Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to camping out with Zach Selby,
Speaker 1: where you're gonna get all the knowledge you'd ever want
Speaker 1: dropped on you about the Washington Commanders as they go
Speaker 1: through training camp. And it's week two, so I mean
Speaker 1: paths are coming on pretty soon. I got the chance
Speaker 1: to talk to you two reporters today to hear what
Speaker 1: they wanted to see heading into that day. We have
Speaker 1: David Harrison from Sports Illustrated and Matthew Parris and Washington Time.
Speaker 1: So let's see what they had to say. All right,
Speaker 1: So we're gonna start off the day with David Harrison
Speaker 1: from Sports Illustrated and ye know, the weather is really nice,
Speaker 1: but the offense not so much. I mean, the defense
Speaker 1: is looking phenomenal with three picks and four plays, and
Speaker 1: me tell us a little bit about that. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: it's cooled off a little bit out here in ashbur
Speaker 1: which is great for if those of us standing on
Speaker 1: the sidelines watching, But the offense is also cool. Now,
Speaker 1: like you said, the day off, I don't know if
Speaker 1: it's just the day off by itself or just one
Speaker 1: of those ups and downs of training camp. But you know,
Speaker 1: the three picks great, great, excitement for the defense. Coach
Speaker 1: Harris is always a star of practice. I think definitely
Speaker 1: getting turned up. But the offense, you obviously want to
Speaker 1: see them get a little bit more consistent. I think
Speaker 1: Sam Howell. I mean, he's had a couple of good,
Speaker 1: good passes, but even when those passs come through, some
Speaker 1: drops are happening. Some just some mental mistakes that those
Speaker 1: guys got to work through as we get through training camp.
Speaker 1: What do you think was the best pick out of
Speaker 1: that exchange? Because to me, it seemed like the fuller one, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, the fuller one was was very nice for me.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Percy Butler only because I was specifically
Speaker 1: watching thirty five on that route, so I watched him.
Speaker 1: I got to see kids from his body language when
Speaker 1: he recognized the play, really closed down on the ball,
Speaker 1: picked that thing off. He was just a beautiful played
Speaker 1: by the rookie Kendall. I caught kind of towards the
Speaker 1: tail end of it. So both are very nice. I mean,
Speaker 1: all three plays, honestly are a very nice. Good advantage
Speaker 1: from Cam curl In that overthrow on Cole Turner. But
Speaker 1: I mean, you love seeing the defense click, You love
Speaker 1: seeing the defense, come on, ball up. But you want
Speaker 1: to see the offense get some fight back in him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, flor has been playing really well. I seem
Speaker 1: if I've passed a few days, I mean you would
Speaker 1: expect that. And he expected him to take a little
Speaker 1: bit of a jump forward, you know. I mean he
Speaker 1: was already playing good last year, but I mean it
Speaker 1: seems like he's coming into for him already. Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I mean even you know, when the offense had their
Speaker 1: get right practice, so i'll call it from week one.
Speaker 1: Even during that practice, you saw guys like Bob McCain,
Speaker 1: Kendall Fuller, the veterans of the team trying to I'm
Speaker 1: back and kind of fight back for the defense and
Speaker 1: make some plays and did some good things, punch some
Speaker 1: balls out against some really good receivers. So it's good
Speaker 1: to see what Kenna's doing so far. And I'd say
Speaker 1: on the defense side of the ball, one of the
Speaker 1: more consistent veterans here out there. What do you think
Speaker 1: about Persley Butler, because it seems like he's even like
Speaker 1: he does his job really quietly for a little bit
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, he just had a
Speaker 1: play where he's like oh my gosh, like he's he's
Speaker 1: looking really good. Yeah, I mean, he's it then never
Speaker 1: looks out of position, never looks like he's doing anything
Speaker 1: wrong per se. But then when he clicks and he flashes,
Speaker 1: it's just it shows you that real potential and something
Speaker 1: that gets really excited about a guy that the Commander's got.
Speaker 1: Are for relatively low draft value. A couple of players
Speaker 1: who were you know, haven't really seen that much of
Speaker 1: going in that first week was a g and Chase
Speaker 1: really a chase really was out there with eleven elevens
Speaker 1: and a little bit and none and on Agjo's probably
Speaker 1: like the bigger story. I mean, you know, he's not
Speaker 1: doing too much, but what did you see out of him? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's good to see him, first of all,
Speaker 1: back on the field. You know, anytime you have a
Speaker 1: guy like AG off the field and then you see
Speaker 1: Brian Robinson who who's getting a little bit of buzz.
