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Eagles Entertainment. We

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welcome you Eagles Everywhere to the Eagles

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Insider Podcasts presented by Lincoln Financial

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Group. On Eagles Insider Dave Spidero on

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Thursday, late afternoon at

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the Novicare Complex. Just get

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out of the studio with Eagles running back new

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Eagles running back for Shot Penny. One

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of the many, many things that has happened

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this week in free agency. Oh

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where do I begin? I told everybody

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to stay off Twitter when free agency

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began. I'm not sure that

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anybody listened. Certainly

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you went through a roller coaster of emotions

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of actions. The

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Eagles emerging this week

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with a really strong showing

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and it's just the start.

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Hope everybody's doing well. The twenty

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twenty three Eagles season

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in NFL season officially here. It

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began on Wednesday at four pm

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when the business year officially started.

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Four pm is when it all was official.

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But before that, oh boy, what a lot

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of news, what a lot of questions, what

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a lot of action. Let's try to

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get you caught up here and then

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throw to a few interviews that I have

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had here in the last couple of days. Okay,

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where to begin? Players

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retained by the

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Eagles. We know Brandy Graham

1:28

Eagles defensive end. One year deal. Great

1:30

to have BG back for a fourteenth

1:32

season. Amazing. Jason

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Kelsey, who will speak to in just a bit here, also

1:39

announced his intentions via

1:41

tweet on Monday. Great reaction

1:44

there. The Eagles then

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coming to contract terms with Kelsey.

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He signed the deal on Wednesday,

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So the Eagles have their All Pro and Pro Bowl center

1:53

back for another season.

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By the way, we're going to talk to Kelsey in a bit here, and towards

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the end of the interview, I asked him who's

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the greatest sixth round

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draft pick in NFL

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history? He got the answer

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right, Do you know it? Kelsey

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knew it right away. I gotta believe

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he's in the top three. Stay tuned for that

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one, all right. So BG's back,

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Kelsey's back. The Eagle's bringing

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Boston Scott back on a one year

2:21

deal. We'll talk to him in just a bid here. Rashad

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Penny signs after five years

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in Seattle. What a crazy

2:28

career for him. Great production nearly

2:31

six yards per carry, but

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injuries torn ACL, a

2:37

calf injury, a broken

2:39

leg. It

2:41

has been tough. Hamstring injury been

2:44

tough for Rashod Penny. New

2:47

fresh start boy. If

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he's healthy in this offense, Oh

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baby love it. Eagles

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also signing back James

2:57

Bradberry. We'll talk to him for next week's

2:59

podcast. Bradberry returns on a

3:01

three year contract after his second

3:04

team All Pro season. Great

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get there. The Eagles also announcing

3:08

that they have come to a

3:11

contract extension

3:14

with Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay. So

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having both Sleigh and Bradberry

3:21

back huge,

3:24

huge for the Eagles defense. And

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then what else let's see, Well, it's so fluid.

3:30

I mean that's where we are right

3:32

now. More to come, absolutely,

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players the Eagles have lost running

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back Miles Sanders goes to Carolina.

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Reserve tackle Andre Dillard

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goes to Tennessee middle

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linebacker t J. Edwards his

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hometown Chicago Bears safety

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Marcus Epps the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Off ball linebacker Kaiser White signs

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with Arizona, reuniting with John Gannon

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and of course, defensive tackle Javon

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Hargrave mega deal in San

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Francisco. He joins the forty

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nine ers. Compensatory picks

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coming for the Eagles in

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the twenty twenty four draft. Remember

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they've got two picks in the first

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round of this year's draft, number

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ten and number thirty,

4:23

and there's a lot more to go, a

4:26

lot of talent still on the streets, Howie

4:29

rosemen working it, and heck, by the time

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you hear this, things may already

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have changed. So that's

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the update. Late on Thursday afternoon,

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here four o'clock from

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the Novicare Complex Flagle

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Sly. Let's get to some of the interviews

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we all want to hear from Rashad Penny five

4:48

eleven, two twenty. Although he could play

4:50

a little heavier than that, he is a powerful,

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slashing, productive running

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back who when he has been healthy,

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he has been ynamic

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on the football field, but

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he's missed a lot of games with injuries. He

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was a first round draft picked by the Seattle Seahawks

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five seasons ago, UH twenty

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seventh pick overall out of San

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Diego State, where he was just awesome,

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replacing Dino Pumphrey.

