Cooper & Reed on Eagles Wildcard, Pro Bowl, Regular Season Recap & More | Exciting Mics Ep. 24

Summary

Exciting Mics Ep. 24 — "Cooper & Reed on Eagles Wildcard, Pro Bowl, Regular Season Recap & More"

Release Date: January 8, 2026
Hosts: Cooper DeJean & Reed Blankenship

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Episode Overview

This episode marks the start of playoff season for the Philadelphia Eagles, with Cooper DeJean and Reed Blankenship bringing their signature humor and authenticity. They recap the regular season—the high points, the adversity, and notable team and personal achievements—while gearing up for the Wild Card matchup. Along the way, listeners get a front-row seat for inside jokes, team culture, and fan interaction, as well as heartfelt reflections on family, leadership, and locker room dynamics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Kicking Off Playoff Season (00:31–04:40)

• The hosts express their excitement for the postseason, emphasizing the “fresh slate” nature of the playoffs and the unique electricity at Lincoln Financial Field.

• Reed and Cooper joke about being confused for one another by fans and even opposing players, riffing on their shared appearance as white defensive backs.

  “If it ain’t our fans thinking that I’m you, it’s players. And I guess people don’t realize there’s two white guys on defense.” — Reed Blankenship (00:06)

• They discuss the importance of rest ahead of the playoffs, highlighting how critical it is to have a fresh body and mind after a grueling regular season.

  “You play 17 or 18 games in a year. You only get one break—and now we got two, so…” — Cooper DeJean (03:07)

2. Pro Bowl Honors & Team Achievements (04:40–07:02)

• Cooper is congratulated on his first Pro Bowl selection, joining several other Eagles defenders, which both take pride in as individuals and as a team.

• The duo notes the Eagles are the first team since 2004 to repeat as NFC East division champions—an especially meaningful accomplishment.

  “We are the first team since 2004 to repeat as NFC East division champs.” — Cooper DeJean (06:04)

3. Top Moments from the 2025 Regular Season (07:03–08:21)

• Both hosts share their favorite milestones and memories:

  • Jordan Davis’s touchdown in the Rams game.
  • Multiple skill players hitting 1,000-yard milestones (AJ, Smitty, Saquon).
  • The shutout win against the Raiders.
  • Reed’s personal highlight: his soon-to-arrive baby.

  “Reed is having a baby, so that should be number one!” — Cooper DeJean (08:11)

4. Deep Dive: Player Growth & Surprises (08:21–12:06)

• Each host assesses the other’s progress: Cooper shouts out Reed’s leadership, especially after the departure of veteran voices, while Reed compliments Cooper’s versatility across positions.

• They highlight teammates who exceeded expectations, especially rookies Drew and Jihad, and Jalex for his leap in playmaking.

  “You can take the workload of each position and still ball out.” — Reed on Cooper (08:35) “Just seeing your leadership, I think, was pretty cool.” — Cooper on Reed (09:20)

5. Inside the Locker Room & Milk the Cow Celebration (12:06–16:04)

• The now-viral “milk the cow” celebration is discussed. They explain its origins (a nod to their rural roots and locker room “milk check” jokes) and recount Saquon’s involvement, planning to debut it in the playoffs.

• The confusion around “which one is which” continues, including plans for “I’m the other one” t-shirts.

  “I need to get a T-shirt made saying ‘I’m the other one.’” — Reed Blankenship (15:03)

6. End of Season Superlatives & Game Balls (17:25–20:26)

• Game balls are symbolically handed out to standout Eagles:
  • Jordan Davis (“Big vibes guy—brings cookies to the walkthroughs!”)
  • Jalex (“First Eagle to lead team in interceptions and sacks”)
  • Dallas Goddard (new Eagles record for TDs as a TE)
  • Brandon Graham ("Uncle BG", return from retirement, sacks from DT)
  • Quinyanamo Bay (zero TDs allowed on over 500 snaps)
  • AJ Brown & DeVonta Smith (first Eagles WR duo with 3 seasons of 1,000+ yards together)

7. Looking Ahead: Wild Card vs. 49ers & Advice for Rookies (28:24–33:16)

• Reed and Cooper discuss strategies for playoff preparation and share advice for young players entering the postseason.

  • Focus on keeping preparation routine.
  • Understand the stakes, but “don’t change what got you here.”
  • Expect a “close game and a dog fight” against the 49ers’ Shanahan offense.

  “We just need to take each day, day by day and do what we do... Time to go to work.” — Reed Blankenship (29:10) “You gotta turn up the focus a little bit just because you know what’s on the line… but it’s really about the process each day.” — Cooper DeJean (29:53)

8. The Lighter Side: Holidays, Resolutions, and Locker Room Banter (35:56–42:36)

• Cooper and Reed break down Christmas gifts, with Reed’s “dad energy” on display (coffee maker, knife case); Cooper embraces new slippers and his favorite snack—peanut butter pretzel bites.
• They laugh about southern desserts (Reed’s “chocolate gravy and biscuits”), Cooper’s Christmas tacos, and look ahead to 2026 resolutions (reading more, eating fewer snacks, “maybe next year” for a New Year’s kiss).
• Reed reflects on his final holiday as a family of two before becoming a new dad.

9. Podcast Memories, Guest Highlights & Philly Slang (43:02–48:46)

• Favorite moments include Reed announcing his impending fatherhood and Jason Kelce’s visit debating the greatest Eagles team ever.
• They enjoy recounting Philly slang (“Go Birds, dickhead,” “jawn,” and the city’s unique pronunciation of “water”).
• Dream guests include conspiracy theorists, teammates like AJ Brown, and comedians Shane Gillis and Miles Teller.

10. Fan Q&A (51:06–58:36)

• Mariana asks about the wildest trash talk they've heard; the hosts recall fans telling Saquon to “go back to the Giants”—promptly followed by a Super Bowl season.
• Meg poses two questions:
  • Show and Tell: Cooper would bring his dog; Reed, his lightsaber (both agree these are more meaningful than Super Bowl rings).
  • Locker Room Talent Show: Reed might sing or dance, with Cooper showing off basketball dunks.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On locker room confusion:
  “At the end of the day, it could work… Maybe they’re fishing to switch it up a bit.” — Cooper DeJean (01:00)
• Advice for playoffs:
  “There’s no need to overthink this type of game, this type of situation. Take each day, day by day and do what we do.” — Reed Blankenship (29:10)
• On adversity:
  “This season was… a lot of adversity. Yeah, I think that’s good for us, you know, going into the playoffs.” — Cooper DeJean (05:36)
• Celebration origins:
  “It’s like a milk check. Like we’re both white guys.” — Reed Blankenship (13:00) “Maybe we’ll make an Exciting Mics version of it.” — Cooper DeJean (15:09)
• On being Eagles teammates:
  “We’re like white on rice. You know what I’m saying?” — Cooper DeJean (50:34)
• On Philly fans:
  “I'm pretty sure that was like a welcome to Philly moment.” — Cooper DeJean (53:00)
• Favorite Philly slang:
  “John. Is that how you say it?" — Cooper DeJean (47:43)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Time | Segment | |----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00–01:17 | Locker room confusion & the “other one” joke | | 01:25–04:40 | Playoff hype, fresh start, Philly energy | | 04:55–05:35 | Pro Bowl congratulations & team recognition | | 06:04–07:03 | Division championship milestone | | 07:03–08:21 | Top 3 regular season moments | | 08:21–09:45 | Each other's growth: leadership & versatility | | 10:29–12:06 | Surprise performers of the season | | 12:06–16:00 | “Milk the cow” celebration, T-shirt ideas | | 17:25–20:26 | End-of-season game balls & superlatives | | 28:24–29:53 | Playoff advice to rookies | | 35:56–36:56 | Holiday gift recap | | 43:02–48:46 | Best podcast moments & Philly slang | | 51:06–53:35 | Fan Q&A: Most memorable trash talk | | 54:03–58:36 | Fan Q&A: Show and tell, locker room talent show acts |

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Tone & Vibe

• Warm, banter-filled, and authentic—just two teammates sharing their journey and inviting fans into their world.
• Full of inside jokes, playful teasing, and open reflections on football, culture, and personal lives.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode of Exciting Mics captures the unique brotherhood, honest storytelling, and unfiltered charm that make Cooper DeJean and Reed Blankenship fan favorites. Whether breaking down big wins, tackling locker room laughs, or fielding questions from diehard Eagles supporters, the hosts deliver insider perspective, genuine gratitude, and infectious excitement for what's next. For devoted Birds fans and casual listeners alike, it’s a must-listen as the team straps in for another playoff run.

