Speaker 1: This is camping out with Zach Selby, and welcome to
Speaker 1: week three of training camp, where we are more familiar
Speaker 1: with the fifth and six receivers on the depth chart
Speaker 1: than we are members of our own family, and we
Speaker 1: are getting ready for the preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers.
Speaker 1: Today we talked two reporters on the beat, Michael Phillips
Speaker 1: from the Richmond Domes Dispatch and freelance broadcaster Scott Jackson.
Speaker 1: Let's go take a look at what they had to say.
Speaker 1: And now with we have Scott Jackson, freelance broadcaster. Also
Speaker 1: we'll be doing some of the postcam shows with us
Speaker 1: with Fred Smoot. Now, Scott, we'll see you. See you
Speaker 1: out here too much. We do see you perusing all right,
Speaker 1: every now and again. So when you are right here,
Speaker 1: what are you looking forward to seeing? Well, I mean
Speaker 1: you want to see obviously some of the guys who
Speaker 1: flash you want to see obviously the main guys too.
Speaker 1: Most importantly obviously with Carson Wentz be a new here,
Speaker 1: you're really watching him that process and him getting the
Speaker 1: chemistry with his receivers. So those are the things. And
Speaker 1: obviously you know Curtis Samuel who we haven't seeing a
Speaker 1: ton of is it's good to see him out here
Speaker 1: playing and participating, so just you know, a little bit
Speaker 1: mixed of everything. It is overwhelming, as you know early
Speaker 1: the season before there's cuts and then when you have
Speaker 1: double numbers, you have no names in the back of
Speaker 1: the jersey. So there's a lot of challenges early going.
Speaker 1: But but it's fun part of the process. I'm looking
Speaker 1: forward to Saturday. So you bring in you know, Curtis
Speaker 1: Samuel and he's out there for the second practice in
Speaker 1: a row. That's kind of we'll put up we're put
Speaker 1: him on a watch now because it seems like he's
Speaker 1: always there for the first two and then he misses
Speaker 1: the next one. How do you think he looked out
Speaker 1: there today? To you, you look good. I mean he's
Speaker 1: moving around. I mean that's been the encouraging thing when
Speaker 1: you've seen him at here. He does not look limited.
Speaker 1: So you just hope again he can continue as they say,
Speaker 1: ramp them up to get him ready for week one,
Speaker 1: and you know, the option possibilities are interesting. Needs to
Speaker 1: say with you see with Johan Dots that we already
Speaker 1: know what Terry's gonna bring to the table. It seems
Speaker 1: like they've got tight ends on top of tight ends,
Speaker 1: even though we might not know them because they haven't
Speaker 1: played yet. But you're watching today and Mary Rodgers and
Speaker 1: number eighty eight, it just seems to catch every ball
Speaker 1: that's throw on his way. So it's gonna be interesting
Speaker 1: to see how they kind of figure out that group
Speaker 1: in that room, especially not knowing if Logan's going to
Speaker 1: be there in week one, So assuming he can, you know,
Speaker 1: I think I would say he probably is ready for
Speaker 1: week one, Curtis Samuel is, but I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: Rivera was talking east hibout how like the motions like
Speaker 1: Stevens have to account that. So even if he's not
Speaker 1: using didn't use that much. I mean, it seems like
Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to help out the office in
Speaker 1: some form or fashion, no doubt. And if you've watched
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz Rescuer, he's very big on throw under the
Speaker 1: tight end and usually had bigger tight end. So certainly
Speaker 1: you figured Logan's going to be part of it, even
Speaker 1: the possibility of it. Like you said, even if he's
Speaker 1: not looking at him maybe early in the season, as
Speaker 1: much as he will as the season develops and his
Speaker 1: health gets better, and he gets up to speed with Carson.
Speaker 1: I think you're right, it will be definitely a threat
Speaker 1: and that's something that could be very beneficial to the
Speaker 1: other playmakers. Now you mentioned Armani Rodgers and you know,
Speaker 1: you see John Bates out there, didn't really do that
Speaker 1: much today in Team Bills, Logan Thomas still out, you know,
Speaker 1: Cold Turner guys still out, Curtis Hodd is out. It
Speaker 1: seems like he's one of the guy who's really taken
Speaker 1: advantage of these extra reps with the depth of tight
Speaker 1: end being so thin right now, yeah, no doubt, and
Speaker 1: again he flashes for you. You know, like there's a
Speaker 1: lot of big tight ends too, right you just mentioned
Speaker 1: Rogers Hodges. You know, Cold Turner's huge. I mean, they've
Speaker 1: all got size about him. They all run well and
Speaker 1: catch the ball, so that it is nice to see
Speaker 1: the depth there. But yeah, you'd like to have all
Speaker 1: your people back and to see how they kind of
Speaker 1: paur it down. You know, how many keeping on the
Speaker 1: active roster and as we know, I mean, it's cool
Speaker 1: to watch the pass sketching part of it, but for
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys, who about can they play
Speaker 1: special teams and that's how they're gonna make the roster
Speaker 1: and how they're going to be impactful if they're going
Speaker 1: to be impactful for the screwp. So, you know, the
Speaker 1: preseason coming up, and I mean, I don't know about it,
Speaker 1: feels like the mood sort of shifts a little bit
Speaker 1: heading into when you games are starting to be a
Speaker 1: little bit sort of for real. I mean, do you
Speaker 1: feel a sort of atmosphere chains let's they start to
Speaker 1: prepare for another opponent. Yeah, I like it because, look,
Speaker 1: it's only so much you can see when you're playing yourselves,
Speaker 1: and these guys know each other and they kind of
Speaker 1: know what the plays are at this point and what's
Speaker 1: going on, so and they don't want to hurt each other,
Speaker 1: right like you know, you don't want to get any injury.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I really And I know it sounds crazy
Speaker 1: because most people, like after the first quarter preseason, are like,
Speaker 1: this is a terrible it's preseason. Let's see the regular season.
