WEBVTT - Eagles Draft: Round 1 Recap 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:06.520 He's big Chase, he's big bright. He sucked con crow 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:09.280 by sun Joe. He's at the fifty, he's at the back. 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:12.600 Hurt says, in for the touchdown, he's rolling, he's big, praying. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:17.120 It's Suckings on the firelight. He fires and a touchdown 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:21.200 looking deep for blackman a racist and it hasn't touchdown. 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.400 The boys hit there he go. It is put a 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:39.120 four one and it is called crow touchdown. Suckers Wilson 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.520 on the play action is bullet. He's black. He's throwing 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.360 to the nearest able. Legions open and parts us in 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:51.000 for the touchdown. Robo it's the fack. Romo is floating 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.800 in for praying to catch us. Some decline, he said. 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:57.360 For a touchdown here it is for four months. It 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:06.280 is up. We got to look at everything in terms 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:08.000 of how do we make this in that because obviously 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:14.120 a ton of such is a good enough Lasha McCoy 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:15.840 is the all time best running back here. We certainly 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.360 understand that. But to get something you have to give 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.759 something up. And again with mac we did not want 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.320 to lose him. It had a tremendous year force. It 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.520 just we couldn't go as high as as Kansas City one. 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.160 We got an opportunity to get Byron Maxwell. We've seen 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:30.800 Byron firsthand. We got a chance to play agains him 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:33.360 when we played Seattle. Obviously we felt he was the 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:35.440 best corner that was available. The way we looked at 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.960 it is we got Kiko Alonzo and Byron Maxwell for 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.679 Lusha McCoy. Obviously a big day for US. Had three 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:44.040 new signings today with Walter Thurman and Ryan Matthews and 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:46.200 Marco Murray. You gotta run the football in this league, 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:47.600 and that's what we believe in. That's what I've always 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.400 believed in. And we lost a very talented running back 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.920 and making that decision and losing Lashawn, it's how do 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.360 you replace someone of that caliber? And that's what we did. Yeah, 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.240 I think coach Cooey took a week of faith bringing 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.720 me in here. Obviously he believes in me, and now 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.320 it's my time to prove to everyone else in this 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:04.560 building that I belong here. I just can't wait to 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:32.200 see what's about to happen. And you are looking at 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.400 Chicago the sight of the twenty fifteen NFL Draft. For 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.799 the first time since nineteen sixty four, the draft not 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.080 held in New York City, it shifts to the Windy City, 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.760 and that is an appropriate name for everything that we 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.520 know about this draft. One half hour before it begins. Hello, 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.280 everyone on Dave Spidero, the Eagles Insider here at an 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:55.120 overcare complex. Welcome the Eagles Draft Central. And the backdrop 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:59.680 of this draft, of course, is intrigue. The winds, if 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.239 you will, of speculation have been blowing heavily all day. 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.920 Will the Eagles make the big move up from number 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.520 twenty in round number one this evening into the top ten, 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.919 the top five, the top two, and land the quarterback 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:18.600 that everyone has associated Chip Kelly with, that's his former 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.840 Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota. Will have it covered for you 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.760 throughout the evening here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com and 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:29.440 our Eagles Digital Network. We've got Bo Wolf and Greg 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:33.840 Cosell in the fan cave. We've got Chris McPherson reporting 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.720 on the latest from Chicago. We've got experts like Tony 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.320 Pauline checking in with what he hears around the league. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.000 And in just a little bit I'll be joined by 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:46.240 the voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, the great Merril Reese. 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.480 It's exciting fans are on the edge of their seats. 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:53.240 Nobody truly knows what to expect other than Ed Manowitz, 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:57.000 Vice President of Player Personnel, Jeffrey Lourie, the chairman CEO 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.720 of this football team, and of course head coach Chip. 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.400 So we've got you covered here. The draft to begin 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.920 at about eight o'clock when Commissioner Roger Goodell announces that 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.480 Tampa Bay is on the clock. And at that point, well, 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.600 all bets are off because nobody truly knows what's going 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.119 to happen at the top of this draft. Just spend 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.359 a couple of minutes which with Coach Kelly over at 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.159 Lincoln Financial Field. It was the draft party. The scene 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.160 is electric over there, more than five thousand fans and 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.680 they were all on their feet when Chip Kelly introduced 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.560 by me to the crowd, and you get a sense 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:34.040 of what the fans want. Welcome to Lincoln Financial Field 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.320 and our draft party. I'm Davis Pedero. Please welcome head 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:57.159 coach Chip Kelly. Come on, I want you to help 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:14.320 me with the Eagles chat starting. Hey hey jee hell hey, okay, 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:19.040 appreciate you and we slow down, slow down, appreciate you. 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.440 Guys all coming out obviously, it's a very exciting time 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.040 for us anytime we get a chance to visit with 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:30.960 you guys again, the best fans in football. We're excited 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.479 about our opportunities, not only tonight but for the next 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:35.520 couple of days. Here trying to add a couple of 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.680 quality guys to the group of people we already have. 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.120 Our guys have been working extremely hard for the last 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:47.040 two weeks. Everybody's there working their tailoff. We're excited to 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:48.680 put a good team together. We can't wait to get 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:49.960 back out in front of and play for the best 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:54.720 fans of football. Hold back up one more that one 0:05:54.800 --> 0:06:06.920 more time, give me your ball start hid hey, hey, 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:22.680 hey jee, Well the man can certainly work a room. 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.160 Did he give you any hint at all as to 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.360 what he's thinking with this round number one tonight? I 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:30.440 didn't get much of a hint. So will the Eagles 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.560 make the move up? Will they stay at twenty? Will 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.240 they back out of twenty and get an extra selection? 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:37.520 We don't know. We're on the edge of our seats, 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.239 just like you. When we return to Eagles Draft Central 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:43.520 here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. NFL film senior producer 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.400 Greg co Sell breaks down his top five at each position. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:48.720 We'll hear from Merril Reese. We'll hear from you a 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.480 little later on as well. But first up, I sit 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:54.760 down with Eagles Vice president of Player Personnel Ed Manowitz. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.360 The trade scene. How does it happen in the NFL. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.320 It's been a busy couple of days for the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:11.200 We're coming right back on Eagles Drafts Central. The NFL 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.720 Draft is here. I'm here with Ed Manuwitz, Eagles vice 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.080 president of player Personnel, Eagles with the twentieth selection on 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:21.760 Thursday night. Eight picks overall, and you're just general evaluation 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.440 of where this draft is deep, where you think it 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.440 might be particularly strong. Yeah, I think there's a lot 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.800 of good players at a lot of different levels of 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.880 this draft. You know, as we go through the guys 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.000 that we think have a chance to be solid starters, 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.040 there's a lot of good depth that pretty much across 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.120 the board. Certainly at the offensive line, there's some guys 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:40.960 that fit for us. There's some guys at the corner 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:44.280 safety position that fit for us as well, in addition 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.720 to wide out. So I think, um, you know, not 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.520 all that different than some of the drafts in the 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:51.920 previous three years. But you know, we're confident that we've 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.840 got enough players at all levels to improve typically, What 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.280 what is it like from you know, six o'clock on 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.880 Thursday night until the time of team picks? How crazy 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:06.160 is the room? It's actually, it's very it's very anticlimactic. Um, 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:08.480 you know, the majority of our work is done at 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.080 that point in time. So the draft to me is 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.480 all about preparation and organization and that's that's all year 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.480 That's a year round thing. So as we kind of 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:19.280 finish up on our meetings and what we're gonna do, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.360 most of that work and those decisions, those conversations, they've 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.640 already happened. So when when you're picking and you're on 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:28.120 the clock, it's not as crazy as what people will see. 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.320 Those decisions have made. We're just we're just going to execute. 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.360 Do you have a senseaid generally and not specific to 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.679 this year, but just what the top teams are going 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.200 to do? I mean, do you know what if, for example, 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:39.959 Tampa Bay's going to do it one or that just 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:42.560 kind of you've got to guessing like everybody else. Yeah, 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.079 I think you do a little bit. I mean, you know, 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.640 I don't think anybody truly knows. I'm not even sure 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.040 that those teams truly know exactly what they're doing for us. 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.120 You know, there's there's different mechanisms that you can do 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.480 in terms of draft management to kind of whether it's 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.680 team needs or it's uh, you know, you look at 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.280 some of these mocked rash just to kind of give 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:58.839 you a feel of who may be there who may not. 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.160 But to me, it's it's unpredictable. We can't really control 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.360 who they take and who they don't take. What we 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:07.240 can control is who is on our board, what level 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:08.959 they're on our board, and then we'll be prepared to 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:10.920 pick at twenty. If we're picking at twenty, if we're 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:12.360 going to pick higher than that, we'll be prepared to 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.160 pick there. If we're picking below twenty, we'll be prepared 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.240 to pick at that spot as well. Do you anticipate 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.760 that that twentieth pick will gain a lot of interest? 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.439 I mean, just literally every team call every team in 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.840 the league about their picks. Us. It's a little bit different. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.720 You know, We've we've received some phone calls already this week, 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.000 you know, just some teams that, hey, you know, would 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.360 you be interested in moving up or back. I think 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.160 every team in the league makes those calls, you know, 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:39.440 But the more the more we get closer to Thursday, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.760 the more those calls will increase. I think the validity 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:44.600 of those calls also picks up as well. But once 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:46.920 the players start coming off the board and some players 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.120 of interests of other teams start to kind of disappear 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.319 and they kind of get into a smaller pocket, I 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.680 think those calls will start to accelerate. Is it hard 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.800 to not fall in love with a player or players 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:00.280 heading into the draft? I would say no, because we 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.520 we we trust our process, you know, and it's it's 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.319 not an emotional decision in terms of any evaluation of 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.520 the player. You know, we stick to our prototypes, we 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.920 stick to our process, and you know, certainly there's going 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.920 to be players that we feel very confident would be 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.280 really good fits for the Eagles and they would be 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.760 target players for us. But those aren't emotional based decisions, 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:21.600 as are based off of the evaluation of the player. 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.360 And up to this point you've described the working relationship 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.559 with Chip is outstanding. Um, what will it be like 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.920 when that you're on the clock. What's you like at 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:32.920 that at that point in time. I envisioned it being, 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:34.880 you know, the same as what it's been now, a 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.440 very it's going to be a very calm, you know process. Again, 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.679 our our conversations, our decisions. At that point we'll have 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.360 already been made. Um, you know, we'll know we've played 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.800 out all the scenarios at that point in time, and uh, 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:47.480 you know, well we'll make the pip. We'll make a 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:50.880 good decision. It just draft exceptional in any way relative 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:54.160 to pass And you've mentioned some specific positions. But is 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:58.520 it an uncharacteristically thin draft, deep draft, or is it 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.760 kind of everywhere along the line and redraft? Yeah, yeah, 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:03.480 I think that's it. I don't think that it's it's 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.240 particularly strong or week in a lot of different areas. Again, 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.760 I think it's a little bit about what you do, um, 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.640 what your system is. I think it's different for every team, 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.040 So some teams may operate under the assumption that's particularly 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.319 strong or weak in a certain area. For what we do, 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:19.400 I think it's it's pretty on part. Best of luck 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.719 to you, Thank you, Thank you, Eagles vice president of 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:33.720 Player Personnel, and we welcome you back to Eagles Draft 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.120 Center Legals insider Dave Spidero, now joined by senior producer 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.880 NFL Films Greg Cosell. On a pretty Nazi day. Huh, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.040 it'll be interesting. I'm waiting for the next rumor in 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.360 the next fifteen years. Your prediction for the Eagles move up? Today, 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.679 we put what do you think my prediction would be? Yes, 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.840 I think they'll move up. Interesting. Well, we'll find out 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.679 if you're in there all right in the In the interim, 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:57.360 let's discuss the depth of this draft, and Mike Mayack 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:00.200 from NFL dot Com and NFL Network has his top 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.880 five lists. Let's begin at the quarterback position. Is there 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:08.600 anything worth talking about beyond Jamis Winston and Marcus Marrison. Absolutely, 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.400 there's always players to talk about. And I think that 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.080 a player like Garrett Grayson is really an interesting player 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.040 as you look ahead. I think he keep in mind 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.120 date what you get beyond the first two. You're dealing 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.600 with a whole bunch of circumstances that have to be right, 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:25.559 and I think that's what you look at with a 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.679 guy like Garrett Grayson. But he'd probably be my number three, okay. 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.520 And at the running back position, said to be a 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:36.200 very deep group of running backs in this draft. One, two, three, 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:37.920 perhaps go in the first round. What do you think 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:41.600 of this group? It's a really deep running back group, 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:43.080 and I think this will be the year we find 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.280 out how they're valued in the NFL. Because my guests 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.440 is teams have six running backs in their top sixty. 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.280 I like Amer Abdulla a lot out of Nebraska. Okay. 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.120 The wide receiver position greg last year. Historic performance from 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:59.560 rookie wide receivers this year maybe just as good quality 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.400 throughout out. We look at some of the top names, numbers, 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.079 they just come off the board, right, I mean that 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:07.560 is eye popping stuff, big, strong and fast. Breschard Perriman's 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.319 the name that stands out to me, Dave. I watched 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.360 the wide receivers very early in this draft process, and 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.599 I saw all of Perraman's targets and catches. Really like 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.120 Broschard Imperriman on film. All right. Now, the tight end 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.840 position probably not an issue for the Eagles with Selig 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.640 and Jack Gertz and Trey Burton, who had a nice 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:29.040 rookie campaign on special teams, maybe elevated his role this year. 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.280 But what do you see here? Are there players beyond 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:35.680 the first pick of the ten playing speaking of zach Ertz. 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.959 I think Tyler Croft has zach ERT's type ability. It 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.120 might not show up in the first year in the league, 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.439 but I think down the road, Tyler Craft is the 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:45.400 name that sticks out to me, all right, And for 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.520 the Eagles, I think this is a position to need. 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.480 Todd Harriman's is now in Indianapolis Colts. Yep. There are 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.800 questions about the interior of the Eagles offensive line. Might 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.800 there be some quality at twenty round two, perhaps round three? 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.240 I think to get a little later down, I think 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.959 someone like aj Can would fit what the Eagles do 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:06.959 very well. He's a name that sticks out to me. 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.280 He's the kind of player to me, Dave that you 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.200 plug him in and he'd be a ten years daughter. 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.520 And we see in the NFL greg offensive tackles from 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.959 college often make that transition inside. So this group of 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.120 offensive tackles, do you see more pure tackles or do 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.760 you see a lot of this group transitioning inside? Well, 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:27.680 the game's changed a bit where you can play tackle now. 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.720 It's not the way it was because they're passing games 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.240 were quicker ball comes out quicker. But I think that 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:37.000 when you look at this list, TJ. Clemings is a 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.560 really interesting player here because he's athletic, but he's only 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.200 played tackle for a couple of years and he has 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:44.640 a lot of work to do. But you see the 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.960 athleticism on film. On the other side of the football, 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.920 you gotta win in the trenches. Greg and this group 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:55.520 of defensive lineman, the muckers, the grinders, good group of 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.480 defensive tackles. Yeah, I think it's a pretty good group. 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:00.880 You know. Leonard Williams the name a lot of people 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.120 probably talk about as an interior alignment. You know. I 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.520 think when you look at this name, Eric Armstead, to 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.640 me is a player, and a lot of people might disagree. 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.320 I think he could be as good or better than 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:13.920 Leonard Williams down the road. And he's an Oregon product 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:17.080 and somebody expected to go maybe in the top ten 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.280 tonight to a team that a three or four team 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.520 we're talking about. Absolutely, he's a three people should think 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.160 of Callius Campbell of the Arizona Cardinals. He's very much 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.640 like that right now. Okay, now we go to the 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:32.960 next line of defense, the linebacker position. Lots of questions here, 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.960 lots of talent, lots of trouble, and a lot of 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.760 question marks. Yeah, the player I like on that list 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.680 is to phone Anthony at a Clemson to me, he's 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:45.840 really quick, he's fast, I think he played, he can cover, 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.960 and he's a very very good blitzer. And that's something 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.480 that I think you'll you'll really see as a major factor. 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.720 You know, if the Eagles are thinking about that position 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.960 they like their linebackers to blitz. Obviously, it's to phone 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.240 Anthony to me as a player that would work really well. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.440 And another position that we could possibly see the Eagles 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.720 if they stay at twenty or keep their pick or 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.520 move back cornerback and there are some good ones in 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.560 this draft. Long press corners. That's what Eagles are looking for. 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.160 What do you see from this group, Well, this group 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:14.920 has a lot of good players. I mean, to me, 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:18.320 Marcus Peters and we know he's had some issues in college, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.080 but if you're looking for a press man corner, I 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.120 think Marcus Peters is the best press man corner in 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.840 this group. I think that if that's the way you 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:28.640 want to play. I mean, I think of when he 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:31.400 went up against Jalen Strong from Arizona State and Jalen 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.520 Strong couldn't get off the line of scrimmage against Marcus 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.080 Peters and we hear the name Byron Jones now here 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.960 Kevin Johnson possibilities for the Eagles should they say at 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.960 twenty Kevin Johnson to me is very refined. He could 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.040 play both man and zone. You're not necessarily going to 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.840 play press man on every single snap. I think Kevin 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.960 Johnson is probably the best combination corner of the first 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:54.560 round prospects. And Greg the safety position. Oh, where are 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.720 all the great safeties in the NFL? Do you see 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.480 any great ones in this list? Oh? I really like 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.600 to Marry Randall from Arizona State, because a team like 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.320 the Eagles, they want their safeties to be interchangeable dave 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.040 to meaning to play in the box and to be 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:08.920 able to play the back end. And I think to 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.920 Marius Randall is the best back end safety in this 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.680 draft class, with the ability to fill the alley and 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.480 play the run game really effectively as well. So there's 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.320 your headliners from all of the physicians in the twenty 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.920 fifteen NFL Draft, which begins in ten minutes. So Team 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.320 minus ten minutes, We're gonna send Greg over to the 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.600 fan cave with BeO Wolf bring in the voice of 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.520 the Eagles, Merrill Reese. And when we return to Eagles 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:36.600 Drafts Central, NFL Networks Mike Mayock, who will say more 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.359 words per minute than anyone on the planet. Over the 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.320 next three days, we'll hear from him from Chicago, along 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:46.240 with Chris McPherson. Stay tuned. Eagles Drafts Central continues, We 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.800 got you covered all the way through this wild night 0:17:50.040 --> 0:18:01.720 for the Philadelphia Eagles. Back to Eagles Draft Central live 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.280 in an overcare complex, Dave Spannero now joined by the 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.000 voice of the Eagles, the great Merrill Race, who is 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:10.120 just ready for this draft. I am, I am. I've 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:14.200 covered about one hundred drafts and never, David, never have 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:19.600 I felt the buzz, the excitement, the anticipation, the feeling 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:23.520 of drama in the Eagles draft headquarters heading into this 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:26.040 all right, before we get into some of the names, 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.119 you're feeling, Merrill, do you think the Eagles will make 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:33.280 that quantum move from twenty to two to three to four. 