Speaker 1: This is camping out with Zach Selby and it is
Speaker 1: swell storing probably the hottest day of the year, but
Speaker 1: the offense had its best practice with Carson Rintz and
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin all connecting throughout the day. We had Darren
Speaker 1: Haynes from WUSA nine and our very own Brand Winstein.
Speaker 1: Let's go check out what they had to say. Let's
Speaker 1: start things off today with brand Winstein, who will be
Speaker 1: cup in the booth calling plays in the preseason and
Speaker 1: the regular season. Bram Um. I mean, it's probably the
Speaker 1: hottest day of a year so far for us in camp.
Speaker 1: But you know, coincidentally, the offense probably also had the
Speaker 1: best day of camp that they've had period. You know,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz looks really good today, Toy, the hindeing Galesill
Speaker 1: looked pretty good today. What have you seen from the offense?
Speaker 1: Wentz is revenge? He really I think it starts here,
Speaker 1: you know, I think eventually this had to turn a
Speaker 1: little bit. I would hope. I think we all hope
Speaker 1: it's gonna turn a little bit. I mean the acknowledgement
Speaker 1: that there's been a lot of inaccuracy and impreciseness. I
Speaker 1: mean you'd have to be blind not to see it. Right.
Speaker 1: So far at camp today was one of his better days.
Speaker 1: I thought he had one of his best throws at
Speaker 1: the open practice. The other Terry McLaurin, He's had a
Speaker 1: couple here today and so maybe this isn't just about him.
Speaker 1: Timing of the offense. Offensive line is settling down, receivers
Speaker 1: are getting adjusted to him, and we got a month
Speaker 1: to go, so hopefully he can keep going up and
Speaker 1: up and up. He will forget that we still have
Speaker 1: a long way to go before a week one comes.
Speaker 1: But you know, there was a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: the timing between Terry McLaurin, you know, some of the
Speaker 1: other teeples in Carson, and just like that, it seems
Speaker 1: like today it was much improved from it was, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe a week ago. I hope. So. I mean, we
Speaker 1: just paid him seventy two million dollars, so it's been
Speaker 1: a very quiet investment so far. But you know, of
Speaker 1: all people, you know, with him not really being the
Speaker 1: star of camp, I'm not worried about him, like of
Speaker 1: all people on this team. And eventually the ball is
Speaker 1: going to come his way, and I think that that
Speaker 1: is starting to click. You've heard McLaurin talk about this
Speaker 1: a little bit too that he's even said we're trying
Speaker 1: to get on the same page here and it's gonna
Speaker 1: take some time. And I think to be fair to
Speaker 1: Winz throughout all of this, like this is still new
Speaker 1: to him. This is a new offense. These are all
Speaker 1: new players. He's got eight million options on offense. At
Speaker 1: some point, I think, you know, everyone needs to slowdown.
Speaker 1: He's a pro seventh year, he knows what he's doing.
Speaker 1: But you know, it's impossible not to notice that there's
Speaker 1: been a lot of inaccuracy here and hopefully that will
Speaker 1: continue to change. Because today really was a good day. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mentioned this in a blog up posted yesterday. Is
Speaker 1: as awesome as it would be for everyone to think
Speaker 1: that it's Madden and he would just kind of go
Speaker 1: out there and just make pass through receivers. It's not
Speaker 1: really how it works. And you know, going into some
Speaker 1: of these eleven eleven periods, we had a start today.
Speaker 1: The running game also was really strong today. I mean,
Speaker 1: what have you seen out of that group of running
Speaker 1: back Do you think you know that that trio of Gibson,
Speaker 1: the Kissick and Robinson has looked pretty strong so far.
Speaker 1: I think that's a major strength of the team. Now.
Speaker 1: I think a big priority in my opinion coming into
Speaker 1: the off season was I believe that Gibson they leaned
Speaker 1: too much on him last year and waited on him.
Speaker 1: He got injured by the middle of the year second
Speaker 1: year in a row, that he needed some help behind him.
