The DiCecco Daily: Putting The Andy Dalton Trade Into Proper Perspective
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
Inside The Birds
4.6 • 910 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this episode, DiCecco goes inside the Eagles' trade for veteran QB Andy Dalton and what it means for the QB room.
► Sign up for our newsletter! • Visit http://eepurl.com/hZU4_n.
►Support our sponsors!!
► Simpli Safe Home Alert System: https://simplisafe.com/BIRDS for 60% OFF!
► Camden Apothecary: https://camdenapothecary.com/
Follow the Hosts!
► Follow our Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsideBirds
► Follow Geoff Mosher on Twitter: https://twitter.com/geoffpmosher
► Follow Adam Caplan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/caplannfl
► Follow Andrew DiCecco on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewdicecco
NFL insider veterans take an in-depth look that no other show can offer! Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with the latest news, rumors, and discussions.
For more, be sure to check out our official website: https://www.insidethebirds.com.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | What's happening, everyone, welcome in to another episode of DeCecho Daily. |
| 0:13.9 | Andrew DeCechko here, Eagles beat reporter for Inside the Birds.com. |
| 0:17.8 | And the Eagles on Wednesday strike a trade acquiring quarterback Andy Dalton from |
| 0:23.8 | the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a 2027 seventh round pick. And on the surface, it may be a little |
| 0:32.4 | curious, right? Because the Eagles already have Tanner McKee. He is in the last year of his rookie deal. |
| 0:39.2 | And one would presume that they're going to look into drafting a quarterback and all their problems will be resolved. |
| 0:46.3 | But this is also a team in the Philadelphia Eagles, and this is really important to note, |
| 0:52.2 | they will leave no stone unturned at any point when it comes |
| 0:57.1 | to strengthening the roster. |
| 0:58.6 | And the quarterback position is one in which they prioritize probably more than most teams |
| 1:03.9 | around the NFL. |
| 1:05.3 | And so you look at it and you can say, is this a precursor to something else? |
| 1:09.4 | I don't view it that way. And it's my understanding that there's no correlation |
| 1:14.5 | by bringing in Andy Dalton, that that's going to all of a sudden relate to |
| 1:19.7 | Tanner McKee and the team moving him or anything like that. |
| 1:24.7 | The Eagles have always made it a priority to strengthen the quarterback |
| 1:27.9 | room and you can go back a number of different years. For examples, doing that, they lost |
| 1:34.2 | Sam Howell in free agency and adding someone like Andy Dalton who's 38 years old, he started |
| 1:39.5 | 169 games in the NFL. That makes a lot of sense. You look at what he's making. He slated to make 3.9 million this year. That money's pretty standard for a number two quarterback. It's a steep investment for a number three quarterback, but the Eagles don't operate like most teams when it comes to viewing the quarterback position and the level of importance in which they place on it. |
| 2:04.7 | So you take all that in consideration and they have all their bases covered. |
| 2:09.2 | That's something that they have made an emphasis to ensure that they were doing. |
| 2:14.1 | Go back to last season. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Inside The Birds, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Inside The Birds and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.