speaker 1: can move ForwArt down the two main guys of Marie
Speaker 1: Cooper Kevin White. I think there will be a lot
Speaker 1: of teams interested in those two players. But could you
Speaker 1: see the Eagles moving up for one of those two
Speaker 1: if there starts to be a run on receivers? And again,
Speaker 1: we don't know what's going to happen now with picks
Speaker 1: four and five, six, But if one of those receivers
Speaker 1: significantly drops or there starts to be a run on receivers,
Speaker 1: because there's an old saying in this business that if
Speaker 1: there starts to be a run on a position you
Speaker 1: really want, you've got to trade into the run. So
Speaker 1: if all of a sudden receivers start coming off the board,
Speaker 1: you know, and there's four or five receivers that are gone,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden the Eagles say, wow, the
Speaker 1: guys we really want could be gone, then you got
Speaker 1: to trade up into that run. And who do you
Speaker 1: think that might be? A Breshad Perriman, perhaps a player
Speaker 1: you're very Brashad Perramian is a possibility. I think that
Speaker 1: there'll be a lot of different views on someone like
Speaker 1: Philip door Set. But Philip door Set could go well
Speaker 1: earlier than people think because he has that explosive speed.
Speaker 1: So Philip door Set is someone that could be very
Speaker 1: very interesting as possibly a mid round first round pick.
Speaker 1: All right, how about the offensive line, another position of
Speaker 1: potential need for the Eagles. Brandon Scherf maybe the top
Speaker 1: guard tackle in college. Obviously most teams see him immediately
Speaker 1: as a guard at least. Could you see the Eagles
Speaker 1: moving up for him. I guess they could if they
Speaker 1: feel that he's an all program. If they see him
Speaker 1: as Zach Martin last year the Cowboys, who played left
Speaker 1: tackle at Notre Dame and then they moved him to
Speaker 1: left guard and he became an all pro. I think
Speaker 1: that if the Eagles see him as that kind of player,
Speaker 1: that's a possibility. I think there's more athletic players. There's
Speaker 1: a DJ Humphreys from Florida who I don't think they
Speaker 1: would have to trade up to get, but he's a
Speaker 1: very athletic left tackle prospect. And certainly the old line
Speaker 1: is a position that they have to look at really
Speaker 1: carefully in this draft, with the age on the left
Speaker 1: side and the feeling that Evan Mathis may not be
Speaker 1: an Eagle. We don't know that, but even Jason Peters
Speaker 1: is getting up there in years. That's right, the final
Speaker 1: position of course of interest for the Eagles' safety. I
Speaker 1: don't expect that they will move up for a player
Speaker 1: like Landon Collins, who I think we both agree is
Speaker 1: not really an ideal fit for the Seagles d no,
Speaker 1: and I think that's important to remember is safety is
Speaker 1: the most scheme specific position in the NFL bow and
Speaker 1: if you want your safeties, as Bill Davis has talked
Speaker 1: about on numerous occasions, to be interchangeable, meaning to have
Speaker 1: the ability to play low in the box and high
Speaker 1: on the back end, then Landon Collins is a tough fit.
Speaker 1: He's not a back end safety. So then you're looking
Speaker 1: at someone like to marry As Randall from Arizona State,
Speaker 1: who you, in my view, would not have to trade
Speaker 1: up to get, and who has recently been mocked as
Speaker 1: a potential pick for the Eagles at twenty. Before we
Speaker 1: send it back over there, tell me your thoughts on
Speaker 1: the pick of Dante Fowler for Jacksonville, your top rated
Speaker 1: non quarterback on the board and the top defensive prospect
Speaker 1: in this class in my view, explosive athletic traits, tremendous
Speaker 1: competitive temperament. I think that Dante Fowler has the ability
Speaker 1: down the road to be acclaim Matthews type pass rusher,
Speaker 1: a Justin Houston type pass rusher. That's how explosive he
Speaker 1: can be rushing off the edge. All right, Well, the
Speaker 1: pick is in at number four for the Oakland Raiders.
Speaker 1: We send it back now to David Merrill in the
Speaker 1: Exfanity studio. Well, thank you very much, fellas, we've got
Speaker 1: some sanity here. As we kind of get into a
Speaker 1: rhythm as Fowler goes off the board and the Raiders
Speaker 1: now about to make their pick, Merrill and I think
Speaker 1: I want to I'd kind of like to get a
Speaker 1: feel for Eagles fans. We're going to open up the
Speaker 1: phone lines two one, three, three, nine six seven zero nine.
Speaker 1: I'll give us a call. In the next segment, we'll
Speaker 1: take some phone calls. Marrow, how do you think Eagles
Speaker 1: fans are reacting right now? Well, it depends. The fans
Speaker 1: who felt that giving up the ranch was too much
Speaker 1: are relieved. The fans who have been thinking nothing but
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota since Chip Kelly arrived here as the head
Speaker 1: coach are tremendously disappointed, because even though it seemed very
Speaker 1: improbable early, as days went on, the rumors flew and
Speaker 1: the reports came from all over the country on some
Speaker 1: really responsible media athletes that it was going to happen.
Speaker 1: So obviously those fans are disappointed. Down let me just
Speaker 1: tell you something that I would like to see right now,
Speaker 1: But the Oakland Raiders about to make a pick. I
Speaker 1: hope that they select either Kevin White or Amari Cooper
Speaker 1: because there is a rumor that the Giants and many
Speaker 1: of that will come up with Amari Cooper. And I
Speaker 1: would hate to see the wide receivers on that team
Speaker 1: be Victor Cruz, Amari Cooper, Odell Beckham. You better rush
Speaker 1: the quarterback. It would be a very difficult props every secondary.
Speaker 1: But this wide receiver crew is so deep mer I
Speaker 1: I think there's going to be good wide receivers, and
Speaker 1: I still think wide receiver a possibility. I do number
Speaker 1: twenty for the Philadelphia agents. But but getting back to
Speaker 1: the mood of Eagles fans, I just feel like over
Speaker 1: the last several months here there was such an expectation
Speaker 1: built up. And let's be honest here, the Eagles acquired
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford for a reason. They think very very highly
Speaker 1: of Bradford in his skill set. At the same time,
Speaker 1: all these reports circulating that the Eagles offering all of
Speaker 1: these packages, doing everything they could to move up. We
Speaker 1: have to find out how how Sam Bradford reacts and
Speaker 1: how Chip Kelly responds to all those reports. I think
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford is a professional. He's out worried about rumors,
Speaker 1: the fact that he's here. Now here's the Raider selection. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so the Raiders are selecting as Roger Goodell announces the
Speaker 1: Raiders with the fourth pick in the draft, selecting of
Speaker 1: Mariy Cooper from Alabama. No longer a Giant, so we
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about that. When we return, we're
Speaker 1: going to talk to all of famer, perhaps Kurt Warner
Speaker 1: from Arizona Cardinals quarterback That two thousand and eight NFC
Speaker 1: championship game still sticks in my crawl. Chris McPherson caught
Speaker 1: up with him on Wednesday and talks a little bit
Speaker 1: in Chicago about Sam Bradford and his skill set, and
Speaker 1: we'll talk about that and here from Kurt Warner when
Speaker 1: we return to Eagles Draft Central. It's Eagles Draft Central
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. We hope you're enjoying the
Speaker 1: show so far. As his first round heats up Eagles
Speaker 1: insider Dave Spidero joined by the Voice of the Eagles,
Speaker 1: Merrill Reese. We now go out to Chicago. Where are
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson caught up with former Cardinals Giants quarterback Kurt
Speaker 1: Warner who knows a thing or two about Eagles quarterback
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford. Now please be joined with NFL Network anlas
Speaker 1: a former quarterback, Kurt Warner, super Bowl champions and Kurt,
Speaker 1: I'll ask you right off the top at the quarterback
Speaker 1: situation and Phil Yeah, you have to know that's coming
Speaker 1: from Philadelphia. What do you think of Sam Bradford as
Speaker 1: a player that ship acquired this all singing? He trade
Speaker 1: Nick Foles, a Pro Bowl quarterback to Saint Louis laquim
Speaker 1: What do you think of Bradford? I tell you what
Speaker 1: I love Sam, great young man, a guy that I
Speaker 1: believe wants to be great. I believe he's got the
Speaker 1: tools to be great. I think the biggest thing that
Speaker 1: I've seen with Sam in his short career is that
Speaker 1: I want to see him get the confidence back that
Speaker 1: he believes he can make every throw on the football field.
Speaker 1: Is that. I think there was a time in Saint
Speaker 1: Louis where he got to the point where he was
Speaker 1: more afraid to make a mistake than he was to
Speaker 1: make a play, and so he managed games instead of
Speaker 1: just playing up to his potential. Because I believe he
Speaker 1: plays up to his potential, he can be a really,
Speaker 1: really good quarterback in the National Football League. I just think,
Speaker 1: you know, after maybe a lot of hits early in
Speaker 1: his career, lack of six us early in the career
Speaker 1: has maybe led to this, But that's that's the next
Speaker 1: step for him is to get back to the confidence
Speaker 1: level where it's like drow caution to the win and
Speaker 1: go play the way you played in college and the
Speaker 1: way you played your rookie year. And I think there's
Speaker 1: a huge upside for him now. Everyone wants to know, well,
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly potentially make the move to go up to
Speaker 1: get the player who he coached at Oregon and Marcus Mariota.
Speaker 1: You spend time with Marcus and with Jamis Winson, the
Speaker 1: top two quarterbacks of this year's draft class. What are
Speaker 1: your thoughts on the two of them. Well, I mean,
Speaker 1: first of all, talk about Jamis is that I really
Speaker 1: like Jamis. I like his persona, I like, you know,
Speaker 1: his charisma, the way he connects with people around him.
Speaker 1: Think he'd be a great leader. I like what they
Speaker 1: asked him to do in college. He played in the
Speaker 1: pro system, they asked him to do a lot of
Speaker 1: different things. So from that standpoint, I think the body
Speaker 1: of work says he's the most pro ready of the two.
Speaker 1: But I mean, what a great situation for Marcus Mariota
Speaker 1: if he gets to Philly where now he doesn't have
Speaker 1: to make a drastic transition at least right off the bat.
Speaker 1: Is he can come into a system he's comfortable with,
Speaker 1: playing to his strengths with his legs and with his arm,
Speaker 1: and you know, system wise, with things that he's done
Speaker 1: in the past. So I think that would be a
Speaker 1: great fit and allow him to succeed early as he
Speaker 1: continued to learn how to play the position and how
Speaker 1: to play it more pro style from inside the pocket.
Speaker 1: What a bit of advice can you give the young
Speaker 1: quarterbacks because it's not just being selected, it's you're going
Speaker 1: to a new city, you're most likely moving away from home,
Speaker 1: You're going to be the face of a franchise. How
Speaker 1: do these players prepare for the how can they adapt
Speaker 1: to What bit of advice can you give to them? Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think there's always a couple of things.
Speaker 1: I think first and foremost, from like a football standpoint
Speaker 1: is find a veteran guy that's done it or that's
Speaker 1: in your locker room that you can kind of go
Speaker 1: under their wing and just learn how to be a pro.
Speaker 1: You know that. I know it's easy sometimes as a
Speaker 1: leader to want to come in and go, oh, I
Speaker 1: got this, I know what I'm doing, and I'll to
Speaker 1: fake my way through it. It's not a situation you
Speaker 1: want to try to fake your way through because the
Speaker 1: NFL will expose you're very quickly if you try to
Speaker 1: do that. So I always tell them, call somebody, call me,
Speaker 1: you know, and if you've got questions about how to
Speaker 1: handle yourself off the field, ask them. If you need
Speaker 1: more help on the field, to sit down and talk,
Speaker 1: you know, xs and os and stuff. Do that, but
Speaker 1: you know, uncover every rock with that veteran of how
Speaker 1: to be a pro. I think that's where it starts.
Speaker 1: And then I think there's always a key too, is
Speaker 1: that understand when you're becoming the face of a franchise
Speaker 1: that football isn't everything. Go out and connect with a
Speaker 1: community and understand that what's great about football teams is
Speaker 1: that communities are connected to them. You know, good or bad,
Speaker 1: they're connected to them, and you have an amazing opportunity
Speaker 1: being connected in that way. As a quarterback, the face
Speaker 1: of a franchise to really impact the community and have
Speaker 1: a longer lasting impact than just wins and losses. And
Speaker 1: I think not enough guys have that perspective. And I
Speaker 1: think it's hard for a young guy to have that perspective.
Speaker 1: But I think the young guys that do that really
Speaker 1: endear themselves to a community in a special way. Kurb
Speaker 1: My last question is everyone talks about Jamis, everyone talks
Speaker 1: about Marcus. Who from that next tier of quarterbacks, whether
Speaker 1: it's Hunley, whether it's Petty, whether it's Grace and Mannion,
Speaker 1: who do you think has the best chance from what
Speaker 1: you've seen on tape to succeed in the NFL. A
Speaker 1: tough question because I like like Petty, like Hunley, got
Speaker 1: to work with Red a little bit. You know, Garrett
Speaker 1: Grayson's a guy that intrigues me because he played more
Speaker 1: of a pro system, So I think he's got a
Speaker 1: better chance from that standpoint. Bryce Petty, I think is
Speaker 1: a guy that maybe has the most upside physically, you
Speaker 1: just as a passer, great feet, great release, great arm.
Speaker 1: But all of them have questions for me, and so
Speaker 1: I'm not sure who that next guy is. If if
Speaker 1: you're looking for a certain kind of guy I can
Speaker 1: tell you. If you're looking for that athlete that can
Speaker 1: throw it, probably go with Bryce Petty. If you're looking
Speaker 1: for a guy to play in a system where you're
Speaker 1: gonna ask him to do them, maybe it's a Garrett
Speaker 1: Grayson that's been in that system more. And maybe Brett
Speaker 1: Hunley is kind of the mix of those two. But
Speaker 1: I'm not sure one really jumps out at you and
Speaker 1: says he's definitely the third best quarterback in this draft.
Speaker 1: I just think they're different, And depending on what you're
Speaker 1: looking for, is that guy that you would take next?
Speaker 1: NFL Network Analyston Super Bowl Champion quarterback Kurt Warner, thank
Speaker 1: you very much for joining us here on Eagles Draft
Speaker 1: Central on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. All right, thank you
Speaker 1: very much, Chris, Thank you very much, Kurt Warner. The
Speaker 1: Redskins have made their selection in round one, Brandon Sheriff,
Speaker 1: the offensive tackle guard from Iowa. And that's the first
Speaker 1: team in the NFC East to make a selection. And
Speaker 1: that's a solid, solid picks. Oh, it's a good pick,
Speaker 1: but they'll find a way to mess them up. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: you never know. And now the Jets and Todd Bowles
Speaker 1: are on the clock, so we creep. And this is
Speaker 1: a creeping situation to twenty. It just it moves so fast.
Speaker 1: Picks one and two number. All the people who were
Speaker 1: theorizing that the Eagles would have to trade with the
Speaker 1: Jets because Marcus Mariota would slip to the Jets, who
Speaker 1: are not married to Genos Smith, well, I look, Meryl,
Speaker 1: I will tell I'm not bragg I just I said
Speaker 1: from the start of the off season that the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: would go one and two. Yeah, by hooker, by crook.
Speaker 1: That's That's exactly what the one thing I was certain of.
Speaker 1: And I didn't know the Tennessee was going to hold
Speaker 1: on to Mariota. But I didn't see Mariota going beyond
Speaker 1: that second slot, right, And it's too good and and
Speaker 1: I never bought the idea that Tennessee was so in
Speaker 1: love with Zach Menberger. All right, now, why did the
Speaker 1: Titans take Marcus Mariota. Let's go back out to Chicago.
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson has the latest on Tennessee and Mariota. Together.
Speaker 1: Now that the Tennessee Titans have selected quarterback Marcus Mariota,
Speaker 1: the Eagles can move forward with Sam Bradford as the
Speaker 1: guy now. Back when the Eagles acquired Bradford, we had
Speaker 1: heard within the building that Chip Kelly was described as
Speaker 1: being on cloud nine to acquire the former Heisman winning
Speaker 1: quarter Husband Trophy winning quarterback, as well as former number
Speaker 1: one overall pick. I talked to NFL Networks Kurt Warner
Speaker 1: yesterday at a media luncheon previewing the NFL Draft, and
Speaker 1: he said that he's a big fan of Bradford. He
Speaker 1: thinks the change of environment, the change of scenery, will
Speaker 1: be beneficial for Bradford. The key for Bradford is first
Speaker 1: and foremost to get the knee healthy, which something that
Speaker 1: should happen to progress as the offseason continues to develop.
Speaker 1: But playing behind a veteran season offensive line, being able
Speaker 1: to play in Chip Kelly's up tempo system, which was
Speaker 1: very similar to one he played in and thrived in
Speaker 1: at Oklahoma, should benefit him long term. So the Eagles
Speaker 1: moving forward with Sam Bradford as a guy, and Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford has all the resources here in Philadelphia to be
Speaker 1: able to thrive in this offense. We're gonna send it
Speaker 1: back now for more on Eagles Draft Central. Thank you
Speaker 1: very much, Chris McPherson. And why not fall in love
Speaker 1: with Marcus Mariona. He's done nothing but make you fall
Speaker 1: in love with him straight off the field and obviously
Speaker 1: tremendous on the field for Oregon. I agree, Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 1: I think they Tennessee Titans got themselves a tremendous smell.
Speaker 1: What about Yeah, So, let's how do Eagles fans feel
Speaker 1: right now? We want to hear from you two one, five, three,
Speaker 1: three nine six seven zero nine. We'll take a break now,
Speaker 1: we'll get to your phone calls. The Jets are on
Speaker 1: the clock about to make their pick. Things are heating up.
Speaker 1: We're getting closer to twenty What will the Eagles do?
Speaker 1: Stay tuned to Eagles Draft Central. Welcome back, Dave Spidero
Speaker 1: Merrill rais its Eagles Drafts Central live here on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com and our Eagles Digital Network. We're live
Speaker 1: from the Novacare Complex. This is the Nerve Center for
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. The drafts is in Chicago, the Eagles
Speaker 1: for the most part, here in Philadelphia. The Jets are
Speaker 1: on the clock. Meryland as we wind our way to
Speaker 1: twenty one. Of the positions of need and probably two
Speaker 1: positions of need, safety and cornerback. Your thoughts on the
Speaker 1: way those positions look right now for the Eagles, well's
Speaker 1: I think scenario that they have to go and they
Speaker 1: could get a guy like Byron Jones, who we mentioned earlier,
Speaker 1: who could play at saye, who could could possibly be
Speaker 1: a safety. He's a great athlete and he can play both.
Speaker 1: I mean he's big enough and tough enough to play safety. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But for now, what do you see with what the
Speaker 1: Eagles have on their roster at the cornerback position. They
Speaker 1: added Byron Maxwell, right, and they they signed Walter Thurman
Speaker 1: as well E J. Biggers, as the Jets select Leonard Williams,
Speaker 1: the defensive tackle from USC with the six picks. So
Speaker 1: but but the Eagles, as you look at him, merrill Um,
Speaker 1: is Maxwell enough? I mean who you is Brandon Boykin
Speaker 1: part of the picture. I don't think so. In terms
Speaker 1: of the corner if you're talking about that other corner
Speaker 1: the Eagle, who I think who has the best chance
Speaker 1: of ending up at that spot the president Eagle to
Speaker 1: me will be Nolan Carroll. I think that Nolan Carroll
Speaker 1: is a talented football player. He's a safety position as
Speaker 1: a corner. As a corner, I from what Chip says,
Speaker 1: from what Bill Davis says, Nolan, No, Carol is not
Speaker 1: a fit for safety. They're not thinking of him as
Speaker 1: converting to safety. Jalen Wadkins is a guy who is
Speaker 1: long and tough enough who they feel could fit at
Speaker 1: safety unless they come up with Yeah, that's the second
Speaker 1: year player of fourth round pick last year who showed
Speaker 1: a little bit in the final game last year against
Speaker 1: the Giants. And we'll see if the Eagles moving into
Speaker 1: that safety room and they have a whole off season
Speaker 1: to prepare him for that. But as you said, he's
Speaker 1: in his second year and that's what that's what a
Speaker 1: player has to make a big jump. But he will
Speaker 1: be given a chance at the safety spot. And we
Speaker 1: told we heard Greg mention another game guy by the
Speaker 1: name of Damarus Randall who could be a pick for
Speaker 1: the Eagles, may be as high as twenty. Well, let's
Speaker 1: see Arizona State and he's a talented safety. Let's see
Speaker 1: as we take a look here at our draft tracker
Speaker 1: so far through six picks, Winston Mariota the quarterbacks go one, two,
Speaker 1: and then it's Dante Fowler to Jacksonville. Amari Cooper the
Speaker 1: first wide receiver of a very deep class, goes off
Speaker 1: the board to Oakland at four. Sheriff goes to the Redskins,
Speaker 1: a solid pick for them. Leonard Williams, who was projected
Speaker 1: by some, is perhaps the second pick overall in this draft.