Speaker 1: The drafting of Brian Robertson, you know, shows that type
Speaker 1: of promise for them short yardage, maybe steal a series
Speaker 1: here and there. I think the big surprise for me
Speaker 1: with him is he's got really good hands too. So
Speaker 1: this is the third running back that I've seen now
Speaker 1: that you have options with. He's not just a banger
Speaker 1: who's build as this banger up the middle. Short yardage
Speaker 1: back could a spell Gibson, he'll be a traditional running back.
Speaker 1: I don't really see that. Like I see hands with
Speaker 1: him too. Mckissic has looked really sharp in practice. I
Speaker 1: hope he doesn't get lost with all these different weapons
Speaker 1: out there. But they have a full room for sure.
Speaker 1: And now I think a bigger question is do they
Speaker 1: keep three or four running backs when the roster cutdown happens.
Speaker 1: That is a very good question. Because I think last
Speaker 1: year they kept three. I think this year they they
Speaker 1: could very well keep forward depending on what they want
Speaker 1: to do with Jared Patterson. But you bring out Robinson
Speaker 1: and his ability to catch passes, you know, added back field.
Speaker 1: That's something he wasn't necessarily known for in Alabama, but
Speaker 1: he did do a pretty decent job of it, you know,
Speaker 1: in his senior year. And I think you know that
Speaker 1: a show, like you said, he's not just somebody who's
Speaker 1: this kind of go between the tackles and to get
Speaker 1: two yards in a cloud of dust. Right, I expected
Speaker 1: to see someone who looked like Derrick Henry that's gonna
Speaker 1: run the ball up the middle. He's actually taller, leaner,
Speaker 1: So that'll be interesting to see how he runs between
Speaker 1: the tackles because he does have size, but he's gonna
Speaker 1: need to have leverage. He's gonna have to get the
Speaker 1: pads down. What I've been surprised by is the catching ability.
Speaker 1: And I talked to John Bates yesterday. It was the
Speaker 1: same thing when he showed up here, he's our new
Speaker 1: blocking tight end, John Bates, and then when push came
Speaker 1: to shove, he's got hands. But you found that out,
Speaker 1: like after the fact because he wasn't used that way
Speaker 1: in college. And the same thing here with Brian Robertson.
Speaker 1: He was a traditional running back, caught some passes out
Speaker 1: of the backfield. Well, I think we're realizing that there's
Speaker 1: some position flex with him too. So you also have
Speaker 1: a column coming out today actually on Commanders dot Com,
Speaker 1: and I was reading this morning, you know, before it
Speaker 1: goes out to the world, and you have some positives,
Speaker 1: some questions. One of the positives was the defensive line.
Speaker 1: And we do know we have obviously Montes Sweat as
Speaker 1: a baller, Drohn Payne is a monster, Jonathan Allen is
Speaker 1: just intimidating to everybody he looks at. But who are
Speaker 1: some of those other defensive linemen in the depth, particularly
Speaker 1: defense the van that ever listened out to you, you know,
Speaker 1: I think you know it's going to be necessary to
Speaker 1: find an adequate replacement for Chase Young. You're not going
Speaker 1: to get I think the big playability. I think that's
Speaker 1: fair to say. But I like what Casey Toohill is
Speaker 1: bringing off the edge typically in passing downs. Now that
Speaker 1: James Smith Williams is back out here today, I think
Speaker 1: that's a good side for him. He likely as a starter,
Speaker 1: specifically on rundowns. And when they put out this five
Speaker 1: defensive lineup, five defensive lineman formation, gary it it's about
Speaker 1: the most formidable thing I think that they can put
Speaker 1: out there. And so that to me speaks to what
Speaker 1: I think has been the strength of this team for
