The Most Competitive Commanders Camp

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Uh, the OTAs have not only been really well attended, they've been very vibrant and energetic. Um, we have a lot of very, very interesting, um, we have a lot of interesting, um, positional battles that have now brewed. And I would say that this is. And I don't. I don't even think it's really. This is the deepest team that they've had. Now we can argue whether they have enough impact players to take that depth to the places we would hope they'd be able to go. And we can talk about that through the course of this show and obviously through the rest of the spring and summer and see if Adam Peters does do any other moves to improve the roster. And we can talk about. We'll talk about all these position groups here. But overall, and largely, um, this is. I don't even think it's even close. The deepest team that they've had and they have. What I think is. I think they've done a really, really good job. I keep. I know I keep lauding them over and over, and I don't. I don't listen. I think the. The front office did an amazing job checking off a bazillion boxes, and they had a lot of them to check. Um, and I think there was genuine concern after last year. I've said this a million times. I understood what they did last year off of 12 and 5, which was probably ahead of schedule. But you know what? So maybe you have a supernov quarterback, and they were 12 and 5. And yeah, there were a lot of reasons where there were a lot of games that went their way, and it was a magic carpet ride. But why not just run it back? Especially when your options really, in the Free agency class of a year ago were not really as robust as the ones that were there this year. And I know some people said like, well, this class wasn't that good for them. It was. They needed to pass rusher, there were options there, they needed linebackers, there was options there, like at higher end and not, you know, not overly expensive, but like role player Chanel is what I'm talking about. Like they were available here to be brought in and improve the team. And after last year, it just. So many things were exposed because things did not go very well. A lot of it did have to do with injuries and other circumstances as well. But we knew all along this isn't just about that, that they couldn't just blame the injuries. And they attacked it. I mean, they really attacked this offseason and really put their nose down and really said we need to reshape the roster. And if this franchise gets to the places they hope to get to, which is hopefully championship level football, hopefully, we're celebrating and we're having a parade at some point, but we're also competitive year after year after year. The way the Niners have been over the past, you know, five to 10 years, the way the Patriots were for a very long time, the way the Chiefs have been, the Bills have been, you know, the Eagles have been, you know, the teams that have become standard bearers consistently year after year. The Rams, like, year after year, you want to be in this. The Ravens have been this too, where you want to be in it. You're one of the contenders. They teams have to beat you. And we don't just have a one off, which I'm hoping 2024 is not that. And if they do get to that point, you're going to look back at this off season and you're going to say that was the off season. It happened, um, not the first off season. This off season, the first off season, they cobbled together everything they could possibly cobble together, rework a roster and brought in a lot of pros here and everything just fit and it was lightning in a bottle. And at year two, they found out that running it back wasn't, you know, ended up not being the plan that would have worked best for them. So they scrapped it and they started again anew amid a different core of people that are here to build around. And I think they've done, and we'll see what the results are, but I think they've done. And, uh, if they don't have the, you know, the preposterous amount of bad luck with injuries. Again, I think they've done an incredible job. Where's this going to end up? I don't know, but I do feel very confident, especially about the depth of the roster, which led to, you know, Dan Quinn saying this the other day, which I couldn't agree with more. And I think last year, one of the stories was that training camp, I don't really think went that well. And this year there's probably going to be some different intensity, um, so different priorities. Probably less days off because they have fewer veterans that need that time off than they had in the past. And most importantly, the depth now brings out a natural competition amidst the roster, which always ups the ante in camp in general. So I'm very excited for the start of training camp to see how this all shakes out, because there are a lot of spots where I don't think we know the answer to who's going to play the prominent role in these positions, but they have options at it. It's not voids. They just don't know who's going to step up to do it. So here was Dan Quinn, uh, before the final open OTA earlier this week. On the competition of camp.

Speaker D: I do fully expect this to be our most competitive camp that we've had, you know, in going into year three. And so those are good. That's what it's. That's when you're kind of pushing everybody to see where we can get to. So I'll be excited for that time. I'm not thinking there yet, but, um, there is an element of, like, there's going to be some battles that you guys are going to be covering that it's not going to be decided after one day. And, um, there's going to be times, you know, like, we're going to work our way all the way through it.