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Signature Sign-off:
“Go Birds.” — Cooper DeJean & Reed Blankenship (59:05)

Transcript

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's talk about your. Your conversation with one of the Bill's defensive backs.

[Reed Blank]

If it ain't. If it ain't our fans thinking that I'm you, it's players. And I guess people don't realize that there's two. Two white guys on defense.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, there's two. We wear different numbers, too, so.

[Reed Blank]

And I have a. Yeah, we have different numbers.

[Cooper DeJean]

And Reed wears a sleeve, too.

[Reed Blank]

I have a sleeve.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's a little soft, so he's got to wear a sleeve.

[Reed Blank]

Oh, my gosh. Whatever.

[Cooper DeJean]

And then when. When Reed was running out this. This week before the. Before pregame warm ups, he decided to tell everybody in the tunnel to. To call me Reed, which he thought, how's it feel?

[Reed Blank]

How's it feel? How does it feel? I mean, look, here's. Here's what I can say. Like, you know how you got your thing like, Coop? Like, if y' all mess up, if the fans mess up and start saying that, just switch it and say read. You know, it does. I'm the same.

[Cooper DeJean]

At the end of the day, it could work.

[Reed Blank]

That's how we go thinking in my head. Like, when I hear it, I'm like, okay, maybe they're fishing to switch it up a little bit, you know? Yeah, it's okay. I like it.

[Cooper DeJean]

We'll get that rolling.

[Reed Blank]

But, yeah, I mean, when we had that conversation, it was, you know, he's like, what's up, Coop? I'm like, well, but I'm the other one.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm the other one.

[Reed Blank]

I need to get a T shirt made saying on the other one.

[Cooper DeJean]

Welcome back to exciting mics. I'm Cooper DeJean.

[Reed Blank]

And I'm Reed Blank. So we're back after the holidays and the regular season is all wrapped up. Looking forward to another great episode. And this is where things get very, very fun, Coop.

[Cooper DeJean]

Very fun. Remember to follow exciting mics on all platforms, like comment, share, and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's get it started. We're gonna start this podcast off with how we do every single week. Well, every single time. We film the podcast every time with what's exciting you this week. It is first round, baby, time of year. The playoffs are here. It is the best time of year. Everybody's 0 and 0. Fresh slate, and we get to host the first round in the link. So that.

[Reed Blank]

In the link. That's.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's pretty exciting.

[Reed Blank]

I think it's supposed to be like 40 something degrees, too.

[Cooper DeJean]

40 degrees.

[Reed Blank]

I think now it could change.

[Cooper DeJean]

It could change really fast.

[Reed Blank]

But hey, that's football weather, baby.

[Cooper DeJean]

It is. I love football weather. But yeah, we got the playoffs this week in Philly. Can't wait. Obviously we're done with the regular season now. I'm excited. I'm excited for. For the playoffs. I feel like, you know, we got. We got a little rest last week.

[Reed Blank]

Needed much needed rest, much needed. Like people don't realize how good that is. Like that's what you need. You need to have some sort of rest. Going into a playoff game if you can. If you can.

[Cooper DeJean]

You play 18 games in a. Or seven. 17 or 18 games in a year. And I mean, you only get one break in between there and we. Now we got two, so.

[Reed Blank]

And this. I mean, this seat. It's not like this season's been easy.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, it hasn't been easy at all.

[Reed Blank]

It's. I mean, no season is going to be easy to say that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. I mean, not feeling as sore anymore, you know. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Which is filled. Legs are. Legs are a lot more fresh, you know, getting ready for this. This playoff run. But I mean every. Everything turns up a little bit, you know, once we hit the playoffs. Obviously with. I. I feel like in the. In the link last year at least I could feel like a whole new, like different type of energy, you know, in. In the building, in the stadium.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

From regular season to playoffs. I don't know why it was. Maybe. Maybe I'm just crazy.

[Reed Blank]

Gets juiced, man. Even the fans.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

I mean, why not win or go home? And you second year.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

I mean, this is kind of. This is normal for you a little bit, ain't it? What is just going. Playing the playoffs.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. I mean we got. We got to make a. A great run in the playoffs. So I've gotten a little bit of. Of experience last year. Obviously. You've been in the playoffs all three, four years. Three or four.

[Reed Blank]

Every. Yeah, four years.

[Cooper DeJean]

Four years. All four years of your career. So some. Some good playoff experience. I think the biggest thing about the playoffs is just finding a way to win.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. You know, and we can't speak too much of playoffs right now. We gotta, you know, step back because you made Pro bowl. Your first year's pro. Pro bowl, first year.

[Cooper DeJean]

I did. I did.

[Reed Blank]

How's it feel, dude?

[Cooper DeJean]

I think, you know, it's pretty cool, but obviously, you know, I got a lot of great people around me and on our defense. On our defense.

[Reed Blank]

Let me just say it from outside.

[Cooper DeJean]

We got four other Pro Bowlers on our.

[Reed Blank]

Pretty good. I mean. Yeah, no, I'M saying, like, the ones that were selected, they're pretty freaking good. I mean, couldn't.

[Cooper DeJean]

My buddy. My buddy, RE Blankenship.

[Reed Blank]

It ain't all me, man. Let me tell you that.

[Cooper DeJean]

But it was. I think it was me. Q. Nolan, Zach Bon JC And Cam Juergens, I think are the. All the pro boulders there. So. Yeah, it's. It's pretty cool.

[Reed Blank]

Love to see that, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Pretty cool accomplishment. Pretty good. Pretty cool for. For our team. But this past. I mean, this season was. There was a lot of adversity and yeah, I think that's. That's good for us as a team, you know, going in the playoffs. Because in the playoffs, there's going to be a lot of. A lot of ups and downs, right?

[Reed Blank]

Got to respond, man. Got to respond the right way. And we're going to have each other's back regardless, you know, 100%. That's what. It's a team sport, you know.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we. We've done it all year. You know, no matter what has happened, you know, we've kind of rallied around each other through every single moment this season. And we are the first team since 2004 to repeat as NFC east division champs.

[Reed Blank]

Are the first team or like the first time that we in our division?

[Cooper DeJean]

First time. Is it the first time?

[Reed Blank]

I think it's first time. Well, I don't know.

[Cooper DeJean]

That make us the first team to do it then, too, would it not?

[Reed Blank]

Oh, yeah, you're right.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, no. No, it wouldn't. Because it's the first time since 2004. So I think the Eagles. The Eagles did it in like 2000. From 2002 to 2004, they won it.

