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00:00Welcome back to Newswire here on SportsGrid. Great to have

00:06SportsGrid NFL insider Adam Kaplan back with us here on the

00:09show. He's gonna be super busy over the next month traveling

00:13all across the country doing his training camp tour, but we're

00:16fortunate enough to get him on one of the easier stops right

00:19in his backyard. The Philadelphia Eagles. It is

00:22great Adam to see you again. It's like when seeing I see you

00:25here on our network and I see you here on the show. I know

00:27it's almost time for football season. Thanks again for coming

00:30on. Yeah, you're right. It's that time of year. I'm gonna be

00:35away for a better part of three or four weeks. As you said, it

00:38started with my hometown Eagles in terms of that's the team

00:41that's here and then of course, I see the Giants and Jets and

00:44see your Dolphins later this week in Miami. I look forward

00:47to that, but yeah, it it's really been interesting with

00:49the Eagles Greg because two years ago, they shot the world

00:53made the Super Bowl probably had the best team in the

00:54National Football League. They didn't beat the Chiefs. I get

00:57it. It didn't happen. I know they were really dejected within

01:00the within the organization, but they took a step back last

01:03season after choking that that big lead ten and one. What a

01:06great record best record in the National Football League then

01:08losing six out of seven and that culminated with two

01:12coordinators on offensive defense and really a new look

01:14team to be honest with you. Yeah, and I and I think you

01:17know, as always, Howie very busy on Howie Roseman very busy

01:21on draft day making all kinds of changes to the team and

01:25you're right Adam. It's it's like it's hard to remember

01:28every NFL season, but that's the one thing I do remember

01:30about the Eagles is thinking halfway through. They're

01:32probably going to win the Super Bowl or get there and it

01:34was like nowhere close. I was just so stunned at their

01:37complete collapse, but they are essentially running it back as

01:41far as the coaching staff is concerned. Let's take a look at

01:44some of the additions that they've added to the team this

01:47year and the biggest one is the biggest name. But in this day

01:51and age Adam of the NFL, I mean if we were doing this 10 years

01:54ago, it would definitely would be Saquon Barkley, but this

01:57day and age with running backs. I don't think it's fair to say

02:00that you probably have a much better read on this. You know

02:03team than I do as far as where they're headed fantasy

02:06purposes. Of course, Saquon Barkley is a big name, but what

02:08about reality? How do how do we separate that? Yeah. So let's

02:12look at Barkley and in Thursday's practice at Lincoln

02:14Financial Stadium, Craig, I thought it was really

02:16interesting because with Kellen Moore and I've studied

02:18Kellen Moore. He's a new offensive coordinator and I've

02:20talked to people who work with him. The backs catch the

02:23football. Tony Pollard caught the ball very well for the

02:25Cowboys when Kellen was there and when you really look at it,

02:28Barkley has caught a lot of passes in training camp. We

02:31know we saw this last summer with a different play caller

02:34and Brian Johnson is now with Washington with Deandre Swift

02:37and Swift wind up not catching a lot of passes in the regular

02:39season, but Kellen Moore and running backs, the backs catch

02:43the football. So Barkley is a good, but you saw that chart up

02:46there. This is a big story with a big guy. I I this is this.

02:50This has been like the stunner of their offseason, Craig, but

02:53Kai Bacton is not currently lining up a tackle, not left

02:56tackle at right tackle. So he'd line up earlier in training

02:59camp at right tackle. He's been lining up at right guard. He

03:02started actually their OTAs when they after he signed after

03:05the draft, Craig. At guard, it's been he's guys never played

03:09guard in his life. So Jeff Stoutland, their offensive line

03:12coach is really really good. One of the best of the National

03:13Football League. He thinks he could play it. I can tell you

03:16this without it without a doubt. If Bacton lines up week

03:19one in San in San Paolo against the Packers, if he lines up at

03:23right guard, they will have the biggest offensive line in NFL

03:26history. They have three guys six seven or taller three guys

03:30probably 340 or bigger one guy Jordan Milata who's 375 380.

