The All-Pro Philly Players Show w/ Jalyx Hunt -- 10/28/24

Jerrold Colton and Dave Spadaro are LIVE from Chickie's and Pete's in Marlton, NJ and are joined by #Eagles 3rd round 2024 draft pick, Jalyx Hunt! They talk about the big #Eagles win in Cincinnati against the #Bengals, the week ahead against Doug Pederson and the #Jaguars, and much more!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The gamb Line, Philly's home for all things sports gambling,
coming to you live from Chicky's and Pete's in Marlton,
New Jersey, every Monday night. It's the All Pro Philly
Players Show. Now Here are your hosts, Gerald Colton and
Eagles inside it Dave Spadero, Chickis and.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Pete and Marlton, New Jersey and the awe Pro Philly
Players Show. This is another glorious victory Monday in the
Delaware Valley. I'm Gerald Colton with my co host, Eagles
insider Dave spadera fresh off the plane last evening from Cincinnati.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Hey Dave, Hi, Gerald gat great to be here with you,
number one, and all the Eagles fans who are here,
and there are a lot of them.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
We're very excited to be here for.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Another victory Monday, coming off the eagles most complete win
not only of this year, but probably through last season
and into.

Speaker 4 (01:02):
Twenty twenty two. It was a game that I.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
Remember, you know, I did all the pregame shows and
every I think the tone was Eagles won the last
two games, good wins, but not good teams. Cincinnati superstar quarterback,
good football team.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
It also won two straight games.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Was this the game that you could kind of really
tell the Eagles direction the rest of the season. And
the Eagles came out and played sixty great minutes of football.
It was a three phase victory. It was so impressive,
Gerald and I could tell you on the plane back,
you know, in the locker room after the building today,

(01:40):
great deal of energy that comes from winning a game
like that.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Well, we've got someone who was one of the fifty
three men or it's actually I can say it only
just forty six. Now forty six or forty seven. It
depends with the quarterback. I don't know where they count
if requests one of the people who participated in the
game and was part of the locker room and part
of the plane ride back, who's been part of the
last three weeks, which has seen the Eagles win three
games with around As you said last week, David, I
think he's a two weeks ago, they're the hottest team

(02:04):
in the division. Now there's a team when Washington that's
got things going on too, and we'll have two matches
with them, But right now we're talking Philadelphia Eagles football
on a great win yesterday. As Dave just summarized and
we are joined by an extremely special guest.

Speaker 4 (02:17):
You might not be completely familiar with.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Him yet, but you're going to be able going to
help you get familiar with him over the next hour,
and we suspect you're going to get really familiar with
him over the next coming years, as he was the
third round pick, pick number ninety four, which is a
really high pick for the Phildelph Eagles this pass spring.
So without further ado, let me introduce tonight's guest. He
comes to you with an interesting background and we're going
to get into it. Later, started his college career at

(02:41):
Cornell University, transferred to Houston Baptist Lo and behold why
I was there. They changed their name to Houston Christian,
but regardless was the Eagles third round pick last spring
out of Houston Christian, number fifty eight.

Speaker 4 (02:56):
Jay lags Hunt, Yeah, baby, my guy, thank you, thank you,
thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
It's such our pleasure to have you. Just make sure
you're speak any.

Speaker 4 (03:06):
Some legendary, some legendary number fifty eighth.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Well, there are fifty eighth, but there's no other legendary
person from his school because the other person will ever
get drafted by any Need and Dave, you said, he's
your guy. You've been talking to me about this guy
since last spring when you first saw him on the field.
You said, we're gonna love him.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
I mean, first of all, as a football player, you
can see just from naked I had the birth that
he has coming off the ball.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
It is special.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
Everything that I've heard about him is really really positive.
I think when he got drafted, everybody was kind of going, well,
you know, he's not gonna play this year. He's gonna
be a project, and unlike that's that's not the way
it works in the NFL. You don't give somebody a
red shirt season and through the course of training camp,
preseason into the regular season, developing moves as a an
edge player. He's listed as a linebacker, but he's an

(03:51):
edge player with the Eagles power to speed, developing a
repertoire of using his hands and consistency and and doing
what Jeremiah Washburn wants him to do. Finally had an
opportunity against the Giants to record his first quarterback sack
two weeks ago, a quarterback strip sack, and Jylex Hunt

(04:11):
is somebody who is going to be an outstanding, outstanding
defensive end, linebacker, edge.

Speaker 4 (04:18):
Player, disruptor for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
Jylex, I don't know if I've gone in the direction
you want with my description of you. How do you
feel about where you are in your development? And you
know how much are you learning day by day?

Speaker 4 (04:31):
That was great.

Speaker 5 (04:33):
I had anybody introduce me that nice. There's some crazy
things online, but.

Speaker 4 (04:39):
And you pay attention to it too.

Speaker 5 (04:41):
You always is one way or another, somebody sending it
to me or I'm sprawling and I see something.

Speaker 4 (04:50):
But uh, it's cool.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
Wow, Like the development is. It's something that I knew
it was going to take a lot of work to
get to get into to really aggroove. But I think
I'm start to really understand what I need to do
in order to elevate myself.

Speaker 4 (05:04):
You know, I'm going to a room with the.

Speaker 5 (05:06):
Greatest arguably the greatest Eagle everg.

Speaker 4 (05:10):
So whatever BZ does, I kind of just fallen in love. Yeah,
including talking trash.

Speaker 3 (05:15):
Probably it's kind of similar, you know, the way you describe,
very similar to what the team is gerald right like,
and this team we all had really high expectations before
the season.

Speaker 4 (05:25):
First four games two and two. What were the Philadelphia
Eagles a game like that? Gerald? For you? Does that
help you understand what this team is and what it
can be?

Speaker 2 (05:35):
Well, look, when you say high expectations, obviously last year
didn't end very well, Jaalex, you weren't here for that.
But you know two years ago, within a whisker of
winning the Super Bowl, right, come back in all hopeful
to take that final step, start the season ten to one,
and then the we just kind of fell off and
it was so you were joining a team that had
changed coordinators, that had not finished the season strong. And

(05:58):
I think for the most day, you say high expectations, Well,
we're in Philadelphia. There's always going to be high expectations
because the whole cities wrapped up and egles and I
know you have felt that, Jay Like. But the other
part is there were some unknowns that you had to
see how they would play out. And I think we're
seeing it develop and come together as a team that
that did need to take a little bit of time.

(06:19):
And we're only after seven games so far, so a
long way to go, but you're seeing a team come together, Jaylex,
Is that how it feels within.

Speaker 5 (06:26):
The team, It definitely does they The culture here is amazing.
So to come into a team like you were just
describing right there, I'll watch that game, crazy crazy loss,
we cried.

Speaker 4 (06:40):
And as I said to Dave last week, I'm still
not over now.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
I gotta tell you, Look, it's sports, and we still
have to keep it in perspective in life, although we
you know, you know, this is your living and livelihood
and it's not just a game. But as a as
somebody who cares so passionately about Philadelphia, the phildelf Egles,
I don't think as a sports fan I will ever
get over that loss.

Speaker 4 (06:59):
And I'm thinking, well, a super Bowl would help, it would,
a super Bowl would fix a lot of my problems.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
But anyway, but god, so you watch that game, not
knowing you would ever be wearing the game.

Speaker 5 (07:10):
At that point, I didn't even think I was. I
thought I was gonna have a normal job.

