Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome into camping Out with Zak Selvy. This
Speaker 1: is where you get the most recent and up to
Speaker 1: date conversations about your commander's team as they go through
Speaker 1: training camp. I don't know a by y'all, and I
Speaker 1: know I don't know if the heat can go through
Speaker 1: the screen, but my goodness, it is so sweltering here.
Speaker 1: We're still having fun. We're still here watching commanders go
Speaker 1: through practice of the next month. And I got the
Speaker 1: chance to talk to two of our beat reporters today,
Speaker 1: one John come from ESPN and Ethan Condo from NBC
Speaker 1: Sports Washington. John come from ESPN. John, I mean, we've
Speaker 1: been waiting forever for training camps, finally here. What are
Speaker 1: some of the bigger things you're looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: in the first day? Well, how does Carson Wentz work
Speaker 1: with the receivers? And now, obviously this is going to
Speaker 1: be a season long storyline, but you want to see
Speaker 1: what is starting to have form right now. How does
Speaker 1: he work with Terry McLaurin, How does he work with
Speaker 1: Johan Dotson and that that whole group, Because he's obviously
Speaker 1: a huge key to the season, so his development, his
Speaker 1: progression in this offense will be key because there is
Speaker 1: talent around him, So how does he develop with them? Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you know, you bring up Terry and obviously he
Speaker 1: looks pretty much like we would expect him to look.
Speaker 1: But you know, and Jehan also has out there. What
Speaker 1: do you think about you know, this receiver corps specifically
Speaker 1: like in the bottom where it seem these five, six,
Speaker 1: and seven spots could be a little more competitive. Well,
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot deeper than we've seen it
Speaker 1: should be because you're I'm saying that assuming Dotson's going
Speaker 1: to be really good, because we've seen a lot of
Speaker 1: good things with him in the spring and already early today.
Speaker 1: And then you have Curtis Samuel back, so that adds
Speaker 1: to the depth. I think guys like Cam Sims, I mean,
Speaker 1: he's he's been. I think he's always a guy that
Speaker 1: can come in and give you something out of that
Speaker 1: fifth receiver spot, right, So I think when you have
Speaker 1: guy like him down there, that's a good thing. So
Speaker 1: I think and he can come in his size I
Speaker 1: think works well with Carson Wentz over the middle. So
Speaker 1: I think I think I think you have better competition
Speaker 1: down there than we've seen in recent years. Camp sen
Speaker 1: is always a guy who just finds a way to
Speaker 1: stick around. So last one, we'll switch over to the
Speaker 1: defense real quickly. Looks like they're meant to wrap up
Speaker 1: another team session here. Um you know, linebacker obvious a
Speaker 1: position that has been gotten a live attention. They didn't
Speaker 1: really bring anybody out there. Could bring a veteran maybe
Speaker 1: some time in the next couple of weeks, but we
Speaker 1: don't know yet. What about Jaymin and Cole, Like, do
Speaker 1: you think they're going to step up and take that
Speaker 1: role that people expect them to? Well, I think they
Speaker 1: have to because there is there are no other choices
Speaker 1: like they do. I do would expect him to bring
Speaker 1: another veteran in at some point, somebody who probably knows
Speaker 1: the defense. But for now, what you have to see
Speaker 1: is can Cole Holcombe not just know his spot, but
Speaker 1: then be able to communicate it to Jayman what he
Speaker 1: has to do and then react lickily split. That's a trick, right,
Speaker 1: and so like last year, I think Cole learned the
Speaker 1: defense very well. I think he's a quick player. But
Speaker 1: can you make that you know, Jayman, you got this,
Speaker 1: you got this ball? Snap now I go without hesitation.
Speaker 1: That's what you want to see, and I think you
Speaker 1: start to see that form for him over at the
Speaker 1: end of last year. Does he carried in? Does he
Speaker 1: build on that? I think with Jayman just you've got
Speaker 1: to see the progression. He needs to be on the
Speaker 1: field more, because if he's not, is that a sign
Speaker 1: that he's not progressing and they're not getting out of
Speaker 1: him what they need or what. Because he's a first
Speaker 1: round pick, he's got to be on the field more.