[Reed Blank]

Back to back, but here we are.

[Cooper DeJean]

Now, and then we did it the last two years. So it's pretty. It's a pretty cool accomplishment.

[Reed Blank]

T shirt game.

[Cooper DeJean]

Obviously it's the first step, you know, first goal you set out for for your season. So it's pretty cool. All right, we're going to rank our top three moments from the season. H. You want to start us off? You got an idea? I got who we all played.

[Reed Blank]

I know it feels like season was.

[Cooper DeJean]

A blur, I think. I mean, obviously the Rams game and the Jordan Davis for a touchdown. That was in there for sure.

[Reed Blank]

I'll say. Also getting the. The two. Two of our guys, AJ And Smitty to a thousand.

[Cooper DeJean]

AJ And Smitty to a thousand. Saquon got a thousand yards. I think the shutout. The shutout against the Raiders.

[Reed Blank]

Oh, yeah, dude, I forgot about that.

[Cooper DeJean]

I Mean, that was pretty fun to play in. And then I think just winning in the East, I feel like that's. Yeah, that's pretty cool, too. And Reed is having a baby, so.

[Reed Blank]

That should be number one.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, but we're. Yeah, now we're talking about football, talking ball, you know.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, no, that's for sure. That's on number one.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right. We're going to play a little. Play a little coach here. Reed, what do you. What do you think is an area that I've improved on from. From last season to this season?

[Reed Blank]

I would say, like, the whole understanding of not only, like, route concepts and like, where you got to be in, like, other people's jobs, but just being able to play wherever you're asked to play. Like, you played, what, nickel all last year, and then you go into this year playing corner and then playing nickel. I mean, you got reps at safety. And I feel like the. That's probably. That's your growth. That's that shot. That's. That shows how much you've grown since your rookie year. Like, you can take the workload of each position and steel ball out, you know.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I appreciate that. That's very nice of you. I mean, I think it's obvious for you, like, the. From a leadership standpoint, you know, the steps you've taken, you know, with losing Slay and some of our other vets, you know, like, CD was another vocal guy last year and you being the oldest, one of the older guys in the loader.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, I'm not like one of the ones that stayed longer.

[Cooper DeJean]

So just seeing your leadership from last year to this year, I think is. Was pretty cool. And you just continuing to get. Get better as. As a player, I think. And, you know, the things you do in the run game, how you come downhill and tackle, for sure, are, you know, something that. That is something that we've needed all year long. And what you've been able to do not only this year, but since you've been here, I think is. Has been fun to watch and then also cover and just have a full understanding of the defense. I think you do a good job of just understanding everybody's role and being able to teach others, too. That's part of the. Part of the leadership, part of it.

[Reed Blank]

So appreciate that, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. I didn't say anything nice about you.

[Reed Blank]

You're forced to say something nice to me right now. That's all right.

[Cooper DeJean]

What player on our defense you think were you surprised about Jaylee Tyne in 2024 who wasn't on the team in 2024.

[Reed Blank]

Oh, who wasn't on the team in 24. Oh, wow.

[Cooper DeJean]

I think. I mean, I think Drew, I mean, from from the beginning until it obviously had the injury, but yeah, Tank, bro.

[Reed Blank]

Tank just on the defense, but Tank.

[Cooper DeJean]

Was fun to watch, though.

[Reed Blank]

Tank's fun to watch for sure. He. He runs that thing so hard.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm trying to think. I think. I mean, we could go from the people that were on the team last year. I think Jalex made a huge jump.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

From last year to this year, he's.

[Reed Blank]

Got more picks than me and you and more picks. Yeah. Anybody on the team. So.

[Cooper DeJean]

So, yeah, it's been fun to watch him this year. And obviously from our. Our rookie class, you know, I think obviously Drew, what he's been. Been able to do in Jihad, those two being able to, you know, step in and be ready to. To play, you know, whenever their. Their number was called on. Drew. Drew was in there until the injury.

[Reed Blank]

And, yeah, he was playing really good. He was playing some good ball, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

He was excited to, you know, see. See how those guys progress.

[Reed Blank]

Absolutely. Let's get into the. What's been going viral here recently. The whole milk the cow celebration.

[Cooper DeJean]

Milk the cow Selly. We didn't hit it after you.

[Reed Blank]

We didn't hit it. We're saving it.

[Cooper DeJean]

You were freaking. I was expecting your head in and jumping all over the place after you made that tackle. I was.

[Reed Blank]

You was doing the same thing. Yeah, I was.

[Cooper DeJean]

I was flexing and I was pushing you around. I was just amped up. But hopefully we can.

[Reed Blank]

We got to bring it out and.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, hopefully we can see it this weekend.

[Reed Blank]

Not a fun. Yeah, it is. We had to get somebody to pay for it.

[Cooper DeJean]

Well, I feel like we've set the. The stage of. Of what our celebration is. So there's.

[Reed Blank]

I mean, but we just added it, though. We just added it. We just added.

[Cooper DeJean]

We've said what it means, so it's like.

[Reed Blank]

It's like a milk check. Like we're both. Yeah, white guys.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, whatever.

[Reed Blank]

I think it's pretty funny.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's talk about your. Your conversation with one of the Bills defensive backs.

[Reed Blank]

If it ain't. If it ain't our fans thinking that I'm you. It's players, and I guess people don't realize that there's two. Two white guys on defense.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, there's two. We wear different numbers, too, so.

[Reed Blank]

And I have a. Yeah, we have different numbers.

[Cooper DeJean]

And Reed wears a sleeve, too.

[Reed Blank]

I have a sleeve.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's got to Wear a sleeve.

[Reed Blank]

Oh, my gosh. Whatever. But it's like. I don't know. I guess it's hard to get it when we get to get mixed up. I don't know.

[Cooper DeJean]

We do wear the same helmet. I got the day.

[Reed Blank]

I don't know. But even when I got my helmet off, it's only when I have my uniform on that people will think I'm you. I feel like when I'm just in normal clothes.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

They recognize me.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. And then when. When Reed was running out this. This week before the. Before pregame warm ups, he decided to tell everybody in the tunnel to. To call me Reed, which he thought that.

[Reed Blank]

Feel. How's it feel? How's it feel? How does it feel? And I continued, and there's this one. One older gentleman. He kept calling me Coop just to be funny. And I'm like, okay, that's enough. Yeah. No more. Yeah. I mean, look, here's. Here's what I can say. Like, you know how you got your thing like, Coop, like, if y' all mess up, if the fans mess up and start saying that, just switch it and say read. You know, it sound the same.

[Cooper DeJean]

It does sound the same. At the end of the day, it could work.

[Reed Blank]

That's how I'm thinking in my head. Like, when I hear it, I'm like, okay, maybe they're fishing to switch it up a little bit, you know? Yeah, it's okay. I like it.

[Cooper DeJean]

We'll get that rolling.

[Reed Blank]

But, yeah, I mean, when we had that conversation, it was, you know, he's like, what's up, Coup? I'm like, well, but I'm the other one.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm the other one.

[Reed Blank]

I need to get a T shirt made saying I'm the other one. Or thing I should.

[Cooper DeJean]

Should. Maybe we'll make. And we'll make an exciting Mike's version of it. Maybe b.

[Reed Blank]

And get a. Bring a jug of milk in with me one day.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'll get one that says, I'm Cooper, and you get one that says, how.

[Reed Blank]

About you dress up as, like, a cow?

[Cooper DeJean]

No. Why would I do that? The.

[Reed Blank]

No Sequoia could hold the bucket.