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:35.960 If you had asked me weeks ago, I would have 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:40.800 said absolutely, not less than one percent. But as we 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:43.200 go on and on, and I hear people from around 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.800 the country, and this one gets this bit of information 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.359 and we know how Chip Kelly feels about Marcus Mariota. 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:53.200 At this point, I think it is possible. I still 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.760 have to be convinced that you can somehow find a 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:59.040 way to go from twenty to two, because I think 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.399 you have to go to two or maybe one to 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:06.280 get Mariota, but I would rule nothing out. Well, before 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:08.119 we talk about some of the names that you like, 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:11.120 because you always like names I like in these drafts, 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.920 let's talk about the offseason that has been and the 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.440 changes Eagles have made. And it's been an extraordinary offseason 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:24.439 of moves or franchise rattling moves, your sense of what's happened. 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:29.040 It's been a surprise, one surprise after another. I never 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:31.679 expected Shady McCoy to move on, although I knew there 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:35.679 were salary cap considerations. I, as you know, have been 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:38.480 a big supporter of Nick Foles for a long time, 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.159 and when I heard that that trade was made, I 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.320 thought it must be a mistake. And then of course 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.640 I started watching a lot of tape of Sam Bradford, 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:52.360 and I see what Chip Kelly likes about Sam Bradford. Basically, Dave. 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:54.880 I feel that Chip Kelly looked at what he had 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.200 and said, you know, we have a good team. We 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:01.280 can win ten eleven games, but we don't have what 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:04.200 we need to win a Lombardi Trophy. And so he's 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:07.520 taking certain risks with the answer and the feeling that 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:11.720 the upside is so great that if he assembles this 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:15.399 right cast has the right quarterback, that he has total 0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:19.960 confidence in that this will be a super Bowl winning team, 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:22.760 not just a contender. And as you look now, as 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:25.040 we're just minutes from the start of the draft, at 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:28.040 needs that this team has it. Hopefully he can get 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:30.400 addressed in the next three days. What do you think 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:34.680 three three needs? Not necessarily in any order, offensive line, 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:39.360 defensive back. And I believe when you lose a dirt 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:43.040 Jeremy macluan, a talent as Jeremy is, you have to 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:46.840 bring in another talented, premier wide receiver. All right, So 0:20:46.880 --> 0:20:48.800 MARYL and I will be live throughout the night tonight, 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.480 updates on Friday and Saturday. It's a seven round draft, 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:55.399 will have you covered live, press conferences, everything. Do you 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:57.280 have some names to bring to the table here, Marl? 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:01.000 Were there are a couple I've heard a lot about 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.080 Byron Jones out of Connecticut. The fact that not only 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:07.800 is he a great, great athlete whose combine is backed 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.280 up by his on the field performance, but he is 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:13.480 an exemplary human being. You hear Chip talking about the 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.320 culture of this team. Byron Jones, who they call the 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.399 Senator at Connecticut, could only add to it. He's a special, 0:21:20.640 --> 0:21:25.320 unique guy. He's one wide receiver. Well you heard Greg 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:30.119 mentioned Breshad Perrimant. He's got outstanding size, outstanding speed from 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:33.960 central Florida. He's got NFL bloodlines. His dad was a 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:37.119 great player with the Detroit Lions. And then the other 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:40.640 one is Nelson Aghilar, who comes out of Southern cow. 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:43.760 We also hear about Jalen Strong from West Catholic and 0:21:43.840 --> 0:21:47.800 Arizona State, although it seems to me that he is 0:21:48.080 --> 0:21:51.960 very similar in style to Geordan Matthews. So you want 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.000 somebody who can offer something different. Well, we shall see 0:21:55.080 --> 0:21:59.240 what happens here, were just minutes away from Roger. This 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.600 Merril is going to be either a really long nights 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:04.879 or a really short night. Yeah, either the Eagles make 0:22:04.920 --> 0:22:06.879 the big move to get up or we wait to 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:09.520 see what happens. I'll tell you this, if it's a 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:13.679 really short night and that the Eagles capture Marcus Mariota, 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:15.920 in that first couple of those first couple of picks, 0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:20.399 there will be an explosion, a fan explosion throughout the 0:22:20.560 --> 0:22:24.280 city that we have never seen. After Well, I just 0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:26.679 hope that if it doesn't happen, which I still think 0:22:26.760 --> 0:22:29.720 it will not happen. You people are not disappointed. So 0:22:29.800 --> 0:22:32.760 you're going on record. I've said it from day one. 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:35.040 I came back out now. But you're not feeling more. 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:38.120 You're not. I think it's a very difficult move still 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:41.119 to go from twenty to two. Okay, you're giving up 0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:44.080 a lot. If Chip if what Chip Kelly has said 0:22:44.119 --> 0:22:46.320 all along and Edmund in which that we're not going 0:22:46.400 --> 0:22:50.440 to mortgage in the future for one player, well then 0:22:50.560 --> 0:22:52.240 if they can do that, great, But I don't know 0:22:52.320 --> 0:22:54.719 how you can move that far up. But I'm if 0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:57.320 I can't disagree with you. And yet this little voice 0:22:57.359 --> 0:23:02.680 in my head says Marcus Mariota. All right, let's go 0:23:02.720 --> 0:23:06.399 out to Chicago. Chris McPherson with Mike Mayock from the 0:23:06.560 --> 0:23:09.440 NFL Network. What are the options for the Eagles should 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:13.080 they stay at number twenty. Mike, you're very close to 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:15.280 the Eagles. You've been in the facility during the pre 0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:18.360 draft process. Do you have a sense of what Chip 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:21.600 is gonna do this weekend? No way, I have no idea. 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:23.040 I mean, I think the one thing I know about 0:23:23.119 --> 0:23:25.359 Chip is that I don't know. And he's got his 0:23:25.440 --> 0:23:27.880 own plan, He's got his own way to evaluate personnel. 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:30.880 He knows what he likes. He's got a specific set 0:23:30.920 --> 0:23:34.359 of parameters with heightweight and speed and what fits every 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.359 person in his system. And he's gonna go He's gonna 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:40.679 run his draft board that way. Chip. I mean, obviously 0:23:40.800 --> 0:23:43.400 you're in the Philadelphia Ria, Mike. You hear all about 0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:47.280 the Marcus Mariota hype and discussion Chips that he will 0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:49.560 not mortgage the future to get him. What in your 0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:53.040 estimmation would mean mortgaging the future, Well, if you look 0:23:53.040 --> 0:23:56.240 at the strict draft trade chart, the Eagles would basically 0:23:56.320 --> 0:23:58.040 have to give up their entire draft, which you're not 0:23:58.080 --> 0:24:00.600 going to do. So then it becomes a combination of 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:03.720 either picks, end players or all players. So we're in 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:05.679 a vacuum here, and I have no idea what players 0:24:05.720 --> 0:24:08.600 they're talking about, But to move from twenty to two 0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:11.680 is very significant, and I highly doubt will be able 0:24:11.680 --> 0:24:13.520 to do it. What do you think of Chips approach 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:16.480 in terms of overhauling the roster this offseason. It seems 0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:18.600 like he's come in and said, even though I want 0:24:18.720 --> 0:24:21.239 twenty games in the first two seasons, I'm gonna need 0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:23.040 to do what I have to do to make this 0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:25.560 team better, even if it's parting ways with some Pro 0:24:25.680 --> 0:24:27.760 Bowl talent. What do you think of his approach and 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:30.919 just taking his roster and completely overturning it. I think 0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:35.040 he has very finite ideas on how to distribute the 0:24:35.080 --> 0:24:37.960 money under the salary cap. And for instance, a Trenk Cole, 0:24:38.000 --> 0:24:39.840 a guy who I really like and would love to keep, 0:24:39.880 --> 0:24:41.560 but if he only has six and a half sacks, 0:24:42.000 --> 0:24:44.080 then he's not going to pay him an inorder amount 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:47.040 of money. And same thing with Lashawn McCoy. You know 0:24:47.400 --> 0:24:49.240 you could get two or three tailbacks, which is what 0:24:49.359 --> 0:24:52.000 he basically did, for the same or less money. So 0:24:52.600 --> 0:24:55.280 he's gonna be very aware of the salary cap and 0:24:55.359 --> 0:24:58.000 he's gonna get value for his dollar. With Sam Bradford 0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:00.680 as a quarterback, who should Eagles look at at number 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:03.080 twenty to come out of this draft? Saying that they 0:25:03.119 --> 0:25:05.560 have a better football team, that they have an even 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:09.560 better chance of reclaiming in the NFC East twenty fifteen. Well, 0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:11.240 I think they need to get better on defense. I 0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:13.400 think they're going to be very good on offense regardless, 0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:16.520 So I would take the best defensive back on the board, 0:25:16.560 --> 0:25:18.879 whether it's a corner or a safety. The safety for 0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:20.879 me would be de Marius Randall at that point in 0:25:20.920 --> 0:25:23.879 the draft. The corner could be Kevin Johnson, who is 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:26.719 the cleanest corner out there. It could be Marcus Peters 0:25:26.760 --> 0:25:29.160 who's had some off the field issues. But I think 0:25:29.200 --> 0:25:31.560 they have to take whoever they have is the best 0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:34.800 defensive player, especially in the back end. Well, thank you, Chris, 0:25:34.960 --> 0:25:38.880 and thank you Mike Mayock. Busy weekend for them in Chicago, 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:42.000 Busy weekend for us here in Philadelphia. When we return 0:25:42.000 --> 0:25:45.439 to Eagles Draft Central as the draft just about underway here, 0:25:45.640 --> 0:25:47.760 we'll check in with Tony Pauline up in New York. 0:25:47.920 --> 0:25:50.160 He didn't get the memo that the draft moved out 0:25:50.200 --> 0:25:52.720 to Chicago, so we'll check in with Tony from Draft 0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:56.240 Insiders dot Net find out the latest buzz. Do the 0:25:56.320 --> 0:25:58.040 Eagles move up, Let's find out on the other side. 0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:08.679 When Eagles Draft Central returns, we welcome you back at 0:26:08.720 --> 0:26:11.280 the Eagles Draft Central here on Philadelphia Eagles Dot Comment 0:26:11.400 --> 0:26:14.600 or Eagles Digital Network. We're live from the Novicare Complex 0:26:14.720 --> 0:26:17.480 all evening long Eagles insider Dave Spiderow joined by the 0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:19.560 Voice of the Eagles, Merrill Reis. We're just talking about 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:23.040 some draft day shockers that the Eagles have had. They've 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:25.920 moved up many times, Jerome McDougall, not a good move. 0:26:26.160 --> 0:26:29.119 I'll tell you one. Nineteen ninety eight. Who did the 0:26:29.160 --> 0:26:31.760 Eagles take in nineteen ninety eight Ray Roads the head coach, 0:26:32.520 --> 0:26:35.000 and that would be Trey Thomas. Uh No, that was 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:37.240 nice that nineteen No, No, that was ninety Wait, maybe 0:26:37.240 --> 0:26:40.480 I'm thinking ninety six. Who was Harris John who was 0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:43.920 the defensive That was n the Jones. Yeah, that was 0:26:43.960 --> 0:26:46.760 a stunning That was stunning. Marcus Smith last year, a 0:26:46.920 --> 0:26:50.160 stunning name. I'll tell you another one that was surprising 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:52.680 because there had been so much talk about the talent 0:26:53.000 --> 0:26:55.879 and not going for somebody just on his combined numbers. 0:26:56.119 --> 0:26:59.399 But when they moved up and took Mike Mamula, that's right, 0:26:59.520 --> 0:27:02.159 and that was a spassing. My passed Warren Stapp And 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:03.960 we'll see what happens tonight. All right, let's go out 0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:07.399 to Chicago. Chris McPherson with the latest buzz out there, 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:08.920 and now we know it's a new venue, we know 0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:12.280 that drafttown is spread out all over the place, and 0:27:12.880 --> 0:27:14.960 we know that they're Eagles fans who are out there 0:27:15.040 --> 0:27:18.199 having a good time. Is Chris McPherson ready to go here? 0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:22.600 Let's let's hear from Chris Maxee, what's going on in Chicago? Okay, 0:27:22.640 --> 0:27:24.320 we're gonna get to him in just one second. Merrill, 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:26.280 do you like by the way they moved from New 0:27:26.400 --> 0:27:29.320 York to Chicago. I think it's great. That's just a 0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:31.480 one year thing. Yeah, I think it's a one year thing. 0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:33.359 But I think the idea is to move the draft 0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:36.359 around the country like the political conventions. That's not a 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:38.080 bad idea, right, So let's go out and see what 0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:41.000 the scene is like in Chicago. Hi, Chris, what's it 0:27:41.080 --> 0:27:44.720 like out there? Good evening, David Merrill and Eagles fans 0:27:44.800 --> 0:27:48.080 out there. The latest report coming out of Tennessee from 0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:51.399 ESPN's Paul Kuharsky is that there are two teams who 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:53.240 are still in the mix to try to get the 0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:55.720 number two pick from Tennessee, and that one is the 0:27:55.760 --> 0:27:59.800 Philadelphie Eagles and the other is the Chicago Bears, who 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:03.200 the number seven overall pick. One team that Eagles do 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:06.200 not have to worry about is the San Diego Chargers, 0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:09.520 as Kevin Acy from San Diego reports that the Charges 0:28:09.560 --> 0:28:11.680 have it told Philip Rivers that he will not be 0:28:11.880 --> 0:28:14.720 traded now. If the Eagles want to leap brought the 0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:17.879 Titans and get to number one Tampa base spot to 0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:21.200 get Mariota, that is not going to happen because Rick 0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:23.680 Stroud aut Tampa is reporting that the Bucks intend to 0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:27.640 use the number one overall pick on quarterback Jamis Winston 0:28:28.040 --> 0:28:31.240 from Cleveland's Perspective. Mark Maski from the Washington Post is 0:28:31.280 --> 0:28:33.960 reporting that they want to come out of tonight with 0:28:34.040 --> 0:28:38.200 at least a quarterback, whether it's Marcus Mariota or Sam Bradford. 0:28:38.360 --> 0:28:40.240 Of course, they would have to make a deal with 0:28:40.320 --> 0:28:42.840 the Eagles in order to make that happen. So though 0:28:42.840 --> 0:28:45.960 it's the latest on the Marcus Mariota's situation and the 0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:48.800 Philadelphia Eagles, it's going to be an exciting few minutes 0:28:48.800 --> 0:28:51.600 to see what truly unfolds. Guys, back to you in 0:28:51.640 --> 0:28:54.400 the studio, my Chris, thank you very much. A two 0:28:54.480 --> 0:28:59.480 team race, the Eagles and the Bears, and thank Yeah, 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:02.440 I don't know, and somehow or the Cleveland's involved in 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:05.640 this whole thing. Yeah, and it goes minute by minute here. 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:08.720 So let's now bring in Tony Pauline from Draft Insiders 0:29:08.760 --> 0:29:10.560 dot Net. Merrall, Now we know that there are talks 0:29:10.600 --> 0:29:13.000 happening upstairs. Let me just give you the senior. We're 0:29:13.040 --> 0:29:15.960 downstairs in our Exffinity studio. The rest of the media 0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:20.800 in the PR offices, and upstairs is Ed Manowitz, Chip Kelly, 0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:24.600 Jeffrey Lourie, among others in the Eagles draft room. And 0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:27.280 that's where really the brain center is happening. That's where 0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:29.560 all the phone calls are being made. Yeah. And if 0:29:29.680 --> 0:29:33.840 I'm Tampa Bay or I am Tennessee, I am going 0:29:33.920 --> 0:29:37.200 to wait until I am on the clock and squeeze 0:29:37.240 --> 0:29:41.000 out every pick and every player I could possibly have 0:29:41.680 --> 0:29:44.800 possibly get at that exact moment. I'm not going to 0:29:44.880 --> 0:29:48.360 trade two minutes too soon. And from Ian Rappaport NFL 0:29:48.640 --> 0:29:51.240 network of one of the insiders there, the Eagles offering 0:29:51.720 --> 0:29:55.200 reportedly a first round draft pick this year, first round 0:29:55.240 --> 0:29:58.480 draft pick next year, a third round draft pick, Fletcher Cox, 0:29:59.200 --> 0:30:04.600 Michael Kendricks, and Brandon Boykin and maybe Dave Spidero thrown 0:30:04.640 --> 0:30:09.480 in for aid Us to go right. Exactly, Yeah, good 0:30:09.480 --> 0:30:12.720 for you. Let's go to draft insider. Draft insiders done that, 0:30:12.800 --> 0:30:16.680 Tony Pauline. Tony available via smack here from New York. 0:30:16.800 --> 0:30:18.560 Let's talk about it. What are you hearing? What are 0:30:18.600 --> 0:30:22.320 you what are you thinking? I'm thinking that's an awful 0:30:22.560 --> 0:30:24.800 to give up for one player. I think right now 0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:26.640 that would be a bad trade for the you know, 0:30:26.720 --> 0:30:28.840 you look at Robert Griffind not too long ago. You 0:30:28.920 --> 0:30:31.680 look at what the Washington Fridskins gave up for him 0:30:31.680 --> 0:30:34.560 and how that's turned out, you know, for one player 0:30:34.640 --> 0:30:37.440 like that, and if Marianna does not pan out, they 0:30:37.520 --> 0:30:39.680 give away all those players and picks to sit you 0:30:39.800 --> 0:30:43.720 franchise back five years. Well, Tony, so how does this 0:30:43.920 --> 0:30:46.840 generally work? I mean, that is a report. I mean, 0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:49.400 do you is your sense that first of all, the 0:30:49.480 --> 0:30:51.200 Tampa Bay is going to make the pick and take 0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:55.360 Jameis Winston number one? And then what will transpire once 0:30:55.440 --> 0:30:57.120 Tennessee is on the clock? I mean, will there be 0:30:57.200 --> 0:31:02.640 active talks, multiple phones going? Yeah? Absolutely, impa Bay's gonna 0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:06.160 take Jamison and what will happen as Tennessee will basically 0:31:06.400 --> 0:31:08.280 take all their time from the fuck to try and 0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:11.040 get a deal done. Now, remember they can still draft 0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:14.840 Marcus Marianna to get a try to get a deal 0:31:14.920 --> 0:31:18.440 done and maybe trade and later on if you don't 0:31:18.480 --> 0:31:21.120 get the deal during the twelve mini circles of the block? 0:31:22.120 --> 0:31:24.520 Your sense, Tony, will this deal your prediction? Will this 0:31:24.600 --> 0:31:27.320 deal go down? Will the Eagles be in position to 0:31:27.520 --> 0:31:31.920 draft Marcus Mariona? I'd be very surprising. Yep, that's a 0:31:32.080 --> 0:31:35.239 huge It's so much up for one time. Who if 0:31:35.280 --> 0:31:39.200 his name was Andrew Luck, I can understand that deal. Mariana, 0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:44.200 who's my number quarterback? I find it dificul With with 0:31:44.440 --> 0:31:47.600 all respect to you, Tony and your knowledge, I have 0:31:47.680 --> 0:31:50.000 a tough time with equating this deal if it comes 0:31:50.080 --> 0:31:53.680 down to the deal with RG three because RG three 0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:56.240 went to a coaching staff that was not comfortable with 0:31:56.360 --> 0:32:00.240 his style. He went to a dysfunctional organization basically, and 0:32:00.400 --> 0:32:03.040 he had an injury. Here is a guy coming in 0:32:03.200 --> 0:32:06.040 perfectly healthy to a coach who those just how to 0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:11.360 use him. Yeah, I understand that, but it's still, you know, 0:32:11.760 --> 0:32:14.560 for them these trades. Look at the Ryan Lee trade, 0:32:14.640 --> 0:32:18.120 for example in nineteen ninety eight, when San Diego gave 0:32:18.160 --> 0:32:20.120 away all those pictures to go at one point and 0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:22.040 it didn't work out for them. You look at the 0:32:22.160 --> 0:32:25.000 Ricky Williams trade when the gave away all those picks. 0:32:25.040 --> 0:32:28.120 They at Ricky Williams, the source of bopsided trade, were 0:32:28.280 --> 0:32:34.880 giving away multiple picks, future picks, productive starters. One single 0:32:34.960 --> 0:32:40.200 player should not work out. That's giving away all the goods. Tony. 0:32:40.520 --> 0:32:43.719 Your perspective, you're what is the deal? What kind of deal? 0:32:43.760 --> 0:32:46.000 If that deal that we talked about would be, you know, 0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:49.000 two number one draft picks and then veteran players like 0:32:49.080 --> 0:32:53.000 Fletcher Cox, Michael Kendricks, Brandon Boykin, both Kendricks and Boykin 0:32:53.040 --> 0:32:54.760 in the last year of their deals. By the way, 0:32:55.400 --> 0:32:59.000 from Tennessee's perspective, is that a deal you don't pass up? 0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:04.560 I don't think that. I mean, you set yourself now, 0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:07.160 but moving forward in the future. Yeah, I mean I 0:33:07.240 --> 0:33:12.360 think it was rams based on those pics of Washington Fredkins. 0:33:12.520 --> 0:33:16.280 I think what's gonna happen is is Titans is still 0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:20.800 are still really gonna need a quarterback? Zat announced that's 0:33:21.000 --> 0:33:23.479 you know, that is the all tendency to pass up. 0:33:23.680 --> 0:33:25.720 All right, Tony Poline, We will check back with you 0:33:26.240 --> 0:33:28.960 a little later on Tony Poline from Draft Insiders dot Net. 0:33:29.360 --> 0:33:32.280 Five minutes to go here with Tampa Bay on the clock, 0:33:32.360 --> 0:33:34.360 LIFs throw it over to the fan cave, bow Wolf 0:33:34.480 --> 0:33:38.160 and Greg co Sell from NFL Films, Boys, what's on 0:33:38.280 --> 0:33:48.200 your minds? All right, guys? Well, Greg, let's talk about Obviously, 0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:50.600 the two quarterbacks at the top of this draft expected 0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:53.120 to go one two. Yeah, who knows who the team's 0:33:53.120 --> 0:33:55.480 picking them will be. But the last two Heisman Trophy winners, 0:33:55.680 --> 0:33:58.280 Jamis Winston from Florida State Marcus and Mariota from Oregon 0:33:58.720 --> 0:34:01.120 compare contrast. That's two of them. It's tent forming in 0:34:01.240 --> 0:34:03.000 terms of what they bring to the table. They're different 0:34:03.000 --> 0:34:05.840 skill sets, totally different kinds of quarterbacks. Winston is a 0:34:06.000 --> 0:34:09.160 pure pocket passer with the wreck the skills of a 0:34:09.280 --> 0:34:13.239 pocket passer. What that means is he throws with natural anticipation. 0:34:13.560 --> 0:34:15.800 But that also means is he's tough in the pocket. 0:34:15.960 --> 0:34:18.680 He'll stand and deliver the ball with people around him. 0:34:18.920 --> 0:34:21.200 It means that he wants the ball out of his hands. 0:34:21.440 --> 0:34:25.240 So he's willing to make stick throws into very tight windows, 0:34:25.400 --> 0:34:28.160 which sometimes gets them into trouble. So Winston is a 0:34:28.320 --> 0:34:32.480 prototypical pocket quarterback. That's the strength of his game. That's 0:34:32.520 --> 0:34:34.800 what he'll be in the NFL. He's a little heavy footed. 0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:37.800 He's not a quick twitch athlete. If you turn the 0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:41.200 tables now and you start looking at Marcus Mariota, he's 0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:44.800 a totally different kind of quarterback. Marcus Mariota is a 0:34:44.880 --> 0:34:50.799 quick twitch athlete. He's a great mover, very light feed. Now, Mariota, 0:34:50.880 --> 0:34:54.399 what he's used to is a precisely timed pass game 0:34:55.520 --> 0:34:58.600 that gets the ball out quickly to open receivers. That's 0:34:58.680 --> 0:35:01.560 what he's used to. It's a scheme offense. That offense 0:35:01.640 --> 0:35:06.040 wins with scheme supremacy, and in college it's really made 0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:08.439 so much better because of the wide field, the white 0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:11.440 hash marks. So that's a college offense that is almost 0:35:11.640 --> 0:35:15.479 impossible to stop tactically. We know the history, of course, 0:35:15.560 --> 0:35:18.000 between Kelly and Marioti. He recruited him, had the two 0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:20.399 seasons with him in terms of what he would bring 0:35:20.520 --> 0:35:23.719 to this Eagles offense. Why is it that people think, 0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:26.600 and maybe it's possible reports that the Eagles are potentially 0:35:26.640 --> 0:35:28.680 trying to move up that high. Why would it be 0:35:28.840 --> 0:35:30.720 that he would be such a perfect It's his offense. 0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:34.919 He knows this offense, and I firmly believe no matter 0:35:35.040 --> 0:35:38.279 what Coach Kelly has said that ultimately that offense to 0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:41.920 really be effective, needs a quarterback that has the ability 0:35:42.000 --> 0:35:45.279 to run. And that's critical to this offense because so 0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:48.279 much of it is based on the readoption element, the 0:35:48.360 --> 0:35:52.480 fake handoff. That's what this offense is all about. All right, well, 0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:54.960 thanks Greg. We will find out momentarily, I suppose whether 0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:57.000 or not Marcus Mariota will be an Eagle, But for 0:35:57.080 --> 0:35:58.960 now we send it back to David Merrill in the 0:35:59.040 --> 0:36:01.840 Exfinity studio. All right, very good guys. Now the Tampa 0:36:01.840 --> 0:36:05.120 Buccaneers have made their selection. Jamis Winston, no surprise, is 0:36:05.200 --> 0:36:08.000 the first pick of this twenty and fifteen NFL Draft. 0:36:08.080 --> 0:36:10.759 So now Tennessee is on the clock. There is ten 0:36:10.840 --> 0:36:13.239 minutes to go here, Merril, So we will find out 0:36:13.280 --> 0:36:16.720 the fate of the Philadelphia Eagles. Maybe maybe Tennessee passes 0:36:16.760 --> 0:36:19.280 on Mariota, they keep the pick, they pass on Marioda, 0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:21.440 and then we can go through this one more time. 0:36:21.480 --> 0:36:24.759 I cannot imagine that my hardest pounding right now, it 0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:28.440 really is. I was thinking about Winston and all the 0:36:28.520 --> 0:36:30.960 facts that everybody was saying, well, it's a lock, and 0:36:31.040 --> 0:36:33.640 then suddenly people were saying, well, you know what, Tampa 0:36:33.719 --> 0:36:37.440 Bay may reconsider and take Mariota. They didn't, so that 0:36:37.560 --> 0:36:40.080 has locked the way. So if the Eagles won him, 0:36:40.200 --> 0:36:42.400 in fact, let me go so far as to predict, 0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:46.120 Dave that if that Mariota is going to go in 0:36:46.320 --> 0:36:50.160 this slot, whether it's Tennessee, whether it's the Bears, whether 0:36:50.200 --> 0:36:52.759 it's the Eagles, whether it's somebody else. But I like 0:36:53.120 --> 0:36:56.880 you like Winston? Do I like Winston? I think Winston 0:36:57.080 --> 0:37:00.239 is a good quarterback, a very good quarterback. He's got 0:37:00.280 --> 0:37:03.320 a great arm. He is accurate. He did not have 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:06.239 the best accuracy last year, but he does have an 0:37:06.280 --> 0:37:08.920 accurate arm for the most part. But he is very, 0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:12.120 very immature. There is an off the field issue with 0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:16.120 Jameis Winston, and that is something that Tampa Bay is 0:37:16.440 --> 0:37:19.520 going to have to worry about. With Mariota, you have 0:37:19.760 --> 0:37:22.120 no off the field issues. Since again I spoke about 0:37:22.160 --> 0:37:25.560 Byron Jones, about a guy who only adds to the culture. 0:37:25.600 --> 0:37:28.640 Really the wholesome feeling that you have in an organization, 0:37:29.080 --> 0:37:31.560 and the same thing with Byron Jones, the same thing 0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:35.280 with Mariota. Okay, Merl Reese, thank you very much. James Winston, 0:37:35.320 --> 0:37:38.440 a Tampa Bay buccaneer, who goes next in this twenty 0:37:38.760 --> 0:37:42.120 fifteen NFL Draft Round number one. We take a break 0:37:42.160 --> 0:37:45.200 from Eagles Draft Central, and when we return, the palms 0:37:45.239 --> 0:37:49.200 are getting sweaty, the heartbeat is increasing. Will the Eagles 0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:52.080 make this move? We'll let you know first right here 0:37:52.120 --> 0:37:58.880 in Eagles Drafts Central when we return, boast if the 0:37:58.960 --> 0:38:02.719 Titans take Mario. But from the start, Meryl, how could 0:38:02.719 --> 0:38:06.800 you possibly think this trade? Now? Possibly, I think the 0:38:06.800 --> 0:38:09.200 Eagles could go from two from twenty to two. But 0:38:09.320 --> 0:38:12.399 if you were listening to all the reports today, how 0:38:12.480 --> 0:38:15.399 could you not think you know what this could happen? 0:38:15.560 --> 0:38:20.160 I think. I think there are pre draft conversations every year. 0:38:20.760 --> 0:38:23.000 I know that Chip, Kelly ed mana which Jeffrey Leary 0:38:23.120 --> 0:38:26.880 are not saying a word to anybody. So for the speculation, 0:38:27.080 --> 0:38:30.080 it was fun. We're gonna find out here. As Commissioner 0:38:30.160 --> 0:38:33.840 Roger Goodell strides up to the podium in Chicago to 0:38:34.040 --> 0:38:38.040 make the announcement, who will the Tennessee Titans select with 0:38:38.239 --> 0:38:40.680 the second pick in this twenty and fifteen draft. We're 0:38:40.680 --> 0:38:46.040 gonna find out momentarily, Merrill, and your thoughts are Marcus's Mario? 0:38:46.160 --> 0:38:47.840 And how are you feeling right now? So as an 0:38:47.880 --> 0:38:50.360 Eagles lover and the voice of the Eagles, well, I 0:38:50.600 --> 0:38:53.800 had mixed reactions because when you listen to the people 0:38:53.840 --> 0:38:56.080 that will be leaving here, you're talking about a bunch 0:38:56.160 --> 0:38:59.160 of talented football players. Okay, let's go. Let's go to 0:38:59.640 --> 0:39:03.440 the DFL network now and Commissioner Roger Goodell. The second 0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:08.480 pick in the twenty fifteen NFL drafts, the Tennessee Titans 0:39:08.560 --> 0:39:18.239 select Marcus Mariotto, quarterback Oregan and it is Marcus Marioto 0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:23.800 in Hawaii. This will be potentially the longest private flight 0:39:24.000 --> 0:39:27.960 taken by any number two overall pick. The Eagles draft 0:39:28.000 --> 0:39:31.040 fans at the draft party, the Titans fans are all excited. 0:39:31.360 --> 0:39:33.839 The Eagles fans are They don't know what to think. Now, 0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:36.000 maybe you could put the Sam Bradford jersey's up for 0:39:36.120 --> 0:39:39.480 sale now, not yet, you shouldn't put You shouldn't go 0:39:39.520 --> 0:39:41.560 buy your Sam Bradford jersey yard. Put about all the 0:39:41.640 --> 0:39:46.919 Cleveland rovers. Oh my gosh. So there's the young man, 0:39:47.800 --> 0:39:52.439 the reigning Hisman Trophy winner is going to Tennessee, all 0:39:52.560 --> 0:39:56.120 the way from the Honolulu, from from Hawaii to Nashville. 0:39:57.719 --> 0:39:59.480 He's going to be the guys. So that means that 0:39:59.600 --> 0:40:02.080 meton Er is out. What does that mean? You're going 0:40:02.160 --> 0:40:05.280 to get to himself a vetteran guy to start teaching 0:40:05.360 --> 0:40:07.520 him how to be a professional in this league. First 0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:11.200 things First, tell me about Mariota the quarterback markin. First 0:40:11.239 --> 0:40:14.400 thing that jumps out with Marcus Mariota is his athleticism. 