Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to camping out with Zach sub
Speaker 1: where I'm emerging adam my tent the bright and early
Speaker 1: hours of the morning to give you all the information
Speaker 1: you would ever hope and dream to know about the
Speaker 1: Washing Commanders as they go through their twenty twenty two
Speaker 1: training camp. Because the second day of past today and
Speaker 1: we saw a little more consistency from the offense, a
Speaker 1: little more impact players from the defense. I got the
Speaker 1: chance to talk to not one, not too with three
Speaker 1: people today. One we got to talk to Taylor Almer
Speaker 1: from the Washington Spirit who were here today hanging out
Speaker 1: with some of the some of the Special Teams players.
Speaker 1: We got a chance to talk to Annie Agar from
Speaker 1: Valley Sports and Scott Abraham Big Scott from ABC seven.
Speaker 1: Let's go see what they had to say now, as
Speaker 1: we have Taylor Almer from the Washington Spirit. Taylor, you
Speaker 1: guys were out here with some of your teammates, you know,
Speaker 1: just hanging out. What was that experience like? It was awesome.
Speaker 1: They were gracious enough to let us toward the facility,
Speaker 1: which was such a cool experience. Not many you know,
Speaker 1: people get to do this, so it was really nice
Speaker 1: that they were so generous to let us come out
Speaker 1: just watch training, come out on the field after see
Speaker 1: their inner workings of the facility, and we had a
Speaker 1: great time. So, yeah, you're speaking of a good time.
Speaker 1: You guys are out here doing a little bit of
Speaker 1: a skills challenge and I mean, you know, kicking soccer
Speaker 1: balls off, you know, a t and you know all
Speaker 1: that of stuff. What was that like? It was a
Speaker 1: lot of un surprisingly kicking the football. It might have
Speaker 1: been a bit easier than the soccer ball would really Yeah,
Speaker 1: it could have been a hot take, but it was
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. The guys were super nice that
Speaker 1: were stayed after with us, very thankful that they took
Speaker 1: the time out of their day to do that, and
Speaker 1: we had so much fun. Yeah. I was gonna ask
Speaker 1: you about that because I mean, to me, who hadn't
Speaker 1: played soccer since I was like ten years old, I
Speaker 1: would imagine that like kicking a soccer ball would be
Speaker 1: easier for you. But you said football probably a little
Speaker 1: bit easier. Yeah, maybe just not having cleats on proper equipment.
Speaker 1: So maybe they came to our facility we had cleats,
Speaker 1: It could have been a different story, right. So you
Speaker 1: mentioned you got chance talks trust Way camera, cheese May
Speaker 1: what was trust like? You know, he's a little bit
Speaker 1: of a personality here, Yeah, I mean great personality. They
Speaker 1: all three of them were fantastic stick and just really
Speaker 1: welcoming and we're super thankful that we had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to meet them. So if I had to ask you
Speaker 1: who had the best form out of all the players
Speaker 1: who kicked today, who do you think you would be?
Speaker 1: Um Sly Oh really really, he's the only one that
Speaker 1: kicked fair enough you We'll say cheese Man. Now, he
Speaker 1: did some great snaps, so he was helping. Well. Trust
Speaker 1: also kicked a little bit, didn't he. Oh he kicked
Speaker 1: the soccer ball. He was the best at the soccer
Speaker 1: ball for sure. Okay, cool, cool, cool. Well, I mean,
Speaker 1: next thing we gotta do is we've got to get
Speaker 1: some of the players over to your place, right exactly.
Speaker 1: They're more than welcome anytime. We'll do some more challenges,
Speaker 1: all right, Taylor, We appreciate you, yep. Now we have
Speaker 1: a little bit of a treat for you. We have
Speaker 1: Anny Eggar from Ballet Sports and you do a little
Speaker 1: bit of everything, honestly, I mean, but you know you're
Speaker 1: out here hanging out with the commanders for training camp.
Speaker 1: First of all, what got you out here? So we
Speaker 1: did actually a feature with Coach last year. It was
Speaker 1: one of the first interviews I did with Balle's and
Speaker 1: I had this idea to kind of do something fun
Speaker 1: with a player or coach in an element that they're
Speaker 1: comfort in. And Coach brought to my attention that he
Speaker 1: was a big golfer. So I said, yeah, let's find
Speaker 1: a golf course, probably somewhere in the Washington, DC area.