Speaker B: So let's start on the defensive side of the ball. Um, and I want to start with the D line, which, I don't know, has an extraordinary amount of unknowns. Adafe Owe, obviously, is a starter. Uh, Duron Payne, Javon Kinlaw, Tim Settle has been brought in, hasn't been able to practice much because he's overcoming an offseason injury. Um, but he's going to be a primary backup, if not a prominent role player for them. They bring back people like, um, Dietrich Wise, who's coming off a major injury, hasn't practiced much yet. Let's see what he does for them. They bring in Charles Amenahu from Kansas City, who figures to be a Versatile part for them, they draft Joshua Josephs. Is he an outside linebacker? Is he an edge rusher? Does he fall in that category? Uh, I'm not totally sure. They, um, have a carryover in Javante. John Baptiste, who missed a lot of the season last year, is one of the many injured players. Dorrit Armstrong has not been proud practicing much yet, but he'll come back. They have a couple of veteran defensive tackles like shy Tuttle who are going to play a role in terms of having competition for run stopper type of stuff back up in the middle of the defensive line. Just do the numbers here, like, like I said at this position group there are not a lot of surprises to come here. You know, unlike some of the other position groups where we can go, let's see how that shakes out. But at this position group itself, um, the numbers are just not great for everybody. So I look at like the drafting of, uh, Joshua Joseph's, the signing of oa, you have people like Luvu who can kind of be a versatile part, who could be kind of an edge at times, a blitzer, a guy who's moving forward, go downhill. So what does that do for a carryover like Javante John Baptiste? I don't really totally know, you know, like, so some of the younger guys who are looking for a place in this new aggressive defense, it's going to be tough. So the numbers are, let's just put it this way, they're deep again, especially assuming settles healthy, which I assume they think he's going to be. Armstrong's healthy and then wise, who I think was an underrated huge injury from a year ago. When that happened back in week two last year, I think that was a. They were counting on him to be the edge setter for them and his injury had no injury history. And that injury really started to domino affect the defense a little bit a year ago. All right, so that's the defensive line where there's going to be a tremendous amount of competition, I think for. And I'll be watching more for what are the packages that they're doing with people? Where are they putting pain? Where is Kinlaw? Where are they lining up oa, does he just stay where, you know, is he a one spot player or they just say go get the ball. Are they going to move him around a little bit? How does Luvu fit into that? Has Joseph's fit into that? Like, so we're going to watch I think for packages there. When we get to linebackers though, this has gotten a, this has become an extremely interesting group. They needed to get younger faster. I know everybody was kind of yelling, you know, last year, get McGee on the field. Um, Wagner, you know, had lost a step. But his locker room leadership, um, his ability, his run stopping ability, his instincts, his captainship of the team, none of that should have been underrated through. As the, you know, season progressed and the defense went the way it went, it was not a surprise that this is the direction the team had gone. And especially after drafting Sonny Styles and then signing Leo Chane in free agency, bringing back Frankie Luvu, suddenly they've got a very robust group that is pretty young. Chanel's very young in his career. Styles obviously is a rookie. They have a couple of carryovers in Kane Medrano, who I think we're trying to figure out exactly what his best position is. Is he a big safety, is he a small linebacker? Uh, his speed is a real, is a real asset for him. But where does he fall in line with all of these other people around them? What's Louvre's role? We talked about that earlier this week. Um, he is on an expiring contract. Um, when asked what his role is, his answer kind of was just be downhill. So it hasn't really been at least verbalized. Not that they need to tell us, but like, it hasn't really been verbalized exactly what his role is. But all of the sudden, again, do the numbers again, just think about all of these people and go, okay, like, they can't all be there. So who is going to win the. Like, we know Styles, number seven overall pick. Chanel's a free agen signing. I'm assuming Luvu, you know, is going to be worked into this system as well. Um, but the others and the younger guys, you know, this is going to be interesting to watch as they try to have a competition. And Luvu himself was even asked about the competition and he said it's evident throughout the building.

