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Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Inside The Data: How Does This Year's EDGE Group Measure Up Athletically?

Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Inside The Birds

Sports, Football

4.6910 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

ITB analytics expert Sam Finkel joins Geoff to go inside athletic testing by the EDGE group at the NFL Scouting Combine, and which edge defenders could be more appealing to the Eagles based on test results and scheme fit.

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome back to Inside the Data on Inside the Birds.

0:12.6

I'm Jeff Mosher, and of course we got our data and analytics expert, Sam Finkel with us,

0:17.0

and we continue to look at the 2006 NFL draft coming up and the athletic testing

0:22.3

that the participants put forth at the combine. We do it by position and this position we're

0:29.1

going to do in this podcast. As you know, Sam, well, it's always when we do this every year is one

0:34.5

of the more listened to podcasts because people love the edge Russia position.

0:38.6

And it just happens to coincide with an interesting time for the Eagles who probably thought

0:45.1

they were going to have Jalen Phillips back along with Jalick's Hunt and Nolan Smith to make a really

0:50.4

nice three-man combination trio.

0:53.9

But there is no,

0:56.2

Dylan Phillips.

0:56.9

He is off to the Carolina Panthers for an overwhelming amount of money.

1:01.0

And the Eagles,

1:01.9

as they typically do,

1:03.2

signed a lot of guys to one year contracts,

1:06.1

you know,

1:06.5

bridge players,

1:07.9

rotational players,

1:09.5

but really don't have now, unless, you know, they pull off some trade, an avenue to get a real elite edge rusher.

1:18.1

And so maybe you look toward the draft.

1:20.7

Yeah, that's totally plausible.

1:22.8

Yeah.

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