Speaker 1: But it's kind of a build up, right, Like, Okay,
Speaker 1: we've seen enough a training camp, let see some preseason games,
Speaker 1: see some opponents out here, and then from there, obviously
Speaker 1: you know you're ready for the real thing. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's all part of the process, but it does
Speaker 1: feel like the urgency ramps up a little bit when
Speaker 1: you get against another team. It doesn't count, but it matters.
Speaker 1: That's something that a lot of plot of players have
Speaker 1: said last one or any entering into week three, what's
Speaker 1: the one thing you really want to learn as we
Speaker 1: kind of get into the second half a training camp. Well,
Speaker 1: you kind of get a lean on the rotations, like
Speaker 1: where the starters are going to because there's not you know,
Speaker 1: I think the starters are kind of set if everybody's healthy,
Speaker 1: and we have to see that part of it first,
Speaker 1: but then kind of like who the rotational players are
Speaker 1: gonna be in Obviously there's back eight to ten guys
Speaker 1: that are trying to make the roster right to get
Speaker 1: to that final fifty three is interesting, and you know,
Speaker 1: there's always some surprise. There's always somebody we didn't account for,
Speaker 1: some rookie that's gonna flash and maybe has a much
Speaker 1: bigger role this season, or a free agent or you know,
Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent. We've had a lot of undrafted
Speaker 1: rookies over these last few years make the teams, which
Speaker 1: is exciting to me when you see that kind of
Speaker 1: stuff happen, because you know, once you're in here, it
Speaker 1: really doesn't matter how you got here. It's like it's
Speaker 1: about performance. You're here, You're here, that's right, you got
Speaker 1: your shot. Next with we have Michael Phillips again from
Speaker 1: the Richmond Donond Dispatch. Mike, how you feeling? But he
Speaker 1: can head into we three. I feel like a regular now.
Speaker 1: I really feel like you know this, this this operation here,
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm part of it. Happy to answer
Speaker 1: your questions here. I kind of know what they'll be already.
Speaker 1: I think we that chemistry built. I'm ready to go.
Speaker 1: All all right, well we'll go with that. Let's see
Speaker 1: how well you do know this this pot hero Phillips.
Speaker 1: Armani Rodgers with all the death being super thin at
Speaker 1: tight end, he has really stood out recently. Um, he
Speaker 1: made a really really nice Cattis today. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think we're all waiting on Logan Thomas see what he does,
Speaker 1: whether he comes off publist not. But he's the guy
Speaker 1: who's really stood out to you, right. I did not
Speaker 1: have Armani Rodgers getting snaps with the ones on my
Speaker 1: training camp. Here we are knifing off your bringing hard
Speaker 1: and you week three no less it Look, it's a
Speaker 1: bad situation with the injuries. I mean it was good
Speaker 1: to see John Bates back a little bit today. Um,
Speaker 1: but I've loved Cole Turner in camp. He's done great.
Speaker 1: Gets injured, you know, creates that opportunity. And then Curtis Hodges,
Speaker 1: who I like as a future guy, long term potential guy,
Speaker 1: also hurt today. Um, so you know, with that comes
Speaker 1: the opportunity. ARMANI took advantage of it. Had very nice
Speaker 1: ketch from the ones from Carson Wentz as you mentioned it.
Speaker 1: So certainly good to see guys take advantage of their opportunities.
Speaker 1: And you know it Samus Rays is another guy, you know,
Speaker 1: can he step up and excel here with this this
Speaker 1: window of time where it's like, you know, guys are
Speaker 1: gonna be able to get some wraps. Well, you know
Speaker 1: you speak guys who are on the side field, you
Speaker 1: know Hodges and and uh and and Thomas. Um yeah,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, absolutely, You're probably be winning in terms of
Speaker 1: like the side field crew there. But you know Hodges
Speaker 1: has whenever he's out there, he's kind of stood out too, right, well,
Speaker 1: he does stand out. He's six eight. Yeah, absolutely, well,
Speaker 1: all the other tight ends are really big too. I
Speaker 1: know Cold Turner six six. It's a great room. It's
Speaker 1: a really uh I mean, it's a tall room. Gives
Speaker 1: Carson Wentzo's big targets. He once. This is a great
Speaker 1: example though, of the front office helping out the team.