[Cooper DeJean]

We gotta answer that clip. That was a crazy clip that Saquon holding the bucket and then saying, move like bro's doing two jobs. Person holding the bucket. You're not the cow.

[Reed Blank]

You. Yeah. And we didn't even ask him to do anything because we was like, we need somebody to hold the bucket. And all of a sudden, Saquon's right there. And all of a sudden, what that's funny.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, it was.

[Reed Blank]

It was funny saying it again.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's talk about the.

[Reed Blank]

Oh, the fumble. I tell you what, I. I don't think I would have thought about doing that, bro. For the moment.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. First off, Epps made a great hit on the, on the running back, flying downhill, flipped him over almost and then he fumbled. Well, it wasn't actually a fumble, but.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

And then it's just me and this big ass old lineman, Spencer Brown. Shout out Spencer. He's. I believe he's from Iowa. Played at the University of Northern Iowa. But we were both going for the ball and like, I guess it was just kind of instinct. Like I don't want this big ass dude to try and jump on the ball while I'm jumping on the ball and him land on top of me. So I was like, why don't I just push him out of the way and go jump on the ball? And I guess it worked. Yeah, we got the ball and then Dion Dawkins came and jumped on me anyway, so that legit for no reason?

[Reed Blank]

It was legit for no reason.

[Cooper DeJean]

I know I didn't feel too good, but.

[Reed Blank]

No, but that was smart, bro. I don't think I would have thought about doing that. Yeah, I was just thinking about seeing like C ball get ball.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's kind of just what came to my head.

[Reed Blank]

But hey, man, it worked. Some people are just born different, man. You just want them ones.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's hand out some end of season game balls. I think one that's really obvious. The first one.

[Reed Blank]

History books. Who? I think Jalex.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay. Yeah, I think it's history. That one's obvious too, but I was gonna say Jordan Davis. Oh, my fault. They're both, they're both. They both deserve a game ball. Jordan Davis, first off, just. Dude, he's been playing well all season.

[Reed Blank]

He's been playing well. He's been keeping our. The vibes in the locker room.

[Cooper DeJean]

Big vibes guy. Great guys.

[Reed Blank]

Well, fun fact. He brings chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodle cookies.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Every walkthrough day on Saturday.

[Cooper DeJean]

Friday or Saturday? Saturday, I think. Yeah. Very nice.

[Reed Blank]

Fun fact.

[Cooper DeJean]

Then obviously Jalex, first ever Philadelphia Eagle to lead the team in interceptions and sacks.

[Reed Blank]

That's wild.

[Cooper DeJean]

Which is pretty cool.

[Reed Blank]

He did play safety before.

[Cooper DeJean]

He did play safety in college. Fun fact.

[Reed Blank]

Fun fact.

[Cooper DeJean]

For those of you that didn't know, JX did play safety in college for a little bit before moving to. Before moving to defensive end. So Dallas, obviously. Dallas Goddard, single season Eagles receiving touchdown record for A tight end. He's been receiving touchdowns. He had. I swear he had at least four from that little, little shuffle pass.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, no, he's elite for doing that.

[Cooper DeJean]

He is. Great player, Great guy. Great locker room guy too.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, he's hilarious.

[Cooper DeJean]

Bg Obviously coming back. Uncle. BG came out of retirement, moving inside to defensive tackle.

[Reed Blank]

Getting sacks.

[Cooper DeJean]

Getting sacks. He had.

[Reed Blank]

Was it.

[Cooper DeJean]

He had two in one game. I know that. For. For certain. They have four. They've been playing well.

[Reed Blank]

Maybe. I don't know.

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't know how many he has.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Cooper DeJean]

Then obviously our boy, Quinyanamo Bay. Yeah, he's been so good. Zero touchdowns and 500 plus snaps. The only corner in the league to do that.

[Reed Blank]

No, he's pretty good, ain't he?

[Cooper DeJean]

Pretty. Pretty insane to think about.

[Reed Blank]

Can do that.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's covered every team's best receiver all year. So.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, he just shows up and goes to work.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yep.

[Reed Blank]

Takes my speaker every day too.

[Cooper DeJean]

And then I think our. The final one, obviously AJ and Devonte, you know, they're the only wide receiver duo in Eagles history to produce a thousand yards in the same season for three years. I don't know if it's three years straight, but they've done it three times together, so that's. That's pretty cool to see. Just, you know, type of guys they are and type of players they are on. On the field. They're fun to watch out there. Seems like they just catch everything thrown their way.

[Reed Blank]

Catch everything, dude. It's kind of like how I think I could do that too. Loki, New year, new stuff to get tickets to Cuke.

[Cooper DeJean]

We got a little bit of everything coming up. We got the playoffs, Sixers games, Jason aldean, WrestleMania.

[Reed Blank]

That's WWE Coupe.

[Cooper DeJean]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blank]

Man, I just saw that. France, Ecuador, Croatia, Brazil. That's going to be some good football.

[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blank]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blank]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blank]

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[Reed Blank]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blank]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blank]

Oh, haven't done this in a while.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's time for our favorite segment, Exciting fits.

[Reed Blank]

And like I said, I feel like we had some good fizz this week. Oh, motion. Look at us.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, okay. Okay. White boy got a little motion.

[Reed Blank]

Hey, did you have. Did you have any music playing, bro?

[Cooper DeJean]

I did have music playing, actually, because.

[Reed Blank]

You know, it's funny because, like, I was trying to talk to you. He's like, I can't hear you. Why don't you listen to music right now? You never listen to music.

[Cooper DeJean]

Goes with the fit, bro.

[Reed Blank]

Okay, Whatever the wire, it does, it's good for you.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's better for you, obviously. Shout out Abercrombie and Fitch for the outfit. Obviously. We had to get the. The Kelly green little. Yeah, little toiletry bag in there, too. Kelly green week.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. I had to throw it back to my. To my roots a little bit, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Cowboy boots.

[Reed Blank]

Boots.

[Cooper DeJean]

What is it? Ostrich.

[Reed Blank]

Ostrich. Ostrich skin boots.

[Cooper DeJean]

Ostrich skin.

[Reed Blank]

Tova fit.

[Cooper DeJean]

Low key. Yeah. Yeah. Look at you. Shades. We're both rocking shades. Can't go wrong with the shades, I don't think.

[Reed Blank]

Can't go wrong with them, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Can't. Looks nice. Looks nice.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, I like it.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, we got some twins. Warren Nobe were at the Sixers game last night, obviously, and, yeah, he's he.

[Reed Blank]

Looks like I let him borrow my jacket.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I was gonna say joking.

[Reed Blank]

I'm joking.

[Cooper DeJean]

You let him borrow the jacket from. From the game. That was nice of you.

[Reed Blank]

No, I think he has his own, too. Yeah, just in my locker. Twin. Twin.

[Cooper DeJean]

Smitty put that on.

[Reed Blank]

He did all purple fit, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, that's tough. Purple's my favorite color. Fun fact.

[Reed Blank]

Is it really?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

When did that start?

[Cooper DeJean]

It's always been my favorite color.

[Reed Blank]

Wow. No, it's perfectly fine. I'm just asking, like, when did it become your favorite color? Like, what?

[Cooper DeJean]

It's been my favorite color, like, my whole life. That's what my school colors were in high school.

[Reed Blank]

Okay. Always. I like blue. Blue or red.

[Cooper DeJean]

I can't get down with blue or red. Sorry. Whatever. Nah. But Smitty looks smooth as always. Bg. What has BG got on?