Speaker 1: He goes number six to the Jets. To the Bears
Speaker 1: at number seven in front of the hometown fans, go
Speaker 1: wide receiver, perhaps Kevin White from West Virginia. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the defensive backs. Tony Pauline Draft insider dot Net
Speaker 1: previews some of the best of the best in the
Speaker 1: secondary in this twenty fifteen NFL draft. When looking at
Speaker 1: defensive backs in round one, Trey Wayne of Michigan State
Speaker 1: to Junior is considered by most to be the most
Speaker 1: talented and will be the first pick. He's a physical
Speaker 1: specimen that is able to run downfield with opponents and
Speaker 1: physically beat down defenders to stop the pass. He's very
Speaker 1: rough around the edges and will need polished before he's
Speaker 1: NFL ready, But Trey Wayne comes with a great amount
Speaker 1: of webside potential and should be a solid pick in
Speaker 1: the bottom half of round one. Yukon's Byron Jones has
Speaker 1: got a lot of press and has taken a meeting
Speaker 1: art rise up to draft boards recently. He's got the size,
Speaker 1: the athleticism, and the ball skills to play at the
Speaker 1: next level and should quickly break into a starting lineup
Speaker 1: as a rookie in the NFL. Kevin Johnson of Wake
Speaker 1: Forrest is one of the forgotten men at the cornerback position.
Speaker 1: He was a three year starter for the Demon Deacons
Speaker 1: and did a terrific job and shutting down the opponent's
Speaker 1: top perceivers. He's got the athleticism, the speed, and the
Speaker 1: physicality to play at the next level. He's got a
Speaker 1: bit of a thinner frame, which turned some people off,
Speaker 1: but expect Kevin Johnson to be selected lat in round
Speaker 1: one and to quickly break into a starting lineup on
Speaker 1: Sundays this fall. And next up is Marcus Peters. Washington's
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters only played half a season in twenty fourteen,
Speaker 1: as he was dismissed from the program in October. He's
Speaker 1: got the physical skills and the talent to be a
Speaker 1: start at the next level. He beats down opponents, he
Speaker 1: had the ability to run with him, and he showed
Speaker 1: a lot of skill early in his Washington career. The
Speaker 1: question is it's bootball priority and is he able to
Speaker 1: put away off the field distractions. If he does, Peters
Speaker 1: should develop into a starting quarterback in the NFL. The
Speaker 1: versatile Eric Rowe is next. Eric Rove, Utah's another senior
Speaker 1: defensive back that's taken a big rise up draft boards.
Speaker 1: He has a versatile game in can line of either
Speaker 1: cornerback or safety. He's big, he's physical, he's also smart.
Speaker 1: Teams love his coachability and they think he's a good
Speaker 1: player now that will be a terrific player down the line.
Speaker 1: Expect Road to go anywhere from the late part of
Speaker 1: round one through the early part of the second frame.
Speaker 1: Our next cornerback up is PJ. Williams of Florida State,
Speaker 1: a two year starter for the Seminoles. P J. Williams
Speaker 1: is one of the most physically gifted cornerbacks in this
Speaker 1: year's draft, but he has a lot of off the
Speaker 1: field issues, most notably a recent dui which was reported
Speaker 1: at the top of his game. He has the ability
Speaker 1: to shut down opponents, but he's very inconsistent on the
Speaker 1: field and needs a lot of technique work. I would
Speaker 1: expect Pears to go somewhere in round two and eventually,
Speaker 1: if he's able to focus on football, develop into a
Speaker 1: starter in the NFL up. Next is LSU's Jalen Collins.
Speaker 1: The LSU Tigers have had a long history of putting
Speaker 1: talented defensive backs into the NFL Draft, and Jalen Collins
Speaker 1: is next. Physically, he's one of the better defensive backs
Speaker 1: cornerbacks in this draft. He's physical, he's fast, he has
Speaker 1: the ability to shut down up parents, but he's very inconsistent.
Speaker 1: He's very rough with his mechanics, and he struggles making
Speaker 1: plays with his back to the ball. I would expect
Speaker 1: Collins to come off the board somewhere late in round
Speaker 1: two and start off as a rookie playing in nickel
Speaker 1: and dime packages on Sunday. Now it's time to move
Speaker 1: to the safety position with Landon Collins of Alabama. One
Speaker 1: time highly rated Landon Collins is a solid safety, good
Speaker 1: in all areas. He's got good ball skills, can cover
Speaker 1: receivers over the middle of the field, and shows an
Speaker 1: aggressive game defending the run. He's good, but not as
Speaker 1: good as many think, and he's a bit overrated. A
Speaker 1: lot of defensive backs that coming out of Alabama have
Speaker 1: not lived up the reputation. I would expect Collins to
Speaker 1: go somewhere in the late part of round one and
Speaker 1: eventually develop into a start at the next level, but
Speaker 1: there are no guarantees. The Mariest Randall of Arizona State
Speaker 1: is next. One of the most underrated and complete defensive
Speaker 1: backs in this year's draft. The Mariest Ramball has a
Speaker 1: chance now to slide into the late part of round
Speaker 1: one after first being considered a third round choice. He's
Speaker 1: a terrific run defender without standing ball skills. His coverage
Speaker 1: skills are so good many coaches think he can line
Speaker 1: up at cornerback at the next level. Expect Randall, whether
Speaker 1: he's a late first round pick or early second round choice,
Speaker 1: to impact the team immediately at the next level if
Speaker 1: the Eagles choose to continue to build their secondary. Those
Speaker 1: are the names to remember it in the first round
Speaker 1: of this year's draft. All right, good stuff there, Tony
Speaker 1: as the Bears take Kevin White from West Virginia with
Speaker 1: the seventh pick in this draft. Interesting at the safety position.
Speaker 1: All along, it was pretty much Landon Collins was the
Speaker 1: number one rated safety among all the draft knicks. Now
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Damarius Randall bounces up to number one.
Speaker 1: Mike Mayock from the NFL Network believes that the Eagles
Speaker 1: at twenty will take Randall Merrill. It's been a long
Speaker 1: time since the Eagles had that dominant player at the
Speaker 1: safety position, Brian Dawkins leaving after the nineteen ninety eight season.
Speaker 1: Eagles have not been able to find the solution a
Speaker 1: long term since Doc last. And you know, they didn't
Speaker 1: know they were getting that with Dawk because Dac was
Speaker 1: not a first round player, a pick. Jermaine Bury was
Speaker 1: picked first. Dawkins came along, and he came back for
Speaker 1: his second year with a resigned body. Yeah, he worked
Speaker 1: out and was tireless in his weight work, and he
Speaker 1: was a different player in that second year. So they
Speaker 1: kind of stumbled into Brian Dawkins. On the other hand,
Speaker 1: you're talking about da Marius Randall, who is I don't
Speaker 1: know if he's better than Land and Collins, but what
Speaker 1: he is is supposedly better suited for the system in
Speaker 1: which the Eagles use their safety right a cover safety
Speaker 1: rather than in the box. In the box safety. The
Speaker 1: days of the big hitting safety seemed to be kind
Speaker 1: of by the wayside. Well, for a few reasons. Number one,
Speaker 1: you're passing more, and number two, a lot of the
Speaker 1: hits that the Brian Dawkins made, or Ed Reed made
Speaker 1: or Troy Palomalo made would be whistled and thrown back
Speaker 1: from fifteen yards. Right. Hey, Eagles fans, how are you
Speaker 1: feeling right now? Seven picks into this twenty fifteen draft?
Speaker 1: Give us a call? Two one, five, three, three nine
Speaker 1: six seven zero nine. Let's begin on the phones in Tampa, Florida,
Speaker 1: where Henry joins Eagles Draft Central. Henry, good evening, Good evening,
Speaker 1: my friend. I'm kind of upset by the Eagles thinking
Speaker 1: him the quarterback from Morgan State. But I understand what
Speaker 1: you guys said. But you think we'll have a good
Speaker 1: chance to get the quarterback from from louisianand that you
Speaker 1: spend with Oregon State. Uh yeah, Hey, thanks for the call, Henry.
Speaker 1: I don't think a quarterback is in the offering for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. I don't believe that they will draft a quarterback.
Speaker 1: The quarterback position, Merrill interesting with Bradford Sanchez comes back
Speaker 1: valuable number two? Who's your number three quarterback? Tim Tebow?
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley, g J Kinney somebody from the draft. How
Speaker 1: do you feel about that? I don't see them taking
Speaker 1: a quarterback unless there's somebody they love, and I don't
Speaker 1: think that somebody is Brett Huntley from UCLA. And I mean,
Speaker 1: there are people who will extol the virtues of Bryce
Speaker 1: Petty from Baylor, But I don't see. The Eagles have
Speaker 1: too many other areas to address right now, and there's
Speaker 1: nobody who jumps off the board at and as an
Speaker 1: outstanding future Eagles quarterback third round, fourth round, fifth rounds.
Speaker 1: It's unlikely. I'm with you. I don't think they will
Speaker 1: take a quarter likely. I am fascinated to see if
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow can be in some kind of package make
Speaker 1: this roster and help this football team. We'll see he
Speaker 1: might be the guy if the league approves the proposal
Speaker 1: to put the two point conversion from the two to
Speaker 1: the one and a half and move the kicking pat
Speaker 1: back to the fifteen, which in essence smapes to the
Speaker 1: thirty two yard kick. So if Tim Tebow can run
Speaker 1: the option from the one and a half, they can
Speaker 1: save the body of their starting quarterback and have a
Speaker 1: guy who does it very very well. Yeah, in sure
Speaker 1: yards situation, the red zone where the Eagles look have
Speaker 1: struggled offensively. He will be a toy the summer, Yeah,
Speaker 1: a great toy. And he's in shape, and we all
Speaker 1: know how dedicated he is to the craft of football
Speaker 1: and improving himself. And he's worked very, very hard at
Speaker 1: doing that, improving his throwing mechanics. We're seven picks through
Speaker 1: this first round of the NFL Draft. Will take some
Speaker 1: phone calls, get to some analysis. Long way to go
Speaker 1: before the Eagles get up at number twenty in this
Speaker 1: round number one. Dave Spidero, Merril Reese, bo Wolf and
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell and the other studio Chris mcpheerson in Chicago
Speaker 1: and Tony Pauline from Draft Insiders dot Net up in
Speaker 1: New York. We got you covered every corner of this
Speaker 1: Eagle's uniform verse. Let's take a little break right now.
Speaker 1: When we return, we're gonna find out what's next. As
Speaker 1: Round one marches on in this NFL draft, the number
Speaker 1: to call two, one, five, three, three, nine, six, seven
Speaker 1: zero nine is the Atlanta Falcons with pick number eight
Speaker 1: have made their selection. We'll find out in just a
Speaker 1: moment who they pick. Let's go to Wrightsville Pennsylvania. Dave
Speaker 1: joined us on Eagles Draft Central. Hi Dave, Hello, Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: and Merrill Reese. I love you guys. Thanks Dave, we
Speaker 1: love you excellent. Hey, I just wanted to say that
Speaker 1: thank goodness that Mariota got selected for the Titans, because
Speaker 1: that that was really getting to be kind of on
Speaker 1: the ridiculous side, that you know, we could actually go
Speaker 1: that far up into the draft, so now we can
Speaker 1: actually begin to focus on our real needs. I really
Speaker 1: don't know if Mariota would have been a good first
Speaker 1: year quarterback anyway, so we have to look at a
Speaker 1: draft to Dave beyond the first year. It's not all
Speaker 1: about twenty fifteen for Chip and the Eagles. This is
Speaker 1: he's building a program here, made a lot of changes.
Speaker 1: It's gonna take some time to put it all together.
Speaker 1: But I hear what you're saying. Very difficult to go
Speaker 1: from twenty to two, and as we found out, that's
Speaker 1: something that Tennessee not interested in doing with any of
Speaker 1: the teams that called them. We don't even know how
Speaker 1: serious the Eagles were with their off rum short Chip Kelly.
Speaker 1: We'll address that after the Eagles make their selection tonight
Speaker 1: and he has a press conference. What are you looking
Speaker 1: for at twenty, Dave, Well, I'd like us to get
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. I think we really need that top
Speaker 1: speed guy. So whoever's at the top of the board,
Speaker 1: when we get down at number twenty or maybe like
Speaker 1: you guys were alluding to, they'll go up to maybe
Speaker 1: thirteen or fourteen and h and try to grab themselves
Speaker 1: a really fast, top end receiver. Right. I think that's
Speaker 1: one of our biggest right now. I hear. Hey, Dave,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for the phone call. As Vic Beasley
Speaker 1: goes to the Atlanta Falcons, who will play the Eagles
Speaker 1: in the opener of this twenty fifteen season on Monday
Speaker 1: Night Football on September fourteenth, I just again, as Dave suggested,
Speaker 1: moving up for a wide receiver. You're two premier wide
Speaker 1: receivers off the board. Parker from Louisville still there. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of depth at I just don't see giving
Speaker 1: up a draft pick to go get a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: It depends if they're in love, for example, with Breshad
Speaker 1: Perriman with his size and his four point two five speed,
Speaker 1: and then go up and get them. Yeah, go up
Speaker 1: to a late round pick, and then maybe maybe the
Speaker 1: Eagles can pick up a draft pick later by dealing
Speaker 1: a player making a move a future draft. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying move up until not move up to a twelve
Speaker 1: or thirteen, but if you could move up from twenty
Speaker 1: to eighteen, because he's there, get him all right. So
Speaker 1: we're talking wide receiver, why not go to one of
Speaker 1: the former ones, A speedster, a good receiver. Curtis Conway,
Speaker 1: NFL Network Christ mc pherson caught up with him in Chicago,
Speaker 1: former bear who could run like the wind. Hello, we're here.
Speaker 1: Now we're former NFL wide receiver Curtis Conway, now an
Speaker 1: analysts for NFL Network, And Curtis, why does it seem
Speaker 1: like that receivers are more pro ready now than ever before,
Speaker 1: after the great class in twenty fourteen and appears to
Speaker 1: be another great class here in twenty fifteen. Well, I
Speaker 1: think now football, the game itself, has put a bigger
Speaker 1: emphasis on the passing game. You know, when I was playing,
Speaker 1: it was more run or you had a full back,
Speaker 1: you used to tight end West Coast offense. You only
Speaker 1: really needed two receivers, really one and a second guy.
Speaker 1: Now with teams going three four or five wide receivers.
Speaker 1: It's more of a demand and you're gonna see a
Speaker 1: lot of these guys go. You can probably see five
Speaker 1: guys go in the top top round, first round because
Speaker 1: of that. But I think the game has changed, which
Speaker 1: now are making these receivers a little more valuable than
Speaker 1: they were in the past. Okay, So the top two
Speaker 1: consensus wide receivers this year's draft class, Amari Cooper Kevin White.
Speaker 1: Where do you stand in that debate who's a better receiver?
Speaker 1: You know what I've said this all along on our show.
Speaker 1: I can close my eyes, put my put two both
Speaker 1: of their names in the hat, and whichever one I pick,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be happy with both of them. I think
Speaker 1: they both bring something different to the table. You know,
Speaker 1: Mary Cooper, I think he's more pro ready. I think
Speaker 1: he can you can plug him in the system. He's
Speaker 1: gonna know the terminology because he played in the pro
Speaker 1: style offense with Lane Kiffin, so he's gonna understand everything offensively.
Speaker 1: So he's gonna be able to go and play fast
Speaker 1: right away. You can put him inside right now, you
Speaker 1: can put him outside. V White a guy I think
Speaker 1: in the next three years we're gonna be talking about
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a super superstar because he has all
Speaker 1: the attributes, he has, all the talent in the world.
Speaker 1: You saw him blossom in his last year and he
Speaker 1: showed his first game that who he could be. So
Speaker 1: both of those guys are gonna be outstanding. Um, it
Speaker 1: all depends on who you who you like. You know,
Speaker 1: Kevin White is probably a more suitable for a stronger
Speaker 1: outside guy. Amari Cooper, like I said, he's he's he's ready.
Speaker 1: Now he's I'd like to call him the Jamis Winston
Speaker 1: of the wide receivers. He's pro ready. So now those
Speaker 1: are the top two guys, and it seems after that
Speaker 1: there's a lot of debate. You could go Rashad Perriman,
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar, DeVante Parker. It all seems like it depends
Speaker 1: on what your flavor is. Who do you like of
Speaker 1: that next tier of wide receivers, Well, the next tier, Um,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with my first five or Amari, Kevin,
Speaker 1: Kevin White, DeVante Parker. I still have Jalen Strong as
Speaker 1: one of my top guys. And then that fifth. That
Speaker 1: fifth varies and it could be Nelson Aguilar. I think
Speaker 1: he started to get some some looks as you saw
Speaker 1: people start to watch more of what he can do,
Speaker 1: more versatile. You look at his track record, so he
Speaker 1: could be that fifth guy Philip Dors said, is another guy.
Speaker 1: I think that when you look at the game today,
Speaker 1: what he brings to the table. I like to compare
Speaker 1: him to Antonio Brown. He's that guy, and I actually
Speaker 1: had him. We actually had him in studio with NFL Network.
Speaker 1: He's actually a little bigger than I thought, So that
Speaker 1: made me feel a lot more comfortable with him being
Speaker 1: a first round pick if someone draft him, I'm okay
Speaker 1: with that. But then you got to Tyler Lockett, the
Speaker 1: Devin Smith's guys like that. You mentioned Rashard Perryman, guys
Speaker 1: like that. I still think Perryman is the second round guy.
Speaker 1: I didn't thrust him up to the top fifteen like
Speaker 1: everyone else because he ran for two because what I
Speaker 1: see on film is different than what I see when
Speaker 1: he ran four two. At the same time, I just
Speaker 1: think you have ten wide receivers in this draft that
Speaker 1: should go in the top two rounds, and I think
Speaker 1: they're all gonna be very productive. Now when you make
Speaker 1: the transition from the college game, to the pro game.
Speaker 1: What are some of the traits that you can correct.
Speaker 1: For example, Sammy Coach from Auburn, tall speed threat could
Speaker 1: stress the field, but his hands are a little suspect.
Speaker 1: There's been some questions about his hands. Is that something
Speaker 1: that can be refined at the next level or are
Speaker 1: there's certain things in college that you can't fix once
Speaker 1: you get to the NFL. Hands is definitely something you
Speaker 1: can fix. I think in college you get away with physicality,
Speaker 1: you get away with talent. In the pros, you can't
Speaker 1: get away with that. When these guys walk into a
Speaker 1: pro locker room, they're gonna see the work ethic of
Speaker 1: some of these guys on the all season, the time
Speaker 1: that they put in on the little things, you know,
Speaker 1: standing out the practice and catching a hundred balls. If
Speaker 1: you mess up a route and practice, they're out there
Speaker 1: when practice is over trying to get better at that.
Speaker 1: And I think something like what Coach is dealing with
Speaker 1: with catching, I don't think that's gonna be a huge problem.
Speaker 1: Maybe early, but if he has the mentality to want
Speaker 1: to be one of the best, which he has the
Speaker 1: physicality to be, he work on that and I think
Speaker 1: he'll be fine. The Eagles used two high draft picks
Speaker 1: last year and Jordan Matthews, who had a prolific rookie season,
Speaker 1: and Josh Huff and there's big things expected for him
Speaker 1: this upcoming season. There have been a number of mock
Speaker 1: drafts who project the Eagles taking a receiver pretty high.
