Episode 5: Week 1 Predictions | Brazil Concerns | Eagles Team Captains & More

[Music] welcome to the birds next home of the birds how we doing hey okay excited beginning mom got the got the saquin Jersey on I'm liking it I'm liking that Kelly Green that looks good yeah out I'm repping with the hat where you at I got green on you got something on H had opening week with with the the Eagles gear I had to pull out my little freshly dipped sequan Kelly crazy you got that for yourself no it was a gift for my very generous young man one of my generous young and I love it yeah it's a good good onee rental he's there for three years baby doll three years the DeAndre Swift was a one-year rental you regret yes that was a oneye rental but I got to Rocket number zero for a whole season that's good good we got a bunch of one-year rentals man I feel like our whole closet is worth full of I mean we got some Legends but I feel like we got alson is alson Jeffrey alson Jeffrey I I had that in my closet actually I got he was a one year rent he was two years I know but I mean like he's not I I think honestly though Alshon because we won the Super Bowl with him that might be one that you can rock 10 20 years from now the Super Bowl anybody who's on that Super Bowl winning team you can you can rock Jaylen Mills any of them yeah it's just Carson Wentz until so he comes back to the Eagles next year I know y'all saw that tweet did y'all see that the like his trajectory is following Nick FES exactly how he went from the Eagles to the Rams to the Chiefs and then he's if he follows it he'll go back to the Eagles as a backup next year which I can see Howe doing that's right no that would never happen would never go for that anyway he's just not that type Nick FES is a whole different personality to be able to do something like that like he would never do that he would never be back up to jayen her Carson W has had to Humble himself over the past couple years he would do it but he still wouldn't humble himself enough to be Jaylen herz's backup I'm sorry he might he might hate Jaylen Herz he he might he might hate jayen Herz he might be like I hate that guy I would never play the same team him again honestly it's I don't think how we should do it for that reason like you got to kind of read the room a little bit with that one if it's him and Aiden o Connell you might have to just you know slide down one and let the other dude get the get the call or something like that exactly he's not doing he's not about to do that but it was an interesting little tidbit though yeah well we're here 53 I guess that's a good place to start I know we were talking about who our um our projections were to made the team we did all this Hoon talk about Nolan Smith and how he looked terrible and how he's on the bubble he made the 53 but I guess what are y'all's initial reactions to the to the 53 any positions that you feel like we were lacking in or you're surprised my initial reaction honestly is um is Brad Perry like he went through all of that of people saying that he shouldn't be on the team and he was probably going to make it and get through all of camp and just to make the team and then get injured now he's got to go on IR like it's crazy so what what what for those that are not as in tune with the latest go ahead and break the the Bradberry the Bradberry so Bradberry at the end of last season did not look good a lot of Eagles fans wanted him I just said break the break what happened I'm not saying so what happened was he made the team and and then he just got injured in practice like they they don't won't say specifically what it is they just said he got he got popped in practice or something like that and and he's on over leg injury six to eight weeks that that's what I was eight weeks yeah that's a long ass I was just saying can you break that for the people that don't like they might have just seen Bradberry like next time ask me again next time but yes uh James Bradberry did make the 53 but was conveniently in inured in practice about two or three days later and um has now opened up a roster spot for them to be able to keep that's what I was going to say was my observation they kept what like Seven Corners like it was kind of a deep room like a lot of the guys that we were talking about all like Ricks for example like you know he made the 53 so that was that was interesting to me um yeah and then Nolan Smith I I noticed he you know he was the first person on that little promo video they showed like it was almost like they knew that people were were talking so they just wanted to get that out the way real quick they did it in number order oh is that what it okay I was wondering how they did it because I'm looking at the names like what this don't make no type of sense okay number order but would you think Justin any any anything that that caught your eye yeah I like I like Eli Ricks making the team over Joe um you know I'm I'm a Eli Ricks I I like being able to have Eli Ricks come in if anything happens to like this 30 other Corners that we have and he's a good special teamer as well um um what else was I going to say uh McCollum I forget his first name forgive me but the dude McCollum the safety made the team even before the Bradberry injury I thought that was pretty cool I know a lot of Eagles fans were were um saying that he should make the team he had a pretty good preseason so he should be a good special teamer other than that it's pretty standard um Everybody made it who I thought would make it everybody didn't make it who I didn't think would make it so pretty pretty standard from there my boy uh my boy Brandon Smith made the practice squad practice squad yeah yeah yeah on there but why do we keep Paris Campbell around why he made the odd one that was weird I I don't know