Speaker 2 (07:13):
Man.

Speaker 4 (07:13):
I do have a normal job.

Speaker 2 (07:14):
But it's just the way players, not the normal sixteen
hundred people on the player.

Speaker 4 (07:19):
I want to hear later, I want to hear what
you thought what Plan B was, But go ahead.

Speaker 5 (07:23):
Keep yeah, no, no, no, So watching that and then starting
out with a ten in one season and then the
wills fall off. Like you say, coming into a team
like that, you know it's going to be a high
expectation coming into Philly like you said as well, but
it's it's kind of just the culture of the team
is to to not settle. So we're we're we start

(07:43):
off the season two or two a lot of fans.
That's when I started to understand the fans a little bit,
and then.

Speaker 4 (07:52):
You see how it's unwavering in the building. It's not.

Speaker 5 (07:55):
It was never a question of if we're gonna get
it or is this how the season is gonna go.
It was just more so when we get it, we're
gonna start rolling. So to get behind the mindset like that,
you just have to upgrade your level of whatever you
think it is to be a professional coming into it
like me, and then it's the Eagles way of doing that.

Speaker 4 (08:16):
Now, what is it like wins and losses? Jlyx.

Speaker 3 (08:20):
Do you notice the difference with the coaching staff or
with the guys or how do you react?

Speaker 4 (08:24):
It's a long season. Do wins and losses impact you? Oh?

Speaker 5 (08:28):
Yeah, I hate to lose? Yeah yeah, we winning and
losing definitely impacts you. But in terms of preparation, it's
kind of insane how we prepare to play and attention
to the game, but kept the same way of doing things.

Speaker 3 (08:42):
All right, So you're going into yesterday's game, first of all,
let's start in the very first play, because the week before,
Cincinnati had returned to kickoff for a touchdown to open the.

Speaker 4 (08:50):
Game against Cleveland. Watch you are on kickoff coverage. You
cannot start.

Speaker 3 (08:55):
The game that way, So I know that you know
the ball was going to kick off when selling three them, Like,
what was the what was the thought process on the
coverage teams which did a great job against Cincinnati's kick
off return team.

Speaker 4 (09:06):
Oh, we were going to tatto him. Yeah, that was
the plan.

Speaker 5 (09:09):
If he brought it out the end zone, we were
going to tattoo him a couple of times. But you
see something like that, and there's two ways of taking it.
It could be oh, no, we have a challenge up
ahead this week, or if he brings the.

Speaker 4 (09:22):
Football out, we're gonna put pads on him.

Speaker 5 (09:24):
And that's the mindset we took, and I think that's
just the mindset we take to basically everything.

Speaker 3 (09:28):
And then defensively, Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase Chase Brown. They knew,
we knew that Higgins was out their tight end. Gasecki
had a big game. What what did Vick want to
create defensively against Joe Burrow?

Speaker 5 (09:41):
You got to keep Joe Burrow in the pocket. He's
he's a very athletic quarterback and can extend plays. So
we wanted to keep Joe Burrow in the pocket. We
had to make sure we tackled one and play tight
against him the whole game. And it's it's Chase like, yeah,
he's he's he's good, He's real good. And then with
a quarterback, the most accurate quarter back in the league,
if I'm not incorrect right.

Speaker 4 (10:01):
Now, I think he's I think he's probably right there.

Speaker 5 (10:03):
He's Overlen for his career. It's a it's a crazy average.
He's going to get the ball where it needs to
be and who it needs to be to. So you
have to be extremely tight on everybody. And then at
the end of that, you just have to tackle, no misstackles,
no explosive plays. And we think we were more physical
than basically anybody that we play. So if we can
make them play football, put the football down and run,

(10:24):
And we thought we were going.

Speaker 2 (10:25):
In Jay, let's say the game started out. I mean,
it's a beautiful fall afternoon Cincinnati.

Speaker 5 (10:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (10:31):
Never then, yeah, well, I presume you haven't been to
most of these NFL stadiums, not at all. So what
was the biggest crowd you ever played for before you
set foot in the NFL.

Speaker 5 (10:41):
I think we played Western Kentucky and there was like
fifteen there.

Speaker 4 (10:45):
Okay, there you go, fifteen thousand.

Speaker 2 (10:47):
So I mean, these are these are some of the
things when we get into your story as to how
you got here, as to why some teams are hesitating
just on on somebody who hasn't played at this level
and hasn't played, you know, in front of the big
crowds and the big time and you're proven it. So
each one of these things when you step out of
the tunnel have to be kind of crazy.

Speaker 4 (11:04):
How have you seen because I mean you started your
career in Brazil of all place. Yeah, great, great start,
great start. Hadn't left the country before.

Speaker 5 (11:14):
You had to get your passport for that, trying to
get my passport and everything.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
So but so it has not been a normal start
to a season by the Eagles. You had an early
by we would turn out to be to me a
god thing. But when you go on the road and
you step out of that tunnel and you see a
lot of green, what's that feel like?

Speaker 5 (11:31):
It's kind of crazy because at the end of both
these last two weeks, it's just been Eagles fans in
the stadium. Like we played New York midway third quarter,
I'm running through the end zone on kickoff coverage and
I'm hyping up the crowd and I see no blue.

Speaker 4 (11:46):
It's just all.

Speaker 5 (11:48):
And then this past week, fourth quarter, I'll run through
the end zone again. All green is the way y'all
travel is crazy?

Speaker 4 (11:56):
It is wild. Why is this not overwhelming for you?

Speaker 5 (12:00):
I think it's something I've envisioned, prayed for, undoubtedly, but.

Speaker 4 (12:04):
Uh, you kind of have to envision yourself in a place.

Speaker 5 (12:07):
And I feel like when I got here, it wasn't
It was everything that I thought and prayed for.

Speaker 4 (12:11):
So it wasn't anything scary.

Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yeah, but it's it's it's Philadelphia has the most we
call them passionate.

Speaker 4 (12:20):
Some people out there would call them crazy. On what side.

Speaker 3 (12:23):
We have the largest media contingent in the NFL. I
mean there's reporters in the locker room every day and
there's like tons of them all over the place, as
Jeralse of Brazil. You know, the expectations are really high,
star power around the locker room and none of this.

Speaker 4 (12:38):
You haven't been fased at all. You have you had
a wow. I can't believe him in the NFL moment
all the time. Yeah, all the time.

Speaker 5 (12:44):
I'll dab up aj be like, dang, this is j
I'll be talking to Jalen like both Jalen's like, dang,
this is Jalen Carter as Jalen her.

Speaker 4 (12:53):
It's crazy, but there's only one j Lix know that.

Speaker 5 (12:57):
Yeah, so yeah, not anytime I walk into the stadium,
I'll always get out there early and just walk the
field and look up. I started that tradition in college. Actually,
just like another envisioning where I would be eventually. So
now doing it, it's crazy, like, dang, Actually.

Speaker 2 (13:13):
Learn this is what you envisioned. Yes, that's what a
great lesson for everybody out there. Seriously, we are chickening
and peace and Marlter, New Jersey. You can still come
join us.

Speaker 4 (13:20):
We're here.

Speaker 2 (13:22):
We're here for the first hour and a half of
the Jaylux would be only with us to seven when
he and Dave will slip.

Speaker 4 (13:26):
Out at seven.

