Speaker 1: Welcome to the Commanders Today Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. Next
Speaker 1: stop the Draft. The Commanders have just under a month
Speaker 1: until there on the clock with the eleventh overall pick.
Speaker 1: Staff writer Zach Selby and Logan Paulson joined the show
Speaker 1: to take a closer look at who Washington may take
Speaker 1: in the first round. You're not officially in the month April,
Speaker 1: believe it or not. The draft is only a few
Speaker 1: weeks away, which is wild to me, and that means
Speaker 1: there's gonna be plenty of mock draft release between now
Speaker 1: in April twenty eighth, and we're here to get through
Speaker 1: some of the picks that the analysts are taking the
Speaker 1: Commanders to go with at eleven, I'm staff freck zac Selby.
Speaker 1: Here with me is Logan Paulson and cbs Worth, Josh
Speaker 1: Edwards and Josh let's just get right into it. You
Speaker 1: had notre Dame Safety Kyle Hamilton fall into the Commanders
Speaker 1: at number eleven. So give me your elevator pitch for
Speaker 1: this gully. Why are you like him? Why do you
Speaker 1: think he fits into the commander secondary. Yeah, you set
Speaker 1: it up well there because you said fall to Washington,
Speaker 1: and I think that's why he is so at this pick.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's a unicorn in the sense that
Speaker 1: he's got great size, great speed. I think what's going
Speaker 1: to draw Ron Rivera to him is just he's a
Speaker 1: really smart player, accountable on the football field, and I think,
Speaker 1: you know, having that kind of leadership because we've seen
Speaker 1: a lot more safeties where the green dot which you
Speaker 1: you know, you're the commander of the defense. So we've
Speaker 1: seen a lot of defenses go with the safety as
Speaker 1: the guy that's getting everybody in position. And I think
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton just his football instincts, his IQ, his love
Speaker 1: for the game, his accountability, like all of that kind
Speaker 1: of stuff is what's going to draw Ron Rivera to him.
Speaker 1: And of course, says I mentioned, you know, he's got
Speaker 1: great size, great speed to where he can fulfill a
Speaker 1: number of roles in the defense. I mean he can
Speaker 1: play in coverage, he can play downhill and you know,
Speaker 1: run the alley and make hits in the backfield, all
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. So I think that's kind of
Speaker 1: what withdraw him to Washington at number eleven. Is so
Speaker 1: obviously on many people's board, he's the number one prospect,
Speaker 1: Number one kind of athlete. Is there a reason that
Speaker 1: you see him kind of having this you know, kind
Speaker 1: of precipitous slide, you know, miss Houston missing mid three,
Speaker 1: like anything in particular that that causes this him to
Speaker 1: luckily fall to the commanders at eleven. Yeah, no question.
Speaker 1: I think it's a combination of things. There's been a
Speaker 1: variety of reports of how he ranted his pro day,
Speaker 1: some of at him in four evan, which you know,
Speaker 1: if you watch him on film, that's not really a
Speaker 1: concern of yours. I think he plays much faster than that,
Speaker 1: but it is, you know, part of the puzzle. He
Speaker 1: had an injury this past year that you know he's
Speaker 1: I don't have access to his medical records, but I'm
Speaker 1: sure that's something that teams will be diving in through
Speaker 1: throughout this process. And then just positional value. A lot
Speaker 1: of teams don't value taking a safety in the top
Speaker 1: five or whatever. I mean, we historically have not seen
Speaker 1: that very often, with the exception of maybe a Jamal Adams,
Speaker 1: even Derwin James, who was valued. Is that kind of
Speaker 1: a talent slid into the middle part of the first round.
Speaker 1: So I think those are primarily the reasons for you know,
Speaker 1: why he might be available this point, But that's also
Speaker 1: why it makes it so appealing, because you know, as
Speaker 1: I've always been told, you never go broke taking a profit.
Speaker 1: So he's sitting there at number eleven. Overall, I think
Speaker 1: it's just a very smart Stavvy pick, And that's something
Speaker 1: I'm really glad you brought up because everyone talks about
Speaker 1: his speed. You know, he he didn't run very well,
Speaker 1: but what you see on the film that I think
Speaker 1: is so underrated his ability to anticipate plays and make
Speaker 1: those dynamic plays in the Secretary, even though like he's
Speaker 1: a little stiff in the hips, doesn't run maybe as
Speaker 1: well as people want to think, but that that kind
Speaker 1: of next level understanding of the game is something that
Speaker 1: really helps him out. Yeah, I mean, I think that's
Speaker 1: an undervalued trait. When you have that awareness, that anticipation,
Speaker 1: you naturally work a half step quicker than what your
Speaker 1: opponents are, So you may run a four seven. I
Speaker 1: don't think he does when he's actually out there on
Speaker 1: the football field. But when you're able to work a
Speaker 1: half step quicker and you know you're one step ahead
Speaker 1: of your opponents, you're working more in the four or
Speaker 1: five four six range. So again he's just you know,
Speaker 1: fantastic across the boards. So that awareness I think would
Speaker 1: be a great fit for Washington. You've got Cameron Curl,
Speaker 1: who was a tremendous value in the seventh round. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's done everything for that Washington defense, but I think
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton is a guy that is more seamlessly fits
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