0:40:14.880 --> 0:40:17.680 Thank Colin Kaepernick. We're gonna look at the tape right 0:40:17.719 --> 0:40:19.960 now that we'll show exactly what he can and can't do. 0:40:20.920 --> 0:40:23.880 Colin Kaepernick, the athletic abuild. He just jumps out, ran 0:40:24.040 --> 0:40:28.319 four or five very long lead, great athlete. Now here's 0:40:28.320 --> 0:40:31.880 a pump bubble screen and he's gonna throw back shoulder 0:40:31.920 --> 0:40:33.640 in the corner of the end zone. That is a 0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:38.759 beautifully throwing football away from the inside corner and inside 0:40:39.080 --> 0:40:42.400 the sideline. Now, every once in a while he misses 0:40:42.400 --> 0:40:44.560 a wide open throw, and about once or twice a 0:40:44.680 --> 0:40:47.640 game that happens. This is what he's gonna happen to 0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:49.920 learn right, you're vision to the right. He's trying to 0:40:49.960 --> 0:40:52.759 come back to another progression. He doesn't see the hang 0:40:52.880 --> 0:40:56.799 linebacker in the window, and that's gonna be the difficult thing. 0:40:56.920 --> 0:41:00.399 More and more of those growths, Kurt Warner, you're us. 0:41:01.840 --> 0:41:03.680 I agree with mine. I think there's so much to 0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:08.440 like about other than completely messing up the pronunciation. Yeah, 0:41:08.600 --> 0:41:12.480 about that, Marcus Mariotto, he no, he said Mariotto Mariotto 0:41:12.600 --> 0:41:16.200 for commissioner from with all this time to prepare, can't 0:41:16.239 --> 0:41:18.799 say Mario. A lot of vows in there, Merrill, It's 0:41:18.840 --> 0:41:21.200 not that tough. See now the Jacksonville Jaguars are on 0:41:21.280 --> 0:41:23.800 the clock, and we shift gears. There will not be 0:41:23.880 --> 0:41:28.360 a Marcus Mariota drafting in Philadelphia, David, will the Eagles 0:41:28.400 --> 0:41:30.719 do in round number one? I just wanted to say 0:41:30.960 --> 0:41:34.719 that all along, Chip Kelly has said he will not 0:41:35.120 --> 0:41:38.320 mortgage the future of the team. That we heard reports 0:41:38.840 --> 0:41:41.840 that he was offering Fletcher Cox and Michael Kendricks and 0:41:43.440 --> 0:41:46.080 free number ones and all events, but none of those 0:41:46.160 --> 0:41:50.000 reports came from Chip Kelly or ed manna Wits. And 0:41:50.239 --> 0:41:52.759 those are the only two people with the authority to 0:41:52.920 --> 0:41:54.799 make those moves. And so when the Eagles make their 0:41:54.840 --> 0:41:57.440 selection later this evening. If they make their selection, assuming 0:41:57.480 --> 0:41:59.600 they don't trade out around, I don't think they will. 0:41:59.719 --> 0:42:01.640 I wonder how much of the press conference will be 0:42:01.680 --> 0:42:07.200 devoted to the Eagles selection versus the Eagles attempts reportedly 0:42:07.480 --> 0:42:10.400 to move up to the Tennessee Titan spot. Because if 0:42:10.440 --> 0:42:13.320 i'm because if I'm Sam Bradford and I think that 0:42:13.440 --> 0:42:15.960 the Eagles have made this massive offer, I mean there's 0:42:16.000 --> 0:42:17.480 got to be a sense of, hey, am I really 0:42:17.520 --> 0:42:19.680 wanted here in Philadelphia? Like I mean, if that stuff 0:42:19.800 --> 0:42:23.000 is true, how do you balance that out? I don't 0:42:23.040 --> 0:42:26.680 doubt that Chip Kelly investigated and talked to Tennessee to 0:42:26.760 --> 0:42:29.200 see what it would take, right, But I don't know 0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:32.239 that he offered everything that was big anticipated, right, I 0:42:32.360 --> 0:42:34.759 hear you. I think that the Eagles, as every team does, 0:42:34.840 --> 0:42:38.440 you investigate every avenue to improve your football team. So 0:42:38.480 --> 0:42:41.120 the Jacksonville Jaguars on the clock. Now we are in 0:42:41.239 --> 0:42:44.440 the waiting game. Now gets a little bit more intriguing 0:42:44.520 --> 0:42:46.359 for the Eagles as we get to pick number three 0:42:46.400 --> 0:42:49.560 and then the Eagles sitting at number twenty. I'm Dave Spidero, 0:42:49.760 --> 0:42:52.080 He's Meryl Reese, the voice of the Eagles. We've got 0:42:52.160 --> 0:42:54.880 Greg co Sell from NFL Films, bow Wolf in the 0:42:54.960 --> 0:42:57.239 fan cave, Tony Pauline up in New York City, Chris 0:42:57.360 --> 0:43:00.279 McPherson in the windy city of Chicago. We've got a 0:43:00.360 --> 0:43:03.239 lot to get to here on Eagles Draft Central, and 0:43:03.360 --> 0:43:13.319 we'll be back in just one moment. Well, you can 0:43:13.360 --> 0:43:16.680 all exhale and sit back and kind of enjoy the 0:43:16.760 --> 0:43:19.440 rest of this first round. The Eagles not moving up 0:43:19.480 --> 0:43:22.600 to the number two position. Marcus Mariota is a Tennessee Titan, 0:43:23.040 --> 0:43:25.160 and now we follow the path of the rest of 0:43:25.239 --> 0:43:28.480 the first round here. What will the Eagles do? Meryl? 0:43:28.600 --> 0:43:30.879 Do they make them move up to the top ten? 0:43:31.200 --> 0:43:33.640 Is there another attractive player? Manu which has said that 0:43:34.120 --> 0:43:37.160 eight to ten impact players here. Would Eagles consider moving 0:43:37.239 --> 0:43:39.360 up for one of those players? I think it's unlikely. 0:43:39.520 --> 0:43:42.080 I also think it's unlikely that they move back, But 0:43:42.280 --> 0:43:45.400 I could see them moving as far as fourteen, fifteen 0:43:45.520 --> 0:43:48.439 or fourteen if there's a player that they really cover 0:43:48.480 --> 0:43:50.480 it and he's there and they don't want to take 0:43:50.520 --> 0:43:52.680 the risk. Yeah, I think it's more likely that they 0:43:52.800 --> 0:43:55.400 move back than it is that they move forward. I 0:43:55.440 --> 0:43:59.120 think I think they stay at twenty. I think give 0:43:59.200 --> 0:44:02.480 up draft picks. Let's bow Wolf and Greg Cosell in 0:44:02.520 --> 0:44:07.240 the Fancave Boys. What was your reaction as Commissioner Goodell 0:44:07.800 --> 0:44:10.759 strode to the podium there in Chicago and botch the 0:44:10.880 --> 0:44:13.680 nickname or botch the name Marcus Mariota. I can't believe 0:44:13.760 --> 0:44:16.680 that he's had all offseason to work on Marcus Mariota 0:44:16.680 --> 0:44:19.560 and still couldn't get it. That boggles my mind. I 0:44:19.600 --> 0:44:21.600 don't really have anything to add to that. All right, Well, 0:44:21.800 --> 0:44:25.120 let's talk about Greg some of the other potential possibilities 0:44:25.160 --> 0:44:27.920 for moving up. We know that Mariota was potentially the 0:44:28.000 --> 0:44:31.360 guy didn't happen for the areas of needs for the Eagles. Obviously, 0:44:31.400 --> 0:44:34.000 you look at cornerback, the top corner on the board. 0:44:34.080 --> 0:44:37.160 Probably in most people's eyes, Trey Waynes from Michigan State 0:44:37.239 --> 0:44:40.160 has the size, speed characteristics the Eagles will be looking for. 0:44:40.480 --> 0:44:42.360 Do you see a scenario in which he falls to 0:44:42.560 --> 0:44:45.600 maybe the early teens, in which the Eagles would jump up? 0:44:45.600 --> 0:44:47.960 And then if you're truly in love with Trey Wayne's 0:44:48.000 --> 0:44:51.320 bow above all the other corners, then yes, But I 0:44:51.400 --> 0:44:53.960 think it would depend on how far Trey Waynes Falls. 0:44:54.280 --> 0:44:56.799 I would not see the Eagles moving up to eight 0:44:56.920 --> 0:44:59.360 or nine to get Trey Wayne's if he were to 0:44:59.440 --> 0:45:01.920 fall to tw over thirteen. I think yes, then you 0:45:02.000 --> 0:45:04.080 can make a strong case for that. I think there's 0:45:04.120 --> 0:45:06.600 other corners in this draft that they would probably feel 0:45:06.800 --> 0:45:10.319 very good about. A Byron Jones out of Connecticut, Kevin 0:45:10.440 --> 0:45:13.399 Johnson from Wake Forest. Do you know anything about Weake Forest? 0:45:13.440 --> 0:45:14.920 I do know a little bit about wake Forest. I'd 0:45:14.920 --> 0:45:18.279 also throw Eric Rove from Utah Agen possibly, but I 0:45:18.280 --> 0:45:19.839 don't think they'd have to trade up to get Eric 0:45:19.960 --> 0:45:21.480 row No. I agree, and I think yeah, I think 0:45:21.800 --> 0:45:23.920 there's those are the guys they would stay at twenty four. 0:45:24.040 --> 0:45:26.720 How about receiver and possible in the position, A position 0:45:26.719 --> 0:45:29.080 the Eagles have done their homework on. We see now 0:45:29.160 --> 0:45:32.840 that the tense Titans have selected quarterback Marcus Mario, Eagles 0:45:33.080 --> 0:45:36.080 can move ForwArt down the two main guys of Marie 0:45:36.120 --> 0:45:38.279 Cooper Kevin White. I think there will be a lot 0:45:38.320 --> 0:45:40.400 of teams interested in those two players. But could you 0:45:40.440 --> 0:45:41.960 see the Eagles moving up for one of those two 0:45:43.000 --> 0:45:45.880 if there starts to be a run on receivers? And again, 0:45:46.080 --> 0:45:47.680 we don't know what's going to happen now with picks 0:45:47.719 --> 0:45:51.480 four and five, six, But if one of those receivers 0:45:51.520 --> 0:45:54.880 significantly drops or there starts to be a run on receivers, 0:45:55.239 --> 0:45:57.799 because there's an old saying in this business that if 0:45:57.800 --> 0:45:59.520 there starts to be a run on a position you 0:45:59.640 --> 0:46:02.400 really want, you've got to trade into the run. So 0:46:02.680 --> 0:46:05.560 if all of a sudden receivers start coming off the board, 0:46:05.920 --> 0:46:08.759 you know, and there's four or five receivers that are gone, 0:46:08.960 --> 0:46:11.160 and all of a sudden the Eagles say, wow, the 0:46:11.280 --> 0:46:13.640 guys we really want could be gone, then you got 0:46:13.719 --> 0:46:15.680 to trade up into that run. And who do you 0:46:15.800 --> 0:46:18.399 think that might be? A Breshad Perriman, perhaps a player 0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:22.040 you're very Brashad Perramian is a possibility. I think that 0:46:22.160 --> 0:46:24.360 there'll be a lot of different views on someone like 0:46:24.480 --> 0:46:27.759 Philip door Set. But Philip door Set could go well 0:46:27.840 --> 0:46:31.200 earlier than people think because he has that explosive speed. 0:46:31.600 --> 0:46:34.120 So Philip door Set is someone that could be very 0:46:34.280 --> 0:46:38.399 very interesting as possibly a mid round first round pick. 0:46:38.520 --> 0:46:40.840 All right, how about the offensive line, another position of 0:46:41.040 --> 0:46:44.359 potential need for the Eagles. Brandon Scherf maybe the top 0:46:44.480 --> 0:46:48.880 guard tackle in college. Obviously most teams see him immediately 0:46:48.920 --> 0:46:50.560 as a guard at least. Could you see the Eagles 0:46:50.600 --> 0:46:53.440 moving up for him. I guess they could if they 0:46:53.560 --> 0:46:56.160 feel that he's an all program. If they see him 0:46:56.200 --> 0:46:59.000 as Zach Martin last year the Cowboys, who played left 0:46:59.040 --> 0:47:01.200 tackle at Notre Dame and then they moved him to 0:47:01.320 --> 0:47:03.440 left guard and he became an all pro. I think 0:47:03.480 --> 0:47:05.800 that if the Eagles see him as that kind of player, 0:47:06.080 --> 0:47:10.640 that's a possibility. I think there's more athletic players. There's 0:47:10.680 --> 0:47:13.319 a DJ Humphreys from Florida who I don't think they 0:47:13.360 --> 0:47:15.360 would have to trade up to get, but he's a 0:47:15.480 --> 0:47:18.960 very athletic left tackle prospect. And certainly the old line 0:47:19.120 --> 0:47:21.320 is a position that they have to look at really 0:47:21.480 --> 0:47:23.919 carefully in this draft, with the age on the left 0:47:24.000 --> 0:47:26.800 side and the feeling that Evan Mathis may not be 0:47:26.880 --> 0:47:29.360 an Eagle. We don't know that, but even Jason Peters 0:47:29.440 --> 0:47:31.600 is getting up there in years. That's right, the final 0:47:31.760 --> 0:47:34.440 position of course of interest for the Eagles' safety. I 0:47:34.520 --> 0:47:36.600 don't expect that they will move up for a player 0:47:36.680 --> 0:47:38.759 like Landon Collins, who I think we both agree is 0:47:38.800 --> 0:47:40.759 not really an ideal fit for the Seagles d no, 0:47:40.840 --> 0:47:42.960 and I think that's important to remember is safety is 0:47:43.000 --> 0:47:45.920 the most scheme specific position in the NFL bow and 0:47:46.200 --> 0:47:48.399 if you want your safeties, as Bill Davis has talked 0:47:48.440 --> 0:47:51.960 about on numerous occasions, to be interchangeable, meaning to have 0:47:52.080 --> 0:47:54.480 the ability to play low in the box and high 0:47:54.560 --> 0:47:57.239 on the back end, then Landon Collins is a tough fit. 0:47:57.320 --> 0:47:59.799 He's not a back end safety. So then you're looking 0:47:59.800 --> 0:48:02.399 at someone like to marry As Randall from Arizona State, 0:48:02.600 --> 0:48:04.600 who you, in my view, would not have to trade 0:48:04.719 --> 0:48:06.759 up to get, and who has recently been mocked as 0:48:06.800 --> 0:48:09.360 a potential pick for the Eagles at twenty. Before we 0:48:09.840 --> 0:48:11.440 send it back over there, tell me your thoughts on 0:48:11.480 --> 0:48:14.000 the pick of Dante Fowler for Jacksonville, your top rated 0:48:14.440 --> 0:48:17.760 non quarterback on the board and the top defensive prospect 0:48:17.800 --> 0:48:22.520 in this class in my view, explosive athletic traits, tremendous 0:48:22.600 --> 0:48:26.480 competitive temperament. I think that Dante Fowler has the ability 0:48:26.600 --> 0:48:29.840 down the road to be acclaim Matthews type pass rusher, 0:48:29.960 --> 0:48:33.279 a Justin Houston type pass rusher. That's how explosive he 0:48:33.400 --> 0:48:35.400 can be rushing off the edge. All right, Well, the 0:48:35.480 --> 0:48:37.439 pick is in at number four for the Oakland Raiders. 0:48:37.520 --> 0:48:39.719 We send it back now to David Merrill in the 0:48:39.800 --> 0:48:42.920 Exfanity studio. Well, thank you very much, fellas, we've got 0:48:43.000 --> 0:48:45.160 some sanity here. As we kind of get into a 0:48:45.280 --> 0:48:48.520 rhythm as Fowler goes off the board and the Raiders 0:48:48.560 --> 0:48:52.520 now about to make their pick, Merrill and I think 0:48:52.600 --> 0:48:54.000 I want to I'd kind of like to get a 0:48:54.040 --> 0:48:55.920 feel for Eagles fans. We're going to open up the 0:48:55.960 --> 0:49:00.279 phone lines two one, three, three, nine six seven zero nine. 0:49:00.600 --> 0:49:02.279 I'll give us a call. In the next segment, we'll 0:49:02.320 --> 0:49:04.160 take some phone calls. Marrow, how do you think Eagles 0:49:04.200 --> 0:49:07.640 fans are reacting right now? Well, it depends. The fans 0:49:07.719 --> 0:49:10.319 who felt that giving up the ranch was too much 0:49:11.080 --> 0:49:14.040 are relieved. The fans who have been thinking nothing but 0:49:14.320 --> 0:49:17.120 Marcus Mariota since Chip Kelly arrived here as the head 0:49:17.160 --> 0:49:21.759 coach are tremendously disappointed, because even though it seemed very 0:49:21.840 --> 0:49:25.480 improbable early, as days went on, the rumors flew and 0:49:25.560 --> 0:49:28.279 the reports came from all over the country on some 0:49:28.800 --> 0:49:32.840 really responsible media athletes that it was going to happen. 0:49:32.960 --> 0:49:36.520 So obviously those fans are disappointed. Down let me just 0:49:36.600 --> 0:49:39.120 tell you something that I would like to see right now, 0:49:39.560 --> 0:49:43.040 But the Oakland Raiders about to make a pick. I 0:49:43.239 --> 0:49:47.960 hope that they select either Kevin White or Amari Cooper 0:49:48.320 --> 0:49:51.600 because there is a rumor that the Giants and many 0:49:51.640 --> 0:49:54.560 of that will come up with Amari Cooper. And I 0:49:54.600 --> 0:49:58.839 would hate to see the wide receivers on that team 0:49:59.000 --> 0:50:02.759 be Victor Cruz, Amari Cooper, Odell Beckham. You better rush 0:50:02.800 --> 0:50:07.400 the quarterback. It would be a very difficult props every secondary. 0:50:07.480 --> 0:50:10.239 But this wide receiver crew is so deep mer I 0:50:10.640 --> 0:50:12.120 I think there's going to be good wide receivers, and 0:50:12.160 --> 0:50:15.040 I still think wide receiver a possibility. I do number 0:50:15.120 --> 0:50:18.160 twenty for the Philadelphia agents. But but getting back to 0:50:18.239 --> 0:50:21.239 the mood of Eagles fans, I just feel like over 0:50:21.320 --> 0:50:24.399 the last several months here there was such an expectation 0:50:24.560 --> 0:50:28.600 built up. And let's be honest here, the Eagles acquired 0:50:28.640 --> 0:50:31.440 Sam Bradford for a reason. They think very very highly 0:50:31.840 --> 0:50:34.560 of Bradford in his skill set. At the same time, 0:50:35.239 --> 0:50:38.239 all these reports circulating that the Eagles offering all of 0:50:38.280 --> 0:50:41.080 these packages, doing everything they could to move up. We 0:50:41.200 --> 0:50:43.440 have to find out how how Sam Bradford reacts and 0:50:43.480 --> 0:50:46.200 how Chip Kelly responds to all those reports. I think 0:50:46.320 --> 0:50:49.200 Sam Bradford is a professional. He's out worried about rumors, 0:50:49.760 --> 0:50:52.239 the fact that he's here. Now here's the Raider selection. Yeah, 0:50:52.280 --> 0:50:56.239 so the Raiders are selecting as Roger Goodell announces the 0:50:56.360 --> 0:50:58.360 Raiders with the fourth pick in the draft, selecting of 0:50:58.400 --> 0:51:01.040 Mariy Cooper from Alabama. No longer a Giant, so we 0:51:01.080 --> 0:51:03.359 don't have to worry about that. When we return, we're 0:51:03.400 --> 0:51:06.880 going to talk to all of famer, perhaps Kurt Warner 0:51:06.920 --> 0:51:09.959 from Arizona Cardinals quarterback That two thousand and eight NFC 0:51:10.120 --> 0:51:13.200 championship game still sticks in my crawl. Chris McPherson caught 0:51:13.280 --> 0:51:16.560 up with him on Wednesday and talks a little bit 0:51:16.600 --> 0:51:19.120 in Chicago about Sam Bradford and his skill set, and 0:51:19.239 --> 0:51:21.920 we'll talk about that and here from Kurt Warner when 0:51:22.040 --> 0:51:33.120 we return to Eagles Draft Central. It's Eagles Draft Central 0:51:33.200 --> 0:51:36.080 on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. We hope you're enjoying the 0:51:36.120 --> 0:51:39.240 show so far. As his first round heats up Eagles 0:51:39.280 --> 0:51:41.440 insider Dave Spidero joined by the Voice of the Eagles, 0:51:41.800 --> 0:51:44.319 Merrill Reese. We now go out to Chicago. Where are 0:51:44.400 --> 0:51:48.719 Chris McPherson caught up with former Cardinals Giants quarterback Kurt 0:51:48.800 --> 0:51:52.600 Warner who knows a thing or two about Eagles quarterback 0:51:52.640 --> 0:51:56.880 Sam Bradford. Now please be joined with NFL Network anlas 0:51:56.920 --> 0:52:00.839 a former quarterback, Kurt Warner, super Bowl champions and Kurt, 0:52:01.520 --> 0:52:03.400 I'll ask you right off the top at the quarterback 0:52:03.440 --> 0:52:06.200 situation and Phil Yeah, you have to know that's coming 0:52:06.200 --> 0:52:10.080 from Philadelphia. What do you think of Sam Bradford as 0:52:10.080 --> 0:52:12.719 a player that ship acquired this all singing? He trade 0:52:12.840 --> 0:52:15.160 Nick Foles, a Pro Bowl quarterback to Saint Louis laquim 0:52:15.440 --> 0:52:17.279 What do you think of Bradford? I tell you what 0:52:17.360 --> 0:52:20.600 I love Sam, great young man, a guy that I 0:52:20.680 --> 0:52:23.200 believe wants to be great. I believe he's got the 0:52:23.280 --> 0:52:26.880 tools to be great. I think the biggest thing that 0:52:26.960 --> 0:52:30.200 I've seen with Sam in his short career is that 0:52:30.280 --> 0:52:33.120 I want to see him get the confidence back that 0:52:33.239 --> 0:52:35.520 he believes he can make every throw on the football field. 0:52:35.960 --> 0:52:38.719 Is that. I think there was a time in Saint 0:52:38.800 --> 0:52:42.200 Louis where he got to the point where he was 0:52:42.440 --> 0:52:44.680 more afraid to make a mistake than he was to 0:52:44.760 --> 0:52:47.640 make a play, and so he managed games instead of 0:52:47.760 --> 0:52:50.360 just playing up to his potential. Because I believe he 0:52:50.440 --> 0:52:52.239 plays up to his potential, he can be a really, 0:52:52.320 --> 0:52:55.439 really good quarterback in the National Football League. I just think, 0:52:55.560 --> 0:52:58.040 you know, after maybe a lot of hits early in 0:52:58.160 --> 0:53:01.120 his career, lack of six us early in the career 0:53:01.640 --> 0:53:04.919 has maybe led to this, But that's that's the next 0:53:04.960 --> 0:53:06.880 step for him is to get back to the confidence 0:53:07.000 --> 0:53:09.800 level where it's like drow caution to the win and 0:53:09.960 --> 0:53:11.960 go play the way you played in college and the 0:53:12.000 --> 0:53:14.520 way you played your rookie year. And I think there's 0:53:14.520 --> 0:53:16.839 a huge upside for him now. Everyone wants to know, well, 0:53:16.960 --> 0:53:19.400 Chip Kelly potentially make the move to go up to 0:53:19.480 --> 0:53:22.520 get the player who he coached at Oregon and Marcus Mariota. 0:53:22.840 --> 0:53:25.880 You spend time with Marcus and with Jamis Winson, the 0:53:25.960 --> 0:53:28.160 top two quarterbacks of this year's draft class. What are 0:53:28.200 --> 0:53:30.520 your thoughts on the two of them. Well, I mean, 0:53:30.600 --> 0:53:32.759 first of all, talk about Jamis is that I really 0:53:32.800 --> 0:53:36.040 like Jamis. I like his persona, I like, you know, 0:53:36.080 --> 0:53:39.680 his charisma, the way he connects with people around him. 0:53:39.840 --> 0:53:42.560 Think he'd be a great leader. I like what they 0:53:42.600 --> 0:53:44.160 asked him to do in college. He played in the 0:53:44.239 --> 0:53:45.600 pro system, they asked him to do a lot of 0:53:45.680 --> 0:53:48.439 different things. So from that standpoint, I think the body 0:53:48.480 --> 0:53:52.000 of work says he's the most pro ready of the two. 0:53:53.400 --> 0:53:56.600 But I mean, what a great situation for Marcus Mariota 0:53:56.680 --> 0:53:59.520 if he gets to Philly where now he doesn't have 0:53:59.640 --> 0:54:02.799 to make a drastic transition at least right off the bat. 0:54:03.280 --> 0:54:05.120 Is he can come into a system he's comfortable with, 0:54:05.640 --> 0:54:09.200 playing to his strengths with his legs and with his arm, 0:54:09.280 --> 0:54:11.640 and you know, system wise, with things that he's done 0:54:11.640 --> 0:54:13.400 in the past. So I think that would be a 0:54:13.480 --> 0:54:17.040 great fit and allow him to succeed early as he 0:54:17.160 --> 0:54:19.839 continued to learn how to play the position and how 0:54:19.880 --> 0:54:21.840 to play it more pro style from inside the pocket. 0:54:22.040 --> 0:54:24.200 What a bit of advice can you give the young 0:54:24.280 --> 0:54:27.399 quarterbacks because it's not just being selected, it's you're going 0:54:27.480 --> 0:54:29.879 to a new city, you're most likely moving away from home, 0:54:29.960 --> 0:54:32.560 You're going to be the face of a franchise. How 0:54:32.640 --> 0:54:35.320 do these players prepare for the how can they adapt 0:54:35.320 --> 0:54:37.600 to What bit of advice can you give to them? Well, 0:54:37.600 --> 0:54:39.200 I mean, I think there's always a couple of things. 0:54:39.400 --> 0:54:41.600 I think first and foremost, from like a football standpoint 0:54:41.800 --> 0:54:45.480 is find a veteran guy that's done it or that's 0:54:45.480 --> 0:54:49.160 in your locker room that you can kind of go 0:54:49.360 --> 0:54:51.640 under their wing and just learn how to be a pro. 0:54:52.280 --> 0:54:55.200 You know that. I know it's easy sometimes as a 0:54:55.280 --> 0:54:57.400 leader to want to come in and go, oh, I 0:54:57.520 --> 0:55:00.200 got this, I know what I'm doing, and I'll to 0:55:00.239 --> 0:55:02.560 fake my way through it. It's not a situation you 0:55:02.640 --> 0:55:05.120 want to try to fake your way through because the 0:55:05.280 --> 0:55:07.719 NFL will expose you're very quickly if you try to 0:55:07.800 --> 0:55:10.920 do that. So I always tell them, call somebody, call me, 0:55:11.560 --> 0:55:13.800 you know, and if you've got questions about how to 0:55:13.880 --> 0:55:16.279 handle yourself off the field, ask them. If you need 0:55:16.400 --> 0:55:18.480 more help on the field, to sit down and talk, 0:55:18.920 --> 0:55:21.160 you know, xs and os and stuff. Do that, but 0:55:21.680 --> 0:55:24.399 you know, uncover every rock with that veteran of how 0:55:24.440 --> 0:55:27.000 to be a pro. I think that's where it starts. 0:55:27.560 --> 0:55:29.520 And then I think there's always a key too, is 0:55:29.560 --> 0:55:32.920 that understand when you're becoming the face of a franchise 0:55:33.040 --> 0:55:37.120 that football isn't everything. Go out and connect with a 0:55:37.200 --> 0:55:41.080 community and understand that what's great about football teams is 0:55:41.160 --> 0:55:44.279 that communities are connected to them. You know, good or bad, 0:55:44.480 --> 0:55:47.319 they're connected to them, and you have an amazing opportunity 0:55:47.640 --> 0:55:50.319 being connected in that way. As a quarterback, the face 0:55:50.360 --> 0:55:53.640 of a franchise to really impact the community and have 0:55:53.760 --> 0:55:56.320 a longer lasting impact than just wins and losses. And 0:55:57.280 --> 0:56:00.480 I think not enough guys have that perspective. And I 0:56:00.520 --> 0:56:02.560 think it's hard for a young guy to have that perspective. 0:56:02.640 --> 0:56:04.919 But I think the young guys that do that really 0:56:05.080 --> 0:56:07.839 endear themselves to a community in a special way. Kurb 0:56:07.920 --> 0:56:10.879 My last question is everyone talks about Jamis, everyone talks 0:56:10.880 --> 0:56:13.919 about Marcus. Who from that next tier of quarterbacks, whether 0:56:13.960 --> 0:56:16.880 it's Hunley, whether it's Petty, whether it's Grace and Mannion, 0:56:17.200 --> 0:56:19.160 who do you think has the best chance from what 0:56:19.280 --> 0:56:22.840 you've seen on tape to succeed in the NFL. A 0:56:22.960 --> 0:56:27.040 tough question because I like like Petty, like Hunley, got 0:56:27.080 --> 0:56:30.480 to work with Red a little bit. You know, Garrett 0:56:30.480 --> 0:56:32.880 Grayson's a guy that intrigues me because he played more 0:56:32.920 --> 0:56:35.040 of a pro system, So I think he's got a 0:56:35.080 --> 0:56:38.239 better chance from that standpoint. Bryce Petty, I think is 0:56:38.280 --> 0:56:42.239 a guy that maybe has the most upside physically, you 0:56:42.440 --> 0:56:45.399 just as a passer, great feet, great release, great arm. 0:56:46.200 --> 0:56:48.440 But all of them have questions for me, and so 0:56:48.600 --> 0:56:50.960 I'm not sure who that next guy is. If if 0:56:51.000 --> 0:56:52.480 you're looking for a certain kind of guy I can 0:56:52.520 --> 0:56:54.239 tell you. If you're looking for that athlete that can 0:56:54.280 --> 0:56:56.719 throw it, probably go with Bryce Petty. If you're looking 0:56:56.760 --> 0:56:58.920 for a guy to play in a system where you're 0:56:58.960 --> 0:57:01.320 gonna ask him to do them, maybe it's a Garrett 0:57:01.360 --> 0:57:04.520 Grayson that's been in that system more. And maybe Brett 0:57:04.600 --> 0:57:07.960 Hunley is kind of the mix of those two. But 0:57:08.120 --> 0:57:10.000 I'm not sure one really jumps out at you and 0:57:10.120 --> 0:57:13.759 says he's definitely the third best quarterback in this draft. 0:57:13.800 --> 0:57:16.080 I just think they're different, And depending on what you're 0:57:16.120 --> 0:57:18.600 looking for, is that guy that you would take next? 0:57:19.080 --> 0:57:22.160 NFL Network Analyston Super Bowl Champion quarterback Kurt Warner, thank 0:57:22.160 --> 0:57:24.160 you very much for joining us here on Eagles Draft 0:57:24.240 --> 0:57:27.440 Central on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. All right, thank you 0:57:27.520 --> 0:57:29.320 very much, Chris, Thank you very much, Kurt Warner. The 0:57:29.360 --> 0:57:32.400 Redskins have made their selection in round one, Brandon Sheriff, 0:57:32.480 --> 0:57:36.560 the offensive tackle guard from Iowa. And that's the first 0:57:36.560 --> 0:57:38.760 team in the NFC East to make a selection. And 0:57:38.840 --> 0:57:40.720 that's a solid, solid picks. Oh, it's a good pick, 0:57:40.760 --> 0:57:42.840 but they'll find a way to mess them up. Yeah, Well, 0:57:42.920 --> 0:57:44.680 you never know. And now the Jets and Todd Bowles 0:57:45.040 --> 0:57:47.200 are on the clock, so we creep. And this is 0:57:47.280 --> 0:57:51.120 a creeping situation to twenty. It just it moves so fast. 0:57:51.200 --> 0:57:52.920 Picks one and two number. All the people who were 0:57:53.000 --> 0:57:55.160 theorizing that the Eagles would have to trade with the 0:57:55.280 --> 0:57:58.440 Jets because Marcus Mariota would slip to the Jets, who 0:57:58.480 --> 0:58:02.360 are not married to Genos Smith, well, I look, Meryl, 0:58:03.200 --> 0:58:05.160 I will tell I'm not bragg I just I said 0:58:05.240 --> 0:58:08.400 from the start of the off season that the quarterbacks 0:58:08.440 --> 0:58:11.120 would go one and two. Yeah, by hooker, by crook. 0:58:11.200 --> 0:58:13.600 That's That's exactly what the one thing I was certain of. 0:58:14.040 --> 0:58:15.960 And I didn't know the Tennessee was going to hold 0:58:16.040 --> 0:58:19.240 on to Mariota. But I didn't see Mariota going beyond 0:58:19.320 --> 0:58:22.200 that second slot, right, And it's too good and and 0:58:22.280 --> 0:58:25.080 I never bought the idea that Tennessee was so in 0:58:25.200 --> 0:58:28.160 love with Zach Menberger. All right, now, why did the 0:58:28.240 --> 0:58:31.880 Titans take Marcus Mariota. Let's go back out to Chicago. 0:58:32.000 --> 0:58:37.320 Chris McPherson has the latest on Tennessee and Mariota. Together. 0:58:38.480 --> 0:58:41.720 Now that the Tennessee Titans have selected quarterback Marcus Mariota, 0:58:41.800 --> 0:58:45.360 the Eagles can move forward with Sam Bradford as the 0:58:45.480 --> 0:58:48.600 guy now. Back when the Eagles acquired Bradford, we had 0:58:48.640 --> 0:58:51.280 heard within the building that Chip Kelly was described as 0:58:51.360 --> 0:58:55.120 being on cloud nine to acquire the former Heisman winning 0:58:55.240 --> 0:58:58.520 quarter Husband Trophy winning quarterback, as well as former number 0:58:58.560 --> 0:59:02.280 one overall pick. I talked to NFL Networks Kurt Warner 0:59:02.480 --> 0:59:05.800 yesterday at a media luncheon previewing the NFL Draft, and 0:59:05.920 --> 0:59:08.080 he said that he's a big fan of Bradford. He 0:59:08.200 --> 0:59:10.840 thinks the change of environment, the change of scenery, will 0:59:10.880 --> 0:59:14.320 be beneficial for Bradford. The key for Bradford is first 0:59:14.320 --> 0:59:17.040 and foremost to get the knee healthy, which something that 0:59:17.080 --> 0:59:20.080 should happen to progress as the offseason continues to develop. 0:59:20.320 --> 0:59:23.840 But playing behind a veteran season offensive line, being able 0:59:23.880 --> 0:59:26.800 to play in Chip Kelly's up tempo system, which was 0:59:26.960 --> 0:59:29.600 very similar to one he played in and thrived in 0:59:29.640 --> 0:59:33.640 at Oklahoma, should benefit him long term. So the Eagles 0:59:33.880 --> 0:59:36.560 moving forward with Sam Bradford as a guy, and Sam 0:59:36.600 --> 0:59:39.520 Bradford has all the resources here in Philadelphia to be 0:59:39.600 --> 0:59:41.840 able to thrive in this offense. We're gonna send it 0:59:41.920 --> 0:59:45.760 back now for more on Eagles Draft Central. Thank you 0:59:45.880 --> 0:59:48.480 very much, Chris McPherson. And why not fall in love 0:59:48.560 --> 0:59:51.320 with Marcus Mariona. He's done nothing but make you fall 0:59:51.360 --> 0:59:53.880 in love with him straight off the field and obviously 0:59:54.040 --> 0:59:57.120 tremendous on the field for Oregon. I agree, Yeah, I agree. 0:59:57.200 --> 1:00:01.040 I think they Tennessee Titans got themselves a tremendous smell. 1:00:01.200 --> 1:00:04.080 What about Yeah, So, let's how do Eagles fans feel 1:00:04.600 --> 1:00:08.160 right now? We want to hear from you two one, five, three, 1:00:08.280 --> 1:00:11.680 three nine six seven zero nine. We'll take a break now, 1:00:11.920 --> 1:00:13.960 we'll get to your phone calls. The Jets are on 1:00:14.000 --> 1:00:16.280 the clock about to make their pick. Things are heating up. 1:00:16.400 --> 1:00:18.840 We're getting closer to twenty What will the Eagles do? 1:00:19.320 --> 1:00:31.920 Stay tuned to Eagles Draft Central. Welcome back, Dave Spidero 1:00:32.000 --> 1:00:34.560 Merrill rais its Eagles Drafts Central live here on Philadelphia 1:00:34.600 --> 1:00:37.400 Eagles dot Com and our Eagles Digital Network. We're live 1:00:37.440 --> 1:00:40.280 from the Novacare Complex. This is the Nerve Center for 1:00:40.400 --> 1:00:43.640 the Philadelphia Eagles. The drafts is in Chicago, the Eagles 1:00:43.680 --> 1:00:46.000 for the most part, here in Philadelphia. The Jets are 1:00:46.040 --> 1:00:48.720 on the clock. Meryland as we wind our way to 1:00:48.840 --> 1:00:52.240 twenty one. Of the positions of need and probably two 1:00:52.320 --> 1:00:56.960 positions of need, safety and cornerback. Your thoughts on the 1:00:57.080 --> 1:00:59.520 way those positions look right now for the Eagles, well's 1:00:59.600 --> 1:01:02.080 I think scenario that they have to go and they 1:01:02.120 --> 1:01:04.800 could get a guy like Byron Jones, who we mentioned earlier, 1:01:05.120 --> 1:01:07.440 who could play at saye, who could could possibly be 1:01:07.520 --> 1:01:11.680 a safety. He's a great athlete and he can play both. 1:01:11.800 --> 1:01:14.360 I mean he's big enough and tough enough to play safety. Yeah. 1:01:14.440 --> 1:01:16.480 But for now, what do you see with what the 1:01:16.640 --> 1:01:20.120 Eagles have on their roster at the cornerback position. They 1:01:20.120 --> 1:01:24.080 added Byron Maxwell, right, and they they signed Walter Thurman 1:01:24.480 --> 1:01:28.000 as well E J. Biggers, as the Jets select Leonard Williams, 1:01:28.200 --> 1:01:30.800 the defensive tackle from USC with the six picks. So 1:01:31.520 --> 1:01:34.240 but but the Eagles, as you look at him, merrill Um, 1:01:34.600 --> 1:01:37.600 is Maxwell enough? I mean who you is Brandon Boykin 1:01:37.680 --> 1:01:39.720 part of the picture. I don't think so. In terms 1:01:39.760 --> 1:01:42.480 of the corner if you're talking about that other corner 1:01:42.560 --> 1:01:44.959 the Eagle, who I think who has the best chance 1:01:45.040 --> 1:01:47.440 of ending up at that spot the president Eagle to 1:01:47.600 --> 1:01:50.400 me will be Nolan Carroll. I think that Nolan Carroll 1:01:50.520 --> 1:01:54.280 is a talented football player. He's a safety position as 1:01:54.280 --> 1:01:57.720 a corner. As a corner, I from what Chip says, 1:01:57.840 --> 1:02:01.480 from what Bill Davis says, Nolan, No, Carol is not 1:02:02.440 --> 1:02:05.040 a fit for safety. They're not thinking of him as 1:02:05.320 --> 1:02:09.280 converting to safety. Jalen Wadkins is a guy who is 1:02:09.400 --> 1:02:13.200 long and tough enough who they feel could fit at 1:02:13.240 --> 1:02:15.680 safety unless they come up with Yeah, that's the second 1:02:15.760 --> 1:02:18.720 year player of fourth round pick last year who showed 1:02:18.720 --> 1:02:21.000 a little bit in the final game last year against 1:02:21.000 --> 1:02:23.560 the Giants. And we'll see if the Eagles moving into 1:02:23.600 --> 1:02:26.000 that safety room and they have a whole off season 1:02:26.080 --> 1:02:29.240 to prepare him for that. But as you said, he's 1:02:29.320 --> 1:02:32.240 in his second year and that's what that's what a 1:02:32.280 --> 1:02:34.840 player has to make a big jump. But he will 1:02:34.840 --> 1:02:37.400 be given a chance at the safety spot. And we 1:02:37.560 --> 1:02:40.680 told we heard Greg mention another game guy by the 1:02:40.760 --> 1:02:43.720 name of Damarus Randall who could be a pick for 1:02:43.760 --> 1:02:46.280 the Eagles, may be as high as twenty. Well, let's 1:02:46.280 --> 1:02:49.000 see Arizona State and he's a talented safety. Let's see 1:02:49.040 --> 1:02:51.880 as we take a look here at our draft tracker 1:02:52.080 --> 1:02:55.480 so far through six picks, Winston Mariota the quarterbacks go one, two, 1:02:56.200 --> 1:03:00.280 and then it's Dante Fowler to Jacksonville. Amari Cooper the 1:03:00.360 --> 1:03:03.160 first wide receiver of a very deep class, goes off 1:03:03.240 --> 1:03:07.200 the board to Oakland at four. Sheriff goes to the Redskins, 1:03:07.240 --> 1:03:10.480 a solid pick for them. Leonard Williams, who was projected 1:03:10.520 --> 1:03:13.640 by some, is perhaps the second pick overall in this draft. 1:03:13.720 --> 1:03:17.400 He goes number six to the Jets. To the Bears 1:03:17.440 --> 1:03:20.080 at number seven in front of the hometown fans, go 1:03:20.240 --> 1:03:23.480 wide receiver, perhaps Kevin White from West Virginia. Let's talk 1:03:23.520 --> 1:03:27.640 about the defensive backs. Tony Pauline Draft insider dot Net 1:03:28.120 --> 1:03:31.000 previews some of the best of the best in the 1:03:31.160 --> 1:03:35.280 secondary in this twenty fifteen NFL draft. When looking at 1:03:35.360 --> 1:03:38.160 defensive backs in round one, Trey Wayne of Michigan State 1:03:38.200 --> 1:03:40.200 to Junior is considered by most to be the most 1:03:40.240 --> 1:03:42.760 talented and will be the first pick. He's a physical 1:03:42.840 --> 1:03:45.240 specimen that is able to run downfield with opponents and 1:03:45.360 --> 1:03:48.640 physically beat down defenders to stop the pass. He's very 1:03:48.760 --> 1:03:50.880 rough around the edges and will need polished before he's 1:03:50.960 --> 1:03:53.320 NFL ready, But Trey Wayne comes with a great amount 1:03:53.320 --> 1:03:55.400 of webside potential and should be a solid pick in 1:03:55.440 --> 1:03:58.320 the bottom half of round one. Yukon's Byron Jones has 1:03:58.320 --> 1:03:59.920 got a lot of press and has taken a meeting 1:04:00.120 --> 1:04:02.840 art rise up to draft boards recently. He's got the size, 1:04:03.080 --> 1:04:05.360 the athleticism, and the ball skills to play at the 1:04:05.440 --> 1:04:07.880 next level and should quickly break into a starting lineup 1:04:07.920 --> 1:04:10.560 as a rookie in the NFL. Kevin Johnson of Wake 1:04:10.640 --> 1:04:13.080 Forrest is one of the forgotten men at the cornerback position. 