Speaker 2 (13:28):
Point thirty, will be joined by Trey Thomas and Todd
Herban's two former Eagles offensive line. So these shows going
for two and a half hours, but this is the
best hour. We're glad you are, Jay, Like, there's so
many things I want to know about you know, as
you as you describe these things and what you just
said that I really want people to understand about envisioning

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something and making it happen. But now you're part of
ANFL team and you go into the locker room before
after all, Dory, what's the locker room like after a
nice victory like this is?

Speaker 4 (13:59):
Things have really read unto the shape for the football Eagles.
We were dancing music going On's the music with the music? Yeah,
a bunch of music that was on. Michael Jackson played
we have some Michael Jackson playing.

Speaker 5 (14:13):
We're going to old schools my stuff twenty first September.

Speaker 4 (14:16):
There that song that's earth Winding Fire. You member, that's
that song you're going down? These are min.

Speaker 3 (14:25):
DJ who would have been the who would have picked
who picks the music on that in that instance?

Speaker 4 (14:30):
Clearly DJJ Garnier Johnson.

Speaker 5 (14:32):
I mean I feel like, oh yeah, he's always music,
always on. Uh he always doing something.

Speaker 4 (14:39):
Whoever grabs a green phone? Honestly? Yeah, actually I pick it.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
But no, I'm surprised by those two things because it's like, uh,
I know Avante, Maddox and Slay love Rod Wave if
they oh yeah, everybody love so they.

Speaker 4 (14:54):
Got to controls all right.

Speaker 2 (14:55):
So from it, also from the standpoint of you know
you you mention you're seeing what's written online, I often
believe that what goes on within that team, within Nova Care,
within the four walls of your locker room, it's very,
very different than what everyone else perceives.

Speaker 4 (15:11):
Okay and so and so. To me, this looks like
a really tightly nick group that's enjoying playing together. Yeah.
I love it every day.

Speaker 5 (15:19):
I love walking into work and then if I'm tired,
I see Sleigh.

Speaker 4 (15:24):
He'll say something funny.

Speaker 5 (15:26):
I'm talking to VGVG always got a smile on his face,
great energy guy. The Sweat I'm always joking with Sweat too,
or Nolan. I'll just see anybody. So yeah, Jerald Jalox,
where is this defense? Why is it better now than
it was in Tampa? What what has happened?

Speaker 3 (15:42):
Is it just a matter of guys getting comfortable with
what Vick's doing and Vics getting to know what.

Speaker 4 (15:47):
You guys can do. Like, how do you explain what
has happened these last few games.

Speaker 5 (15:51):
I think we're trusting each other, not only trusting coach
Vic and his cause, but we're trusting each other to
make plays, like we're not peeking out averages or we're
containing the pocket in my in my instance, because we
always focus on our jobs, so my job is to
contain a quarterback and my position group, we're trusting our
interior d lineman to push push the quarterback up the

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field so we could work and move outside the pocket.
So I think really just messing and like you said, real,
real close knit group.

Speaker 4 (16:18):
So I think all of that is coming into play
right now.

Speaker 3 (16:21):
And the level of confidence when you have thirteen sacks
in two games and then you go out and you
hold Cincinnati to seventeen points and you're really just shut
him down and lading the game.

Speaker 4 (16:31):
What does that? Dude? What? What? What was it like
in Novacare today? That was fine.

Speaker 5 (16:36):
We were Whenever you win, you always start talking about
to remember that one.

Speaker 4 (16:40):
Play or remember Coop got that fourth down stop Big play.

Speaker 5 (16:44):
Huge, huge play, right, huge play as he did. He
did the most BG way possible. Stone is somebody to
hit him in the face. Yeah, the most way possible.
Uh So you just you just reflect back on so
many plays and it just gets everybody inside it because.

Speaker 4 (17:01):
In every phase, like you were saying, there was a
big player. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (17:05):
In dissecting it a little bit, Dave, Also, you and
I in the past have debated and this is like,
I'm not going to change anybody's mind on this. So
though Todd and and uh Trey later on a grade,
this is this is a subject Jayles. Okay, the coin
flip used to be, Hey, you win the coin flip,
you take the football. Yeah, Now it is become where
you defer because the studies and the analytics say that

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your best bet is to get that possession and it scored.

Speaker 4 (17:30):
At the end of the half and we get the
ball back.

Speaker 2 (17:32):
So yesterday you get the you win the toss, defer
and they have a ten minute drive.

Speaker 4 (17:36):
Now, I gotta think that stinks for Jalen Hurts in
the office.

Speaker 2 (17:40):
Yeah, it's got to be terrible, but it turns out
to be real huge thing in the favor because you
get that touchdout there in the first half and then
get the ball back to start the second ef you
get a touchdout really instrumental part of the.

Speaker 4 (17:49):
Game, definitely, And we talked about it today.

Speaker 5 (17:52):
We're so like, uh, something I don't think people understand
a lot is how like you were saying, how detailed
and focused on the animal since the statistics of the
game that the NFL is and the Eagles are for
sure like we purposefully Coach talks about it, We purposefully defer,
and he tells us his decisions and we understand it.

Speaker 4 (18:14):
We have situation Saturdays, so we sit down as a group.

Speaker 2 (18:20):
It looks like Coach Sirianni and your whole staff is
so much attention to detail and the Eagles are prepared
for every situation that comes up.

Speaker 4 (18:28):
Has to be that last play you probably saw lets
play the Washington game.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Crazy, okay, crazy, that Chicago team looked like a team
that was not prepared for a situation. And do you
practice stuff like that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got to
back the ball down. They didn't get that memo with Chicago.

Speaker 5 (18:46):
Hey I can't I can't speak for Chicago and what
they got going, but I know what the because it's
something we practice all the time.

Speaker 4 (18:52):
Thursdays, we in the game. Why are we in the
game on Thursday?

Speaker 5 (18:56):
Were in the game because he knows at a certain
point in the see, we're gonna have to be in
this position and.

Speaker 4 (19:02):
We're going to execute it.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
And Dave Spaedeara next to you has an Eagles Super
Bowl Championship ring from from the twenty seventeen But part
of the reason is on the last play of that game,
Tom Brady, you may have heard.

Speaker 4 (19:16):
Of, threw a ball on a hail Mary that hung.

Speaker 2 (19:19):
In the air and stayed up there forever, forever, and
Roddy McLeod ms and the Eagles were battered that down
because that came so close. So who knows, Dave may
not have that ring if they didn't take the attention.

Speaker 3 (19:30):
Didn't win one in twenty four, didn't win one in
twenty twenty two, but seventeen, baby, let's do it.

Speaker 4 (19:35):
Let me just let me go back to that.

Speaker 3 (19:37):
Yesterday was a textbook example of why you defer. And
the other part of it, Gerald is just analytics, yes,
and Jay looks, but third quarter on the road, you
want your offense on the field when a lot of
the crowd is still going through the restroom getting something
to eat, not in their seats, and there's no noise.

Speaker 4 (19:54):
And so when the Eagles came out with the ball at.

Speaker 3 (19:56):
The beginning of the third quarter, the stadium was really silent,
like it wasn't loud at all. So drive down the
field and make it happen, score a touchdown, perfect execution,
and that changed the entire course of the football game.
So Eagles fans, I know, sometimes you want the ball first,
you want to set the tone offensively, but play by

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what works. And what works is deferring getting the ball
last first half scoring, getting the ball first second half
scoring changes everything.