Speaker 1: If you were the Eagles, which type of receiver who
Speaker 1: would you like to see in Chip Kelly's offense. Well,
Speaker 1: like I said, there's ten receivers that I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna be really good in this league. I don't think
Speaker 1: Chip has to press in that offense. You gotta go
Speaker 1: back to Oregon. He's running the same stuff he ran
Speaker 1: at Oregon. You can't and there's no slight on anyone,
Speaker 1: but the facts are you don't see a dominant receiver
Speaker 1: coming out of Oregan. You don't see a dominant running
Speaker 1: back coming out of Oregan. So his system has proven
Speaker 1: to make people better. So I think if he went
Speaker 1: out and got any one of these receivers, they're gonna
Speaker 1: excel in that system. Because he runs a spread out offense,
Speaker 1: he doesn't demand pro routes, so you don't have to
Speaker 1: be precise and route running this. Get in space, get
Speaker 1: in that window and a quarterback of get you the rock,
Speaker 1: and you saw, I mean, everybody in that offense. We
Speaker 1: thought when Shaun Jackson left it was gonna be a
Speaker 1: big fall up. We forgot about Jay mack was he
Speaker 1: was a baller before he got hurt. And you see
Speaker 1: him exhale. You know, you saw Riley Cooper exhale. You
Speaker 1: got Jordan Matthews, he came in and he exhaled. So
Speaker 1: I don't I think that's one offense where a quarterback
Speaker 1: in a receiver. I don't think you have to have
Speaker 1: the best for them to be successful in those offers.
Speaker 1: And in Chip's office, he's Curtis Conway from NFL Network
Speaker 1: and you are watching Eagles Draft Central here on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. Thank you very much, Chris, Thank you
Speaker 1: very much, Curtis. The NFC East has spoken again. The
Speaker 1: New York Giants selecting Eric Flowers, offensive tackle from the
Speaker 1: University of Miami. On the heels of the Redskins selecting
Speaker 1: interior offensive lineman Brandon Sheriff, so Fletcher Cox and Benny
Speaker 1: Logan and Cedric Thornton, etc. Task gets a little bit tougher,
Speaker 1: and it does, it does, but that does not scare
Speaker 1: me the way the drafting Amari Cooper would have frightened me,
Speaker 1: because he, with the receivers they had, would have given
Speaker 1: them an aerial circus. Yea offensive woman, they need that.
Speaker 1: I disagree with you. I think it's so much easier
Speaker 1: to play wide receiver in the NFL, certainly as a rookie,
Speaker 1: because of the rules that it's it's much easier to
Speaker 1: be a great wide receiver. There's going to be many
Speaker 1: more great way every week you line up. There are
Speaker 1: great wide receivers if you do not have an offensive line.
Speaker 1: Meryll Dave, a good offensive line makes receivers, not the
Speaker 1: other way. Well, you're true, you're right. I mean, you
Speaker 1: must give a quarterback time to pass. But when he
Speaker 1: looks downfield and you have wide receivers, I'm not talking
Speaker 1: about good wide receivers. You're talking about Odell Beckham, who
Speaker 1: could be the receiver of a decade. I mean, he
Speaker 1: might be right up there with Calvin Johnson as one
Speaker 1: of the real premier guys, Cruz who is already good
Speaker 1: at Amari Cooper who is every bit an impact player,
Speaker 1: or Kevin White who could be that too. You add
Speaker 1: that to the Giants, Arsenal and you are creating tremendous
Speaker 1: trouble for a defense. Well, we're talking wide receivers, so
Speaker 1: why not bring bow Wolf and Greg co self. Why
Speaker 1: not into the conversation. It's a pass happy league with
Speaker 1: some great wide receivers and guys. There are still some
Speaker 1: outstanding ones on the board. There certainly are Greg And
Speaker 1: let's talk about that next crop of receivers in this draft,
Speaker 1: that second tier, And we'll start with Breshon Perriman, who
Speaker 1: you think, a couple of years down the road might
Speaker 1: end up being the best receiver from this draft class. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we've mentioned him. He's big, he's fast, he's physical. I
Speaker 1: think he's an explosive kid for that size. He had
Speaker 1: some drops this year, which I think some people struggled with,
Speaker 1: and that's certainly a concern. I'm not as concerned about
Speaker 1: it as most. I think Perriman he struck me watching
Speaker 1: him on film. You know, he's the same size as
Speaker 1: Kevin White, but on film he looked like a bigger man.
Speaker 1: And that's just one of those oddities, but he looked
Speaker 1: like a bigger man. I don't want to sit here
Speaker 1: and say he's Julio Jones exactly, but I think there
Speaker 1: are similar traits and attributes to a receiver like Julio
Speaker 1: Jones six two two twelve reportedly ran that ridiculous four
Speaker 1: two four forty on his pro day and play fast vertically,
Speaker 1: and I believe he was the only player in college
Speaker 1: football who had at least fifty catches off for over
Speaker 1: twenty yards of catch. So he is an explosive downfield threat.
Speaker 1: What could he potentially do in this Eagles offense? Well,
Speaker 1: I think the Eagles right now need speed, need verticality
Speaker 1: in their offense. And I think Perriman is the kind
Speaker 1: of receiver in a schemed passing game like Chip Kelly's
Speaker 1: where you can line him up as a single receiver
Speaker 1: and he can run vertically, he can stick his foot
Speaker 1: in the ground and go and with that kind of speed,
Speaker 1: with that kind of size, I think that's what Richard
Speaker 1: Perriman gives you. All Right, Well, you like Perriman and
Speaker 1: I like Perriman a sort of the number three receiver
Speaker 1: in this draft class. Some people think it's Louisville's Deavante Parker.
Speaker 1: Tell me about Davante Parker. What kind of players here?
Speaker 1: And Davante Parker. To me, he's very good at contested catches.
Speaker 1: That's the strength of his game. In my view, I
Speaker 1: don't think he's as quite as explosive as Raschard Perriman.
Speaker 1: I think that Parker is smoother, He's more fluid in
Speaker 1: the way he moves. But I don't think he's that
Speaker 1: quite that explosive. As I said, his strength is contested catches,
Speaker 1: and you know, to me, quite honestly, he may go
Speaker 1: in the first round. But I go back to a
Speaker 1: year ago bo and I look at someone like Davante Adams,
Speaker 1: who was a second round pick at a Fresno State
Speaker 1: for Green Bay Packers. I looked at Davante Adams as
Speaker 1: a better prospect than Davante Parker. I don't see Parker
Speaker 1: at the same level of prospect, and that's the keyword here, prospect.
Speaker 1: I don't look at Parker as the same level of
Speaker 1: prospect as Raschard Perriman. All Right, our third receiver to
Speaker 1: touch on here Nelson Agilar from Southern caliplayer with whom
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly will certainly be familiar. A different type of
Speaker 1: receiver just six feet, but some people believe he is
Speaker 1: the best route runner outside of Amari Cooper in this
Speaker 1: draft class. He played a lot inside at USC terrific
Speaker 1: in the slot. Really quick, that's the strength of his game.
Speaker 1: I think he's very quick as a route runner, short
Speaker 1: area quickness. He's the kind of guy that's not going
Speaker 1: to run a four to three, but when he comes
Speaker 1: out of his break, he's very quick. He might be
Speaker 1: four to three to five out of a break as
Speaker 1: opposed to running in a straight line. And I think
Speaker 1: as he gets bigger he's about six feet one hundred
Speaker 1: ninety eight pounds, I think you can play him on
Speaker 1: the outside as well. The NFL receiver who I feel
Speaker 1: he most resembles, if you go back three, four or
Speaker 1: five years to win this receiver was in his prime
Speaker 1: bow I think he has some similarities to Greg Jennings.
Speaker 1: Interesting and I think you know neither one you'd call
Speaker 1: a burner, but Jennings was able to get over the
Speaker 1: top of defenses at times. Aguilar will be that guy.
Speaker 1: But I think right now he probably starts his career
Speaker 1: primarily in the slot, although in a Chip Kelly offense,
Speaker 1: I think the slot in the outside, those lines get
Speaker 1: blurred and awful. Lot also has a lot of value
Speaker 1: as a return man early on in his absolutely All right,
Speaker 1: let's talk about some of the more recent picks here,
Speaker 1: and we'll get to the NFC East offensive line heavy
Speaker 1: in a second. But first of all, just now, Saint
Speaker 1: Louis Rams taking Todd Gurley, the Georgia running back, even
Speaker 1: though they already have Trey Mason, who they took in
Speaker 1: the second round last year. They want to Jeff Fisher
Speaker 1: tells who what they want to do. They want to
Speaker 1: run the ball and play Greek. They want to take
Speaker 1: the ball out of Nick Foles's hands, apparently apparently, but
Speaker 1: they want to compete with Seattle, and in their mind,
Speaker 1: you have to compete with Seattle playing physically, and that's
Speaker 1: the way they want to play. Did you have Gurley
Speaker 1: rated as the top running back? And then yes, after
Speaker 1: Gurley is one of the top three players in the draft. Wow,
Speaker 1: how about that. Obviously, they will have to wait a
Speaker 1: little bit for him to recover from that ACL, but
Speaker 1: should be early, early, ready, early in the season. All right,
Speaker 1: Let's talk now about the NFC East going offensive line heavy.
Speaker 1: Brandon Sheriff at number five to the Redskins. That is
Speaker 1: certainly a need area for Washington. They have really no
Speaker 1: starting caliber offensive linemen outside of Trent Williams. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I think Sheriff can play right tackle for them, or
Speaker 1: he can go inside and be an all pro left
Speaker 1: guard in my opinion, but he'll art from day one.
Speaker 1: He's your typical Iowa lineman. All those guys are built
Speaker 1: on repetitive execution at a high level. They're not necessarily
Speaker 1: high level athletes. They're not dancing bears, but they're repetitive
Speaker 1: execution players, and I think that speaks to to what
Speaker 1: Jay Gruden now wants to do with that offense. I
Speaker 1: think they're going to try to run the ball. Schurf
Speaker 1: is a better run blocker than he is a pass protector.
Speaker 1: He's a maler, he's a finisher, he gets after people.
Speaker 1: He's an attitude offensive lineman. That's his game. So I
Speaker 1: think they want to run the football and then up
Speaker 1: the road the Giants taking Eric Flowers from Miami, potentially
Speaker 1: moving Justin Pugh inside to guard. Otherwise it spells bad
Speaker 1: news for will Beatie, but Eagles fans will be happy
Speaker 1: to know that. You believe Flowers is a bit of
Speaker 1: a reach there at number nine, Yeah, but I think
Speaker 1: he's again, this speaks to what Tom Conflin wants to do.
Speaker 1: He wants physical play on the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: And I think when you look at Flowers, who I
Speaker 1: don't believe in the traditional sense of how we viewed
Speaker 1: left tackles bow He's not a left tackle, okay, but
Speaker 1: he can play right to tackle. A lot of people
Speaker 1: will believe he has prototypical right tackle traits. I think
Speaker 1: he's best at guard. That would be my sense of
Speaker 1: him after studying him hard. But whether you put him
Speaker 1: at right tackle or at guard, the one thing he
Speaker 1: does have is he's got length and he's nasty. He's
Speaker 1: another attitude run blocker. That's the strength of his game.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, we send it back over now to
Speaker 1: the Exfinity studio, Dave and Merrill. Your thoughts on the
Speaker 1: big selection of Todd Gurley by the Rams Minnesota on
Speaker 1: the clock and now will wonder if Trey Waynes goes
Speaker 1: off the board here guys, Yeah, I my reaction to
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley, incredibly talented player, playing with an offensive line
Speaker 1: that is not great and going in a division with Seattle.
Speaker 1: San Francisco are gonna be some tough sledding. I think
Speaker 1: using two high draft picks for running backs. I just
Speaker 1: kind of don't understand, you know, the touch first thing, Dave.
Speaker 1: We have now had ten picks, were nine picks away
Speaker 1: from the Eagles selection at the very latest. Well, unless
Speaker 1: they trade back, which I don't think it's going to happen.
Speaker 1: But in the top ten picks, there does not appear
Speaker 1: to have been any hints of a trade. Yeah, nobody
Speaker 1: used the full a lot of time, and we expect,
Speaker 1: we expected a lot of movements. Yeah, a lot of
Speaker 1: jockeying for position has not happened. We're halfway to twenty.
Speaker 1: Will the Eagles be a team that maybe jumps up
Speaker 1: and gets that maybe top cornerback in the draft. But
Speaker 1: you want you wait for runs, and what generally happens
Speaker 1: in drafts is positions start to run. We saw the
Speaker 1: offensive line with Sheriff and Flowers go. Saw the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: obviously go at the top of the draft. When one
Speaker 1: quarterback goes, cornerback goes off the board, generally that means
Speaker 1: perhaps two or three real really quickly. Well, the first
Speaker 1: one is going to be Waynes, there's no doubt about that,
Speaker 1: and he may go to Minnesota. Yeah, Well, let's let's
Speaker 1: take a phone call two one, five, three, three nine
Speaker 1: six seven zero nine is the telephone number. We are
Speaker 1: halfway through this one to twenty race that we're making here.
Speaker 1: David Wilmington, Delaware joins us. Hey, Dave, Dave is off.
Speaker 1: It's gone, Dave. You gotta hang on the phone. We'll
Speaker 1: come back. Take some more phone calls, get some more reaction.
Speaker 1: The Eagles ten picks away from potentially being on the clock.
Speaker 1: Merril Dave Spidero, Merril Reas with you as Eagles Draft Central.
Speaker 1: We're live from South Philadelphia. The novicare complex. What will
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Speaker 1: network and a fourth maybe fifth round picks. Use me
Speaker 1: fifth round pick by Eagles in nineteen ninety eight. Huge
Speaker 1: day for you, Like I mean, you can understand what
Speaker 1: these young men are going through now, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: One hundred and forty second pick. I was in the
Speaker 1: nineteen DA Draft and it felt like I was the
Speaker 1: number one overall pick. You know, listen, I had ankst
Speaker 1: and anxiety having to sit through the first day, the
Speaker 1: first three rounds. This is back when they did three
Speaker 1: rounds first and then they did the other rest of
Speaker 1: the rounds the following day. And I'd heard going into
Speaker 1: the draft and I could be anywhere from a third
Speaker 1: round draft pick to a fifth round draft People were
Speaker 1: tweeting about that. I'm sure there was no Twitter back then,
Speaker 1: no social media back then, but I'll tell you, being
Speaker 1: around family we had to the festive atmosphere. To me,
Speaker 1: still one of the greatest days in my life. And
Speaker 1: like I said, whether I was the one hundred and
Speaker 1: forty second pick in the draft or the number one
Speaker 1: overall pick in the draft, I realized my dream on
Speaker 1: that day and it was awesome. Who called you, do
Speaker 1: you remember? Yeah? It was Jim Bowman, Remember Jim. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So he was the guy who put the call through.
Speaker 1: And then he immediately put Ray Roads on the phone
Speaker 1: and Ray said, well, you know, how do you feel
Speaker 1: about being a Philadelphia Eagle? I said, Coach, are you
Speaker 1: kidding me. I'll play for anybody right now, man, come
Speaker 1: and get me. And he didn't curse. No, he did
Speaker 1: not curse. Maybe the only time that he spoke to
Speaker 1: you and did not curse. All right, So you spoke
Speaker 1: all this every day you're on the on the radio,
Speaker 1: You've been monitoring the reaction of the fans, And today
Speaker 1: it was in an extraordinary day with all of the speculation,
Speaker 1: the reports, everything building, the almost almost at some at
Speaker 1: some point people convinced and Merriless convinced that something was
Speaker 1: going to happen, that some way, Chip Kelly was going
Speaker 1: to go up and get Marcus Mariota. What was the
Speaker 1: vibe from the fans today, Oh, there was no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. I think most most fans had convinced themselves.
Speaker 1: I would say it was probably eighty percent fans convinced
Speaker 1: versus twenty who had a realistic prospective pertaining today. You
Speaker 1: did not think a trade would happen, did not? I
Speaker 1: just thought it would cost too much to do it.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, if you believe the reports, the
Speaker 1: Eagle was put forth an effort possibly to make it happen.
Speaker 1: It didn't happen. Uh, And being over at the stadium
Speaker 1: where I just came from over the link. There were
Speaker 1: a lot of disappointed fans when when Tennessee drafted Marcus Mariota.
Speaker 1: But you know, I tried to caution them that there's
Speaker 1: still there's very good players left in his draft. The
Speaker 1: Eagles can still improve this team by taking good football
Speaker 1: players through the rest of his draft, and we just
Speaker 1: have to give the next two to three days time
Speaker 1: to play out. I think we'll be very satisfied come
Speaker 1: Sunday once we see all the draft pick. This is
Speaker 1: not a one round draft. It's not a one player draft.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of the needs here, and they
Speaker 1: haven't changed. You agree with wide, receiver, offensive line, secondary, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I started while I receiver, I go secondary, second,
Speaker 1: offensive line third. Not that I don't feel that offensive
Speaker 1: line isn't important to build the foundation. I just look
Speaker 1: at when the Eagles had the best offensive line in
Speaker 1: the National Football League, when they led the league in
Speaker 1: rushing two years ago. I look at those five starters,
Speaker 1: there's only one of them that were a first round
Speaker 1: draft pick, Todd Harriman's fifth round Jason Kelsey, sixth round,
Speaker 1: Emmon Matthis I'm not even sure if he was drafted
Speaker 1: or not. I know Jason Peters was not drafted, So
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that you can't get good alignement in
Speaker 1: the first round. It's not necessity for this offense. I
Speaker 1: think a playmaker. We're in dire need of a playmaker.
Speaker 1: Losing Jeremy maclan to me as a big blow to
Speaker 1: this offense. I would love to see the Eagles, if
Speaker 1: they sit at twenty, find a way to address the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. I'm sure that after the pickers made,
Speaker 1: when Chip Kelly meets the media, he will be asked
Speaker 1: about the reports, the efforts to move up round number two.
Speaker 1: What are you expect him to say? Number one? And
Speaker 1: then do you think Sam Bradford needs a little hug?
Speaker 1: I mean, how do players react to those kinds of reports.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. Sam Bradford is new to
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, and he's new to this area, and
Speaker 1: to hear his name being bantered about the last week
Speaker 1: or so, particularly these days leading up to the draft,
Speaker 1: He's not He's not living in a closet. He certainly
Speaker 1: knows that he's been in trade rumors. So there's gonna
Speaker 1: have to be some mending done there. I mean we
Speaker 1: as players, we are the most fragile minded players. You
Speaker 1: know this. We we are guys that are sensitive. We
Speaker 1: need to have our egos stroke the time. We need
Speaker 1: to be reassured that we're the guy to two one
Speaker 1: on your team. And I think Sam was going to
Speaker 1: need a little bit of that moving forward. But I
Speaker 1: think he's a big boy. He's been has been us
Speaker 1: a long time, and he'll move forward and relies the
Speaker 1: opportunity that he steel has to be the starting quarterback
Speaker 1: foot of Philadelphia Eagles. And that's all that matters in
Speaker 1: the end. He's here, regardless of the rumors. He's here,
Speaker 1: and he needs to take care of business. Great, great, great,
Speaker 1: more from Mike Grease. As the show moves along and
Speaker 1: we get deeper into this round one of the twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen NFL Draft, Let's go over now to the fan
Speaker 1: cave with Bowen. Great, Yeah, thanks, thank you, Dave. And great,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the corners now that Trey Waynes is
Speaker 1: off the board at eleven to the Minnesota Vikings, a
Speaker 1: good fit for Mike Zimmer's defense. But that second crop
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks, now, as we get closer to number twenty
Speaker 1: a position obviously the Eagles will be interested in. And
Speaker 1: let's talk about the player with whom they've been linked
Speaker 1: perhaps more than with any other prospect, and that's Byron
Speaker 1: Jones from Yukon, who went to the Combine set that
Speaker 1: world record in the broad jump. But he has more
Speaker 1: than a workout wonder. He's stay out on tape and
Speaker 1: he has that physicality the Eagles will look for to
Speaker 1: press in this defense and the size, which is exactly
Speaker 1: what the Eagles want at the corner position. And I
Speaker 1: think that Byron Jones does have that. When you watch
Speaker 1: him on film, your right bow, he does show the
Speaker 1: traits that you look for. He's capable of playing press man.