Speaker E: Man, we competing everywhere in the meeting rooms. You got coaches and players going with each other against push ups. We, I want to feel on the bags, um, you know, getting to the ball, getting the ball out. It's just like little places and edges where we can find this, getting better and competing. Now we're going to find that. So, um, you can find it everywhere in the meeting room and on the field as well.

Speaker B: Secondary. Do we know that the corners that they're running into camp right now are the total group of corners they're going to have? I think that remains somewhat of an open question right now. We're waiting on Treamus to come back. He's a starter on the outside for them. Mike Sanders still figures to be the starter. On the opposite side of him, Amik, um, Robertson figures to be their slot corner. There might be some interchangeability between those two, Sandra still and Robertson, and we'll see. I've been talking to a number of people who like, kind of watched Minnesota the last couple of years and went, you know, don't get overly concerned about depth at corner. They don't use a lot of them. There's more safeties, there's more linebackers. Um, you. We are seeing in, you know, at least the limited parts of camp that we've seen so far. It's a lot of rotational safeties coming in and around. So how many corners are on the field at one time is going to be an interesting thing to watch develop in training camp and into the season. So maybe there is less of a necessity to have a ton of corners in terms of depth, but it does feel like there is room for one more primary outside corner. That could be a Kello Witherspoon who's on the team right now. They brought back Antonio Hamilton, who they're very happy with on, um, special teams and had some spot roles, especially late in the season last year when things were lost where he was an impact player. He's been around the league for a long time, a veteran. There are a couple of young corners, namely Carlin Vigors, you know, who was really eyed by the previous defensive staff. But he's in year two now, so maybe there's some growth there. Can he kind of jump up and make an impact? I don't know. I keep feeling like if the right outside corner because they have ameek and you know, Sandra still prototypically looks like a slot corner. I feel like if they, if that person materializes over the next, you know, couple of months, that I think that would be an addition for them. So in terms of the competition, there doesn't feel like there's much room. And this is a pretty predictable group that's going to end up making the 53 unless there is an addition, and that's possibility that could happen. As for the safeties, that's an interesting one. So they signed Nick Cross. They love Will Harris. They're on the field all the time. They're going to have prominent roles. I can't wait to see how they utilize them. That's going to be very interesting, especially Cross, where I think you can move him around and so let's see what they do with him. So there's those two, Jeremy Reeves, who they love on special teams and obviously played a lot last year. Once injuries, once again, especially specifically to Will Harris occurred. Played a lot. Percy Butler, they already extended him. They love him on special teams. Got a lot of speed. He's not a primary defensive starter, but he's good part of the defense there. That's number four, which gets us to Quan Martin. Quan Martin. You know, I'm not exactly sure what his role is. In the same way I would say about Frankie Luvu, where I'm like, I'm pretty sure they're on the team and I'm pretty sure they're going to have roles, but I can't quite define exactly what that is. Does Kwon move closer to the line? Uh, is he more in the slot? Is he going to be able to cover on the back end when necessary? I think there's a lot of questions about where he kind of fits in all of this. And again, similarly to, well, different than corner, I think there's a. It feels like there's going to be a necessity for more safeties than corners in this defensive look that they bring. So does that give more room for those who feel like they're fighting for spots when in the past they might not have been? Does that put them, um, in a different position? It's hard to know. But again, this is going to be an interesting one to watch. Where Quan plays, what his role is, how much of a role does he have? Does he look more like a slot corner, a box safety? Does he play back? I think it's going to be very interesting to see how that plays out. That's the defensive side of the ball. Let's do the offensive side next. It's playoff season in the NHL and the NBA and everything that you are looking forward to service all of your needs. Go to FanDuel. They've got all of the series outcomes, the spreads, the, uh, props, everything you could possibly want to get you ready for the NHL playoffs and the NBA playoffs. I know the seasons ended a little prematurely, especially on the ice here in Washington, but this is shaping up to be an amazing, amazing playoff season in hockey. So many of the regulars are not in this year. It is the NH what the hell going on this year? 