1:04:13.120 --> 1:04:15.400 He was a three year starter for the Demon Deacons 1:04:15.440 --> 1:04:17.720 and did a terrific job and shutting down the opponent's 1:04:17.720 --> 1:04:21.120 top perceivers. He's got the athleticism, the speed, and the 1:04:21.200 --> 1:04:23.240 physicality to play at the next level. He's got a 1:04:23.280 --> 1:04:25.600 bit of a thinner frame, which turned some people off, 1:04:25.760 --> 1:04:28.400 but expect Kevin Johnson to be selected lat in round 1:04:28.440 --> 1:04:30.800 one and to quickly break into a starting lineup on 1:04:30.920 --> 1:04:34.200 Sundays this fall. And next up is Marcus Peters. Washington's 1:04:34.240 --> 1:04:37.200 Marcus Peters only played half a season in twenty fourteen, 1:04:37.240 --> 1:04:39.880 as he was dismissed from the program in October. He's 1:04:39.880 --> 1:04:41.760 got the physical skills and the talent to be a 1:04:41.840 --> 1:04:44.400 start at the next level. He beats down opponents, he 1:04:44.480 --> 1:04:46.280 had the ability to run with him, and he showed 1:04:46.320 --> 1:04:48.680 a lot of skill early in his Washington career. The 1:04:48.800 --> 1:04:51.720 question is it's bootball priority and is he able to 1:04:51.800 --> 1:04:55.000 put away off the field distractions. If he does, Peters 1:04:55.000 --> 1:04:58.000 should develop into a starting quarterback in the NFL. The 1:04:58.160 --> 1:05:01.960 versatile Eric Rowe is next. Eric Rove, Utah's another senior 1:05:02.040 --> 1:05:04.800 defensive back that's taken a big rise up draft boards. 1:05:05.000 --> 1:05:06.920 He has a versatile game in can line of either 1:05:07.040 --> 1:05:10.520 cornerback or safety. He's big, he's physical, he's also smart. 1:05:10.720 --> 1:05:13.040 Teams love his coachability and they think he's a good 1:05:13.120 --> 1:05:15.720 player now that will be a terrific player down the line. 1:05:15.960 --> 1:05:17.960 Expect Road to go anywhere from the late part of 1:05:18.040 --> 1:05:20.080 round one through the early part of the second frame. 1:05:20.200 --> 1:05:23.080 Our next cornerback up is PJ. Williams of Florida State, 1:05:23.400 --> 1:05:25.880 a two year starter for the Seminoles. P J. Williams 1:05:25.880 --> 1:05:28.040 is one of the most physically gifted cornerbacks in this 1:05:28.160 --> 1:05:29.720 year's draft, but he has a lot of off the 1:05:29.760 --> 1:05:33.200 field issues, most notably a recent dui which was reported 1:05:33.400 --> 1:05:35.160 at the top of his game. He has the ability 1:05:35.160 --> 1:05:37.840 to shut down opponents, but he's very inconsistent on the 1:05:37.920 --> 1:05:39.960 field and needs a lot of technique work. I would 1:05:40.000 --> 1:05:42.920 expect Pears to go somewhere in round two and eventually, 1:05:43.080 --> 1:05:45.880 if he's able to focus on football, develop into a 1:05:46.000 --> 1:05:49.720 starter in the NFL up. Next is LSU's Jalen Collins. 1:05:50.120 --> 1:05:52.440 The LSU Tigers have had a long history of putting 1:05:52.480 --> 1:05:55.720 talented defensive backs into the NFL Draft, and Jalen Collins 1:05:55.840 --> 1:05:58.640 is next. Physically, he's one of the better defensive backs 1:05:58.760 --> 1:06:02.160 cornerbacks in this draft. He's physical, he's fast, he has 1:06:02.200 --> 1:06:04.920 the ability to shut down up parents, but he's very inconsistent. 1:06:05.040 --> 1:06:07.440 He's very rough with his mechanics, and he struggles making 1:06:07.480 --> 1:06:09.600 plays with his back to the ball. I would expect 1:06:09.800 --> 1:06:12.040 Collins to come off the board somewhere late in round 1:06:12.080 --> 1:06:14.640 two and start off as a rookie playing in nickel 1:06:14.680 --> 1:06:17.160 and dime packages on Sunday. Now it's time to move 1:06:17.200 --> 1:06:20.120 to the safety position with Landon Collins of Alabama. One 1:06:20.160 --> 1:06:23.440 time highly rated Landon Collins is a solid safety, good 1:06:23.480 --> 1:06:26.000 in all areas. He's got good ball skills, can cover 1:06:26.160 --> 1:06:28.360 receivers over the middle of the field, and shows an 1:06:28.440 --> 1:06:31.320 aggressive game defending the run. He's good, but not as 1:06:31.360 --> 1:06:33.520 good as many think, and he's a bit overrated. A 1:06:33.560 --> 1:06:35.720 lot of defensive backs that coming out of Alabama have 1:06:35.840 --> 1:06:38.160 not lived up the reputation. I would expect Collins to 1:06:38.240 --> 1:06:40.680 go somewhere in the late part of round one and 1:06:40.840 --> 1:06:43.160 eventually develop into a start at the next level, but 1:06:43.240 --> 1:06:46.280 there are no guarantees. The Mariest Randall of Arizona State 1:06:46.400 --> 1:06:50.120 is next. One of the most underrated and complete defensive 1:06:50.160 --> 1:06:52.560 backs in this year's draft. The Mariest Ramball has a 1:06:52.720 --> 1:06:54.960 chance now to slide into the late part of round 1:06:55.000 --> 1:06:57.919 one after first being considered a third round choice. He's 1:06:57.920 --> 1:07:01.120 a terrific run defender without standing ball skills. His coverage 1:07:01.120 --> 1:07:03.560 skills are so good many coaches think he can line 1:07:03.640 --> 1:07:06.600 up at cornerback at the next level. Expect Randall, whether 1:07:06.640 --> 1:07:09.040 he's a late first round pick or early second round choice, 1:07:09.200 --> 1:07:12.360 to impact the team immediately at the next level if 1:07:12.400 --> 1:07:15.439 the Eagles choose to continue to build their secondary. Those 1:07:15.480 --> 1:07:17.200 are the names to remember it in the first round 1:07:17.240 --> 1:07:19.800 of this year's draft. All right, good stuff there, Tony 1:07:20.000 --> 1:07:22.360 as the Bears take Kevin White from West Virginia with 1:07:22.400 --> 1:07:25.640 the seventh pick in this draft. Interesting at the safety position. 1:07:25.720 --> 1:07:30.360 All along, it was pretty much Landon Collins was the 1:07:30.560 --> 1:07:33.400 number one rated safety among all the draft knicks. Now 1:07:33.760 --> 1:07:36.480 all of a sudden, Damarius Randall bounces up to number one. 1:07:36.560 --> 1:07:39.640 Mike Mayock from the NFL Network believes that the Eagles 1:07:39.680 --> 1:07:42.800 at twenty will take Randall Merrill. It's been a long 1:07:42.920 --> 1:07:45.560 time since the Eagles had that dominant player at the 1:07:45.560 --> 1:07:49.440 safety position, Brian Dawkins leaving after the nineteen ninety eight season. 1:07:49.840 --> 1:07:52.760 Eagles have not been able to find the solution a 1:07:52.800 --> 1:07:55.080 long term since Doc last. And you know, they didn't 1:07:55.120 --> 1:07:57.400 know they were getting that with Dawk because Dac was 1:07:57.520 --> 1:08:00.440 not a first round player, a pick. Jermaine Bury was 1:08:00.480 --> 1:08:04.640 picked first. Dawkins came along, and he came back for 1:08:04.760 --> 1:08:07.960 his second year with a resigned body. Yeah, he worked 1:08:08.000 --> 1:08:11.320 out and was tireless in his weight work, and he 1:08:11.480 --> 1:08:13.960 was a different player in that second year. So they 1:08:14.080 --> 1:08:17.599 kind of stumbled into Brian Dawkins. On the other hand, 1:08:17.680 --> 1:08:20.800 you're talking about da Marius Randall, who is I don't 1:08:20.800 --> 1:08:22.920 know if he's better than Land and Collins, but what 1:08:23.080 --> 1:08:27.920 he is is supposedly better suited for the system in 1:08:28.000 --> 1:08:30.839 which the Eagles use their safety right a cover safety 1:08:30.960 --> 1:08:33.479 rather than in the box. In the box safety. The 1:08:33.600 --> 1:08:36.439 days of the big hitting safety seemed to be kind 1:08:36.439 --> 1:08:38.920 of by the wayside. Well, for a few reasons. Number one, 1:08:39.240 --> 1:08:42.360 you're passing more, and number two, a lot of the 1:08:42.479 --> 1:08:46.840 hits that the Brian Dawkins made, or Ed Reed made 1:08:46.960 --> 1:08:50.479 or Troy Palomalo made would be whistled and thrown back 1:08:50.520 --> 1:08:52.880 from fifteen yards. Right. Hey, Eagles fans, how are you 1:08:53.040 --> 1:08:55.880 feeling right now? Seven picks into this twenty fifteen draft? 1:08:56.120 --> 1:08:58.840 Give us a call? Two one, five, three, three nine 1:08:58.920 --> 1:09:02.599 six seven zero nine. Let's begin on the phones in Tampa, Florida, 1:09:03.200 --> 1:09:07.400 where Henry joins Eagles Draft Central. Henry, good evening, Good evening, 1:09:07.520 --> 1:09:10.719 my friend. I'm kind of upset by the Eagles thinking 1:09:10.800 --> 1:09:13.640 him the quarterback from Morgan State. But I understand what 1:09:13.760 --> 1:09:15.439 you guys said. But you think we'll have a good 1:09:15.520 --> 1:09:19.120 chance to get the quarterback from from louisianand that you 1:09:19.320 --> 1:09:22.479 spend with Oregon State. Uh yeah, Hey, thanks for the call, Henry. 1:09:22.520 --> 1:09:24.720 I don't think a quarterback is in the offering for 1:09:24.760 --> 1:09:27.920 the Eagles. I don't believe that they will draft a quarterback. 1:09:28.280 --> 1:09:31.800 The quarterback position, Merrill interesting with Bradford Sanchez comes back 1:09:31.920 --> 1:09:35.240 valuable number two? Who's your number three quarterback? Tim Tebow? 1:09:35.479 --> 1:09:38.240 Matt Barkley, g J Kinney somebody from the draft. How 1:09:38.240 --> 1:09:40.240 do you feel about that? I don't see them taking 1:09:40.280 --> 1:09:43.160 a quarterback unless there's somebody they love, and I don't 1:09:43.200 --> 1:09:47.640 think that somebody is Brett Huntley from UCLA. And I mean, 1:09:47.680 --> 1:09:50.559 there are people who will extol the virtues of Bryce 1:09:50.640 --> 1:09:54.640 Petty from Baylor, But I don't see. The Eagles have 1:09:54.720 --> 1:09:57.679 too many other areas to address right now, and there's 1:09:57.760 --> 1:10:01.719 nobody who jumps off the board at and as an 1:10:01.760 --> 1:10:05.519 outstanding future Eagles quarterback third round, fourth round, fifth rounds. 1:10:05.880 --> 1:10:08.840 It's unlikely. I'm with you. I don't think they will 1:10:08.880 --> 1:10:12.160 take a quarter likely. I am fascinated to see if 1:10:12.280 --> 1:10:16.000 Tim Tebow can be in some kind of package make 1:10:16.120 --> 1:10:18.720 this roster and help this football team. We'll see he 1:10:18.920 --> 1:10:22.800 might be the guy if the league approves the proposal 1:10:22.880 --> 1:10:25.360 to put the two point conversion from the two to 1:10:25.439 --> 1:10:28.240 the one and a half and move the kicking pat 1:10:28.439 --> 1:10:30.880 back to the fifteen, which in essence smapes to the 1:10:30.960 --> 1:10:33.800 thirty two yard kick. So if Tim Tebow can run 1:10:33.880 --> 1:10:35.880 the option from the one and a half, they can 1:10:35.960 --> 1:10:38.439 save the body of their starting quarterback and have a 1:10:38.520 --> 1:10:40.679 guy who does it very very well. Yeah, in sure 1:10:40.760 --> 1:10:43.280 yards situation, the red zone where the Eagles look have 1:10:43.439 --> 1:10:46.599 struggled offensively. He will be a toy the summer, Yeah, 1:10:46.640 --> 1:10:48.760 a great toy. And he's in shape, and we all 1:10:48.840 --> 1:10:51.439 know how dedicated he is to the craft of football 1:10:51.479 --> 1:10:53.920 and improving himself. And he's worked very, very hard at 1:10:54.040 --> 1:10:57.240 doing that, improving his throwing mechanics. We're seven picks through 1:10:57.320 --> 1:10:59.280 this first round of the NFL Draft. Will take some 1:10:59.360 --> 1:11:02.040 phone calls, get to some analysis. Long way to go 1:11:02.600 --> 1:11:05.280 before the Eagles get up at number twenty in this 1:11:05.479 --> 1:11:08.200 round number one. Dave Spidero, Merril Reese, bo Wolf and 1:11:08.439 --> 1:11:11.959 Greg Cosell and the other studio Chris mcpheerson in Chicago 1:11:12.080 --> 1:11:14.720 and Tony Pauline from Draft Insiders dot Net up in 1:11:14.720 --> 1:11:17.040 New York. We got you covered every corner of this 1:11:17.120 --> 1:11:19.360 Eagle's uniform verse. Let's take a little break right now. 1:11:19.680 --> 1:11:22.559 When we return, we're gonna find out what's next. As 1:11:22.680 --> 1:11:33.840 Round one marches on in this NFL draft, the number 1:11:33.880 --> 1:11:36.240 to call two, one, five, three, three, nine, six, seven 1:11:36.400 --> 1:11:39.200 zero nine is the Atlanta Falcons with pick number eight 1:11:39.280 --> 1:11:40.960 have made their selection. We'll find out in just a 1:11:41.040 --> 1:11:44.040 moment who they pick. Let's go to Wrightsville Pennsylvania. Dave 1:11:44.120 --> 1:11:48.240 joined us on Eagles Draft Central. Hi Dave, Hello, Dave Spidero, 1:11:48.560 --> 1:11:51.360 and Merrill Reese. I love you guys. Thanks Dave, we 1:11:51.439 --> 1:11:55.000 love you excellent. Hey, I just wanted to say that 1:11:55.680 --> 1:11:59.759 thank goodness that Mariota got selected for the Titans, because 1:11:59.800 --> 1:12:02.240 that that was really getting to be kind of on 1:12:02.360 --> 1:12:06.360 the ridiculous side, that you know, we could actually go 1:12:06.479 --> 1:12:09.320 that far up into the draft, so now we can 1:12:09.360 --> 1:12:13.240 actually begin to focus on our real needs. I really 1:12:13.320 --> 1:12:16.639 don't know if Mariota would have been a good first 1:12:16.720 --> 1:12:19.560 year quarterback anyway, so we have to look at a 1:12:19.640 --> 1:12:22.519 draft to Dave beyond the first year. It's not all 1:12:22.520 --> 1:12:25.360 about twenty fifteen for Chip and the Eagles. This is 1:12:25.520 --> 1:12:28.120 he's building a program here, made a lot of changes. 1:12:28.160 --> 1:12:30.360 It's gonna take some time to put it all together. 1:12:30.479 --> 1:12:33.360 But I hear what you're saying. Very difficult to go 1:12:33.520 --> 1:12:36.160 from twenty to two, and as we found out, that's 1:12:36.200 --> 1:12:38.800 something that Tennessee not interested in doing with any of 1:12:38.880 --> 1:12:40.800 the teams that called them. We don't even know how 1:12:41.200 --> 1:12:44.240 serious the Eagles were with their off rum short Chip Kelly. 1:12:44.439 --> 1:12:46.960 We'll address that after the Eagles make their selection tonight 1:12:47.240 --> 1:12:49.320 and he has a press conference. What are you looking 1:12:49.400 --> 1:12:53.519 for at twenty, Dave, Well, I'd like us to get 1:12:53.560 --> 1:12:57.000 a wide receiver. I think we really need that top 1:12:57.080 --> 1:13:00.880 speed guy. So whoever's at the top of the board, 1:13:00.920 --> 1:13:02.800 when we get down at number twenty or maybe like 1:13:02.920 --> 1:13:06.160 you guys were alluding to, they'll go up to maybe 1:13:07.200 --> 1:13:10.519 thirteen or fourteen and h and try to grab themselves 1:13:10.760 --> 1:13:14.240 a really fast, top end receiver. Right. I think that's 1:13:14.280 --> 1:13:16.559 one of our biggest right now. I hear. Hey, Dave, 1:13:16.600 --> 1:13:19.160 thanks so much for the phone call. As Vic Beasley 1:13:19.240 --> 1:13:22.320 goes to the Atlanta Falcons, who will play the Eagles 1:13:22.680 --> 1:13:25.240 in the opener of this twenty fifteen season on Monday 1:13:25.280 --> 1:13:30.840 Night Football on September fourteenth, I just again, as Dave suggested, 1:13:31.040 --> 1:13:33.920 moving up for a wide receiver. You're two premier wide 1:13:33.960 --> 1:13:38.160 receivers off the board. Parker from Louisville still there. There's 1:13:38.280 --> 1:13:41.400 a lot of depth at I just don't see giving 1:13:41.479 --> 1:13:43.920 up a draft pick to go get a wide receiver. 1:13:44.040 --> 1:13:47.280 It depends if they're in love, for example, with Breshad 1:13:47.360 --> 1:13:53.479 Perriman with his size and his four point two five speed, 1:13:53.960 --> 1:13:55.680 and then go up and get them. Yeah, go up 1:13:57.000 --> 1:13:59.200 to a late round pick, and then maybe maybe the 1:13:59.280 --> 1:14:02.040 Eagles can pick up a draft pick later by dealing 1:14:02.120 --> 1:14:04.519 a player making a move a future draft. I'm not 1:14:04.640 --> 1:14:07.280 saying move up until not move up to a twelve 1:14:07.439 --> 1:14:10.160 or thirteen, but if you could move up from twenty 1:14:10.200 --> 1:14:13.560 to eighteen, because he's there, get him all right. So 1:14:13.640 --> 1:14:16.760 we're talking wide receiver, why not go to one of 1:14:16.840 --> 1:14:20.960 the former ones, A speedster, a good receiver. Curtis Conway, 1:14:21.120 --> 1:14:24.479 NFL Network Christ mc pherson caught up with him in Chicago, 1:14:24.600 --> 1:14:28.640 former bear who could run like the wind. Hello, we're here. 1:14:28.720 --> 1:14:31.360 Now we're former NFL wide receiver Curtis Conway, now an 1:14:31.360 --> 1:14:34.760 analysts for NFL Network, And Curtis, why does it seem 1:14:34.840 --> 1:14:38.960 like that receivers are more pro ready now than ever before, 1:14:39.040 --> 1:14:41.680 after the great class in twenty fourteen and appears to 1:14:41.720 --> 1:14:45.360 be another great class here in twenty fifteen. Well, I 1:14:45.520 --> 1:14:49.000 think now football, the game itself, has put a bigger 1:14:49.000 --> 1:14:51.280 emphasis on the passing game. You know, when I was playing, 1:14:51.320 --> 1:14:53.280 it was more run or you had a full back, 1:14:53.320 --> 1:14:56.599 you used to tight end West Coast offense. You only 1:14:56.680 --> 1:14:59.720 really needed two receivers, really one and a second guy. 1:15:00.240 --> 1:15:03.040 Now with teams going three four or five wide receivers. 1:15:05.240 --> 1:15:08.439 It's more of a demand and you're gonna see a 1:15:08.520 --> 1:15:10.599 lot of these guys go. You can probably see five 1:15:10.680 --> 1:15:14.120 guys go in the top top round, first round because 1:15:14.160 --> 1:15:16.400 of that. But I think the game has changed, which 1:15:16.640 --> 1:15:19.439 now are making these receivers a little more valuable than 1:15:19.960 --> 1:15:22.320 they were in the past. Okay, So the top two 1:15:22.400 --> 1:15:26.439 consensus wide receivers this year's draft class, Amari Cooper Kevin White. 1:15:26.840 --> 1:15:29.519 Where do you stand in that debate who's a better receiver? 1:15:29.680 --> 1:15:32.320 You know what I've said this all along on our show. 1:15:33.439 --> 1:15:35.760 I can close my eyes, put my put two both 1:15:35.800 --> 1:15:37.720 of their names in the hat, and whichever one I pick, 1:15:37.760 --> 1:15:40.840 I'm gonna be happy with both of them. I think 1:15:40.920 --> 1:15:44.040 they both bring something different to the table. You know, 1:15:44.200 --> 1:15:46.439 Mary Cooper, I think he's more pro ready. I think 1:15:46.520 --> 1:15:48.599 he can you can plug him in the system. He's 1:15:48.640 --> 1:15:51.000 gonna know the terminology because he played in the pro 1:15:51.080 --> 1:15:55.040 style offense with Lane Kiffin, so he's gonna understand everything offensively. 1:15:55.120 --> 1:15:56.599 So he's gonna be able to go and play fast 1:15:56.720 --> 1:15:58.880 right away. You can put him inside right now, you 1:15:58.920 --> 1:16:01.120 can put him outside. V White a guy I think 1:16:01.400 --> 1:16:03.400 in the next three years we're gonna be talking about 1:16:03.400 --> 1:16:06.160 he's gonna be a super superstar because he has all 1:16:06.200 --> 1:16:09.160 the attributes, he has, all the talent in the world. 1:16:09.560 --> 1:16:13.280 You saw him blossom in his last year and he 1:16:13.400 --> 1:16:15.840 showed his first game that who he could be. So 1:16:16.400 --> 1:16:19.200 both of those guys are gonna be outstanding. Um, it 1:16:19.360 --> 1:16:21.040 all depends on who you who you like. You know, 1:16:21.200 --> 1:16:24.519 Kevin White is probably a more suitable for a stronger 1:16:24.720 --> 1:16:28.599 outside guy. Amari Cooper, like I said, he's he's he's ready. 1:16:28.680 --> 1:16:31.000 Now he's I'd like to call him the Jamis Winston 1:16:31.520 --> 1:16:34.120 of the wide receivers. He's pro ready. So now those 1:16:34.160 --> 1:16:36.280 are the top two guys, and it seems after that 1:16:36.520 --> 1:16:39.160 there's a lot of debate. You could go Rashad Perriman, 1:16:39.560 --> 1:16:43.160 Nelson Aguilar, DeVante Parker. It all seems like it depends 1:16:43.200 --> 1:16:45.800 on what your flavor is. Who do you like of 1:16:45.920 --> 1:16:49.960 that next tier of wide receivers, Well, the next tier, Um, 1:16:50.640 --> 1:16:54.599 I'm gonna go with my first five or Amari, Kevin, 1:16:55.000 --> 1:16:58.880 Kevin White, DeVante Parker. I still have Jalen Strong as 1:16:58.920 --> 1:17:01.800 one of my top guys. And then that fifth. That 1:17:02.000 --> 1:17:04.760 fifth varies and it could be Nelson Aguilar. I think 1:17:04.840 --> 1:17:07.479 he started to get some some looks as you saw 1:17:07.840 --> 1:17:09.840 people start to watch more of what he can do, 1:17:10.200 --> 1:17:13.080 more versatile. You look at his track record, so he 1:17:13.120 --> 1:17:16.760 could be that fifth guy Philip Dors said, is another guy. 1:17:17.040 --> 1:17:19.240 I think that when you look at the game today, 1:17:19.520 --> 1:17:21.639 what he brings to the table. I like to compare 1:17:21.720 --> 1:17:24.920 him to Antonio Brown. He's that guy, and I actually 1:17:24.960 --> 1:17:27.280 had him. We actually had him in studio with NFL Network. 1:17:27.320 --> 1:17:30.320 He's actually a little bigger than I thought, So that 1:17:30.560 --> 1:17:33.120 made me feel a lot more comfortable with him being 1:17:33.160 --> 1:17:35.360 a first round pick if someone draft him, I'm okay 1:17:35.439 --> 1:17:37.080 with that. But then you got to Tyler Lockett, the 1:17:37.200 --> 1:17:41.240 Devin Smith's guys like that. You mentioned Rashard Perryman, guys 1:17:41.320 --> 1:17:43.840 like that. I still think Perryman is the second round guy. 1:17:44.120 --> 1:17:46.840 I didn't thrust him up to the top fifteen like 1:17:46.960 --> 1:17:49.479 everyone else because he ran for two because what I 1:17:49.560 --> 1:17:52.320 see on film is different than what I see when 1:17:52.360 --> 1:17:55.000 he ran four two. At the same time, I just 1:17:55.080 --> 1:17:57.400 think you have ten wide receivers in this draft that 1:17:57.600 --> 1:18:00.479 should go in the top two rounds, and I think 1:18:00.479 --> 1:18:03.080 they're all gonna be very productive. Now when you make 1:18:03.120 --> 1:18:05.639 the transition from the college game, to the pro game. 1:18:06.080 --> 1:18:08.519 What are some of the traits that you can correct. 1:18:08.600 --> 1:18:13.000 For example, Sammy Coach from Auburn, tall speed threat could 1:18:13.000 --> 1:18:15.240 stress the field, but his hands are a little suspect. 1:18:15.280 --> 1:18:17.800 There's been some questions about his hands. Is that something 1:18:17.840 --> 1:18:19.720 that can be refined at the next level or are 1:18:19.760 --> 1:18:22.800 there's certain things in college that you can't fix once 1:18:22.840 --> 1:18:25.640 you get to the NFL. Hands is definitely something you 1:18:25.760 --> 1:18:30.040 can fix. I think in college you get away with physicality, 1:18:30.120 --> 1:18:32.160 you get away with talent. In the pros, you can't 1:18:32.200 --> 1:18:35.600 get away with that. When these guys walk into a 1:18:35.680 --> 1:18:38.320 pro locker room, they're gonna see the work ethic of 1:18:38.479 --> 1:18:40.400 some of these guys on the all season, the time 1:18:40.479 --> 1:18:42.519 that they put in on the little things, you know, 1:18:42.640 --> 1:18:46.720 standing out the practice and catching a hundred balls. If 1:18:46.760 --> 1:18:49.160 you mess up a route and practice, they're out there 1:18:49.800 --> 1:18:52.640 when practice is over trying to get better at that. 1:18:53.160 --> 1:18:55.200 And I think something like what Coach is dealing with 1:18:55.320 --> 1:18:58.400 with catching, I don't think that's gonna be a huge problem. 1:18:58.520 --> 1:19:01.240 Maybe early, but if he has the mentality to want 1:19:01.280 --> 1:19:02.640 to be one of the best, which he has the 1:19:02.720 --> 1:19:05.280 physicality to be, he work on that and I think 1:19:05.320 --> 1:19:07.840 he'll be fine. The Eagles used two high draft picks 1:19:07.920 --> 1:19:10.519 last year and Jordan Matthews, who had a prolific rookie season, 1:19:10.600 --> 1:19:12.840 and Josh Huff and there's big things expected for him 1:19:13.160 --> 1:19:15.280 this upcoming season. There have been a number of mock 1:19:15.320 --> 1:19:17.960 drafts who project the Eagles taking a receiver pretty high. 1:19:18.479 --> 1:19:20.960 If you were the Eagles, which type of receiver who 1:19:21.040 --> 1:19:25.160 would you like to see in Chip Kelly's offense. Well, 1:19:26.600 --> 1:19:28.720 like I said, there's ten receivers that I think that's 1:19:28.760 --> 1:19:31.320 gonna be really good in this league. I don't think 1:19:31.439 --> 1:19:34.760 Chip has to press in that offense. You gotta go 1:19:34.880 --> 1:19:37.160 back to Oregon. He's running the same stuff he ran 1:19:37.240 --> 1:19:40.839 at Oregon. You can't and there's no slight on anyone, 1:19:40.960 --> 1:19:43.800 but the facts are you don't see a dominant receiver 1:19:43.920 --> 1:19:45.960 coming out of Oregan. You don't see a dominant running 1:19:46.000 --> 1:19:49.799 back coming out of Oregan. So his system has proven 1:19:50.439 --> 1:19:53.280 to make people better. So I think if he went 1:19:53.320 --> 1:19:55.880 out and got any one of these receivers, they're gonna 1:19:55.920 --> 1:19:58.559 excel in that system. Because he runs a spread out offense, 1:19:58.640 --> 1:20:02.519 he doesn't demand pro routes, so you don't have to 1:20:02.600 --> 1:20:05.320 be precise and route running this. Get in space, get 1:20:05.400 --> 1:20:08.360 in that window and a quarterback of get you the rock, 1:20:08.439 --> 1:20:11.320 and you saw, I mean, everybody in that offense. We 1:20:11.400 --> 1:20:13.560 thought when Shaun Jackson left it was gonna be a 1:20:13.640 --> 1:20:16.720 big fall up. We forgot about Jay mack was he 1:20:16.920 --> 1:20:18.599 was a baller before he got hurt. And you see 1:20:18.680 --> 1:20:21.880 him exhale. You know, you saw Riley Cooper exhale. You 1:20:22.000 --> 1:20:24.880 got Jordan Matthews, he came in and he exhaled. So 1:20:25.000 --> 1:20:27.639 I don't I think that's one offense where a quarterback 1:20:27.680 --> 1:20:30.080 in a receiver. I don't think you have to have 1:20:30.439 --> 1:20:33.200 the best for them to be successful in those offers. 1:20:33.320 --> 1:20:36.679 And in Chip's office, he's Curtis Conway from NFL Network 1:20:36.760 --> 1:20:39.880 and you are watching Eagles Draft Central here on Philadelphia 1:20:39.960 --> 1:20:42.720 Eagles dot Com. Thank you very much, Chris, Thank you 1:20:42.800 --> 1:20:45.760 very much, Curtis. The NFC East has spoken again. The 1:20:45.840 --> 1:20:48.840 New York Giants selecting Eric Flowers, offensive tackle from the 1:20:48.920 --> 1:20:52.479 University of Miami. On the heels of the Redskins selecting 1:20:52.560 --> 1:20:58.920 interior offensive lineman Brandon Sheriff, so Fletcher Cox and Benny 1:20:59.000 --> 1:21:03.280 Logan and Cedric Thornton, etc. Task gets a little bit tougher, 1:21:03.280 --> 1:21:05.840 and it does, it does, but that does not scare 1:21:05.920 --> 1:21:10.080 me the way the drafting Amari Cooper would have frightened me, 1:21:10.200 --> 1:21:13.679 because he, with the receivers they had, would have given 1:21:13.720 --> 1:21:17.519 them an aerial circus. Yea offensive woman, they need that. 1:21:17.720 --> 1:21:20.599 I disagree with you. I think it's so much easier 1:21:21.080 --> 1:21:25.439 to play wide receiver in the NFL, certainly as a rookie, 1:21:25.800 --> 1:21:28.680 because of the rules that it's it's much easier to 1:21:28.720 --> 1:21:31.280 be a great wide receiver. There's going to be many 1:21:31.400 --> 1:21:33.800 more great way every week you line up. There are 1:21:33.880 --> 1:21:36.559 great wide receivers if you do not have an offensive line. 1:21:36.560 --> 1:21:40.800 Meryll Dave, a good offensive line makes receivers, not the 1:21:40.880 --> 1:21:43.080 other way. Well, you're true, you're right. I mean, you 1:21:43.439 --> 1:21:46.560 must give a quarterback time to pass. But when he 1:21:46.720 --> 1:21:49.720 looks downfield and you have wide receivers, I'm not talking 1:21:49.760 --> 1:21:53.400 about good wide receivers. You're talking about Odell Beckham, who 1:21:53.680 --> 1:21:55.960 could be the receiver of a decade. I mean, he 1:21:56.120 --> 1:21:58.360 might be right up there with Calvin Johnson as one 1:21:58.360 --> 1:22:01.679 of the real premier guys, Cruz who is already good 1:22:02.000 --> 1:22:05.559 at Amari Cooper who is every bit an impact player, 1:22:05.920 --> 1:22:08.280 or Kevin White who could be that too. You add 1:22:08.320 --> 1:22:11.680 that to the Giants, Arsenal and you are creating tremendous 1:22:11.800 --> 1:22:14.360 trouble for a defense. Well, we're talking wide receivers, so 1:22:14.479 --> 1:22:17.439 why not bring bow Wolf and Greg co self. Why 1:22:17.479 --> 1:22:20.760 not into the conversation. It's a pass happy league with 1:22:20.920 --> 1:22:24.200 some great wide receivers and guys. There are still some 1:22:24.320 --> 1:22:26.960 outstanding ones on the board. There certainly are Greg And 1:22:27.040 --> 1:22:30.360 let's talk about that next crop of receivers in this draft, 1:22:30.439 --> 1:22:32.800 that second tier, And we'll start with Breshon Perriman, who 1:22:32.920 --> 1:22:34.840 you think, a couple of years down the road might 1:22:34.920 --> 1:22:37.240 end up being the best receiver from this draft class. Yeah, 1:22:37.240 --> 1:22:40.680 we've mentioned him. He's big, he's fast, he's physical. I 1:22:40.800 --> 1:22:45.200 think he's an explosive kid for that size. He had 1:22:45.280 --> 1:22:48.120 some drops this year, which I think some people struggled with, 1:22:48.240 --> 1:22:51.479 and that's certainly a concern. I'm not as concerned about 1:22:51.520 --> 1:22:54.439 it as most. I think Perriman he struck me watching 1:22:54.520 --> 1:22:56.320 him on film. You know, he's the same size as 1:22:56.439 --> 1:22:59.160 Kevin White, but on film he looked like a bigger man. 1:22:59.640 --> 1:23:01.840 And that's just one of those oddities, but he looked 1:23:01.880 --> 1:23:03.840 like a bigger man. I don't want to sit here 1:23:03.880 --> 1:23:06.439 and say he's Julio Jones exactly, but I think there 1:23:06.479 --> 1:23:10.040 are similar traits and attributes to a receiver like Julio 1:23:10.160 --> 1:23:13.479 Jones six two two twelve reportedly ran that ridiculous four 1:23:13.600 --> 1:23:16.559 two four forty on his pro day and play fast vertically, 1:23:16.640 --> 1:23:18.160 and I believe he was the only player in college 1:23:18.200 --> 1:23:21.000 football who had at least fifty catches off for over 1:23:21.439 --> 1:23:24.559 twenty yards of catch. So he is an explosive downfield threat. 1:23:24.640 --> 1:23:27.040 What could he potentially do in this Eagles offense? Well, 1:23:27.080 --> 1:23:30.640 I think the Eagles right now need speed, need verticality 1:23:30.680 --> 1:23:33.160 in their offense. And I think Perriman is the kind 1:23:33.200 --> 1:23:36.240 of receiver in a schemed passing game like Chip Kelly's 1:23:36.479 --> 1:23:38.639 where you can line him up as a single receiver 1:23:38.880 --> 1:23:41.479 and he can run vertically, he can stick his foot 1:23:41.520 --> 1:23:44.040 in the ground and go and with that kind of speed, 1:23:44.080 --> 1:23:46.400 with that kind of size, I think that's what Richard 1:23:46.439 --> 1:23:48.600 Perriman gives you. All Right, Well, you like Perriman and 1:23:48.640 --> 1:23:50.679 I like Perriman a sort of the number three receiver 1:23:50.800 --> 1:23:54.160 in this draft class. Some people think it's Louisville's Deavante Parker. 1:23:54.360 --> 1:23:56.360 Tell me about Davante Parker. What kind of players here? 1:23:56.400 --> 1:23:59.920 And Davante Parker. To me, he's very good at contested catches. 1:24:00.080 --> 1:24:02.760 That's the strength of his game. In my view, I 1:24:02.920 --> 1:24:06.479 don't think he's as quite as explosive as Raschard Perriman. 1:24:06.800 --> 1:24:10.519 I think that Parker is smoother, He's more fluid in 1:24:10.560 --> 1:24:12.760 the way he moves. But I don't think he's that 1:24:13.160 --> 1:24:17.280 quite that explosive. As I said, his strength is contested catches, 1:24:17.600 --> 1:24:20.720 and you know, to me, quite honestly, he may go 1:24:20.840 --> 1:24:22.760 in the first round. But I go back to a 1:24:22.840 --> 1:24:25.479 year ago bo and I look at someone like Davante Adams, 1:24:25.520 --> 1:24:27.679 who was a second round pick at a Fresno State 1:24:27.720 --> 1:24:30.599 for Green Bay Packers. I looked at Davante Adams as 1:24:30.640 --> 1:24:34.240 a better prospect than Davante Parker. I don't see Parker 1:24:34.280 --> 1:24:37.639 at the same level of prospect, and that's the keyword here, prospect. 1:24:37.960 --> 1:24:40.000 I don't look at Parker as the same level of 1:24:40.120 --> 1:24:42.920 prospect as Raschard Perriman. All Right, our third receiver to 1:24:42.920 --> 1:24:46.360 touch on here Nelson Agilar from Southern caliplayer with whom 1:24:46.479 --> 1:24:48.920 Chip Kelly will certainly be familiar. A different type of 1:24:49.040 --> 1:24:51.800 receiver just six feet, but some people believe he is 1:24:52.000 --> 1:24:54.840 the best route runner outside of Amari Cooper in this 1:24:55.000 --> 1:24:58.759 draft class. He played a lot inside at USC terrific 1:24:58.840 --> 1:25:03.040 in the slot. Really quick, that's the strength of his game. 1:25:03.120 --> 1:25:06.160 I think he's very quick as a route runner, short 1:25:06.240 --> 1:25:08.240 area quickness. He's the kind of guy that's not going 1:25:08.280 --> 1:25:10.160 to run a four to three, but when he comes 1:25:10.200 --> 1:25:12.720 out of his break, he's very quick. He might be 1:25:12.840 --> 1:25:14.680 four to three to five out of a break as 1:25:14.720 --> 1:25:17.680 opposed to running in a straight line. And I think 1:25:17.800 --> 1:25:20.080 as he gets bigger he's about six feet one hundred 1:25:20.160 --> 1:25:22.280 ninety eight pounds, I think you can play him on 1:25:22.320 --> 1:25:25.760 the outside as well. The NFL receiver who I feel 1:25:25.800 --> 1:25:28.479 he most resembles, if you go back three, four or 1:25:28.560 --> 1:25:31.320 five years to win this receiver was in his prime 1:25:31.400 --> 1:25:34.080 bow I think he has some similarities to Greg Jennings. 1:25:34.320 --> 1:25:36.599 Interesting and I think you know neither one you'd call 1:25:36.680 --> 1:25:39.360 a burner, but Jennings was able to get over the 1:25:39.439 --> 1:25:42.720 top of defenses at times. Aguilar will be that guy. 1:25:43.439 --> 1:25:45.759 But I think right now he probably starts his career 1:25:46.720 --> 1:25:49.360 primarily in the slot, although in a Chip Kelly offense, 1:25:49.760 --> 1:25:51.840 I think the slot in the outside, those lines get 1:25:51.880 --> 1:25:54.080 blurred and awful. Lot also has a lot of value 1:25:54.120 --> 1:25:56.600 as a return man early on in his absolutely All right, 1:25:56.680 --> 1:25:58.360 let's talk about some of the more recent picks here, 1:25:58.400 --> 1:26:01.080 and we'll get to the NFC East offensive line heavy 1:26:01.120 --> 1:26:03.200 in a second. But first of all, just now, Saint 1:26:03.240 --> 1:26:06.760 Louis Rams taking Todd Gurley, the Georgia running back, even 1:26:06.800 --> 1:26:08.720 though they already have Trey Mason, who they took in 1:26:08.800 --> 1:26:11.679 the second round last year. They want to Jeff Fisher 1:26:11.760 --> 1:26:13.160 tells who what they want to do. They want to 1:26:13.240 --> 1:26:15.080 run the ball and play Greek. They want to take 1:26:15.120 --> 1:26:18.280 the ball out of Nick Foles's hands, apparently apparently, but 1:26:18.640 --> 1:26:21.120 they want to compete with Seattle, and in their mind, 1:26:21.439 --> 1:26:24.320 you have to compete with Seattle playing physically, and that's 1:26:24.360 --> 1:26:26.400 the way they want to play. Did you have Gurley 1:26:26.479 --> 1:26:28.360 rated as the top running back? And then yes, after 1:26:28.479 --> 1:26:31.360 Gurley is one of the top three players in the draft. Wow, 1:26:31.400 --> 1:26:32.880 how about that. Obviously, they will have to wait a 1:26:32.920 --> 1:26:35.120 little bit for him to recover from that ACL, but 1:26:35.280 --> 1:26:38.800 should be early, early, ready, early in the season. All right, 1:26:38.880 --> 1:26:42.320 Let's talk now about the NFC East going offensive line heavy. 1:26:42.479 --> 1:26:44.880 Brandon Sheriff at number five to the Redskins. That is 1:26:44.960 --> 1:26:48.160 certainly a need area for Washington. They have really no 1:26:48.400 --> 1:26:52.160 starting caliber offensive linemen outside of Trent Williams. Yeah, and 1:26:52.240 --> 1:26:55.920 I think Sheriff can play right tackle for them, or 1:26:56.040 --> 1:26:58.280 he can go inside and be an all pro left 1:26:58.320 --> 1:27:01.040 guard in my opinion, but he'll art from day one. 1:27:01.320 --> 1:27:04.599 He's your typical Iowa lineman. All those guys are built 1:27:04.680 --> 1:27:08.720 on repetitive execution at a high level. They're not necessarily 1:27:09.040 --> 1:27:13.000 high level athletes. They're not dancing bears, but they're repetitive 1:27:13.040 --> 1:27:15.800 execution players, and I think that speaks to to what 1:27:16.160 --> 1:27:18.560 Jay Gruden now wants to do with that offense. I 1:27:18.640 --> 1:27:20.679 think they're going to try to run the ball. Schurf 1:27:20.840 --> 1:27:23.200 is a better run blocker than he is a pass protector. 