Speaker 1: I mean, granny know before pads and all that, but
Speaker 1: he wanted to see Ag get back on the field
Speaker 1: before Brian Robins to put the pads on, because I
Speaker 1: think if AG's off the field and b rob gets
Speaker 1: to put the pads on and really started to show
Speaker 1: some stuff there. Then that's where people are gonna start
Speaker 1: wondering if AG's gonna lose a little bit of a
Speaker 1: grip of those of those touches. But seeing him back
Speaker 1: on the field, see him running routes with his quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: to see him just get there and get active, you
Speaker 1: see the elusive some of the agility and ability that's
Speaker 1: made him a fan favorite. A couple more questions about
Speaker 1: the offense, is you know the bottom of the receiver
Speaker 1: core his you know that that's where all the most
Speaker 1: mystery is you could say, arguably in the end, the
Speaker 1: entire of that entire unit, right, I mean, who do
Speaker 1: you think has kind of win it back? It seems
Speaker 1: to me like Dax mill And has really kind of
Speaker 1: taken a little bit of a step forward here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think Dax is a guy that I consider, you know,
Speaker 1: on the roster. You know, he's on my initial fifty
Speaker 1: three man roster projection. I feel very confident about that projection. MARKA.
Speaker 1: Michelle is a guy that I've really been interested to
Speaker 1: see during training gets same. Yeah, I want to continue
Speaker 1: to see him again. Had to drop out here today.
Speaker 1: But he's not the only one, so we're not going
Speaker 1: to crucify him for it, but I want to continue
Speaker 1: to see how that go, especially once Pats come on,
Speaker 1: and how he gets off of off of coverage, how
Speaker 1: he fights back against offenders once we can get a
Speaker 1: little bit more physical. When you think about Cam Sins,
Speaker 1: how has he been? He had a couple drops today,
Speaker 1: but I mean he's pretty much as for the most part,
Speaker 1: solid as you would expect. How to camp sin right,
Speaker 1: I think, consistent right, and you kind of look at
Speaker 1: like got like Taylor Niki, like the offense knows what
Speaker 1: they're gonna get with him when he's on the field,
Speaker 1: so they don't have to wonder if anything crazy he's
Speaker 1: gonna happen. I think Kim Sims kind of brings you
Speaker 1: the same kind of calm. You know what you're gonna get,
Speaker 1: and that's what you're gonna get. First day in pads
Speaker 1: is on Tuesday. What are you looking to see at
Speaker 1: at the first day of pads? Offensive line, defensive line?
Speaker 1: I think you know you really can't. You know, you
Speaker 1: can look as much as you want to, and we've
Speaker 1: all obviously been looking, but I think that's where you
Speaker 1: really start to get to see what's going on in
Speaker 1: the trenches there, And I really want to see Fenerian Mathis,
Speaker 1: I mean, come out of Alabama a big guy. I
Speaker 1: wasn't expecting him to be as quick a nimble as
Speaker 1: I saw him earlier than OTAs in the mini camp.
Speaker 1: So now with pads, and I want to see if
Speaker 1: that translates onto the field. One on one pass rushes
Speaker 1: are always some of my most favorite things to watch.
Speaker 1: For the first time in pads, could you get to
Speaker 1: see a little bit like, all right, who's most competitive here?
Speaker 1: Who's got him the best pass rushing routines? But I'm
Speaker 1: really excited to see what Mathis has to do because
Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to clog up a lot of
Speaker 1: those running lights. And I'm excited to see it. Man,
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Yep. Now with we have Matt Paris
Speaker 1: from the Washington Times, and Matt, it was, I mean,
Speaker 1: what do you say about the defense? I mean, they
Speaker 1: had five hicks today, what do you think about that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's crazy. You know that the secondary has been saying
Speaker 1: that they're kind of all in sync, and it's really
Speaker 1: starting to show. You know, last year you could see
Speaker 1: them working out the new acquisitions. You could see William
Speaker 1: Jackson adapting to this scheme, you could see Bobby McCain
Speaker 1: getting used to it. But these are guys who have
Speaker 1: been here mostly for the last year that the starting
Speaker 1: secondary is pretty much all the same except Benjamin Saint
Speaker 1: Juice being in that slot cornerback roll. So yeah, you
Speaker 1: need to bring it up. And all the all that,
Speaker 1: even back has been saying, like you said, like they're
Speaker 1: all so confident. They feel like it's you know, William
Speaker 1: Jacksons on what Saturday that it was a thousand times
Speaker 1: bay of the communication was and it's not to see
Speaker 1: that like that's actually coming to fruition as opposed of
Speaker 1: them saying and he's like, well, we can kind of
Speaker 1: interpret it some ways, but it seems like it's all
Speaker 1: out there, no, And you do see them actually talking
Speaker 1: before the snap. You see William Jackson go up to
Speaker 1: cam Curl, Cam Curl. It seems to be the piece
Speaker 1: that kind of gets everyone on the same page before
Speaker 1: the action flies. And so you know, it does seem
Speaker 1: like it is paying off. And I you know, outside
Speaker 1: a couple of plays here and there, the offense really
Speaker 1: hasn't had that consistency that you can kind of come
Speaker 1: to expect. Yeah, No, it definitely has been up and
Speaker 1: down performance for them. I mean, what just quick, yeah,
Speaker 1: your opinion. What was the best interception of the day. Oh,
Speaker 1: you know the Kem curl one was really nice on
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. He went leapt up and grabbed it. Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz kind of sailed it. But to even be in
Speaker 1: that position it took it was some pretty athleticism from
Speaker 1: Cam Curl there. Oh, yeah, it was really nice. You know.