[Reed Blank]

He's always laughing. He's probably talking. This picture.

[Cooper DeJean]

This guy, he's got a hoodie on. What kind of hoodie is that? I can't even tell. I don't know. Yeah, you can. He's definitely talking.

[Reed Blank]

He's got the bees.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's either talking or laughing.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, he's got the BGP sign, though.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, yeah, you do. Yeah, you do. Calm little outfit like that. Is it matching? It might be a matching.

[Reed Blank]

I think it is matching.

[Cooper DeJean]

Matching set. Looking fresh Uncle. Looking fresh. Saquon Barkley. I kind of like this fit.

[Reed Blank]

I do, too. Oh, that's a Nike fit.

[Cooper DeJean]

Like a bomber jacket, dude.

[Reed Blank]

That's tough.

[Cooper DeJean]

The shoes match the hat, and it goes well with the jacket, so it works.

[Reed Blank]

I like it.

[Cooper DeJean]

Now it's time for say cheese with Cooper Sharp. In the last episode, we asked you guys to share pictures of the whole family. Kids, parents, grandparents, generations of Eagles fans all in one pick for a chance to win some cooperation. Cheese merch.

[Reed Blank]

So let's see what we got.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's see it. Oh, we got a big family here on the. We got some Kelly Green on nice big family in Eagles gear. Love it.

[Reed Blank]

Shout out. Jackie Fred from Williamstown. Williamstown, New Jersey.

[Cooper DeJean]

Williamstown.

[Reed Blank]

Shout out.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, what is that? Is that a 33? Like, what do you call it? A vest. Looks like a vest. I like that one. Oh, wait, hold on. We're from Ida Grove, Iowa.

[Reed Blank]

Here.

[Cooper DeJean]

This is.

[Reed Blank]

Ms. Jessica Dreher Burke from Iowa.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, it is. I know these people. They're from what? My high school is in Ida Grove, Iowa. I live, like, 10%.

[Reed Blank]

You know them?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yes, I know these people.

[Reed Blank]

Oh. Shout out.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out.

[Reed Blank]

Shout out. Small Town.

[Cooper DeJean]

Love it.

[Reed Blank]

Who we got here from Christmas Day of 2023. Big fam there was watching the Eagles and Giants game during this time with Saquon at his X team. And to the right we got a pick at the link of last year on super bowl Sunday morning. Wow.

[Cooper DeJean]

Very nice. Very nice.

[Reed Blank]

Before we got the other Lombardi with submitted by Eric from Massachusetts. Nice. Thank you for that. Anything, Coop.

[Cooper DeJean]

All righty. Who's. You picked the winner. Who's the winner?

[Reed Blank]

You. Why do you want me to pick it?

[Cooper DeJean]

Because I want you to pick.

[Reed Blank]

Because you'll be biased. Yeah, I mean, okay, we cut that over there, but I would. I think the winner should be. I'll do the shout out hometown. Yeah, there we go. Let's do Iowa. Shout out to hometown.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out Iowa. Shout out Ida Grove. Shout out Odie Bolt. Shout out the Burke family, I believe.

[Reed Blank]

Yep. But thank you to everyone for sharing your pictures for say cheese with Cooper Sharp. And of course we'll get our winner some Cooper cheese merch.

[Cooper DeJean]

Exciting. Mike's is fueled by Cooper Sharp. From cheese steaks to bubbling Mac and cheese, Cooper cheese brings the flavor that makes every bite legendary. Find Cooper near [e-mail] and discover why fans have been hooked for more than 130 years. All right, we got the playoffs coming up this week at Lincoln Financial field against the 49ers. The 49ers are coming to town. What is your message to the young rookies for their first time, you know, being in the playoffs and really just everybody in. In general who. Who might not have been in the playoffs?

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, I mean, I would say still, I mean, there's no. There's no need to, like, overthink this type of game, this type of situation. I mean, we've. We. A lot of us have been here before, and we just need to just take each day, day by day and do what we do. And obviously this is winter go home, but I mean, we're going to be super focused, super locked in and, you know, not a lot of joking around and stuff. Like it's time to. Time to go to work and, you know, yeah, we need to do.

[Cooper DeJean]

But I also think it's not like you can't, like, change no what's got you here either, you know.

[Reed Blank]

No, obviously you need.

[Cooper DeJean]

You got to turn up the focus a little bit just because, you know, you know what's on the line. Everybody has the same goal. Everybody wants to get to one, one place and. But it's really about the process. You go through each and every day throughout the week. That's. That's huge. And you know, we've done that.

[Reed Blank]

Still. Have fun with it all, for sure. Like, ain't a time to get tight or anything, you know? Yeah, let's just do it, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

How. How needed was that. That week off last week? Well, it really wasn't a week off because we still practice.

[Reed Blank]

Really. It's still. Still practice here and there, but got.

[Cooper DeJean]

Sit out Vers versus the Commanders on. On Sunday, which was.

[Reed Blank]

I almost had to go in.

[Cooper DeJean]

Kind of nice, but a little bit stressful because Reed did almost have to go on. We were.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. Kind of the emergency guy. Unfortunately, Brandon went down and it's one of those things like, gotta be ready. And like, I didn't know. Like, I was like, you for real?

[Cooper DeJean]

Like, we're just trying to get warm the whole game.

[Reed Blank]

I was trying to get warm. I went straight to the bike. I. I never get on the bike, obviously, because I'm usually pretty solid warm the whole game. But yeah, I mean, with it being. It. It was pretty chilly with it being pretty cold, and then me like, not doing a whole lot throughout the game, like at all. I had to get my mind right, you know, real fast. I was ready to go, but I didn't have to go in, so.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yep, you're good. You're good. This Sunday, Lane Johnson could be the lineup.

[Reed Blank]

That's huge.

[Cooper DeJean]

We don't know for sure, but Lane Johnson could be back in the lineup. He's been out obviously with the. With an injury. He's been working though, most years, so. Yeah, I see him working every. Every single day.

[Reed Blank]

Every day.

[Cooper DeJean]

Just cool to see. Obviously, we got the 49ers coming to town. They got a lot of dynamic weapons on. On their offense. Good football team, great offensive scheme. Obviously, we've.

[Reed Blank]

We've seen Shanahan Tree.

[Cooper DeJean]

We've seen it a couple of times this year. Obviously, you know, it starts Christian McCaffrey, you know, and. And who he is and. And what he means to their offense. You know, I think it's. It's unheard of of, you know, seeing what he's done at. At his position. Yeah, I think he's.

[Reed Blank]

He's a Swiss army knife.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, he can do it all. You can line him up outside, line him up at running back, wherever he catches the ball really well at the backfield. So, you know, then. Then obviously they're their receivers and their tight end, George Kittle, one of. One of the best in. In the league.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. Yeah. They move the guys around a lot and use the motion to their advantage. And we just got to be ready to, to be on that, be on our P's and Q's.

[Cooper DeJean]

I mean, yeah, anytime you get down to, you know, playoff time, you're, you're kind of expecting a, I think you.

[Reed Blank]

See a wheel going close, a close.

[Cooper DeJean]

A close game and a dog fight, which is, you know, what you kind of have to set your mind mind for. And you know, I think that's what we love. We've been, we've been in a lot of close games this season and just gotta, just gotta have the mindset to go in there and do whatever it takes to win.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, just play our ball, man.

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[Reed Blank]

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[Reed Blank]

Holiday wrap. Bro, what did you get over Christmas, bro? What? What was your best Christmas gift? Quit trying to talk over me.