Speaker 1: He was also very good as a zone defender. I
Speaker 1: thought understanding route concepts, did a good job pattern reading.
Speaker 1: But he has the size and speed and the physical
Speaker 1: nature to play press man on the outside. And as
Speaker 1: we know, that's the number one trait that the Eagles
Speaker 1: look for in a corner six one two hundred for
Speaker 1: Byron Jones. A good staff from our producer Extraordinairet fran Duffy.
Speaker 1: I believe he allowed a catch no longer than fifteen
Speaker 1: yards all season. That would be pretty good. That's pretty good,
Speaker 1: all right, good? How about the next cornerback here Wake Forest?
Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson, of course, the player very close to my heart,
Speaker 1: also has the awareness and zone that Byron Jones does,
Speaker 1: very technically sound for a cornerback, the one drawback a
Speaker 1: little bit slight upper body. Now, Kevin Johnson, to me,
Speaker 1: as far as refinement, is the most refined corner in
Speaker 1: this draft and his ability to effectively play man and zone.
Speaker 1: In fact, he may be a better zone corner right
Speaker 1: now than any corner in this draft. He is outstanding,
Speaker 1: which is very rare about for a college corner. He
Speaker 1: is outstanding with his route recognition, his pattern reading, his
Speaker 1: understanding of route concepts based on receiver alignment. He's the
Speaker 1: best corner I saw in film understanding that. Now. He
Speaker 1: also has the skill set to play press man. He
Speaker 1: did a lot of that at Wake Forest. I think
Speaker 1: he'll grow more into that with more experience, maybe a
Speaker 1: few more pounds. He'll never get to two hundred two
Speaker 1: oh five. I don't think he's the body type, but
Speaker 1: I think at one ninety he's okay because he's got
Speaker 1: length to him, and he'll become a better and better
Speaker 1: press man corner versatility obviously always something the Eagle's looking
Speaker 1: for in this defense. Byron Jones, a former safety who
Speaker 1: went to cornerback. Yeah, Sam is the case for Eric
Speaker 1: Rowe of Utah, who played two years at safety, excelled
Speaker 1: as a senior cornerback on the outside. And he really
Speaker 1: has the size over six feet about just under six one,
Speaker 1: over two hundred pounds, very physical, a willing tackler from
Speaker 1: his ability as a safety, but he can definitely hold
Speaker 1: up on the outside, you think, especially in a defense
Speaker 1: like that. Oh absolutely, And he's six one two o five.
Speaker 1: The first thing I jotted down when I started watching
Speaker 1: was he fits the profile that NFL teams were looking for.
Speaker 1: He was very comfortable playing press man. He could get
Speaker 1: in the hip pocket of the receiver on vertical routes.
Speaker 1: He has good time speed so we could run vertically
Speaker 1: and in fact, bo when I was finished with my
Speaker 1: study of Eric Rowe, I made a point that he'd
Speaker 1: fit best in a for a team that features a
Speaker 1: press man corner scheme like the Eagles. That's exactly what
Speaker 1: I said. So Eric row is a prospect that I
Speaker 1: think fits exactly what the Eagles do all right, the
Speaker 1: last corner map. We want to talk about Washington's Marcus Peters,
Speaker 1: kicked off the team for having some disagreements will say,
Speaker 1: with the coaching staff. But on the field on tape,
Speaker 1: what do you see from Marcus? I would make the
Speaker 1: argument that he's the purest press man corner in this draft. Okay,
Speaker 1: I think he's a twitchy athlete. He's very quick, he's physical,
Speaker 1: He gets in your face, and you love that for
Speaker 1: a corner. He is willing to get right in the
Speaker 1: face of receivers, plays with a nasty demeanor. I keep
Speaker 1: talking because I can't get it out of my mind.
Speaker 1: I watched him against Jalen Strong, the wide receiver from
Speaker 1: Arizona State, who will likely be a top fifty pick,
Speaker 1: I would imagine, and Jalen Strong, who's about two hundred
Speaker 1: and eighteen pounds, couldn't get off the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: against Marcus Peters. Peters was that physical with him, that tough,
Speaker 1: that nasty. They finally had a move Strong inside in
Speaker 1: the slot to get him a couple of catches. So
Speaker 1: Peters is, in my view, the best pure press man
Speaker 1: corner in this draft. Vice President Player personnel ed Manowentz
Speaker 1: has talked about the Eagles looking for players who fit
Speaker 1: the size, speed characteristics, the position specifics, and also the
Speaker 1: culture fits of those four players, I would say that
Speaker 1: Row and Jones are the two who fit all three
Speaker 1: of those categories. Peter has the culture stuff here, also
Speaker 1: only ran a four or five three at the forty
Speaker 1: yard dash, maybe not quite the elite speed the Eagles
Speaker 1: will be looking for. On the outside, Kevin Johnson, you
Speaker 1: wonder if the upper body is a bit of a
Speaker 1: not a disqualifier, but a bit of a knock on him.
Speaker 1: I would say rowan Jones are the two who would
Speaker 1: be most likely to land here. I would say Rose
Speaker 1: one of the most overlooked players in this draft because
Speaker 1: when I watched him, I really really liked him, and
Speaker 1: I watched him early in the process before people were
Speaker 1: talking about him. All right, well, let's send it back
Speaker 1: to the Exffinity studio. Danny Shelton goes off the board,
Speaker 1: the defensive tackle from Washington. He goes to Cleveland. Dave
Speaker 1: Meryl or ike your thoughts. Well, let's talk about this
Speaker 1: a little bit a run on a little defense here
Speaker 1: with Danny Shelton and Trey Waynes, the cornerback from Michigan
Speaker 1: State expected picks for you, Yeah, you know, not surprised
Speaker 1: that Minnesota had been linked to Trey Waynes. They had
Speaker 1: brought him in for a visit, a certainly had spent
Speaker 1: time with him individually. Mike Zimmer, a defensive guy, wants
Speaker 1: to get a locked down corner planning that division where
Speaker 1: you got Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford along with Megatron
Speaker 1: and then the receivers that Chicago has, Minnesota's gonna need
Speaker 1: some secondary help. So I'm not surprised they went out
Speaker 1: to Trey ways the best cornerback in the draft with
Speaker 1: their pick, and Danny Shelton for Cleveland. Cleveland, I believe still.
Speaker 1: You know, they know they play in a black and
Speaker 1: blue division in that NFC, I mean the AFC North
Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh and Baltimore, so they're gonna need big guys
Speaker 1: up front. They still try to build that front seven.
Speaker 1: And Shelton, who played at Washington, to me is a
Speaker 1: poor man. So Helodi Nada, has a little bit more speed,
Speaker 1: disrupted plays in the backfield. A good player for Washington,
Speaker 1: very productive, and I'm not totally surprised. Again, when you
Speaker 1: when you run a three four defense, you need that
Speaker 1: anchor in the middle. And then I mean, it's not
Speaker 1: very many other nose tackles in this draft that are
Speaker 1: better than Danny Shelton New Orleans at thirteen. The Eagles
Speaker 1: obviously waiting at twenty. Let's go now, the draft insider
Speaker 1: dot nets Tony Pauline up in New York today. Hey,
Speaker 1: Tony up, let's talk about this. Where are all the trades.
Speaker 1: I thought this is going to be wild and woolle
Speaker 1: top half of the first round. You know, surprise. I
Speaker 1: think the teams who really wanted to sell, but the
Speaker 1: warring him many buyers. You look at the Jets at
Speaker 1: six when Leddy Williams was after you know, they waited
Speaker 1: till the very last second to try and move that
Speaker 1: pick could move the picture. It took the best player
Speaker 1: in the draft. What happened is the sellers started to
Speaker 1: get a little bit too and the buyers said, no,
Speaker 1: we'll just hold on to our picks. See where the
Speaker 1: cards may fall. Tony, you talked about the Mariota rumors,
Speaker 1: the reports. We'll hear what Chips Kelly has to say
Speaker 1: about the offer, but your understanding of what the Eagles
Speaker 1: and Tennessee talked about well, basically he was the deal
Speaker 1: the uppy was offering players picks, veteran picks. I mean
Speaker 1: it was a lot. And I heard that Tennessee said
Speaker 1: no because Tennessey really want to come out of this
Speaker 1: with quarterback. And I feel that I figured Mary that
Speaker 1: moving forward, Tony. Any surprises here through twelve picks. I
Speaker 1: think Brandon Schuff was a slight surprise. I thought he
Speaker 1: was a bit underrated, that the Redskins liked him. Hundred
Speaker 1: Williams was still on the board, and surf over whether
Speaker 1: that was a bit of a surprise to me. All right,
Speaker 1: and what are you seeing here for the next couple
Speaker 1: of picks here? Who might be on the board for
Speaker 1: the Eagles? I don't see. I mean the names have
Speaker 1: kind of come off as we all basically expected. Maybe
Speaker 1: one or two picks here or there. What are you
Speaker 1: thinking here for the first for the next six seven picks?
Speaker 1: I think DeVante Park you still have some offensive plan
Speaker 1: on the board. Stanford, it's working out well for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: They didn't make the trade. It looks like they're gonna
Speaker 1: get the player one of the players that want available
Speaker 1: to them. With the fault the clock, Tony, what would
Speaker 1: it take for the Eagles to go in general here
Speaker 1: from twenty to thirty? What kind of compensation just by
Speaker 1: the book, by the draft trade chart would the Eagles
Speaker 1: be paying here? Yeah, six picks. At this point you
Speaker 1: probably talked fourth round your draft. Is there a player
Speaker 1: in your mind who is worth that value giving up
Speaker 1: twenty and a fourth round pick? I mean, I like Johnson,
Speaker 1: but I heard h Cell. I don't know he's a
Speaker 1: good the Eagle system. No. I mean they got two
Speaker 1: good cornerbacks in yn Jones, and every either of them
Speaker 1: will both of them will might be gevailable. When sometimes
Speaker 1: you just got to sit tight and let the draft
Speaker 1: comes to you. Proban be all right, Tony Pauline Draft
Speaker 1: Insiders dot Net. Thank you very much. Well, check back
Speaker 1: with you as we get a little bit closer to
Speaker 1: pick number twenty. Thanks Tony. Good job. Dave SPINNERO with
Speaker 1: eye Crease here at the Novacare Complex, we're live as
Speaker 1: Eagles Draft Central, and we are getting closer to the
Speaker 1: Eagles selection thirteen. Now, the New Orleans Saints are about
Speaker 1: to make their pick. The pick is in and Commissioner
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell at the podium making the announcements, the announcement
Speaker 1: that the Saints have made their selection and it's under
Speaker 1: his pete. Another offensive player, another offensive tackle, this time
Speaker 1: from Stanford. So DeVante Parker's still on the board. Cornerbacks
Speaker 1: still on the board. Two areas that we've talked about,
Speaker 1: wide receiver and cornerback potential first round areas the Eagles
Speaker 1: to address. We're coming back with more Eagles Draft Central
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Dave Spidero, Merrill Reese
Speaker 1: set an overcare complex. It's Eagles Draft Central. The Cleveland
Speaker 1: Browns on the clock, the pick is in, and after
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell strides to the podium and announces the Browns
Speaker 1: pick Merrill, the Eagles will be on the clock. Dave.
Speaker 1: There are four players they can get here, and I
Speaker 1: will be happy with any one of the four. Du
Speaker 1: tell I love Byron Jones, the defensive back from the
Speaker 1: University of Connecticut. Brashad Perriman is an explosive receiver from
Speaker 1: Central Florida. Nelson Aguilar, you heard I extol his virtues
Speaker 1: from Southern cow And the fourth is a safety, the
Speaker 1: Marius Randall from Arizona State. Any one of those four
Speaker 1: would make this a better football team. Okay, And there
Speaker 1: certainly are positions that we've talked about wide receiver, secondary,
Speaker 1: no question about it. It's interesting, Merrill, that there has
Speaker 1: been not a lot of movement, just one trade made
Speaker 1: through eighteen selections, not a lot of action in this
Speaker 1: first round, which indicates to me that the sellers are
Speaker 1: asking for too much. You know, I am going by
Speaker 1: something you said earlier. There are a lot of wide
Speaker 1: receivers available. You could take one of the second rounds.
Speaker 1: So I had to take one pick right now, just one.
Speaker 1: It would be Byron Jones. Where are the Browns thinking? Here?
Speaker 1: What are the Browns? Is there possibility that the Browns
Speaker 1: would make that move and snatch Byron Jones? We talk
Speaker 1: about in these I think the Browns possible and Ray
Speaker 1: Farmer former Eagles linebacker. Really it's just an unpredictable series
Speaker 1: of events. It is. They're still probably figuring what to
Speaker 1: do with Johnny Manzell. What would you do with Johnny?
Speaker 1: Last year we talk at this rate, about this point
Speaker 1: in the draft, we were all talking about Johnny Manzel
Speaker 1: Where will he go? I have always looked at him
Speaker 1: as Johnny college football. I never thought that Johnny Manziel
Speaker 1: was going to be a good NFL quarterback, and I
Speaker 1: still don't. So the Eagles are awaiting upstairs with I'm
Speaker 1: sure a little anxiety excitement. We look at the draft
Speaker 1: as it's gone so far. The quarterbacks at the top
Speaker 1: of the first round, Winston to Tampa Bay, Mariota to
Speaker 1: the Titans, and then some defense for Jacksonville with the
Speaker 1: gust bus down there, although that offense certainly could use
Speaker 1: some help as well. Amari Cooper first wide receiver off
Speaker 1: the board to Oakland. Brandon Sheriff offensive guard Iowa goes
Speaker 1: to the Redskins, and we've seen the emphasis Merrill on
Speaker 1: the interior in the offensive line for the NFC East.
Speaker 1: Some names here that jump out at you, that say,
Speaker 1: what kind of move was that? Any head scratchers for no.
Speaker 1: I think everybody went basically where they were supposed to go.
Speaker 1: I think Andres Pete from Stanford is a terrific player
Speaker 1: who could have gone higher. But again, Amari Cooper went high,
Speaker 1: Kevin White went high. These are good football players and
Speaker 1: there are still some very intriguing names of offensive lineman
Speaker 1: the Eagles can get at some point A one is
Speaker 1: Jake Fisher, but there are a lot of people who
Speaker 1: think he could still be available in the second round.
Speaker 1: And the Eric Armstead pick. Merrill an outstanding kind of
Speaker 1: a three technique, a defensive lineman who is another Oregon player.
Speaker 1: I don't know how Eagles fans would react if an
Speaker 1: Oregon player were selected with the twentieth pick, and yet
Speaker 1: it would not be a pick because he went to Oregon.
Speaker 1: Of course, if you look at all of the evaluations
Speaker 1: of Jake Fisher, he is one of the best offensive
Speaker 1: lineman in the scraft. He could go in the first round. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the offensive linemen, just how it looks
Speaker 1: to you right now, with Jason Peters at left tackle,
Speaker 1: Evan Mathis at left guard but the subject of a
Speaker 1: lot of speculation, Jason Kelsey at center, question Mark at
Speaker 1: right guard, and then Lane Johnson at right tackle. What
Speaker 1: did the Eagles need to do with a quarterback who's
Speaker 1: had two ACL injuries the last two seasons to have
Speaker 1: a dominant, dominant offensive line. I think the only three
Speaker 1: that you can depend on or Kelsey, Peters, and of
Speaker 1: course Lane Johnson. Right now, the guard positions. Both guard
Speaker 1: positions are gigantic question barks A lot of people feel
Speaker 1: that Evan Mathis will move, could move before this weekend
Speaker 1: is over. Well, we shall say I think that that
Speaker 1: is going to be something to watch as the weekend
Speaker 1: goes along. Here, how many veterans will Chip Kelly look
Speaker 1: to move and how many extra draft picks will the
Speaker 1: Eagles look to acquire? Now, after the announcement here from
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell about the Cleveland Browns and that selection, Mary,
Speaker 1: let's focus on this. Would the Eagles trade the twentieth
Speaker 1: pick and have extra selections later in the first round,
Speaker 1: perhaps an extra third or fourth round pick. Well, they
Speaker 1: may if let's say they move back two spots and
Speaker 1: there are four players there that they would be happy
Speaker 1: and center Cameron Florida State. So all of the players
Speaker 1: that we have discussed still on the board for the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. I am hoping right now that we see
Speaker 1: the Eagles stay at the twentieth spot and pick Byron Jones.
Speaker 1: Byron Jones would be my selection as well. And the Eagles, look,
Speaker 1: they've paid a lot of attention. But I think we
Speaker 1: all would be happy with a wide receiver. I would
Speaker 1: a cornerback. I have said Byron Jones privately for many
Speaker 1: days here. So the Eagles are officially on the clock
Speaker 1: with the first pick for the Eagles in the twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen NFL Draft. But I'm not ruling out the idea
Speaker 1: of Again, we've talked about four players that you really like.
Speaker 1: What if somebody wants to jump up to twenty and
Speaker 1: you can get an extra draft pick and move back
Speaker 1: to twenty two twenty as long as there are one
Speaker 1: of these four. Well, so let's stay with in the
Speaker 1: twenty to twenty three range and you still get a
Speaker 1: very good You're still going to get a draft pick. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's fun. That's fun. But let's just say, for example,
Speaker 1: that they are so unambored with Byron Jones that they
Speaker 1: hold him higher than the other three, that this was
Speaker 1: the guy they most covered. Well, then don't roll the dice.
Speaker 1: Then don't say, gee, he could be here at twenty
Speaker 1: two or twenty three. If you are that sold on
Speaker 1: Byron Jones, if you think he could come in and
Speaker 1: move to safety and be your answer to the safety problem,
Speaker 1: or be the other corner across from you're gonna have
Speaker 1: a double Byron in the deep secondary with Byron Maxwell
Speaker 1: and Byron Jones. Let's bring in Bow and Greg from
Speaker 1: the fan Cave, and I have a question for Greg,
Speaker 1: who's the resident draft expert on campus here. How much
Speaker 1: of a difference is there right now on the board
Speaker 1: between the twentieth pick and let's say the twenty fourth
Speaker 1: pick potentially in this draft. Well, that depends on how
Speaker 1: you what your board looks like, and who you may
Speaker 1: have targeted. I think the Eagles got stuck last year
Speaker 1: a little bit when they lost out on some players
Speaker 1: I think they really wanted. So that's what you have
Speaker 1: to be careful with that you don't know for certain
Speaker 1: what other teams are going to do. So if you
Speaker 1: have let's say four or five guys now that you're
Speaker 1: really comfortable with, and you feel that either one of
Speaker 1: those four or five works, then you're okay with it.
Speaker 1: But if there's two guys you really want here, then
Speaker 1: you got to be really careful about trading back because
Speaker 1: there's no guarantee you're going to get those guys. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think there's as many as maybe seven guys the
Speaker 1: Eagles would be comfortable with here as far as I
Speaker 1: can tell, But it does look like they have made
Speaker 1: this selection. We are awaiting who it will be, of course,
Speaker 1: but it looks like they are staying here. What do
Speaker 1: you think? The question becomes what's more important to Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly and this organization a wide receiver or a corner
Speaker 1: because they have the chance to draft for Schard Perriman here,
Speaker 1: who I really like, obviously, but certainly they could take
Speaker 1: Byron Jones or Eric Rowe, another corner that we've talked
Speaker 1: about that fits their profile really really well. My guests
Speaker 1: would be one of those three guys. If I had
Speaker 1: to get I think I would go Perriman. But I
Speaker 1: guess we'll find out. You guys. You guys think Byron
Speaker 1: Jones right, well, I think Byron Jones will. I mean, look,
Speaker 1: let's let's be honest here. How much the Eagles have
Speaker 1: paid attention to him? Yes, of course. And then I
Speaker 1: think you can get a wide receiver. There's enough depth
Speaker 1: at the wide receiver position. You get a wide receiver,
Speaker 1: a very good one in the rounds two or three.