Speaker 4 (20:25):
See I didn't even know that, Yeah he does.

Speaker 2 (20:27):
That's very detailed, detailed, and how you can understand sitting
there through a ten minute scruciating drive site which.

Speaker 3 (20:35):
Was excusing, but like, like the coverage was good.

Speaker 4 (20:38):
Like the Eagles made the Eagles made the Bengals work
on first and second down, and then Joe Burrow is
just great on third downs.

Speaker 2 (20:46):
And so there were a few, to me, huge moments
in that game, and there always will be, and then
everything three to four plays dead. But so you mentioned
the one where where your fellow rookie shot out. I
mean he's he in a few games on the fields
since getting healthy has already made such a difference that
guy is going to be a star.

Speaker 4 (21:05):
And he owned this versus.

Speaker 3 (21:06):
Draft class will be a memorable draft class with Quinon,
with Coop, with j Lix, who's after that?

Speaker 4 (21:14):
It doesn't matter. Will time.

Speaker 5 (21:21):
My heart.

Speaker 4 (21:22):
If there was a camera on me and Will sports, yeah,
he was it because he had a touchdown running j
This is a very very good draft class. It goes
on and on. There's a all the rookies on draft
and such quality human beings.

Speaker 2 (21:35):
And I mean that with total respect and appreciation the
way of Philadelphia. You know, we love the Eagles so
much and and and you as a group deserve.

Speaker 4 (21:43):
To be loved.

Speaker 2 (21:44):
And I mean that sincerely, because I've seen teams that
don't deserve their fans to love them so But anyway,
but but but one of the big turney or big
moments the game was because look, you falled out seven nothing,
cut to seven three, wind up being down again, uh
ten three, and scoring touchdown to go in the halftime
ten ten taigae.

Speaker 4 (22:03):
People may forget this because you won this game so handily.

Speaker 2 (22:05):
Then you go up seventeen ten at to start with
that first start, and they come right back in seventeen seventeen.
And this to me was the meaningful, most meaningful drive
of the game was Jalen took the ball, went right
down the field and hit Davonte Smith for an It
was not just the past, the catch, everything about it
with the protection shut out, shout out the protection.

Speaker 3 (22:25):
And Jlyx is a former wide receiver. He can appreciate
how hard that catch was. Guy draped on you. Tough catch, right, like,
very tough catch. And he practices. I've seen him when
the ball went up in the air and I saw
who was it? Who was it was like, oh, yeah,
this is a catch. He's It's unbelievable.

Speaker 2 (22:40):
And I have such high regard for him because you've
got the most complimentary, best pair receivers that I've seen,
because you have superstarr aj Brown whose wings are right
here you can get them at chickens and peat sweetheat
wings and also but you've got Davante sort of the
low key guy, and they just compliment each other so much.
Davante hasn't the a lot lately, hasn't seen the ball lately,

(23:01):
but He's not the kind of guy who complains it
just goes out, keeps doing his job and then he
and then he has that fabulous place. So listen, we
got to take a break. Time flies here. By the way,
on the All Pro Philly Players, I did want you
to know and uh and I also want to say
this is first responders at night here at Chickens and
Pizza where they're going to honor all first responders with
can get free crab fries.

Speaker 4 (23:22):
And if you haven't tried to have the trouble.

Speaker 2 (23:26):
I've had, they and everything else here are phenomenal.

Speaker 4 (23:29):
They also be one of the night game.

Speaker 2 (23:31):
The Steelers are playing Giants, you got playing the Giants later.
First of all, anybody against the Giants. Secondly, I also
a huge, huge Mike Tommon guy.

Speaker 4 (23:42):
I think he is one of he's one of the
greatest coaches.

Speaker 2 (23:45):
There and people so so got gotta be Steelers tonight.
But it's anybody who's playing this, you know, the Giants,
the Commanders or Dallas.

Speaker 4 (23:54):
We're going with.

Speaker 2 (23:57):
We are going we are live it Chicks and Pizza, Morls,
New Jersey, The All Pro Philly Player Show. Dave Bondero,
Jerald Coleman, our special guest Jaylex Hunt.

Speaker 4 (24:05):
We'll be back after a few messages. This is how
we do. Welcome back to the All Pro Philly Show.

Speaker 2 (24:23):
We are live at Chicken and Pets in Marlton, New Jersey's.
We are every Monday, and we're making a habit which
we want to of Victory Mondays on beautiful fall evenings
in the Dellar Valley. Eagles up to five and two
after their win over the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday.

Speaker 4 (24:38):
It sounds thirty seven seventeen, you know what sounds good?

Speaker 2 (24:42):
By the way, quick aside, this is a little personal note,
and Dave usually will mock me when I make my
personal notes. But I've been an agent in the anahouse
for a long time and my first client was a
guy named Boomer Asia Sin you know who Boomer is.

Speaker 4 (24:56):
Billy lost a Super Bowl in the San Francisco forty
nine ers that year.

Speaker 2 (24:59):
In nice fourteen year career, mostly with the Bengals, a
little bit with the Jets, one year with the Arizona Cardinals.
But my guy, and he got me into the business,
but I had been It was just funny because I
grew up of Cincinnati Bengals. Fan, and the reason was
from a family trip we took to Miami when I
was nine years old and the Bengals stayed at my
hotel and it was usually all the kids around the lobby,
but it was a different time so you could actually

(25:19):
it was made, and so I became a huge Bengals fan.
Then when I started representing Boomer, it made me hate
the Bengals because he was so horrible to deal with.
And now here we are and I just it just
the irony watching the circle, it really is. So it's
good to see you go in there and take care
of business. Anyway, David, I think it's time we started

(25:41):
strolling down Jylex Hunt and it is, and it is.

Speaker 4 (25:46):
I know some of it, but not all of it.
Let's start. Let me start with your name.

Speaker 2 (25:50):
Okay, look, your name is awesome, but I'm a J two.
I'm a Gerald with a jay. But I know your mother.
Your mother picked it from what I read. I let
you tell the whole story, though, and just just tied
it all it because it's a really interesting, great name.

Speaker 4 (26:06):
That's the easiest story.

Speaker 5 (26:08):
My mom's favorite scent perfume is Klyx, but everybody in
my family's name starts with the JA.

Speaker 4 (26:13):
So I'm just JYLYX.

Speaker 5 (26:15):
Oddly enough, I really like cologne too, and what's your
favorite scent?

Speaker 4 (26:19):
My favorite cent?

Speaker 5 (26:20):
Oh right now, I like nine PM nine PM or
Phantom Paco Rabone.

Speaker 4 (26:27):
And what's good about that is?

Speaker 3 (26:28):
As we jump aside, So if if Brandon Graham is
one of your role models, BG in his locker has
oh my gosh, dozens of samples of cologne and it
calls it like the shop when guys want to get
a little you know, cleaned up.

Speaker 4 (26:43):
Little siller samples. That means he hasn't bought any of
me just I don't think so a pleasure of everything.

Speaker 2 (26:51):
Now listen, I want to hear from our number one
financial out there watching. We'll tell us because I love
I love cologne and sense. Also, I don't wear a
lot because some people say, you know, people like the
natural mail set, and no, I'm not you.

Speaker 4 (27:04):
You get a lot of attention from ladies regardless.

Speaker 2 (27:06):
But but I tend to think they do like it
a lot, and I'm sure you get compliments on it
all the time.

