WEBVTT - Camping Out Day Nine | Episode 31 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:08.160 Hello, and welcome back to Camping Out with Zach Selby. 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.160 As we are wrapping up practice today here on this Friday, 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:13.960 Ronevera's addressing the media over here to my right, and 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:16.000 when we're dropping all the news you would ever hope 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:18.000 and care to learn about your commanders as they go 0:00:18.000 --> 0:00:20.000 through training camp in the twenty twenty two season. We 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.560 got a couple of returners today on the podcast. We 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:25.160 have Pete Haley from maybe C Sports Washington and Matt 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.280 Paris from The Washington Times. Let's go check up what 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:30.000 they had to say, and now we have Pete Haley 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:33.200 from NBC Sports Washington. Before we get started, I always 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:34.760 love when you have the cooler out here when you're 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:36.040 sitting up like so you really you have like a 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:39.159 little like little chair like stamping. Well, why the cooler? 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:42.440 So I lost the standard OTAs because I'm oh, it's 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.680 devastating and I was gonna go get a new one. 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:47.199 But I tried out the cooler on day one and 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:49.440 I'm like, this is great. I got my drinks ready again. 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.560 You pop out some doritos if I knew two on 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:55.720 the sideline. It's got good butt coverage, little stiff, but 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.480 for the most part it works. So it's it's I 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.160 like having positioned flex just like Ronevera, and it's it's 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:01.960 doing well for me. So we're all about foot position 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:05.080 flex here in Nashburne. And you know, speaking of position flex, 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:06.720 we got to talk about Percy Butler, right, I mean, 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.040 that's one of the ultimate position flex with the players 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.480 right now. He had a really good play in here 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.039 during team drill, has kind of stood up Jadie McKissick. 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:15.600 What have you seen at him so far? As he 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:18.000 really kind of like been that versatile player that Rivera 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.040 said he would be. So yeah, that play I wrote 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.080 it down from my observations post. What was cool about 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.520 that is Butler's like the speed guys supposed to thrive 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:26.800 in special teams and when he's running in space. But 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.039 that was like he was almost a linebacker like sitting 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.319 in the hole and just stood up. McKissick was able 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.360 to hold him until reinforcements showed up. Like that was like, Okay, 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:35.720 I didn't know he had that part to his game. 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:37.160 I thought it was going to be a rangy guy. 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.560 But seeing him hit like that with no real momentum 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:41.800 before it was really really cool. So I think the 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.679 young safeties, all of them behind McCain and Curl are 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.840 having really good camps. I think Derek Forrest, Butler, Jeremy Reeves, 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.760 I think that's a really good competition to watch. Now. 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.120 I think you know, he said he he loves being 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:53.880 on special teams. How ut special teams do you think 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.240 he's actually going to play? Because you know everyone if 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:57.600 there's been a lot of talk with special and off 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:59.320 of the bout, how like special teams players like they 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.640 love it and then as soon as they have an impact, like, well, sorry, Kather, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.400 we're gonna have to take him in. I feel so 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.240 bad for Nate kats Or. He has these special team 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:09.239 superstars every year and they just get stolen from him. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.280 I think Butler's going to be used there pretty much 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:15.760 because you know, backup safety. Sure, he wanted to stay healthy, 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.560 but that's where the backups have to thrive. Like at 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.160 Johan Dotson, Okay, you don't want to risk an ankle 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:22.680 Indrea on a punt return. But Butler, like, if you're 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.639 making this team, which he's going to, you need to 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:26.520 be able to do multiple things. And I think a 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.600 guy like him and a Derek Forrest, you see him 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:30.440 on kick coverage, punk coverage. That's when they're really going 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.480 to stand out. You know. No safety is Derek Forrest, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:35.360 the guy who's kind of made a couple of flashy 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.600 plays here and there. It seems like he's really taken 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:39.799 a couple of strides of his development this year. I'm 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.480 surprised to see how comfortably he looks back in the secondary. 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:43.640 I thought he's going to be more of an in 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.200 the box guy. But when he's dropping back handling some 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.959 of those posts and those deeper routes, looks very smooth. 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:50.480 And I asked him about a couple of days ago 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.400 and he just says that, you know, veterans like Kennel 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.160 Fuller helping him, but he just understands this defense. He says, 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.240 when he looks at a formation, he now knows what 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.280 to look for when emotion happens. What that means, He says, 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.200 his eyes are helping his brain and certainly showing out 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.280 on the field. A couple about the offense, and yeah, 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.760 we have you know the couple of Titans Logan Thomas 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.440 down base. They're not out there right now. Cole Turner, 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:12.720 he went over there to the tent a little bit, 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.680 get checked out Curtis Hodges and Samus Reyes or the 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.720 two that were in the starting group. Out of those two, 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.400 who has really stood out to you the most so far? 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.480 As much as I love the story of Samus Reyes, 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.639 I think Rogers has impressed me more, just so big 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:29.840 him and Hodges. Forget which one he asked about, but 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.799 there Curtis Hodd Sorry, I'm just have Armani Rodgers on 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:34.680 the mind. But we have a hole list the players 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.440 we just got swirling around in our head right now. 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.320 But especially when they have commanders on the back of 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.360 their uniform, it's hard to tell who's who. But the 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:44.560 Rogers and Hodges both really tall, really lanky tight ends 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.920 who give Wentz and other quarterbacks this big targets so again, 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.400 Rays is really fun to watch, really fun to talk to. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.520 It seems to be a very strong blocker. But if 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.400 you're looking for those receiving threats after Turner and Thomas, 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.080 I think it's Hodges and Rogers. Those names are too 0:03:58.120 --> 0:03:59.840 similar for me to be saying so much over and over, 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.560 I'm gonna stop, Yeah, no, I get you, um you know. 