Speaker 1: I think the falloff at this point at cornerback to
Speaker 1: the next level of cornerbacks. According to the draft deck,
Speaker 1: that's is a significant drop. I don't think that drop
Speaker 1: is a significant and that would be the case. Then
Speaker 1: for a player who Merrill mentioned de Marius Randall at safety,
Speaker 1: who to drop from him to the rest of the
Speaker 1: safeties for the Eagles scheme is even greater than the
Speaker 1: other positions. I agree, So de Marius Randall's another name
Speaker 1: that falls here because if you want to come out
Speaker 1: of this draft with a multidimensional, interchangeable safety, then Randall
Speaker 1: is the guy, and there's not a lot of other options.
Speaker 1: I would argue Darren Smith is an option, but he's
Speaker 1: not someone you're going to take a twenty and he
Speaker 1: may not be someone you take in the second round either,
Speaker 1: depending on how the draft plays out and readily your
Speaker 1: top safeties. Randall is my top safety because of the
Speaker 1: interchangeable elements in his game, But greg is he The
Speaker 1: knock on him is his size and the fact that
Speaker 1: he is not known to be a physical safety. Is
Speaker 1: he an elite safety? I wouldn't say he's not physical.
Speaker 1: The problem is he's one hundred and ninety eight pounds.
Speaker 1: He plays physically. He's just one hundred ninety eight pounds,
Speaker 1: and there's no question you may not check that box
Speaker 1: when you evaluate him. Because of the one hundred ninety
Speaker 1: eight pounds, but he does have a box mentality. He's
Speaker 1: just you know, it's like running backs. They can run
Speaker 1: really hard, but if they're one hundred ninety eight pounds,
Speaker 1: it's tough to be physical in the NFL. Randall is
Speaker 1: a physical player, but he's not the weight you would
Speaker 1: ideally like. All Right, so let's name some names here
Speaker 1: before Roger Goodell gets to the podium. Both, who are
Speaker 1: you going with? I'm gonna say Perryman, Okay, Greg, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say a corner. I'm gonna say Byron Jones. Just
Speaker 1: because I think Dave's right that you can probably get
Speaker 1: a receiver that you feel good about in the second round.
Speaker 1: I think that's true. I'm saying Byron Jones. Merrill, I'm
Speaker 1: saying Byron Jones, and I'm saying that even if it isn't,
Speaker 1: it's going to be one of those four. We're not
Speaker 1: going to be shocked and say, who's the where he
Speaker 1: come from? And is this a player? If this is
Speaker 1: the case, we'll talk about it after the pick. But
Speaker 1: before the pick, put yourself out on a limb, Greg
Speaker 1: and bow. If it is Byron Jones, is he's somebody
Speaker 1: that we expect to come in potentially and make an
Speaker 1: immediate impact. I think that he I think that he
Speaker 1: would start very early on in his rookie year. I
Speaker 1: think you would have Brandon Boykan and Walter Thurman compete
Speaker 1: in the slot position, and I think Byron Jones would
Speaker 1: start on the outside verrier. All right, let's go now
Speaker 1: to the NFL Network. Thanks, guys, and uh, we gonna
Speaker 1: take a little look at the draft party at Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field. It's rocking over there, and they have long
Speaker 1: forgotten about Marcus Murray. And now we're gonna go to
Speaker 1: Commissioner Roger Goodell. Here we go, with the twentieth pick
Speaker 1: in the twenty fifteen NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select. Now,
Speaker 1: it's a wide receiver Usc Nelson, ironically enough to six
Speaker 1: feet one hundred and ninety eight pounds, the exact same
Speaker 1: that Jeremy Macklin did at the combine. He's a pres out,
Speaker 1: precise route runner, added value as a great returner. He
Speaker 1: reminds me of Jeremy Macklin. Ironically, the guy he can
Speaker 1: replaced him. Get a good look at him here, outside receiver.
Speaker 1: Watch him across the face of the dB. Then the
Speaker 1: double move runs away. From the dB. Now they put
Speaker 1: him in the slot, which I think is part of
Speaker 1: the intrigue of this gun. He can play anywhere. They
Speaker 1: check him inside off coverage little hitch now finish. You
Speaker 1: can see the punt return skills there in his open
Speaker 1: deal running and speaking of punt return boy, that looks good,
Speaker 1: doesn't Yes, Philadelphia Eagles are gonna love him. They'll compliment
Speaker 1: at Matthews their second round back from last year and
Speaker 1: give Sam Bradford somebody else to throw to it. And
Speaker 1: I know you're so enamored of that. Part of our
Speaker 1: hard coverage of the combine MICUs when we took a
Speaker 1: hype weight total just measurables and put it in a
Speaker 1: computer and had that cob come out and it was Macklin.
Speaker 1: It was Jeremy Hacklin. I wasn't the computer. It was.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry I forgot about that. Michael irving your thoughts
Speaker 1: on Nelson Aguilard. I love the pick now and and
Speaker 1: I like in this kid to Randall Cobb because you
Speaker 1: know he played a little running back. He can't return
Speaker 1: a punt. He could be a four down player. I mean,
Speaker 1: this kid can really light up the football field for you.
Speaker 1: He goes outside, he goes inside. He can get into
Speaker 1: badfield player, running back, play defensive back also, and I
Speaker 1: love that he can return punch. I know a guy
Speaker 1: like Chip Kelly, or get a guy like this, and
Speaker 1: he will make wonderful things happen on the football field
Speaker 1: with all of his mini skill sets in that office
Speaker 1: for his quarterback, Sam Bradford. After all that's said and done,
Speaker 1: now you could start selling Sam Bradford jerseys in Philadelphia. Story.
Speaker 1: Now you can stop the shelves with Bradford jersey and
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray jerseys and with Riley Cooper and Jordan Matthews.
Speaker 1: There's a new there's a new kid in town, Nelson Aguilar,
Speaker 1: who has the comp of the guy they let go
Speaker 1: to Kansas City. When we come back, the Bengals pick
Speaker 1: that is Steelers Colors. Suddenly, and so the pick is
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar from USC turns out we were all wrong. Well,
Speaker 1: he was one of the four. I yeah, if you've
Speaker 1: narrowly be down to one, well I did, but he
Speaker 1: said it was going to be Byron Joe. I did,
Speaker 1: but I said I would not be unhappy with any
Speaker 1: of the four. And he was one of the four.
Speaker 1: I think they made a good pick. I don't think
Speaker 1: this is a stretch. I think they have an essence.
Speaker 1: Replaced Jeremy Macklin, a move they had to make. I
Speaker 1: think he will line up and I think he will
Speaker 1: play a lot early and by in when you get
Speaker 1: by the bye, he will be a starting wide receiver
Speaker 1: and Nelson Aguilar comes in and that satisfies as we
Speaker 1: all thought would happen, a position at wide receiver that
Speaker 1: has really changed over the last couple of years with
Speaker 1: the Shawan Jackson in Washington, with Jeremy Macklin in Kansas City.
Speaker 1: The Eagles are young, they are bigger. This is not
Speaker 1: a big, physical, hulking receiver. This is a versatile, tremendous
Speaker 1: route runner, very good hands, and at very explosive based
Speaker 1: on his college play wide receiver. Yeah, a guy who
Speaker 1: could really return punts also, and you know how Chip
Speaker 1: likes versatility. And I might add he's also considered to
Speaker 1: be a very high character guy who has never had
Speaker 1: an off the field problem, who has been among the
Speaker 1: team leaders, and who will fit right in in this
Speaker 1: locker room. Is it is not a surprise they did
Speaker 1: not stretch. I don't think they will get any real
Speaker 1: criticism about this pick, and there are those. Ike Reefs
Speaker 1: is getting the guy that he most liked, and so
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position looks like this. It's Aglar, it's Matthews,
Speaker 1: it's Riley Cooper, it's Josh Huff, it's Miles Austin. There
Speaker 1: is some good competition absolutely at the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: So we will get some reaction. We'll hear from Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly in just a moment. The Eagles, with the twentieth
Speaker 1: pick and their first in the twenty fifteen NFL Draft,
Speaker 1: select USC wide receiver Nelson Agilar, somebody they were all
Speaker 1: over in the pre draft process. They get their guy,
Speaker 1: and we'll see where he lines up. Is he now
Speaker 1: the slot receiver? Does Jordan Matthews work outside more after
Speaker 1: a rookie year in which he worked almost exclusively from
Speaker 1: the slot. Absolutely, we'll see what happens here. Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: will be along and just a little bit here we'll
Speaker 1: take a break at Eagles Draft Central here on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. Dave Spidero, Merril Reese, and the newest Eagle,
Speaker 1: Nelson Agilar from the University of Southern California. All Right,
Speaker 1: we're back Dave spannero memo Reese's Eagles Draft Central. Let's
Speaker 1: throw it over now to the fan game. We bring
Speaker 1: in bow Wolf Greg co cell. We talked about a quarterback,
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. It was a wide receiver. It's Nelson
Speaker 1: agilar from USC, the Eagles first pick in the twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen NFL Draft. Guys, your reaction. Do I get any
Speaker 1: partial credit for being the only one to pick receiver? No?
Speaker 1: I guess not, all right? Tell us about Nelson Agilager
Speaker 1: thoughts a much different player than Brashad Perry, totally different.
Speaker 1: He has the Jeremy Macklin comp really from throughout the
Speaker 1: draft process. Why is that? I didn't quite see him
Speaker 1: as Jeremy Macklin, So it's hard for me to answer that.
Speaker 1: I saw him more as I mentioned earlier, Greg Jennings
Speaker 1: type receiver. I think he's got really good quickness. To me,
Speaker 1: that's his game. He's a quickness route runner. Now he
Speaker 1: has enough speed to get over the top. But I
Speaker 1: wouldn't say at this point in his career i'd call
Speaker 1: him a cue vertical route runner. He played it a
Speaker 1: ton in the slot at USC. But I think in
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly's offense, I think those lines get blurred between
Speaker 1: slot and outside the numbers receiver, and I think that's
Speaker 1: what will happen in Philly. I mean, Jordan Matthews in
Speaker 1: a conventional NFL offense is a slot receiver, but I
Speaker 1: think in Chip Kelly's offense, you can line him up anywhere.
Speaker 1: I think Aguilar will be the same kind of guy.
Speaker 1: I think you'll be able to line him up anywhere
Speaker 1: and he'll be effective as a route runner. He's very,
Speaker 1: very quick. He's very good in an out of breaks,
Speaker 1: and that's so critical in the NFL. I think the
Speaker 1: thing with Aguilar that potentially fits in this Eagle's offense
Speaker 1: as we hear a lot about Chip Kelly wanting his
Speaker 1: chess pieces to be reliable, to be in the right
Speaker 1: place when he When Nelson Aglar gets the ball in
Speaker 1: open space, he can make things happen. Yes he can.
Speaker 1: And the other thing that I thought was really evident
Speaker 1: on film is I thought he presented himself very well
Speaker 1: to the quarterback, particularly against zone coverage. He showed himself.
Speaker 1: He showed his numbers, and that's overlooked but really important
Speaker 1: for receivers because the quarterback needs to know that he
Speaker 1: has a reliable target that he can throw the ball to.
Speaker 1: So Aguilar was advanced at regard. He's a very solid
Speaker 1: player with a chance to become I think, I don't
Speaker 1: want to say explosive in the sense that he's just
Speaker 1: going to run by people on a consistent basis, but
Speaker 1: I think there's a definite upside to this player to
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar as an outside receiver as he develops and
Speaker 1: guys Agilar also brings some explosive returnability as well. He
Speaker 1: may be able to help the Eagles very early on
Speaker 1: in that capacity, right, And I think that's part of it.
Speaker 1: He's certainly a verstal player, quick learner, and we've seen
Speaker 1: how rookie receivers the last couple of years here Bowen,
Speaker 1: Greg Hell. They can work their way into the lineup
Speaker 1: very very quickly with the way that the NFL has
Speaker 1: presently constituted, So I think we all expect. Now let's
Speaker 1: talk about it as a group here the Eagles in
Speaker 1: total at wide receiver, where do you see Miles Austin
Speaker 1: fitting and where do you see Riley Cooper fitting in?
Speaker 1: What about Josh huff in year number two? Well, I
Speaker 1: think Miles Austin has to prove it he can stay healthy,
Speaker 1: first of all, and second of all, he hasn't really
Speaker 1: been a special teams guy throughout his career, especially recently,
Speaker 1: so he's gonna have to prove something in camp. I
Speaker 1: think he did give him some guaranteed money, though. I'm
Speaker 1: you know, I've been excited to see what Josh Chuf
Speaker 1: can do in his second year in this offense. I
Speaker 1: think he has that explosive after the catchability. But now
Speaker 1: I think he's similar player to what Agila brings to
Speaker 1: the table. That's going to be interesting. And I think
Speaker 1: I really like Josh Chuff coming out of Oregon, but
Speaker 1: I saw him more as a slot receiver. But I
Speaker 1: think again, the I think the overriding point here, guys,
Speaker 1: is the fact that I don't think Chip Kelly sees
Speaker 1: receivers as either outside guys or slot guys like a
Speaker 1: lot of teams do. I think he sees them as
Speaker 1: interchangeable parts in his really well schemed pass geame and
Speaker 1: well schemed offense. And I think that's the critical part.
Speaker 1: To me. Josh Huff is the wild card of this
Speaker 1: whole group of receivers because I think he has a
Speaker 1: chance to make a significant leap from his rookie year
Speaker 1: to a second year Raley. Cooper, meanwhile, was a standout
Speaker 1: special team or earlier in his career. I expect he
Speaker 1: may be asked to do a little bit more of
Speaker 1: that this year than he did in the last couple
Speaker 1: of years. Interesting, isn't it? Everyone, all three four of
Speaker 1: us that after this bold move after bold move, after
Speaker 1: coming out of left field kind of offseason, the monumental trades,
Speaker 1: the new quarterback, new offensive back, the Eagles don't make
Speaker 1: a move in the draft. They stay put and make
Speaker 1: a relatively it seems on the surface, conservative sound selection. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's a good selection. Dave and I hate
Speaker 1: when all of a sudden we hear a name and
Speaker 1: I look at you, when you look at me, and
Speaker 1: you say who or where? And we get out our
Speaker 1: draft guys. We try to find him. We say, if
Speaker 1: we see he's listed as third or fourth round, I mean,
Speaker 1: here's a guy who has been thought of as a
Speaker 1: first round, first night draft pick. He's a guy who
Speaker 1: has talent, high character. I think it's an excellent pick.
Speaker 1: And as I said, at the last minute, when you're
Speaker 1: actually Angelo KATOLDI ysked me the other day who are
Speaker 1: they going to pick? And I said Nelson Aguilar just reflectively,
Speaker 1: well done, Mary, But when you asked me tonight, I frozen,
Speaker 1: said Byron Jones. But I would have been happy with
Speaker 1: Byron Jones, Nelson Agilar, de Marius Randall, Yeah, or a
Speaker 1: Parramid So either of those four. But let me tell
Speaker 1: you something. I think they got a very very good receiver.
Speaker 1: The only thing about Perami that scared me was kind
Speaker 1: of the workout, big work and also jones innocence, big workouts,
Speaker 1: really impressive with the athletic numbers. Meanwhile, Nelson Agilar, all
Speaker 1: he did was produce, produce, produce and got better the
Speaker 1: season went along, played three years in college, now comes
Speaker 1: to the NFL, and nobody's going to hammer that. The
Speaker 1: idea of being hammered is is inconsequential. We've seen over
Speaker 1: the years picks that have been lauded. It's a matter
Speaker 1: of did you bring in a player who's going to
Speaker 1: help this football team. And we see the draft prospect
Speaker 1: profile on Nelson Aguilar and it is extremely impressive, it
Speaker 1: really is, and you'll find him to be an impressive guy,
Speaker 1: as will and we will hear from Chip Kelly here.
Speaker 1: I would imagine very soon as the Pittsburgh Steelers take
Speaker 1: Budd Dupree with the twenty second selection, and merle I
Speaker 1: wonder what Eagles fans are thinking here. Let's hear from
Speaker 1: some if you want to give a call two three
Speaker 1: three nine six seven zero nine. After all of the
Speaker 1: huge expectations, the drama, the full day after day after
Speaker 1: day conversation about moving up from Marcus Mariota, that didn't happen,
Speaker 1: as it stands. Put stands, the Eagles stayed at twenty
Speaker 1: and got a player who's just a really good football player.
Speaker 1: All Right, tomorrow night they've got to go dB oh
Speaker 1: L and they must think. Look, the thought that I
Speaker 1: had was that you go cornerback at twenty with the
Speaker 1: idea that there's a significant drop off after that at
Speaker 1: the cornerback. They must feel that they have something at quarterback.
Speaker 1: Let's go into the room the auditorium. Chip Kelly meets
Speaker 1: the media. All right, did you call them? We had
Speaker 1: a comment, wed a conversation with both teams in the front,
Speaker 1: but it was way too steep for us to do anything.
Speaker 1: So that didn't really get very serious to balance with you.
Speaker 1: So So at point, no, not at all. No, we
Speaker 1: didn't havefer any players to anybody, but didn't We didn't
Speaker 1: get into any discussions, so it wasn't really it was
Speaker 1: just a really steep price. It's like driving into a
Speaker 1: nice neighborhood and looking at a house to saying that's
Speaker 1: really nice and they tell you the price and you
Speaker 1: turn around, drive away. So we didn't walk in the
Speaker 1: front door. We didn't take a look around. So, you know,
Speaker 1: I think what part of our plan, as we've said
Speaker 1: all along, is that you know, we're gonna build this
Speaker 1: team and and uh, we still think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of value in this draft and then future draft, so
Speaker 1: we want to try to hold onto our picks if
Speaker 1: we can. Yeah, that's fair to say. I mean that
Speaker 1: would be fair to say every team in the NFL.
Speaker 1: I think it's upt for Tampa Bay, right, Yeah, but
Speaker 1: I think if you asked anybody that question, if prices right,
Speaker 1: where they move up? Yeah, the prices right for one one, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would have switched picks in a Second's not gonna
Speaker 1: go the guy we like, Yeah, Nelson Aguiler. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think he's a great fit for what we're doing. Know
Speaker 1: him fairly well. We try to recruit him when I
Speaker 1: was in college. You know, he never visited, but we
Speaker 1: knew him from back when he was in high school,
Speaker 1: back at Berkeley prop back in Tampa. Got a real good,
Speaker 1: extensive knowledge from the people at USC that coached him,
Speaker 1: going back to his high school coach, who we know
Speaker 1: very well. We worked him out. I think we had
Speaker 1: two private workouts with him. An outstanding punt returner along
Speaker 1: with an outstanding receiver, can play both inside and outside receiver.
Speaker 1: It's got excellent speed, outstanding hands, catches the ball away
Speaker 1: from his body, outstanding route runner, a real student of
Speaker 1: the game. We were really excited and he was, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of what our model is. He was the best
Speaker 1: player that was available for us that fit our system,
Speaker 1: and so we were excited that that he was. There
Speaker 1: were kind of afraid, kind of weather in a storm
Speaker 1: there a little bit, you know, especially from fifteen to twenty.
Speaker 1: It was he going to be available, and when he was,
Speaker 1: we were excited about it. So now that wasn't in
Speaker 1: our plans, you know, we were just gonna let we
Speaker 1: were gonna stay at twenty. We had no conversations after,
Speaker 1: you know, looking to see if there was anything that
Speaker 1: was gonna happen at one or two. We were going
Speaker 1: to kind of hold pat. There's a bunch of guys
Speaker 1: we like, there're still some guys right now that we
Speaker 1: would have taken at twenty, but Nelson was the highest
Speaker 1: guy we wanted. But we weren't in any you know, again,
Speaker 1: really not our model to I'm not really thinking about
Speaker 1: moving up unless there's somebody that we feel that we
Speaker 1: have to go get. But we felt like, um, there
Speaker 1: was gonna be a couple of really good picks. Guys
Speaker 1: there are twenty and there were three or four guys
Speaker 1: on our board that were still available that we would
Speaker 1: have took a twenty, but Nelson was the top of
Speaker 1: that list. You wanted to do? That is not sicke
Speaker 1: to say. So you called the bucks too, Yeah, just
Speaker 1: to see whether they were Do you feel like you're
Speaker 1: gonna have to have a conversation with Sam Bradford with
Speaker 1: his name being talked about, whether you confirmed it or not.