Speaker 1: You talk about the offense, Yes, has been up and down.
Speaker 1: But one of the thole players who's been pretty consistent overalls,
Speaker 1: Cold Turner. I mean, he seems like he's really developing
Speaker 1: into a reds and target had another one today. What
Speaker 1: have you thought of him so far in his camp? No,
Speaker 1: it's true, and it's especially important for Washington, especially if
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas is going to miss some time into the
Speaker 1: season with that ACL injury. And so you know, he's
Speaker 1: six foot six, he seems to really run some sharp routes.
Speaker 1: Gives them a nice vertical threat down the field as well.
Speaker 1: It's not just the red zone. He's really getting down
Speaker 1: there and provides that body over the middle, and you know,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz historically his love throwing the tight ends, and
Speaker 1: we've seen so far in camp that's proven to be
Speaker 1: the case. Sammus Rays has gotten a lot of targets
Speaker 1: Cole Turner. Another player who was out there that haven't
Speaker 1: seen so far is Antonia Gibson. He's doing a little
Speaker 1: bit at eleven eleventh, nine on nine. You know, Rivera
Speaker 1: said he was spry in the presser, but did you
Speaker 1: see that spryness out of him? I do, And I
Speaker 1: think what helps with that is he's talked about this
Speaker 1: offseason about losing ten to fifteen pounds. Not necessarily that's
Speaker 1: not a huge difference, but he's kind of changed the
Speaker 1: composition of his body. He's a lot leaner now. That's
Speaker 1: definitely noticeable. And so you know, Antonio Gibson had a
Speaker 1: nice season last year, went over one thousand yards. But
Speaker 1: if he can add that explosiveness to his game, especially
Speaker 1: what we saw his rookie year, I think that'll be
Speaker 1: really important for Washington going forward. Quickness is the one
Speaker 1: thing that seems to be that Rivera has highlighted the
Speaker 1: most out of that, and he would think, you know, yes,
Speaker 1: he had you know over one thousand yards, like you said,
Speaker 1: but if you can combine that, I mean we're to
Speaker 1: loom for a year, you know, four three jump out
Speaker 1: of him. Do you think that's possible if he can
Speaker 1: combine you know, those two styles that kind of has showed,
Speaker 1: you know, in year one, year two. I do. And
Speaker 1: if you think about what Washington's running back room as
Speaker 1: a whole, I think by mixing in McKissick, by mixing
Speaker 1: in Brian Robinson, it adds that threat to the defense
Speaker 1: as well. So if you know the defense is pretty
Speaker 1: off balanced, then that should allow Antonio Gibson to have
Speaker 1: that more success and that versatility I think should work
Speaker 1: in Gibson's favor as well. Last one, pads are coming
Speaker 1: on tomorrow. Pretty exciting here. What are you looking forward
Speaker 1: to seeing the most as you know, we're getting to
Speaker 1: see some real contact for the first time. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: want to see those battles in the trenches. You know,
Speaker 1: today even Jonathan Allen had this great collision kind of
Speaker 1: with Andrew Norwell and it was really exciting to see.
Speaker 1: But with PADS on, that'll be even more intense. I'm
Speaker 1: kind of interested to see if once Chase Rulier starts
Speaker 1: how much she does, if if Wes Schweitzer can go
Speaker 1: to right guard. It is really just kind of all
Speaker 1: about the trenches. But Ronervera also mentioned the young Stacey's
Speaker 1: they have in the back, and then if they can
Speaker 1: land some of those hard hitting collisions with pads on,
Speaker 1: you know, it'll be fun to see. That's all we
Speaker 1: have for you today, but be sure to check out
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Speaker 1: Commander's YouTube channel. I'm gonna go back to my tent
Speaker 1: because I basically live here like everybody else, and I
Speaker 1: will see you tomorrow.