1:27:23.400 --> 1:27:26.400 He's a maler, he's a finisher, he gets after people. 1:27:26.439 --> 1:27:29.640 He's an attitude offensive lineman. That's his game. So I 1:27:29.720 --> 1:27:31.840 think they want to run the football and then up 1:27:31.880 --> 1:27:35.640 the road the Giants taking Eric Flowers from Miami, potentially 1:27:35.760 --> 1:27:39.040 moving Justin Pugh inside to guard. Otherwise it spells bad 1:27:39.080 --> 1:27:41.679 news for will Beatie, but Eagles fans will be happy 1:27:41.720 --> 1:27:43.160 to know that. You believe Flowers is a bit of 1:27:43.200 --> 1:27:45.160 a reach there at number nine, Yeah, but I think 1:27:45.200 --> 1:27:47.840 he's again, this speaks to what Tom Conflin wants to do. 1:27:48.160 --> 1:27:51.439 He wants physical play on the offensive side of the ball. 1:27:51.640 --> 1:27:53.360 And I think when you look at Flowers, who I 1:27:53.400 --> 1:27:55.960 don't believe in the traditional sense of how we viewed 1:27:56.040 --> 1:27:58.760 left tackles bow He's not a left tackle, okay, but 1:27:58.960 --> 1:28:01.160 he can play right to tackle. A lot of people 1:28:01.200 --> 1:28:04.720 will believe he has prototypical right tackle traits. I think 1:28:04.800 --> 1:28:07.360 he's best at guard. That would be my sense of 1:28:07.479 --> 1:28:10.439 him after studying him hard. But whether you put him 1:28:10.439 --> 1:28:12.760 at right tackle or at guard, the one thing he 1:28:12.960 --> 1:28:16.439 does have is he's got length and he's nasty. He's 1:28:16.479 --> 1:28:19.800 another attitude run blocker. That's the strength of his game. 1:28:20.120 --> 1:28:21.880 All right, Well, we send it back over now to 1:28:22.040 --> 1:28:24.920 the Exfinity studio, Dave and Merrill. Your thoughts on the 1:28:25.040 --> 1:28:28.320 big selection of Todd Gurley by the Rams Minnesota on 1:28:28.320 --> 1:28:30.400 the clock and now will wonder if Trey Waynes goes 1:28:30.439 --> 1:28:33.680 off the board here guys, Yeah, I my reaction to 1:28:33.760 --> 1:28:37.880 Todd Gurley, incredibly talented player, playing with an offensive line 1:28:37.920 --> 1:28:43.160 that is not great and going in a division with Seattle. 1:28:43.240 --> 1:28:46.040 San Francisco are gonna be some tough sledding. I think 1:28:46.360 --> 1:28:49.439 using two high draft picks for running backs. I just 1:28:49.720 --> 1:28:51.680 kind of don't understand, you know, the touch first thing, Dave. 1:28:52.040 --> 1:28:54.360 We have now had ten picks, were nine picks away 1:28:54.400 --> 1:28:56.960 from the Eagles selection at the very latest. Well, unless 1:28:57.040 --> 1:28:58.960 they trade back, which I don't think it's going to happen. 1:28:59.520 --> 1:29:02.839 But in the top ten picks, there does not appear 1:29:02.920 --> 1:29:06.160 to have been any hints of a trade. Yeah, nobody 1:29:06.280 --> 1:29:08.479 used the full a lot of time, and we expect, 1:29:08.920 --> 1:29:11.240 we expected a lot of movements. Yeah, a lot of 1:29:11.360 --> 1:29:15.080 jockeying for position has not happened. We're halfway to twenty. 1:29:15.800 --> 1:29:18.080 Will the Eagles be a team that maybe jumps up 1:29:18.120 --> 1:29:21.280 and gets that maybe top cornerback in the draft. But 1:29:21.400 --> 1:29:23.439 you want you wait for runs, and what generally happens 1:29:23.479 --> 1:29:26.400 in drafts is positions start to run. We saw the 1:29:26.479 --> 1:29:29.320 offensive line with Sheriff and Flowers go. Saw the quarterbacks 1:29:29.320 --> 1:29:31.320 obviously go at the top of the draft. When one 1:29:31.400 --> 1:29:34.160 quarterback goes, cornerback goes off the board, generally that means 1:29:34.320 --> 1:29:36.920 perhaps two or three real really quickly. Well, the first 1:29:36.960 --> 1:29:39.479 one is going to be Waynes, there's no doubt about that, 1:29:39.640 --> 1:29:42.639 and he may go to Minnesota. Yeah, Well, let's let's 1:29:42.640 --> 1:29:44.960 take a phone call two one, five, three, three nine 1:29:45.360 --> 1:29:48.880 six seven zero nine is the telephone number. We are 1:29:48.960 --> 1:29:53.200 halfway through this one to twenty race that we're making here. 1:29:53.880 --> 1:29:59.680 David Wilmington, Delaware joins us. Hey, Dave, Dave is off. 1:30:00.120 --> 1:30:03.400 It's gone, Dave. You gotta hang on the phone. We'll 1:30:03.400 --> 1:30:05.599 come back. Take some more phone calls, get some more reaction. 1:30:05.680 --> 1:30:09.920 The Eagles ten picks away from potentially being on the clock. 1:30:10.000 --> 1:30:12.679 Merril Dave Spidero, Merril Reas with you as Eagles Draft Central. 1:30:13.040 --> 1:30:17.080 We're live from South Philadelphia. The novicare complex. What will 1:30:17.160 --> 1:30:20.920 the Eagles do with this first round of seven in 1:30:20.960 --> 1:30:24.400 the twenty fifteen NFL Draft? Eagles Draft Central, we'll have 1:30:24.560 --> 1:30:36.120 it for you live when we return WELT Eagles Drafts Central. 1:30:36.200 --> 1:30:38.599 Dave Spidero with you, now joined by Ike Rereas, former 1:30:38.640 --> 1:30:42.720 Eagles Pro Bowl linebacker, now at midday host at w 1:30:42.920 --> 1:30:45.879 ip A Coast of Eagles game plan showing Eagles television 1:30:45.920 --> 1:30:49.200 network and a fourth maybe fifth round picks. Use me 1:30:49.240 --> 1:30:52.719 fifth round pick by Eagles in nineteen ninety eight. Huge 1:30:52.840 --> 1:30:54.640 day for you, Like I mean, you can understand what 1:30:54.720 --> 1:30:56.680 these young men are going through now, no doubt about it. 1:30:56.800 --> 1:30:59.200 One hundred and forty second pick. I was in the 1:30:59.520 --> 1:31:01.760 nineteen DA Draft and it felt like I was the 1:31:01.840 --> 1:31:05.040 number one overall pick. You know, listen, I had ankst 1:31:05.080 --> 1:31:07.640 and anxiety having to sit through the first day, the 1:31:07.720 --> 1:31:09.599 first three rounds. This is back when they did three 1:31:09.720 --> 1:31:11.320 rounds first and then they did the other rest of 1:31:11.320 --> 1:31:14.559 the rounds the following day. And I'd heard going into 1:31:14.600 --> 1:31:16.360 the draft and I could be anywhere from a third 1:31:16.439 --> 1:31:18.360 round draft pick to a fifth round draft People were 1:31:18.360 --> 1:31:22.680 tweeting about that. I'm sure there was no Twitter back then, 1:31:22.840 --> 1:31:25.840 no social media back then, but I'll tell you, being 1:31:25.880 --> 1:31:29.960 around family we had to the festive atmosphere. To me, 1:31:30.400 --> 1:31:32.439 still one of the greatest days in my life. And 1:31:32.520 --> 1:31:34.519 like I said, whether I was the one hundred and 1:31:34.600 --> 1:31:36.400 forty second pick in the draft or the number one 1:31:36.439 --> 1:31:39.400 overall pick in the draft, I realized my dream on 1:31:39.600 --> 1:31:41.680 that day and it was awesome. Who called you, do 1:31:41.760 --> 1:31:46.600 you remember? Yeah? It was Jim Bowman, Remember Jim. Yeah, 1:31:46.680 --> 1:31:48.559 So he was the guy who put the call through. 1:31:48.640 --> 1:31:51.840 And then he immediately put Ray Roads on the phone 1:31:51.880 --> 1:31:54.080 and Ray said, well, you know, how do you feel 1:31:54.080 --> 1:31:56.560 about being a Philadelphia Eagle? I said, Coach, are you 1:31:56.680 --> 1:31:58.760 kidding me. I'll play for anybody right now, man, come 1:31:58.840 --> 1:32:00.840 and get me. And he didn't curse. No, he did 1:32:00.920 --> 1:32:03.240 not curse. Maybe the only time that he spoke to 1:32:03.280 --> 1:32:06.200 you and did not curse. All right, So you spoke 1:32:06.240 --> 1:32:08.040 all this every day you're on the on the radio, 1:32:08.280 --> 1:32:11.920 You've been monitoring the reaction of the fans, And today 1:32:11.920 --> 1:32:14.920 it was in an extraordinary day with all of the speculation, 1:32:15.040 --> 1:32:19.240 the reports, everything building, the almost almost at some at 1:32:19.320 --> 1:32:23.439 some point people convinced and Merriless convinced that something was 1:32:23.439 --> 1:32:25.600 going to happen, that some way, Chip Kelly was going 1:32:25.640 --> 1:32:27.640 to go up and get Marcus Mariota. What was the 1:32:27.720 --> 1:32:29.559 vibe from the fans today, Oh, there was no doubt 1:32:29.560 --> 1:32:32.439 about it. I think most most fans had convinced themselves. 1:32:32.439 --> 1:32:36.240 I would say it was probably eighty percent fans convinced 1:32:36.360 --> 1:32:40.600 versus twenty who had a realistic prospective pertaining today. You 1:32:40.840 --> 1:32:43.200 did not think a trade would happen, did not? I 1:32:43.280 --> 1:32:45.080 just thought it would cost too much to do it. 1:32:45.600 --> 1:32:48.519 And uh, you know, if you believe the reports, the 1:32:48.600 --> 1:32:51.280 Eagle was put forth an effort possibly to make it happen. 1:32:51.320 --> 1:32:54.400 It didn't happen. Uh, And being over at the stadium 1:32:54.439 --> 1:32:56.280 where I just came from over the link. There were 1:32:56.280 --> 1:32:59.839 a lot of disappointed fans when when Tennessee drafted Marcus Mariota. 1:32:59.840 --> 1:33:02.519 But you know, I tried to caution them that there's 1:33:02.680 --> 1:33:05.160 still there's very good players left in his draft. The 1:33:05.240 --> 1:33:09.559 Eagles can still improve this team by taking good football 1:33:09.600 --> 1:33:11.160 players through the rest of his draft, and we just 1:33:11.240 --> 1:33:13.479 have to give the next two to three days time 1:33:13.560 --> 1:33:16.160 to play out. I think we'll be very satisfied come 1:33:16.280 --> 1:33:18.760 Sunday once we see all the draft pick. This is 1:33:18.800 --> 1:33:21.800 not a one round draft. It's not a one player draft. 1:33:22.200 --> 1:33:23.840 Let's talk about some of the needs here, and they 1:33:23.880 --> 1:33:28.000 haven't changed. You agree with wide, receiver, offensive line, secondary, Yeah, 1:33:28.040 --> 1:33:30.519 and I started while I receiver, I go secondary, second, 1:33:30.840 --> 1:33:33.400 offensive line third. Not that I don't feel that offensive 1:33:33.439 --> 1:33:38.240 line isn't important to build the foundation. I just look 1:33:38.280 --> 1:33:40.479 at when the Eagles had the best offensive line in 1:33:40.520 --> 1:33:42.280 the National Football League, when they led the league in 1:33:42.360 --> 1:33:45.719 rushing two years ago. I look at those five starters, 1:33:45.840 --> 1:33:48.000 there's only one of them that were a first round 1:33:48.080 --> 1:33:51.120 draft pick, Todd Harriman's fifth round Jason Kelsey, sixth round, 1:33:51.320 --> 1:33:53.360 Emmon Matthis I'm not even sure if he was drafted 1:33:53.439 --> 1:33:55.920 or not. I know Jason Peters was not drafted, So 1:33:56.280 --> 1:33:58.720 I'm not saying that you can't get good alignement in 1:33:58.760 --> 1:34:01.640 the first round. It's not necessity for this offense. I 1:34:01.760 --> 1:34:04.439 think a playmaker. We're in dire need of a playmaker. 1:34:04.520 --> 1:34:06.560 Losing Jeremy maclan to me as a big blow to 1:34:06.600 --> 1:34:08.800 this offense. I would love to see the Eagles, if 1:34:08.800 --> 1:34:11.000 they sit at twenty, find a way to address the 1:34:11.040 --> 1:34:14.439 wide receiver position. I'm sure that after the pickers made, 1:34:14.600 --> 1:34:16.639 when Chip Kelly meets the media, he will be asked 1:34:16.680 --> 1:34:21.519 about the reports, the efforts to move up round number two. 1:34:22.040 --> 1:34:23.680 What are you expect him to say? Number one? And 1:34:23.760 --> 1:34:28.040 then do you think Sam Bradford needs a little hug? 1:34:28.240 --> 1:34:30.840 I mean, how do players react to those kinds of reports. 1:34:30.880 --> 1:34:32.760 There's no doubt about it. Sam Bradford is new to 1:34:32.840 --> 1:34:35.320 the Philadelphia Eagles, and he's new to this area, and 1:34:35.560 --> 1:34:38.519 to hear his name being bantered about the last week 1:34:38.640 --> 1:34:41.799 or so, particularly these days leading up to the draft, 1:34:42.600 --> 1:34:45.040 He's not He's not living in a closet. He certainly 1:34:45.160 --> 1:34:48.760 knows that he's been in trade rumors. So there's gonna 1:34:48.800 --> 1:34:50.640 have to be some mending done there. I mean we 1:34:50.760 --> 1:34:53.479 as players, we are the most fragile minded players. You 1:34:53.560 --> 1:34:56.000 know this. We we are guys that are sensitive. We 1:34:56.160 --> 1:34:58.120 need to have our egos stroke the time. We need 1:34:58.200 --> 1:35:00.800 to be reassured that we're the guy to two one 1:35:00.880 --> 1:35:02.519 on your team. And I think Sam was going to 1:35:02.600 --> 1:35:04.760 need a little bit of that moving forward. But I 1:35:04.840 --> 1:35:06.880 think he's a big boy. He's been has been us 1:35:06.920 --> 1:35:09.320 a long time, and he'll move forward and relies the 1:35:09.360 --> 1:35:11.719 opportunity that he steel has to be the starting quarterback 1:35:11.760 --> 1:35:14.200 foot of Philadelphia Eagles. And that's all that matters in 1:35:14.280 --> 1:35:17.160 the end. He's here, regardless of the rumors. He's here, 1:35:17.479 --> 1:35:19.559 and he needs to take care of business. Great, great, great, 1:35:19.600 --> 1:35:22.200 more from Mike Grease. As the show moves along and 1:35:22.280 --> 1:35:24.759 we get deeper into this round one of the twenty 1:35:24.960 --> 1:35:27.160 fifteen NFL Draft, Let's go over now to the fan 1:35:27.320 --> 1:35:32.920 cave with Bowen. Great, Yeah, thanks, thank you, Dave. And great, 1:35:32.960 --> 1:35:36.040 let's talk about the corners now that Trey Waynes is 1:35:36.040 --> 1:35:38.240 off the board at eleven to the Minnesota Vikings, a 1:35:38.280 --> 1:35:41.400 good fit for Mike Zimmer's defense. But that second crop 1:35:41.520 --> 1:35:44.280 of cornerbacks, now, as we get closer to number twenty 1:35:44.320 --> 1:35:47.080 a position obviously the Eagles will be interested in. And 1:35:47.200 --> 1:35:49.240 let's talk about the player with whom they've been linked 1:35:49.320 --> 1:35:52.719 perhaps more than with any other prospect, and that's Byron 1:35:52.800 --> 1:35:55.240 Jones from Yukon, who went to the Combine set that 1:35:55.560 --> 1:35:58.240 world record in the broad jump. But he has more 1:35:58.400 --> 1:36:00.680 than a workout wonder. He's stay out on tape and 1:36:00.680 --> 1:36:03.439 he has that physicality the Eagles will look for to 1:36:03.600 --> 1:36:06.439 press in this defense and the size, which is exactly 1:36:06.520 --> 1:36:08.960 what the Eagles want at the corner position. And I 1:36:09.080 --> 1:36:11.679 think that Byron Jones does have that. When you watch 1:36:11.800 --> 1:36:14.120 him on film, your right bow, he does show the 1:36:14.200 --> 1:36:17.160 traits that you look for. He's capable of playing press man. 1:36:17.439 --> 1:36:19.880 He was also very good as a zone defender. I 1:36:20.000 --> 1:36:23.479 thought understanding route concepts, did a good job pattern reading. 1:36:23.720 --> 1:36:26.599 But he has the size and speed and the physical 1:36:26.760 --> 1:36:29.920 nature to play press man on the outside. And as 1:36:30.000 --> 1:36:32.559 we know, that's the number one trait that the Eagles 1:36:32.680 --> 1:36:35.160 look for in a corner six one two hundred for 1:36:35.200 --> 1:36:38.840 Byron Jones. A good staff from our producer Extraordinairet fran Duffy. 1:36:38.920 --> 1:36:41.799 I believe he allowed a catch no longer than fifteen 1:36:41.880 --> 1:36:44.400 yards all season. That would be pretty good. That's pretty good, 1:36:44.400 --> 1:36:47.200 all right, good? How about the next cornerback here Wake Forest? 1:36:47.320 --> 1:36:49.559 Kevin Johnson, of course, the player very close to my heart, 1:36:50.240 --> 1:36:53.280 also has the awareness and zone that Byron Jones does, 1:36:53.640 --> 1:36:56.600 very technically sound for a cornerback, the one drawback a 1:36:56.680 --> 1:36:59.920 little bit slight upper body. Now, Kevin Johnson, to me, 1:37:00.320 --> 1:37:03.920 as far as refinement, is the most refined corner in 1:37:04.000 --> 1:37:07.880 this draft and his ability to effectively play man and zone. 1:37:08.240 --> 1:37:10.840 In fact, he may be a better zone corner right 1:37:10.960 --> 1:37:14.480 now than any corner in this draft. He is outstanding, 1:37:14.760 --> 1:37:17.040 which is very rare about for a college corner. He 1:37:17.200 --> 1:37:20.840 is outstanding with his route recognition, his pattern reading, his 1:37:21.040 --> 1:37:24.800 understanding of route concepts based on receiver alignment. He's the 1:37:24.880 --> 1:37:28.000 best corner I saw in film understanding that. Now. He 1:37:28.120 --> 1:37:30.560 also has the skill set to play press man. He 1:37:30.720 --> 1:37:32.880 did a lot of that at Wake Forest. I think 1:37:32.920 --> 1:37:36.160 he'll grow more into that with more experience, maybe a 1:37:36.280 --> 1:37:38.559 few more pounds. He'll never get to two hundred two 1:37:38.600 --> 1:37:40.600 oh five. I don't think he's the body type, but 1:37:40.720 --> 1:37:43.080 I think at one ninety he's okay because he's got 1:37:43.200 --> 1:37:45.479 length to him, and he'll become a better and better 1:37:45.760 --> 1:37:49.360 press man corner versatility obviously always something the Eagle's looking 1:37:49.400 --> 1:37:52.280 for in this defense. Byron Jones, a former safety who 1:37:52.320 --> 1:37:54.720 went to cornerback. Yeah, Sam is the case for Eric 1:37:54.840 --> 1:37:57.879 Rowe of Utah, who played two years at safety, excelled 1:37:57.920 --> 1:38:00.479 as a senior cornerback on the outside. And he really 1:38:00.560 --> 1:38:03.599 has the size over six feet about just under six one, 1:38:03.840 --> 1:38:07.080 over two hundred pounds, very physical, a willing tackler from 1:38:07.160 --> 1:38:09.639 his ability as a safety, but he can definitely hold 1:38:09.720 --> 1:38:12.120 up on the outside, you think, especially in a defense 1:38:12.200 --> 1:38:14.960 like that. Oh absolutely, And he's six one two o five. 1:38:15.360 --> 1:38:18.240 The first thing I jotted down when I started watching 1:38:18.479 --> 1:38:20.880 was he fits the profile that NFL teams were looking for. 1:38:21.280 --> 1:38:25.000 He was very comfortable playing press man. He could get 1:38:25.040 --> 1:38:27.960 in the hip pocket of the receiver on vertical routes. 1:38:28.120 --> 1:38:30.719 He has good time speed so we could run vertically 1:38:30.880 --> 1:38:33.040 and in fact, bo when I was finished with my 1:38:33.240 --> 1:38:35.960 study of Eric Rowe, I made a point that he'd 1:38:36.000 --> 1:38:39.479 fit best in a for a team that features a 1:38:39.640 --> 1:38:42.800 press man corner scheme like the Eagles. That's exactly what 1:38:42.920 --> 1:38:45.640 I said. So Eric row is a prospect that I 1:38:45.760 --> 1:38:48.479 think fits exactly what the Eagles do all right, the 1:38:48.520 --> 1:38:51.400 last corner map. We want to talk about Washington's Marcus Peters, 1:38:51.680 --> 1:38:56.200 kicked off the team for having some disagreements will say, 1:38:56.320 --> 1:38:58.920 with the coaching staff. But on the field on tape, 1:38:58.960 --> 1:39:00.880 what do you see from Marcus? I would make the 1:39:01.000 --> 1:39:04.519 argument that he's the purest press man corner in this draft. Okay, 1:39:04.920 --> 1:39:08.679 I think he's a twitchy athlete. He's very quick, he's physical, 1:39:08.920 --> 1:39:11.600 He gets in your face, and you love that for 1:39:11.720 --> 1:39:13.840 a corner. He is willing to get right in the 1:39:13.920 --> 1:39:17.760 face of receivers, plays with a nasty demeanor. I keep 1:39:17.840 --> 1:39:19.639 talking because I can't get it out of my mind. 1:39:19.880 --> 1:39:23.000 I watched him against Jalen Strong, the wide receiver from 1:39:23.000 --> 1:39:25.320 Arizona State, who will likely be a top fifty pick, 1:39:25.360 --> 1:39:28.679 I would imagine, and Jalen Strong, who's about two hundred 1:39:28.680 --> 1:39:31.360 and eighteen pounds, couldn't get off the line of scrimmage 1:39:31.360 --> 1:39:35.240 against Marcus Peters. Peters was that physical with him, that tough, 1:39:35.400 --> 1:39:38.360 that nasty. They finally had a move Strong inside in 1:39:38.439 --> 1:39:40.479 the slot to get him a couple of catches. So 1:39:40.840 --> 1:39:44.000 Peters is, in my view, the best pure press man 1:39:44.120 --> 1:39:47.200 corner in this draft. Vice President Player personnel ed Manowentz 1:39:47.240 --> 1:39:49.559 has talked about the Eagles looking for players who fit 1:39:49.800 --> 1:39:53.360 the size, speed characteristics, the position specifics, and also the 1:39:53.439 --> 1:39:56.320 culture fits of those four players, I would say that 1:39:56.479 --> 1:39:58.840 Row and Jones are the two who fit all three 1:39:58.880 --> 1:40:01.439 of those categories. Peter has the culture stuff here, also 1:40:01.520 --> 1:40:03.439 only ran a four or five three at the forty 1:40:03.479 --> 1:40:05.880 yard dash, maybe not quite the elite speed the Eagles 1:40:05.920 --> 1:40:08.120 will be looking for. On the outside, Kevin Johnson, you 1:40:08.160 --> 1:40:10.000 wonder if the upper body is a bit of a 1:40:10.200 --> 1:40:12.680 not a disqualifier, but a bit of a knock on him. 1:40:12.720 --> 1:40:14.880 I would say rowan Jones are the two who would 1:40:14.880 --> 1:40:16.800 be most likely to land here. I would say Rose 1:40:16.840 --> 1:40:19.080 one of the most overlooked players in this draft because 1:40:19.160 --> 1:40:21.240 when I watched him, I really really liked him, and 1:40:21.320 --> 1:40:23.840 I watched him early in the process before people were 1:40:23.880 --> 1:40:25.599 talking about him. All right, well, let's send it back 1:40:25.600 --> 1:40:28.280 to the Exffinity studio. Danny Shelton goes off the board, 1:40:28.320 --> 1:40:31.559 the defensive tackle from Washington. He goes to Cleveland. Dave 1:40:31.920 --> 1:40:35.479 Meryl or ike your thoughts. Well, let's talk about this 1:40:35.560 --> 1:40:37.920 a little bit a run on a little defense here 1:40:37.960 --> 1:40:41.559 with Danny Shelton and Trey Waynes, the cornerback from Michigan 1:40:41.640 --> 1:40:44.920 State expected picks for you, Yeah, you know, not surprised 1:40:44.960 --> 1:40:47.000 that Minnesota had been linked to Trey Waynes. They had 1:40:47.000 --> 1:40:48.840 brought him in for a visit, a certainly had spent 1:40:48.960 --> 1:40:53.000 time with him individually. Mike Zimmer, a defensive guy, wants 1:40:53.000 --> 1:40:55.400 to get a locked down corner planning that division where 1:40:55.400 --> 1:40:58.400 you got Aaron Rodgers and Matthew Stafford along with Megatron 1:40:58.479 --> 1:41:01.640 and then the receivers that Chicago has, Minnesota's gonna need 1:41:01.760 --> 1:41:04.160 some secondary help. So I'm not surprised they went out 1:41:04.200 --> 1:41:06.519 to Trey ways the best cornerback in the draft with 1:41:06.720 --> 1:41:10.679 their pick, and Danny Shelton for Cleveland. Cleveland, I believe still. 1:41:10.840 --> 1:41:12.320 You know, they know they play in a black and 1:41:12.360 --> 1:41:14.880 blue division in that NFC, I mean the AFC North 1:41:15.240 --> 1:41:17.960 against Pittsburgh and Baltimore, so they're gonna need big guys 1:41:18.080 --> 1:41:20.320 up front. They still try to build that front seven. 1:41:20.680 --> 1:41:23.160 And Shelton, who played at Washington, to me is a 1:41:23.280 --> 1:41:26.519 poor man. So Helodi Nada, has a little bit more speed, 1:41:26.800 --> 1:41:30.240 disrupted plays in the backfield. A good player for Washington, 1:41:30.400 --> 1:41:33.040 very productive, and I'm not totally surprised. Again, when you 1:41:33.120 --> 1:41:34.800 when you run a three four defense, you need that 1:41:34.880 --> 1:41:37.400 anchor in the middle. And then I mean, it's not 1:41:37.600 --> 1:41:40.360 very many other nose tackles in this draft that are 1:41:40.720 --> 1:41:44.160 better than Danny Shelton New Orleans at thirteen. The Eagles 1:41:44.200 --> 1:41:48.240 obviously waiting at twenty. Let's go now, the draft insider 1:41:48.360 --> 1:41:52.040 dot nets Tony Pauline up in New York today. Hey, 1:41:52.080 --> 1:41:54.960 Tony up, let's talk about this. Where are all the trades. 1:41:55.000 --> 1:41:57.599 I thought this is going to be wild and woolle 1:41:58.080 --> 1:42:01.200 top half of the first round. You know, surprise. I 1:42:01.320 --> 1:42:03.479 think the teams who really wanted to sell, but the 1:42:03.520 --> 1:42:05.280 warring him many buyers. You look at the Jets at 1:42:05.320 --> 1:42:07.800 six when Leddy Williams was after you know, they waited 1:42:07.880 --> 1:42:09.760 till the very last second to try and move that 1:42:09.880 --> 1:42:12.040 pick could move the picture. It took the best player 1:42:12.080 --> 1:42:17.000 in the draft. What happened is the sellers started to 1:42:17.000 --> 1:42:19.600 get a little bit too and the buyers said, no, 1:42:19.760 --> 1:42:22.000 we'll just hold on to our picks. See where the 1:42:22.840 --> 1:42:28.200 cards may fall. Tony, you talked about the Mariota rumors, 1:42:28.280 --> 1:42:31.040 the reports. We'll hear what Chips Kelly has to say 1:42:31.080 --> 1:42:34.679 about the offer, but your understanding of what the Eagles 1:42:34.760 --> 1:42:38.679 and Tennessee talked about well, basically he was the deal 1:42:39.680 --> 1:42:44.400 the uppy was offering players picks, veteran picks. I mean 1:42:44.439 --> 1:42:47.479 it was a lot. And I heard that Tennessee said 1:42:47.520 --> 1:42:49.360 no because Tennessey really want to come out of this 1:42:49.479 --> 1:42:55.160 with quarterback. And I feel that I figured Mary that 1:42:55.280 --> 1:43:00.519 moving forward, Tony. Any surprises here through twelve picks. I 1:43:00.640 --> 1:43:04.680 think Brandon Schuff was a slight surprise. I thought he 1:43:04.800 --> 1:43:08.160 was a bit underrated, that the Redskins liked him. Hundred 1:43:08.200 --> 1:43:10.960 Williams was still on the board, and surf over whether 1:43:11.479 --> 1:43:13.599 that was a bit of a surprise to me. All right, 1:43:13.640 --> 1:43:15.120 and what are you seeing here for the next couple 1:43:15.160 --> 1:43:17.880 of picks here? Who might be on the board for 1:43:17.920 --> 1:43:19.880 the Eagles? I don't see. I mean the names have 1:43:20.000 --> 1:43:22.880 kind of come off as we all basically expected. Maybe 1:43:22.920 --> 1:43:24.760 one or two picks here or there. What are you 1:43:24.840 --> 1:43:27.160 thinking here for the first for the next six seven picks? 1:43:28.200 --> 1:43:31.800 I think DeVante Park you still have some offensive plan 1:43:31.960 --> 1:43:36.160 on the board. Stanford, it's working out well for the Eagles. 1:43:36.880 --> 1:43:39.360 They didn't make the trade. It looks like they're gonna 1:43:39.400 --> 1:43:42.160 get the player one of the players that want available 1:43:42.200 --> 1:43:45.200 to them. With the fault the clock, Tony, what would 1:43:45.240 --> 1:43:48.080 it take for the Eagles to go in general here 1:43:48.400 --> 1:43:52.160 from twenty to thirty? What kind of compensation just by 1:43:52.240 --> 1:43:56.080 the book, by the draft trade chart would the Eagles 1:43:56.160 --> 1:43:58.640 be paying here? Yeah, six picks. At this point you 1:43:58.760 --> 1:44:02.840 probably talked fourth round your draft. Is there a player 1:44:03.280 --> 1:44:05.800 in your mind who is worth that value giving up 1:44:05.880 --> 1:44:09.879 twenty and a fourth round pick? I mean, I like Johnson, 1:44:10.160 --> 1:44:13.080 but I heard h Cell. I don't know he's a 1:44:13.120 --> 1:44:17.320 good the Eagle system. No. I mean they got two 1:44:17.360 --> 1:44:21.320 good cornerbacks in yn Jones, and every either of them 1:44:21.360 --> 1:44:25.879 will both of them will might be gevailable. When sometimes 1:44:25.920 --> 1:44:27.599 you just got to sit tight and let the draft 1:44:27.680 --> 1:44:33.080 comes to you. Proban be all right, Tony Pauline Draft 1:44:33.160 --> 1:44:36.040 Insiders dot Net. Thank you very much. Well, check back 1:44:36.120 --> 1:44:38.040 with you as we get a little bit closer to 1:44:38.200 --> 1:44:41.040 pick number twenty. Thanks Tony. Good job. Dave SPINNERO with 1:44:41.160 --> 1:44:44.000 eye Crease here at the Novacare Complex, we're live as 1:44:44.040 --> 1:44:47.040 Eagles Draft Central, and we are getting closer to the 1:44:47.080 --> 1:44:51.400 Eagles selection thirteen. Now, the New Orleans Saints are about 1:44:51.439 --> 1:44:54.240 to make their pick. The pick is in and Commissioner 1:44:54.320 --> 1:44:58.400 Roger Goodell at the podium making the announcements, the announcement 1:44:58.439 --> 1:45:01.639 that the Saints have made their selection and it's under 1:45:01.720 --> 1:45:05.160 his pete. Another offensive player, another offensive tackle, this time 1:45:05.240 --> 1:45:08.960 from Stanford. So DeVante Parker's still on the board. Cornerbacks 1:45:08.960 --> 1:45:11.360 still on the board. Two areas that we've talked about, 1:45:11.640 --> 1:45:15.880 wide receiver and cornerback potential first round areas the Eagles 1:45:15.920 --> 1:45:19.120 to address. We're coming back with more Eagles Draft Central 1:45:19.200 --> 1:45:30.760 here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Dave Spidero, Merrill Reese 1:45:30.800 --> 1:45:34.559 set an overcare complex. It's Eagles Draft Central. The Cleveland 1:45:34.600 --> 1:45:38.200 Browns on the clock, the pick is in, and after 1:45:38.360 --> 1:45:42.120 Roger Goodell strides to the podium and announces the Browns 1:45:42.160 --> 1:45:44.439 pick Merrill, the Eagles will be on the clock. Dave. 1:45:44.479 --> 1:45:47.160 There are four players they can get here, and I 1:45:47.240 --> 1:45:49.080 will be happy with any one of the four. Du 1:45:49.160 --> 1:45:52.880 tell I love Byron Jones, the defensive back from the 1:45:52.960 --> 1:45:57.280 University of Connecticut. Brashad Perriman is an explosive receiver from 1:45:57.320 --> 1:46:01.759 Central Florida. Nelson Aguilar, you heard I extol his virtues 1:46:01.800 --> 1:46:04.920 from Southern cow And the fourth is a safety, the 1:46:05.080 --> 1:46:08.639 Marius Randall from Arizona State. Any one of those four 1:46:08.720 --> 1:46:11.200 would make this a better football team. Okay, And there 1:46:11.280 --> 1:46:15.400 certainly are positions that we've talked about wide receiver, secondary, 1:46:15.520 --> 1:46:18.639 no question about it. It's interesting, Merrill, that there has 1:46:18.680 --> 1:46:20.599 been not a lot of movement, just one trade made 1:46:21.000 --> 1:46:25.200 through eighteen selections, not a lot of action in this 1:46:25.360 --> 1:46:28.479 first round, which indicates to me that the sellers are 1:46:28.479 --> 1:46:30.559 asking for too much. You know, I am going by 1:46:30.640 --> 1:46:33.519 something you said earlier. There are a lot of wide 1:46:33.560 --> 1:46:36.280 receivers available. You could take one of the second rounds. 1:46:36.280 --> 1:46:39.880 So I had to take one pick right now, just one. 1:46:40.439 --> 1:46:43.640 It would be Byron Jones. Where are the Browns thinking? Here? 1:46:43.720 --> 1:46:46.559 What are the Browns? Is there possibility that the Browns 1:46:46.600 --> 1:46:49.400 would make that move and snatch Byron Jones? We talk 1:46:49.400 --> 1:46:51.760 about in these I think the Browns possible and Ray 1:46:51.840 --> 1:46:55.400 Farmer former Eagles linebacker. Really it's just an unpredictable series 1:46:55.439 --> 1:46:59.200 of events. It is. They're still probably figuring what to 1:46:59.280 --> 1:47:02.320 do with Johnny Manzell. What would you do with Johnny? 1:47:02.640 --> 1:47:04.639 Last year we talk at this rate, about this point 1:47:04.680 --> 1:47:07.120 in the draft, we were all talking about Johnny Manzel 1:47:07.200 --> 1:47:09.200 Where will he go? I have always looked at him 1:47:09.280 --> 1:47:12.719 as Johnny college football. I never thought that Johnny Manziel 1:47:12.880 --> 1:47:15.439 was going to be a good NFL quarterback, and I 1:47:15.520 --> 1:47:20.680 still don't. So the Eagles are awaiting upstairs with I'm 1:47:20.720 --> 1:47:25.799 sure a little anxiety excitement. We look at the draft 1:47:25.920 --> 1:47:29.080 as it's gone so far. The quarterbacks at the top 1:47:29.160 --> 1:47:33.320 of the first round, Winston to Tampa Bay, Mariota to 1:47:33.560 --> 1:47:37.680 the Titans, and then some defense for Jacksonville with the 1:47:37.800 --> 1:47:40.920 gust bus down there, although that offense certainly could use 1:47:40.960 --> 1:47:43.439 some help as well. Amari Cooper first wide receiver off 1:47:43.479 --> 1:47:48.360 the board to Oakland. Brandon Sheriff offensive guard Iowa goes 1:47:48.439 --> 1:47:51.240 to the Redskins, and we've seen the emphasis Merrill on 1:47:51.640 --> 1:47:54.880 the interior in the offensive line for the NFC East. 1:47:55.439 --> 1:47:57.559 Some names here that jump out at you, that say, 1:47:58.080 --> 1:48:00.600 what kind of move was that? Any head scratchers for no. 1:48:01.120 --> 1:48:05.000 I think everybody went basically where they were supposed to go. 1:48:05.160 --> 1:48:08.240 I think Andres Pete from Stanford is a terrific player 1:48:08.240 --> 1:48:12.040 who could have gone higher. But again, Amari Cooper went high, 1:48:12.800 --> 1:48:15.600 Kevin White went high. These are good football players and 1:48:15.720 --> 1:48:19.280 there are still some very intriguing names of offensive lineman 1:48:19.760 --> 1:48:22.720 the Eagles can get at some point A one is 1:48:22.840 --> 1:48:25.519 Jake Fisher, but there are a lot of people who 1:48:25.640 --> 1:48:28.080 think he could still be available in the second round. 1:48:28.400 --> 1:48:31.840 And the Eric Armstead pick. Merrill an outstanding kind of 1:48:31.880 --> 1:48:36.559 a three technique, a defensive lineman who is another Oregon player. 1:48:37.120 --> 1:48:40.800 I don't know how Eagles fans would react if an 1:48:40.880 --> 1:48:43.599 Oregon player were selected with the twentieth pick, and yet 1:48:43.760 --> 1:48:46.400 it would not be a pick because he went to Oregon. 1:48:46.479 --> 1:48:48.880 Of course, if you look at all of the evaluations 1:48:48.960 --> 1:48:51.519 of Jake Fisher, he is one of the best offensive 1:48:51.560 --> 1:48:54.599 lineman in the scraft. He could go in the first round. Yeah, 1:48:54.680 --> 1:48:57.000 let's talk about the offensive linemen, just how it looks 1:48:57.040 --> 1:49:00.800 to you right now, with Jason Peters at left tackle, 1:49:00.920 --> 1:49:03.840 Evan Mathis at left guard but the subject of a 1:49:03.960 --> 1:49:08.280 lot of speculation, Jason Kelsey at center, question Mark at 1:49:08.400 --> 1:49:11.000 right guard, and then Lane Johnson at right tackle. What 1:49:11.080 --> 1:49:13.519 did the Eagles need to do with a quarterback who's 1:49:13.560 --> 1:49:16.000 had two ACL injuries the last two seasons to have 1:49:16.120 --> 1:49:21.040 a dominant, dominant offensive line. I think the only three 1:49:21.120 --> 1:49:23.840 that you can depend on or Kelsey, Peters, and of 1:49:23.920 --> 1:49:27.679 course Lane Johnson. Right now, the guard positions. Both guard 1:49:27.760 --> 1:49:31.120 positions are gigantic question barks A lot of people feel 1:49:31.160 --> 1:49:34.479 that Evan Mathis will move, could move before this weekend 1:49:34.640 --> 1:49:36.960 is over. Well, we shall say I think that that 1:49:37.120 --> 1:49:38.679 is going to be something to watch as the weekend 1:49:38.720 --> 1:49:42.840 goes along. Here, how many veterans will Chip Kelly look 1:49:42.880 --> 1:49:46.040 to move and how many extra draft picks will the 1:49:46.200 --> 1:49:50.680 Eagles look to acquire? Now, after the announcement here from 1:49:50.760 --> 1:49:53.479 Roger Goodell about the Cleveland Browns and that selection, Mary, 1:49:53.600 --> 1:49:57.240 let's focus on this. Would the Eagles trade the twentieth 1:49:57.280 --> 1:50:00.679 pick and have extra selections later in the first round, 1:50:00.720 --> 1:50:03.200 perhaps an extra third or fourth round pick. Well, they 1:50:03.280 --> 1:50:06.800 may if let's say they move back two spots and 1:50:06.960 --> 1:50:09.120 there are four players there that they would be happy 1:50:09.160 --> 1:50:13.200 and center Cameron Florida State. So all of the players 1:50:13.240 --> 1:50:15.320 that we have discussed still on the board for the 1:50:15.360 --> 1:50:18.880 Philadelphia Eagles. I am hoping right now that we see 1:50:18.920 --> 1:50:22.880 the Eagles stay at the twentieth spot and pick Byron Jones. 