WEBVTT - Camping Out Day Twelve | Episode 35 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:06.000 This is camping out with Zach Selby and it is 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:08.280 swell storing probably the hottest day of the year, but 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:11.440 the offense had its best practice with Carson Rintz and 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:15.160 Terry McLaurin all connecting throughout the day. We had Darren 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.959 Haynes from WUSA nine and our very own Brand Winstein. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.360 Let's go check out what they had to say. Let's 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:22.520 start things off today with brand Winstein, who will be 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:24.680 cup in the booth calling plays in the preseason and 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.280 the regular season. Bram Um. I mean, it's probably the 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:29.880 hottest day of a year so far for us in camp. 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:32.199 But you know, coincidentally, the offense probably also had the 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:34.640 best day of camp that they've had period. You know, 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.120 Carson Wentz looks really good today, Toy, the hindeing Galesill 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:38.880 looked pretty good today. What have you seen from the offense? 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:43.760 Wentz is revenge? He really I think it starts here, 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:45.800 you know, I think eventually this had to turn a 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:47.520 little bit. I would hope. I think we all hope 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.080 it's gonna turn a little bit. I mean the acknowledgement 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.120 that there's been a lot of inaccuracy and impreciseness. I 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.520 mean you'd have to be blind not to see it. Right. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:57.800 So far at camp today was one of his better days. 0:00:57.840 --> 0:00:59.160 I thought he had one of his best throws at 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.440 the open practice. The other Terry McLaurin, He's had a 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:05.240 couple here today and so maybe this isn't just about him. 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:09.200 Timing of the offense. Offensive line is settling down, receivers 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.280 are getting adjusted to him, and we got a month 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.240 to go, so hopefully he can keep going up and 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.200 up and up. He will forget that we still have 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:16.959 a long way to go before a week one comes. 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.039 But you know, there was a lot to talk about 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.240 the timing between Terry McLaurin, you know, some of the 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.720 other teeples in Carson, and just like that, it seems 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.679 like today it was much improved from it was, you know, 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.880 maybe a week ago. I hope. So. I mean, we 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:32.280 just paid him seventy two million dollars, so it's been 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.640 a very quiet investment so far. But you know, of 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.120 all people, you know, with him not really being the 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.399 star of camp, I'm not worried about him, like of 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.160 all people on this team. And eventually the ball is 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:43.760 going to come his way, and I think that that 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.240 is starting to click. You've heard McLaurin talk about this 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.080 a little bit too that he's even said we're trying 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:49.760 to get on the same page here and it's gonna 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.120 take some time. And I think to be fair to 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:54.120 Winz throughout all of this, like this is still new 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.480 to him. This is a new offense. These are all 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.760 new players. He's got eight million options on offense. At 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.440 some point, I think, you know, everyone needs to slowdown. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.800 He's a pro seventh year, he knows what he's doing. 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.480 But you know, it's impossible not to notice that there's 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.200 been a lot of inaccuracy here and hopefully that will 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.040 continue to change. Because today really was a good day. Yeah. 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.120 I mentioned this in a blog up posted yesterday. Is 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.079 as awesome as it would be for everyone to think 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:20.640 that it's Madden and he would just kind of go 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.640 out there and just make pass through receivers. It's not 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.080 really how it works. And you know, going into some 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.200 of these eleven eleven periods, we had a start today. 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.000 The running game also was really strong today. I mean, 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:31.440 what have you seen out of that group of running 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.680 back Do you think you know that that trio of Gibson, 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.040 the Kissick and Robinson has looked pretty strong so far. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:37.960 I think that's a major strength of the team. Now. 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.440 I think a big priority in my opinion coming into 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.079 the off season was I believe that Gibson they leaned 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.040 too much on him last year and waited on him. 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:46.519 He got injured by the middle of the year second 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.040 year in a row, that he needed some help behind him. 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.959 The drafting of Brian Robertson, you know, shows that type 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.720 of promise for them short yardage, maybe steal a series 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.800 here and there. I think the big surprise for me 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.200 with him is he's got really good hands too. So 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.400 this is the third running back that I've seen now 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.360 that you have options with. He's not just a banger 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.400 who's build as this banger up the middle. Short yardage 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.160 back could a spell Gibson, he'll be a traditional running back. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.320 I don't really see that. Like I see hands with 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.679 him too. Mckissic has looked really sharp in practice. I 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.120 hope he doesn't get lost with all these different weapons 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.320 out there. But they have a full room for sure. 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:21.080 And now I think a bigger question is do they 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.400 keep three or four running backs when the roster cutdown happens. 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.520 That is a very good question. Because I think last 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.639 year they kept three. I think this year they they 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:29.520 could very well keep forward depending on what they want 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:31.600 to do with Jared Patterson. But you bring out Robinson 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.200 and his ability to catch passes, you know, added back field. 