what's up with that one meanwhile John Ross is out here in Street closes he applying to McDonald's poor guy man he a make maybe somebody else will pick him up who knows I mean he look bad he didn't he he dropped a couple passes they were like you know he's not really making a good impression in these games if he's on the bubble like he he didn't look great I I'll give you credit Daniel you saw right through that I remember when he was coming out in the draft don't ask me what year it was when he was coming out in the draft before he ran his 40 and everything you were like you know a receiver in this class that I think might probably be a bust is this dude John Ross he John Ross and you were like yeah I don't I don't see this dude working out in the NFL then he ran his 40 and everybody was going crazy about him you're just like and you were spot on that dude was that was Daniel's dude that was his pick for um never a difference I want to see a Redemption AR I'm all for like because he retired and then he was like I still love the game he's near my age I think he's 28 so you know just rooting for the Invincible storyline you know what I mean the guy that he he hung it up but he was like let me go see if I can help them out I heard they need a slot receiver right so but yeah I will say I think that person this year is worthy I think people are are are going a little bit extreme I know worthy broke the record he's on the Chiefs with Pat Mahomes but I think people are getting a little bit premature with the you don't like them fast receivers I'm seeing a feel I don't have a problem with them bro don't I don't have a problem with none of them I think Garrett Wilson's probably going to be a top three top five white out like I we just talked about Z flowers before we we we got on air I just think you know it's it's it's I'm just giving my opinion we'll see man I'm just tell can you can Tim stamp it and we'll come back to it but I think worthy I'm not saying he's trash I just think everyone's expecting him to be like this like standout rookie and I think he's probably not going to be you know that's more destination than anything he just all he has to do is be able to catch the ball above like above adequately and Pat Mahomes is gonna find a way like you just need to catch the ball above adequately and Pat Mahomes is going to get it to you he needs to get the opportunity that's what I'm saying I think that you know we're disrespecting some of the other guys on that roster so we'll see I just I I I think it's it's a little early next year for that guy but that's not what we here to talk about um can you hear me what do y'all think about this I think this goes back two or three episodes um serani man he Mom are you there yeah her thing is disconnected I think we lost mom well what do you think about the the Brazil stuff Justin have you have you been tracking that at all a little bit I've been I've been seeing like bits and pieces of it um what like that they don't want to go or just like everything that's going we'll start with that like everything that's going on in Brazil there's wildfires going on yeah yeah the crime rate is crazy like supposedly they're not supposed to be you know leaving their room because it's dangerous and this and that so like yeah I I just don't get why you would put an NFL game in a place you know what I'm saying where you feel like people aren't going to be safe like okay I can't leave your room craziness going on whatever whatever I'm just like man like so what do we need to have a game there for like what are we doing yeah I mean I just hope that's not like I hope that doesn't play a factor in the actual game you know what I mean like that that's my only thing is like I don't know bro it seems like it's almost like media week like from the Super Bowl you know like they're asking them about it and they're asking him about like all these external things and it's like can we just play ball man like can we focus on the game like you got that asking like Smitty and and whatnot how he feels and AJ and all that so I hope that's not an issue um but I don't know what about um did you see that X had banned orter yeah they they banned Twitter in Brazil so like reporters aren't gonna be able to do live news and stuff like that yeah it's pretty funny that's pretty F I mean you can really just grab a VPN for real but like and they said anybody that has vpns they're starting the finds at like I think six bands or something like that per tweet like it's they're finding six bands a tweet they're finding six bands a tweet 6,000 a tweet crazy that are using a VPN so insane it's uh it's not looking worth it little yeah now there we go what was going on I don't know BS sorry about that guys technical diffic but anyway about the Brazil game now that I can chime in now what were you saying about about Nick tyani I was just saying he looks kind of like a puppet like I was I was I don't I know you keep up with the interviews and stuff but did you get a chance to watch him and Howe when they addressed the 53 and all that like I just like all the questions were directed at Howie Nick had to like almost like add in at the end say anything yeah yeah like he had they weren't asking him no questions and I'm like yo like they're asking hoe some coach style questions almost like you know what I mean so I just feel that's a cloud that's kind of looming over over the team going into the season I hope they're able to put that to rest on Friday Nick Nick did his own press conference today um without Howie I think har Howie was just a part of that obviously because you know he's the GM and he makes most of those GM decisions but he he did one by himself today he did pretty good he's doing better with the press conferences and stuff like that so I I think it's