WEBVTT - OTA Stars and Sleepers | Episode 16

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. OTAs

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<v Speaker 1>are wrapping up this week for the Commanders. Logan Paulson

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<v Speaker 1>and Sean Springs joined me to talk about all the

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<v Speaker 1>stars and sleepers from the past few weeks. Lots of

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<v Speaker 1>respects for Dotson coming in and early being able to

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<v Speaker 1>see what he's doing, but he was drafted sixteenth overall.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd expect somebody drafted six overall to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>come in and look like they know what they're doing

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of be able to hit the ground running

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<v Speaker 1>and come in as a starter. Who though, from what

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<v Speaker 1>you've watched us through some stars and sleepers, which starts?

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<v Speaker 1>Who has really kind of stood out to Logan? Has

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<v Speaker 1>you've been here pretty much watching practice for all three weeks? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, obviously Johan Dotson has been outstanding. We already

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<v Speaker 1>talked about him. The guy that I think deserves a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of credit is Carson Wentz. I mean, just the

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<v Speaker 1>way he's picked up the offense, is ability to put

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<v Speaker 1>the football down the field and the tight window throws

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<v Speaker 1>he's been able to make. You know, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people credit Johan, but a lot of that credit deserves

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<v Speaker 1>you go to Carson Wentz. He's throwing him open. They've

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<v Speaker 1>been a really nice job. Their chemistry is on point.

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<v Speaker 1>It just makes this offense look so different. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>totally different animal going into season with him at the

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback position. When when you talk about leadership, I think

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<v Speaker 1>Carson Wentz. I've heard people say he's paid ands like

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<v Speaker 1>with his leadership and how he approaches practice, and you

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<v Speaker 1>will see everyone get better when you have a quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>who approaches they're like with professionalism. They get excited about

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<v Speaker 1>his live arm and I believe Carson Wentz is one

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<v Speaker 1>of those guys when you see it in person. You

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<v Speaker 1>can see it on TV, but when you get to

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<v Speaker 1>see it actually in person, you realize how strong his

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<v Speaker 1>arm is and how many great throws he can make.

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<v Speaker 1>So all of that talent and leadership, and that's something

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<v Speaker 1>that I think this coaching staff really wanted, was to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to strutt the field, to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>take advantage of how fast Terry McLaurin is, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course dots and runtal four three as well. Right, we

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<v Speaker 1>able to take advantage of that. What about if we

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<v Speaker 1>go to the defensive side of the ball. I got

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<v Speaker 1>the last couple of days especially. It's again you probably

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<v Speaker 1>know really well as Benjamin say choose ye, his length,

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<v Speaker 1>his footspeed, his patience, his physicality with the receivers. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Johan has been very, very sharp, except when he goes

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<v Speaker 1>up against Benjamin Saint Juice, and I think it's just

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<v Speaker 1>his length, his athleticism, all those things you want check check,

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<v Speaker 1>check check. He's playing a little buffalo nickel. He fits

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<v Speaker 1>runs well. He's just been super impressive for me last

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<v Speaker 1>year seeing him, you can see the potential. I called

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<v Speaker 1>him like he was like baby Richard Sherman, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>like six three guys. It's hard to throw him. Got

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<v Speaker 1>great ball scales, and he's physical at the line scrimmage,

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<v Speaker 1>which oftentimes, you know, receivers like to be fancy and

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<v Speaker 1>give you all these moves. But when you got a

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<v Speaker 1>guy who's gonna stand in front of you, put his

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<v Speaker 1>arms on you and can run with you, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>dismiss around. You gotta get off the ball. So I

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<v Speaker 1>expect a great year from him. What about some sleepers,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we're talking about a lot of the names

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<v Speaker 1>you know that kind of should be obvious stars, And

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<v Speaker 1>it's great to be able to see that they're standing

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<v Speaker 1>out because that's what you expect of them. But what

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<v Speaker 1>about some of the guys that maybe we're not really

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<v Speaker 1>talking about, that are kind of sleeping and should be

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<v Speaker 1>paying we should be paying attention to. Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of guys coming to mind. Chris Paul's sethi

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<v Speaker 1>On Traffick did a great job. Curtis Hodges did a

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<v Speaker 1>great job. But the guy that I think is probably

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<v Speaker 1>most surprising to me as Holmes, the quarterback that they

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<v Speaker 1>dropped in the seventh round. He has just looked very,

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<v Speaker 1>very sharp and like we watched a little bit of film,

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<v Speaker 1>you just had nothing but good things to say about. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the kid looked like he's has some veteran experience.

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<v Speaker 1>You if you watch tape and you didn't know he

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<v Speaker 1>was a rookie, probably would think that he had at

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<v Speaker 1>least two or three years in the NFL. I like

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<v Speaker 1>his size. I think he's a six one kid. He

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<v Speaker 1>can run. Usually when you see big corners, he look

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stiff, but he moves well. He has gray hips.

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<v Speaker 1>She was planning break and turning his hips coming out

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<v Speaker 1>of the breaks and challenging the receiver. So I see

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<v Speaker 1>what you see on tape. I love that this kid

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<v Speaker 1>got a real upside. For all your Commanders news and analysis,

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