Speaker 1: You know, Carson Wentz likes throwing to tight ends. You know,
Speaker 1: he likes tall targets. Go get the guys some tall
Speaker 1: tight ends and we got two really good ones here
Speaker 1: and Curtis Hodges and Cold Turner. I love it. I'll
Speaker 1: love the play now. Look, Logan Thomas is the starter.
Speaker 1: He's taken all the catches when he gets shocker, he's
Speaker 1: the guy. But in the interim, you love what they've
Speaker 1: done there with with bringing in a couple of tall,
Speaker 1: young targets for Carson Wentz. Well, guy who was back
Speaker 1: on the field, John Bates. You know, he wasn't doing
Speaker 1: too much out there, but he was out there for
Speaker 1: individual drills, a little bit of team drills here and
Speaker 1: there is he another players in the ram A phase
Speaker 1: that we're seeing a lot with years, you know, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a cruisell Elm here because one's he's
Speaker 1: a big blocker. But two he came along as a
Speaker 1: pass catcher late in the season. He did a very
Speaker 1: nice job of that. And you know, I mean he
Speaker 1: may have been the rookie of the year last year
Speaker 1: for the team. You know, Sam Cosmi had a nice year, obviously,
Speaker 1: Cameron Cheeseman came in with the best name, obviously, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know for my monkey, John Bates
Speaker 1: might have been your rookie of the year last year.
Speaker 1: Comes back takes even worse rides for it, like we're
Speaker 1: we're headed. How deep do you want to get into
Speaker 1: the roster here? Like in Urns like this next question
Speaker 1: is this stump phillips. I think that maybe maybe you could,
Speaker 1: because every once in a while I was like, you know,
Speaker 1: this guy got cut and it's like, oh, I didn't
Speaker 1: remember him being siled, like especially like late season, like
Speaker 1: we have the like here Tuesday gone Friday guys, Like
Speaker 1: I missed him being signed, so I guess I didn't.
Speaker 1: It's like the Simpsons clip walking in the door and
Speaker 1: walking out of the door. So good, go ahead, bring
Speaker 1: it on. What do you think about these these three
Speaker 1: new players we haven't seen so that's signed recently? On Sunday,
Speaker 1: we have Nay Jerry, Stephen Parker made a cup play?
Speaker 1: Is there today? Do you know anything about those guys
Speaker 1: that you kind of done some deep research yet Nate
Speaker 1: Jerry's my only headliner or the group because of the
Speaker 1: need at linebacker, obviously because you would think he's got
Speaker 1: the quickest path to playing time. Hasn't really had significant
Speaker 1: NFL snaps in two years, but hey, we've seen guys
Speaker 1: I'd shoot Mark and Michelle. He's showing out as a
Speaker 1: wide receiver this year. Hasn't you know, really hasn't meaning
Speaker 1: fill NFL snaps in six years. You'll like it happens.
Speaker 1: Guys can bounce back, Guys can have that late career spike.
Speaker 1: He's the guy I want to be watching this week
Speaker 1: at practice, but didn't see a lot today. That's all right,
Speaker 1: stay one, Yeah, we got time. Last one for you
Speaker 1: is I think you know Jerry Patterson, Ducks, Dax Miller,
Speaker 1: a couple of like you know last year stars of
Speaker 1: training Campo who made the roster at the end of
Speaker 1: the end of training camp. Who are a couple of
Speaker 1: players here that could be this year's Dax Miller, Jerry Patterson, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Martin Michelle, who I just mentioned. I think it's having
Speaker 1: a very nice camp. If this tight end situation plays out,
Speaker 1: maybe Curtis Hodges does get a look. I think that
Speaker 1: would be fascinating to see down the line. You know,
Speaker 1: one guy'm watching the other ways. Khalik Hudson at linebacker.
Speaker 1: You're still waiting for him to find his stride, find
Speaker 1: his spot. I don't know if he's been able to
Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, through three years, So he's potential on
Speaker 1: the other side of the lines. You know, maybe a
Speaker 1: surprise the other way. Um, Alex Erickson, Uh, okay, you
Speaker 1: need you need a returner? Yeah, unless I'm missing something
Speaker 1: that don't have any returners on this roster, so you're
Speaker 1: gonna need a field one in week one. It's it's
Speaker 1: a good spot to be in if you're him. The
Speaker 1: punt returner battle is one that I've been keeping an
Speaker 1: eye on delicately over the past few weeks. Please come
Speaker 1: back for a seven hour podcast on the punt returner
Speaker 1: battle later tonight. You heard it here first. Next week,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be at it with Michael Phillips. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get back in the tent where we die head again,
Speaker 1: all right, man, that's all we have for you today,
Speaker 1: but be sure and check out your daily Command Center
Speaker 1: camp coverage every weekday on the Commander's YouTube channel. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go back to my tent because I basically live
Speaker 1: here like everybody else, and I will see you tomorrow