I think it's behind us all this nonsense and everything so I'm just ready to go play some ball one thing though about so you know I guys listen you know you guys know I listen to the radio every day and they had um the uh autism uh auction they uh you know they they um donate to Autism Awareness with this auction so they auction off all these things that you can do with the players and stuff like that you can spend the day with Jaylen Herz and find out what his day looks like you can have lunch with with Howie Roseman go get Super Bowl tickets whatever so they were interviewing a lot of the players because they were donating some of their time to this autism auction and so they had Jaylen Hurst on WIP in the morning they interiew him and they asked him about play call about uh not having Jason Kelsey and how he felt about identifying the defense and and calling out stuff and doing the things that Jason Kelce did you know added to the offensive line and he said that um he was told when Kelsey was there to not worry about it so it kind of Hind his want to learn but now it's a different story and now he's excited about taking on that new role you know as that Kelsey used to do what do you guys feel about this so everybody was up in arms about him saying that like he was trying to blame Kelsey for like them not being able to pick up the Blitz and not having any QV protection and stuff like that and they were taking what he said I feel kind of out of context because he was just saying I they told me I didn't need to worry about it so I didn't now I do and it's a different chapter so that's what I'm going to do but what do you guys feel about that let me see if I can get exactly I I don't think the two things correlate I don't think um the Eagles issues with the blitz had anything to do with protection schematics or anything like that um I think it was more so of like a play design thing why there's not built in you know why there's not built-in answers to the blitz it's not like uh or the play calls or anything like that there was they didn't give any hurts any play calling options out of the blitz it it wasn't like a we're in the wrong protection type of thing so I I think the two things are um not uh they the two things don't correlate and um I think it's just a different issue a different topic whether you think Jaylen Herz can handle protection calls or anything like that and you know that's that's really up to you to interpret I think he can I think he's football smart enough to be able to do it so I I think people just want to find something to talk about before they I think that's the question more than anything is do you think that jaylen's up to the challenge right and like in my opinion I think it's right in line with where he's at in his career he signed the deal he had a year he's gone through ups and downs he's played in the Super Bowl he's been a disappointment so it makes sense um I am a little bit nervous because I think again we're underestimating the Kelce the Kel value and you have a really really special player on the football field and that person's not fair anymore it's like I think it's it's goes on both sides of the ball with him on offense and and Fletcher Cox on defense right even though Fletcher probably had a little bit more of a decline but I think we're definitely underestimating the the the Difference Maker in in those guys and how much they really meant to the team but my biggest thing hurts this dude rolls out to the right every single time there is a blitz anytime he feels any sense of anything my boy is rolling right you could look up the tape he doesn't stop he goes straight and his his clock is when he gets to the sideline once he gets to the sideline he got to do something with it by the time he gets to the sideline he's going he feels any pressure at all my man is rolling right so I want to see him if more than anything else step up in the pocket dog like just step up in the pocket he he does a little bit but he he definitely rolls I don't even think that he rolls out too much I just think it's when he rolls out it's like no he's he's very robotic with it it's like when you see Lamar Jackson do it and Lamar Jackson's like a generational athlete but Lamar Jackson doesn't he'll run a little bit but he'll set when he has a little bit of space like Jaylen will break the pocket and then like I said he'll just keep running to the sideline until he has no more field left and it's like bro like you you don't have to keep running like settle down a little bit you know what I'm saying like you know you don't got really that many people chasing you or you you got a little time to set your feet like you don't have to just bail straight to the sideline every time you know so I think yeah I I I want to see him fix that that is just I mean Mak pull my hair out but it's a lot of responsibility it's a lot especially pre- snap like cuz you got to understand he's already got a 100 things he's got to worry about right like he's got to he's got to read the this he's got to First Look at the safeties see what they're doing see what shade the linebackers are if it's a good situation to audible into a run or keep the pass he's got a you know what I mean like he's got a lot of things that he's got to account for so I think the pressure is just go ahead that all that all ties into each other like I mean it ties in but I'm just saying like it's it's it's an extra Dimension you know what I mean to have to worry about all right couple extra words to say you should know as a quarterback you should have already have a picture of how the entire offense looks in certain calls right so if you know okay there's one high safety this linebacker's in this shade or whatever whatever I think this play would be good you should know what the protection