1:50:23.680 --> 1:50:26.639 Byron Jones would be my selection as well. And the Eagles, look, 1:50:26.680 --> 1:50:28.800 they've paid a lot of attention. But I think we 1:50:28.880 --> 1:50:31.559 all would be happy with a wide receiver. I would 1:50:32.040 --> 1:50:36.679 a cornerback. I have said Byron Jones privately for many 1:50:36.760 --> 1:50:40.679 days here. So the Eagles are officially on the clock 1:50:41.200 --> 1:50:43.360 with the first pick for the Eagles in the twenty 1:50:43.479 --> 1:50:47.679 fifteen NFL Draft. But I'm not ruling out the idea 1:50:47.680 --> 1:50:50.760 of Again, we've talked about four players that you really like. 1:50:51.680 --> 1:50:53.680 What if somebody wants to jump up to twenty and 1:50:53.800 --> 1:50:55.800 you can get an extra draft pick and move back 1:50:55.800 --> 1:50:57.479 to twenty two twenty as long as there are one 1:50:57.520 --> 1:50:59.600 of these four. Well, so let's stay with in the 1:50:59.680 --> 1:51:02.000 twenty to twenty three range and you still get a 1:51:02.080 --> 1:51:04.479 very good You're still going to get a draft pick. Yeah, 1:51:04.560 --> 1:51:07.959 that's fun. That's fun. But let's just say, for example, 1:51:08.479 --> 1:51:11.360 that they are so unambored with Byron Jones that they 1:51:11.479 --> 1:51:14.439 hold him higher than the other three, that this was 1:51:14.520 --> 1:51:17.200 the guy they most covered. Well, then don't roll the dice. 1:51:17.520 --> 1:51:20.240 Then don't say, gee, he could be here at twenty 1:51:20.280 --> 1:51:22.800 two or twenty three. If you are that sold on 1:51:22.880 --> 1:51:25.760 Byron Jones, if you think he could come in and 1:51:26.000 --> 1:51:29.559 move to safety and be your answer to the safety problem, 1:51:29.960 --> 1:51:33.280 or be the other corner across from you're gonna have 1:51:33.280 --> 1:51:37.080 a double Byron in the deep secondary with Byron Maxwell 1:51:37.120 --> 1:51:40.000 and Byron Jones. Let's bring in Bow and Greg from 1:51:40.040 --> 1:51:42.599 the fan Cave, and I have a question for Greg, 1:51:42.680 --> 1:51:46.800 who's the resident draft expert on campus here. How much 1:51:46.840 --> 1:51:49.479 of a difference is there right now on the board 1:51:50.000 --> 1:51:54.080 between the twentieth pick and let's say the twenty fourth 1:51:54.160 --> 1:51:57.479 pick potentially in this draft. Well, that depends on how 1:51:57.600 --> 1:51:59.800 you what your board looks like, and who you may 1:51:59.840 --> 1:52:02.800 have targeted. I think the Eagles got stuck last year 1:52:03.080 --> 1:52:05.639 a little bit when they lost out on some players 1:52:05.680 --> 1:52:07.680 I think they really wanted. So that's what you have 1:52:07.800 --> 1:52:09.839 to be careful with that you don't know for certain 1:52:10.200 --> 1:52:12.479 what other teams are going to do. So if you 1:52:12.640 --> 1:52:14.760 have let's say four or five guys now that you're 1:52:14.840 --> 1:52:18.160 really comfortable with, and you feel that either one of 1:52:18.240 --> 1:52:21.320 those four or five works, then you're okay with it. 1:52:21.520 --> 1:52:24.080 But if there's two guys you really want here, then 1:52:24.120 --> 1:52:26.719 you got to be really careful about trading back because 1:52:26.720 --> 1:52:28.720 there's no guarantee you're going to get those guys. Yeah. 1:52:28.720 --> 1:52:30.960 I think there's as many as maybe seven guys the 1:52:31.080 --> 1:52:33.320 Eagles would be comfortable with here as far as I 1:52:33.360 --> 1:52:35.280 can tell, But it does look like they have made 1:52:35.360 --> 1:52:37.760 this selection. We are awaiting who it will be, of course, 1:52:37.840 --> 1:52:40.439 but it looks like they are staying here. What do 1:52:40.479 --> 1:52:43.880 you think? The question becomes what's more important to Chip 1:52:44.000 --> 1:52:47.280 Kelly and this organization a wide receiver or a corner 1:52:47.560 --> 1:52:51.040 because they have the chance to draft for Schard Perriman here, 1:52:51.320 --> 1:52:54.080 who I really like, obviously, but certainly they could take 1:52:54.160 --> 1:52:57.160 Byron Jones or Eric Rowe, another corner that we've talked 1:52:57.160 --> 1:53:00.559 about that fits their profile really really well. My guests 1:53:00.560 --> 1:53:02.120 would be one of those three guys. If I had 1:53:02.160 --> 1:53:04.840 to get I think I would go Perriman. But I 1:53:04.880 --> 1:53:06.679 guess we'll find out. You guys. You guys think Byron 1:53:06.760 --> 1:53:09.160 Jones right, well, I think Byron Jones will. I mean, look, 1:53:09.200 --> 1:53:10.840 let's let's be honest here. How much the Eagles have 1:53:10.920 --> 1:53:13.080 paid attention to him? Yes, of course. And then I 1:53:13.160 --> 1:53:15.320 think you can get a wide receiver. There's enough depth 1:53:15.360 --> 1:53:17.120 at the wide receiver position. You get a wide receiver, 1:53:17.280 --> 1:53:19.680 a very good one in the rounds two or three. 1:53:19.720 --> 1:53:22.640 I think the falloff at this point at cornerback to 1:53:22.760 --> 1:53:25.680 the next level of cornerbacks. According to the draft deck, 1:53:25.720 --> 1:53:28.880 that's is a significant drop. I don't think that drop 1:53:29.000 --> 1:53:31.000 is a significant and that would be the case. Then 1:53:31.200 --> 1:53:34.439 for a player who Merrill mentioned de Marius Randall at safety, 1:53:34.479 --> 1:53:36.479 who to drop from him to the rest of the 1:53:36.520 --> 1:53:38.880 safeties for the Eagles scheme is even greater than the 1:53:38.920 --> 1:53:41.840 other positions. I agree, So de Marius Randall's another name 1:53:41.880 --> 1:53:43.880 that falls here because if you want to come out 1:53:43.920 --> 1:53:49.000 of this draft with a multidimensional, interchangeable safety, then Randall 1:53:49.160 --> 1:53:52.120 is the guy, and there's not a lot of other options. 1:53:52.120 --> 1:53:54.400 I would argue Darren Smith is an option, but he's 1:53:54.439 --> 1:53:56.400 not someone you're going to take a twenty and he 1:53:56.560 --> 1:53:59.000 may not be someone you take in the second round either, 1:53:59.040 --> 1:54:01.320 depending on how the draft plays out and readily your 1:54:01.400 --> 1:54:03.840 top safeties. Randall is my top safety because of the 1:54:04.240 --> 1:54:09.680 interchangeable elements in his game, But greg is he The 1:54:09.800 --> 1:54:11.960 knock on him is his size and the fact that 1:54:12.080 --> 1:54:15.240 he is not known to be a physical safety. Is 1:54:15.320 --> 1:54:20.320 he an elite safety? I wouldn't say he's not physical. 1:54:20.400 --> 1:54:22.320 The problem is he's one hundred and ninety eight pounds. 1:54:22.400 --> 1:54:25.559 He plays physically. He's just one hundred ninety eight pounds, 1:54:25.680 --> 1:54:27.960 and there's no question you may not check that box 1:54:28.040 --> 1:54:30.280 when you evaluate him. Because of the one hundred ninety 1:54:30.320 --> 1:54:33.400 eight pounds, but he does have a box mentality. He's 1:54:33.480 --> 1:54:35.640 just you know, it's like running backs. They can run 1:54:35.720 --> 1:54:37.920 really hard, but if they're one hundred ninety eight pounds, 1:54:37.960 --> 1:54:40.400 it's tough to be physical in the NFL. Randall is 1:54:40.440 --> 1:54:43.280 a physical player, but he's not the weight you would 1:54:43.320 --> 1:54:45.520 ideally like. All Right, so let's name some names here 1:54:45.600 --> 1:54:48.160 before Roger Goodell gets to the podium. Both, who are 1:54:48.160 --> 1:54:52.000 you going with? I'm gonna say Perryman, Okay, Greg, I'm 1:54:52.040 --> 1:54:55.240 gonna say a corner. I'm gonna say Byron Jones. Just 1:54:55.360 --> 1:54:58.520 because I think Dave's right that you can probably get 1:54:58.560 --> 1:55:01.440 a receiver that you feel good about in the second round. 1:55:01.440 --> 1:55:03.960 I think that's true. I'm saying Byron Jones. Merrill, I'm 1:55:04.040 --> 1:55:07.040 saying Byron Jones, and I'm saying that even if it isn't, 1:55:07.040 --> 1:55:08.640 it's going to be one of those four. We're not 1:55:08.720 --> 1:55:10.560 going to be shocked and say, who's the where he 1:55:10.680 --> 1:55:12.760 come from? And is this a player? If this is 1:55:12.840 --> 1:55:14.960 the case, we'll talk about it after the pick. But 1:55:15.080 --> 1:55:17.000 before the pick, put yourself out on a limb, Greg 1:55:17.400 --> 1:55:19.680 and bow. If it is Byron Jones, is he's somebody 1:55:19.720 --> 1:55:22.040 that we expect to come in potentially and make an 1:55:22.080 --> 1:55:24.280 immediate impact. I think that he I think that he 1:55:24.280 --> 1:55:26.400 would start very early on in his rookie year. I 1:55:26.440 --> 1:55:29.240 think you would have Brandon Boykan and Walter Thurman compete 1:55:29.320 --> 1:55:32.000 in the slot position, and I think Byron Jones would 1:55:32.000 --> 1:55:33.720 start on the outside verrier. All right, let's go now 1:55:33.800 --> 1:55:36.280 to the NFL Network. Thanks, guys, and uh, we gonna 1:55:36.280 --> 1:55:39.240 take a little look at the draft party at Lincoln 1:55:39.280 --> 1:55:44.320 Financial Field. It's rocking over there, and they have long 1:55:44.400 --> 1:55:46.400 forgotten about Marcus Murray. And now we're gonna go to 1:55:46.440 --> 1:55:52.920 Commissioner Roger Goodell. Here we go, with the twentieth pick 1:55:53.280 --> 1:55:59.760 in the twenty fifteen NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select. Now, 1:55:59.800 --> 1:56:08.040 it's a wide receiver Usc Nelson, ironically enough to six 1:56:08.160 --> 1:56:13.000 feet one hundred and ninety eight pounds, the exact same 1:56:14.040 --> 1:56:16.760 that Jeremy Macklin did at the combine. He's a pres out, 1:56:16.960 --> 1:56:21.080 precise route runner, added value as a great returner. He 1:56:21.240 --> 1:56:24.480 reminds me of Jeremy Macklin. Ironically, the guy he can 1:56:24.520 --> 1:56:28.720 replaced him. Get a good look at him here, outside receiver. 1:56:29.800 --> 1:56:32.120 Watch him across the face of the dB. Then the 1:56:32.200 --> 1:56:37.640 double move runs away. From the dB. Now they put 1:56:37.720 --> 1:56:39.560 him in the slot, which I think is part of 1:56:39.640 --> 1:56:42.040 the intrigue of this gun. He can play anywhere. They 1:56:42.120 --> 1:56:48.840 check him inside off coverage little hitch now finish. You 1:56:48.920 --> 1:56:51.800 can see the punt return skills there in his open 1:56:51.920 --> 1:56:56.400 deal running and speaking of punt return boy, that looks good, 1:56:56.440 --> 1:56:59.960 doesn't Yes, Philadelphia Eagles are gonna love him. They'll compliment 1:57:00.000 --> 1:57:03.120 at Matthews their second round back from last year and 1:57:03.320 --> 1:57:05.600 give Sam Bradford somebody else to throw to it. And 1:57:05.680 --> 1:57:07.840 I know you're so enamored of that. Part of our 1:57:08.640 --> 1:57:11.200 hard coverage of the combine MICUs when we took a 1:57:11.360 --> 1:57:14.760 hype weight total just measurables and put it in a 1:57:14.840 --> 1:57:18.080 computer and had that cob come out and it was Macklin. 1:57:18.480 --> 1:57:21.720 It was Jeremy Hacklin. I wasn't the computer. It was. 1:57:22.720 --> 1:57:25.160 I'm sorry I forgot about that. Michael irving your thoughts 1:57:25.200 --> 1:57:27.840 on Nelson Aguilard. I love the pick now and and 1:57:28.120 --> 1:57:31.080 I like in this kid to Randall Cobb because you 1:57:31.120 --> 1:57:33.800 know he played a little running back. He can't return 1:57:33.880 --> 1:57:37.480 a punt. He could be a four down player. I mean, 1:57:37.600 --> 1:57:40.720 this kid can really light up the football field for you. 1:57:40.960 --> 1:57:44.120 He goes outside, he goes inside. He can get into 1:57:44.160 --> 1:57:47.720 badfield player, running back, play defensive back also, and I 1:57:47.840 --> 1:57:50.680 love that he can return punch. I know a guy 1:57:50.760 --> 1:57:53.080 like Chip Kelly, or get a guy like this, and 1:57:53.240 --> 1:57:56.400 he will make wonderful things happen on the football field 1:57:56.520 --> 1:57:59.480 with all of his mini skill sets in that office 1:57:59.640 --> 1:58:04.400 for his quarterback, Sam Bradford. After all that's said and done, 1:58:05.080 --> 1:58:09.600 now you could start selling Sam Bradford jerseys in Philadelphia. Story. 1:58:09.720 --> 1:58:13.480 Now you can stop the shelves with Bradford jersey and 1:58:13.640 --> 1:58:17.200 DeMarco Murray jerseys and with Riley Cooper and Jordan Matthews. 1:58:17.280 --> 1:58:20.600 There's a new there's a new kid in town, Nelson Aguilar, 1:58:20.680 --> 1:58:23.240 who has the comp of the guy they let go 1:58:23.360 --> 1:58:27.200 to Kansas City. When we come back, the Bengals pick 1:58:27.440 --> 1:58:31.800 that is Steelers Colors. Suddenly, and so the pick is 1:58:31.920 --> 1:58:36.000 Nelson Aguilar from USC turns out we were all wrong. Well, 1:58:36.280 --> 1:58:38.640 he was one of the four. I yeah, if you've 1:58:38.800 --> 1:58:41.000 narrowly be down to one, well I did, but he 1:58:41.080 --> 1:58:42.720 said it was going to be Byron Joe. I did, 1:58:42.800 --> 1:58:44.840 but I said I would not be unhappy with any 1:58:44.880 --> 1:58:46.800 of the four. And he was one of the four. 1:58:47.160 --> 1:58:48.960 I think they made a good pick. I don't think 1:58:49.040 --> 1:58:51.680 this is a stretch. I think they have an essence. 1:58:51.800 --> 1:58:55.200 Replaced Jeremy Macklin, a move they had to make. I 1:58:55.280 --> 1:58:56.840 think he will line up and I think he will 1:58:56.880 --> 1:59:00.520 play a lot early and by in when you get 1:59:00.800 --> 1:59:04.080 by the bye, he will be a starting wide receiver 1:59:04.480 --> 1:59:07.120 and Nelson Aguilar comes in and that satisfies as we 1:59:07.200 --> 1:59:10.880 all thought would happen, a position at wide receiver that 1:59:11.320 --> 1:59:13.480 has really changed over the last couple of years with 1:59:13.600 --> 1:59:18.200 the Shawan Jackson in Washington, with Jeremy Macklin in Kansas City. 1:59:18.520 --> 1:59:21.160 The Eagles are young, they are bigger. This is not 1:59:21.280 --> 1:59:27.040 a big, physical, hulking receiver. This is a versatile, tremendous 1:59:27.120 --> 1:59:30.720 route runner, very good hands, and at very explosive based 1:59:30.800 --> 1:59:33.000 on his college play wide receiver. Yeah, a guy who 1:59:33.080 --> 1:59:35.560 could really return punts also, and you know how Chip 1:59:35.680 --> 1:59:39.240 likes versatility. And I might add he's also considered to 1:59:39.280 --> 1:59:42.800 be a very high character guy who has never had 1:59:42.840 --> 1:59:45.280 an off the field problem, who has been among the 1:59:45.400 --> 1:59:48.160 team leaders, and who will fit right in in this 1:59:48.360 --> 1:59:51.560 locker room. Is it is not a surprise they did 1:59:51.640 --> 1:59:54.440 not stretch. I don't think they will get any real 1:59:54.560 --> 1:59:57.760 criticism about this pick, and there are those. Ike Reefs 1:59:58.400 --> 2:00:01.120 is getting the guy that he most liked, and so 2:00:01.280 --> 2:00:05.840 the wide receiver position looks like this. It's Aglar, it's Matthews, 2:00:06.040 --> 2:00:10.760 it's Riley Cooper, it's Josh Huff, it's Miles Austin. There 2:00:10.880 --> 2:00:13.920 is some good competition absolutely at the wide receiver position. 2:00:14.600 --> 2:00:16.400 So we will get some reaction. We'll hear from Chip 2:00:16.520 --> 2:00:19.320 Kelly in just a moment. The Eagles, with the twentieth 2:00:19.400 --> 2:00:22.320 pick and their first in the twenty fifteen NFL Draft, 2:00:22.600 --> 2:00:27.040 select USC wide receiver Nelson Agilar, somebody they were all 2:00:27.160 --> 2:00:30.600 over in the pre draft process. They get their guy, 2:00:30.720 --> 2:00:32.800 and we'll see where he lines up. Is he now 2:00:32.880 --> 2:00:37.040 the slot receiver? Does Jordan Matthews work outside more after 2:00:37.160 --> 2:00:40.400 a rookie year in which he worked almost exclusively from 2:00:40.400 --> 2:00:43.240 the slot. Absolutely, we'll see what happens here. Chip Kelly 2:00:43.280 --> 2:00:44.640 will be along and just a little bit here we'll 2:00:44.680 --> 2:00:47.600 take a break at Eagles Draft Central here on Philadelphia 2:00:47.680 --> 2:00:51.000 Eagles dot Com. Dave Spidero, Merril Reese, and the newest Eagle, 2:00:51.440 --> 2:01:03.200 Nelson Agilar from the University of Southern California. All Right, 2:01:03.200 --> 2:01:05.760 we're back Dave spannero memo Reese's Eagles Draft Central. Let's 2:01:05.800 --> 2:01:08.000 throw it over now to the fan game. We bring 2:01:08.080 --> 2:01:11.520 in bow Wolf Greg co cell. We talked about a quarterback, 2:01:11.600 --> 2:01:14.240 a wide receiver. It was a wide receiver. It's Nelson 2:01:14.320 --> 2:01:16.520 agilar from USC, the Eagles first pick in the twenty 2:01:16.720 --> 2:01:19.440 fifteen NFL Draft. Guys, your reaction. Do I get any 2:01:19.480 --> 2:01:22.960 partial credit for being the only one to pick receiver? No? 2:01:23.200 --> 2:01:25.400 I guess not, all right? Tell us about Nelson Agilager 2:01:25.480 --> 2:01:28.120 thoughts a much different player than Brashad Perry, totally different. 2:01:28.360 --> 2:01:31.440 He has the Jeremy Macklin comp really from throughout the 2:01:31.560 --> 2:01:35.880 draft process. Why is that? I didn't quite see him 2:01:35.880 --> 2:01:38.000 as Jeremy Macklin, So it's hard for me to answer that. 2:01:38.160 --> 2:01:40.720 I saw him more as I mentioned earlier, Greg Jennings 2:01:40.800 --> 2:01:44.080 type receiver. I think he's got really good quickness. To me, 2:01:44.280 --> 2:01:47.240 that's his game. He's a quickness route runner. Now he 2:01:47.320 --> 2:01:49.600 has enough speed to get over the top. But I 2:01:49.640 --> 2:01:51.480 wouldn't say at this point in his career i'd call 2:01:51.600 --> 2:01:54.200 him a cue vertical route runner. He played it a 2:01:54.360 --> 2:01:57.360 ton in the slot at USC. But I think in 2:01:57.480 --> 2:02:01.080 Chip Kelly's offense, I think those lines get blurred between 2:02:01.400 --> 2:02:04.240 slot and outside the numbers receiver, and I think that's 2:02:04.320 --> 2:02:06.840 what will happen in Philly. I mean, Jordan Matthews in 2:02:06.880 --> 2:02:09.800 a conventional NFL offense is a slot receiver, but I 2:02:09.840 --> 2:02:12.240 think in Chip Kelly's offense, you can line him up anywhere. 2:02:12.480 --> 2:02:14.680 I think Aguilar will be the same kind of guy. 2:02:14.960 --> 2:02:16.960 I think you'll be able to line him up anywhere 2:02:17.160 --> 2:02:20.080 and he'll be effective as a route runner. He's very, 2:02:20.320 --> 2:02:23.080 very quick. He's very good in an out of breaks, 2:02:23.280 --> 2:02:26.200 and that's so critical in the NFL. I think the 2:02:26.600 --> 2:02:29.240 thing with Aguilar that potentially fits in this Eagle's offense 2:02:29.240 --> 2:02:31.160 as we hear a lot about Chip Kelly wanting his 2:02:31.600 --> 2:02:33.680 chess pieces to be reliable, to be in the right 2:02:33.760 --> 2:02:36.600 place when he When Nelson Aglar gets the ball in 2:02:36.720 --> 2:02:39.600 open space, he can make things happen. Yes he can. 2:02:39.720 --> 2:02:41.760 And the other thing that I thought was really evident 2:02:41.840 --> 2:02:45.200 on film is I thought he presented himself very well 2:02:45.280 --> 2:02:49.080 to the quarterback, particularly against zone coverage. He showed himself. 2:02:49.320 --> 2:02:52.760 He showed his numbers, and that's overlooked but really important 2:02:52.800 --> 2:02:55.840 for receivers because the quarterback needs to know that he 2:02:55.880 --> 2:02:58.040 has a reliable target that he can throw the ball to. 2:02:58.320 --> 2:03:02.240 So Aguilar was advanced at regard. He's a very solid 2:03:02.360 --> 2:03:05.760 player with a chance to become I think, I don't 2:03:05.760 --> 2:03:07.560 want to say explosive in the sense that he's just 2:03:07.640 --> 2:03:09.920 going to run by people on a consistent basis, but 2:03:10.040 --> 2:03:13.120 I think there's a definite upside to this player to 2:03:13.280 --> 2:03:16.200 Nelson Aguilar as an outside receiver as he develops and 2:03:16.360 --> 2:03:19.760 guys Agilar also brings some explosive returnability as well. He 2:03:19.880 --> 2:03:21.560 may be able to help the Eagles very early on 2:03:21.640 --> 2:03:24.240 in that capacity, right, And I think that's part of it. 2:03:24.600 --> 2:03:27.040 He's certainly a verstal player, quick learner, and we've seen 2:03:27.120 --> 2:03:29.960 how rookie receivers the last couple of years here Bowen, 2:03:30.000 --> 2:03:32.880 Greg Hell. They can work their way into the lineup 2:03:33.000 --> 2:03:35.920 very very quickly with the way that the NFL has 2:03:36.080 --> 2:03:39.160 presently constituted, So I think we all expect. Now let's 2:03:39.200 --> 2:03:41.600 talk about it as a group here the Eagles in 2:03:41.760 --> 2:03:45.200 total at wide receiver, where do you see Miles Austin 2:03:45.280 --> 2:03:47.160 fitting and where do you see Riley Cooper fitting in? 2:03:47.440 --> 2:03:50.200 What about Josh huff in year number two? Well, I 2:03:50.240 --> 2:03:52.480 think Miles Austin has to prove it he can stay healthy, 2:03:52.560 --> 2:03:54.600 first of all, and second of all, he hasn't really 2:03:54.640 --> 2:03:57.720 been a special teams guy throughout his career, especially recently, 2:03:57.760 --> 2:03:59.640 so he's gonna have to prove something in camp. I 2:03:59.720 --> 2:04:02.280 think he did give him some guaranteed money, though. I'm 2:04:02.360 --> 2:04:04.360 you know, I've been excited to see what Josh Chuf 2:04:04.400 --> 2:04:06.520 can do in his second year in this offense. I 2:04:06.640 --> 2:04:09.480 think he has that explosive after the catchability. But now 2:04:09.560 --> 2:04:12.960 I think he's similar player to what Agila brings to 2:04:13.000 --> 2:04:14.480 the table. That's going to be interesting. And I think 2:04:14.640 --> 2:04:17.000 I really like Josh Chuff coming out of Oregon, but 2:04:17.200 --> 2:04:19.240 I saw him more as a slot receiver. But I 2:04:19.320 --> 2:04:22.400 think again, the I think the overriding point here, guys, 2:04:22.720 --> 2:04:25.480 is the fact that I don't think Chip Kelly sees 2:04:25.680 --> 2:04:29.000 receivers as either outside guys or slot guys like a 2:04:29.080 --> 2:04:31.440 lot of teams do. I think he sees them as 2:04:31.560 --> 2:04:36.080 interchangeable parts in his really well schemed pass geame and 2:04:36.200 --> 2:04:39.480 well schemed offense. And I think that's the critical part. 2:04:39.680 --> 2:04:42.560 To me. Josh Huff is the wild card of this 2:04:42.760 --> 2:04:45.160 whole group of receivers because I think he has a 2:04:45.280 --> 2:04:48.480 chance to make a significant leap from his rookie year 2:04:48.560 --> 2:04:51.480 to a second year Raley. Cooper, meanwhile, was a standout 2:04:51.480 --> 2:04:53.760 special team or earlier in his career. I expect he 2:04:53.840 --> 2:04:55.480 may be asked to do a little bit more of 2:04:55.560 --> 2:04:57.160 that this year than he did in the last couple 2:04:57.160 --> 2:05:00.080 of years. Interesting, isn't it? Everyone, all three four of 2:05:00.200 --> 2:05:04.160 us that after this bold move after bold move, after 2:05:04.320 --> 2:05:08.480 coming out of left field kind of offseason, the monumental trades, 2:05:08.560 --> 2:05:12.520 the new quarterback, new offensive back, the Eagles don't make 2:05:12.560 --> 2:05:15.880 a move in the draft. They stay put and make 2:05:15.920 --> 2:05:21.080 a relatively it seems on the surface, conservative sound selection. Yeah, 2:05:21.120 --> 2:05:23.120 I think it's a good selection. Dave and I hate 2:05:23.160 --> 2:05:24.800 when all of a sudden we hear a name and 2:05:24.880 --> 2:05:26.080 I look at you, when you look at me, and 2:05:26.120 --> 2:05:28.800 you say who or where? And we get out our 2:05:28.880 --> 2:05:31.200 draft guys. We try to find him. We say, if 2:05:31.240 --> 2:05:34.640 we see he's listed as third or fourth round, I mean, 2:05:34.800 --> 2:05:37.240 here's a guy who has been thought of as a 2:05:37.440 --> 2:05:41.200 first round, first night draft pick. He's a guy who 2:05:41.440 --> 2:05:44.840 has talent, high character. I think it's an excellent pick. 2:05:44.880 --> 2:05:47.160 And as I said, at the last minute, when you're 2:05:47.200 --> 2:05:49.720 actually Angelo KATOLDI ysked me the other day who are 2:05:49.760 --> 2:05:53.280 they going to pick? And I said Nelson Aguilar just reflectively, 2:05:53.520 --> 2:05:56.480 well done, Mary, But when you asked me tonight, I frozen, 2:05:56.560 --> 2:05:58.760 said Byron Jones. But I would have been happy with 2:05:58.880 --> 2:06:04.120 Byron Jones, Nelson Agilar, de Marius Randall, Yeah, or a 2:06:04.200 --> 2:06:07.000 Parramid So either of those four. But let me tell 2:06:07.000 --> 2:06:10.000 you something. I think they got a very very good receiver. 2:06:10.200 --> 2:06:12.080 The only thing about Perami that scared me was kind 2:06:12.120 --> 2:06:16.920 of the workout, big work and also jones innocence, big workouts, 2:06:17.280 --> 2:06:21.400 really impressive with the athletic numbers. Meanwhile, Nelson Agilar, all 2:06:21.440 --> 2:06:25.800 he did was produce, produce, produce and got better the 2:06:25.840 --> 2:06:28.800 season went along, played three years in college, now comes 2:06:28.840 --> 2:06:32.800 to the NFL, and nobody's going to hammer that. The 2:06:33.120 --> 2:06:36.360 idea of being hammered is is inconsequential. We've seen over 2:06:36.400 --> 2:06:39.520 the years picks that have been lauded. It's a matter 2:06:39.560 --> 2:06:41.680 of did you bring in a player who's going to 2:06:41.760 --> 2:06:45.240 help this football team. And we see the draft prospect 2:06:45.320 --> 2:06:48.760 profile on Nelson Aguilar and it is extremely impressive, it 2:06:48.920 --> 2:06:51.680 really is, and you'll find him to be an impressive guy, 2:06:51.720 --> 2:06:54.480 as will and we will hear from Chip Kelly here. 2:06:54.840 --> 2:06:57.520 I would imagine very soon as the Pittsburgh Steelers take 2:06:57.560 --> 2:07:01.120 Budd Dupree with the twenty second selection, and merle I 2:07:01.120 --> 2:07:03.960 wonder what Eagles fans are thinking here. Let's hear from 2:07:03.960 --> 2:07:06.160 some if you want to give a call two three 2:07:06.280 --> 2:07:09.920 three nine six seven zero nine. After all of the 2:07:10.840 --> 2:07:16.440 huge expectations, the drama, the full day after day after 2:07:16.560 --> 2:07:20.720 day conversation about moving up from Marcus Mariota, that didn't happen, 2:07:21.120 --> 2:07:23.920 as it stands. Put stands, the Eagles stayed at twenty 2:07:23.960 --> 2:07:27.000 and got a player who's just a really good football player. 2:07:27.040 --> 2:07:31.000 All Right, tomorrow night they've got to go dB oh 2:07:31.240 --> 2:07:33.640 L and they must think. Look, the thought that I 2:07:33.720 --> 2:07:36.200 had was that you go cornerback at twenty with the 2:07:36.320 --> 2:07:39.600 idea that there's a significant drop off after that at 2:07:39.640 --> 2:07:42.760 the cornerback. They must feel that they have something at quarterback. 2:07:42.800 --> 2:07:44.880 Let's go into the room the auditorium. Chip Kelly meets 2:07:44.880 --> 2:08:01.160 the media. All right, did you call them? We had 2:08:01.160 --> 2:08:03.280 a comment, wed a conversation with both teams in the front, 2:08:03.320 --> 2:08:04.880 but it was way too steep for us to do anything. 2:08:04.960 --> 2:08:07.960 So that didn't really get very serious to balance with you. 2:08:08.040 --> 2:08:15.680 So So at point, no, not at all. No, we 2:08:15.760 --> 2:08:18.320 didn't havefer any players to anybody, but didn't We didn't 2:08:18.320 --> 2:08:21.320 get into any discussions, so it wasn't really it was 2:08:21.360 --> 2:08:22.960 just a really steep price. It's like driving into a 2:08:23.000 --> 2:08:24.680 nice neighborhood and looking at a house to saying that's 2:08:24.720 --> 2:08:26.000 really nice and they tell you the price and you 2:08:26.080 --> 2:08:28.160 turn around, drive away. So we didn't walk in the 2:08:28.240 --> 2:08:31.720 front door. We didn't take a look around. So, you know, 2:08:31.760 --> 2:08:33.840 I think what part of our plan, as we've said 2:08:33.840 --> 2:08:35.640 all along, is that you know, we're gonna build this 2:08:35.720 --> 2:08:37.800 team and and uh, we still think there's a lot 2:08:37.800 --> 2:08:39.960 of value in this draft and then future draft, so 2:08:40.320 --> 2:08:41.680 we want to try to hold onto our picks if 2:08:41.680 --> 2:08:52.960 we can. Yeah, that's fair to say. I mean that 2:08:53.000 --> 2:08:54.520 would be fair to say every team in the NFL. 2:08:54.560 --> 2:08:58.440 I think it's upt for Tampa Bay, right, Yeah, but 2:08:58.520 --> 2:09:00.520 I think if you asked anybody that question, if prices right, 2:09:00.560 --> 2:09:03.440 where they move up? Yeah, the prices right for one one, Yeah, 2:09:03.440 --> 2:09:06.320 I would have switched picks in a Second's not gonna 2:09:06.400 --> 2:09:09.120 go the guy we like, Yeah, Nelson Aguiler. Yeah, I 2:09:09.200 --> 2:09:12.880 think he's a great fit for what we're doing. Know 2:09:13.040 --> 2:09:14.600 him fairly well. We try to recruit him when I 2:09:14.600 --> 2:09:16.520 was in college. You know, he never visited, but we 2:09:16.920 --> 2:09:18.480 knew him from back when he was in high school, 2:09:18.480 --> 2:09:21.400 back at Berkeley prop back in Tampa. Got a real good, 2:09:21.440 --> 2:09:24.480 extensive knowledge from the people at USC that coached him, 2:09:25.000 --> 2:09:27.240 going back to his high school coach, who we know 2:09:27.400 --> 2:09:28.920 very well. We worked him out. I think we had 2:09:28.920 --> 2:09:32.760 two private workouts with him. An outstanding punt returner along 2:09:32.800 --> 2:09:35.560 with an outstanding receiver, can play both inside and outside receiver. 2:09:36.160 --> 2:09:40.080 It's got excellent speed, outstanding hands, catches the ball away 2:09:40.120 --> 2:09:43.760 from his body, outstanding route runner, a real student of 2:09:43.840 --> 2:09:46.680 the game. We were really excited and he was, you know, 2:09:46.760 --> 2:09:48.640 kind of what our model is. He was the best 2:09:48.680 --> 2:09:50.960 player that was available for us that fit our system, 2:09:51.000 --> 2:09:52.800 and so we were excited that that he was. There 2:09:52.840 --> 2:09:54.400 were kind of afraid, kind of weather in a storm 2:09:54.440 --> 2:09:57.240 there a little bit, you know, especially from fifteen to twenty. 2:09:57.280 --> 2:09:59.920 It was he going to be available, and when he was, 2:10:00.040 --> 2:10:06.600 we were excited about it. So now that wasn't in 2:10:06.680 --> 2:10:08.720 our plans, you know, we were just gonna let we 2:10:08.800 --> 2:10:10.960 were gonna stay at twenty. We had no conversations after, 2:10:11.440 --> 2:10:12.800 you know, looking to see if there was anything that 2:10:12.840 --> 2:10:14.120 was gonna happen at one or two. We were going 2:10:14.160 --> 2:10:15.960 to kind of hold pat. There's a bunch of guys 2:10:16.000 --> 2:10:18.240 we like, there're still some guys right now that we 2:10:18.320 --> 2:10:20.280 would have taken at twenty, but Nelson was the highest 2:10:20.280 --> 2:10:22.560 guy we wanted. But we weren't in any you know, again, 2:10:22.760 --> 2:10:24.840 really not our model to I'm not really thinking about 2:10:24.880 --> 2:10:27.160 moving up unless there's somebody that we feel that we 2:10:27.280 --> 2:10:29.920 have to go get. But we felt like, um, there 2:10:30.000 --> 2:10:31.440 was gonna be a couple of really good picks. Guys 2:10:31.480 --> 2:10:33.200 there are twenty and there were three or four guys 2:10:33.200 --> 2:10:34.600 on our board that were still available that we would 2:10:34.600 --> 2:10:35.920 have took a twenty, but Nelson was the top of 2:10:35.960 --> 2:10:43.480 that list. You wanted to do? That is not sicke 2:10:43.520 --> 2:10:48.440 to say. So you called the bucks too, Yeah, just 2:10:48.560 --> 2:10:49.840 to see whether they were Do you feel like you're 2:10:49.840 --> 2:10:51.840 gonna have to have a conversation with Sam Bradford with 2:10:51.920 --> 2:10:54.680 his name being talked about, whether you confirmed it or not. 2:10:54.840 --> 2:10:58.200 In trades, you haven't talked together about the contract exten 2:10:58.400 --> 2:11:00.640 We have talked to him about contracts, so I feel 2:11:00.680 --> 2:11:01.960 like I have to have a conversation with him. Though 2:11:02.400 --> 2:11:04.200 I talked to him tonight about taking a wide receiver, 2:11:04.320 --> 2:11:05.880 So if you seem pretty fired up about that. So 2:11:06.240 --> 2:11:09.960 your contracts, we never discussed contracts. So there was a 2:11:10.040 --> 2:11:12.280 report that there was a pretty extensive package that you 2:11:12.360 --> 2:11:15.480 guys offered to Tennessee that multiple players. No, that's false. 2:11:16.920 --> 2:11:18.720 As I said earlier, we never got into any conversation 2:11:18.760 --> 2:11:23.600 about players. So so how far it didn't get it 2:11:23.720 --> 2:11:26.800 didn't get very far. I tweet, weren't around the starting 2:11:26.840 --> 2:11:28.240 price for what it was wasn't very well, you know, 2:11:28.440 --> 2:11:30.280 wasn't where we were going to go. So you know 2:11:30.360 --> 2:11:31.840 the analogy I gave you. We drove up it was 2:11:31.840 --> 2:11:33.280 a really nice house. We didn't get out of the car, 2:11:33.280 --> 2:11:35.360 we didn't walk into the house. So they named their 2:11:35.440 --> 2:11:37.720 price and you thought that was prohibitive of doing a deal. 2:11:38.640 --> 2:11:41.040 At what point did that did you realize it was 2:11:41.080 --> 2:11:43.040 two seap that tonight or was that two days ago 2:11:43.200 --> 2:11:45.120 or no? They were pretty usually I mean with the 2:11:45.160 --> 2:11:47.120 first conversation we ever had with them was yesterday, so 2:11:47.800 --> 2:11:49.360 you know, and then we said we would talk today, 2:11:49.400 --> 2:11:51.760 and um, they did get I think they made the 2:11:51.840 --> 2:11:53.720 right maneuver. I was in that situation, I would done 2:11:53.720 --> 2:12:00.960 the same thing. I I mean, you have no idea 2:12:01.160 --> 2:12:03.240 you know, I don't think hope or I don't say 2:12:03.320 --> 2:12:05.280 we don't sit there and wish and up pennies together 2:12:05.360 --> 2:12:07.520 or anything. Is just you let the draft unfold the 2:12:07.560 --> 2:12:10.200 where the draft unfold. So, UM, we obviously know he's 2:12:10.280 --> 2:12:11.760 very talented player. I know him very well. I wish 2:12:11.800 --> 2:12:14.120 some of the best of luck. Um. I think Tennessee 2:12:14.240 --> 2:12:18.320 made a hell of a pick last year. Talked about story. 2:12:22.360 --> 2:12:24.040 We haven't gotten that far. It's a good question, but 2:12:24.120 --> 2:12:25.880 we haven't. I mean, let's get him in the building 2:12:25.920 --> 2:12:27.520 first and start talking to him a little bit. We 2:12:27.600 --> 2:12:29.440 also felt that because we knew we had Mac and 2:12:30.560 --> 2:12:32.560 had some some guys on the outside that we felt 2:12:32.560 --> 2:12:34.920 comfortable with, but we lost Jason Van So you know, 2:12:35.160 --> 2:12:37.480 the one thing about Nelson is that he's played both 2:12:37.520 --> 2:12:39.400 He played all over the field for them, So he's 2:12:39.400 --> 2:12:41.840 played inside receiver, he's played outside receivers. You know, Steve 2:12:41.880 --> 2:12:44.280 Sarkisian did a great job of moving him around. You know, 2:12:44.280 --> 2:12:45.960 he had one hundred and four catches this past year. 2:12:45.960 --> 2:12:48.320 He lined up everywhere, lined up in the backfield. You know, 2:12:48.440 --> 2:12:51.720 real versatile guy, real smart guy. UM really understands the game. 2:12:51.760 --> 2:12:54.400 So I think, uh, in his situation, you could line 2:12:54.480 --> 2:12:56.080 him up anywhere, and I think he can handle that 2:12:56.160 --> 2:12:58.480 from a mental standpoint. But you know where they're going 2:12:58.520 --> 2:13:00.840 to play and all that other stuff is we're ways away. 2:13:00.880 --> 2:13:03.240 We're still in April. Um, we got a lot of time. 2:13:03.320 --> 2:13:04.720 You know, we'll get him in here next week from 2:13:04.720 --> 2:13:07.760 any camp and then start going from there. That happened 2:13:09.160 --> 2:13:14.520 surprise you the trains or anything, but now you know, 2:13:14.680 --> 2:13:16.880 not how I thought it was gonna go. But in 2:13:17.000 --> 2:13:23.360 this league, nothing surprises me. So I mean, pity happen now. 2:13:23.400 --> 2:13:26.040 I mean again, we're looking at the best players, and uh, 2:13:26.120 --> 2:13:28.480 I think it's a reach when when that need part 2:13:28.520 --> 2:13:31.080 of it crosses over the talent part of it. And 2:13:31.360 --> 2:13:32.680 right now, we've still felt there was a lot of 2:13:32.720 --> 2:13:34.960 talented guys on the board. He was our highest rated 2:13:35.000 --> 2:13:37.320 guy that we felt fit for what we do. Um. 2:13:37.400 --> 2:13:38.840 So that's really kind of the way it was. I 2:13:38.880 --> 2:13:40.360 think when you get in troubles and when you start 2:13:40.400 --> 2:13:44.120 to when you start to reach and when need circumsteds talent, 2:13:44.200 --> 2:13:46.240 then I think you're in a bad situation. So we 2:13:46.360 --> 2:13:47.960 tried to stay away from that. If you if you 2:13:48.160 --> 2:13:50.520 pull up to this house and you're only armed with 2:13:50.680 --> 2:13:52.600 draft picks, and let's say they'll let you get out 2:13:52.600 --> 2:13:53.600 of the car and to let you call in the 2:13:53.680 --> 2:13:57.160 house and talk with them and let you have Mariota, 2:13:57.200 --> 2:13:59.240 would you been prepared to have six quarterbacks? I mean 2:13:59.480 --> 2:14:01.040 that would have been the scenario that you would have 2:14:01.080 --> 2:14:03.640 been presented. I want to see if I could get 2:14:03.640 --> 2:14:09.839 another house, so I would have had seven. Sam Bradford 2:14:09.920 --> 2:14:13.960 right now, I mean, is in Philly, is here today. 2:14:14.560 --> 2:14:17.440 I expect to see him tomorrow rehab him. Um, you 2:14:17.520 --> 2:14:19.720 know he's he's he's on schedule from what it's you know, 2:14:20.120 --> 2:14:22.560 talking to our doctors and our trainers. Uh, you know, 2:14:22.840 --> 2:14:25.440 I think when we traded for him the following Sunday, 2:14:25.480 --> 2:14:27.320 he was in this building and he's been there every 2:14:27.400 --> 2:14:29.600 day since. I think he's gone home one weekend. Um, 2:14:29.760 --> 2:14:32.480 he's working extremely hard, you know, really progressing out there. 2:14:33.240 --> 2:14:35.000 Monday will be the first day for us where we 2:14:35.040 --> 2:14:36.680 actually go on the field with him as coaches. So 2:14:36.760 --> 2:14:40.120 the last two weeks of UM the offseason program is 2:14:40.120 --> 2:14:41.920 what's called Phase one. So we just had meetings with 2:14:41.960 --> 2:14:43.200 the players and then they were with our strength and 2:14:43.200 --> 2:14:46.000 conditioning coaches. So we'll actually get on the field, um 2:14:46.200 --> 2:14:47.920 with all of our players on Monday for the first time. 2:14:47.920 --> 2:14:50.280 So it's really our first look at what he is 2:14:50.320 --> 2:14:52.080 and where he is and what he can do. So 2:14:56.240 --> 2:14:58.560 he can run around. You know, it's a total non 2:14:58.640 --> 2:15:01.160 contact thing. We don't have any equipment, so, um, he 2:15:01.200 --> 2:15:03.320 can run around. We just haven't specifically sat down and 2:15:03.360 --> 2:15:05.320 see what he can do drill wise. But we're really 2:15:05.400 --> 2:15:11.600 in the infasy stages of our offseason programs. The next 2:15:12.640 --> 2:15:14.080 I haven't I haven't gotten that in depth in the 2:15:14.120 --> 2:15:17.040 conversation in the two seasons, A first round, second round, 2:15:17.040 --> 2:15:18.920 in third round pick on on that position. What do 2:15:18.960 --> 2:15:22.520 you think of the changes you've made in the wide 2:15:22.520 --> 2:15:24.680 receiver corps. I like the guys we have right now. 2:15:24.680 --> 2:15:27.400 I think the guys we added with um, you know, 2:15:27.520 --> 2:15:29.680 bringing Miles in two two and here to go along 2:15:29.720 --> 2:15:31.280 with the guys away here with Jordan and Huff and 2:15:31.560 --> 2:15:34.480 Coop Jeff Mayle, and we feel we feel we wanted 2:15:34.480 --> 2:15:36.200 to get another guy in that room. You know, it 2:15:36.280 --> 2:15:37.640 was kind of our plan going into this thing, and 2:15:37.720 --> 2:15:39.400 we were excited to get Nelson to add to that group. 