Speaker 1: a few years running, and truthfully is going to be
Speaker 1: the core of the team. I believe they will go
Speaker 1: as far as the line takes them, you know, and
Speaker 1: hopefully that young will come back and be a big
Speaker 1: part of that at some point in the season. But
Speaker 1: that's where it has to be. And the other one
Speaker 1: that stands out to me, and this is from last
Speaker 1: year two. I like William Bradley King a lot. He
Speaker 1: shows a tremendous amount of energy. I think he's got
Speaker 1: a lot of juice coming off the edge, and I
Speaker 1: have a feeling if he does make the team, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be hard. But if he does make the team,
Speaker 1: you may see him rotationally early just because of the
Speaker 1: energy he brings. Yeah, he definitely has caught the eye
Speaker 1: of the coaching staff based and what we've heard in
Speaker 1: the last couple of press conferences. You know, we didn't
Speaker 1: bring up for Dary mathis in a similar way to
Speaker 1: how Robinson is at Alabama. Like you know those Alabama guys,
Speaker 1: they need to have the full pads on really show
Speaker 1: their skill set. And with you know, Matthis being able
Speaker 1: someone who's gonna clog up the lanes, seems like with
Speaker 1: the pads on, he's really able to kind of show
Speaker 1: that strength a little bit more. Yeah, he's interesting one
Speaker 1: because you can't miss her on pay this Camp. You
Speaker 1: can't miss Montest sweat this Camp. They stood out. I
Speaker 1: think it's overshadowed what Matthis is doing. And I think
Speaker 1: the formidable part of that five man lineup is the
Speaker 1: second he's out there. I think you see it. I'm
Speaker 1: reserving judgment. I haven't seen a lot of him. I
Speaker 1: think he's a backup right now, and so we're gonna
Speaker 1: find out a lot about him on Saturday. I'm assuming
Speaker 1: he's going to get a lot of reps against Carolina.
Speaker 1: We'll get a first real look at him this weekend.
Speaker 1: We all right, Brandon, Hey, you guys can check out
Speaker 1: the column they brand will have on Commanders dot Com
Speaker 1: lead on Today and Bram they're doing installs and let's
Speaker 1: let's go back in the tents and enjoy a little
Speaker 1: bit of somewhat less heat than we have. And now
Speaker 1: with us we have the ever suave and ever daffer
Speaker 1: looking Darren Haynes four Starker, anstor for WUSA nine. I mean,
Speaker 1: first of all, how are you looking fresh? So fresh?
Speaker 1: And I'll think I've ever seen you not look fresh
Speaker 1: during practice. Listen, I'm actually wearing a T shirt and shorts.
Speaker 1: But when we do this interview, I throw in the
Speaker 1: jack of real quick and I throw the pants on. No,
Speaker 1: I don't know this, Clark kent over here. Yeah, this
Speaker 1: is like a Stuart Scott thing where he was like,
Speaker 1: always wear a suit all the time. So now I'm
Speaker 1: burning up, like I can feel the sweat going down
Speaker 1: my back. Well, it just shows you, I mean, you
Speaker 1: don't have to do a lot to look good either way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so look the offense. Speaking of looking good, the offense
Speaker 1: also looked pretty good today, probably the best I would
Speaker 1: I'd say that they've looked all camp. I mean, what
Speaker 1: have you seen out of Carson Wentz? He was pretty
Speaker 1: accurate today, Yeah, because you know, at the beginning of
Speaker 1: camp there was a few times he was overthrowing some
Speaker 1: guys but he was really hitting his targets this time,
Speaker 1: and this is what you like to see because they're
Speaker 1: you know, their preseason game. He is right around the
Speaker 1: corner on Saturday, and so we can get a guy
Speaker 1: like Carson Wentz, who of course that's like our main
Speaker 1: guy that we brought in to play a quarterback position.