looks like on that play too not only just the routes and the reads and the progressions but you should also know how it's going to be blocked up and you know how much time you're going to have or where you should be getting pressure from and in a perfect Ro of course it's not going to be 100% otherwise anybody be able to play quarterback but like I like I said if you can read coverages and you you're reading the safety and the shades and the alignment and seeing what play you need to check to you should know what the protection should be for said play do you think they kind of hindered him by telling him don't worry about it and not letting him do it and letting Kelsea run with it do you think they hindered him as a quarterback by doing that I don't think it hinders you as a quarterback I just think it's a little um It's tricky because Kelsey can't see the defense the same way Herz can see it Herz is a little bit further back so I can see why they put it on Kelsey I think Kelsey likes having that responsibility and likes having that control um yeah I just think the drawback to it is is that Kelsey doesn't see it the same way Herz does so I think it'll be good to just have the quarterback handle all that stuff I I think so too and that's what most people do but I'm saying like the past couple of years that he's been there it's been Kelsey so it's going to be a it's going to be an adjustment is all I'm saying that's that's the one thing if I have to worry about anything with Herz that's the one thing I'm worried about is that adjustment of not having because we've seen what it looked like when when Kelsey would even go out like maybe for a play or two or something or if he had to miss a game like it just did not look right without him so hopefully now it does hopefully they fixed it but that's my concern but couple extra words be all right I don't know man couple extra words it was a couple extra words that he would have been doing it you know but I feel you like I said I think it's right in line see that's the other thing is it that they didn't trust him to do it they didn't feel like he was capable of doing it or was it just easier to say let Kelsey do it like there's it's two different things like we know he can do it when it's time for him to do it but right now we're letting Kelsey do it or I'm sure at I'm sure at first they probably didn't think he could do it and that's why they just made Kelsey do it but then it's like all right if it's not broke why fix it like if it's not broke I also think that there's you have to understand that like the word protection is just another playbook for the the lineman you know what I mean so it's like all five of those guys have to be on the same page of what they're doing and if it's coming from Herz he just has to know what Stalin's talking about what's going on like and make sure that he's you know what I mean aware of it versus Kelsey it's like he knows that like the back of his hand like that they run that when they do their Indie drills like that group of guys is always working on that so it's just a familiar face it's easy to come from him but it's just a little bit of extra extra commitment you know what I mean like they got to practice that in in um in their practice of you know herdz is calling it he's got to get with the the lineman he's got to get with stotland make sure everybody knows what they're doing and and whatnot so but you know it is what it is I don't think that's the worst thing in the world hey you got so I see we got a whole bunch of green what do youall think about no green in in Brazil what you talking about the Packers are wearing what you talking about eagles aren't black helmet white jersey black pits I think it's funny I think they trolling a little bit but I like it I like the black I like the black helmet yeah I like the black helmet black helmet that's gonna look dope I think they troll a little bit but I like it I think that's going to look fire bro that's like Madden like alterate uniform you just putting on whatever look clean but I think that's dope and then the Packers are wearing green too and that's got the bad Omen in Brazil so I like that that almost made me drop a little drop a little stack on the B on see here you go I said let me chill out let me not do it yeah but I was like yo guys to like stay in their rooms like don't only come out for the game they're they're leaving immediately after the game they're not staying the night like it's it's crazy out there I don't understand what made them pick this place if it's like this I just so that's what when you were having your technical difficulties Mom that's what we started to go over but I'm interested to hear what you think about everything that's going on in Brazil the crime rate the wildfires like the the players disposition towards being there like do you think all of that is going to be a I was telling Justin I feel like it's like media week for Super Bowl almost you know what I mean where it's just like the game outside of the game and I hope that doesn't have an effect on anything but like what are you what are your two sents on it it's it's it's double edged it's like a double edged sword for me because yes it is a distraction but it's also the first game so it's going to look Rusty it's going to look like the first game you know what I mean so it's it's that I'm glad if they had to have a game over in Brazil I'm glad it's the first game where you know all the anything can happen and I'm I'm just glad it's the first game where it's okay to lose even though we don't want to lose it's not the end of the world if we do lose and all that stuff so our first game is always the one for me I know I like you can gauge but you know I like to give it a few weeks like two or two or three weeks where you kind