The DiCecco Daily Special With Former Eagles OLB Marcus Smith: "A Lot Of Us Are Suffering, And Not Really Speaking About It"
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
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🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode, he connects with former Eagles OLB Marcus Smith – a mental health awareness advocate – to discuss the intersection of athletics and mental health in light of Marshawn Kneeland's apparent suicide.
Check out Marcus Smith's "Circle of M" foundation website to learn more about the former Eagles first-round pick's advocacy for mental health awareness: https://thecircleofm.com/
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? |
| 0:10.5 | Welcome into this edition of the Checo Daily. |
| 0:13.0 | Andrew DeCechko here, Eagles Beat Reporter for Inside the Birds.com. |
| 0:18.0 | And I have a special edition for you today because there's a very, you know, heavy subject |
| 0:23.4 | matter that needs attending to. And joining me today to help talk about that is Marcus Smith. |
| 0:30.1 | And not only is he the founder and CEO of the Circle of M and A&M Sports and Fitness. |
| 0:36.5 | He's also a first round pick in 2014 of the Philadelphia Eagles. He also |
| 0:40.7 | played for Seattle and Washington. Marcus, I really appreciate you carving out a few minutes to talk |
| 0:45.3 | today. How are you? Man, I'm doing pretty good. I can't complain. I appreciate you having me. |
| 0:51.2 | You know, for those who don't know, Marcus and I had a conversation on Radio Row ahead of Super Bowl 57. |
| 0:58.0 | And we had a conversation, Marcus, that really resonated with me and stuck with me ever since. |
| 1:03.3 | And I'm glad we were able to stay in contact from there. |
| 1:06.9 | Yeah, me too, man. |
| 1:08.1 | I think, you know, mental health has always been something important. |
| 1:11.6 | There's always, well, not always, but it's been something that is a part of my life since 2017, since I went through, you know, my mental health stress. |
| 1:20.6 | And I just want to keep the message going because I think it really helps people. |
| 1:26.6 | So we have to start with the devastating news that came out yesterday morning out of Dallas. |
| 1:32.6 | Marshawn Neeland passed away at age 24. |
| 1:35.3 | That really, really, really affected me in a big way. |
| 1:40.1 | And I'm sure it resonated with you in a unique way. |
| 1:42.1 | What were your immediate thoughts when that news came down? |
| 1:46.1 | Yeah, it was something that I looked at and was very sad about. |
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