Speaker 1: If he can hit the targets like he's hitting today,
Speaker 1: things could look good on Saturday, especially when they put
Speaker 1: everything together for the season starting. You know, I was
Speaker 1: talking to Brandwashing about the timing over series pick with
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, and you know, they talked about how it's
Speaker 1: gonna take time. Honestly, it's gonna take time for them
Speaker 1: to kind of grow and develop the chemistry. Do you
Speaker 1: think that they've taken a step forward today human Arry
Speaker 1: specifically with the timing. Absolutely. I think every single practice
Speaker 1: you work on that continuity, you work on that timing,
Speaker 1: and I think that every single day you're gonna get better.
Speaker 1: I know that sounds like cliche, with like one day
Speaker 1: at a time cliche for a reason, Yeah, but uh,
Speaker 1: but yeah, it's it's good to see those two getting
Speaker 1: that connection going. Um. You know, there's some other type
Speaker 1: of plays that Carson Wentz was hitting some other receivers.
Speaker 1: He had a nice one here towards the end zone
Speaker 1: over there, So that timing is starting to work out.
Speaker 1: One thing people don't realize is us the defense. It's
Speaker 1: more reaction, so it's not like continuity. So the defense
Speaker 1: usually always looks good first. It's the offense that takes
Speaker 1: the time. Takes some time. So to see that kind
Speaker 1: of working out today is good for the commander's offense.
Speaker 1: So let's move over to the defense now. And I've
Speaker 1: been really impressed with the corners, you know overall, honestly
Speaker 1: kennefull or William Jackson, who wasn't out there today, but
Speaker 1: he wasn't an individual drills. I mean, you know, do
Speaker 1: you think that they've all been talking about how great
Speaker 1: and confident they are compared to last year. Do you
Speaker 1: see the confidence show itself? I mean yeah, I mean this,
Speaker 1: Kendall Fuller was always a good cornerback for a long time. Obviously,
Speaker 1: William Jackson, he did his thing. That's why the commanders
Speaker 1: signed him. So there's so they know. Even get a
Speaker 1: guy like you know, William Jackson, who didn't like the
Speaker 1: way he played last year, and he he switched a
Speaker 1: few things up so he can be better this season.
Speaker 1: But you got to have that confidence going going in.
Speaker 1: Those are quality corners that are there even if you
Speaker 1: look at you know, free safety like a Bob Bobby McCain.
Speaker 1: I mean like like he is a guy who is
Speaker 1: confident that he knows that he can get the job done.
Speaker 1: And despite the numbers not looking good last year, um
Speaker 1: still on paper man. For me, I feel like this
Speaker 1: is a good defense. They just need to put it
Speaker 1: all together. Well, I mean, you know, Fuller had you know,
Speaker 1: like fourteen or sixteen pass breakups last year, one of them. Well, yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean Super Bowl champion, I mean Kendall ken We
Speaker 1: brought Kendall Fuller back because we knew that he was
Speaker 1: one of the best defensive backs. So on the other side,
Speaker 1: William Jackson getting he was getting more used to the concepts, uh,
Speaker 1: you know in twenty twenty one. This year he says he's,
Speaker 1: you know, feeling, you know, a thousand percent better than
Speaker 1: what he was last year. Same question similar, do you
Speaker 1: think he's Do you think that is accurate? Do you
Speaker 1: think he has a thousand percent better in terms of
Speaker 1: like understand the zone concepts as the put of the
Speaker 1: man concepts. Well, he's a professional player, so let's let's hope.
Speaker 1: You know, we do our jobs and we try to
Speaker 1: improve every day. So let's hope that he had in
Speaker 1: this entire offseason really fine tune his play, because you know,
Speaker 1: when you're thinking too much, you don't play as well.
Speaker 1: So hopefully, now that he has one year under resbelt
Speaker 1: in regards to how this system works defensively, now he
Speaker 1: can go out there and just react rather than think,
Speaker 1: that's all we have for you today. But be sure
Speaker 1: and check out your daily Command Center camp coverage every
Speaker 1: weekday on the Commander's YouTube channel. I'm gonna go back
Speaker 1: to my tent because I basically live here like everybody else,
Speaker 1: and I will see you tomorrow.