The DiCecco Daily: Is There Another Level Up For Cooper DeJean, Quinyon Mitchell?
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
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4.6 • 910 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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In this episode, he continues his series giving his outlook for each position group, continuing with the cornerbacks, shedding insight on how Cooper DeJean will be used in 2026 and what to expect from some of the hopefuls competing to make the team.
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| 0:00.0 | What's happening, everyone. |
| 0:08.7 | Welcome in to another episode of DeCecho Daily, Andrew DeCecho, Eagles Beat Reporter, Inside |
| 0:13.1 | The Birds.com. |
| 0:14.5 | The positional preview series continues with the cornerbacks, and you have at the top of the |
| 0:19.2 | rotation, Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeGine, and Rick Wohan. Now, Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper de Gene, and Rick |
| 0:22.5 | Wohen. Now, Quinyan Mitchell and Cooper DeGine are fresh off all pro campaigns, and I believe they're |
| 0:28.1 | going to continue to elevate their game to another level. What Vic Van Joe revealed earlier last |
| 0:33.2 | week is that Cooper DeGine will serve as the safety when the Eagles are in base. |
| 0:38.4 | Last season, when the Eagles were in base, he was the outside corner. |
| 0:42.6 | But the Eagles aren't in base all that much. |
| 0:46.7 | And Cooper is going to primarily be a nickel corner, but I'm kind of just grouping all that together. |
| 0:52.8 | But very important position in the Eagles defense and something that obviously has unlocked |
| 0:59.1 | that unit and propelled them to another level, having Cooper DeGine in there who's so good |
| 1:04.4 | at tackling in space and I guess securing the perimeter where a lot of these teams like the Shanahan-Lafloor |
| 1:15.0 | McVeigh offenses like to do to expose the outside and stretch defenses, |
| 1:21.7 | he's so good at really solidifying that. |
| 1:24.8 | And then you have, of course, his ability to really be sticky in coverage and match up |
| 1:32.2 | with receivers of all shapes and sizes. |
| 1:34.3 | So he's invaluable there. |
| 1:36.7 | One of the best football players on the Philadelphia Eagles. |
| 1:40.7 | And then you have Rick Wollan. |
| 1:42.3 | Rick Wollan's a player that Vic Fangio almost gushed about in a |
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