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Let's meet the latest

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Eagle, the newest Eagle. He comes

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to a running back room that includes Boston Scott,

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Kenneth Gainwell, Trey

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Sermon. One on one with

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Rashad Penny. It's

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the Eagles Insider podcast presented by Lincoln

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Financial Group on Eagles insider Dave Spidero.

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He joined by new Eagles running back Rashad Penny.

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Welcome to Philadelphia. So,

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first time socially ever in Philadelphia.

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I know you, oh believe me. We know you played

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here. We were we remember we remember playing. Um

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what's it been like? Like? What telefans like, what do you

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do the first day that you're

5:58

an Eagle? Like? What kind of things happened

6:00

today? Definitely exploring

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the city. I thought that I got

6:04

the best out of everything, just learning

6:06

different parts, where to go.

6:09

I mean, open arms here in the building.

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It's just been amazing and it's

6:13

not done yet. So do you feel a vibe

6:15

when you walk into the Overcare complex? What is it?

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I think everybody's just happy. It's always somebody

6:20

with a smile on their face. I mean it's like embracing.

6:23

So it's really breatherly love. I

6:25

love to hear that was it. Would

6:27

you compare this process at all to kind of like

6:29

how it went from high school to college the college

6:31

recruiting process, Yeah,

6:34

kind of. I mean you get the tour, you

6:36

get to meet new people's. I mean it's like expending

6:39

your like spending your lifestyle a little

6:41

bit, getting out, trying to get more social.

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So well, here we are, we shout

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why the Philadelphia goes. Why do you think this is a

6:47

good fit? The best offensive

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line in football? And I mean this is

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I mean the team just what they've done last year was amazing

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and I just want to be a part of it. I think

6:56

this is a great group. I

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just can't way to get get ready to work.

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It's interesting you say the offensive line. I mean, I guess

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players around the league take note of how

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running backs do in different cities

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with different teams. Oh yeah, I believe

7:10

so. I mean, I know it's a lot of the running

7:13

backs that probably say the same thing. And I mean,

7:15

thankful for their offensive line. But I mean,

7:17

you watch this offensive line and watched

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this team, I don't

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think I think a lot of people will allowed to play here. All

7:24

right, Richard, You've had a let's call

7:26

it the star crossed career. When you've been

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on the field, great production.

7:31

The challenge has been staying on the field. What

7:33

has that been like for you? How has it been

7:35

from just physical standpoint and from an emotional

7:37

standpoint? This is it's

7:40

really confidence. I mean, I know what I could do when

7:42

I get on the field, and you know, I'm there's

7:44

a change and rewrite, you know, the narrative

7:46

of what I can do. So I'm

7:48

excited to be here and you know, be with the Eagles,

7:51

and I think this is like a kind of a refresh

7:53

from my career. And I'm not making

7:55

no promises or anything. I'm just thankful and you

7:58

know, blessed I'm clear to play football against. So you

8:00

know, I'll just take you one day at a time and see

8:03

where it goes. There are a lot of people out there who have

8:05

to overcome some bumps

8:07

in the road, some hurdles. What has

8:10

been your key to success? Doing

8:12

really well? Getting set back and

8:15

then overcoming those injuries, overcoming

8:17

those setbacks and just adversity.

8:19

I feel like I've done it a few times,

8:21

so I mean this was kind of easier.

8:23

So I just always was optimistic

8:26

and I always had a positive mindset through anything

8:28

and everything, and that's just who I am as

8:30

a person. So I mean, you know, a setback

8:33

really is a great comeback for me. So

8:35

I'm excited about, you know, the new opportunity

8:37

I got here. Why are you like that? As a person.