[Cooper DeJean]

My best Christmas gift. My best Christmas gift. What was my best Christmas gift? I mean, I didn't. I didn't put anything on my list for Santa Claus, so. Santa Claus just brought me some things he thought I needed. I got some, Some new slippers.

[Reed Blank]

You were wearing them before. Never mind.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, yeah, I've been wearing them. I've been wearing them like every single day.

[Reed Blank]

Give them a break, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Got a, A little sweatsuit. I got some socks. Fresh socks.

[Reed Blank]

Hey, the socks. Socks come in handy.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, they do. New socks. Underwear.

[Reed Blank]

That is nice.

[Cooper DeJean]

So I. Yeah, that was. That was amazing. And I got some snacks, so it was. It was cool.

[Reed Blank]

I thought that was one of your New Year's resolutions, not to eat snacks.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, but my mom. I mean, Santa Claus knows that I like snacks, so they're. They're healthy snacks too.

[Reed Blank]

Okay? There's no way. They're not. They're not.

[Cooper DeJean]

There's. There's no way.

[Reed Blank]

They're gummies.

[Cooper DeJean]

Peanut butter filled pretzels.

[Reed Blank]

Okay, then what else?

[Cooper DeJean]

That's my favorite snack of all time right there.

[Reed Blank]

And those are the gummy bears. The gummy bears and fruit snacks.

[Cooper DeJean]

The box is gone already, though. So.

[Reed Blank]

See, like now you got to read three books. You got three books, dude, you got to read throughout the whole year. You got to. Bro.

[Cooper DeJean]

What about you? What'd you get?

[Reed Blank]

Dude, I got a sick coffee maker.

[Cooper DeJean]

Coffee maker. Wow, ninja. You're becoming a dad and now you gotta start drinking coffee.

[Reed Blank]

You gotta play the part, man. Yeah, I. I can't drink it black yet, but.

[Cooper DeJean]

So first thing, you put like creamer in it or something or. What do you put in it?

[Reed Blank]

Well, we make like a lot of. Dude, it can make anything.

[Cooper DeJean]

You make like a latte, don't you?

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's not even coffee, bro.

[Reed Blank]

It is.

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't even count.

[Reed Blank]

It's still good though. That's the first thing me and Elsa did was unwrap it and put it in.

[Cooper DeJean]

Just get you. Get you some black coffee and put a lot of sugar in it. That's. I feel like that's.

[Reed Blank]

No, I know it's gonna be bad.

[Cooper DeJean]

Is that all you got? Just a coffee maker?

[Reed Blank]

No, I got a. So, like, I'm big into knives. I got a lot of knives and especially back home.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, yeah, that was. That was a fun fact about. You used to call it.

[Reed Blank]

And so I got a. A big, like, wooden box, like a knife case looking thing I can put all my knives in and showcase them.

[Cooper DeJean]

Nice. That's sick, bro.

[Reed Blank]

I know.

[Cooper DeJean]

Did. Was there any strawberry pretzel salad?

[Reed Blank]

No, but there was chocolate and gravy. Chocolate gravy and biscuits.

[Cooper DeJean]

Chocolate gravy and biscuits.

[Reed Blank]

It's just. It's a southern thing. It's not. Look, when people. When I say gravy, people think like, sausage gravy. Like, there's sausage and it's not. It's legit. Like cocoa. You put cocoa.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's.

[Reed Blank]

It's straight sugar.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's biscuits. It's biscuits and chocolate is what it is.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. You put it in a bowl and you eat it.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's not even gravy, though.

[Reed Blank]

That's what it's called.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's chocolate. Oh, this is chocolate.

[Reed Blank]

Over.

[Cooper DeJean]

Over. Oh, chocolate gravy. I thought you just said gravy.

[Reed Blank]

No, chocolate gravy and biscuits.

[Cooper DeJean]

Try it sometime.

[Reed Blank]

It's a staple. Knocked out of the park this year.

[Cooper DeJean]

No prime rib for me, unfortunately. I. I had tacos, I think, on Christmas.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, you weren't. You were invited to our house, but you shot it down, so.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I just chilled at home.

[Reed Blank]

Sorry, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Someone ordered a custom to Jean jersey with the space Da.

[Reed Blank]

Jean.

[Cooper DeJean]

D, E. Space. J, E, A, N. We're gonna have to get this guy a new jersey or something.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Help him out here. But I like the thought. It's the thought that counts.

[Reed Blank]

Hey, at least you got your jersey, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Not a lot of people have that.

[Cooper DeJean]

This is your. This was your last holiday, Last Christmas holiday and last New Year as a family of two.

[Reed Blank]

No. You know what's crazy? That's. We were more excited about what would it be like next year you play Santa Claus. I am. What do you mean?

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, you are Santa Claus. Sorry.

[Reed Blank]

No, I'm not. I'm. I'm Santa Claus's helper.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, you're. You're an elf.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, we talk. We talk to each other, you know, but no, it's gonna be sick because this ain't gonna be like.

[Cooper DeJean]

She's not gonna really understand yet, but.

[Reed Blank]

I know, but it's just being able to, like, bring that magic back is gonna be sick. Yeah. Who I'll be A little kid I won't make. I won't make my wife be Santa Claus. So I can just.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh. Do you. Did you have any New Year's resolutions?

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

What are some of your goals for 2026?

[Reed Blank]

I guess I said read a little bit more.

[Cooper DeJean]

Still be too. I need to read a book.

[Reed Blank]

Like, I don't know why I do that. Yeah, you need to read more than three books, dude. You need to read, like, at least a book a month if you're going to do that. Not just three books in a year.

[Cooper DeJean]

I read. I'll read. I'll read four books this year. Market.

[Reed Blank]

So you already failed the first resolution. You said no.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm gonna stop. I'm gonna stop eating snacks, too. That's a lot sometimes. I'm gonna cut back on it. How about that?

[Reed Blank]

Whatever, dude. Did you have any. Did you have a New Year's kiss?

[Cooper DeJean]

I did not have a New Year's kiss. And that's okay. Maybe next year. Maybe next year.

[Reed Blank]

That is okay. I don't even think. No, I don't even think. Me and Elsa kissed on.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, you go to bed at like, 9:00'. Clock.

[Reed Blank]

Sorry, didn't know that was against the rules. I did. K. The thing is, like, I always. We did before I leave.

[Cooper DeJean]

We did have work or football the next day, so.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, I always kiss her before I leave in the morning. So, like, I kissed her, but she was like, you didn't kiss me at all. Well, I'm like, yes, I did. You were still asleep, though. Or you are half asleep. You legit looked at me. It's all right. She's going.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's nice of you.

[Reed Blank]

She's growing another human.

[Cooper DeJean]

I will not be addressing the rumors either, so.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, so let's address.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're not addressing the rumors. We'll just let it ride out.

[Reed Blank]

You sure? I know. I'm joking.

[Cooper DeJean]

Podcast wrapped.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, that's it. We're not shooting anymore. We're calling it quits.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're done.

[Reed Blank]

We're done joking.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's. It's been fun, though. It's like a first. It's our. Our first full year filming the podcast.

[Reed Blank]

And how we merged into the remote part of it. I feel like we do a really good job doing that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Merged into it.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. I don't know what. We're gonna have to get some feedback. What do they. What do they think is best, the remote or the in person?

[Reed Blank]

I like the remote.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I mean, it doesn't really. As long as I get to talk to my buddy you know.

[Reed Blank]

Oh, is that. Is that why you pop on here?

[Cooper DeJean]

We were named Spotify, one of Spotify's best sports shows in 2025.