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:36.720 That's something he wasn't necessarily known for in Alabama, but 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.360 he did do a pretty decent job of it, you know, 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.560 in his senior year. And I think you know that 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.040 a show, like you said, he's not just somebody who's 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:45.880 this kind of go between the tackles and to get 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.400 two yards in a cloud of dust. Right, I expected 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.520 to see someone who looked like Derrick Henry that's gonna 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.280 run the ball up the middle. He's actually taller, leaner, 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:55.760 So that'll be interesting to see how he runs between 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.400 the tackles because he does have size, but he's gonna 0:03:58.400 --> 0:03:59.600 need to have leverage. He's gonna have to get the 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.560 pads down. What I've been surprised by is the catching ability. 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.800 And I talked to John Bates yesterday. It was the 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:06.640 same thing when he showed up here, he's our new 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.040 blocking tight end, John Bates, and then when push came 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.120 to shove, he's got hands. But you found that out, 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:15.240 like after the fact because he wasn't used that way 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.359 in college. And the same thing here with Brian Robertson. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.520 He was a traditional running back, caught some passes out 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.760 of the backfield. Well, I think we're realizing that there's 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.640 some position flex with him too. So you also have 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.520 a column coming out today actually on Commanders dot Com, 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.880 and I was reading this morning, you know, before it 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.640 goes out to the world, and you have some positives, 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.320 some questions. One of the positives was the defensive line. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.840 And we do know we have obviously Montes Sweat as 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:41.400 a baller, Drohn Payne is a monster, Jonathan Allen is 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.360 just intimidating to everybody he looks at. But who are 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.240 some of those other defensive linemen in the depth, particularly 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:48.919 defense the van that ever listened out to you, you know, 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.280 I think you know it's going to be necessary to 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.039 find an adequate replacement for Chase Young. You're not going 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:56.159 to get I think the big playability. I think that's 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.800 fair to say. But I like what Casey Toohill is 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.560 bringing off the edge typically in passing downs. Now that 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.480 James Smith Williams is back out here today, I think 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.480 that's a good side for him. He likely as a starter, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.760 specifically on rundowns. And when they put out this five 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:14.479 defensive lineup, five defensive lineman formation, gary it it's about 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.279 the most formidable thing I think that they can put 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:20.359 out there. And so that to me speaks to what 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:21.880 I think has been the strength of this team for 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:23.960 a few years running, and truthfully is going to be 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.039 the core of the team. I believe they will go 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:27.960 as far as the line takes them, you know, and 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.040 hopefully that young will come back and be a big 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:31.840 part of that at some point in the season. But 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:33.160 that's where it has to be. And the other one 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:34.479 that stands out to me, and this is from last 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.840 year two. I like William Bradley King a lot. He 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.080 shows a tremendous amount of energy. I think he's got 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.360 a lot of juice coming off the edge, and I 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:42.920 have a feeling if he does make the team, it's 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.800 gonna be hard. But if he does make the team, 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.279 you may see him rotationally early just because of the 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.880 energy he brings. Yeah, he definitely has caught the eye 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:51.480 of the coaching staff based and what we've heard in 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.360 the last couple of press conferences. You know, we didn't 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.200 bring up for Dary mathis in a similar way to 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.680 how Robinson is at Alabama. Like you know those Alabama guys, 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:00.440 they need to have the full pads on really show 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.200 their skill set. And with you know, Matthis being able 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.400 someone who's gonna clog up the lanes, seems like with 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.400 the pads on, he's really able to kind of show 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.320 that strength a little bit more. Yeah, he's interesting one 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:12.960 because you can't miss her on pay this Camp. You 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.640 can't miss Montest sweat this Camp. They stood out. I 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.440 think it's overshadowed what Matthis is doing. And I think 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.800 the formidable part of that five man lineup is the 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.279 second he's out there. I think you see it. I'm 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.120 reserving judgment. I haven't seen a lot of him. I 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.320 think he's a backup right now, and so we're gonna 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.360 find out a lot about him on Saturday. I'm assuming 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.240 he's going to get a lot of reps against Carolina. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.200 We'll get a first real look at him this weekend. 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.480 We all right, Brandon, Hey, you guys can check out 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:38.400 the column they brand will have on Commanders dot Com 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.560 lead on Today and Bram they're doing installs and let's 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:42.120 let's go back in the tents and enjoy a little 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.120 bit of somewhat less heat than we have. And now 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.360 with us we have the ever suave and ever daffer 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:51.400 looking Darren Haynes four Starker, anstor for WUSA nine. I mean, 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.479 first of all, how are you looking fresh? So fresh? 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.120 And I'll think I've ever seen you not look fresh 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:59.640 during practice. Listen, I'm actually wearing a T shirt and shorts. 