WEBVTT - Draft Depth | Episode 3

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Commanders Today podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. Today we

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<v Speaker 1>are talking depth. Washington has found value in late round

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<v Speaker 1>draft picks over the past few years. Safety Cam curl

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<v Speaker 1>went two hundred and sixteenth overall in twenty twenty and

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<v Speaker 1>Terry McLaurin went seventy sixth overall in twenty nineteen. Logan

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<v Speaker 1>Paulson joined me to talk potential targets in the later rounds.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk a little bit about that. You already mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>some of the names here, but what is the philosophy

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<v Speaker 1>when you go in this and you get past that

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<v Speaker 1>first round, Because we've been hearing a lot of talks

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<v Speaker 1>about how this draft has a lot of good depth

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<v Speaker 1>in it. Yeah. Absolutely, it's one of the deepest drafts

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen a while. I think the top ends not

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<v Speaker 1>super great, and that's why everyone's trying to get into

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<v Speaker 1>this middle of the draft rounds two to six, two

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<v Speaker 1>to five, And I think one of the things is

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<v Speaker 1>you just got to find quality starters. And in this

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<v Speaker 1>year that's especially important because there are some quality people

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<v Speaker 1>at different positions right like linebackers, a big need for

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<v Speaker 1>the Washington ball team. There's some really quality linebackers later

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<v Speaker 1>that people don't know about, Troy Anderson, Muma from Wyoming.

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<v Speaker 1>All those guys very very talented. But they'll be there

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<v Speaker 1>potentially in the third round. And that's well, but you

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned the third round. We don't have a third round

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<v Speaker 1>pick because of the Carson Wentz trade and that's also

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<v Speaker 1>where you got Terry McLaurin a couple of years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's some good studs that could come out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Will they be available maybe later out of the third

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<v Speaker 1>round or I mean Washington still could make a move

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<v Speaker 1>to get there somehow. That's the question. That's that's what's

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<v Speaker 1>tough about the draft in terms of evaluation, right is

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<v Speaker 1>everyone kind of frontloads all the resources and said these

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<v Speaker 1>are the best guys, and then where you really got

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<v Speaker 1>to make your money is in that kind of fourth, fifth, sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>seventh round. And it's you know, like you said, there's

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<v Speaker 1>all these guys that have come out of those drafts,

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<v Speaker 1>Chrit cam Curl, all these different positions, and that's where

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<v Speaker 1>that talent evaluation process really comes into focus. And can

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<v Speaker 1>they can they find those gems in the rough there?

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<v Speaker 1>How hard is that to kind of get evaluating at

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<v Speaker 1>those later rounds because a lot of it too is

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<v Speaker 1>as we hear a lot of you know, the coaches say,

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<v Speaker 1>it also depends on who is making the moves ahead

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<v Speaker 1>of you. Yeah, so you're constantly having to adjust as well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>one thousand percent. And the other thing is, like all

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<v Speaker 1>these guys that are still around in the third, fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>fifth rounds, they have some type of issue, right, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they're not the fastest guy, they're undersized, they're oversized.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a guy, Daniel Filey from Minnesota, six nine, four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred pounds. How does he play in an NFL game? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>He might slide just because he's too big. Right. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a quarterback from a small school in Texas ran an

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<v Speaker 1>excellent forty yard dash line. But as a converted wide receiver,

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<v Speaker 1>can you take that talent? Can you mold that talent?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you develop that talent? And I think the coaching

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<v Speaker 1>staff here is shown they can do that. Take a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit pressure off that evaluation process. Yeah, Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>building has been certainly busy buzzing around. And if everybody

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<v Speaker 1>says it is, it's the time to get ready for

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<v Speaker 1>the draft. And so evaluations are going on. They have

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<v Speaker 1>been going on even before we got to the offseason.

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<v Speaker 1>They're out there looking at some of these guys seeing

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<v Speaker 1>who could add. Are there positions you'd like to see

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<v Speaker 1>them target when you get to later rounds or can

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<v Speaker 1>you still take best available then? Yeah, I think you

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<v Speaker 1>always want to kind of keep best available in mind.

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<v Speaker 1>But as you get deeper to the draft, I think

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<v Speaker 1>you fall in love with guys and I think you

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<v Speaker 1>know the needs you have kind of elevate that best available,

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<v Speaker 1>right because they can impact your team more so, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to see them target offensive line depth. Defensive line

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<v Speaker 1>depth in recent weeks has become a bigger issue for

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<v Speaker 1>this team. Say, always secondary depth, especially if there's some

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<v Speaker 1>studs out there athletically that you can buy in kid

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<v Speaker 1>from Houston, he's five eight, really really talented player, but

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<v Speaker 1>he might be there, right can you fit him in

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<v Speaker 1>this scheme? That type of stuff. So just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>that philosophy that engaging with that I think is important.

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<v Speaker 1>Five eight my height. If I'm flat footed by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>which I'm cheating a little bit, I have to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not look too too far up on you. After looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the late round picks, we play the little game

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<v Speaker 1>of this or that and Now let's get to that

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<v Speaker 1>eleventh overall pick, and I'm going to give you a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of players to choose between. We're gonna call this

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<v Speaker 1>game this or that. I give you two guys we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to start on offense at eleven overall. Maybe add

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<v Speaker 1>a little help to Terry McLaurin out there. Couldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>one of his guys from Ohio State as well. Would

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<v Speaker 1>you go with Garrett Wilson or Drake London from USC? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>these are two of my favorite receivers in this class,

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<v Speaker 1>but I have to go with Garrett Wilson. He's just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of my number one just because he's so technically sound,

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<v Speaker 1>excellent footwork, home run hitter, love him and what he

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<v Speaker 1>had over a thousand yards at Ohio State and twelve

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<v Speaker 1>touchdown as well. How about if we go to the

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<v Speaker 1>guys that would be challenged with defending against the wide receivers.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to a couple of dbs, Kyle Hamiltons or

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<v Speaker 1>Sauce Gardner. Yeah, again, two outstanding football players. I like

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<v Speaker 1>Kyle Hamilton's physicality, but I think Sauce Gardner has more upside.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a mandamand corner, excellent footwork and I love the

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<v Speaker 1>competitiveness with which he plays the game. Yeah, both of

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<v Speaker 1>them had three interceptions. Yeah, I like those picks. Yeah yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, sauce Gard did give up touchdown last year,

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<v Speaker 1>So there you go. And how about if we go

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<v Speaker 1>to the unit in front of them, the linebackers, Devin

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<v Speaker 1>Lloyd or Nakobe Dean isn't really that close for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a Devin Lloyd guy. I got Devin Lloyd pajamas.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm super fired up about him. He's a physical, outstanding

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<v Speaker 1>football player. Love watching him play. I need to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really need to document that. How about this

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<v Speaker 1>burgundy are gold? Uh? Burgundy? I guess I like red burgundy.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I don't know. I might go gold. But

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<v Speaker 1>then that way, we just compliment each other because we

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