Speaker 1: He was like, oh no, no no, I have a place
Speaker 1: on Pebble Beach. So I golfed with an NFL head
Speaker 1: coach for the first time on Pebble Beach, and I'm
Speaker 1: not a good golfer. I was very It was a
Speaker 1: very big learning experience for me. But we had just
Speaker 1: formed a great bond since then, and he I texted
Speaker 1: him this couple of weeks ago and I said, hey,
Speaker 1: I want to come out to training camp. Is out
Speaker 1: of possibility and he was like, absolutely, let's make it happen.
Speaker 1: Was it the first time you had met him, or like,
Speaker 1: had you met him a couple of times before that?
Speaker 1: That was the first time I found out that he
Speaker 1: followed me on Twitter and apparently he has a group
Speaker 1: chat with his family and they send my videos around.
Speaker 1: So Stephanie and Courtney both knew me. His wife and
Speaker 1: daughter knew me pretty well too, so we just had
Speaker 1: this like natural. It was like a family friend. It
Speaker 1: was the wildest thing. Um. He in fighted me into
Speaker 1: his house. We had some food before we went out golfing,
Speaker 1: and I embarrassed myself, So it was it was a
Speaker 1: really good time. But just that can't stand up good
Speaker 1: things about him. Honestly, I would embarrass yourself on the
Speaker 1: golf course. Who eleven Elvan Mario Golf which is where
Speaker 1: I were on that one hundred percent m But you know,
Speaker 1: is he feel like really competitive on the golf course.
Speaker 1: So the trash talk a lot. The good thing was
Speaker 1: I was so bad that he didn't have to be competitive,
Speaker 1: but he did. Oh there was trash talking today he
Speaker 1: or not today. Yesterday when we were talking he said
Speaker 1: that he's looking to build a house and he said
Speaker 1: it's actually going to be at the end of one
Speaker 1: of the holes, but a little to the right. And
Speaker 1: then he looked at me he said, kind of where
Speaker 1: your ball always landed. It's like thanks coach. That's you
Speaker 1: know what fair, but that's it's the subtle dig there
Speaker 1: that I like that. I like that a lot. So
Speaker 1: I saw you out here yesterday you were talking to
Speaker 1: some of the players, think ag was one of them.
Speaker 1: What's it been like kind of getting to know them?
Speaker 1: They're so great And the reason I want to go
Speaker 1: hit up these training camps is to kind of build
Speaker 1: this reputation, this friendship with the players so that when
Speaker 1: you see them at games, you know, it's just kind
Speaker 1: of a natural friendship. Basically that stems from talking to
Speaker 1: him at training camp. So they've been so great, and
Speaker 1: we've been asking a lot of fun questions to try
Speaker 1: and get to know them a little bit more and
Speaker 1: see how well they know each other a little bit.
Speaker 1: Hint hint, look out for my content. And it's just
Speaker 1: been great. They've been hilarious and super welcoming to me.
Speaker 1: So it's been it's been a lot of fun. Who's
Speaker 1: been the most interesting player that you think you've met
Speaker 1: so far? Not just here, but like, you know, all
Speaker 1: over the place. That's a great question, you know, I
Speaker 1: will say Peyton Manning was like, does not disappoint you know,
Speaker 1: he's so funny. I had such a high expectation for
Speaker 1: him and he lived up in far surpassed it. So
Speaker 1: he's just a great person too. I still think of
Speaker 1: like that that chicken palm ring that he had in
Speaker 1: the Nation White Cards. Think of it all the time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we were at a golf tournament that he played in
Speaker 1: a pro am and someone on his back swing yelled
Speaker 1: out omaha as he was swinging, and he just whiffed
Speaker 1: the ball and he looked at the guy. He was like,
Speaker 1: that's a good one and just started laughing. So you
Speaker 1: just know that he's just a very genuine person from that.
Speaker 1: So I'll ask you the last one. It's more of
Speaker 1: a general question because if we talk a little bit
Speaker 1: of football, because it is training camp after all, So
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of high expectations, you know
Speaker 1: around the building here for the twenty twenty two season.