8:39

It's something that your parents always

8:42

told you to stay confident, to always look

8:44

on the bright side of things. I mean I just feel

8:46

like that too, like always just always.

8:48

I mean having great parents, a great household,

8:50

I mean I think it make it easier. And then I got a competitive

8:53

family, so you know, any setbacks

8:55

with that, it's always great that you know, when

8:57

we come back, it's always better. But I mean,

8:59

just I believe it's confidence.

9:02

You just always got to believe in yourself the abilities

9:04

you show and whatever you do, you know you

9:06

can be great at for Eagles fans who

9:09

may not be familiar with what you do. How

9:11

would you describe your running style. I

9:13

feel like I'm a slasher. I know

9:16

I could run hard, but you know, I know

9:18

I can also make people missing, you know,

9:20

break the home run a ball, but you know, just I

9:23

just really try to play smart when

9:25

you when you haven't been on the field, like sometimes

9:27

they say, like when something's taken away from you,

9:30

you really find out how much you love it. Have

9:32

you found that out with football? Yeah, I got

9:35

the passion. I love this game like as

9:37

much as it has been taken away from me, I

9:39

love it as much, like so much where. You know,

9:41

I want to give so much back to it, and my

9:43

biggest thing is just playing seventeen games and

9:46

being available and just you know,

9:48

doing the right things and being with this

9:50

great nutrition staff, the weight room guys,

9:53

and you know, this coaching staff just believing to

9:55

me and having me here. How is the health

9:57

now? How do you feel in the house? Leg I feel really good.

9:59

Yeah, just was clear a few days ago. But

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now I'm back to ramping things up, to taking

10:03

things, you know, two times a day and now

10:06

going day to day. So it's actually feeling right

10:08

better. This team is built on chemistry, Nick,

10:10

Siriannie is big on connection. That's

10:13

stuff important to you. Oh yeahs devinely. I mean

10:15

that's got them to the super Bowl last year,

10:17

and that's I'm gonna keep us

10:19

being successful here. What do you know about

10:21

Philadelphia the football team? Obviously

10:24

you've played against the Eagles. We saw you unfortunately

10:26

for us in the playoffs a few years

10:28

ago. And then what do you know about the Philadelphia

10:31

Eagles fans? I know they're passionate,

10:33

they love they love their sports, and you know they

10:35

love winning. They just like the organization,

10:38

so you know, they feed off of us,

10:40

and you know we feed off them, So it's gonna

10:42

be another great, another great

10:44

kind of franchise for me. What's it been

10:46

like getting to know fans since you made

10:49

your intentions clear, since the Eagles and

10:51

you agreed to terms. Um, have you heard

10:53

a lot of feedback from Eagles fans? I mean, I

10:55

just think they passionate, they care about their team.

10:57

It's like, I feel like they're the GMS. So

11:00

what the Eagles fans

11:02

or the GMS? Please don't give them that power.

11:05

That would be really dangerous. Hey, but it's like Seattle

11:07

fans also incredible fans. Oh

11:09

yeah, definitely. They their fan base is wonderful,

11:12

the twelves. The twelves get to see ows going. I

11:14

feel like it's the same here in Philadelphia, So it

11:17

was kind of easy a decision for me to make. It's

11:19

awesome. Um, you know you've got Jalen

11:21

Hurts here. There's power at the wide

11:24

receiver position. Like when do you know a lot about

11:26

the offense and kind of have you envisioned yourself

11:28

how you're gonna fit in? I mean, just watching

11:30

the playoff run and just watching the season from

11:32

last year, you got an MVP finalists,

11:35

as a QB and then the old line and

11:37

then yeah, the weapons you have. But running

11:39

back group is really strong too. You know, them guys

11:41

can really go, and you know, I'm just excited to get rolling

11:44

with them. How much do you believe in competition in the running

11:46

back room with Boston and Kenny

11:48

and Trey is here. I mean there's some

11:50

some running backs who have got a lot to prove. Do you feel

11:53

like you're gonna bring out the best in each other? Almost? Definitely?