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Speaker B: All right, welcome back. Titian on offense, I think starts and ends at wide receiver. Um, as we are awaiting and this is the I don't know how many more days I can take of Brandon Iuk posting something on social media more than suggesting that he's trying to come here. Um, until it is rectified with San Francisco, how his contract's going to play out. And maybe his move right now is just be so noisy that they get Annoyed with it because the end is near for this. He is not going to be on their team. The larger question is how are they going to separate from one another? Are the Niners going to bite the bullet and just let him go? I don't know why they would do that now. There's no rush to do something like that, but maybe they don't. You know, his only leverage is, you're not going to like this distraction. Um, that said, you know, the Niners will have a minicamp or whatever, and then they're off on a break and they're not doing any media availabilities. So let's see how that long that goes for and how much noise he can make. Uh, if he is free and clear, obviously there's a lot of belief that Washington would be interested, but we'll have to see how it plays out, and right now he's not. Um, as for Stefan Diggs, there was some things that needed to be clarified in personal conduct that the NFL cleared him of, so I think that that makes teams probably more comfortable with the idea of signing him. Um, I haven't heard any kind of fervor to bring him in here. Uh, but he is available and he is a viable veteran target who's had. Maybe he's on the other side of his career now, but he has moments still in him and he's a big time performer and I actually have heard good things about him as a teammate. So, you know, if that's the direction they go, then that's the direction they go. It feels like this is more about waiting out the IUK situation, but let's just see what happens. What if neither come in? Possibility, right? That's a possibility similar to corner. It does feel like maybe there is somebody else coming. It could be Ayuk. It could be Diggs. It could be someone else who might be a surprise. K. Sean Booty's name came up recently with New England because of the trade for A.J. brown, because of the acquisition and free agency of Dobbs. All of a sudden, the New England receiver room is much different than it was. And Booty, who's young, played at lsu, um, might be someone who's, you know, available to be acquired. I don't know. You know, is he going to be cut? I don't know. But available to be acquired, uh, because it's a crowded room suddenly, and he obviously is not in line to get a big payday any LONGER now that A.J. brown is there and they've already spent money at the other receiver position, so let's see what happens there. He could be an interesting name just to kind of watch, you know, as we head into camp. But the receivers, as it stands now, is the group that they have. Terry McClaren is there. Clear. A plus, number one. Um, he looks and sounds like Terry again, which is really, really good. Opposite side. Let's call. Let's call Williams A3. Just for the sake of. Traditionally, you call the slot movable piece A3. Let's call now. Let's just earmark him to be a starter. Um, I have a hard time buying that. Like, while I know that they really like Luke McCaffrey and I know they really like Jalen Lane, they didn't draft Antonio Williams to play behind them. And considering, you know, they're looking for firepower, I'm going to assume that he. He's going to very quickly take over that role. So let's call that the three. The one that is really up in the air is what we're calling two. If you watched, you know, practice over the first, you know, few weeks here, the limited amount we got to see, you would think that trail and Burks is kind of tracking towards that. And right now, because of his, you know, ceiling and upside and physical attributes, that would make a lot of sense. I, you know, for me, you know, because of all the