03:36Now again, let's not run with it here. Tyler Steen was hand

03:39picked by the Eagles to play right guard. Unfortunately,

03:42he's dealing with an ankle injury, but Bacton's been an

03:44amazing story one that no one saw coming, but right now he's

03:47been lining up at guard. Yeah, I mean really, I mean his

03:51career has gone up and down constantly in and out injuries

03:54everything else. Maybe this is the new lease on life with the

03:56Eagles and you know the Eagles wasted no time on draft day

03:59reshaping that defense Adam and and look the offense was

04:02capable down the stretch, but the defense just completely

04:05fell apart. They drafted a cornerback a defensive lineman

04:08and an outside linebacker with their first second and third

04:11round picks and even took a linebacker in the fifth round as

04:14well. I think everyone is familiar with Quentin Mitchell

04:16and he was drafted, but educate us Adam beyond that who the

04:20impact players were from that draft. Yeah, and Craig Cooper

04:22Dejean, unfortunately, who's their second round pick out of

04:25Iowa to play corner and safety. He suffered a hamstring injury

04:29away from the team, so he's on the active non football injury

04:31list. They feel like he can be back in the middle of August

04:35here, but him not getting valuable reps under Vic Fangio,

04:38their new defensive coordinator that that's a shame because

04:41the Eagles had a first round grade on on this player Dejean

04:44and he's a multiple position player. You can also return

04:47punts or kicks really big time athlete mentioned Mitchell.

04:50Now this is again. I get it's training camp. You never know

04:53what's going to happen the regular season. We turn to

04:55defense. Mitchell has been lining up inside a lot. This is

04:59not something that he did a lot in college, but to get him on

05:01the field early, they've lined him up as a nickel slot corner.

05:04He's done a very good job watching him go up against AJ

05:07Brown and practiced it's been kind of surprising what these

05:09coaches have done, but again, yes, Nick Sirianni is back, but

05:13he's got two new coordinators and it certainly shows. Yeah,

05:16and and I think that you mentioned Nick Sirianni, who

05:19was the darling of of coaches in the NFL just 2 years ago,

05:22but in this what have you done for me lately sport as the

05:25season collapsed last year and went to an end. There was that

05:27pause at the end of the season Adam for about a day or two

05:30where we didn't know if Sirianni would be back now. I

05:34think it's fair to say that Howie Roseman has proven

05:37everything that he possibly can in the NFL. So you know he's

05:39going to be making that final decision. They're bringing

05:41Sirianni back again. I would ask you Adam going into the

05:45upcoming NFL season. Certainly Sala with the Jets has pressure

05:48too, but Sirianni has gotta be up there as far as having to at

05:52least not fall apart like they did last year. Yeah, I would

05:55put him. I'll put Nick Sirianni, Doug Peterson, Robert

05:58Sala. You know they all have to prove themselves with coaches.

06:00Yes, Nick Sirianni, the Eagles head coach has been to the

06:03playoffs all three years. He's been the head coach, but

06:06historic collapse Doug Peterson. As I said with

06:09Burrell, they gotta win this division. They had a the

06:12Jaguars choke down the stretch where he's got pressure on

06:14him. You're absolutely right. Nick Sirianni has a ton of

06:17pressure on him and by the way, they've had a good offseason

06:19Eagles. They've had a lot of new players as you saw in those

06:21charts. Alright. Finally, their season win total look the

06:25Eagles are going to be really good. I know that it's just

06:27it's not going to be good enough as you mentioned.

06:29They'll probably win 910 11 games get to the postseason,

06:32but Adam over on FanDuel. That's where the slant is is

06:35about 11. I mean minus 172 yikes like I don't even know

06:40that I'm interested in doing anything like that. I may try

06:42to find 11 somewhere else. Do they come close to that over

06:46under or does that seem about right to you? I like the over

06:49two years ago. I have them at fourteen and three. I did get

06:51that one right. It's not easy to pick those win totals. I do

06:54like slightly the over ten and a half because they are the

06:57cream of the crop of that division and by the way, no

06:59one's had it back to back divisional championship of the

07:02NFC since 2004 when the Eagles were in the midst of winning

07:05four divisions in a row. Alright. Thanks Adam for

07:08coming on. Good luck with the tour. We'll catch up when you

07:10get back.

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