11:55

And where I'll come from un in Seattle, we definitely

11:57

was one hundred percent competitive. You know that's some preached

12:00

every day is compete, compete. So

12:03

I'm I'm ready to go just like they are,

12:05

and I know we're gonna bring the best out of all of us.

12:09

Thanks to Rashad and let's stay

12:11

in the running back room. The jack

12:13

of all trades, who really injected

12:16

some life into the Eagles kickoff return game last year

12:18

and who's just been so good with the Eagles since

12:21

he joined the team off of the

12:23

practice squad of

12:27

the New Orleans Saints in

12:29

twenty eighteen. Boston

12:33

Scott just is a good football player. You

12:35

use him a lot of ways. He's coming

12:37

back one year deal Boston

12:40

Scott. Moments after signing its contract,

12:44

we had a chance to talk about his situation

12:46

and why the Eagles are

12:48

such a very good fit for him.

12:52

Boston, I wonder, what is the mindset?

12:54

What are you thinking? Super

12:56

Bowl comes and goes tough, emotional

13:00

and then there's not a whole lot of time to make the next

13:02

decision. What was going through your mind? It's

13:05

a quick turnaround, you know what I mean? First

13:07

off and foremost, I just wanted to make sure that took care

13:09

of my my body. You know, took

13:11

time to reflect on the season. You

13:13

know, obviously we didn't get it done, but you

13:15

know there was still a lot of success, a lot of things

13:18

that you know, we learned throughout

13:20

the season. So that's kind

13:22

of the first step. But now it's just you know, back

13:24

to work. You know, each

13:26

year is a new year, so we got to go into this

13:29

year starting from ground zero. You know, we

13:31

have a foundation, but you know, we haven't earned

13:33

anything and nobody cares that we've aged the

13:35

Super Bowl last year. So it's gonna be a

13:37

new year. I'm excited. I'm ready to

13:39

get to work. What was the mindset though, for what

13:41

what were you thinking going what was free agency?

13:43

Like? What is it like? Oh yeah, yeah, I mean it's

13:45

just a lot of communication with

13:48

my team just about what's what's

13:50

best for us obviously, what options

13:52

there are, and just making

13:54

the best decision moving forward. And Philadelphia

13:56

was that? Why is Philadelphia the best place for

13:58

you? You know? I think I think a big part of it

14:00

is like familiarity with with the scheme,

14:03

with the offense. Obviously, the locker room is great,

14:05

coaching staff is great, The organization

14:07

as a whole is great, you know, front office, everybody,

14:09

so um, you know, having

14:11

a having a good organization that you

14:14

know it's really dedicated to players is

14:16

you know from what I heard. I mean I've been blessed with

14:18

the teams that I've been a part of, but it's it

14:20

can be hard to come by, you know, because it's a cutthrow

14:22

business and things are very

14:25

to the point. So, um,

14:27

you know, being able to be a part of an offense

14:29

like this with with y'all know the pieces,

14:32

but being able to be a part of something like

14:34

that is a is a heck of

14:36

an opportunity. The key for Boston, Scott

14:38

has always been be ready for anything.

14:40

Is that kind of the way you went into the offseason. Yeah.

14:43

Always always be ready, and I'm

14:45

a preparer. I'm a preparer and I'm

14:47

gonna be ready whenever it's time time to go, you

14:49

know, I'm coming forward. Uh, what

14:52

did you well? What did you like about your game

14:54

in twenty twenty two? Um,

14:56

you know, I feel like I was able to really

14:59

progress in in pass protection. I feel

15:01

like, you know, I was able to when

15:03

I got the ball in my hands in space

15:06

in the past game, I was able to show

15:08

that and obviously running the ball,

15:10

you know, just working on consistency there,

15:12

but I feel like I had some productive

15:15

runs all in ad. I want

15:17

to make sure that I'm a versatile player in the return

15:19

game, you know, I feel like that was a that was a nice

15:21

part of the season. So whatever

15:24

you can do, man, the more you can do where

15:26

the special team's offense not really

15:28

matter, you know. I just wanted to, you know,

15:31

be as versatile as possible. And what's the plan

15:33

for you now from this day moving forward

15:35

going into twenty twenty three. How's your body feel,

15:37

how's your mind feel? I feel good. I want to

15:39

be the absolute best player I can be. I want

15:41

to be the best player I can be and I want

15:43

I want people to feel it. And

15:46

then last, but certainly not least

15:50

two eleven sixth round draft

15:53

pick. Was he too small

15:55

to play in the NFL? Some thoughts?