Speaker 1: Wins is here, Terry got extended, but you're getting John Dawson.
Speaker 1: What are your expectations for the team And like, I mean,
Speaker 1: are you really kind of eye on a particular player
Speaker 1: this season? Yeah, as a fantasy person, Terry McLaurin, I
Speaker 1: think is going to be a great obviously, way better
Speaker 1: season than last year. Um, I think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a lot more passing you guys are gonna look to
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be spread out because you have Dotson
Speaker 1: you have heard hopefully Kurtis Samuel Ifee's healthy, and then
Speaker 1: and Terry mclauren. So I think it'll be a spread
Speaker 1: out offense. I don't. I don't think you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to target mclauren as much. You know, deep, and I'm
Speaker 1: really hoping for big fantasy points from all three of them.
Speaker 1: I think that Treo receiver is gonna be so sick. Yeah, Dadley,
Speaker 1: And I won't tell you what team I'm a fan
Speaker 1: of because our wide receiver situation is not as good
Speaker 1: as the one here. Just so I'll just leave it
Speaker 1: at that. We'll let you guys figure it out. Badwagon
Speaker 1: now you might have to, all right, Anny, I appreciate you.
Speaker 1: Next with us, we have Scott Abraham Big Scott from ABC.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you, so, does yeah, does does everyone
Speaker 1: still call you big? Do you do? You say no?
Speaker 1: Only Chase Young can call me Big Scott. Well, uh,
Speaker 1: Chase Young gave me that wonderful nickname, and it's growing
Speaker 1: among the media brethren. So a couple of guys that
Speaker 1: refer to me as Big Scott, and even Chase Young
Speaker 1: when he first saw me first day at camp, he
Speaker 1: said Big Scott. So I'm cool with it because Chase Young,
Speaker 1: he's cool and he gives me Big Scott. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with it. It's a little bit of a little
Speaker 1: bit bump of the points there for you. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: got some credit, as the kids say, right, and you know,
Speaker 1: you know, speaking of Chase Young, obviously he's still not
Speaker 1: out there being on the pup list, but you know
Speaker 1: some of the other defensive ins that they've gotten a
Speaker 1: little extra time. You know, James will Williams haven't been
Speaker 1: out there. But I mean Kathy two Hill, you know,
Speaker 1: William Bradley King, who among that group is kind of
Speaker 1: stuck out to you because they really knew knew do
Speaker 1: need to step up? Yeah, certainly because you have Montes
Speaker 1: sweat on that one side, and you're gonna need somebody
Speaker 1: to step up, either either that's two Hill or William
Speaker 1: Bradley King. And and you know what they're all they're
Speaker 1: all playing hard and I love them competitiveness of their
Speaker 1: pushing each other, the physicality because they know they this
Speaker 1: is an opportunity for them. Okay, so it's well aware
Speaker 1: that Ron Rivera said that, Okay, Chase is not gonna
Speaker 1: be ready for a week one and probably for the
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks. So someone has to step up,
Speaker 1: and they're taking that onus and taking ownership of that opportunity.
Speaker 1: And that's all. That's all you want to see. That's
Speaker 1: all you can ask for, if you're a coach or
Speaker 1: if you're a fan, that these players see an opportunity
Speaker 1: and they try to seize it. You Another player who
Speaker 1: has a good opportunity is jam And Davis because he's
Speaker 1: you know, everyone from you know, rivertical. Holchmist said that
Speaker 1: he's taking a lot of strides, He's doing what he
Speaker 1: needs to do. Has he kind of taken that next job?
Speaker 1: I know we're still out there just a couple of days,
Speaker 1: but I mean, have you seen the jump? You know what.