Speaker 1: In trades, you haven't talked together about the contract exten
Speaker 1: We have talked to him about contracts, so I feel
Speaker 1: like I have to have a conversation with him. Though
Speaker 1: I talked to him tonight about taking a wide receiver,
Speaker 1: So if you seem pretty fired up about that. So
Speaker 1: your contracts, we never discussed contracts. So there was a
Speaker 1: report that there was a pretty extensive package that you
Speaker 1: guys offered to Tennessee that multiple players. No, that's false.
Speaker 1: As I said earlier, we never got into any conversation
Speaker 1: about players. So so how far it didn't get it
Speaker 1: didn't get very far. I tweet, weren't around the starting
Speaker 1: price for what it was wasn't very well, you know,
Speaker 1: wasn't where we were going to go. So you know
Speaker 1: the analogy I gave you. We drove up it was
Speaker 1: a really nice house. We didn't get out of the car,
Speaker 1: we didn't walk into the house. So they named their
Speaker 1: price and you thought that was prohibitive of doing a deal.
Speaker 1: At what point did that did you realize it was
Speaker 1: two seap that tonight or was that two days ago
Speaker 1: or no? They were pretty usually I mean with the
Speaker 1: first conversation we ever had with them was yesterday, so
Speaker 1: you know, and then we said we would talk today,
Speaker 1: and um, they did get I think they made the
Speaker 1: right maneuver. I was in that situation, I would done
Speaker 1: the same thing. I I mean, you have no idea
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think hope or I don't say
Speaker 1: we don't sit there and wish and up pennies together
Speaker 1: or anything. Is just you let the draft unfold the
Speaker 1: where the draft unfold. So, UM, we obviously know he's
Speaker 1: very talented player. I know him very well. I wish
Speaker 1: some of the best of luck. Um. I think Tennessee
Speaker 1: made a hell of a pick last year. Talked about story.
Speaker 1: We haven't gotten that far. It's a good question, but
Speaker 1: we haven't. I mean, let's get him in the building
Speaker 1: first and start talking to him a little bit. We
Speaker 1: also felt that because we knew we had Mac and
Speaker 1: had some some guys on the outside that we felt
Speaker 1: comfortable with, but we lost Jason Van So you know,
Speaker 1: the one thing about Nelson is that he's played both
Speaker 1: He played all over the field for them, So he's
Speaker 1: played inside receiver, he's played outside receivers. You know, Steve
Speaker 1: Sarkisian did a great job of moving him around. You know,
Speaker 1: he had one hundred and four catches this past year.
Speaker 1: He lined up everywhere, lined up in the backfield. You know,
Speaker 1: real versatile guy, real smart guy. UM really understands the game.
Speaker 1: So I think, uh, in his situation, you could line
Speaker 1: him up anywhere, and I think he can handle that
Speaker 1: from a mental standpoint. But you know where they're going
Speaker 1: to play and all that other stuff is we're ways away.
Speaker 1: We're still in April. Um, we got a lot of time.
Speaker 1: You know, we'll get him in here next week from
Speaker 1: any camp and then start going from there. That happened
Speaker 1: surprise you the trains or anything, but now you know,
Speaker 1: not how I thought it was gonna go. But in
Speaker 1: this league, nothing surprises me. So I mean, pity happen now.
Speaker 1: I mean again, we're looking at the best players, and uh,
Speaker 1: I think it's a reach when when that need part
Speaker 1: of it crosses over the talent part of it. And
Speaker 1: right now, we've still felt there was a lot of
Speaker 1: talented guys on the board. He was our highest rated
Speaker 1: guy that we felt fit for what we do. Um.
Speaker 1: So that's really kind of the way it was. I
Speaker 1: think when you get in troubles and when you start
Speaker 1: to when you start to reach and when need circumsteds talent,
Speaker 1: then I think you're in a bad situation. So we
Speaker 1: tried to stay away from that. If you if you
Speaker 1: pull up to this house and you're only armed with
Speaker 1: draft picks, and let's say they'll let you get out
Speaker 1: of the car and to let you call in the
Speaker 1: house and talk with them and let you have Mariota,
Speaker 1: would you been prepared to have six quarterbacks? I mean
Speaker 1: that would have been the scenario that you would have
Speaker 1: been presented. I want to see if I could get
Speaker 1: another house, so I would have had seven. Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: right now, I mean, is in Philly, is here today.
Speaker 1: I expect to see him tomorrow rehab him. Um, you
Speaker 1: know he's he's he's on schedule from what it's you know,
Speaker 1: talking to our doctors and our trainers. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I think when we traded for him the following Sunday,
Speaker 1: he was in this building and he's been there every
Speaker 1: day since. I think he's gone home one weekend. Um,
Speaker 1: he's working extremely hard, you know, really progressing out there.
Speaker 1: Monday will be the first day for us where we
Speaker 1: actually go on the field with him as coaches. So
Speaker 1: the last two weeks of UM the offseason program is
Speaker 1: what's called Phase one. So we just had meetings with
Speaker 1: the players and then they were with our strength and
Speaker 1: conditioning coaches. So we'll actually get on the field, um
Speaker 1: with all of our players on Monday for the first time.
Speaker 1: So it's really our first look at what he is
Speaker 1: and where he is and what he can do. So
Speaker 1: he can run around. You know, it's a total non
Speaker 1: contact thing. We don't have any equipment, so, um, he
Speaker 1: can run around. We just haven't specifically sat down and
Speaker 1: see what he can do drill wise. But we're really
Speaker 1: in the infasy stages of our offseason programs. The next
Speaker 1: I haven't I haven't gotten that in depth in the
Speaker 1: conversation in the two seasons, A first round, second round,
Speaker 1: in third round pick on on that position. What do
Speaker 1: you think of the changes you've made in the wide
Speaker 1: receiver corps. I like the guys we have right now.
Speaker 1: I think the guys we added with um, you know,
Speaker 1: bringing Miles in two two and here to go along
Speaker 1: with the guys away here with Jordan and Huff and
Speaker 1: Coop Jeff Mayle, and we feel we feel we wanted
Speaker 1: to get another guy in that room. You know, it
Speaker 1: was kind of our plan going into this thing, and
Speaker 1: we were excited to get Nelson to add to that group.
Speaker 1: What does that say with the death position and the
Speaker 1: last two drafts, that saying the wide receivers the top
Speaker 1: position the last two. You guys are taken three now,
Speaker 1: the first three rounds that we didn't have enough depth.
Speaker 1: That's why we've taken up you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: What does it say about the death of the position
Speaker 1: in the draft that you've taken so many wide receips.
Speaker 1: I just think and I said it. I think when
Speaker 1: we first talked. I think I said it when we
Speaker 1: were in Arizona that I felt wide receiver was the
Speaker 1: deepest position. I don't know why, but for the last
Speaker 1: couple of years there's been some really talented m receivers
Speaker 1: coming out. So given the death that wide receiver, was
Speaker 1: there any thought to wait on that and get somewhere.
Speaker 1: There always is, But he was our highest rated players,
Speaker 1: so we weren't going to pass on him and say, hey,
Speaker 1: maybe we'll get another guy a little bit later. We
Speaker 1: just felt like he was too good to pass up
Speaker 1: at that point in time. Yeah, we had three or
Speaker 1: four offers, but nothing that we felt was good enough
Speaker 1: for us to move off of our guy. I know Monday,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get out in the field with him for
Speaker 1: the first time, So that's the schedule. I know right now.
Speaker 1: I think he's been cleared. From that standpoint, I just
Speaker 1: think it's how how how the leg is in terms
Speaker 1: of strength and things like that. But I don't think
Speaker 1: there's any question, but I'm unaware of is he going
Speaker 1: to make a following return trip? But I think you
Speaker 1: know he's on schedule for doing everything he's doing right now.
Speaker 1: Sounds in the first round layer different now, No, I think.
Speaker 1: I mean there's certain positions, but corner, now, that's not
Speaker 1: It's not more important than corner. You know, when there
Speaker 1: were some corners we liked, but they went, they were
Speaker 1: gone by the time we had an opportunity to select.
Speaker 1: So in the first round last year you had six
Speaker 1: targeted players. Was the approach different at all from the
Speaker 1: way it was explained to us? There were six targeted
Speaker 1: players and then when they weren't there, you traded. That
Speaker 1: was the approach different this year? With you now we
Speaker 1: had a bunch of players we liked, and we just,
Speaker 1: you know, really let the board speak to us. We're
Speaker 1: always going to entertain offers when people give you, um,
Speaker 1: do you want to move back? But is the value
Speaker 1: of moving back? Are those guys still going to be there?
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, we felt, we felt real comfortable
Speaker 1: going in as the as the draft unfolded, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we were kind of excited as it kept moving because
Speaker 1: there was multiple players. There are twenty for us that
Speaker 1: we would have selected, and Nelson was just the highest
Speaker 1: rated at that point time. The differences in the draft,
Speaker 1: I mean, do you feel that Nelson's one of those guys?
Speaker 1: You know, I don't. I don't know that. I'm not
Speaker 1: that smart to pick who's going to be a difference
Speaker 1: maker and not be a difference maker. I know Nelson's
Speaker 1: a really good fit for us. So you see that
Speaker 1: size wise they are, you know, I mean they both
Speaker 1: have their different strengths. Mac had different you know, there's
Speaker 1: a little bit different they're they're a little bit different.
Speaker 1: I think, Um, you know, I think Mac is more
Speaker 1: of an outside receiver and outside really really good outside
Speaker 1: down the line receiver. I think Nelson is an inside,
Speaker 1: outside guy. So you know, but I think size wise,
Speaker 1: they're they're almost identical. Where you run the route tree,
Speaker 1: it was blocking, Um, how does he fits in and
Speaker 1: all that? That's why we thought he was, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: when we got to know him, Um, I know, Steve
Speaker 1: Sarkisian will well, I know what USC's doing. Um, he
Speaker 1: was with Kiff for his first year. I know Kiff
Speaker 1: real well. I know how those guys felt about him.
Speaker 1: I mean I saw him first hand when we played
Speaker 1: against him. He had six ketches one hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: two yards in front of my face. So, um, I
Speaker 1: knew he's a productive player from from when he's walked
Speaker 1: in as a freshman, and he just kept getting better
Speaker 1: and better, you know, And you're throwing the fact that
Speaker 1: he has that ability as a punt returner, which will
Speaker 1: help us with Darren. Obviously, Darren's our punt returner, but
Speaker 1: you know, to have that other guy out there, you
Speaker 1: know that, you know. I don't think if if we
Speaker 1: take Darren off the field on a punt return, you're
Speaker 1: missing a beat. When you put um Nelson in there,
Speaker 1: I think he's a dynamic returner and I think he
Speaker 1: can he can play both in really excel at both positions.
Speaker 1: Here three receivers, obviously grabbing the first three rounds. Can
Speaker 1: you sort of let out a side relieves about my
Speaker 1: receiving corps live several years. I mean, yeah, that's the hope.
Speaker 1: But somebody could get hurt tomorrow. So I don't think
Speaker 1: you know, we don't look at it that way. We're
Speaker 1: always looking to see if we can, you know, make
Speaker 1: the team better. So we're always on the lookout for
Speaker 1: other better players that we think can come in here
Speaker 1: and make us a better team. So the time away
Speaker 1: for Barren's roles returning, now what I mean at that way,
Speaker 1: What I meant is that I feel like we have
Speaker 1: a comparable guy, you know, and and uh we were fortunate.
Speaker 1: You know that Darren played every snap for us in
Speaker 1: the return game last year. But if Darren has to
Speaker 1: come off the field, you feel like you've got another guy.
Speaker 1: You know, you're trotting one one a out there, you know.
Speaker 1: And I don't think we had that um, you know,
Speaker 1: we didn't play against Arizona. We put Mac back in
Speaker 1: for the first time. Mac hadn't returned upon since he
Speaker 1: was back as Missouri. I think so, you know, I
Speaker 1: think having that it gives you a little bit more
Speaker 1: of a luxury that you feel like you got a
Speaker 1: solid you have two solid pup returners and and uh
Speaker 1: in Sprowsy and uh Nelson. So it's seen by trading
Speaker 1: for Sam Bradford. You talked about Mario and and you
Speaker 1: talked about you thought it would be really hard impossible
Speaker 1: to trade up at the top of the draft, and
Speaker 1: I was right there ever a point between then and
Speaker 1: now when you thought it might be more reasonable. Now,
Speaker 1: I think it played out exactly the way I thought
Speaker 1: it was gonna play out. I mean, I just I
Speaker 1: didn't think it was going to happen, and it didn't happen.
Speaker 1: Little Nostra damside of me about a month ago. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I didn't. We were at the high school, so it
Speaker 1: was a private work on Metis coaches. So I just
Speaker 1: he's he's a I guess the best way to say,
Speaker 1: just dialed in as a football player. I mean, he's
Speaker 1: he's in the Jordan Matthews category in terms of his
Speaker 1: approach to the game, you know, and always striving to
Speaker 1: be better. I think the great thing about Nelson is
Speaker 1: he has a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset, and
Speaker 1: he's always trying to get better. What is his edge?
Speaker 1: And you talk to the people he worked out with.
Speaker 1: I know he worked out with Joe Murphy, a former
Speaker 1: NFL receiver that was training him down there in Tampa,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's he's like a sponge when it's
Speaker 1: when it's just the game of football. When he came
Speaker 1: here and we had him on a visit here, it
Speaker 1: was you know, he had We were in the room
Speaker 1: with him for a long time because the other questions
Speaker 1: he had for us about how do we attack this coverage?
Speaker 1: What do we do here? I think, you know, he's
Speaker 1: one of those guys that's just really a student of
Speaker 1: the game, you know, And I think it's you get
Speaker 1: excited when you're around guys like that. He's just trying
Speaker 1: to soak up everything that you that you can spit
Speaker 1: out in terms of being able to give him coaching points,
Speaker 1: and he's always trying to get better, whether it's from
Speaker 1: a physical standpoint and prove himself physically from a route
Speaker 1: running standpoint, from just a mind standpoint in terms of
Speaker 1: how to run routes, how to do things, how does
Speaker 1: he fit into the scheme? So um, really exactly what
Speaker 1: we're looking for a football player following him No, I
Speaker 1: mean when when he was a freshman, I didn't think
Speaker 1: i'd be here. I was just I was following him
Speaker 1: with my eyes when he was running by me, you know,
Speaker 1: saying I hope we can cover this guy a little
Speaker 1: bit better than he's doing it. Right now. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously well aware of him. You know, I
Speaker 1: think everybody in the country were well aware of him.
Speaker 1: You know, I had one hundred and four catches this
Speaker 1: past season, was one of the top receivers in college football.
Speaker 1: So I think he's got good linear speed that can
Speaker 1: get down the field, and I think people will have
Speaker 1: to be leary of that. Yeah, it's our first time.
Speaker 1: He s the tebow signing. What went into that? What
Speaker 1: appealed you about him? We worked him out, We had
Speaker 1: him into a private workout. We wanted to get another
Speaker 1: guy in here. G J. Kenny is wants to try
Speaker 1: to make the team as a special things player, maybe
Speaker 1: a receiver, maybe running back, kind of a multipurpose player
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. Allowing GJ to
Speaker 1: move around a little bit means we need to get
Speaker 1: a fourth quarterback inter. We thought he was the best
Speaker 1: guy of Elbo. All right. That is head coach Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly meeting the media and explaining the night that has
Speaker 1: been for the Philadelphia Eagles. Let's kind of recap what
Speaker 1: what the head coach said. All of those reports that
Speaker 1: the Eagles offered multiple players and multiple draft picks to
Speaker 1: go up to the number two position in the first round,
Speaker 1: according to Ship Kelly, not true. Yeah, Chip said he
Speaker 1: drove up to a beautiful house and when he got
Speaker 1: out of this car, and so the price tag of
Speaker 1: that house, it was not something that he would consider.
Speaker 1: And the conversation with quarterback Sam Bradford, who was part
Speaker 1: of those reports and reportedly offered in deals, They have
Speaker 1: had Conversationship Kelly and Bradford about the idea of adding
Speaker 1: a wide receiver Nelson Aguilar to the mix, and that
Speaker 1: Bradford is excited about it as it should be. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he should be. And the Eagles get on the field
Speaker 1: on Monday, phase two of the NFL's offseason program, and
Speaker 1: Bradford could see some action and is doing very well
Speaker 1: in his recovery from the knee injury that sidelined him
Speaker 1: over last year. Again, this was not a stretch pick.
Speaker 1: They got one of the players that they obviously targeted
Speaker 1: from the very beginning of the draft process, and he
Speaker 1: was the one who was available at twenty and they
Speaker 1: weren't going to risk moving back any further that he
Speaker 1: was there, they were going to take him, and Chip
Speaker 1: obviously looks very very pleased. Yeah, And the Eagles get
Speaker 1: a player who was at the top of their board
Speaker 1: at number twenty, more than Byron Jones, more than Breshad Perriman,
Speaker 1: more than the players that we've talked about. So the
Speaker 1: Eagles the first time since Jeremy Macklin was selected in
Speaker 1: Round one to take a pick at the wide receiver
Speaker 1: position with the first look a year ago. Dave, we
Speaker 1: sat here, you and I sat here when the Eagles
Speaker 1: moved back in the draft and when they picked Marcus Smith,
Speaker 1: they had to explain that there were what seven players
Speaker 1: that they would have been very, very happy with, and
Speaker 1: when all were gone, they had to go to Plan B.
Speaker 1: Right obviously didn't work out, so there this time they
Speaker 1: didn't have to go to Plan B. They took a
Speaker 1: player that they liked from day one, a legitimate first
Speaker 1: round draft choice, and they feel he will contribute and
Speaker 1: contribute in two fifteen. Best player available as a fit
Speaker 1: for our system, says head coach Chip Kelly of the
Speaker 1: newest Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver, Nelson Aguilar from the University
Speaker 1: of Southern California. It's Eagles Draft Central, presented by Dietson
Speaker 1: Watson Moore. To get to including a little visit with
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar on the other side when we return in
Speaker 1: just a moment. Well, the riverboat gambler. Chip Kelly plays
Speaker 1: it conservatively. He does on the first night of this
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen NFL Draft, plays it maybe intelligently. I think
Speaker 1: there's a better perspective of what the Eagles are thinking here.
Speaker 1: They let the draft come to them, they let it
Speaker 1: play out. They were extremely pleased that Nelson Aguilar was
Speaker 1: there with the twentieth selection. Didn't take the Eagles long
Speaker 1: at all to get that pick in. Look, Dave, we're
Speaker 1: talking about Chip Kelly and acknowledge brilliant offensive mind. He
Speaker 1: knows what fits his system. If Chip Kelly looks at
Speaker 1: a college receiver who plays against top level competition and says,
Speaker 1: this guy can play for me and contribute on an
Speaker 1: NFL level, that's good enough for me. Yeah, And Byron Jones,
Speaker 1: I believe goes to the Dallas Cowboys in Round one,
Speaker 1: so fortunately he will see Well, we'll see how it
Speaker 1: goes here at the cornerback position for the Eagles as
Speaker 1: they move on here, and that is still a position
Speaker 1: that they could address. I would think they're done at
Speaker 1: wide receiver at least in the draft, the post raft portion.
Speaker 1: So you've got Huff who makes the team, Matthews who
Speaker 1: makes the team, Aglar who makes the team, Austin Cooper, etc. Matthews,
Speaker 1: Matthews makes the team. Sure, and then you've got Jeff Mail.
