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Melbourne Mike

Melbourne Mike

Melbourne-based NFL fan and recurring guest on the Australian Philadelphia Eagles podcast "Birds down under," appearing to preview games like Cowboys vs Eagles and the Rams vs 49ers Melbourne matchup.

Sep 10, 2026

Birds down under

Birds down under

Melbourne Mike and Tennessee John join the show

Sep 10 · 13m

speaker_0HOST
2:03
What the hell happened there?
Melbourne Mike
Melbourne MikeGUEST
2:05
Yeah, so he had some ligament damage from last year and they've been trying to see if it would hold up and it had been fine through training camp.
Melbourne Mike
Melbourne MikeGUEST
2:13
But in the second last pad of practice before the regular season, he damaged it again and they decided better to get the surgery now, be out for six weeks in the early part of the season and then come back.
Melbourne Mike
Melbourne MikeGUEST
2:26
Fortunately, we have a talented backup who is not Smith, but he's not bad.
Melbourne Mike
Melbourne MikeGUEST
2:35
So he will be able to step in.
Melbourne Mike
Melbourne MikeGUEST
2:37
And he did play quite a lot of guard last year due to the number of injuries that we had.
Melbourne Mike
Melbourne MikeGUEST
2:41
So he's not playing his first game.
speaker_0HOST
6:02
pre-game footage like you do and you're probably like shut up I haven't looked at all at all pre-game footage but what are your thoughts about this particular matchup what interests you

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