[Reed Blank]

That's tough, bro.

[Cooper DeJean]

Pretty cool. Shout out to everybody who listened and.

[Reed Blank]

And everybody who gets to interact with our post this podcast together. Shout out behind the scenes and the.

[Cooper DeJean]

AAR production team and everybody who helps what you do. They're amazing.

[Reed Blank]

They are a.

[Cooper DeJean]

All we do. All we do is come on here and film the podcast like we.

[Reed Blank]

Like we do every day. We just talk in front of a.

[Cooper DeJean]

Camera outside of that. So what. What are some of your favorite moments from the. From the pod. From shooting podcast over this past year?

[Reed Blank]

I'll say one of them was announcing that I'm.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, that was pretty cool. We're gonna start this podcast off with how we do it every single week with what's exciting you this week. I think. Hold on. I think we got to talk about Reed's little dancy dance that he.

[Reed Blank]

Wait, hold on. Before we get that to that, though.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay, we got.

[Reed Blank]

You got some. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Reed's got some exciting, exciting news.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. I can finally let the cat out of the bag. Get some of his. I am going to be a dad.

[Cooper DeJean]

Reed's gonna be a dad.

[Reed Blank]

Yes. And especially a girl dad.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Let's go. Let's go.

[Cooper DeJean]

Baby juiced. You excited?

[Reed Blank]

So that's why I was dancing like that too, you know. Of course I'm excited.

[Cooper DeJean]

You excited? That's a. That's a big step, dude.

[Reed Blank]

I've been waiting. I mean, you've known for weeks now.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I've known for a while. Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

But I finally get to let it out.

[Cooper DeJean]

You're gonna have another human being to take care of, not just me anymore.

[Reed Blank]

I know. Maybe learn. Learn some stuff. I feel like that was one of my favorite moments, I guess also too is getting some of the dudes on here. Some of the guys.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I think it was cool to. To get some of the guys on here. Also, I think talking to Jason Kelsey and the clip of him how he saying how he thinks they beat the. You know, they beat us 2017 team. We. If we lined up the 2017. 2018 team against our team last year.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Be honest.

[Chris]

I saw you guys ask this Chris.

[Cooper DeJean]

What do you think, Chris? He said that I think last year's team would. Would win.

[Chris]

I think especially by the time we had been the Stru bowl, you know, we had already lost our starting quarterback. Jason Peters is out. Darren Sprouls was out. And like, listen, we. We won. But you know, it took everything we had to beat the Patriots. And you guys beat the team that's been the best team in the NFL for pretty much.

[Reed Blank]

I mean, what?

[Chris]

Almost. I mean, Pat Mahomes has been in the conference championship every year of his career. Just finished the seventh season.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Chris]

And you guys, like, it wasn't even close.

[Reed Blank]

No.

[Chris]

So watching how you guys ended the season, I don't know how you could realistically think that we would beat you guys, but I'll tell you this, just being a competitor, we beat the out of you.

[Reed Blank]

I was honestly waiting on you to say that. Waiting on it. That's crazy. And the last. I'd say the last one was the. The cut of when we were talking about Philly slang. Oh, yeah, you said go Birds.

[Cooper DeJean]

Go Birds.

[Reed Blank]

Dickhead. What is your favorite? Like, Philly slang?

[Cooper DeJean]

Philly slang.

[Reed Blank]

I don't even know if I can say half of them right.

[Cooper DeJean]

I think some people, when they come up to me, they'll be like, they'll say, go birds, dickhead.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

A lot of. That's what it was.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. A lot of people.

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't know if we can put that in there. It's like, a lot of people say, that's like, I like John. John's probably one of my favorite because. John.

[Reed Blank]

Is that how you say it?

[Cooper DeJean]

John?

[Reed Blank]

Did you say John or John?

[Cooper DeJean]

John.

[Reed Blank]

It's John.

[Cooper DeJean]

John.

[Reed Blank]

Wow. I might be fact checked on that. I don't know.

[Cooper DeJean]

De. John.

[Reed Blank]

Wish that my name has pretty sick water. Dude, when I tell you I have never in my entire life heard water be pronounced something totally different.

[Cooper DeJean]

Me neither. Water. Is it Philly people or is it people from South? Like south.

[Reed Blank]

Is it just like the. The region is in general.

[Cooper DeJean]

Is it Philly? Philly too.

[Reed Blank]

And I. I'm not.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm not Philly, South Jersey. It's water. Water to water to them.

[Reed Blank]

But like the first time I. I heard it, I'm like, what?

[Cooper DeJean]

What? Did you say what?

[Reed Blank]

But you got me from Alabama and water.

[Cooper DeJean]

Alabama water. I've seen that all over the place.

[Reed Blank]

That's. Yeah, that's a stable.

[Cooper DeJean]

Who is your dream future guest on the podcast? Who would you like to get on here?

[Reed Blank]

Depends on what you're going for. Like, I feel like I.

[Cooper DeJean]

What are you going for?

[Reed Blank]

I. I can feel. I feel like I can go two ways. I feel like we should get. Have somebody like talk about conspiracies on here and just. I just want to be mind blown just to see like all these theories and then, I mean, that could have. We could get some. One of our teammates to do that. You know, they come here, talk about conspiracies. I guess that's kind of.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, I think. I think we got to get Arthur Brown on here.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah, I think that's what I was trying to go for. Definitely. Aj, let's say aj. Let's see future Arthur.

[Cooper DeJean]

Arthur.

[Reed Blank]

Arthur. Sorry.

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't know, maybe Shane Gillis.

[Reed Blank]

I was gonna say Shane Gillis because I want to laugh.

[Cooper DeJean]

Miles Teller maybe too.

[Reed Blank]

Miles Teller. Any. Honestly, anybody who wants to join. Sure. You can have a good time.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, you'd have a great time. What. What do you think is more pressure filming podcast or playing football?

[Reed Blank]

Playing football while filming a podcast. That is pressure.

[Cooper DeJean]

Playing football for sure.

[Reed Blank]

Playing football. Yeah. I mean, we. We come on the podcast and we just do the exact same thing we would do.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. We got a great team behind us who. Who makes things easy on us. So.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. So definitely just playing football.

[Cooper DeJean]

What do you think? Who do you think's a better podcaster?

[Reed Blank]

Who you talking about, me or you?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I feel like, first off, I feel like we've both gotten better as the times went on, but I feel.

[Reed Blank]

Like I. I can't be good unless you're good or you're. You can't be good because I feel like we build off each other.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Go say. You want to say is you, don't you?

[Cooper DeJean]

No. That's why we film together, because we're like. We're like white on rice. You know what I'm saying?

[Reed Blank]

I like that.

[Cooper DeJean]

That could be like peanut butter and jelly.

[Reed Blank]

Who's the jelly?

[Cooper DeJean]

We like ketchup on a hot dog. We're like a hot dog in a bun, you know?

[Reed Blank]

Yeah. I don't want to say that analogy.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're like.

[Reed Blank]

Is that what it's called?

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't know. What else do we like?

[Reed Blank]

I like white on rice.

[Cooper DeJean]

White on rice. Yeah, that's. That's a good one. Yeah. But I think we go well together. We're back with another fan Q and A Today. We have Mariana. Mariana joining us. How are we doing? Thanks for. Thanks for coming on.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

I'm doing great. Thank you for having us. How are you guys doing?

[Cooper DeJean]

Fantastic. Fantastic. What's your hard hitting question you have for us?