Speaker 1: You've got Tough to make the team, tough to make
Speaker 1: the team interesting the the Eagles. But then you never
Speaker 1: know what happens in a preseason in terms of venue. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I thought it was gonna listen chip Kelly again
Speaker 1: saying that talks with those teams up in the top two, three,
Speaker 1: four in this first round, just as quote as he said,
Speaker 1: didn't get very far in terms of actual offers players
Speaker 1: on the trading block. The reports apparently, as chip Kelly explained,
Speaker 1: simply not true. Is it safe to say, Dave that
Speaker 1: the only wide receiver on the roster who should feel
Speaker 1: pretty comfortable about getting a lot of playing time with
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews, that the others are going to have to
Speaker 1: compete very very hard for a lot of playing time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: probably right. I mean, it'll all as Chip and the
Speaker 1: coaching staff says, it all plays out. Let's take a
Speaker 1: closer look at the newest Eagle, Nelson Agilar wide receiver
Speaker 1: from USC it's our NFL dot COM's first look. USC's
Speaker 1: Nelson Agilar is one of the most multifaceted weapons at
Speaker 1: the receiver position in the twenty fifteen draft. The Trojan
Speaker 1: wide out measures in at six feet tall and weighs
Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety eight pounds. Although he has a
Speaker 1: thin frame and may need to bulk up at the
Speaker 1: next level, Aglar is a threat to take at the
Speaker 1: distance every time he touches the ball. He is an
Speaker 1: athletic route runner with sharp cuts before and after the catch,
Speaker 1: and has the body control to make fluid adjustments on
Speaker 1: the ball. The third year junior was one of only
Speaker 1: eight players in the nation with more than one hundred
Speaker 1: receptions this season, covering over thirteen hundred yards. His twelve
Speaker 1: touchdown catches were the most in the Pac twelve in
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen. On top of being one of the nation's
Speaker 1: most productive receivers, Aguilar is a dangerous factor on special teams.
Speaker 1: In two seasons as USC's featured punt returner, Aguilar average
Speaker 1: nearly fifteen yards per return. He has taken four punts
Speaker 1: to the house in his career as a Trojan, which
Speaker 1: is the most in the Pac twelve over that time span. Sagila,
Speaker 1: he's one of the best returnmount of the puncture past.
Speaker 1: Aguilar was elected a team captain as a junior and
Speaker 1: was named a third team All American by the Associated Press.
Speaker 1: He also earned All Pac twelve honors as a first
Speaker 1: team wide receiver after making the second team in twenty
Speaker 1: thirteen as a punt returner. At the scouting combine in Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: Aguilar flashed his big play speed by posting a forty
Speaker 1: time of four four two. Although he was only able
Speaker 1: to put up twelve reps in the bench press, he
Speaker 1: did have a strong showing in the receiver drills. Nelson
Speaker 1: Aguilar could be a steal on Day two of the
Speaker 1: draft because of his potential at the receiver position and
Speaker 1: his ability to contribute immediately thanks to his skills and
Speaker 1: the return game. I look at Nelson Agilar and I
Speaker 1: just it's not Mike Quick, because Mike was tall, taller,
Speaker 1: just that long legs, the strides, very quick. He's very graceful.
Speaker 1: That's what he is. He's graceful and elusive. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: those were two of Mike Quick qualities and still are. Well.
Speaker 1: He's great apparently he's no longer elusive. Well his microphone
Speaker 1: cord all right, bow Wolf and Greg Cosell in the
Speaker 1: fan cave. How does this fit Nelson Agilar and the
Speaker 1: Eagles and the way they run the offense, particularly the
Speaker 1: past game. Well, Greg, obviously you are the the tape.
Speaker 1: May have ben the man who watches the tape. You
Speaker 1: know what Chip Kelly wants to do with this offense
Speaker 1: with Jeremy Macklin gone, How does Nelson Agilar affect the
Speaker 1: passing game and will start? I guess with the different levels.
Speaker 1: How about in terms of the deep game, the downfield threat.
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly did say Agilar maybe not quite as close
Speaker 1: down the field as Jeremy Mapman, but a little bit
Speaker 1: more versatile, but still he can get down the field. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think he's a little deceptive vertical. You wouldn't call
Speaker 1: him a true vertical receiver at this point, but he's
Speaker 1: got tremendous short area acceleration, so he can get on
Speaker 1: top of corners and then explode by them with that
Speaker 1: short area acceleration. I think the thing that stands out
Speaker 1: to me about Aguilar in this offense is he can
Speaker 1: line up all over the one thing that struck me always.
Speaker 1: There were times he lined up in the backfield and
Speaker 1: ran routes, and that made me think of Randall Cobb
Speaker 1: with the Green Bay Packers, who's essentially a slot guy.
Speaker 1: Cobb never lines up outside, but Cobb would line up
Speaker 1: in the backfield and be successful catching passes. And I
Speaker 1: think that's the key for Chip Kelly. I think he
Speaker 1: wants versatile receivers with multiple dimensions. He doesn't just want
Speaker 1: a receiver that can only line up outside or receiver
Speaker 1: that can just line up in the slot. And I
Speaker 1: think that's why it was so critical and Chip reiterated
Speaker 1: numerous times about the best player that fits our scheme
Speaker 1: because I think in his team, you know, we spend
Speaker 1: a lot of time talking about Richard Perriman, Yes, who
Speaker 1: as a single individual receiver I like more than Aguilar.
Speaker 1: But I can understand why Chip Kelly sees Aguilar as
Speaker 1: a better scheme fit because I think Aguilar can line
Speaker 1: up in multiple positions in your offense more so than
Speaker 1: Perraman can. How About in the screen game, where Agilar
Speaker 1: can be very effective after the run or after the catch. Rather,
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly obviously likes to get his receivers the ball
Speaker 1: quickly sometimes and that's where he becomes a punt returner,
Speaker 1: and that's what he is. So I think that Aguilar
Speaker 1: is really effective. And at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: the Eagles may run as many or more bubble screens
Speaker 1: than any team in the NFL, and that's a significant
Speaker 1: part of their offense and it's a meaningful part of
Speaker 1: what they do. And Aguilar is certainly someone you can
Speaker 1: throw the ball out too in some kind of space
Speaker 1: and he can be really effective. I know you say
Speaker 1: that Chip Kelly wants to have his receivers be able
Speaker 1: to move all around. What would be your expectation for
Speaker 1: how the Eagles will line up in their three wide
Speaker 1: receiver sets come the mill of the season. I think
Speaker 1: you'll see them depending on you know, the team they're playing,
Speaker 1: the personnel they're playing against. It could be anything. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think Jordan Matthews can line up outside in Chip's offense,
Speaker 1: Aguilar can, They can line up inside. Riley Cooper to me,
Speaker 1: is an outside receiver, and as I said, the wildcard
Speaker 1: to me is Josh Huffy. I think Josh Huff is
Speaker 1: going to end up being a significant part of this offense,
Speaker 1: and he in some ways has similar traits, not the same,
Speaker 1: but similar traits as Aguilar in the way in which
Speaker 1: he can be utilized in an offense. So essentially, with
Speaker 1: Aguilar and Huff, you have two receivers who can line
Speaker 1: up in multiple positions. Matthews is much more a slot
Speaker 1: guy who can line up outside, but is not as
Speaker 1: good out there, certainly against man coverage. But I think
Speaker 1: when you're looking at Aguilar, he gives you that versatility,
Speaker 1: that me dimensional element that Chip really craves, all right,
Speaker 1: changing gears a little bit. The final NFC's team has
Speaker 1: made their first round selection Byron Jones, the player who
Speaker 1: we thought might land in Philadelphia. Now we all have
Speaker 1: to hate him. He has a Dallas cow Dallas cowboy,
Speaker 1: and that's a good pick for the Cowboys. They needed
Speaker 1: a corner. I think Jones has a chance to be
Speaker 1: a quality NFL corner. He's going to a team that
Speaker 1: plays both man to man and zone, and he has
Speaker 1: shown the ability in college at Connecticut to do both
Speaker 1: those things pretty well. So the Cowboys, they'll they'll tell
Speaker 1: you what every team tells you. This is a classic
Speaker 1: case where need met value, and they probably had Jones
Speaker 1: rated maybe even higher than that as some teams I'm
Speaker 1: sure did, but need met value. They needed a corner.
Speaker 1: All right. Back to you, guys in the exfinity of studio.
Speaker 1: I never liked Byron Jones anyway, revisionist sister. He does
Speaker 1: have some flaws in his game, that much is clear.
Speaker 1: But workout Byron told me he liked both. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if he likes Bo. But he's now
Speaker 1: a Dallas cowboy, so we could pick on him all
Speaker 1: we want. Thanks very much, guys, good stuff over there.
Speaker 1: Let's take a quick phone call Glenn and Florida joins
Speaker 1: us on Eagles Draft Central. Glenn, good evening, Hey day. Hey,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, man, I'm pretty happy about the
Speaker 1: way this went because I wouldn't have been, you know,
Speaker 1: giving up the whole defensive team, the front line anyway,
Speaker 1: just to get Mariota. You know, you get no promises
Speaker 1: when you pick a guy like and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I was wondering how close is Bradford to being ready
Speaker 1: to play? Well, thanks for to called Bradford. Apparently, as
Speaker 1: Chips said, listen to Phase two after the first two weeks.
Speaker 1: That's phase one of the offseason conditioning program. Phase two
Speaker 1: begins Monday, and it's non contact. Obviously they're not in pads,
Speaker 1: but Bradford could see time on the field, and the
Speaker 1: Eagles are pleased and ed manner which termed it at
Speaker 1: the appropriate time, Sam Bradford will be on the field,
Speaker 1: and that's all it matters. Yeah. I don't know how
Speaker 1: many people know this, but in this first phase of
Speaker 1: the offseason training activities, the coaches are not allowed to
Speaker 1: be out well, they're not even allowed to look at
Speaker 1: the players through the window right technically, so they're on
Speaker 1: their own. But I have heard from some players that
Speaker 1: Bradford has been throwing the ball magnificently, that his arm
Speaker 1: is great, he's being careful about his movement, but that
Speaker 1: he should be ready and it should be fun. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so what we will. It's it's all about keep I
Speaker 1: don't think anybody doubts his talent. No, it's about keeping
Speaker 1: getting him healthy, keeping him hippy, and building around him.
Speaker 1: In Eagles put a big building block in place this
Speaker 1: evening by selection. All right, we're back, Dave Spidero. I agrees.
Speaker 1: It's Eagles Draft Central. I'm doing my little work here.
Speaker 1: Uh your reaction here with with Nelson Agilar as we
Speaker 1: discussed the first pick. Yeah, excited, I really am. I
Speaker 1: thought they would take a while receiver or corner with
Speaker 1: the twentieth pick if they stayed there and between Aguilar. Uh,
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm just guessing. Well, we'll get it right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that lady, right, we got plenty of time. Thanks for correcting.
Speaker 1: I think anyway, I like him as a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: I think he's been very productive. Um over one hundred
Speaker 1: receptions last year, twenty four touchdowns during his time at USC,
Speaker 1: twenty receptions for via the punt return. So you know,
Speaker 1: Chip has always talked about having players with versatility that
Speaker 1: are able to do multiple things. And I think that's
Speaker 1: what separated him from a guy like Jalen Strong or
Speaker 1: Rachard Perriman is that Aguilar could do the punt returning
Speaker 1: and kick returning as well. Even though we have scrolls,
Speaker 1: at least you know he has that in his background. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and it really makes for an interesting mix at the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. Now, and listen, when you lose to
Speaker 1: Sean Jackson one year and Jeremy Macklin the next year,
Speaker 1: the personality changed. Now the Eagles have three very young receivers. In,
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews in, Josh Huff and Nelson Aguilar combining with
Speaker 1: Riley Cooper combining with Miles Austin. Interesting mix. What are
Speaker 1: you making this group enough? We'll see, we'll see. I
Speaker 1: think in this offense, we've seen receivers put up career
Speaker 1: years in this offense, so I don't think the production
Speaker 1: will be an issue. Jordan Matthews came in as a rookie.
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews came in as a rookie last year and
Speaker 1: had a very good season. Expect Josh Huff to take
Speaker 1: the next step in his second year. And this kid
Speaker 1: seems like he has the versatility to play inside or outside.
Speaker 1: And because he's a punt returner as well, I believe
Speaker 1: he's going to be able to contribute. Now, A lot
Speaker 1: of it has to do with the quarterback and how
Speaker 1: well the quarterback plays. Can he get the ball out
Speaker 1: of his hands quick enough into these guys hands and
Speaker 1: let them run after the catch. And that's said to
Speaker 1: be a strength of Sam Bradford. Quick decision making, get back,
Speaker 1: drop back, get footballut of your hands, be accurate, and
Speaker 1: a little bit of zip on the football. So all
Speaker 1: that works so well. Interesting to me where Nelson Aguilar plays,
Speaker 1: as Chip described him, an inside outside receiver. I wonder
Speaker 1: if Jordan Matthews does go out, so does you have
Speaker 1: to speed in your mind Jordan Matthews to play outside position.
Speaker 1: Here's the one thing I'll say about Jordan Matthews on
Speaker 1: the phaseball. I don't you know he didn't test well
Speaker 1: as far as a Blazer. We're gonna judge everybody from
Speaker 1: what d Shon was able to do on the outside
Speaker 1: and how fast he was. But I do believe I
Speaker 1: would never underestimate Jordan Matthews. The guy works so hard.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have to be the fastest guy. He's gonna
Speaker 1: outwork his opponent. He'll go up for the football. I
Speaker 1: think he's going to be a guy that you can
Speaker 1: move outside in his second year, not on a regular basis,
Speaker 1: but from time to time to switch some things up,
Speaker 1: because I think they're gonna find a way to get
Speaker 1: Huff on the inside as a guy who can do
Speaker 1: some things inside. So I think they wanted receivers that
Speaker 1: have the ability to play inside and outside. In Jordan
Speaker 1: matthews second year, I don't think that'll be a big issue.
Speaker 1: Aguilar was able to do this at USC and I think,
Speaker 1: Huff it's more of an inside guy who got a
Speaker 1: chance to work outside last year. Yeah, and look, before
Speaker 1: we talked more about this, let's take a little bit
Speaker 1: of a recap of this first round. Some of the
Speaker 1: picks that have been made of Lady interesting, some of
Speaker 1: the names coming off the board. We know about the
Speaker 1: top of the draft with Winston and Mariota, and we've
Speaker 1: talked about the top eight picks, all the names that
Speaker 1: we kind of expected to go off the board that early.
Speaker 1: We turn our attention then to the middle of the
Speaker 1: first round, and I guess Eric Flowers to me is
Speaker 1: a bit of a surprise. Todd Gurley after that injury,
Speaker 1: didn't know that he would, you know, go that early.
Speaker 1: Didn't think Trey Wayams would go that late, to be
Speaker 1: honest with that thought perhaps a top ten pick. Then
Speaker 1: it got interesting with the trade with the Chargers moving
Speaker 1: up to get Melvin Gordon, Kevin Johnson, another Cornerback off
Speaker 1: the board at sixteen. We're kind of thinking, who in
Speaker 1: the heck with Eagles take Peters goes off the board
Speaker 1: at cornerback. Then the Ewing goes off the board at nineteen,
Speaker 1: and then Nelson Aguilar is the pick for the Eagles
Speaker 1: offensive tackle offensive lot at Bud Dupree, who I think
Speaker 1: a lot of people thought I might go a little
Speaker 1: bit earlier. Twelve pick Shane Ray going to the State
Speaker 1: of color Otto. Yeah, and the Denver Broncos should be
Speaker 1: good for shan't Race should be should be a very
Speaker 1: fine fit. As we moved to the end of the
Speaker 1: first round, Shack Thompson didn't know what to make of him, Mike,
Speaker 1: I don't know what he is, but apparently he's a
Speaker 1: linebacker for the Carolina Panthers right now. Yeah, I'm not
Speaker 1: sure about that pick. Some people saw him as a safety,
Speaker 1: want to move him as an outside line John McDermot
Speaker 1: will have some fun with him. Yeah in Carolina. Rashad Perriman,
Speaker 1: big workout guy along with Byron Jones. The next two picks,
Speaker 1: and then a Dukie goes first to the Detroit Lions
Speaker 1: at Offensive Garden the first your first round pick from Duke.
Speaker 1: That football program has a long way, so only four
Speaker 1: picks remaining in this first round up. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: Let's go back to this offense and the structure that
Speaker 1: you have here, Ike, and and what you see his
Speaker 1: needs moving forward for the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: Are the Eagles set with everything they need? Well, I
Speaker 1: think they still need depth on the offensive line. I
Speaker 1: think they will address that before they get out of here.
Speaker 1: Tight End. You know, tight end is a you know,
Speaker 1: Brent Selleck is getting a little long in the tooth,
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. I expect to take a huge step this
Speaker 1: year as they starting tight end. So you may be
Speaker 1: able to get some depth at the tight end position.
Speaker 1: But most importantly, I think offensive line is when they
Speaker 1: look at next for the offensive side of the football.
Speaker 1: You gotta get depth on there somewhere. You know, it's
Speaker 1: interesting that the tight end position is so kind of
Speaker 1: lacking that top end talent. Now here's my idea, and
Speaker 1: I'm going to pitch this to ed Manwitz. Okay, I
Speaker 1: think Eagles be a trend setter here. Hire a scout
Speaker 1: who specifically is specific job is to go scout college
Speaker 1: basketball at the Division one, two, and three level. Let's
Speaker 1: find some of those kids and make them tight ends
Speaker 1: in the NFL because the way the game is being
Speaker 1: played now in college, it's a spread offense, and tight
Speaker 1: ends are not being asked to block. The Eagles even
Speaker 1: though they spread it out, require sellec Inerts and now
Speaker 1: trade to block. Yeah, how's that idea? Now? I love
Speaker 1: that idea, and I think, uh, you know, you know
Speaker 1: who was it, Tony guns Dollars with the first one.
Speaker 1: I believe in Tonio Gates. You know all these guys
Speaker 1: Julius Thomas, Uh, you know these basketball players that have
Speaker 1: been able to make this transition into football because of
Speaker 1: their height six five six six, their size two fifty
Speaker 1: two sixty and like you said, they're not being asked
Speaker 1: to block as much as some of these offenses. They
Speaker 1: just asked to be very good athletes after they catch
Speaker 1: the football. And a lot of basketball players who don't
Speaker 1: think they have a future in playing basketball anywhere try
Speaker 1: making this switch to football in their final year. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I definitely think that would be a great idea. Find
Speaker 1: that athlete to play that tight end position. I like it.
Speaker 1: I like it. How about on the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball, Like still we look at the safety position
Speaker 1: or quarterback position, maybe an edge rusher. But it's just
Speaker 1: it's very comforting to know the Eagles kind of took
Speaker 1: care of that real glaring need off sensively at wide receiver. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they really did. And while they addressed with in all
Speaker 1: season with Males Austin a little bit, I still felt
Speaker 1: that Miles Austin is not a long term solution. They
Speaker 1: needed another young guy. I don't know if Cooper will
Speaker 1: be here very very much longer. Have not passed this year,
Speaker 1: maybe two more years, So they needed some young talent
Speaker 1: in the stable. You get these young three guys to
Speaker 1: grow together and huff Matthews and Ail. We'll get it, right,
Speaker 1: We'll get it. I believe. I like that trio though
Speaker 1: I like it too. Young developing group. Let's see them
Speaker 1: come together and maybe play the position for many years
Speaker 1: to come. At wide receiver, let's go up to New
Speaker 1: York City. Tony Pauline from Draft Insiders dot Net. We
Speaker 1: have not heard from you since the Eagles with the
Speaker 1: twentieth pick in the draft selected Nelson Aguilar. Your reaction
Speaker 1: good like the first round. But if we talked about
Speaker 1: when I was ye know, this is the type of
Speaker 1: draft that when you got to the bottom round one,
Speaker 1: it wasn't a lot of first round talent. In fact,
Speaker 1: is this He's a consistent receiver, he's good down the planks.
Speaker 1: He ranks he runs solid under bouts, he'd drown the ball.
Speaker 1: He's did a kitchen. He's effective running after the kids.