of see where the where the league is headed and I I of course want to win but I'm saying with all the distraction of going to Brazil like I'm glad it's week one and not like week six that's true but don't the Eagles have another International game not or is it just Brazil okay just brail crazy I thought I thought I saw we were in London or something maybe it was the Brazil game that I saw and I was like why are we doing that because it's like that's a home game for us so we we lose one of those and then are you sure I thought there was something else where we're going it's like a neutral site for another one of our home games so we're down way no no way they never do two overseas games that'd be foul if they were to do it to any team it would be the Eagles because they hate the Eagles so much but did you see the thing where where jayen HZ was lighting the um the thing with the football and he was like it's our turn did you see that yeah he's likeing yeah he's like becoming the face of the franch of the of the league I mean come Ono Justin I'm serious you see all these commercials and stuff like that like might be our turn might be our turn here we go with this again don't make us in the pot early again next please come on man um I mean the only other thing that we got to talk about is is the game Friday yeah Friday what's up Friday night [Music] what um what what are you feeling I know we talked a little bit about it last week but like you still feeling the same way is everyone still thinking all right dog fight but we should be able to come out on top you know I'm ready to go man I'm ready to watch some football I want the Eagles to come in there and I want them to beat the faces off of the Packers um I do I wanted to be domination I wanted to be a dominant defensive performance I want to be a dominant offensive performance I want people to ask what happened to the Packers after we get done I'm I'm in game week mode right now I'm ready to go I've held out as long as I could in the off I'm ready for them to go I I feel you man I I want that too I want the defense to be good so like my I just want the dline to be dominant yo cuz like I got buddies that are jets fans and they are coming crazy talking about our D line is better than the Eagles D line is for playing huh is it sound right did they no I don't think he's playing but like they got um Q will they got he's a dog I like him he's nice but like we got and Davis who's there don't they have Sheldon Richardson or something I don't even know who they got on their line but I just think bro you coming absolutely crazy absolutely crazy they got Solomon from uh from the Colts or from the 49ers I forgot where he was at last they got some names they got uh yeah Solomon they got um who's the other guy uh John Franklin Meyers they got they got Jermaine Johnson they got some guys up there I ain't even gonna lie not worry about them dudes but I that's what I want I want the dine to make a statement I want them to remind everybody that you know our trenches are dominant that's what's made the Eagles a contender for the last decade is the fact that we start up front and then work our way back so if we could get dominant trench play from both sides of the ball saquin I want him to end all of my concerns cuz that was it yo that was my vision is opening game I remember this dude's getting stuffed at the two yard line I remember it and it was like we're not we're not doing the tush push because we got saquon and at two third and one or fourth and one or whatever fourth and two we run thing I said you was talking about that is that why you were laughing about it when they were like don't don't get tackled at the two I love that I love that but that's I want I don't even care as much about Herz this game like all that will come I know we know what that is we know you know Jaylen to AJ is straight we know Jaylen and Devonte is straight we dson don't have his moment whatever I want to see sequan bro like establish yourself you know what I mean I want this to be the saquon game and I want it to be five sacks on Jordan love like those I I want that too fact the fact thing is important quarterback eating dirt I want Jordan love eating dirt the whole game uncomfortable but um I think the sequan game is going to be week seven obviously that's too long I don't have time for that he's he's gonna do fine leading up to that but that's going to be his break he's gonna rush for like yard what I will say Daniel is I love that you brought up that you wanted to see a dominant defensive performance because I agree with you and here's why when we look at all the eagles teams that are like doing what they're supposed to be doing we look at that 2017 team yeah Carson Wentz was excellent whatever it's about the defense we always have a smash mou defense when our teams are are top tier that's just like a Philly staple and when our defense doesn't look right we're not happy with the team right like in you know last year our defense didn't really look right we're not really happy with the team uh you know back when in the Mike Vic days whatever when we had all those explosive offensive players or defense wasn't right we weren't satisfied we can't watch bad defense in Philly so I think it all starts with the defense man it all starts with Vic fangio it all starts with those guys up front if we play a dominant defensive performance if we play stifling defense that's Championship Eagles football and so that's what we really got to look for that was Year all those years the Andy MCN years dominant defense that's Championship Eagles football offense is Gonna Come we gotta play dominant defense yeah no I agree and turnovers nothing better for the people listening when Justin and I were kids we used to like we're very superstitious watching