injuries, um, he's. Listen, he's a spectacular athlete. He's made spectacular plays. He made one of them last year. That was, like, out of this world for this team. Are they. Or do they. And this. Only they can answer this question. Do they feel like he is a week by week, week after week performer that they can trust, that he's going to put up the type of numbers that are necessary for someone who's going to be on the field for 50 to 65 snaps a game and give you the type of, you know, um, impact that you need from that position, and only they can really answer that. But, you know, obviously, like, he is a viable contender for this role, and I don't know that they have anybody that's specifically more inclined to take that role. As for McCaffrey, I think he's pretty safe. He is a, you know, he's a big, uh, time contributor on special teams. They do like him. There is growth for him to be made, and maybe there is an upside for him. Now, year three, uh, here working primarily as a receiver. Remember, he was a quarterback for a long time in college. Jalen Lane is their primary punt returner. We'll see if he becomes A kick returner or not, but he's primary punt returner, a lot of speed, could be a gadget player on offense. Clearly not, you know, eyed as the number two or three on this team, but has a very prominent role for them. So he's there. That's five. Okay. You've got Van Jefferson who was signed, um, you know, professional wide receiver. Uh, he's got a shot to make it on this team. Um, they've got a lot of young guys. Nick, uh, Nash is probably going to be someone we're going to be watching in camp. Jacoby Jones is a carryover. There's a undrafted free agent by the name of jaden Bradley who's 6 4. So you're going to see him and feel him in camp as well. There is, right now it feels like there is some room for a young receiver to kind of step up, make a name for themselves and potentially find a spot on the back end of the roster. So that's a possibility for them, but we'll just have to kind of watch and see how this plays out. I think we know who number one is. I think we know who number three is. If that's a way to define Williams. Who is number two or who becomes number two for them. Likely Burks at this point, but we'll see. And if there is an addition, what does that mean for the domino effect on the rest of the roster? We'll just have to see. It's also good like this is where some of the real competition happens. Like Burks has to. Terry does too. But like Burks really has to earn this and let's see how that plays out, um, in camp for them. As for running backs, I wanted you hear a couple quotes before we kind of get into the competition because I think that's a really, really interesting group one, uh, similarly to the receivers, similarly, you know, I think to the defensive end and potentially line or defensive line group and the linebacker group. There's going to be a viable player or two that have to be either released, cut, traded, whatever, because it's just not enough room for everybody. Um, and like. And also, not only do they not have enough room for everybody, we're not even sure what the pecking order is at this point. Here was Anthony Lynn, uh, when they did the um, media availabilities with the assistant coaches earlier this week, talking to WUSA9 about that.

Speaker E: We don't have as much experience in that room, but uh, because all my guys, well, if they were somewhere else, they were back up, you know, they weren't starters but I liked, like I said, they complement each other's skill set. I do like that. I thought we brought in the right guys for that and, and we're going to just let them compete and let iron sharpens iron and we'll see what happens because right now, you know, I can't tell you there's one clear cut starter. I can't. But I think. But we'll.

Speaker B: And then here is Dan Quinn who after he had said this is gonna be the most competitive camp we've had him. The three was asked specifically about the running backs and this is what he said about it.

Speaker D: Uh, I've been pleased with like the additions that we've had. So seeing Rashad out of the backfield catching it. He was on the return game the other week. He's got great hands. So what does he add into it on some third downs? What is Katron and Robert and Bill like how we develop those guys? So that is, you know, on offense specifically I felt like at running back and tight end and receiver, man, there's a lot of mixing around and going and so different personnel groups. So let's find what the guys can do their best and then see how we can feature that.