Speaker 5 (27:12):
You have to have to if somebody tells me, how
smell good? Yeah, you know, I blessed love that. But yeah,
no it smells. You can connect males with memories and
no questions.

Speaker 4 (27:24):
Yeah, no question that. The firm ones also work too.
But anyway back to you know, have you ever met
another Jlyx. I've never met a man jays No, there
was like no, there were no Jalens.

Speaker 2 (27:35):
And then Jalen Rose was a star from Michigan everybody
after and now there's I mean, you got two or
three in your locker room and there everywhere.

Speaker 5 (27:42):
I do, I do, I know like eight Jalens. So
let's make Jlex catch on, all right, let's do it.
I like the y x ending though. Ye it's unique, right,
it's really you don't see that too often. It's it's
really great anyway. All right, So, so and you were
you moved around a little bit. You actually are getting
You're back to close to where you started. Weren't you
in Marylin as a young child? I was town right,

(28:06):
that's right down the road here, right.

Speaker 4 (28:08):
Down the road.

Speaker 5 (28:08):
And then I was a little bit in Columbia, d C.
I had family all over the place, so I visited.

Speaker 2 (28:14):
But and then you so you kept migrating south to
deep and then and then all the way to Florida,
way back to where you finished high school, and.

Speaker 4 (28:21):
Then back up to New York and then out to Texas.

Speaker 3 (28:23):
When did football become a big part of your life.

Speaker 5 (28:27):
It's always been a big part of my life, is
one way or another's always been football. When I was
playing basketball, I was real physical. When I was playing lacrosse,
very physical, same thing, and then football there's nothing like it.

Speaker 2 (28:39):
Well, all right, so you're in Florida, well Carolina. In
Florida when you're it's total football country. But you didn't
look like you do now. You were built like you
were now. You didn't play the same position. So, I mean,
Dave mentioned earlier you you were a receiver in high school.
I was, and it recruited more as a safety.

Speaker 4 (28:56):
Correct.

Speaker 5 (28:57):
The only reason why I was a receiver is because
I could catch. But I didn't play at corner. I
was just I was too small. I had some scenies
behind me, and I just wanted to play. So I
told my coach I literally do anything to get on
the field, and I played receiver.

Speaker 4 (29:10):
Needed a receiver, so I played.

Speaker 2 (29:12):
And then when you went you were recruited besides Cornell,
which is an unusual place to wind up to get
to the NFL and death starting there.

Speaker 4 (29:20):
Who else was recruiting you? And why did you make
that decision? Man? Not really anybody? Is that amazing? Like
this is the part of how in the world could
nobody pay attention to you? Hindsight is twenty twenty, man,
But it was.

Speaker 5 (29:34):
It was some some D three schools Kobe the Mules,
I think the Mules, or like I think Kobe the Mules,
Washington and Saint Louis.

Speaker 4 (29:47):
Yes, so it's all academic institutions. Yeah, academic small schools.
And then I had some walk on to like Florida SMU.
But do you think were you playing really small high school? Yes,
that's why I would. It was a small high school.

Speaker 5 (30:01):
But it's not because we had a we had a
five star running back. We had a five star running back,
Lorenzo Link God.

Speaker 2 (30:07):
So the scouts were there there and it's just university
university high school.

Speaker 4 (30:12):
Okay?

Speaker 2 (30:13):
And is it is it especially an academic type of
high school?

Speaker 4 (30:17):
It has good academics, it does, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (30:20):
Because because truly to walk to have those schools recruit you,
they must have thought you had ambitions besides just football.

Speaker 4 (30:26):
Oh yeah, that's them. Was from my mom. My mom
is a teacher.

Speaker 5 (30:28):
My dad is like one of the first to graduate
college and on his side of the family, so academics
has always been huge, and so for me.

Speaker 4 (30:37):
And my sister.

Speaker 5 (30:38):
Honestly, in terms of like the grand scheme of things,
I'm the lowest on the totem pole on my household.
My sister has two degrees. All of my p like
everybody else in my family, has two degrees. I just
got one, a bachelball's degree.

Speaker 4 (30:50):
So you're you go to Cornell? Your plan A is
more academic? Yeah, what were you majoring in? Applied economics
and management? My goodness? Most NFL players And how did
you do grade wise? Oh?

Speaker 5 (31:04):
Terribly, terribly, If I'm being honest, I was staying afloat.
I was staying afloat. And then when I when I
decided I didn't want to.

Speaker 4 (31:13):
Be at Cornell anymore, they just dropped completely. Was the
football good there?

Speaker 5 (31:18):
No, it wasn't amazing, But I did learn a lot
about football at that school.

Speaker 4 (31:23):
So shout out to Jarre Beckus and Will Blanding. Those
are your coaches. Those are the coaches.

Speaker 1 (31:28):
You know.

Speaker 4 (31:29):
It's interesting, Jeff, because coaches.

Speaker 2 (31:30):
Mean so much in people's wives definitely can change it,
and it's great that you would have given them a
shout out. If they're not listening, I'll tell you how
how they can tune into this and get a hold
of it so they can hear that you're still remembering
and recognizing them as you go on this amazing journey. Now,
you didn't start there as a whatever we're going to
call you edge DN rush specialist. You started there as

(31:52):
a safety I did. But something happened later to you
than it happen to a lot of people from.

Speaker 4 (31:56):
What I heard. Yeah, I hate a Grosberg. I still
hope for mine. Do I have a shot? Yeah? You're
doing Yeah. You never say never. You never say never.
When did you have your it? Sophomore year? Sophomore year,
you were like nineteen years old, nineteen going on twenty
a little bit, And how would did you grow? I
think I got to college. I was like six two.

(32:17):
I iced to tell people I was sixty three because
you don't really know roundup.

Speaker 5 (32:21):
Also, yeah, got to so I was like six two,
and then I got up to like six three and
a half two fifteen to ten.

Speaker 2 (32:29):
They're crazy, And I just kept growing from there and
nothing and nothing started fitting year?

Speaker 4 (32:34):
Is that how you figure nothing?

Speaker 5 (32:35):
Which was very annoying up there at Cornell because every
everything's cold.

Speaker 4 (32:38):
So I just started buying everything XL and growing into it.
And you also went through the COVID year, where, first
of all, a couple of things about Cornell. They never
tackled in practice? Did didn't? The IVY League bands? Yeah,
tackling in practice?

Speaker 3 (32:50):
So how did you become You went from offensive player
in high school linebacker, defensive end college defensive lineman.

Speaker 4 (32:58):
How did you learn to play football? From a technical standpoint.

Speaker 5 (33:02):
I always hit somebody I'm playing. I play I play
D D in high school as well. I just wasn't
getting any burn, I wasn't getting no playing time. I
just switched to receiver. So that's amazing.

Speaker 4 (33:13):
And then you also went through COVID and you didn't
they shut down football, shut down everything? Yeah, I be league.

Speaker 5 (33:18):
Honestly, we were practicing. We would have to split up
practices into like two different groups, and we would each
stand on a yard line, so it would be like
the five to ten to fifteen, and we just do
everything in that small, small little square conditioning gas.

Speaker 4 (33:34):
So at this point, the NFL is not even No,
I thought unfathomable at this point.

Speaker 3 (33:40):
And then you transfer Why Houston Baptists?