Speaker 1: And already today you see some things you got to
Speaker 1: learn in coverage about like, well, in this coverage, you
Speaker 1: have this responsibility. How do you do with that? I
Speaker 1: thought he started to show some good things towards the
Speaker 1: end of the year, especially in coverage, But again it's
Speaker 1: instincts and I think you know with him, there was
Speaker 1: an adjustment coming out of college. The way they asked
Speaker 1: them to read in college versus here is dramatically different.
Speaker 1: But this is a big year for him. Just take
Speaker 1: that progression and be a more consistent contributor, you know,
Speaker 1: a bullet like Cohlgen has. He have to live up
Speaker 1: to that, right, Yeah, Well, John, I appreciate the time Man. Yeah.
Speaker 1: NBC Sports Washington Ethan Cadell Ethan. You know we went
Speaker 1: to school together, by the way. Yeah, we instan that
Speaker 1: much time. West all you every now and again. But Ethan,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously know after all the months of waiting,
Speaker 1: we're falling here at training camp. How are you feeling
Speaker 1: right now in this first day? I'm excited. It's fun
Speaker 1: to see all the guys back, especially Terry McLaren. We
Speaker 1: missed him in Mini camp and Ota, so it's great
Speaker 1: to see the new Carson wants to McLaurin connection eleven
Speaker 1: to seventeen. Yeah, you must have read my notes because
Speaker 1: that's where I was gonna go. Next is what do
Speaker 1: you think about Terry? I mean, he doesn't look any
Speaker 1: different than what you would expect right now. It looks great.
Speaker 1: I mean it's the best quarterback I think he's had
Speaker 1: in his career so far. So I'm expecting a big
Speaker 1: year for him, especially after he got paid. So excited
Speaker 1: for him, you know, And obviously he has a new
Speaker 1: quarterback throwing throwing to him, and Carson was he's already
Speaker 1: kind of aired it out a couple times. One of
Speaker 1: them was to a really nice graduate. Terry. I mean,
Speaker 1: what are you expecting out of cars? That's kind of
Speaker 1: a little bit of a loaded question, but like, what
Speaker 1: do you what do you see? I'm expecting him to
Speaker 1: come out slinging it like this. I mean, I feel
Speaker 1: like Carson has something to prove. He has a chip
Speaker 1: on the shoulder in thirteen in three years, but I
Speaker 1: think he's really determined to make it work here. So
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see what eleven has in store
Speaker 1: for us. Let's go over to the defense for a
Speaker 1: little bit, and you know, obviously Chase Young is not there,
Speaker 1: but yeah, I've seen James with Williams in there. I've
Speaker 1: seen Kasey two hill on there. What are you kind
Speaker 1: of seeing it out of that that other defensive end spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we just need one person to stuff up.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure who it's gonna be, but Ron Rivera
Speaker 1: said there's gonna be a lot of different guys that
Speaker 1: are gonna have opportunities Shaka Toni as well William Bradley King.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see what happens. Well, obviously we
Speaker 1: know all the big storylines, right, we know, like, you know, yes,
Speaker 1: Carson is here, Terry is here, all that other stuff,
Speaker 1: But what are some of the other smaller story, you know,
Speaker 1: playing some smaller position battles that you're looking forward to
Speaker 1: developed over the next you know, a few weeks or so. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to linebacker jam and Davis, David
Speaker 1: Mayo and those guys to see who takes control of
Speaker 1: the outside positions because we know Cole Holcomb is going
Speaker 1: to be at the mic and also at corner outside
Speaker 1: of William Jackson Kendall Fuller. I'm looking forward to seeing
Speaker 1: a jump from Benjamin Saint Juice and the other guys,
Speaker 1: to see you a round out the fifty three and
Speaker 1: hopefully our battle with this heat is gonna be victorious.
Speaker 1: I saw here today, so yeah, yeah, yeah, Well, thank you, Ethan.
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. So yeah, that's all we have for
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