Speaker B: So Jakori Koski Merit has had some kind of uh, what I'm hoping is just minor injury. Has not been on the field a ton during these OTAs. So you know, he is at least embodies to me the symbolic big play player that they have. He's the one. If you're going to give somebody the ball, he's the one for that. Do they love him in the passing game? Whether it's protection or catching out of the backfield? Well maybe that's something he can work on and grow as he becomes a more well rounded back. But as a threat from the backfield of a big play home run hitter, he's the one that kind of epitomizes that. Rashad White was brought in. Former teammate Jaden Daniels played with the Buccaneers. Outstanding player in the screen game. Has tremendous hands. Is he an inside the tackle runner? If you need him to be, yes. Uh, would he be a high impact inside the tackle runner? The proof of the past is probably not um, so. But he has a role for them. Jerome Ford is brought in for. Formerly from Cleveland. I said this a couple times and just kind of watching him, that's a professional running back out there. See a home run hitter? No. Uh, is he a short yardage back? Probably. Is he like ah, somebody who can Grind out some, some drives for you, Take some series. Yeah, absolutely. But then they went and drafted Katron Allen who has a similar body type. They used a draft pick on him. All time leading rusher. Penn State has this kind of build of short yardage, situational football, goal line vulture, maybe more. Does he have a little more higher end home run ability than Ford does? We'll have to see. He's just a rookie and he's a late round pick rookie, but let's just see how that plays out. And there's Jeremy McNichols who they brought back they love. Um, you know, again, great locker room guy, great special team performer, actually made a bunch of plays for them, but is not someone you're going to rely on to get the ball a ton in the offense. But he's a reliable performer for you. And again, when we go back to this is the deepest team that they've had, um, since I can remember, you know, like, I really, I think going back a number of years, let alone this particular regime and group, if that guy's 53 or whatever, 50 on your roster, you're doing all right. Like you've got, he's a pro. So if he's 50 on your roster, you are doing really, really well. There are a couple of undrafted rookie free agents just to kind of keep an eye on, um, that are running around out there. So, um, you know, just like, it's like this is, this is probably the most interesting group on offense. Receivers, an interesting group. I think we know how it's going to shake out. It's just a matter of who are going to become the primary targets. Running back, I'm not even sure who I would describe as the starter right now. The prominent back. I'd like to think it's a mix of Crosby Merit and Rashad White, but I'm not totally sure about all of that at this point. I think that's, that one's going to play out. Um, obviously we have a competition at center. Nick Allegretti is leader in the clubhouse. Did an interview the other day and talked a lot about how he'd been a center his whole life until he had been transitioned to guard in college into the pros. And that he's very happy to be back at center. It's a very natural position for him. He likes the leadership aspect of it. Dan Quinn has talked about that he'll uh, be in a primary competition with what looks to be Julian Good Jones and the draft pick Matt Goldman at this point. But right now leader in the clubhouse would be Allegretti to win the job. So that's, that's what it looks like right now, but we'll see how it plays out at tight end. Chicaconkwo is clearly the receiving tight end. Uh, he's, he really looks like a big receiver. I think he's going to open up the middle of the field differently than they've had. I know Erzo's an outstanding performer, but the separation ability, the break tackle ability, it's all very different with a conqueror. It's just different level of athlete and ability there. John Bates, is he going to catch the ball a little bit more than he has? You know, he's such a valuable player and I would even say this, pound for pound, he might be one of the best players on the team. Um, he's one of the best blocking tight ends. He's a better, you know, pass catcher than I think he gets credit for. I think he's just, he's a football player. Uh, Ben Senate's role, let's see how that kind of plays out here. Lawrence Cager, the, uh, veteran is back. Is what would be number four right now. Colson, um, Yankoff is here as well. Senate, I, I'd like to, I want to see in this more traditional offense, where does he fit in that? Because he, he's got that H back, you feel to him. He can catch the ball. This is year three for him. Um, does he get an opportunity to shine a little bit more than maybe he has? We'll have to just kind of see how that plays out in the summer. And then lastly, of course, we have a kicking competition. Jake Moody was resigned, was a high draft pick of the Niners. Um, so he's going to have a kicking competition with Drew Stevens, who was an undrafted free agent formerly with Iowa. He's got a very big leg, um, and so he's got a lot of range. But, um, the ball's got to go between, between the uprights before a decision is made. So we'll have a kipping competition this summer as well. All right. Mandatory mini, mini camp. Excuse me. Mandatory minicamp is next week, so I'll have some shows for you following all of that before we head into the break. Um, the summer break before training camp begins. But man, oh man, I mean this is, this is as good as it gets for training camp. We have what I think is a deep team, I think a dangerous team. And we got a team that's going to be motivated to compete hard because there are roster spots on the line. There are young guys that have. We're going to have some opportunities in certain spots to potentially turn some heads. And we need people to step up and say, I know I'm making the team, but I want that role. That role is going to be mine. This is going to be very interesting group this summer. All right, everybody, talk to you next week.