Speaker 4 (33:46):
Why not? I just needed to play. Were the only
ones who wanted you? It was some smaller or some
other schools. But does it get smaller? Yeah, that's why.
That's why I Were you getting scholarship? No, And that
was a big thing. I knew.

Speaker 5 (34:01):
I paid in case you don't know, in the in
the IVY League, there's no scholarships academic or athletically.

Speaker 4 (34:08):
So I was paying to go to school. There didn't
that's all need and yeah, need base. I didn't want
to play pay anymore. So a lot, it's a lot.
I scored a lot, but it's a lot. You have
a student loan?

Speaker 3 (34:22):
Do I bet you're one of the like five players
in the league that have a student loan? Right, there
can't be any guys who have student loans.

Speaker 2 (34:28):
Play Association has to have something to do something, some
program for the help of.

Speaker 4 (34:33):
Loans.

Speaker 2 (34:34):
We need to find that out. Cornell is such an
interesting place. My sister actually went there and early. You
got the Cayoga waters and balls and a few too
many nuts there jump.

Speaker 5 (34:46):
Ah Singer Bowl, which is interesting Dave, because think of that.

Speaker 2 (34:52):
I mean, everybody's there to their whole career, they're thinking that,
And it was something for you to get inbody too.

Speaker 4 (34:57):
Steer Bowl.

Speaker 2 (34:58):
And I mentioned to you before we were in the air,
Buddy Brad Obie, who was a great scout.

Speaker 4 (35:02):
Here for the Eagles. He's down with the Carolina Panthers
right now.

Speaker 2 (35:04):
You know, my condolence is Brad, but otherwise it's he's
doing his job. Well, he really was the guy who
pushed you because you were in his territory last year.
And you know the way this works for scouts, They
get a roadmap as to who's who they need to
check out, and you were on that map. But normally
at schools like yours, it's sort of just to check

(35:26):
you off and say, no, this guy, this guy's not
really a fact. But athletically you were off the charts,
and Brad saw in you somebody.

Speaker 4 (35:35):
Who had a tremendous amount of future.

Speaker 5 (35:36):
Yeah, definitely, It's always is always a thought of mine, like, yeah,
I could play in the NFL. And the only the
only reason why I say I knew for a fact
I could play in the NFL is because I hadn't
played against that level of competition. So now if I could,
if I could beat Buddy beside me and y'all are
looking at him as a first round draft pick. Yeah, Oh,
I can ball anywhere, and I've always had that mentality.

(35:58):
I think it comes from basketball, because the order of
good at basketball you have to think you're the best
player in the world.

Speaker 4 (36:02):
But I think it comes from from basketball.

Speaker 3 (36:04):
I do, yeah, kicking by basketball. I think I could
beat anybody in basketball. I think he's not ready. But
but no, but it's okay, right or wrong.

Speaker 4 (36:15):
I'll play any time. But but from like again, you're raw,
you're a prospect.

Speaker 3 (36:20):
Do you think that you gained a lot from a
learning how to play the game at the highest level?
During that week at the Senior Bowl, did they teach
you a lot about playing the game? How to shed
a blocker?

Speaker 4 (36:33):
Oh?

Speaker 5 (36:33):
No, they just the Senior Bowl is really just the
practices aren't a joke. It's just one on ones. And
at the time I sect it one of the ones.
I didn't have no bag, So it eventually just turned
into I can hit you in the face harder than
you could block me.

Speaker 4 (36:49):
And then that's how I got back there. And you
go to combine. I did go to the combinless to
get a combine invite.

Speaker 2 (36:55):
All right, but no, just one more more second on
the senior ball because that in but is such a
precious thing.

Speaker 4 (37:03):
And for them to have.

Speaker 2 (37:03):
Invited you said, all there is I mean, now you
are not just on the map. Now you're one of
the guys and that and that's huge. And obviously they're
watching everybody. Dave is at this deceiable.

Speaker 6 (37:16):
You've because because because the owners are there too, the owners,
the entire coaching staff, the entire scouting staff, and they're
all there and they are watching every second of practice.

Speaker 2 (37:27):
So you know, they don't really care at that point
what you put down on film. They want to see
how you're playing, how you fit in, and how you feel,
especially for coming from a small school.

Speaker 4 (37:35):
So my agent did a great job preparing me for that.

Speaker 2 (37:38):
I don't Michael, so you hate and then that is
a shout out, because that's that is a great job
and to know that when you step onto that field
with those guys, you belong.

Speaker 3 (37:48):
I had a scouting assignment that I forget twenty eighteen,
whatever year was.

Speaker 4 (37:51):
I was sitting next to Joe Douglas, who is then
with the Eagles. He's now the gere manager of the
junior checks. I mean, at least I haven't checked my wire, lady.
I think he still is. I look down on the field.
I watched two plays on the field.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
I watched the wide receiver get pancaked off the line
of scrimmage and then the set and then he got
then second rep. He got off the line of scrimmage
and ran like a shitty route and excuse me, you know,
I'm like, you.

Speaker 2 (38:12):
Know where on over the airways here by the way,
alert back in this year, Alert alert.

Speaker 4 (38:18):
I'm like, I'm like that guy. I'm like that guy
can't play. And it turned out to be a Cooper Cup.

Speaker 3 (38:22):
And Jean Tugle's like, stay where you are, stay in
your land, man, you're not here.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
If I'm not mistaken, the quarterback in Baltimore is a
pretty fair player.

Speaker 4 (38:30):
You didn't like a lot.

Speaker 3 (38:31):
Of I still feel I still don't think Lamar Jackson
is all that people think he is. And when you
because when you get to the playoffs, he always comes
up short.

Speaker 4 (38:42):
Okay, they stop him from running and he comes up short.

Speaker 5 (38:45):
Maybe, but you agree he's a crazy, crazy athlete, crazy quack.

Speaker 4 (38:50):
Then when you watch him, he doesn't like his throwing motion.
He's not really good. And I don't know.

Speaker 3 (38:53):
I just don't think I I I just don't.

Speaker 4 (38:55):
I think he's If you were better from the pocket,
I would feel better about him. I just don't think
he's like a top top right. Well, anyway, I agree
with that one. Nobody does.

Speaker 2 (39:06):
That's one of those hot hot my most controversial opinion
from day John Jansen, if I was only quicker, he
sent me some great information about you right now, but listen,
we're gonna have to take one last break. But the
bottom line was, you go to the Combine after playing
in Mobile in the Citi Ball knowing, hey, I belong now.

Speaker 4 (39:28):
Definitely, are you a heck of a workout with the Combine?
Appreciate it? I mean that you run in the four
six range, right yeah?

Speaker 2 (39:34):
And I noticed also, I mean you're broad him with
something like ten eight, which is crazy, and you reverts
about a thirty seven five. So you must be able
to do some pretty spectacular stuff on that basketball court.

Speaker 4 (39:45):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, for sure.

Speaker 2 (39:48):
There are very few guys on your side who have
that type of workout. And truly, had you not been
where you were. It's great that you went third round,
but you would have been a lot higher, probably even
than you that you wound up going with was kind
of numbers so.

Speaker 4 (40:04):
And but it's listening. It's not where you start, it's
where you finished.

Speaker 2 (40:06):
But you started, you started a pretty darn good place,
and we're really glad at in Philadelphia.

Speaker 4 (40:10):
We'll be back in a moment just to finish up
our great hour that we're having with Jalx Hunt. Here
we are live.

