The DiCecco Daily: Key Eagles Backups Speak About Their Opportunities Vs. Commanders
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
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4.6 • 910 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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In this episode, he provides audio context of his postgame conversations with Drew Kendall, Britain Covey and Jakorian Bennett as all three backups saw significant time and development in the Eagles' 24-17 loss to the Commanders in the season finale.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up everybody? |
| 0:11.4 | Welcome in to another edition of DeCecho Daily. |
| 0:14.7 | Andrew DeCechko here, Eagles beat reporter for Inside the Birds.com. |
| 0:19.0 | And the Detroit Lions took care of business Sunday, beating the Chicago Bears. |
| 0:23.5 | And Eagles win over the commanders would have given the Eagles the number two seat, |
| 0:27.4 | ensuring home games the first two rounds of the NFL playoffs. |
| 0:31.0 | But the team, and head coach Nick Siriani, has no regrets of the decision to rest key players, |
| 0:37.0 | nor do they particularly care who or when they play. |
| 0:40.3 | Their only focus is playing Eagles football, playing together, and maximizing the opportunity in front of them. |
| 0:46.4 | The host of the San Francisco 49ers Sunday at 430 in the opening round of the postseason. |
| 0:52.9 | On the health piece, just because a player isn't listed on the injury report doesn't mean |
| 0:57.2 | they aren't battling through pain to some extent. |
| 1:00.1 | Case in point, the offensive line, which represents the key to postseason success, |
| 1:04.6 | where right tackle Lane Johnson will be returning from a foot injury. |
| 1:08.4 | Left tackle, Jordan Milata, has been banged up, and left guard Landon |
| 1:11.8 | Dickerson and center Cam Juergens haven't been at full strength all season. On defense, |
| 1:19.2 | linebacker Zach Bonn, safety rebankenship, and defensive back Cooper DeGine each eclips 1,000 |
| 1:25.5 | snaps, while outside linebacker Jalen Phillips played in 17 games |
| 1:29.6 | this season deprived of a byweek. Phillips himself was ruled out with an ankle injury, while Jalen |
| 1:35.9 | Carter, hip, Dallas Goddard knee, Nicopi Dean, hamstring, and Marcus Epps' concussion, all starters |
| 1:43.2 | were also ruled out ahead of Sunday's game. |
| 1:47.0 | But let's take a look at the positives to come from this game, which I understand it's difficult to stomach if you're an Eagles fan listening. |
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