the Eagles games so we would watch and in big moments we'd be like sack sack sack turnover turnover and there was nothing better than when we were like before the play starts we need a pick right here we need a pick and a Sante Samuel or whoever uh what whoever it was get Leo Shepard I missed that yo I miss being able to turn teams over like nothing worse than like I get we talked about it before but the bendo Brak philosophy and getting punts and three outs and getting the ball back in your offens hands but turning the ball over there's nothing like it and that's why I say it got to start with the trenches because when the quarterback's uncomfortable he's fumbling he's throwing interceptions they're putting the ball on the ground everybody's just unsure of themselves so like I really think it starts with that front yo and I think it goes back to ultimately what you started with in the beginning Justin of Carter's got to be like Aaron Donald Joe like straight up straight up that's how that's how we're coming after it this year we need you to and Davis Big Baby Davis too well Davis too but you know Carter is going to be expected to draw doubles so if he's not at least commanding two the rest of this is for for nothing because the whole point is he's going to draw two and then everybody else all you got we just need one of y'all to win right but I want to see bro beating double teams the same way Donald was you know what I'm saying like when you put two people on him and he's still getting through that's when it's everything is like you gotta just I remember last year when when he played in preseason his first preseason game and they did not double team him and he broke through there and got to that quarterback and they was like and Hugh Douglas was like that will not happen again they will never not double team him again so he's got to get through it he's pretty good though he he he played well in the first few games of the um season he kind of teed off at the end but he played well last year I I don't think you can't name one defensive player that played well in the last seven weeks of the season so I I'm not really going to take too much stop into that right that might be true not a single Eagles defensive player like not one it was horr to watch like you remember the the end when when Carson was just like horrendous to watch like you just didn't even want to see this guy on the field anymore I would close my eyes every time he would drop back to throw a pass I just couldn't bear to watch this guy anymore that's how the defense was at the end of last I just couldn't watch it they were unwatchable yeah watch Kyler Murray car us up like that in that Cardinal game that was terrible what do youall think about um Garner Johnson though I feel like M that was your guy I was I've been waiting for you to bring him up but I haven't heard nothing about him I was I was surprised that he um that he made the team I was shocked Gardner CJ Johnson CJ GJ oh CJ GJ what about him how do you feel like I only reason I bring him up is because he's been he's been on Twitter a lot like he's had a presence on Twitter he's talking about like I don't know he's just been TW a lot so I love him you think he's gonna be that enforcer that that yeah that jenin he brings so what he brings to the team which I love is the same thing that TL brought to the team and it's just that that attitude like you just got to have a certain attitude to that defense and he he's not a captain by the way we got to talk about that they named the captains today but um he's not a captain but he he is like the leader of that defense like he brings a certain attitude remember Justin when we were watching um I think it was hard knocks when when Cleveland was in hard knocks and you were like um they had got um who was the receiver they got came Jarvis Landry he was like we can't be having this like loser mentality like I'm just not all that we got to change our way of thinking first before we we can change the way we play but I think that's what CJ GJ brings to yeah he brings a certain attitude a certain mentality like a certain like nobody's beating us nobody's like don't get beat just I I I like CJ and even though it ended on a bad note because like people were mad that he actually left and he went after the money and all that stuff like I still feel feel like him coming back says a lot and I I feel like he he can make a difference on defense good on 10 you can't blame him for standing it on 10 can't do that he went I need I'm be honest with you I like CJ but my main guy is slay to this day to this day slay is my dog because exactly what you were talking about I think slay is that when we you need a turnover and it just seem seems like big play Sligh just be making them big plays I mean even last year I was at the I was at the Dolphins game last year and um it was one of those situations where the Dolphins were kind of picking us apart in the secondary and you know me and and and dad were just sitting there and we were just like man we need to turnover it was that moment it was like we need to turnover next thing you know he throws a deep looks like he got the guy beat slle comes out of nowhere [ __ ] and you know slay is that guy so it was it was like I said not a single player was good on that defense last year in the last seven weeks so I think people saying that he had a down year or whatever I think that was more of a thing than anything else but slay is my guy and I'm looking for him to lead that secondary because that's yeah he's a Hooper he's definitely a Hooper captain captain of the defense so that's what you got two mom so captains they named them seven captains you got Herz Brown Lane Johnson Jordan Milada Brandon Graham Darius Slay and then Jake the leg Elliott Jake them making