Watching the Birds

John reacts to Howie kicking off his annual August trade party by stealing Jakorian Bennett from the Raiders. We dive into what this means for the CB2 battle, why Cooper DeJean is absolutely not just a slot corner, and how the Eagles are already setting up life after Reed Blankenship. Plus, crack a beer, tailgate season is here.

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John welcomes in his good Eagles buddy Jamie, who he has shared many tailgates and Eagles road trips with over the last couple of year, as we laugh at the Cowboys, rip the Commanders, chat about the Eagles new possible stadium, and cheer for even more training camp stats during the summer.

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We welcome David Ramos from the Discord as we get excited about Jihaad Campbell, chat about how we believe CB2 is Adoree Jackson's job to lose, and we ponder if this Eagles team has the best dynasty window that we have ever seen in Philly sports.

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You might not like what I have to say about Cooper DeJean upfront, but by the end I think you can at least see where I am coming from. Vic Fangio is a genius, and has the best supporting cast in the league. 

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Rodger Goodell and the inner circle of the owners on his side is actively trying to dismantle what the Eagles built, and no thinks one Jalen Hurts does anything. We'll I've had enough of that shit! Go birds.

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Some quick draft thoughts! I've thought all month that the Eagles are using pick 32 for a vet, and I am not backing down now.

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As if this week wasn't dumb enough both Sean McVay and Sean McDermott both showed their cards about why they think the Tush Push needs to go. The real reasoning? They just don't like it. That's it. That's the wwhhhhhholllllle argument. What a bunch of losers.

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Can you come up with 24 teams that would want to ban the Tush Push? I couldn't. But I do think you could convince at least 5 teams to say yes! Also, how would you feel about trading Jahan Dotson to the Packers? Let's get it into it.

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I've been deep in the Pepe Silvia mode, chain-smoking and piecing together where the Eagles mail's is going. Grab your coffee and tinfoil hats, because we're diving into the Eagles' NBA-style offseason strategy. 11 trade partners, mainly in the AFC and a reminder that the future RT tackle of the Eagle might be on the roster already.

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Thank you for everything BG. I 100% cut some onions around the microphone today.

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AJ Dillion, Josh Usche, and Adoree Jackson... not that exciting right? Have no fear, the draft is near and it's something the Eagles have nailing which is a lot different the last time the Eagles won a Super Bowl. I also get into why I think the Commanders made the biggest mistake of the off-season by trading for Tunsil.

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WHOA! Didn't see CJGJ getting traded. What are the Eagles going to do next? I think they might go after Anthony Richardson now that Kenny Pickett is in Cleveland.

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Howie is PAYING out properly.... so where is this going? Let's try and figure out together! I am getting us started by suggested something really dumb and maybe a big surprise might be Tee Higgins since the Bengals have no problem fucking up something really good. AND Slay/CJGJ was pretty funny and it also touched small nerve for me so I have to call out Darius lol. Also last thing, you midnight green people are absolute LOSERS. go...

Welcome to Watching the Birds! 

Name change is mainly because no one was able to pronounce Bell and The Birdmen in the first place, and I never really loved the name. Same show, different name, and it's what we do! We're just watching the Birds. Today we chat about Slay's "cut", Deebo to the Commanders, the new QB coach, and a lot more!

Plus the trade wind pirate finally comes back :)

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So what do you want the Eagles to look like in 2025?

Barchard gets into AJ Brown's interview from Million Dollarz Worth of Game and why he doesn't believe the Eagles are going to be able to rely on Saquon as much in 2025. And of course we found out the the Green Bay Packers are trying to ban the tush push this season, which is hilarious cause there isn't a chance in hell the play gets banned.

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I understand why people want to jump out and say the (very obvious) hiring of Kevin Patullo is another Brian Johnson 2.0, and while that's a possibility I don't think 2025 has a chance to reach 2023 levels. That's just overreacting out of pure fear. Patullo isn't here to be the offensive mind, this is Jalen's offense. 

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