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Oh, it's very hard hitting. So I currently live in la, but I grew up in Villanova, so outside of Philly. So I grew up going to games at the Link and everything. Um, but since moving and just throughout life, have gone to so many other stadiums in so many other cities. It seems like no matter where you are, you always hear, as a fan, just absolutely wild things coming out of people's. People's mouths. Um, and as a fan, I always wonder if you guys tune it out or what of it you hear. So I'm curious. What's the craziest shit talk that you've been told? Whether it was. Is to you or to a teammate?

[Cooper DeJean]

I mean. Yeah, there's been some crazy. Yeah. I'm trying to figure out what we could say.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

I don't know.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Some might be, you know, nsfw.

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't know if I like the way how. I like how you set up your question. That was. That was cool.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Thank you.

[Cooper DeJean]

But it wasn't. This one wasn't directed at me. But this was last year, like, second game of the season. Someone was talking shit to Saquon, telling him that he needs to go back to the Giants after. I believe it was after the Falcons game. He had dropped a pass on, like, third down, third and short, and someone was mad in the stands, and they were telling him that. That he needs to go back.

[Reed Blank]

One of our fans said that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. Pretty sure that was like a welcome, welcome to Philly moment, I guess you could say.

[Reed Blank]

I think.

[Cooper DeJean]

And then he went on to rush for 2,000 yards and won the super bowl, so.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

And then I think everyone's probably pretty happy regardless.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. Maybe not ever.

[Reed Blank]

Sure.

[Cooper DeJean]

I mean, I don't know. Me and Reed are two white guys playing defensive back, which is.

[Reed Blank]

That's not really a good mix sometimes.

[Cooper DeJean]

So, I mean, you could only use your imagination. Just use your imagination. So.

[Reed Blank]

Got it.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

So the worst things have been probably said in Philadelphia from our own fans.

[Reed Blank]

No, no, no, no. I wouldn't say that.

[Cooper DeJean]

That was just one example.

[Reed Blank]

Gotcha.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Got it.

[Cooper DeJean]

So.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Well, that's. I guess I'll. I'll use my imagination for the rest.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. There you go.

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Our next guest on exciting mics for the fan Q and A. We have Meg here with us. How we doing? Good.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

How are you guys? Happy New Year.

[Cooper DeJean]

Great. Happy New Year. Thank you.

[Reed Blank]

New Year.

[Cooper DeJean]

Happy New Year. Are you from. Are you from Philly?

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Yes. I live in Manayunk.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay.

[Reed Blank]

Nice.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Yeah. So all the way up on the hill.

[Reed Blank]

On the hill, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Reed, do you know how to spell that? Can you spell that for me?

[Reed Blank]

M, man. M A N Many you were M.

[Cooper DeJean]

A, N.

[Reed Blank]

U Y.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Almost. You're missing one. An A.

[Reed Blank]

Or is it. Is it like M A N, Y. Oh, M A N A Y, U.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

N K. Yeah, exactly.

[Cooper DeJean]

Wow. Good job. Good job, Re.

[Reed Blank]

Thanks, bro.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

That's easier than, like, Balakinwood. That one's tough.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I never even heard of that neither.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

That's okay. You don't need to. Other sides are over. You're fine.

[Reed Blank]

All right. Stay away from there.

[Cooper DeJean]

What is your hard hitting question for us today?

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Sure. So it's kind of two parts. So in the kind of vein of New Year's, one thing you think about is resolutions and also kind of things that you're proud of. So my first question is, if there were to be a locker room show and tell of something you're proud of, what would it be? And it can't be anything boring like a Super bowl ring with, like, diamonds on the wings that, like, pop out, like something like, really exciting.

[Reed Blank]

Really exciting. So it has to be from the locker room.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

No, no, no. It would. You would do this show until 8:00'.

[Reed Blank]

Clock. Oh, oh, oh, oh.

[Cooper DeJean]

Show and tell. Wow. This is something that we're proud of.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Yeah. Or just like, you're excited about.

[Cooper DeJean]

My puppy.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

That's a good one.

[Cooper DeJean]

Could I bring my puppy into the locker room show and tell?

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

I mean, I don't have those credentials, I would assume. Yes, but that's a great one.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'd probably bring my dog. Yeah, that'd be cool.

[Reed Blank]

I don't even know. What would I do?

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

This is supposed to be, like, fun, not stressful.

[Reed Blank]

This is very stressful because. I don't know.

[Cooper DeJean]

I have.

[Reed Blank]

I don't. I have no idea.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Okay, well, like, if you go to the beach and you find like a seashell, that could be one, like something from your family time. Or I guess it could also just be Cooper's dog.

[Mariana (Fan Q&A Guest)]

That's fine, too.

[Reed Blank]

I can bring my lightsaber.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Yes. Great. That's such a good one.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I love that out of you. It's a good one.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Second question. And this one's definitely more hard hitting. If there were a locker room talent show, this is kind of like, you know, New Year's Eve is about performances. So what would your talent show act be? Bonus points if you perform it right now. I will allow outfit changes.

[Reed Blank]

Oh.

[Cooper DeJean]

Well, I. I'd have to prepare for the talent show first off.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

That's fair. That's fair. We appreciate that.

[Reed Blank]

I think I would sing, but I'm not singing on this podcast. Oh, okay.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

What about like, a little like, you know, Star Spangled Banner?

[Reed Blank]

No, I think I would.

[Cooper DeJean]

You would sing?

[Reed Blank]

Well, what else would I do? I can dance. I'll Dance.

[Cooper DeJean]

Can you sing, though?

[Reed Blank]

Yeah.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

You can sing?

[Reed Blank]

Maybe a little. Not really.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Well, I feel like you have to play a couple bars now.

[Reed Blank]

Nope, they ain't getting that out of me.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'd do some basketball. Basketball tricks. Dunk. Dunking.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Do some dunks. Do some shots.

[Reed Blank]

I was not thinking that. I was thinking you can dance, though.

[Cooper DeJean]

You could dance. You got a little rhythm, dude.

[Reed Blank]

I think I can learn. I think I would try to learn, like, a Dancing with the Stars dance.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

That is so fun.

[Cooper DeJean]

Who would be your. Would you bring your wife to be your partner?

[Reed Blank]

Probably, if I could.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Do whatever season.

[Reed Blank]

Did I watch it, Alex? I guess I did because my wife was watching it.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Okay, so is there, like, a move that you guys could do? Like, I think it was, like, there was one with, like, Dylan Efron, and he, like, held his partner, and then she, like, went down as if she was floating.

[Cooper DeJean]

Like, I saw that.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Do you think you could pull that off with Elsie stuff?

[Reed Blank]

I think. I think I'm strong enough to do that.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

I think I. I am confident, and I will circle back on this, and I do hope to see this on the podcast later on a little act.

[Reed Blank]

Hey. What? Me and Elsa might just take dancing classes one day.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blank]

Just show everybody.

[Cooper DeJean]

I like it. Now you got to try that move after the podcast is on you video. Yeah. All right.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

I think all the listeners and viewers would like it as well.

[Reed Blank]

They would say, I can get behind that. I like that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Thank you.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Thank you so much.

[Cooper DeJean]

Appreciate it so much.

[Meg (Fan Q&A Guest)]

Of course. All right, bye, guys.

[Cooper DeJean]

Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Exciting Mics.

[Reed Blank]

Remember to, like, comment, share, and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast.

[Cooper DeJean]

Drop your questions in the comment section below and you could be joining us next week live in the episode.

[Reed Blank]

And as always, always, we appreciate you, your support and everything, and we'll see you soon. Go birds.

[Cooper DeJean]

Go, birds.