a Jake Jake to make what do you think about them making a kicker or a captain kicker's always a captain always a captain always a captain special team captain I don't remember oh special teams I don't remember him being named last year he was he was but how do you feel about four offensive captains two defensive captains it was better than last year I think last year it was like wasn't it five Devonte was a captain last year he was a captain they talked about that um Nick serani just had a press conference today they talk they said why wasn't he a captain this year like he was last year explained it away whatever but from what I see on the field I'm G be honest with you I would rather have Devonte as a captain over AJ that's just what I see on the field to me like you're conflating production with leadership you even with even with slay like slay is a baller but I don't know if he brings that what mom's talking about that attitude to the defense like slay is a lead by example kind of guy he's not a like yo hype the hype the boys up like let's get right on this third down you know what I'm saying he's the type of guy that like he makes the pick and then the defense is fired up CJ is gonna be like let's go you know what I'm saying like yo this is a big down like why are you jumping off Sid you know what I me he's going to be in someone's face like telling them that same thing on the offensive side like I feel like AJ is is more outspoken than Smith is you know what I mean like he's the type of guy that if somebody jumps offside he's gonna say something about but see I'm I'm I guess I am because I like more of a player B type of Captain like you remember I don't know if this is like a um like a commonly known type thing but basically there's a thing in the football world where there's a player a that's your pretty boy your arm sleeve guy your visor guy that makes all the big plays and pretty plays and then there's your player B who's all right it was a five yard catch but it was on third down Moody change right he's not going to wear no gloves or nothing like that and to me player B's make better captains like I like gritty like make you know what I'm saying make the necessary plays keep your head down and just and just play ball type of Captain so like Devonte Smith is the player B of the receiver group and I I just think that completes to being a captain more than being a player a do but that again is production like that's Play Type that's not I get it I know I know I'm just saying like that's where it's coming from like I like players I see you yeah and that's what he's saying though but he's saying it's not that he's not a grittier player it's just that he's less likely to say something to call somebody else on something and AJ is more likely to do so that's what we need you need somebody to get on these guys but let's not speak in absolutes here because we're not in the locker room with him so we don't really know but like I don't see I don't see Smitty as being the type of guy that be like let's go I see it I see it when he you know up and stuff I see he miked up that's what I'm saying we not in the locker room but you can kind of get a gauge for for the personality and you can see them on the fields even with body language and stuff like that I feel like I feel what you're saying like he like I you're definitely on point with the type a player a player B like Smitty is definitely a player B but I don't know man I just think like Smitty is almost like like your little cousin trying to give you like words of advice you know what I mean like he's I don't know I don't know how else to explain he almost like tries to just stay out of it almost I feel like like he just doesn't want to get involved he's friends with everybody he's just like that's how I feel about I love but I just don't feel like he's he's Captain I think yall getting the presence confused I you know to me as a when I was a player I always like I said I always found that player be type of people were the best leaders because it's like yo when you need a big play he's making it and it's like that I'm listening to whatever you got to say like that's the type of dude that you want to play for like I'll do whatever for that dude you know what I'm saying like yo he just made that catch over the middle ah whatever breaking tackles he's fired up making plays when nobody else wants to play and it's like I'll die for that dude you know what I'm saying like I'm more willing to play for somebody than that but what he asked you to and that's the difference what he asked you to see I feel like a player a might say I need you to give your all on this like I need you to run through the wall for me on this and give you a speech that makes you want to run through a wall I feel like player B wouldn't ask you he might play and make you want to but he wouldn't speak up on it he wouldn't ask you to leave it all they do it when they need be when when people are slacking player B is gonna say something when people are slacking and he's going to make plays on the field where it's like dog we sitting here being slouches and this guy is getting that playoff game is a prime example eight catches 148 yards Devon and I say it time and time again when we talk about that playoff game is the player that wanted to play he played but he say nothing he like that's what I'm saying like like he was he was making catches and then just like walking back to the Huddle like you gotta run it back you got y see this I know y'all see it like I know y'all see me making these plays right now like I know y'all see I want to hoop but he wasn't like let's go man was he every time he caught it he be come on yo you gotta run it back you got to run I got to run it back I got to run it back I got to run got cuz when I see