Speaker 2 (40:16):
From Chickens and Pizza, Marlton, New Jersey, the All Pro
Philly Player Show, Daves Badero, Gerald Colton, our special guest
Jalx Hunt on Fox Sports a gambler.

Speaker 4 (40:24):
On the air for our final segment, and he could keep.

Speaker 2 (40:29):
I need him because we're talking to Jalx Hunt of
the Philadelphi Eagles, my co host Eagles Inside of Days
for there myself. Gerald, you know what I was saying
to Jaylex And we have fans out here every week
at Chickens and Pizza and we love them and appreciate them.
Thanks guys for coming out, Thanks for allly supporting. But
when you're a guy who likes this kind of stuff,
to member Billy especially you like that young player Dave before.

(40:51):
It's really you know, Gott known out there and and
so they're they're they're they're investing in Jalx Hunt, probably
knowing knowing that there's a really great career ahead.

Speaker 4 (40:59):
And there's that I want to share that.

Speaker 2 (41:01):
John Janssen, who's who's sitting right behind you, are a
great producer. He's also great on Eric personality himself.

Speaker 4 (41:08):
He gave me a stat that and we need you
to pay attention to this year. I got blayer coming out.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
And of the DNS, they have something called a relative
athletics score out of sixteen hundred.

Speaker 4 (41:22):
Okay, keep that number mine, sixteen hundred. Since nineteen eighty.

Speaker 2 (41:26):
Seven, Jlex Hunt was number one forty three, was on
three out of sixteen.

Speaker 4 (41:31):
You probably never knew that right at all?

Speaker 3 (41:34):
Thanks on his triathlon past all.

Speaker 2 (41:39):
Those second we didn't we didn't mention that, and we
don't have a lot of time left, Jylex. But tell
us about the triathlon. Another phenomenal accomplishment that you did
back in high school.

Speaker 4 (41:48):
It was it was actually middle school. Wow, even really
young and ayeah you really young.

Speaker 2 (41:53):
Au And it's a different triathlon people think of run bike,
swim for triathlon a different triathlon as a over me,
it was the swim usually kills guys, that's what it is.

Speaker 5 (42:05):
Who wants to swim that far? Let alone? Like even no, no, no,
And then I don't want to do any of that.
But jumping is a different story. Jumping is different jumping
running and then throwing the shot put. Yeah, yeah, I won.
I was the number one in the nation.

Speaker 3 (42:20):
I think I was ten, and no and no, like,
why did that path not continue?

Speaker 4 (42:25):
Why were you not a great collegiate track and field athlete?
I don't like running like that. I just stopped like that.

Speaker 5 (42:32):
I was a jumper for one and then I just
got too big. I couldn't imagine tripping up. And now
at two p's it's crazy.

Speaker 2 (42:41):
And I have such admiration for track and field athletes
and such dedication and discipline, but really they're they're fan
fare is those Olympics, and we don't see him again
for four years.

Speaker 4 (42:51):
So I think at least we see you every Sunday.

Speaker 2 (42:53):
Let's let's talk about last Sunday, not this past one,
of course, was a great Eagles victory thirty seven to seventeen,
with a moving them to five and two of their
third straight winning Jalen hurts three straight games without turnover.

Speaker 4 (43:05):
We didn't mention him. Jalen's been on fire. He was.

Speaker 2 (43:08):
He was sixteen for twenty yesterday with a perfect second half.

Speaker 4 (43:12):
The week before he was ten for fourteen.

Speaker 2 (43:13):
So we're talking twenty six for thirty four in the
last two weeks, but no turnovers for three weeks. I mean,
and obviously in Lack, we're probably a great leader, right
we don't. We don't see that same guy, but clearly
the players like playing for.

Speaker 4 (43:26):
Yeah, we messed with Jaalen. Jaalen is the dog. I'll
go to bat for Jaalen anytime.

Speaker 2 (43:31):
Man.

Speaker 3 (43:32):
Can you imagine the pressure of being that kind of
a star, And like, I'm sure that you know when
you go out, jal are people recognizing.

Speaker 4 (43:40):
You at this point? Yeah? Oh no, I can go
out like a the normal person. Yeah, and not after tonight?
Do you do.

Speaker 3 (43:45):
You want to be some time in your life going
out and having everybody.

Speaker 4 (43:49):
Know who you are? It's not a dream of mine. No,
that's not in your in your manifestation, and we know you,
we know your dreams come true. So yeah, yeah, I
got some more goals. Of the conference. But the dream
has been achieved.

Speaker 5 (44:01):
But uh no, I So what I'd like to do
is when we travel, the d line often likes to
go to go to dinner night before the game, so
I like to ride with BG. So I feel like
the president wherever we go, it does not matter. We
were just a Cincinnati We got out of the out
of the car and go to Jeff Rubies in Cincinnati.

Speaker 4 (44:20):
We tried. Couldn't get it there. Oh you should know.
I wish I knew.

Speaker 2 (44:24):
Couldn't just my guy cuz I mean I had a
pretty good connection since I represented their star quarterback and
Boomer and Jeff were actually partners in some of his
restaurants and he.

Speaker 4 (44:34):
Locked in the eight years.

Speaker 3 (44:36):
When you go back to Cincinnati, Yeah, Paul Gerald, he's
a Peacherochi of Cincinnati. So but BG is BG like
legitimately are you like cozying up to him and like
learning like a sponging everything every manner? Is like how
important has that been for you to have that great
role model who's been.

Speaker 4 (44:56):
Here for fifteen years?

Speaker 3 (44:58):
That's what our goal is, right to stay in employed
for as long as you can be a great player
in the NFL.

Speaker 4 (45:02):
And Bgi's done that. Has he taught you a lot?

Speaker 5 (45:04):
He has not only in the aspect of just football,
and like, hey, on this play, you could you could
attack it this way, just how to approach the game
because now I'm a professional, so I have to approach
it a lot differently. I've got I've got things outside
of just football that I have to focus on, radio shows,
meeting people, how I interact with handling your money, handling
my money, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4 (45:24):
BG, yeah, conversations.

Speaker 2 (45:26):
So I want to take you back a week back
to met Lake Stadium. We want to Okay, but I
think you'll remember this one. And you know, lucky, if
we have to welcome to the NFL moment, you probably
had yours in Seam Powell of all places.

Speaker 4 (45:40):
But whatever it might think this and know I.

Speaker 5 (45:43):
Was in practice I have to go against Lane and
didn't win until like two weeks ago.

Speaker 4 (45:47):
So yeah, you know what is that? Right? That's awesome?

Speaker 2 (45:51):
You're facing, without question, in my mind, the best right
tackle of the last.

Speaker 4 (45:58):
Fifteen to twenty years.

Speaker 2 (45:59):
I think a lot of people will say that and
then and then right up there with the all timers.

Speaker 4 (46:03):
So I mean, a sure fire Hall of Famer so
that's a heck of way to start.

Speaker 2 (46:06):
That's a way to go from from you know, coming
from Houston Baptist to the NFL Hall of Famer.

Speaker 5 (46:11):
But if you can beat him, I feel like I
could beat anybody.

Speaker 4 (46:15):
Yeah, no question, all right.

Speaker 2 (46:17):
But so on the field last week, the one where
the Philadelphia fans got to see you do something exceptional
for the first time, and he's certainly far from the
last one.