Speaker 1: I sat down with jam In a couple of days ago,
Speaker 1: and I can see how comfortable, how much more comfortable
Speaker 1: he is in this setting and the surroundings of being
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. Because it's such a difficult
Speaker 1: transition going from college to the NFL and sometimes you
Speaker 1: could almost be like a deer in headlights with that
Speaker 1: that first rookie season, Okay, he had his bumps and bruises,
Speaker 1: but it's night and day difference. When what you see
Speaker 1: from jam and Davis on that training camp practice field,
Speaker 1: He's fast, he's seeing the play well, he's solid and coverage,
Speaker 1: putting pressure on the running backs and the quarterbacks when
Speaker 1: he blitzes. I'm telling you, you know, a lot of
Speaker 1: people can say that he could be a breakthrough type
Speaker 1: of player on this defense. In my opinion, he's the
Speaker 1: X factor of this defense. If jam and Davis can
Speaker 1: play up to his capability what we saw him doing Kentucky,
Speaker 1: this defense is going to be much better off with
Speaker 1: it with a flying around jam Davis making place. I
Speaker 1: love that you say he's the next actor because that's
Speaker 1: actually how I feel like. I feel like consistency is
Speaker 1: really the key for him. He flashed a lot, but
Speaker 1: if you can do that, you know, strenuous, some good
Speaker 1: drives during the season, I think it's really going to
Speaker 1: turn people's opinions of him to say, Okay, he can
Speaker 1: actually be a really impactful starter. It's like riding a
Speaker 1: bike because the more reps you get, the more comfortable
Speaker 1: you're gonna be, the better off you're gonna be on
Speaker 1: the field. So this is only a second year you got.
Speaker 1: You gotta give us some time. And my expectation is
Speaker 1: you're going to see a big jump from year one
Speaker 1: to year two and jam and Davis and that's obviously
Speaker 1: what the coaching staff wants to see. The last couple
Speaker 1: of questions about the offense where we let you go?
Speaker 1: Is I mean Carson Wentz looked a lot better? I
Speaker 1: think today you know I had really start, you know,
Speaker 1: last second half of practice. What have you seen? Have
Speaker 1: you seen all the some of the accuracy things that
Speaker 1: you know he's shown recently. Certainly it's a mixed bad, good, bad,
Speaker 1: and ugly, which you can expect with the quarterback learning
Speaker 1: a new system, a new scheme. Remember you had one
Speaker 1: system in Philadelphia, had another system in Indianapolis, and now here,
Speaker 1: so this is his third different system in three years.
Speaker 1: That's a lot to take on it as a quarterback.
Speaker 1: But when the pads came on the last couple of days,
Speaker 1: you could see him becoming more comfortable in the offensive line,
Speaker 1: giving him more time as they can hold their own
Speaker 1: against a D line. I think the key is for
Speaker 1: Carson is mistake free football. You don't want to see
Speaker 1: those interceptions. You don't want to see those drive killers.
Speaker 1: He's a smart player. He'll take that check down to mkissick.
Speaker 1: He'll take that check down to ag find his tight ends.
Speaker 1: You don't have to always blow the top off of
Speaker 1: the defense with a deep ball. He can do that.
Speaker 1: He has a powerful arm. But I think you're gonna
Speaker 1: get a very smart veteran like quarterback and Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: in my opinion, it's an upgrade from what Washington's had
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. Well, he's a gamer, right,
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing you could say about it.
Speaker 1: He's got the armstrangth, he knows how to just win games.
Speaker 1: He's showing that, you know, a few times of the
Speaker 1: course of his career. I think as we get more
Speaker 1: into more realistic situations, he'll see a little bit more
Speaker 1: about why the code and staff really thought he was
Speaker 1: you know worth, you know, the second round picking all
Speaker 1: that other stuff. Yeah, so I'm a tennis player. I
Speaker 1: refer to that. What you're saying is match tough. He's
Speaker 1: game tough. So he's been in through the fire, He's
Speaker 1: been in certain circumstances and situations in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: He's not going to be, as we talked about, that
Speaker 1: deer in the headlights because he's seen it all in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. So when the lights come on
Speaker 1: and it's showtime on a Sunday, Carson wants nothing will
Speaker 1: face him. Scott, I appreciate you, mane. That's all we
Speaker 1: have for you today, but be sure to check out
Speaker 1: your daily Commands Center camp coverage every weekday on the
Speaker 1: Commander's YouTube channel. I'm gonna go back to my tank
Speaker 1: because I basically live here like everybody else, and I
Speaker 1: will see you tomorrow.