Speaker 1: So he has coach Kelly said he's a good It
Speaker 1: would be a good compliment to Georg Matthews the other
Speaker 1: receivers they have them. At that time, Tony, as you
Speaker 1: looked at the board, Um, was this good value for
Speaker 1: the Eagles to make the selection? It wasn't that, I think,
Speaker 1: So what happens it past that fifteen pick? You had
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys and guys that were together and
Speaker 1: it wasn't a big sprint in them, so you know,
Speaker 1: I solid value. It wasn't. It wasn't a reach. It
Speaker 1: was a good pick for their system inside outside receiver.
Speaker 1: Both both actually going him in the planks to line
Speaker 1: him up on the slot. He just rolled the Quist
Speaker 1: seat didn't vote very well and when he was at
Speaker 1: USCIS knew he was getting and they couldn't stop him
Speaker 1: because he the drafts. You can be deep, so very natural,
Speaker 1: cross pass, feels incredibly quick, good put runners cotting after
Speaker 1: the cat potentially, Tony last question, early playing time impact
Speaker 1: kind of guy or is this somebody who needs to develop? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I play early on question when him is you know,
Speaker 1: he's a little bit he's gonna show tested tans, so
Speaker 1: you get him in the open field, he said, line up,
Speaker 1: I get him the jam kind of some clearity. Very well,
Speaker 1: all right, Tony Pauling Draft Insiders dot Net, thank you
Speaker 1: very much. I don't worry about the size thing, because
Speaker 1: once he gets into sports science here gets a couple
Speaker 1: of cheesesteaks in the belly. Yeah, he'll be ready to go.
Speaker 1: But I really do believe in a sports I know,
Speaker 1: I chees stakes movies. Right, well, try that, all right,
Speaker 1: I Greece, nicely done. All right, let's take a little
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Speaker 1: we're back here at Eagles Draft Central. Dave Spidero, along
Speaker 1: with like Greece and at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: we had a chance to hear from current wide receiver
Speaker 1: with Philadelphi Eagles, Nelson Aguilar. He met the media, then
Speaker 1: here's what he had to say. They ran from style
Speaker 1: concepts up to beat with Sarcasian so very sooner term
Speaker 1: concepts that same time, you can only try to get
Speaker 1: as close as you can one of them. Ninety eight
Speaker 1: out of her. In terms of character as a professional,
Speaker 1: everything I do, I want to do it the right
Speaker 1: way or to prepare as a player, I want to
Speaker 1: let them know that have a reliable player, consistent in
Speaker 1: many ways. And uh, I play a game of football,
Speaker 1: you know, preparation, I think, uh prepare you know on routes.
Speaker 1: You know, I take a lot of reps in practice,
Speaker 1: and I have a lot of focus when I you know, train,
Speaker 1: and I think it helps me, you know, ray routes
Speaker 1: would have signed for game day. Some guys lean onto
Speaker 1: you know, pure athleticism. And that's something that came to
Speaker 1: me a little later in my life, you know. And
Speaker 1: so I had the fundamentals of you know, preparation installed
Speaker 1: to me earlier, so I kept them going on. And
Speaker 1: when the athleticism Rose and all, they just merge both
Speaker 1: of them together. Well, when I was growing up, I
Speaker 1: wasn't always the quickest guy, the fastest guy. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, in high school, you know, I'm started playing
Speaker 1: running back. I started to see myself become a little
Speaker 1: bit more explosive. You know, I developed a better stride
Speaker 1: and you know, I was able to move a little
Speaker 1: bit better. And then that just messed up with the
Speaker 1: you know, preparation that I've always had. It was a transition.
Speaker 1: I mean, if a team told me I was gonna
Speaker 1: play running back in college, then I think today I'll
Speaker 1: be sitting here saying I was gonna be at college
Speaker 1: running back. It's very valuable because, you know, push you
Speaker 1: in a position where you have many tools. You know,
Speaker 1: you know, as a receiver, if you've been playing the position,
Speaker 1: you think you know a reception. You know, you're you're
Speaker 1: just worried about possessions. As a running back, you're thinking
Speaker 1: big play every time. So I have that mentality as
Speaker 1: a receiver to think big play every time. When you
Speaker 1: catch the ball, you're going vertical and you're going for six.
Speaker 1: You're not really worried about first downs. You know, when
Speaker 1: contact comes you're not falling down. You're trying to run
Speaker 1: through contact and keep going. I mean, most recently, Antonio
Speaker 1: Brown is a guy with the running back type mentality
Speaker 1: when he catches the ball. I mean, and Reggie Wayne
Speaker 1: has always been a consistent receiver that I respected. And
Speaker 1: I have a lot of respect for a lot of
Speaker 1: per receivers. I watch a lot of them from A J. Green,
Speaker 1: you know, to some of the you guys you know,
Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins, Hodell Beckham, but I mean some veterans like
Speaker 1: Blair Fitzgerald, you know, Reggie Wayne and Antonio Brown would
Speaker 1: be the one that I've watched the most. I've only
Speaker 1: met one team that was yesterday conformally. One team formally,
Speaker 1: what was the Cleveland Browns. Every every real team is informal,
Speaker 1: and it's uh, it's been good, you know, just we
Speaker 1: just chopped it up, talk ball. Yeah, just have a
Speaker 1: good feel for eaself. Not yet, we have not met yet,
Speaker 1: but I look forward to it. I'm now to introduce
Speaker 1: you to the newest Philadelphia Eagle. Congratulations to USC wide
Speaker 1: receiver Nelson Agilar, the twentieth selection in the twenty fifteen
Speaker 1: NFL Draft. Nelson, we welcome you to Philadelphia. Congratulations, Oh
Speaker 1: thank you guys for having me. Hey listen, happy birthday.
Speaker 1: I know May twenty fourth is your birthday, and uh
Speaker 1: what an early birthday present for you. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: your reaction when you heard from the Eagles. It was
Speaker 1: an amazing feeling. The call was one of the most
Speaker 1: genuine conversations I've had in a long time. You know.
Speaker 1: It was an experience that I felt like, you know,
Speaker 1: almost was meant to be, especially leaving our last conversation
Speaker 1: in Tampa after my second workout with the organization. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, I couldn't be more blessed to be in
Speaker 1: this position. What what do coaches or what does the
Speaker 1: team tell you when when they make that phone call?
Speaker 1: What what kind of words are you here? Well? I
Speaker 1: mean when I say they were genuine, just conversations, Like
Speaker 1: you know, I felt like we had a great relationship
Speaker 1: and your type of guy that to fit in and
Speaker 1: our organization and you know, and I felt the same way.
Speaker 1: I wanted to be a part of an organization like them,
Speaker 1: you know, and I felt like, you know, it would
Speaker 1: be great for my my game a football player and
Speaker 1: then my development as a person. Yeah, when you when
Speaker 1: when you look at the Eagles offense, Nelson, and the
Speaker 1: talks that you've had with Coach Kelly and some of
Speaker 1: the officer coaches. Uh, what type of could they envision
Speaker 1: you plan in this offense? Inside? Outside, what sort of
Speaker 1: fits your talent's best as far as the wide receiver position. Oh,
Speaker 1: I like to learn all trains to the game, you know.
Speaker 1: I like to play outside and inside. So I feel
Speaker 1: like I will be given an opportunity to soak in
Speaker 1: as much knowledge as I can handle, and then hopefully
Speaker 1: I help the guys the best way I can. Nelson,
Speaker 1: what do you know about the Chip Kelly offense? I mean, obviously,
Speaker 1: you know you're familiar with Oregon and what they do.
Speaker 1: But I would imagine if there's a certain level of excitement, buzz,
Speaker 1: anticipation that any offensive player would have coming into this system. Well,
Speaker 1: I know it's an offensive opportunity where they try to
Speaker 1: get guys in position to be successful. And I have
Speaker 1: a little bit of experience in that in my past years,
Speaker 1: that my past year at USC where we tried to
Speaker 1: spread guys out and give them opportunity. And I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know what Coach Kelly and the rest of the
Speaker 1: staff does over there. It's very similar to that. All right, Nelson,
Speaker 1: tell us what you've heard about the city of Brotherly Love.
Speaker 1: Are you excited about coming to Philadelphia here to play
Speaker 1: and what have you heard about the city of Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: I'm very excited for a great opportunity to develop in
Speaker 1: a new city and experience new things. I think it's
Speaker 1: a wonderful opportunity for me, you know, being from Florida,
Speaker 1: going out to Southern californ College and now having a
Speaker 1: great chance to hopefully start my career and possibly end
Speaker 1: it in Philadelphia would be amazing. Nelson, what was the
Speaker 1: whole free draft process like for you can kind of
Speaker 1: take us through from the time your your season ended
Speaker 1: the USC. What kind of things did you enjoy? What
Speaker 1: was challenging, the combine, the interviews, the workouts. I mean,
Speaker 1: it really must have been quite a grind. I embraced
Speaker 1: all of it. It was very it was a very
Speaker 1: interesting experience that I wouldn't, you know, trade for anything else,
Speaker 1: because I felt like as a man, I grew up
Speaker 1: Dane and out, you know, because there was different obstacles,
Speaker 1: there's different goals, and there's different you know, things that
Speaker 1: I had to checkmark. You know, I feel like this
Speaker 1: process was all different steps, and I felt like every
Speaker 1: day I would prepare for a different step, and when
Speaker 1: I checked the boxes, I just wanted to progress to
Speaker 1: the next one. And that's how it's been my game
Speaker 1: plan as a player and a person. So this process
Speaker 1: right here was a great, you know, test to who
Speaker 1: I think I am as a person, and I felt
Speaker 1: like I did well. Now you you've gotten to this point,
Speaker 1: now soon if it's finally over with a lot of
Speaker 1: anticipation and anks leading it to tonight for yourself, not
Speaker 1: knowing where you're going to end up at. I've been
Speaker 1: through this myself, what's next for you? Like, like what
Speaker 1: did you do next? Just sit back and relax or
Speaker 1: or you just getting ready to come to Philly as
Speaker 1: soon as possible. I want to be there as soon
Speaker 1: as possible, and there's no time to relax now. You've
Speaker 1: just been given the opportunity of a lifetime. And for me,
Speaker 1: you know, whether it would have been tomorrow, today or
Speaker 1: a couple of days later, my preparation, you know, will
Speaker 1: never change. My mind was always set on, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to be a guy that's prepared, and you know, well,
Speaker 1: oiled to move. Well, come rookie camp and other deals
Speaker 1: and learn. That's all I look forward to. Nope, I'm sorry, Nelson.
Speaker 1: At what point in your life did you fall in
Speaker 1: love with a game of football? Well? I always love
Speaker 1: to compete, and it wasn't football. It was basketball. It
Speaker 1: wasn't basketball, you know, baseball, whatever sport that I could
Speaker 1: try my best to play, you know, I mean, I
Speaker 1: just wanted to compete in sports. So football just became
Speaker 1: an avenue. You know that I saw earlier success than others,
Speaker 1: so I definitely just ran with it and I enjoyed
Speaker 1: and embraced you know, some of the things that came
Speaker 1: with it. Are there receivers that you've watched throughout the
Speaker 1: years that you've kind of borrowed some of their their nuances,
Speaker 1: some of their style from or I mean a lot
Speaker 1: of receivers, especially at the National Football League, and guys
Speaker 1: that are just do a great job of playing smart.
Speaker 1: They play very hard and composed, but they also play
Speaker 1: smart to make the right plays and also you know,
Speaker 1: expand the longevity of their career. And then also guys
Speaker 1: that are very electrifying, you know, for talking Antonio Brown,
Speaker 1: for talking a guy like Reggie Buyin that saw many years.
Speaker 1: You know, I enjoy watching those type of guys, and
Speaker 1: I enjoy all those guys, Randall Cobb when you're a
Speaker 1: very clever receiver, those type of guys, you know, I
Speaker 1: look at them mentalities and I kind of try to
Speaker 1: study what they do to give themselves a competitive edge.
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm trying to do. Yeah, Nelson, for
Speaker 1: those of us that are out here on the East
Speaker 1: Coast that aren't very familiar with your game being out
Speaker 1: there that you played the USC on the West coast,
Speaker 1: what can you tell the Philadelphia fan base that they
Speaker 1: can expect from you that they can be excited about,
Speaker 1: you know, getting a chance to watch you play in
Speaker 1: a very near future and hopefully for a very long time. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean ownza, can you know, promises and controllable things,
Speaker 1: my effort, my concentration, and my preparation. I feel like
Speaker 1: those are things that will always be a part of
Speaker 1: me and who I am as a player in terms
Speaker 1: of numbers and deals like that. I feel like with
Speaker 1: time and you know, with development, things will always go well,
Speaker 1: all right, But I know from day one I will
Speaker 1: always have a mindset to prepare and compete, you know,
Speaker 1: and just focus. Nelson, you coming to Philadelphia from Tampa
Speaker 1: or are you out on the West coast. I live
Speaker 1: in Tampa, so I'm coming from Tampa. O. Great, So
Speaker 1: we'll see you tomorrow. Fantastic Nelson Aguilar, congratulations, enjoy the night.
Speaker 1: We can't wait to see in Philadelphia to meet you,
Speaker 1: and then of course to see you on the field
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. Thank you, guys very much for everything.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, thanks for joining us here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. Indeed, remarkably well spoken, mature, A lot
Speaker 1: of Jordan Matthews in that kid. That's the first thing
Speaker 1: I boy. Calm and maturity and uh no boasting. Just
Speaker 1: come in here. I want to work hard, I want
Speaker 1: to learn, and I want to be great, and that's
Speaker 1: what you want to hear. I must have been really
Speaker 1: immature when I got drafted. They listening to Nelson and
Speaker 1: Jordan last year, I don't think I sounded anything like
Speaker 1: either of these two guys. After being drafted. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm giddy, You're excited these you know. Listening to Jordan
Speaker 1: last year and listening to Nelson to night, they both
Speaker 1: sound like their goal driven they seem to have all
Speaker 1: their priorities in the right place. They won't be distracted.
Speaker 1: They have one thing in mind, which is to come
Speaker 1: in and take advantage of this great opportunity that they've
Speaker 1: been given. And I think that speaks to the coach
Speaker 1: and then the scouting department when they're doing their due
Speaker 1: diligence their homework on these players. These are the type
Speaker 1: of guys that they're looking for. I mean, and you
Speaker 1: just hear it when they speak. I mean, Nelson Aguiler
Speaker 1: sounds exactly like Jordan Matthews sounded last year. Well, and
Speaker 1: if he plays like Jordan Matthews played last year, then
Speaker 1: the Eagles wide receiver corps will be good to go.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, we'll take a break here. Eagles Drafts
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Speaker 1: it's Eagles Draft Central David Spadaro. Like Greece, here, we're
Speaker 1: buzzing after a little conversation that I really liked with
Speaker 1: Nelson Aglar. Yeah, I feel good, I really do. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you just never know what wide receivers.
Speaker 1: And this kid seemed to have his head on straight. Try.
Speaker 1: He talked about getting up here and not taking anything
Speaker 1: for granted. He wanted to be ready to roll once
Speaker 1: rookie camp starts or what have you. And I'm telling
Speaker 1: you most rookies when they get drafted, they aren't thinking
Speaker 1: that way. They're thinking more or less, Okay, it's time
Speaker 1: to celebrate it. All the hard work is finally over
Speaker 1: with and I can let my hair down. I remember
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews talking like this last year and Nelson. Both
Speaker 1: of these guys are basically saying I want to come
Speaker 1: in hitting the ground running. It's not time to relax,
Speaker 1: It's time to crank it up a little bit more.
Speaker 1: And that only bodes well for us as Eagles fans
Speaker 1: that you have guys like this with high character, that
Speaker 1: are willing to work hard and aren't resting on their laurels.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Bo Wolf and Greg Coach selling the
Speaker 1: fan cave. Gentlemen, your thoughts says, the first round of
Speaker 1: this draft draws to a close. Well, first of all,
Speaker 1: what a pleasure it was to hear from Nelson Aguilar there.
Speaker 1: Very good job interviewing him, guys, bringing that out of him,
Speaker 1: and going to be exciting to see him here in
Speaker 1: the Northercare Complex tomorrow. I think it's gonna meet the
Speaker 1: meeting here around four o'clock. But Greg, your thoughts says,
Speaker 1: the Eagles grabbed the fourth rest see right off the
Speaker 1: board six end up going in the first round, So
Speaker 1: it's clear the Eagles did not want to wait for
Speaker 1: that second tier of receivers. They bring in Agilar, who
Speaker 1: obviously fits the system, fits the culture, fits everything here
Speaker 1: about this Chip Kelly program. And I think it makes
Speaker 1: sense to Eagles fans because they were probably a little
Speaker 1: uncomfortable with the idea of going into a season with
Speaker 1: the receivers that they had, and I think we've all
Speaker 1: talked about that that they needed to add to the mix,
Speaker 1: and they obviously felt very strongly about Aguilar. Clearly they
Speaker 1: did not want to wait as you said, Aguilar fits
Speaker 1: what Chip Kelly wants to do. I think that's what's
Speaker 1: so important with Chip Kelly because it's not that his
Speaker 1: offense is so unique and there's nothing like it in
Speaker 1: the NFL. At the end of the day, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of parts in his offense that a lot of
Speaker 1: NFL teams run. But I think he has a type
Speaker 1: of player at the wide receiver position that he ultimately
Speaker 1: would like to have, and I think he felt that
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar fits that role because he's a movement wide receiver.
Speaker 1: You can line him up all over your formation, and
Speaker 1: I think Chip to do that. And the one thing
Speaker 1: people should remember is USC this year. Unlike previous years,
Speaker 1: they changed coordinator, they changed head coaches, and they ran
Speaker 1: much more of a three wide spread offense. So Aguilar
Speaker 1: ran that kind of offense at USC this past year.
Speaker 1: As we move forward to the second day of the
Speaker 1: draft tomorrow, any expectations for what the Eagles will do,
Speaker 1: I think probably address the secondary at some point either round.
Speaker 1: I think they're going to have to. The name that
Speaker 1: will intrigue me the most bow is Eric Row because
Speaker 1: he's a guy that I think will be on He'll
Speaker 1: be all over different people's boards. I liked him a lot.
Speaker 1: I think my senses the Eagles like him a lot
Speaker 1: because he fits their profile. He could be gone in
Speaker 1: the first five picks tomorrow, or he could easily be
Speaker 1: there when the Eagles pick. It's hard to know, but
Speaker 1: I think they need to address the secondary, and Eric
Speaker 1: Row's a name to keep an eye. And remember the
Speaker 1: Eagles did move up in the second round last year
Speaker 1: to get Jordan Matthews, so they've shown that they are
Speaker 1: willing to do that under Chip Kelly. I think Penn
Speaker 1: State safety Adrian Amos is a name to watch for
Speaker 1: me for the Eagles tomorrow. But for now, we celebrate
Speaker 1: the selection of Nelson Aguilar. We sent it back to
Speaker 1: you guys in the Expenity studio. All right, thank you
Speaker 1: very much. No names for me, but I agree that
Speaker 1: defensive back tomorrow, perhaps offensive line as well. We've talked
Speaker 1: about this. They might be possible targets, but you don't
Speaker 1: force anything. It is a seven round draft, yeah, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. And we still believe that those two
Speaker 1: positions old line in corner or secondary because it could
Speaker 1: be slash safety. Our positions of needs to feel and
Speaker 1: It's going to depend on where the Eagles when they
Speaker 1: when the fifty second pick comes up, who's available. I
Speaker 1: just like what they did tonight. They seem calm and relax.
Speaker 1: They waited, they didn't rush, they didn't you know, they
Speaker 1: didn't panic or anything like that. I think you get
Speaker 1: the same formula tomorrow, and they're going to get a player.
Speaker 1: They have a group of players that they are targeting,
Speaker 1: and they I think they'll be perfectly fine selecting one
Speaker 1: of those guys at fifty two. And what's also interesting
Speaker 1: to me, which will Bearson watching. Will the Eagles be
Speaker 1: a little bit more active in the trade. Will they
Speaker 1: move some of these veterans who have long been reported
Speaker 1: to be on the market. That certainly is something to
Speaker 1: watch tomorrow Tomorrow at four o'clock. Nelson Agilar meets the
Speaker 1: media live on Philadelphia Eagles dot com at six thirty.
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