15:57

Tho came out of the University of Cincinnati,

16:00

played some guard there, played some center. Well,

16:02

he has been awesome as a Philadelphia

16:05

Eagle. Six Pro Bowls,

16:08

five All Pros, a Super

16:10

Bowl championship, The speech

16:13

heard round the Eagles world.

16:16

Joining us here on Eagles and Cider Podcast present Away

16:18

Like a Financial group one on one with

16:21

center Jason Kelsey. Jason,

16:24

I wonder what and why? When?

16:27

When is the decision to come back? Um,

16:30

you know, I think think about

16:32

it. Yeah, at the moment the season's over, you

16:34

try to decompress a little bit. Obviously, the Strip

16:37

Bowl being something that we've

16:39

played in this year, you have a little bit less time,

16:43

you know, because you want to make a decision before free agency

16:45

and let the team know what's happening. You

16:47

don't know how he was very kind to me and

16:50

making it open ended and nobody was really pressuring

16:52

me. But I understand the circumstances and

16:55

ultimately, you know, just

16:58

trying to weigh the pros and cons, right, you know, I

17:00

mean, obviously this is a wonderful business and I love

17:02

playing football, but there are drawbacks,

17:05

and you know, you sit there and you think about

17:07

all those things, and um, you

17:09

talk to the right people, and eventually

17:12

it became clear that you know, I just

17:14

I'm not I'm not quite ready to call

17:16

it quit yet. You know, UM really

17:20

enjoy this team, this organization, my

17:22

coaches. Um, there's

17:25

a fun year last year, and looking

17:27

forward to another film win this year. I remember

17:29

at one point you had a press comment you said that

17:32

somebody has told you along the way that you'll

17:34

just know when. Um.

17:37

So did the twenty twenty two season and

17:39

the success the team had in the enjoyment that you had

17:42

really play into the you know, just

17:44

the just hey, I want to keep this thing going.

17:46

Yeah, I mean, you know, listen, when you're winning, it's

17:48

fun and it's hard to quit something

17:51

when you're enjoying it. And uh, but

17:53

I don't, I don't know, I really do think you

17:55

know, when it's time to stop, it'll

17:57

just be clear that they grind and

18:00

and everything that I enjoy about it. Right

18:02

now, Um, it just won't

18:04

be something that's enjoyable, and um,

18:07

that's what most of the former guys say. And you

18:10

know Stout has certainly offered that advice. UM.

18:13

You know, my wife, one of the things she said, up

18:15

until like the last possible days, it was like, you know, if you're

18:17

still debating it at this point, I don't think you're ready

18:19

to stop yet. You know, you obviously

18:21

still love it and enough

18:23

to want to go out there and do

18:26

everything you want to do and for that to be a question

18:29

about, um, for you to go back and

18:31

forth this much or to think about

18:33

it this much, She's like, I don't think you're

18:35

if you if you quit now, you regret it. Six

18:38

pro bowls, five all pros. Um,

18:41

are you playing at the very

18:44

best level that you've played it? And

18:46

what do you expect moving forward? You know, you

18:50

know, the best levels kind of hard

18:52

to say. I think physically I'm not as

18:55

good as I've been in the past, but

18:58

mentally I've gained some two rules

19:00

and things. I'm a more efficient player now.