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:00.960 But when we do this interview, I throw in the 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.360 jack of real quick and I throw the pants on. No, 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.520 I don't know this, Clark kent over here. Yeah, this 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:07.040 is like a Stuart Scott thing where he was like, 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:09.679 always wear a suit all the time. So now I'm 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.480 burning up, like I can feel the sweat going down 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.480 my back. Well, it just shows you, I mean, you 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.760 don't have to do a lot to look good either way. Yeah, 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.360 so look the offense. Speaking of looking good, the offense 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.520 also looked pretty good today, probably the best I would 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.560 I'd say that they've looked all camp. I mean, what 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:25.239 have you seen out of Carson Wentz? He was pretty 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.440 accurate today, Yeah, because you know, at the beginning of 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.160 camp there was a few times he was overthrowing some 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.200 guys but he was really hitting his targets this time, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:32.800 and this is what you like to see because they're 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.440 you know, their preseason game. He is right around the 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.560 corner on Saturday, and so we can get a guy 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.000 like Carson Wentz, who of course that's like our main 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.120 guy that we brought in to play a quarterback position. 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.240 If he can hit the targets like he's hitting today, 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.360 things could look good on Saturday, especially when they put 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.560 everything together for the season starting. You know, I was 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.560 talking to Brandwashing about the timing over series pick with 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:53.960 Terry McLaurin, and you know, they talked about how it's 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:55.880 gonna take time. Honestly, it's gonna take time for them 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.040 to kind of grow and develop the chemistry. Do you 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.560 think that they've taken a step forward today human Arry 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:05.040 specifically with the timing. Absolutely. I think every single practice 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.520 you work on that continuity, you work on that timing, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.080 and I think that every single day you're gonna get better. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.080 I know that sounds like cliche, with like one day 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.240 at a time cliche for a reason, Yeah, but uh, 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:16.480 but yeah, it's it's good to see those two getting 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.480 that connection going. Um. You know, there's some other type 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.880 of plays that Carson Wentz was hitting some other receivers. 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.920 He had a nice one here towards the end zone 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.600 over there, So that timing is starting to work out. 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:28.920 One thing people don't realize is us the defense. It's 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.320 more reaction, so it's not like continuity. So the defense 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.080 usually always looks good first. It's the offense that takes 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.360 the time. Takes some time. So to see that kind 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.600 of working out today is good for the commander's offense. 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.439 So let's move over to the defense now. And I've 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:46.000 been really impressed with the corners, you know overall, honestly 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.520 kennefull or William Jackson, who wasn't out there today, but 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.840 he wasn't an individual drills. I mean, you know, do 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.360 you think that they've all been talking about how great 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.199 and confident they are compared to last year. Do you 0:08:56.320 --> 0:09:00.200 see the confidence show itself? I mean yeah, I mean this, 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.920 Kendall Fuller was always a good cornerback for a long time. Obviously, 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.600 William Jackson, he did his thing. That's why the commanders 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.120 signed him. So there's so they know. Even get a 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.040 guy like you know, William Jackson, who didn't like the 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.320 way he played last year, and he he switched a 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:15.920 few things up so he can be better this season. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.920 But you got to have that confidence going going in. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.120 Those are quality corners that are there even if you 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.600 look at you know, free safety like a Bob Bobby McCain. 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.559 I mean like like he is a guy who is 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.720 confident that he knows that he can get the job done. 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.960 And despite the numbers not looking good last year, um 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.600 still on paper man. For me, I feel like this 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.200 is a good defense. They just need to put it 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.520 all together. Well, I mean, you know, Fuller had you know, 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:41.000 like fourteen or sixteen pass breakups last year, one of them. Well, yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah, 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.840 I mean Super Bowl champion, I mean Kendall ken We 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.439 brought Kendall Fuller back because we knew that he was 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.720 one of the best defensive backs. So on the other side, 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:53.480 William Jackson getting he was getting more used to the concepts, uh, 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.320 you know in twenty twenty one. This year he says he's, 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.600 you know, feeling, you know, a thousand percent better than 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:01.280 what he was last year. Same question similar, do you 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.520 think he's Do you think that is accurate? Do you 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.079 think he has a thousand percent better in terms of 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:06.920 like understand the zone concepts as the put of the 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.840 man concepts. Well, he's a professional player, so let's let's hope. 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:11.280 You know, we do our jobs and we try to 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.559 improve every day. So let's hope that he had in 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:17.120 this entire offseason really fine tune his play, because you know, 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.040 when you're thinking too much, you don't play as well. 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:21.319 So hopefully, now that he has one year under resbelt 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.800 in regards to how this system works defensively, now he 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:25.840 can go out there and just react rather than think, 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.199 that's all we have for you today. But be sure 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.760 and check out your daily Command Center camp coverage every 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.720 weekday on the Commander's YouTube channel. I'm gonna go back 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.040 to my tent because I basically live here like everybody else, 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:37.400 and I will see you tomorrow.