Speaker 4 (46:24):
You know, you had your first sack of the NFL.
So not only.

Speaker 2 (46:31):
I am not because you also got the ball and
from what I could see, you also got hit in
the face too, probably.

Speaker 5 (46:36):
So I didn't want to talk about that parts.

Speaker 4 (46:41):
We've had a great hour.

Speaker 2 (46:43):
We're not we're not in anttle band note, but tell
us please about your first sack.

Speaker 4 (46:48):
And then I've got a comment at.

Speaker 5 (46:49):
At the end of it, a strip sack man came
off the is I'm blocked, untouched. The first thing Seed
he told me, was never apologized for a trires tackle.
The game picked up, so Strip said, man, and don't miss,
and don't miss.

Speaker 4 (47:04):
That's the hardest part. That was the hardest part of
the sack.

Speaker 5 (47:06):
I will not lie very elusive in the pocket because
quarterbacks know how to make that shoulder disappear.

Speaker 4 (47:11):
So that was that was difficult.

Speaker 3 (47:12):
What do you aiman for it to you in that
instance where you're when your eyes light up and you
realize that you've got a free run to the quarterback,
is there a part of the body that you're particularly
aiming for it to deliver the blow?

Speaker 5 (47:22):
Indeed, and just in case coach Viga is listening, it's
called the strike zone.

Speaker 4 (47:26):
It's called the strike which is.

Speaker 5 (47:27):
What's based on the batter box shoulders to needy and
then with that, hopefully the ball loose as you did, Oh,
we have.

Speaker 4 (47:33):
To punch the ball, big emphasis. But you weren't. You
didn't know you got it to you? Oh no, I
swung at it that I thought I missed it though.

Speaker 5 (47:40):
Yeah, I got up and everybody was like, oh, I said, I.

Speaker 4 (47:44):
Just don't understand.

Speaker 3 (47:45):
When guys score touchdowns, they get the somebody runs out
and gets the football.

Speaker 4 (47:48):
When a guy gets his first sack, shouldn't you also
save that football? Right?

Speaker 5 (47:52):
I would have saved the football if we got if
we got the ball. Yeah, since we didn't get the ball,
I didn't want the football. What did it make you feel?

Speaker 2 (48:00):
Like?

Speaker 4 (48:00):
Jaylex did it? Does it now you now you get
a taste of it, get hunger, you want more? You
want more? Yeah, I need another one. I need a couple. Yeah,
And don't stop there, ja. And we've had some.

Speaker 2 (48:13):
Great pass rushers in Philadelphia history, the great Reggie weight
On down and.

Speaker 4 (48:18):
There's been a few.

Speaker 2 (48:20):
Trent Cole fantastic, famous, dassed up and he came in
from as a fifth round pick out of Cincinnati and
then the wound up having a phenomenal career and he's
still here hunting.

Speaker 4 (48:32):
So what you've met him, just watch out for. He
is such a great guy.

Speaker 2 (48:37):
He is.

Speaker 4 (48:38):
But let me let me tell you what I observed.

Speaker 2 (48:40):
Now, I was not there days always of course at
you're game, but I was watching and I saw the
reaction of the sidelines. They they were so excited for you,
And I said, oh, oh, this guy, this guy's got
it going on. His teammates love him and are rooting
for me. And you don't see that with everybody that
had to feel really good.

Speaker 4 (49:00):
It was. It was.

Speaker 5 (49:00):
It was a great feeling coming off and just high
five and everybody a good job.

Speaker 4 (49:04):
Rook okay, rook the first one. You gotta get some
more other than that, Yeah, it was great.

Speaker 3 (49:09):
How competitive is the room, Jax. It doesn't happen everywhere
that older guys. You're there to in theory take somebody's job.
Yet they are extending their arms, their hands, their their
technique there how to they want you to have success?

Speaker 4 (49:24):
What does that say to you?

Speaker 5 (49:26):
It's just it really shows me how I should handle
myself in the league.

Speaker 4 (49:31):
Of course, BG don't care BG. He's BG. He's gonna
get his regardless.

Speaker 5 (49:35):
But coming in with like Bryce Huff, this is his
first year as long as well as mine, his first
year on the Eagle's mind. Uh so, just learning from him.
He's willing to teach. They're all willing to teach. Nolan, everybody, Uh,
David and Ninny. He's a practice squad guy that's been
that's been with us for the last couple of weeks now,
he's he's played, bounced around the league a little bit,

(49:55):
and he's even giving me some advice.

Speaker 2 (49:57):
All Right, we gotta let you get out of here
because I make a promise to do that. I'm not
going to keep anybody past seven o'clock. And we're we
are right up against it. But we can't thank you enough.
And as we go forward in the season. Obviously, you
guys just take a one week in time, but you
gotta feel really good about the future.

Speaker 4 (50:12):
Holes.

Speaker 5 (50:13):
Oh yeah, but next what I just last week somebody
asked me who you played next week?

Speaker 2 (50:19):
And I can know, So you know what you're playing
this Jacksonville. Jackson locked up one at a time. We
don't worry about Dallas Cowboys a week after that.

Speaker 5 (50:26):
We're not gonna Hey.

Speaker 4 (50:28):
Sunday, Sunday is Sunday is a huge game. It's Hall
of Fame game.

Speaker 3 (50:32):
Sean McCoy gets inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame
at halftime.

Speaker 4 (50:36):
I got to meet him. I got yeah, and uh.

Speaker 3 (50:38):
And you know, the Jacksonville Jaguars are coached by Doug Peterson,
who was the head coach when the Eagles won the
Super Bowl, only won, and they're struggling and they've lost
four and while their record is two and six, they've
lost four games in the final eighteen seconds game.

Speaker 4 (50:51):
So good team, football team. Yeah, good football team. And thanks.
But I never missed a home game ever.

Speaker 2 (50:57):
And my buddy's getting married and it was supposed to
originally be an eight o'clock game, so I gave him
a pass because I could even let us into a
few games for COVID. They were only a couple of thousand.
I was in one of those every time with a
whole bunch of cardboard cups.

Speaker 4 (51:12):
So it's the first time in long Coome and you're
wearing Kelly Green. You've worn the Kelly Green yet not
warn the Kelly Green and looks him in So listen,
Jay looks on. Thank you so much for.

Speaker 2 (51:21):
Joining us or finished the hour it's been and we
just look forward to a great career from you. I'm
so glad you're here in Philadelphia and come join us anytime.

Speaker 4 (51:30):
We'd be happy to have you. Thanks, appreciate it, Thank you.

Speaker 2 (51:33):
We got a few quick thanks. Nick would play back
to the studio. Thanks Nick, John Jansen doing more than just
producing and provide some great stats. Mike Powers is going
to join me in a few minutes. Hey, behind us
is Trey Thomps. If you come see us. He will
be here from seven thirty eight thirty with Todd Herrman's
and the whole staff here at Chickies and Pete thanks
to Spencer our waitress today and of course Pete Cheroki

(51:54):
and his fine crew that make us the welcome us
every week.

Speaker 4 (51:57):
We will back.

Speaker 2 (51:58):
Next Monday and hopefully another victory. Mondays Eagles are on
quite a role, so on behalf of my partner, the
Eagles insider Dave Sperdiro.

Speaker 4 (52:05):
I'm Gerald Colton. Stay tuned.

Speaker 2 (52:07):
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coming up at the bottom of the hour.

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