19:03

UM, And I

19:05

think that, you know, I was telling

19:07

Stout, you know, I look back at old tape and you

19:10

know, just like I wonder, like, you know, what

19:12

if I only knew then what I know now, or

19:14

if I only played then with this

19:16

technique or did things this way or

19:18

thought this way, and um,

19:21

you know, I could have been you know, you

19:23

know, more efficient back then. And I

19:26

think, um, in some ways I'm better. In some ways

19:28

I'm worse. Um, but

19:31

I'm I'm still pretty efficient. And

19:35

uh yeah, thirteen

19:37

years, Um, most Pro

19:39

Bowls by any offensive lineman and team history,

19:42

et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Right, I mean,

19:45

is legacy important to you? Peters?

19:48

I think what I think you're I think you're tied or what maybe

19:50

maybe maybe he's the only exception, maybe only

19:53

maybe, Um he's eight. I think is

19:55

legacy important to you? It's just being in terms

19:58

of an all time Eagles player. No. I mean, you

20:01

know, legacies are great, but

20:03

I don't think you can look at that until until

20:05

you're done. Um. You

20:08

know, I think Pro Bowls

20:10

and things like that are important, But I much

20:13

more think about, you know, how I'm gonna be remembered by my teammates

20:15

and coaches and people that really

20:17

know you know. I think, um, yeah,

20:19

I've been to a lot of Pro Bowls and I've been heralded

20:22

as a really good offensive lineman, But

20:25

I honestly don't think I'm the best offensive linement

20:27

since my time here with the Philadelphias. You had

20:29

Jason Peters, Brandon Brooks, Lane

20:31

Johnson, you know, Isaac

20:34

samlov having mathists.

20:36

I mean, there's I've

20:38

played with Todd Harris, I played with a lot

20:40

of guys that have been really, really good players, and

20:44

I think that, you know, it's one

20:46

of the beautiful things about offensive line players. You know, it takes

20:48

all of your working together and everybody

20:51

being on the same page and to

20:54

be consistent to do your job well. So

20:58

you know, I really care a lot of out

21:00

the legacy that I've left in those guys minds,

21:03

um and how I've treated

21:05

individuals in the building. And um,

21:07

I think I think all that stuff is

21:09

is the things that'll um

21:12

resonate most. You

21:14

know, I think as

21:16

I get away from the game and as

21:18

people don't remember me as a player

21:21

or remember that I went to the Pro Bowl in twenty

21:24

and fourteen, the people that

21:26

I was in the building with I don't remember,

21:28

you know, how I treated them or our interactions

21:31

a lot more. Finally, Jason,

21:33

does it it matters to you how

21:36

the fans receive the news that you're coming

21:38

back, and I mean that must be very cool.

21:40

And how did it feel to sign you sign a contract?

21:42

Yeah? I mean, so we have we

21:44

have unbelievable fans in Philadelphia.

21:46

Um, you know, I think I

21:48

don't know that it's about how you

21:50

know they received the news. I think, Um,

21:54

I don't know. I think Philadelphia

21:58

has been a

22:00

blessing for me to come here. I think I fit in really

22:02

well, not just with the organization and

22:04

the team, but with the fan base.

22:07

Um. And uh,

22:09

you know, I'm very grateful to have

22:11

been able to play here and to be

22:13

able to insert myself

22:16

into Philadelphia and my family and

22:18

to fully call myself Philadelphia now,

22:22

so you know, just honored to be able to

22:25

play another year. Great. Thank you.

22:27

The greatest six round draft picks in NFL history.

22:29

Name the best one, Tom Brady? Of course, name

22:31

the second best one? Could

22:34

be Jason Kelsey. All

22:38

right, that we'll do it. For this episode of Eagles Insider

22:40

podcast, I want to thank everyone

22:42

involved. Ray Doyle for

22:44

his production, Kiera Mahoney, Trevor

22:47

Hayes, great job putting this all

22:49

together. Eagles Media Relationships Department,

22:51

thank you, so much for getting the players

22:53

lined up for me, and the players themselves

22:56

very generous with their time and really

22:59

just being frank answering the question. So I appreciate

23:01

that all very much, and of course

23:03

appreciate all of you for joining

23:06

each and every episode. I'm Eagles

23:08

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