stuff like that like I said that makes me want to play for somebody even more like I'm watching on my TV and it makes me want to play more you know what I'm saying so that that to me is I I feel like that's that's more Captain material than you know than AJ but again I'm not in the L room with him so I don't know yeah well that's cool I guess I think I like the C I think they I think they who they selected was perfect um I think BG is perfect as he's on retirement tour I think slay staying where he was it it is what it is um and then this the four on offense so it is what it is I like it I'm excited I'm excited for um for FR I cannot wait until Friday 8 o' so to round us out I want to do one bold prediction and then I want to do a score prediction so like a bold prediction of like what's going to happen in the game we're all Eagles fans so sure it's going to be like the Eagles score 18 touchdowns but then like for your score prediction try and make it as you know what I mean just like what if we were doing a pick them if we had money on it what do you think the final score would be so I I you got to just it sounds like you want to start go ahead what you got oh I can I got it ready I could I could do it what bold prediction first huh bold prediction first yeah go B bold prediction and then score prediction all right bold prediction I'mma go 400 total yards for Herz 400 total yards for Herz he's coming out here on a mission all right score prediction I'm going to go 2817 Philly less than 20 point performance by the defense doing what we need to see them do four touchdowns from the offense yeah let's do it all right I respect it no beef with none of that all right so bold prediction all right here's my bold prediction my bold prediction is that Britain cvy runs one back to start off the start off the season that's I like it yo do you see the dude here's this guy in uh Washington commanders fan you you saw you know was talking about and he did like the Eagles roster preview and he like like gave his opinion on all the guys and he was like as honest as he could be like C guys he's like that dude's a dog like when it was AJ Brown he was like I'm not gonna lie this dude terrifies me I don't want no parts of AJ but he got to Britain CU he was like this might be the ball boy like this this might be my fifth grade tutor like he was like yo Brit cubby be catching Strays for no reason bro like this man he does look bad small but that's my that's my prediction that he finally breaks one off yeah he I yo because they had him on the thing that you sent M the like miked up with all five of them like that and they were switching back and forth between the other guys and then Brit CU it's like yo who's Mighty might is this on this dude don't look nowhere near caliber yo like I know he really does decides the dog in the fight but yeah she whiz man that guy is little he must really be fast yo like he must really got some wiggle to him cuz that's crazy he reminds me of Bumblebee I'm telling you that's who he reminds me of your old teammate but I guess anyway let him break one off give him a little confidence booster to start off the season that'd be dope get that TD so um my score prediction my score prediction is [Music] 35 I'm going to go with the 17 35 17 Eagles that's a proper but whooping yeah we smacked them in that scenario that's that's proper that's I don't I don't know it's tough to do that week one yeah 357 17 y'all know I'm not doing all that y'all know I'm the realest of the group I want my bull prediction to be he who will not be named but I gotta I have to stay on this side so he's not going to be my bold prediction but if I was going to make him my bold prediction I'd say he goes off for 200 total yards and two touchdowns but that's not my bold prediction because I'm staying on this side my bll prediction is what I said before five sacks of Jordan love I think we get I think we get five sacks I think think we can do that that's a nice that's a nice number I think I think all four of the projected top leading pass rushers get one and then somebody gets two so that'll be my Bowl prediction I think final score week one Rusty second game of the year I'm going to go 2321 Birds I think there's like some 2321 wow 2321 I I feel like it's like a Eagles come out rustier but they're down one at the end of the game and Jaylen leads the the field goal kick game-winning drive so I think it's like like they're up 2114 we get a couple field goals or maybe we score go for two and miss it but then we get the ball back and he's able to lead the the field goal kick drive and we win 2321 that's my that's what I think that's what I'm going you're going with the nailbiter nailbiter but we get five sacks though we GNA get five sacks they might smack Us in the mouth for real they might score 14 in the first quarter and then yeah that's the weird part is I'm not worried about our pass defense I'm just worried about Jos Jacobs man because I I don't like that match up yo I don't like that match up I think they're going to put a fullback on the field and I think Josh Jacobs is going to have himself forgot about Josh Jacobs oh gosh I think everyone forgot about Josh Jacob show yeah that's the only thing that concerns me he playing with a a JV quarterback JV that's what I'm saying like yeah I forgot about that dude yeah we'll see I think 2321 though either way maybe it's the other way around maybe the Packers wi 23 21 but I want my cook such a Negative Nelly I want my C always [Laughter] win W Eagles always win and on that note we're we're about done here family so thanks everyone for tuning in go Birds hopefully next time we meet we come back with smiles on our faces and not head shakes so thank y'all for tuning in to the birds nest we're a family that loves the birds over out