2:15:39.480 --> 2:15:41.720 What does that say with the death position and the 2:15:41.800 --> 2:15:46.400 last two drafts, that saying the wide receivers the top 2:15:46.480 --> 2:15:49.240 position the last two. You guys are taken three now, 2:15:49.400 --> 2:15:53.280 the first three rounds that we didn't have enough depth. 2:15:53.360 --> 2:15:54.920 That's why we've taken up you know what I'm saying. 2:15:54.920 --> 2:15:56.920 What does it say about the death of the position 2:15:57.040 --> 2:15:59.000 in the draft that you've taken so many wide receips. 2:15:59.040 --> 2:16:00.600 I just think and I said it. I think when 2:16:00.640 --> 2:16:02.000 we first talked. I think I said it when we 2:16:02.080 --> 2:16:04.960 were in Arizona that I felt wide receiver was the 2:16:05.040 --> 2:16:07.160 deepest position. I don't know why, but for the last 2:16:07.200 --> 2:16:11.680 couple of years there's been some really talented m receivers 2:16:11.720 --> 2:16:14.520 coming out. So given the death that wide receiver, was 2:16:14.560 --> 2:16:17.360 there any thought to wait on that and get somewhere. 2:16:17.400 --> 2:16:19.200 There always is, But he was our highest rated players, 2:16:19.200 --> 2:16:21.240 so we weren't going to pass on him and say, hey, 2:16:21.280 --> 2:16:22.960 maybe we'll get another guy a little bit later. We 2:16:23.040 --> 2:16:24.840 just felt like he was too good to pass up 2:16:24.840 --> 2:16:27.960 at that point in time. Yeah, we had three or 2:16:28.000 --> 2:16:30.280 four offers, but nothing that we felt was good enough 2:16:30.280 --> 2:16:38.280 for us to move off of our guy. I know Monday, 2:16:38.320 --> 2:16:39.560 we're gonna get out in the field with him for 2:16:39.560 --> 2:16:41.440 the first time, So that's the schedule. I know right now. 2:16:44.360 --> 2:16:46.120 I think he's been cleared. From that standpoint, I just 2:16:46.240 --> 2:16:49.560 think it's how how how the leg is in terms 2:16:49.600 --> 2:16:51.000 of strength and things like that. But I don't think 2:16:51.040 --> 2:16:53.320 there's any question, but I'm unaware of is he going 2:16:53.360 --> 2:16:55.480 to make a following return trip? But I think you 2:16:55.560 --> 2:16:57.560 know he's on schedule for doing everything he's doing right now. 2:16:57.600 --> 2:17:07.560 Sounds in the first round layer different now, No, I think. 2:17:08.160 --> 2:17:11.120 I mean there's certain positions, but corner, now, that's not 2:17:11.240 --> 2:17:12.840 It's not more important than corner. You know, when there 2:17:12.879 --> 2:17:14.840 were some corners we liked, but they went, they were 2:17:14.879 --> 2:17:16.480 gone by the time we had an opportunity to select. 2:17:16.560 --> 2:17:18.480 So in the first round last year you had six 2:17:18.560 --> 2:17:22.720 targeted players. Was the approach different at all from the 2:17:22.800 --> 2:17:24.560 way it was explained to us? There were six targeted 2:17:24.600 --> 2:17:28.720 players and then when they weren't there, you traded. That 2:17:29.360 --> 2:17:32.560 was the approach different this year? With you now we 2:17:32.640 --> 2:17:34.000 had a bunch of players we liked, and we just, 2:17:34.240 --> 2:17:36.720 you know, really let the board speak to us. We're 2:17:36.720 --> 2:17:39.240 always going to entertain offers when people give you, um, 2:17:39.720 --> 2:17:41.240 do you want to move back? But is the value 2:17:41.240 --> 2:17:43.560 of moving back? Are those guys still going to be there? 2:17:43.600 --> 2:17:46.480 And uh, you know, we felt, we felt real comfortable 2:17:46.520 --> 2:17:50.280 going in as the as the draft unfolded, Um, you know, 2:17:51.120 --> 2:17:52.879 we were kind of excited as it kept moving because 2:17:53.000 --> 2:17:55.840 there was multiple players. There are twenty for us that 2:17:55.959 --> 2:17:58.280 we would have selected, and Nelson was just the highest 2:17:58.360 --> 2:18:06.280 rated at that point time. The differences in the draft, 2:18:06.360 --> 2:18:08.680 I mean, do you feel that Nelson's one of those guys? 2:18:10.879 --> 2:18:12.400 You know, I don't. I don't know that. I'm not 2:18:13.240 --> 2:18:15.240 that smart to pick who's going to be a difference 2:18:15.280 --> 2:18:17.040 maker and not be a difference maker. I know Nelson's 2:18:17.040 --> 2:18:22.680 a really good fit for us. So you see that 2:18:25.600 --> 2:18:29.280 size wise they are, you know, I mean they both 2:18:29.360 --> 2:18:31.360 have their different strengths. Mac had different you know, there's 2:18:31.360 --> 2:18:33.200 a little bit different they're they're a little bit different. 2:18:33.560 --> 2:18:36.280 I think, Um, you know, I think Mac is more 2:18:36.320 --> 2:18:38.920 of an outside receiver and outside really really good outside 2:18:38.959 --> 2:18:41.760 down the line receiver. I think Nelson is an inside, 2:18:41.800 --> 2:18:44.400 outside guy. So you know, but I think size wise, 2:18:44.440 --> 2:18:50.080 they're they're almost identical. Where you run the route tree, 2:18:50.200 --> 2:18:53.040 it was blocking, Um, how does he fits in and 2:18:53.120 --> 2:18:55.880 all that? That's why we thought he was, Um, you know, 2:18:56.560 --> 2:18:58.760 when we got to know him, Um, I know, Steve 2:18:58.800 --> 2:19:01.680 Sarkisian will well, I know what USC's doing. Um, he 2:19:01.840 --> 2:19:03.480 was with Kiff for his first year. I know Kiff 2:19:03.520 --> 2:19:05.120 real well. I know how those guys felt about him. 2:19:05.520 --> 2:19:06.840 I mean I saw him first hand when we played 2:19:06.840 --> 2:19:08.600 against him. He had six ketches one hundred and sixty 2:19:08.640 --> 2:19:10.960 two yards in front of my face. So, um, I 2:19:11.040 --> 2:19:13.120 knew he's a productive player from from when he's walked 2:19:13.160 --> 2:19:15.160 in as a freshman, and he just kept getting better 2:19:15.280 --> 2:19:17.640 and better, you know, And you're throwing the fact that 2:19:17.720 --> 2:19:20.080 he has that ability as a punt returner, which will 2:19:20.080 --> 2:19:22.280 help us with Darren. Obviously, Darren's our punt returner, but 2:19:22.560 --> 2:19:24.360 you know, to have that other guy out there, you 2:19:24.440 --> 2:19:26.440 know that, you know. I don't think if if we 2:19:26.560 --> 2:19:28.240 take Darren off the field on a punt return, you're 2:19:28.240 --> 2:19:30.640 missing a beat. When you put um Nelson in there, 2:19:30.640 --> 2:19:32.640 I think he's a dynamic returner and I think he 2:19:32.720 --> 2:19:35.760 can he can play both in really excel at both positions. 2:19:35.800 --> 2:19:42.640 Here three receivers, obviously grabbing the first three rounds. Can 2:19:42.720 --> 2:19:45.400 you sort of let out a side relieves about my 2:19:45.480 --> 2:19:50.760 receiving corps live several years. I mean, yeah, that's the hope. 2:19:50.800 --> 2:19:52.720 But somebody could get hurt tomorrow. So I don't think 2:19:53.240 --> 2:19:54.520 you know, we don't look at it that way. We're 2:19:54.520 --> 2:19:57.120 always looking to see if we can, you know, make 2:19:57.200 --> 2:19:59.400 the team better. So we're always on the lookout for 2:20:00.080 --> 2:20:01.880 other better players that we think can come in here 2:20:01.959 --> 2:20:08.080 and make us a better team. So the time away 2:20:08.080 --> 2:20:10.440 for Barren's roles returning, now what I mean at that way, 2:20:10.480 --> 2:20:11.680 What I meant is that I feel like we have 2:20:11.760 --> 2:20:15.000 a comparable guy, you know, and and uh we were fortunate. 2:20:15.240 --> 2:20:17.320 You know that Darren played every snap for us in 2:20:17.400 --> 2:20:19.480 the return game last year. But if Darren has to 2:20:19.520 --> 2:20:21.400 come off the field, you feel like you've got another guy. 2:20:21.760 --> 2:20:23.600 You know, you're trotting one one a out there, you know. 2:20:23.680 --> 2:20:25.880 And I don't think we had that um, you know, 2:20:25.959 --> 2:20:28.480 we didn't play against Arizona. We put Mac back in 2:20:28.600 --> 2:20:30.200 for the first time. Mac hadn't returned upon since he 2:20:30.280 --> 2:20:32.120 was back as Missouri. I think so, you know, I 2:20:32.200 --> 2:20:34.160 think having that it gives you a little bit more 2:20:34.200 --> 2:20:36.000 of a luxury that you feel like you got a 2:20:36.080 --> 2:20:38.840 solid you have two solid pup returners and and uh 2:20:39.120 --> 2:20:44.320 in Sprowsy and uh Nelson. So it's seen by trading 2:20:44.400 --> 2:20:47.320 for Sam Bradford. You talked about Mario and and you 2:20:47.400 --> 2:20:51.320 talked about you thought it would be really hard impossible 2:20:51.360 --> 2:20:53.080 to trade up at the top of the draft, and 2:20:53.200 --> 2:20:55.760 I was right there ever a point between then and 2:20:55.879 --> 2:20:58.280 now when you thought it might be more reasonable. Now, 2:20:58.360 --> 2:21:00.640 I think it played out exactly the way I thought 2:21:00.680 --> 2:21:02.720 it was gonna play out. I mean, I just I 2:21:02.800 --> 2:21:05.119 didn't think it was going to happen, and it didn't happen. 2:21:06.480 --> 2:21:14.000 Little Nostra damside of me about a month ago. Yeah, 2:21:18.120 --> 2:21:19.760 I didn't. We were at the high school, so it 2:21:19.800 --> 2:21:24.160 was a private work on Metis coaches. So I just 2:21:24.360 --> 2:21:26.959 he's he's a I guess the best way to say, 2:21:27.080 --> 2:21:29.160 just dialed in as a football player. I mean, he's 2:21:29.600 --> 2:21:31.720 he's in the Jordan Matthews category in terms of his 2:21:31.840 --> 2:21:35.400 approach to the game, you know, and always striving to 2:21:35.440 --> 2:21:37.760 be better. I think the great thing about Nelson is 2:21:37.800 --> 2:21:39.840 he has a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset, and 2:21:40.200 --> 2:21:42.240 he's always trying to get better. What is his edge? 2:21:42.240 --> 2:21:44.000 And you talk to the people he worked out with. 2:21:44.120 --> 2:21:45.680 I know he worked out with Joe Murphy, a former 2:21:45.760 --> 2:21:47.800 NFL receiver that was training him down there in Tampa, 2:21:47.840 --> 2:21:50.480 and you know, it's he's like a sponge when it's 2:21:50.840 --> 2:21:52.640 when it's just the game of football. When he came 2:21:52.720 --> 2:21:54.040 here and we had him on a visit here, it 2:21:54.160 --> 2:21:56.840 was you know, he had We were in the room 2:21:56.879 --> 2:21:59.840 with him for a long time because the other questions 2:21:59.840 --> 2:22:01.959 he had for us about how do we attack this coverage? 2:22:02.000 --> 2:22:03.520 What do we do here? I think, you know, he's 2:22:03.560 --> 2:22:05.200 one of those guys that's just really a student of 2:22:05.280 --> 2:22:07.200 the game, you know, And I think it's you get 2:22:07.280 --> 2:22:09.160 excited when you're around guys like that. He's just trying 2:22:09.200 --> 2:22:11.480 to soak up everything that you that you can spit 2:22:11.520 --> 2:22:13.640 out in terms of being able to give him coaching points, 2:22:13.680 --> 2:22:15.600 and he's always trying to get better, whether it's from 2:22:15.600 --> 2:22:18.520 a physical standpoint and prove himself physically from a route 2:22:18.560 --> 2:22:22.400 running standpoint, from just a mind standpoint in terms of 2:22:22.480 --> 2:22:23.960 how to run routes, how to do things, how does 2:22:23.959 --> 2:22:26.400 he fit into the scheme? So um, really exactly what 2:22:26.440 --> 2:22:31.480 we're looking for a football player following him No, I 2:22:31.520 --> 2:22:33.280 mean when when he was a freshman, I didn't think 2:22:33.280 --> 2:22:35.360 i'd be here. I was just I was following him 2:22:35.400 --> 2:22:37.240 with my eyes when he was running by me, you know, 2:22:37.400 --> 2:22:38.840 saying I hope we can cover this guy a little 2:22:38.840 --> 2:22:40.720 bit better than he's doing it. Right now. But um, 2:22:40.959 --> 2:22:42.600 you know, obviously well aware of him. You know, I 2:22:42.680 --> 2:22:44.800 think everybody in the country were well aware of him. 2:22:44.800 --> 2:22:46.000 You know, I had one hundred and four catches this 2:22:46.040 --> 2:22:48.160 past season, was one of the top receivers in college football. 2:22:48.160 --> 2:22:56.520 So I think he's got good linear speed that can 2:22:56.520 --> 2:22:57.960 get down the field, and I think people will have 2:22:58.040 --> 2:22:59.800 to be leary of that. Yeah, it's our first time. 2:23:00.160 --> 2:23:02.560 He s the tebow signing. What went into that? What 2:23:02.840 --> 2:23:05.520 appealed you about him? We worked him out, We had 2:23:05.560 --> 2:23:07.760 him into a private workout. We wanted to get another 2:23:07.760 --> 2:23:10.280 guy in here. G J. Kenny is wants to try 2:23:10.280 --> 2:23:11.960 to make the team as a special things player, maybe 2:23:11.959 --> 2:23:15.080 a receiver, maybe running back, kind of a multipurpose player 2:23:15.120 --> 2:23:17.240 on the offensive side of the ball. Allowing GJ to 2:23:17.280 --> 2:23:18.760 move around a little bit means we need to get 2:23:18.760 --> 2:23:20.480 a fourth quarterback inter. We thought he was the best 2:23:20.520 --> 2:23:30.560 guy of Elbo. All right. That is head coach Chip 2:23:30.680 --> 2:23:34.240 Kelly meeting the media and explaining the night that has 2:23:34.320 --> 2:23:37.760 been for the Philadelphia Eagles. Let's kind of recap what 2:23:37.959 --> 2:23:40.480 what the head coach said. All of those reports that 2:23:40.560 --> 2:23:43.680 the Eagles offered multiple players and multiple draft picks to 2:23:43.879 --> 2:23:46.840 go up to the number two position in the first round, 2:23:47.120 --> 2:23:50.840 according to Ship Kelly, not true. Yeah, Chip said he 2:23:50.959 --> 2:23:53.400 drove up to a beautiful house and when he got 2:23:53.440 --> 2:23:55.320 out of this car, and so the price tag of 2:23:55.400 --> 2:23:58.000 that house, it was not something that he would consider. 2:23:58.160 --> 2:24:01.800 And the conversation with quarterback Sam Bradford, who was part 2:24:01.879 --> 2:24:06.000 of those reports and reportedly offered in deals, They have 2:24:06.080 --> 2:24:10.039 had Conversationship Kelly and Bradford about the idea of adding 2:24:10.080 --> 2:24:12.560 a wide receiver Nelson Aguilar to the mix, and that 2:24:12.600 --> 2:24:14.680 Bradford is excited about it as it should be. Yeah, 2:24:14.680 --> 2:24:16.720 he should be. And the Eagles get on the field 2:24:16.879 --> 2:24:21.200 on Monday, phase two of the NFL's offseason program, and 2:24:22.040 --> 2:24:25.400 Bradford could see some action and is doing very well 2:24:25.760 --> 2:24:28.800 in his recovery from the knee injury that sidelined him 2:24:28.800 --> 2:24:32.039 over last year. Again, this was not a stretch pick. 2:24:32.520 --> 2:24:35.800 They got one of the players that they obviously targeted 2:24:35.920 --> 2:24:39.480 from the very beginning of the draft process, and he 2:24:39.680 --> 2:24:41.800 was the one who was available at twenty and they 2:24:41.879 --> 2:24:44.640 weren't going to risk moving back any further that he 2:24:44.800 --> 2:24:47.039 was there, they were going to take him, and Chip 2:24:47.200 --> 2:24:50.280 obviously looks very very pleased. Yeah, And the Eagles get 2:24:50.320 --> 2:24:52.200 a player who was at the top of their board 2:24:53.000 --> 2:24:57.200 at number twenty, more than Byron Jones, more than Breshad Perriman, 2:24:57.600 --> 2:24:59.320 more than the players that we've talked about. So the 2:24:59.360 --> 2:25:02.640 Eagles the first time since Jeremy Macklin was selected in 2:25:02.760 --> 2:25:05.280 Round one to take a pick at the wide receiver 2:25:05.400 --> 2:25:07.680 position with the first look a year ago. Dave, we 2:25:07.920 --> 2:25:10.400 sat here, you and I sat here when the Eagles 2:25:10.480 --> 2:25:13.560 moved back in the draft and when they picked Marcus Smith, 2:25:13.680 --> 2:25:17.160 they had to explain that there were what seven players 2:25:17.280 --> 2:25:19.560 that they would have been very, very happy with, and 2:25:19.760 --> 2:25:22.240 when all were gone, they had to go to Plan B. 2:25:22.520 --> 2:25:25.959 Right obviously didn't work out, so there this time they 2:25:26.000 --> 2:25:28.360 didn't have to go to Plan B. They took a 2:25:28.480 --> 2:25:31.920 player that they liked from day one, a legitimate first 2:25:32.040 --> 2:25:35.040 round draft choice, and they feel he will contribute and 2:25:35.200 --> 2:25:38.680 contribute in two fifteen. Best player available as a fit 2:25:38.879 --> 2:25:42.320 for our system, says head coach Chip Kelly of the 2:25:42.400 --> 2:25:47.680 newest Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver, Nelson Aguilar from the University 2:25:47.720 --> 2:25:51.640 of Southern California. It's Eagles Draft Central, presented by Dietson 2:25:51.720 --> 2:25:54.840 Watson Moore. To get to including a little visit with 2:25:55.000 --> 2:25:58.440 Nelson Aguilar on the other side when we return in 2:25:58.560 --> 2:26:09.920 just a moment. Well, the riverboat gambler. Chip Kelly plays 2:26:09.959 --> 2:26:12.360 it conservatively. He does on the first night of this 2:26:12.480 --> 2:26:16.600 twenty fifteen NFL Draft, plays it maybe intelligently. I think 2:26:16.640 --> 2:26:19.000 there's a better perspective of what the Eagles are thinking here. 2:26:19.280 --> 2:26:21.560 They let the draft come to them, they let it 2:26:21.680 --> 2:26:25.400 play out. They were extremely pleased that Nelson Aguilar was 2:26:25.440 --> 2:26:27.560 there with the twentieth selection. Didn't take the Eagles long 2:26:27.600 --> 2:26:29.680 at all to get that pick in. Look, Dave, we're 2:26:29.760 --> 2:26:34.280 talking about Chip Kelly and acknowledge brilliant offensive mind. He 2:26:34.480 --> 2:26:37.200 knows what fits his system. If Chip Kelly looks at 2:26:37.240 --> 2:26:41.440 a college receiver who plays against top level competition and says, 2:26:41.640 --> 2:26:44.600 this guy can play for me and contribute on an 2:26:44.720 --> 2:26:47.600 NFL level, that's good enough for me. Yeah, And Byron Jones, 2:26:47.640 --> 2:26:50.560 I believe goes to the Dallas Cowboys in Round one, 2:26:50.680 --> 2:26:53.000 so fortunately he will see Well, we'll see how it 2:26:53.080 --> 2:26:55.680 goes here at the cornerback position for the Eagles as 2:26:55.760 --> 2:26:58.080 they move on here, and that is still a position 2:26:58.160 --> 2:27:01.560 that they could address. I would think they're done at 2:27:01.680 --> 2:27:04.480 wide receiver at least in the draft, the post raft portion. 2:27:05.000 --> 2:27:09.160 So you've got Huff who makes the team, Matthews who 2:27:09.200 --> 2:27:16.359 makes the team, Aglar who makes the team, Austin Cooper, etc. Matthews, 2:27:16.520 --> 2:27:19.520 Matthews makes the team. Sure, and then you've got Jeff Mail. 2:27:19.600 --> 2:27:22.240 You've got Tough to make the team, tough to make 2:27:22.280 --> 2:27:24.920 the team interesting the the Eagles. But then you never 2:27:25.040 --> 2:27:27.560 know what happens in a preseason in terms of venue. Yeah, 2:27:27.560 --> 2:27:29.680 and I thought it was gonna listen chip Kelly again 2:27:29.840 --> 2:27:33.280 saying that talks with those teams up in the top two, three, 2:27:33.400 --> 2:27:37.400 four in this first round, just as quote as he said, 2:27:38.760 --> 2:27:44.040 didn't get very far in terms of actual offers players 2:27:44.200 --> 2:27:49.760 on the trading block. The reports apparently, as chip Kelly explained, 2:27:49.959 --> 2:27:52.560 simply not true. Is it safe to say, Dave that 2:27:52.680 --> 2:27:55.760 the only wide receiver on the roster who should feel 2:27:55.800 --> 2:27:58.400 pretty comfortable about getting a lot of playing time with 2:27:58.480 --> 2:28:00.880 Jordan Matthews, that the others are going to have to 2:28:00.959 --> 2:28:04.000 compete very very hard for a lot of playing time. Yeah, 2:28:04.120 --> 2:28:06.960 probably right. I mean, it'll all as Chip and the 2:28:07.080 --> 2:28:09.760 coaching staff says, it all plays out. Let's take a 2:28:09.800 --> 2:28:12.800 closer look at the newest Eagle, Nelson Agilar wide receiver 2:28:12.920 --> 2:28:18.600 from USC it's our NFL dot COM's first look. USC's 2:28:18.720 --> 2:28:22.160 Nelson Agilar is one of the most multifaceted weapons at 2:28:22.200 --> 2:28:26.360 the receiver position in the twenty fifteen draft. The Trojan 2:28:26.400 --> 2:28:29.200 wide out measures in at six feet tall and weighs 2:28:29.240 --> 2:28:32.320 one hundred and ninety eight pounds. Although he has a 2:28:32.440 --> 2:28:34.600 thin frame and may need to bulk up at the 2:28:34.680 --> 2:28:37.440 next level, Aglar is a threat to take at the 2:28:37.560 --> 2:28:41.840 distance every time he touches the ball. He is an 2:28:41.879 --> 2:28:45.879 athletic route runner with sharp cuts before and after the catch, 2:28:46.240 --> 2:28:49.080 and has the body control to make fluid adjustments on 2:28:49.200 --> 2:29:02.040 the ball. The third year junior was one of only 2:29:02.160 --> 2:29:04.720 eight players in the nation with more than one hundred 2:29:04.760 --> 2:29:16.400 receptions this season, covering over thirteen hundred yards. His twelve 2:29:16.520 --> 2:29:19.080 touchdown catches were the most in the Pac twelve in 2:29:19.160 --> 2:29:27.400 twenty fourteen. On top of being one of the nation's 2:29:27.440 --> 2:29:32.080 most productive receivers, Aguilar is a dangerous factor on special teams. 2:29:36.040 --> 2:29:40.480 In two seasons as USC's featured punt returner, Aguilar average 2:29:40.560 --> 2:29:45.640 nearly fifteen yards per return. He has taken four punts 2:29:45.680 --> 2:29:48.160 to the house in his career as a Trojan, which 2:29:48.280 --> 2:29:54.400 is the most in the Pac twelve over that time span. Sagila, 2:29:54.760 --> 2:29:57.160 he's one of the best returnmount of the puncture past. 2:30:08.400 --> 2:30:11.440 Aguilar was elected a team captain as a junior and 2:30:11.640 --> 2:30:14.760 was named a third team All American by the Associated Press. 2:30:17.240 --> 2:30:19.879 He also earned All Pac twelve honors as a first 2:30:19.920 --> 2:30:23.120 team wide receiver after making the second team in twenty 2:30:23.440 --> 2:30:30.160 thirteen as a punt returner. At the scouting combine in Indianapolis, 2:30:31.040 --> 2:30:34.640 Aguilar flashed his big play speed by posting a forty 2:30:34.720 --> 2:30:40.800 time of four four two. Although he was only able 2:30:40.840 --> 2:30:44.160 to put up twelve reps in the bench press, he 2:30:44.320 --> 2:30:54.400 did have a strong showing in the receiver drills. Nelson 2:30:54.440 --> 2:30:56.920 Aguilar could be a steal on Day two of the 2:30:57.040 --> 2:31:00.240 draft because of his potential at the receiver position and 2:31:00.440 --> 2:31:03.760 his ability to contribute immediately thanks to his skills and 2:31:03.840 --> 2:31:06.960 the return game. I look at Nelson Agilar and I 2:31:07.080 --> 2:31:10.480 just it's not Mike Quick, because Mike was tall, taller, 2:31:11.480 --> 2:31:14.880 just that long legs, the strides, very quick. He's very graceful. 2:31:15.080 --> 2:31:17.920 That's what he is. He's graceful and elusive. Yeah, and 2:31:18.040 --> 2:31:21.080 those were two of Mike Quick qualities and still are. Well. 2:31:21.160 --> 2:31:26.920 He's great apparently he's no longer elusive. Well his microphone 2:31:27.000 --> 2:31:30.600 cord all right, bow Wolf and Greg Cosell in the 2:31:30.760 --> 2:31:36.040 fan cave. How does this fit Nelson Agilar and the 2:31:36.120 --> 2:31:38.960 Eagles and the way they run the offense, particularly the 2:31:39.040 --> 2:31:41.960 past game. Well, Greg, obviously you are the the tape. 2:31:42.040 --> 2:31:43.720 May have ben the man who watches the tape. You 2:31:43.800 --> 2:31:46.520 know what Chip Kelly wants to do with this offense 2:31:46.800 --> 2:31:50.200 with Jeremy Macklin gone, How does Nelson Agilar affect the 2:31:50.280 --> 2:31:52.600 passing game and will start? I guess with the different levels. 2:31:52.640 --> 2:31:55.360 How about in terms of the deep game, the downfield threat. 2:31:55.560 --> 2:32:00.240 Chip Kelly did say Agilar maybe not quite as close 2:32:00.440 --> 2:32:02.360 down the field as Jeremy Mapman, but a little bit 2:32:02.360 --> 2:32:04.480 more versatile, but still he can get down the field. Yeah. 2:32:04.480 --> 2:32:06.959 I think he's a little deceptive vertical. You wouldn't call 2:32:07.040 --> 2:32:09.600 him a true vertical receiver at this point, but he's 2:32:09.640 --> 2:32:12.840 got tremendous short area acceleration, so he can get on 2:32:12.959 --> 2:32:15.880 top of corners and then explode by them with that 2:32:15.959 --> 2:32:19.280 short area acceleration. I think the thing that stands out 2:32:19.280 --> 2:32:22.040 to me about Aguilar in this offense is he can 2:32:22.160 --> 2:32:24.560 line up all over the one thing that struck me always. 2:32:24.600 --> 2:32:26.280 There were times he lined up in the backfield and 2:32:26.360 --> 2:32:28.680 ran routes, and that made me think of Randall Cobb 2:32:28.879 --> 2:32:32.119 with the Green Bay Packers, who's essentially a slot guy. 2:32:32.440 --> 2:32:35.240 Cobb never lines up outside, but Cobb would line up 2:32:35.280 --> 2:32:38.840 in the backfield and be successful catching passes. And I 2:32:38.959 --> 2:32:41.320 think that's the key for Chip Kelly. I think he 2:32:41.520 --> 2:32:46.440 wants versatile receivers with multiple dimensions. He doesn't just want 2:32:46.440 --> 2:32:49.440 a receiver that can only line up outside or receiver 2:32:49.560 --> 2:32:52.040 that can just line up in the slot. And I 2:32:52.120 --> 2:32:54.680 think that's why it was so critical and Chip reiterated 2:32:54.840 --> 2:32:58.240 numerous times about the best player that fits our scheme 2:32:58.760 --> 2:33:01.000 because I think in his team, you know, we spend 2:33:01.000 --> 2:33:03.560 a lot of time talking about Richard Perriman, Yes, who 2:33:04.280 --> 2:33:08.119 as a single individual receiver I like more than Aguilar. 2:33:08.360 --> 2:33:11.640 But I can understand why Chip Kelly sees Aguilar as 2:33:11.680 --> 2:33:15.080 a better scheme fit because I think Aguilar can line 2:33:15.160 --> 2:33:18.720 up in multiple positions in your offense more so than 2:33:18.879 --> 2:33:21.840 Perraman can. How About in the screen game, where Agilar 2:33:22.080 --> 2:33:25.320 can be very effective after the run or after the catch. Rather, 2:33:25.480 --> 2:33:27.480 Chip Kelly obviously likes to get his receivers the ball 2:33:27.560 --> 2:33:30.040 quickly sometimes and that's where he becomes a punt returner, 2:33:30.080 --> 2:33:32.279 and that's what he is. So I think that Aguilar 2:33:32.400 --> 2:33:34.400 is really effective. And at the end of the day, 2:33:34.480 --> 2:33:38.240 the Eagles may run as many or more bubble screens 2:33:38.240 --> 2:33:40.920 than any team in the NFL, and that's a significant 2:33:40.959 --> 2:33:43.000 part of their offense and it's a meaningful part of 2:33:43.040 --> 2:33:45.879 what they do. And Aguilar is certainly someone you can 2:33:45.959 --> 2:33:48.640 throw the ball out too in some kind of space 2:33:48.760 --> 2:33:51.280 and he can be really effective. I know you say 2:33:51.360 --> 2:33:53.600 that Chip Kelly wants to have his receivers be able 2:33:53.640 --> 2:33:56.200 to move all around. What would be your expectation for 2:33:56.280 --> 2:33:58.600 how the Eagles will line up in their three wide 2:33:58.640 --> 2:34:02.600 receiver sets come the mill of the season. I think 2:34:02.879 --> 2:34:06.600 you'll see them depending on you know, the team they're playing, 2:34:06.680 --> 2:34:09.600 the personnel they're playing against. It could be anything. I mean, 2:34:09.680 --> 2:34:13.880 I think Jordan Matthews can line up outside in Chip's offense, 2:34:13.959 --> 2:34:18.040 Aguilar can, They can line up inside. Riley Cooper to me, 2:34:18.480 --> 2:34:21.600 is an outside receiver, and as I said, the wildcard 2:34:21.640 --> 2:34:24.320 to me is Josh Huffy. I think Josh Huff is 2:34:24.360 --> 2:34:27.080 going to end up being a significant part of this offense, 2:34:27.280 --> 2:34:31.480 and he in some ways has similar traits, not the same, 2:34:31.520 --> 2:34:34.120 but similar traits as Aguilar in the way in which 2:34:34.200 --> 2:34:37.040 he can be utilized in an offense. So essentially, with 2:34:37.200 --> 2:34:40.080 Aguilar and Huff, you have two receivers who can line 2:34:40.160 --> 2:34:44.360 up in multiple positions. Matthews is much more a slot 2:34:44.440 --> 2:34:47.040 guy who can line up outside, but is not as 2:34:47.080 --> 2:34:49.640 good out there, certainly against man coverage. But I think 2:34:49.640 --> 2:34:53.519 when you're looking at Aguilar, he gives you that versatility, 2:34:53.720 --> 2:34:56.920 that me dimensional element that Chip really craves, all right, 2:34:57.000 --> 2:34:59.840 changing gears a little bit. The final NFC's team has 2:35:00.040 --> 2:35:02.960 made their first round selection Byron Jones, the player who 2:35:03.000 --> 2:35:05.960 we thought might land in Philadelphia. Now we all have 2:35:06.080 --> 2:35:08.520 to hate him. He has a Dallas cow Dallas cowboy, 2:35:08.760 --> 2:35:11.240 and that's a good pick for the Cowboys. They needed 2:35:11.320 --> 2:35:13.520 a corner. I think Jones has a chance to be 2:35:13.560 --> 2:35:16.480 a quality NFL corner. He's going to a team that 2:35:16.640 --> 2:35:20.240 plays both man to man and zone, and he has 2:35:20.280 --> 2:35:23.240 shown the ability in college at Connecticut to do both 2:35:23.320 --> 2:35:26.720 those things pretty well. So the Cowboys, they'll they'll tell 2:35:26.760 --> 2:35:28.560 you what every team tells you. This is a classic 2:35:28.680 --> 2:35:31.400 case where need met value, and they probably had Jones 2:35:31.480 --> 2:35:33.879 rated maybe even higher than that as some teams I'm 2:35:33.879 --> 2:35:36.680 sure did, but need met value. They needed a corner. 2:35:37.080 --> 2:35:39.400 All right. Back to you, guys in the exfinity of studio. 2:35:39.560 --> 2:35:43.840 I never liked Byron Jones anyway, revisionist sister. He does 2:35:43.920 --> 2:35:45.880 have some flaws in his game, that much is clear. 2:35:45.920 --> 2:35:48.840 But workout Byron told me he liked both. Yeah, well, 2:35:48.840 --> 2:35:50.440 it doesn't matter if he likes Bo. But he's now 2:35:50.440 --> 2:35:52.960 a Dallas cowboy, so we could pick on him all 2:35:52.959 --> 2:35:54.960 we want. Thanks very much, guys, good stuff over there. 2:35:55.040 --> 2:35:57.680 Let's take a quick phone call Glenn and Florida joins 2:35:57.760 --> 2:36:04.800 us on Eagles Draft Central. Glenn, good evening, Hey day. Hey, 2:36:05.080 --> 2:36:08.280 I'll tell you what, man, I'm pretty happy about the 2:36:08.320 --> 2:36:11.120 way this went because I wouldn't have been, you know, 2:36:11.600 --> 2:36:15.199 giving up the whole defensive team, the front line anyway, 2:36:15.360 --> 2:36:18.160 just to get Mariota. You know, you get no promises 2:36:18.160 --> 2:36:20.920 when you pick a guy like and uh, you know, 2:36:21.000 --> 2:36:23.400 I was wondering how close is Bradford to being ready 2:36:23.440 --> 2:36:26.360 to play? Well, thanks for to called Bradford. Apparently, as 2:36:26.440 --> 2:36:30.000 Chips said, listen to Phase two after the first two weeks. 2:36:30.040 --> 2:36:32.680 That's phase one of the offseason conditioning program. Phase two 2:36:32.720 --> 2:36:36.520 begins Monday, and it's non contact. Obviously they're not in pads, 2:36:36.920 --> 2:36:39.840 but Bradford could see time on the field, and the 2:36:39.959 --> 2:36:43.600 Eagles are pleased and ed manner which termed it at 2:36:43.680 --> 2:36:46.039 the appropriate time, Sam Bradford will be on the field, 2:36:46.080 --> 2:36:47.760 and that's all it matters. Yeah. I don't know how 2:36:47.800 --> 2:36:50.840 many people know this, but in this first phase of 2:36:50.959 --> 2:36:55.400 the offseason training activities, the coaches are not allowed to 2:36:55.520 --> 2:36:57.400 be out well, they're not even allowed to look at 2:36:57.440 --> 2:36:59.880 the players through the window right technically, so they're on 2:37:00.040 --> 2:37:03.480 their own. But I have heard from some players that 2:37:03.680 --> 2:37:07.560 Bradford has been throwing the ball magnificently, that his arm 2:37:07.680 --> 2:37:11.080 is great, he's being careful about his movement, but that 2:37:11.240 --> 2:37:13.160 he should be ready and it should be fun. Yeah, 2:37:13.280 --> 2:37:15.400 so what we will. It's it's all about keep I 2:37:15.400 --> 2:37:18.760 don't think anybody doubts his talent. No, it's about keeping 2:37:19.000 --> 2:37:22.560 getting him healthy, keeping him hippy, and building around him. 2:37:22.560 --> 2:37:25.240 In Eagles put a big building block in place this 2:37:25.440 --> 2:37:33.680 evening by selection. All right, we're back, Dave Spidero. I agrees. 2:37:33.720 --> 2:37:36.680 It's Eagles Draft Central. I'm doing my little work here. 2:37:37.160 --> 2:37:40.400 Uh your reaction here with with Nelson Agilar as we 2:37:40.520 --> 2:37:45.120 discussed the first pick. Yeah, excited, I really am. I 2:37:45.200 --> 2:37:47.680 thought they would take a while receiver or corner with 2:37:47.840 --> 2:37:51.680 the twentieth pick if they stayed there and between Aguilar. Uh, 2:37:57.320 --> 2:37:59.520 I'm not. I'm just guessing. Well, we'll get it right, Yeah, 2:37:59.600 --> 2:38:03.480 that lady, right, we got plenty of time. Thanks for correcting. 2:38:03.760 --> 2:38:07.600 I think anyway, I like him as a wide receiver. 2:38:07.680 --> 2:38:10.959 I think he's been very productive. Um over one hundred 2:38:11.000 --> 2:38:14.920 receptions last year, twenty four touchdowns during his time at USC, 2:38:15.560 --> 2:38:19.400 twenty receptions for via the punt return. So you know, 2:38:19.560 --> 2:38:22.600 Chip has always talked about having players with versatility that 2:38:22.680 --> 2:38:24.560 are able to do multiple things. And I think that's 2:38:24.600 --> 2:38:27.880 what separated him from a guy like Jalen Strong or 2:38:28.040 --> 2:38:31.680 Rachard Perriman is that Aguilar could do the punt returning 2:38:31.720 --> 2:38:33.720 and kick returning as well. Even though we have scrolls, 2:38:33.800 --> 2:38:36.320 at least you know he has that in his background. Yeah, 2:38:36.320 --> 2:38:38.200 and it really makes for an interesting mix at the 2:38:38.280 --> 2:38:41.320 wide receiver position. Now, and listen, when you lose to 2:38:41.360 --> 2:38:44.320 Sean Jackson one year and Jeremy Macklin the next year, 2:38:44.560 --> 2:38:49.000 the personality changed. Now the Eagles have three very young receivers. In, 2:38:49.400 --> 2:38:53.720 Jordan Matthews in, Josh Huff and Nelson Aguilar combining with 2:38:53.920 --> 2:38:57.640 Riley Cooper combining with Miles Austin. Interesting mix. What are 2:38:57.680 --> 2:39:03.000 you making this group enough? We'll see, we'll see. I 2:39:03.160 --> 2:39:06.440 think in this offense, we've seen receivers put up career 2:39:06.560 --> 2:39:09.760 years in this offense, so I don't think the production 2:39:10.040 --> 2:39:12.600 will be an issue. Jordan Matthews came in as a rookie. 2:39:12.879 --> 2:39:15.880 Jordan Matthews came in as a rookie last year and 2:39:15.959 --> 2:39:18.560 had a very good season. Expect Josh Huff to take 2:39:18.640 --> 2:39:21.600 the next step in his second year. And this kid 2:39:22.400 --> 2:39:26.240 seems like he has the versatility to play inside or outside. 2:39:26.360 --> 2:39:29.920 And because he's a punt returner as well, I believe 2:39:29.959 --> 2:39:31.720 he's going to be able to contribute. Now, A lot 2:39:31.760 --> 2:39:33.240 of it has to do with the quarterback and how 2:39:33.280 --> 2:39:35.760 well the quarterback plays. Can he get the ball out 2:39:35.760 --> 2:39:38.280 of his hands quick enough into these guys hands and 2:39:38.400 --> 2:39:40.480 let them run after the catch. And that's said to 2:39:40.560 --> 2:39:43.760 be a strength of Sam Bradford. Quick decision making, get back, 2:39:44.160 --> 2:39:47.360 drop back, get footballut of your hands, be accurate, and 2:39:47.440 --> 2:39:49.040 a little bit of zip on the football. So all 2:39:49.080 --> 2:39:52.240 that works so well. Interesting to me where Nelson Aguilar plays, 2:39:52.400 --> 2:39:56.520 as Chip described him, an inside outside receiver. I wonder 2:39:56.560 --> 2:39:58.000 if Jordan Matthews does go out, so does you have 2:39:58.080 --> 2:40:00.680 to speed in your mind Jordan Matthews to play outside position. 2:40:01.120 --> 2:40:04.000 Here's the one thing I'll say about Jordan Matthews on 2:40:04.120 --> 2:40:06.400 the phaseball. I don't you know he didn't test well 2:40:06.440 --> 2:40:09.000 as far as a Blazer. We're gonna judge everybody from 2:40:09.040 --> 2:40:10.920 what d Shon was able to do on the outside 2:40:10.920 --> 2:40:15.240 and how fast he was. But I do believe I 2:40:15.320 --> 2:40:18.800 would never underestimate Jordan Matthews. The guy works so hard. 2:40:19.320 --> 2:40:21.320 He doesn't have to be the fastest guy. He's gonna 2:40:21.360 --> 2:40:24.280 outwork his opponent. He'll go up for the football. I 2:40:24.400 --> 2:40:25.880 think he's going to be a guy that you can 2:40:26.040 --> 2:40:28.879 move outside in his second year, not on a regular basis, 2:40:28.920 --> 2:40:30.640 but from time to time to switch some things up, 2:40:30.640 --> 2:40:32.640 because I think they're gonna find a way to get 2:40:32.760 --> 2:40:35.480 Huff on the inside as a guy who can do 2:40:35.560 --> 2:40:38.520 some things inside. So I think they wanted receivers that 2:40:38.720 --> 2:40:42.119 have the ability to play inside and outside. In Jordan 2:40:42.160 --> 2:40:44.520 matthews second year, I don't think that'll be a big issue. 2:40:44.640 --> 2:40:47.200 Aguilar was able to do this at USC and I think, 2:40:47.320 --> 2:40:50.080 Huff it's more of an inside guy who got a 2:40:50.160 --> 2:40:52.840 chance to work outside last year. Yeah, and look, before 2:40:52.879 --> 2:40:55.039 we talked more about this, let's take a little bit 2:40:55.080 --> 2:40:57.840 of a recap of this first round. Some of the 2:40:57.959 --> 2:41:00.320 picks that have been made of Lady interesting, some of 2:41:00.360 --> 2:41:02.040 the names coming off the board. We know about the 2:41:02.480 --> 2:41:05.400 top of the draft with Winston and Mariota, and we've 2:41:05.440 --> 2:41:08.480 talked about the top eight picks, all the names that 2:41:08.520 --> 2:41:11.240 we kind of expected to go off the board that early. 2:41:11.760 --> 2:41:14.440 We turn our attention then to the middle of the 2:41:14.680 --> 2:41:17.640 first round, and I guess Eric Flowers to me is 2:41:17.640 --> 2:41:20.600 a bit of a surprise. Todd Gurley after that injury, 2:41:20.640 --> 2:41:23.160 didn't know that he would, you know, go that early. 2:41:23.320 --> 2:41:25.120 Didn't think Trey Wayams would go that late, to be 2:41:25.200 --> 2:41:28.000 honest with that thought perhaps a top ten pick. Then 2:41:28.040 --> 2:41:31.840 it got interesting with the trade with the Chargers moving 2:41:31.920 --> 2:41:35.640 up to get Melvin Gordon, Kevin Johnson, another Cornerback off 2:41:35.680 --> 2:41:37.960 the board at sixteen. We're kind of thinking, who in 2:41:38.000 --> 2:41:40.480 the heck with Eagles take Peters goes off the board 2:41:40.520 --> 2:41:45.879 at cornerback. Then the Ewing goes off the board at nineteen, 2:41:46.240 --> 2:41:49.560 and then Nelson Aguilar is the pick for the Eagles 2:41:50.320 --> 2:41:53.160 offensive tackle offensive lot at Bud Dupree, who I think 2:41:53.160 --> 2:41:55.000 a lot of people thought I might go a little 2:41:55.000 --> 2:41:59.520 bit earlier. Twelve pick Shane Ray going to the State 2:41:59.560 --> 2:42:03.240 of color Otto. Yeah, and the Denver Broncos should be 2:42:03.320 --> 2:42:06.240 good for shan't Race should be should be a very 2:42:06.320 --> 2:42:08.440 fine fit. As we moved to the end of the 2:42:08.520 --> 2:42:11.320 first round, Shack Thompson didn't know what to make of him, Mike, 2:42:11.440 --> 2:42:12.960 I don't know what he is, but apparently he's a 2:42:13.000 --> 2:42:16.400 linebacker for the Carolina Panthers right now. Yeah, I'm not 2:42:16.520 --> 2:42:18.760 sure about that pick. Some people saw him as a safety, 2:42:18.920 --> 2:42:21.119 want to move him as an outside line John McDermot 2:42:21.120 --> 2:42:24.640 will have some fun with him. Yeah in Carolina. Rashad Perriman, 2:42:24.959 --> 2:42:28.400 big workout guy along with Byron Jones. The next two picks, 2:42:28.720 --> 2:42:32.240 and then a Dukie goes first to the Detroit Lions 2:42:32.560 --> 2:42:35.080 at Offensive Garden the first your first round pick from Duke. 2:42:35.800 --> 2:42:39.520 That football program has a long way, so only four 2:42:39.600 --> 2:42:42.879 picks remaining in this first round up. Let's talk about 2:42:43.200 --> 2:42:45.280 Let's go back to this offense and the structure that 2:42:45.360 --> 2:42:47.280 you have here, Ike, and and what you see his 2:42:47.400 --> 2:42:49.920 needs moving forward for the offensive side of the ball. 2:42:50.200 --> 2:42:54.200 Are the Eagles set with everything they need? Well, I 2:42:54.320 --> 2:42:56.560 think they still need depth on the offensive line. I 2:42:56.640 --> 2:42:58.800 think they will address that before they get out of here. 2:43:00.080 --> 2:43:02.400 Tight End. You know, tight end is a you know, 2:43:02.520 --> 2:43:04.440 Brent Selleck is getting a little long in the tooth, 2:43:04.680 --> 2:43:06.800 zach Ertz. I expect to take a huge step this 2:43:06.959 --> 2:43:10.160 year as they starting tight end. So you may be 2:43:10.280 --> 2:43:12.279 able to get some depth at the tight end position. 2:43:12.360 --> 2:43:16.160 But most importantly, I think offensive line is when they 2:43:16.200 --> 2:43:18.160 look at next for the offensive side of the football. 2:43:18.160 --> 2:43:19.959 You gotta get depth on there somewhere. You know, it's 2:43:19.959 --> 2:43:22.880 interesting that the tight end position is so kind of 2:43:22.959 --> 2:43:25.360 lacking that top end talent. Now here's my idea, and 2:43:25.440 --> 2:43:28.040 I'm going to pitch this to ed Manwitz. Okay, I 2:43:28.200 --> 2:43:32.119 think Eagles be a trend setter here. Hire a scout 2:43:32.720 --> 2:43:38.640 who specifically is specific job is to go scout college 2:43:38.760 --> 2:43:42.160 basketball at the Division one, two, and three level. Let's 2:43:42.200 --> 2:43:45.080 find some of those kids and make them tight ends 2:43:45.120 --> 2:43:46.840 in the NFL because the way the game is being 2:43:46.879 --> 2:43:51.280 played now in college, it's a spread offense, and tight 2:43:51.400 --> 2:43:53.400 ends are not being asked to block. The Eagles even 2:43:53.440 --> 2:43:57.760 though they spread it out, require sellec Inerts and now 2:43:59.280 --> 2:44:02.680 trade to block. Yeah, how's that idea? Now? I love 2:44:02.800 --> 2:44:06.640 that idea, and I think, uh, you know, you know 2:44:06.720 --> 2:44:08.360 who was it, Tony guns Dollars with the first one. 2:44:08.360 --> 2:44:11.160 I believe in Tonio Gates. You know all these guys 2:44:11.240 --> 2:44:14.800 Julius Thomas, Uh, you know these basketball players that have 2:44:14.879 --> 2:44:18.520 been able to make this transition into football because of 2:44:18.600 --> 2:44:22.400 their height six five six six, their size two fifty 2:44:22.440 --> 2:44:24.920 two sixty and like you said, they're not being asked 2:44:24.959 --> 2:44:28.080 to block as much as some of these offenses. They 2:44:28.200 --> 2:44:30.640 just asked to be very good athletes after they catch 2:44:30.680 --> 2:44:33.880 the football. And a lot of basketball players who don't 2:44:33.920 --> 2:44:37.440 think they have a future in playing basketball anywhere try 2:44:37.560 --> 2:44:40.440 making this switch to football in their final year. So yeah, 2:44:40.480 --> 2:44:42.840 I definitely think that would be a great idea. Find 2:44:42.920 --> 2:44:45.320 that athlete to play that tight end position. I like it. 2:44:46.040 --> 2:44:48.000 I like it. How about on the defensive side of 2:44:48.040 --> 2:44:50.959 the ball, Like still we look at the safety position 2:44:51.120 --> 2:44:54.600 or quarterback position, maybe an edge rusher. But it's just 2:44:54.720 --> 2:44:57.039 it's very comforting to know the Eagles kind of took 2:44:57.080 --> 2:45:01.560 care of that real glaring need off sensively at wide receiver. Yeah, 2:45:01.600 --> 2:45:05.640 they really did. And while they addressed with in all 2:45:05.680 --> 2:45:09.000 season with Males Austin a little bit, I still felt 2:45:09.080 --> 2:45:12.200 that Miles Austin is not a long term solution. They 2:45:12.280 --> 2:45:15.560 needed another young guy. I don't know if Cooper will 2:45:15.560 --> 2:45:18.840 be here very very much longer. Have not passed this year, 2:45:19.000 --> 2:45:21.800 maybe two more years, So they needed some young talent 2:45:21.920 --> 2:45:24.400 in the stable. You get these young three guys to 2:45:24.520 --> 2:45:30.240 grow together and huff Matthews and Ail. We'll get it, right, 2:45:30.280 --> 2:45:33.080 We'll get it. I believe. I like that trio though 2:45:33.240 --> 2:45:35.760 I like it too. Young developing group. Let's see them 2:45:35.800 --> 2:45:38.240 come together and maybe play the position for many years 2:45:38.280 --> 2:45:40.200 to come. At wide receiver, let's go up to New 2:45:40.280 --> 2:45:43.880 York City. Tony Pauline from Draft Insiders dot Net. We 2:45:43.959 --> 2:45:46.400 have not heard from you since the Eagles with the 2:45:46.440 --> 2:45:49.920 twentieth pick in the draft selected Nelson Aguilar. Your reaction 2:45:51.120 --> 2:45:55.720 good like the first round. But if we talked about 2:45:55.760 --> 2:45:58.080 when I was ye know, this is the type of 2:45:58.160 --> 2:46:00.640 draft that when you got to the bottom round one, 2:46:01.040 --> 2:46:03.560 it wasn't a lot of first round talent. In fact, 2:46:03.680 --> 2:46:07.600 is this He's a consistent receiver, he's good down the planks. 2:46:08.040 --> 2:46:11.640 He ranks he runs solid under bouts, he'd drown the ball. 2:46:11.680 --> 2:46:13.760 He's did a kitchen. He's effective running after the kids. 2:46:13.840 --> 2:46:16.720 So he has coach Kelly said he's a good It 2:46:16.720 --> 2:46:19.119 would be a good compliment to Georg Matthews the other 2:46:19.200 --> 2:46:21.960 receivers they have them. At that time, Tony, as you 2:46:22.120 --> 2:46:25.320 looked at the board, Um, was this good value for 2:46:25.360 --> 2:46:29.160 the Eagles to make the selection? It wasn't that, I think, 2:46:29.320 --> 2:46:32.520 So what happens it past that fifteen pick? You had 2:46:32.520 --> 2:46:35.520 a bunch of guys and guys that were together and 2:46:35.640 --> 2:46:38.600 it wasn't a big sprint in them, so you know, 2:46:38.920 --> 2:46:41.840 I solid value. It wasn't. It wasn't a reach. It 2:46:42.040 --> 2:46:46.520 was a good pick for their system inside outside receiver. 2:46:47.200 --> 2:46:49.680 Both both actually going him in the planks to line 2:46:49.720 --> 2:46:51.320 him up on the slot. He just rolled the Quist 2:46:51.320 --> 2:46:55.000 seat didn't vote very well and when he was at 2:46:55.080 --> 2:46:58.280 USCIS knew he was getting and they couldn't stop him 2:46:58.959 --> 2:47:03.000 because he the drafts. You can be deep, so very natural, 2:47:03.440 --> 2:47:07.520 cross pass, feels incredibly quick, good put runners cotting after 2:47:07.560 --> 2:47:13.279 the cat potentially, Tony last question, early playing time impact 2:47:13.400 --> 2:47:16.920 kind of guy or is this somebody who needs to develop? Yeah? 2:47:17.000 --> 2:47:20.800 I play early on question when him is you know, 2:47:20.840 --> 2:47:24.120 he's a little bit he's gonna show tested tans, so 2:47:24.200 --> 2:47:27.039 you get him in the open field, he said, line up, 2:47:27.560 --> 2:47:32.840 I get him the jam kind of some clearity. Very well, 2:47:33.080 --> 2:47:35.240 all right, Tony Pauling Draft Insiders dot Net, thank you 2:47:35.360 --> 2:47:38.360 very much. I don't worry about the size thing, because 2:47:38.480 --> 2:47:41.280 once he gets into sports science here gets a couple 2:47:41.280 --> 2:47:43.880 of cheesesteaks in the belly. Yeah, he'll be ready to go. 2:47:43.959 --> 2:47:46.640 But I really do believe in a sports I know, 2:47:46.840 --> 2:47:49.640 I chees stakes movies. Right, well, try that, all right, 2:47:49.840 --> 2:47:51.680 I Greece, nicely done. All right, let's take a little 2:47:51.680 --> 2:47:54.240 break here. 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They ran from style 2:48:42.480 --> 2:48:48.720 concepts up to beat with Sarcasian so very sooner term 2:48:48.920 --> 2:48:54.040 concepts that same time, you can only try to get 2:48:54.160 --> 2:49:00.600 as close as you can one of them. Ninety eight 2:49:09.480 --> 2:49:13.560 out of her. In terms of character as a professional, 2:49:14.080 --> 2:49:15.640 everything I do, I want to do it the right 2:49:15.720 --> 2:49:19.800 way or to prepare as a player, I want to 2:49:20.040 --> 2:49:22.720 let them know that have a reliable player, consistent in 2:49:22.879 --> 2:49:26.039 many ways. And uh, I play a game of football, 2:49:26.160 --> 2:49:37.480 you know, preparation, I think, uh prepare you know on routes. 2:49:37.560 --> 2:49:40.520 You know, I take a lot of reps in practice, 2:49:41.120 --> 2:49:43.320 and I have a lot of focus when I you know, train, 2:49:43.640 --> 2:49:46.119 and I think it helps me, you know, ray routes 2:49:46.160 --> 2:49:55.520 would have signed for game day. Some guys lean onto 2:49:55.760 --> 2:49:58.880 you know, pure athleticism. And that's something that came to 2:49:59.000 --> 2:50:01.080 me a little later in my life, you know. And 2:50:01.680 --> 2:50:05.200 so I had the fundamentals of you know, preparation installed 2:50:05.240 --> 2:50:07.560 to me earlier, so I kept them going on. And 2:50:07.760 --> 2:50:11.240 when the athleticism Rose and all, they just merge both 2:50:11.240 --> 2:50:17.280 of them together. Well, when I was growing up, I 2:50:17.400 --> 2:50:19.800 wasn't always the quickest guy, the fastest guy. I mean, 2:50:20.240 --> 2:50:22.360 you know, in high school, you know, I'm started playing 2:50:22.400 --> 2:50:24.600 running back. I started to see myself become a little 2:50:24.600 --> 2:50:27.800 bit more explosive. You know, I developed a better stride 2:50:28.000 --> 2:50:30.360 and you know, I was able to move a little 2:50:30.360 --> 2:50:32.920 bit better. And then that just messed up with the 2:50:33.320 --> 2:50:42.840 you know, preparation that I've always had. It was a transition. 2:50:42.920 --> 2:50:44.400 I mean, if a team told me I was gonna 2:50:44.400 --> 2:50:46.240 play running back in college, then I think today I'll 2:50:46.240 --> 2:50:47.800 be sitting here saying I was gonna be at college 2:50:47.879 --> 2:50:57.600 running back. It's very valuable because, you know, push you 2:50:57.600 --> 2:51:00.520 in a position where you have many tools. You know, 2:51:00.879 --> 2:51:03.000 you know, as a receiver, if you've been playing the position, 2:51:03.000 --> 2:51:05.959 you think you know a reception. You know, you're you're 2:51:06.120 --> 2:51:08.959 just worried about possessions. As a running back, you're thinking 2:51:09.520 --> 2:51:12.240 big play every time. So I have that mentality as 2:51:12.240 --> 2:51:14.200 a receiver to think big play every time. When you 2:51:14.320 --> 2:51:16.720 catch the ball, you're going vertical and you're going for six. 2:51:16.800 --> 2:51:19.400 You're not really worried about first downs. You know, when 2:51:19.520 --> 2:51:22.200 contact comes you're not falling down. You're trying to run 2:51:22.280 --> 2:51:30.680 through contact and keep going. I mean, most recently, Antonio 2:51:30.760 --> 2:51:32.880 Brown is a guy with the running back type mentality 2:51:32.959 --> 2:51:35.560 when he catches the ball. I mean, and Reggie Wayne 2:51:35.600 --> 2:51:39.080 has always been a consistent receiver that I respected. And 2:51:39.360 --> 2:51:40.760 I have a lot of respect for a lot of 2:51:41.040 --> 2:51:43.560 per receivers. I watch a lot of them from A J. Green, 2:51:44.000 --> 2:51:45.840 you know, to some of the you guys you know, 2:51:46.000 --> 2:51:49.760 Sammy Watkins, Hodell Beckham, but I mean some veterans like 2:51:50.200 --> 2:51:54.160 Blair Fitzgerald, you know, Reggie Wayne and Antonio Brown would 2:51:54.160 --> 2:52:01.440 be the one that I've watched the most. I've only 2:52:01.520 --> 2:52:06.440 met one team that was yesterday conformally. One team formally, 2:52:07.560 --> 2:52:11.160 what was the Cleveland Browns. Every every real team is informal, 2:52:11.560 --> 2:52:13.520 and it's uh, it's been good, you know, just we 2:52:13.640 --> 2:52:16.280 just chopped it up, talk ball. Yeah, just have a 2:52:16.320 --> 2:52:22.760 good feel for eaself. Not yet, we have not met yet, 2:52:22.800 --> 2:52:31.240 but I look forward to it. I'm now to introduce 2:52:31.320 --> 2:52:36.320 you to the newest Philadelphia Eagle. Congratulations to USC wide 2:52:36.360 --> 2:52:40.400 receiver Nelson Agilar, the twentieth selection in the twenty fifteen 2:52:40.520 --> 2:52:45.360 NFL Draft. Nelson, we welcome you to Philadelphia. Congratulations, Oh 2:52:45.480 --> 2:52:48.199 thank you guys for having me. Hey listen, happy birthday. 2:52:48.200 --> 2:52:50.400 I know May twenty fourth is your birthday, and uh 2:52:50.800 --> 2:52:53.080 what an early birthday present for you. Let's talk about 2:52:53.120 --> 2:52:57.080 your reaction when you heard from the Eagles. It was 2:52:57.080 --> 2:53:00.959 an amazing feeling. The call was one of the most 2:53:01.000 --> 2:53:03.880 genuine conversations I've had in a long time. You know. 2:53:04.200 --> 2:53:06.840 It was an experience that I felt like, you know, 2:53:08.200 --> 2:53:11.680 almost was meant to be, especially leaving our last conversation 2:53:11.760 --> 2:53:15.800 in Tampa after my second workout with the organization. So, 2:53:16.120 --> 2:53:17.800 I mean, I couldn't be more blessed to be in 2:53:17.879 --> 2:53:21.640 this position. What what do coaches or what does the 2:53:21.680 --> 2:53:23.840 team tell you when when they make that phone call? 2:53:23.920 --> 2:53:26.680 What what kind of words are you here? Well? I 2:53:26.800 --> 2:53:31.320 mean when I say they were genuine, just conversations, Like 2:53:31.600 --> 2:53:34.920 you know, I felt like we had a great relationship 2:53:35.040 --> 2:53:36.840 and your type of guy that to fit in and 2:53:36.920 --> 2:53:40.320 our organization and you know, and I felt the same way. 2:53:40.360 --> 2:53:43.080 I wanted to be a part of an organization like them, 2:53:43.720 --> 2:53:46.080 you know, and I felt like, you know, it would 2:53:46.120 --> 2:53:48.720 be great for my my game a football player and 2:53:48.720 --> 2:53:52.480 then my development as a person. Yeah, when you when 2:53:52.520 --> 2:53:54.400 when you look at the Eagles offense, Nelson, and the 2:53:54.480 --> 2:53:56.680 talks that you've had with Coach Kelly and some of 2:53:56.760 --> 2:54:00.920 the officer coaches. Uh, what type of could they envision 2:54:01.200 --> 2:54:04.200 you plan in this offense? Inside? Outside, what sort of 2:54:04.280 --> 2:54:09.480 fits your talent's best as far as the wide receiver position. Oh, 2:54:09.920 --> 2:54:12.200 I like to learn all trains to the game, you know. 2:54:12.520 --> 2:54:15.480 I like to play outside and inside. So I feel 2:54:15.520 --> 2:54:17.520 like I will be given an opportunity to soak in 2:54:17.640 --> 2:54:20.440 as much knowledge as I can handle, and then hopefully 2:54:20.480 --> 2:54:23.520 I help the guys the best way I can. Nelson, 2:54:24.120 --> 2:54:27.199 what do you know about the Chip Kelly offense? I mean, obviously, 2:54:27.840 --> 2:54:29.800 you know you're familiar with Oregon and what they do. 2:54:30.040 --> 2:54:34.119 But I would imagine if there's a certain level of excitement, buzz, 2:54:34.600 --> 2:54:40.280 anticipation that any offensive player would have coming into this system. Well, 2:54:40.320 --> 2:54:43.400 I know it's an offensive opportunity where they try to 2:54:43.440 --> 2:54:47.080 get guys in position to be successful. And I have 2:54:47.200 --> 2:54:50.279 a little bit of experience in that in my past years, 2:54:50.360 --> 2:54:52.920 that my past year at USC where we tried to 2:54:52.959 --> 2:54:56.120 spread guys out and give them opportunity. And I feel like, 2:54:56.560 --> 2:54:58.560 you know what Coach Kelly and the rest of the 2:54:58.640 --> 2:55:02.840 staff does over there. It's very similar to that. All right, Nelson, 2:55:03.440 --> 2:55:06.600 tell us what you've heard about the city of Brotherly Love. 2:55:06.640 --> 2:55:09.360 Are you excited about coming to Philadelphia here to play 2:55:09.760 --> 2:55:12.199 and what have you heard about the city of Philadelphia. 2:55:13.080 --> 2:55:16.640 I'm very excited for a great opportunity to develop in 2:55:16.680 --> 2:55:19.360 a new city and experience new things. I think it's 2:55:19.400 --> 2:55:22.560 a wonderful opportunity for me, you know, being from Florida, 2:55:23.040 --> 2:55:25.600 going out to Southern californ College and now having a 2:55:25.680 --> 2:55:29.160 great chance to hopefully start my career and possibly end 2:55:29.200 --> 2:55:33.000 it in Philadelphia would be amazing. Nelson, what was the 2:55:33.080 --> 2:55:35.400 whole free draft process like for you can kind of 2:55:35.440 --> 2:55:38.760 take us through from the time your your season ended 2:55:38.760 --> 2:55:41.240 the USC. What kind of things did you enjoy? What 2:55:41.440 --> 2:55:45.600 was challenging, the combine, the interviews, the workouts. I mean, 2:55:46.040 --> 2:55:50.320 it really must have been quite a grind. I embraced 2:55:50.360 --> 2:55:52.400 all of it. It was very it was a very 2:55:52.520 --> 2:55:56.720 interesting experience that I wouldn't, you know, trade for anything else, 2:55:56.760 --> 2:55:58.920 because I felt like as a man, I grew up 2:55:59.520 --> 2:56:02.600 Dane and out, you know, because there was different obstacles, 2:56:02.640 --> 2:56:05.840 there's different goals, and there's different you know, things that 2:56:05.920 --> 2:56:08.080 I had to checkmark. You know, I feel like this 2:56:08.240 --> 2:56:11.560 process was all different steps, and I felt like every 2:56:11.640 --> 2:56:13.640 day I would prepare for a different step, and when 2:56:13.680 --> 2:56:16.000 I checked the boxes, I just wanted to progress to 2:56:16.080 --> 2:56:18.280 the next one. And that's how it's been my game 2:56:18.360 --> 2:56:21.359 plan as a player and a person. So this process 2:56:21.560 --> 2:56:25.360 right here was a great, you know, test to who 2:56:25.480 --> 2:56:27.240 I think I am as a person, and I felt 2:56:27.240 --> 2:56:30.199 like I did well. Now you you've gotten to this point, 2:56:30.280 --> 2:56:32.560 now soon if it's finally over with a lot of 2:56:33.040 --> 2:56:36.440 anticipation and anks leading it to tonight for yourself, not 2:56:36.600 --> 2:56:39.160 knowing where you're going to end up at. I've been 2:56:39.200 --> 2:56:42.400 through this myself, what's next for you? Like, like what 2:56:42.520 --> 2:56:45.360 did you do next? Just sit back and relax or 2:56:46.280 --> 2:56:48.000 or you just getting ready to come to Philly as 2:56:48.040 --> 2:56:50.880 soon as possible. I want to be there as soon 2:56:50.920 --> 2:56:53.959 as possible, and there's no time to relax now. You've 2:56:53.959 --> 2:56:56.600 just been given the opportunity of a lifetime. And for me, 2:56:57.160 --> 2:57:00.600 you know, whether it would have been tomorrow, today or 2:57:00.640 --> 2:57:03.680 a couple of days later, my preparation, you know, will 2:57:03.920 --> 2:57:07.000 never change. My mind was always set on, you know, 2:57:07.240 --> 2:57:10.760 trying to be a guy that's prepared, and you know, well, 2:57:10.879 --> 2:57:14.320 oiled to move. Well, come rookie camp and other deals 2:57:14.320 --> 2:57:18.800 and learn. That's all I look forward to. Nope, I'm sorry, Nelson. 2:57:19.200 --> 2:57:20.760 At what point in your life did you fall in 2:57:20.840 --> 2:57:24.360 love with a game of football? Well? I always love 2:57:24.440 --> 2:57:27.440 to compete, and it wasn't football. It was basketball. It 2:57:27.640 --> 2:57:30.960 wasn't basketball, you know, baseball, whatever sport that I could 2:57:31.000 --> 2:57:33.200 try my best to play, you know, I mean, I 2:57:33.320 --> 2:57:37.000 just wanted to compete in sports. So football just became 2:57:37.080 --> 2:57:41.840 an avenue. You know that I saw earlier success than others, 2:57:42.480 --> 2:57:45.520 so I definitely just ran with it and I enjoyed 2:57:45.600 --> 2:57:47.960 and embraced you know, some of the things that came 2:57:48.000 --> 2:57:52.120 with it. Are there receivers that you've watched throughout the 2:57:52.200 --> 2:57:56.360 years that you've kind of borrowed some of their their nuances, 2:57:56.480 --> 2:58:00.360 some of their style from or I mean a lot 2:58:00.400 --> 2:58:04.240 of receivers, especially at the National Football League, and guys 2:58:04.320 --> 2:58:07.199 that are just do a great job of playing smart. 2:58:07.720 --> 2:58:10.200 They play very hard and composed, but they also play 2:58:10.280 --> 2:58:13.480 smart to make the right plays and also you know, 2:58:14.080 --> 2:58:16.880 expand the longevity of their career. And then also guys 2:58:16.920 --> 2:58:20.400 that are very electrifying, you know, for talking Antonio Brown, 2:58:20.560 --> 2:58:22.959 for talking a guy like Reggie Buyin that saw many years. 2:58:23.560 --> 2:58:25.880 You know, I enjoy watching those type of guys, and 2:58:26.000 --> 2:58:28.560 I enjoy all those guys, Randall Cobb when you're a 2:58:28.680 --> 2:58:31.320 very clever receiver, those type of guys, you know, I 2:58:31.600 --> 2:58:34.200 look at them mentalities and I kind of try to 2:58:34.280 --> 2:58:37.600 study what they do to give themselves a competitive edge. 2:58:37.640 --> 2:58:41.080 So that's what I'm trying to do. Yeah, Nelson, for 2:58:41.560 --> 2:58:43.280 those of us that are out here on the East 2:58:43.320 --> 2:58:47.600 Coast that aren't very familiar with your game being out 2:58:47.680 --> 2:58:49.959 there that you played the USC on the West coast, 2:58:50.680 --> 2:58:54.080 what can you tell the Philadelphia fan base that they 2:58:54.120 --> 2:58:56.200 can expect from you that they can be excited about, 2:58:56.360 --> 2:58:58.520 you know, getting a chance to watch you play in 2:58:58.640 --> 2:59:02.680 a very near future and hopefully for a very long time. Well, 2:59:03.280 --> 2:59:07.680 I mean ownza, can you know, promises and controllable things, 2:59:07.879 --> 2:59:11.040 my effort, my concentration, and my preparation. I feel like 2:59:11.120 --> 2:59:13.000 those are things that will always be a part of 2:59:13.080 --> 2:59:15.480 me and who I am as a player in terms 2:59:15.520 --> 2:59:18.160 of numbers and deals like that. I feel like with 2:59:18.400 --> 2:59:22.160 time and you know, with development, things will always go well, 2:59:22.280 --> 2:59:24.200 all right, But I know from day one I will 2:59:24.200 --> 2:59:27.440 always have a mindset to prepare and compete, you know, 2:59:27.879 --> 2:59:32.200 and just focus. Nelson, you coming to Philadelphia from Tampa 2:59:32.400 --> 2:59:35.080 or are you out on the West coast. I live 2:59:35.160 --> 2:59:37.080 in Tampa, so I'm coming from Tampa. O. Great, So 2:59:37.120 --> 2:59:41.400 we'll see you tomorrow. Fantastic Nelson Aguilar, congratulations, enjoy the night. 2:59:41.760 --> 2:59:43.960 We can't wait to see in Philadelphia to meet you, 2:59:44.480 --> 2:59:45.880 and then of course to see you on the field 2:59:45.920 --> 2:59:49.400 in twenty fifteen. Thank you, guys very much for everything. 2:59:49.560 --> 2:59:52.560 Thank you so much, thanks for joining us here in Philadelphia. 2:59:52.600 --> 2:59:56.480 Eagles dot Com. Indeed, remarkably well spoken, mature, A lot 2:59:56.560 --> 2:59:58.920 of Jordan Matthews in that kid. That's the first thing 2:59:58.959 --> 3:00:05.320 I boy. Calm and maturity and uh no boasting. Just 3:00:05.640 --> 3:00:07.400 come in here. I want to work hard, I want 3:00:07.440 --> 3:00:09.560 to learn, and I want to be great, and that's 3:00:09.560 --> 3:00:11.080 what you want to hear. I must have been really 3:00:11.160 --> 3:00:14.840 immature when I got drafted. They listening to Nelson and 3:00:15.040 --> 3:00:17.600 Jordan last year, I don't think I sounded anything like 3:00:17.840 --> 3:00:20.840 either of these two guys. After being drafted. You know, 3:00:20.879 --> 3:00:23.920 I'm giddy, You're excited these you know. Listening to Jordan 3:00:24.040 --> 3:00:26.560 last year and listening to Nelson to night, they both 3:00:26.680 --> 3:00:30.560 sound like their goal driven they seem to have all 3:00:30.600 --> 3:00:33.560 their priorities in the right place. They won't be distracted. 3:00:33.640 --> 3:00:36.119 They have one thing in mind, which is to come 3:00:36.160 --> 3:00:38.840 in and take advantage of this great opportunity that they've 3:00:38.920 --> 3:00:42.120 been given. And I think that speaks to the coach 3:00:42.200 --> 3:00:45.360 and then the scouting department when they're doing their due 3:00:45.440 --> 3:00:48.360 diligence their homework on these players. These are the type 3:00:48.360 --> 3:00:50.680 of guys that they're looking for. I mean, and you 3:00:50.840 --> 3:00:53.640 just hear it when they speak. I mean, Nelson Aguiler 3:00:53.760 --> 3:00:57.200 sounds exactly like Jordan Matthews sounded last year. Well, and 3:00:57.280 --> 3:00:59.720 if he plays like Jordan Matthews played last year, then 3:00:59.800 --> 3:01:03.000 the Eagles wide receiver corps will be good to go. 3:01:03.560 --> 3:01:05.199 All right, Well, we'll take a break here. Eagles Drafts 3:01:05.240 --> 3:01:16.959 Central returns in just one moment. Eagles Junior Pro Day 3:01:17.080 --> 3:01:19.680 is the ultimate experience for young Eagles fans, and it's 3:01:19.720 --> 3:01:22.280 only a few weeks away. Kids ages five to twelve 3:01:22.520 --> 3:01:25.360 have the chance to run through football drills with Eagles players, 3:01:25.760 --> 3:01:29.199 meet Swoop, and check out the team's practice facility. Don't 3:01:29.360 --> 3:01:32.400 miss your chance to share this great experience with the 3:01:32.480 --> 3:01:34.960 young fans in your life. Go to Philadelphia Eagles Dot 3:01:35.000 --> 3:01:39.240 com Slash Junior Pro Day to get your tickets. Today 3:01:40.240 --> 3:01:43.920 it's Eagles Draft Central David Spadaro. Like Greece, here, we're 3:01:44.040 --> 3:01:47.360 buzzing after a little conversation that I really liked with 3:01:47.560 --> 3:01:49.920 Nelson Aglar. Yeah, I feel good, I really do. I mean, 3:01:50.000 --> 3:01:53.720 you know, sometimes you just never know what wide receivers. 3:01:53.879 --> 3:01:57.040 And this kid seemed to have his head on straight. Try. 3:01:57.200 --> 3:01:59.360 He talked about getting up here and not taking anything 3:01:59.440 --> 3:02:02.879 for granted. He wanted to be ready to roll once 3:02:03.000 --> 3:02:05.800 rookie camp starts or what have you. And I'm telling 3:02:05.840 --> 3:02:08.120 you most rookies when they get drafted, they aren't thinking 3:02:08.200 --> 3:02:10.840 that way. They're thinking more or less, Okay, it's time 3:02:10.920 --> 3:02:13.200 to celebrate it. All the hard work is finally over 3:02:13.280 --> 3:02:15.640 with and I can let my hair down. I remember 3:02:15.720 --> 3:02:19.000 Jordan Matthews talking like this last year and Nelson. Both 3:02:19.040 --> 3:02:21.280 of these guys are basically saying I want to come 3:02:21.320 --> 3:02:23.920 in hitting the ground running. It's not time to relax, 3:02:23.959 --> 3:02:25.720 It's time to crank it up a little bit more. 3:02:26.160 --> 3:02:29.200 And that only bodes well for us as Eagles fans 3:02:29.840 --> 3:02:32.480 that you have guys like this with high character, that 3:02:32.520 --> 3:02:35.640 are willing to work hard and aren't resting on their laurels. 3:02:35.879 --> 3:02:39.280 Let's go to Bo Wolf and Greg Coach selling the 3:02:39.400 --> 3:02:43.320 fan cave. Gentlemen, your thoughts says, the first round of 3:02:43.400 --> 3:02:46.120 this draft draws to a close. Well, first of all, 3:02:46.200 --> 3:02:48.600 what a pleasure it was to hear from Nelson Aguilar there. 3:02:48.879 --> 3:02:51.800 Very good job interviewing him, guys, bringing that out of him, 3:02:51.920 --> 3:02:53.600 and going to be exciting to see him here in 3:02:53.640 --> 3:02:55.600 the Northercare Complex tomorrow. I think it's gonna meet the 3:02:55.640 --> 3:02:58.480 meeting here around four o'clock. But Greg, your thoughts says, 3:02:58.520 --> 3:03:00.600 the Eagles grabbed the fourth rest see right off the 3:03:00.640 --> 3:03:02.600 board six end up going in the first round, So 3:03:02.720 --> 3:03:04.720 it's clear the Eagles did not want to wait for 3:03:04.800 --> 3:03:07.840 that second tier of receivers. They bring in Agilar, who 3:03:07.840 --> 3:03:11.680 obviously fits the system, fits the culture, fits everything here 3:03:11.720 --> 3:03:14.040 about this Chip Kelly program. And I think it makes 3:03:14.080 --> 3:03:16.959 sense to Eagles fans because they were probably a little 3:03:17.040 --> 3:03:19.600 uncomfortable with the idea of going into a season with 3:03:20.760 --> 3:03:22.640 the receivers that they had, and I think we've all 3:03:22.680 --> 3:03:25.400 talked about that that they needed to add to the mix, 3:03:25.680 --> 3:03:29.240 and they obviously felt very strongly about Aguilar. Clearly they 3:03:29.320 --> 3:03:33.119 did not want to wait as you said, Aguilar fits 3:03:33.160 --> 3:03:35.120 what Chip Kelly wants to do. I think that's what's 3:03:35.160 --> 3:03:37.400 so important with Chip Kelly because it's not that his 3:03:37.480 --> 3:03:39.600 offense is so unique and there's nothing like it in 3:03:39.640 --> 3:03:41.480 the NFL. At the end of the day, there's a 3:03:41.560 --> 3:03:43.440 lot of parts in his offense that a lot of 3:03:43.600 --> 3:03:47.080 NFL teams run. But I think he has a type 3:03:47.120 --> 3:03:50.440 of player at the wide receiver position that he ultimately 3:03:50.480 --> 3:03:52.600 would like to have, and I think he felt that 3:03:52.720 --> 3:03:56.520 Nelson Aguilar fits that role because he's a movement wide receiver. 3:03:56.800 --> 3:03:59.080 You can line him up all over your formation, and 3:03:59.200 --> 3:04:01.560 I think Chip to do that. And the one thing 3:04:01.680 --> 3:04:05.960 people should remember is USC this year. Unlike previous years, 3:04:06.000 --> 3:04:09.040 they changed coordinator, they changed head coaches, and they ran 3:04:09.240 --> 3:04:12.720 much more of a three wide spread offense. So Aguilar 3:04:12.840 --> 3:04:15.960 ran that kind of offense at USC this past year. 3:04:16.200 --> 3:04:18.320 As we move forward to the second day of the 3:04:18.440 --> 3:04:21.520 draft tomorrow, any expectations for what the Eagles will do, 3:04:21.600 --> 3:04:24.320 I think probably address the secondary at some point either round. 3:04:24.360 --> 3:04:26.000 I think they're going to have to. The name that 3:04:26.120 --> 3:04:29.199 will intrigue me the most bow is Eric Row because 3:04:29.360 --> 3:04:32.280 he's a guy that I think will be on He'll 3:04:32.280 --> 3:04:34.840 be all over different people's boards. I liked him a lot. 3:04:34.959 --> 3:04:37.200 I think my senses the Eagles like him a lot 3:04:37.400 --> 3:04:39.760 because he fits their profile. He could be gone in 3:04:39.840 --> 3:04:42.280 the first five picks tomorrow, or he could easily be 3:04:42.360 --> 3:04:44.480 there when the Eagles pick. It's hard to know, but 3:04:44.600 --> 3:04:47.040 I think they need to address the secondary, and Eric 3:04:47.160 --> 3:04:48.680 Row's a name to keep an eye. And remember the 3:04:48.760 --> 3:04:51.080 Eagles did move up in the second round last year 3:04:51.160 --> 3:04:53.520 to get Jordan Matthews, so they've shown that they are 3:04:53.560 --> 3:04:55.440 willing to do that under Chip Kelly. I think Penn 3:04:55.480 --> 3:04:57.960 State safety Adrian Amos is a name to watch for 3:04:58.080 --> 3:05:00.840 me for the Eagles tomorrow. But for now, we celebrate 3:05:00.920 --> 3:05:02.960 the selection of Nelson Aguilar. We sent it back to 3:05:03.040 --> 3:05:05.320 you guys in the Expenity studio. All right, thank you 3:05:05.400 --> 3:05:08.680 very much. No names for me, but I agree that 3:05:09.120 --> 3:05:12.959 defensive back tomorrow, perhaps offensive line as well. We've talked 3:05:13.000 --> 3:05:15.520 about this. They might be possible targets, but you don't 3:05:15.520 --> 3:05:17.880 force anything. It is a seven round draft, yeah, no 3:05:18.000 --> 3:05:20.920 doubt about it. And we still believe that those two 3:05:21.000 --> 3:05:24.000 positions old line in corner or secondary because it could 3:05:24.000 --> 3:05:27.280 be slash safety. Our positions of needs to feel and 3:05:27.360 --> 3:05:30.039 It's going to depend on where the Eagles when they 3:05:30.240 --> 3:05:33.520 when the fifty second pick comes up, who's available. I 3:05:34.040 --> 3:05:37.720 just like what they did tonight. They seem calm and relax. 3:05:38.200 --> 3:05:40.840 They waited, they didn't rush, they didn't you know, they 3:05:40.879 --> 3:05:43.280 didn't panic or anything like that. I think you get 3:05:43.320 --> 3:05:46.600 the same formula tomorrow, and they're going to get a player. 3:05:46.760 --> 3:05:49.360 They have a group of players that they are targeting, 3:05:49.720 --> 3:05:52.240 and they I think they'll be perfectly fine selecting one 3:05:52.280 --> 3:05:54.840 of those guys at fifty two. And what's also interesting 3:05:54.879 --> 3:05:57.040 to me, which will Bearson watching. Will the Eagles be 3:05:57.080 --> 3:06:00.560 a little bit more active in the trade. Will they 3:06:00.600 --> 3:06:03.160 move some of these veterans who have long been reported 3:06:03.680 --> 3:06:06.280 to be on the market. That certainly is something to 3:06:06.320 --> 3:06:09.720 watch tomorrow Tomorrow at four o'clock. Nelson Agilar meets the 3:06:09.800 --> 3:06:13.600 media live on Philadelphia Eagles dot com at six thirty. 3:06:13.640 --> 3:06:16.640 Merril recent myself preview rounds two and three, and then 3:06:16.959 --> 3:06:19.680 we're live after every Eagles pick the rest of the 3:06:19.720 --> 3:06:22.920 way in this twenty fifteen NFL Draft, I Greece, thank 3:06:22.920 --> 3:06:25.640 you very much, good stuff. Get your energy up big 3:06:25.680 --> 3:06:27.920 one tomorrow, ready to go tomorrow into here. What the 3:06:27.959 --> 3:06:31.800 fans have to say on Sports Talk wi Pe Radio. 3:06:32.560 --> 3:06:35.200 Yes it will for right Greece. Dave Spidero here, thanks, 3:06:35.280 --> 3:06:37.400 what great job by the staff here tonight. Thank you 3:06:37.440 --> 3:06:40.039 so much for joining us on Eagles Draft Central Night 3:06:40.160 --> 3:06:43.520 number one. We're back for more on Friday. And for 3:06:44.600 --> 3:06:46.720 everyone here I say this, I think we all agree. 3:06:46.760 --> 3:06:48.400 Have yourselves a great Eagles night