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:04.520 And last on the offensive line, it seems like we've 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.360 got a little bit more stability there. Now we have 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.720 Wish Schweizer over there right guard, Keith Fishmael over there 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.280 starting center. You know, with Chase really is still going 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.920 through his recovery. I mean, do you think Schweizer has 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.680 kind of kind of taken a little bit of a 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.880 step ahead in that role there at right guard? Yeah, 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:22.800 I think so. I think with Trey Turner out, I mean, 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:24.840 we know what he can do. He's an established veteran, 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.640 but he's missed a lot of days and at some point, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:29.000 you know, if that's going to be a battle, you 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.480 gotta go with the guy who's in playing shape and 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.799 has been building that trust with the lineman. So between 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:36.680 that and I think Keith Fishmail is shown out well 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.880 to show that he can be a very reliable backup center. 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.760 A lot of interchangeable parts in the middle, and with 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.720 John Matsko leading the charge, I got faith that he's 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:45.120 going to put a good five out there no matter 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.320 who it is. All Right. The very very last one 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.080 is we're rapping a week two now, we got one 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.080 more day out there FedEx feel before we go into 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.600 week three when we get started for preseason. What's one 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:57.600 thing that you can take away from this from this 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.440 second week of training camp. I love what the starting 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.640 corners have done, William Jackson and Kendall Fuller. Jackson's been 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.520 telling us that he feels more at home in the system, 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.719 and I believe him after watching how he plays. And 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.080 Kennel Fuller has always been so steady, but this camp 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:11.919 he looks to be more than steady, looks to be 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.279 sort of a shutdown corner in his own rights. So 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:16.080 I really like what those two are doing, and I'm 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.240 excited to see if they get a little passed rush, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.120 if they can get their hands or more passes and 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.520 converts some more turnovers. Now with we have the man, 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.560 the myth, the lead himself. Matt Paris from the Washington Times. 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:28.600 You know that last period we write was more of 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.599 a goal one situation. The defense had a lot of 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.720 energy positions, definitely because Casey two Hill had a couple 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.480 of really nice plays. You know, Rivera was talking yesterday 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.880 about how much he's really seen out of Casey called 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.039 him like a try hard guy. What have you seen 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.640 out of Casey? Exactly? That? I mean also intelligence too. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.200 There was the play with Antonio Gibson. They ran it, 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.240 and two Hill just immediately stuffed it out and it's 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.760 a really impressive read. And then later came in and 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:55.839 forced the fumble or you know, was part of a 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.000 pile that forced the fumble, caught it in the air 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.960 and ran it all the way back. So yeah, he's 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.400 had a strong day to day and that's needed because 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.160 Washington is going to need another edge rusher with Chase 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.599 Young out and so maybe two hills that guy. Another 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:12.400 guy he's been really high on his fa Obada, you know, 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.400 with those the six socks that he has. You know, 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.800 he looks fresh out there, but he's not been playing 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.679 really well too. I mean, do you think he's working 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.240 a lot of like the more specifics off the RIVERA 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.080 has been talking about, like it turns like his get off, 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.360 his like you know, leveraging that kind of thing. Well, yeah, 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.120 I think so. I mean, you know, Obada is really 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.400 interesting because he's from the International Pathway Program and so 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.520 you know, this is a guy who's still relatively new 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.560 to football. It's his sixth year, and I think you're 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.839 starting to see now that he's used to playing NFL football, 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.279 he's actually starting to hone in on those finer details 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.360 of being a pro and everything that comes with being 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.000 a pass rusher. So you know, he's had an oppressive camp, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.400 mostly worked with the two so far, but I think 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.000 he could be a situational guy coming in on third 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.200 downs of let's say they take James Smith Williams off 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.039 the field for third down. He's a guy that could 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.800 come in there and be that situational pass rusher. Well, 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:01.440 you know, even though the often if they could, if 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.000 the Elphins would get it passed off, they were pretty 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.279 much running in some really tight coverage from the corners. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.080 You know, Pete was talking about how he's really been 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.200 impressed with the starters, William Jackson, Kendall Fuller. Have you 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.920 been just as impressed with them? Yeah? Yeah, I do. 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.080 And I think the thing that sticks out about the 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.120 secondary in general is that just of how much in 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.400 sync they are, and that wasn't the case really a 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.840 year ago. You know, you could see William Jackson getting 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.240 used to this scheme. But now they kind of all 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.200 playoff each other. And I think where it's most apparent 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.800 is even before the snap, you hear Cam Curl checking 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.200 in with people and them kind of being all on 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.040 the same page. And I think it's really translated to 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:36.160 the field. Yeah, you know, Kendall four has been probably 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.840 one of my biggest stars of camp so far. I mean, 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:40.560 no matter what he's who he's going up against, what 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:43.800 plays make, he's always other just like getting pvus and interceptions. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.680 I mean, do you expect a really big jump from him, Yeah, 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:48.880 I mean we could. I don't know necessarily about a 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.200 big jump because I think he's always been pretty consistent, right, Yeah, 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:52.760 even if you look at last year, I think he 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.560 was probably the best part of that secondary except maybe 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.160 Cam Curl. But you know, Curl or Fuller plays with 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.160 vision and that's what the defense really requires, and so 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.480 you know, he really fits in. And it's kind of 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:06.640 interesting because when he was previously here the first time, 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.360 he was a great slot corner. But he's better suited 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.080 for the outside now and I think that's a tremendous 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.240 credit to him to making that adjustment. You bring up 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.600 Curl and you haven't seen too much out of him 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.160 so far in camp, but I mean, like you really 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:18.760 need to make all these flashy plays. I mean, he 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.480 seems like he's pretty much been as advertised we respected 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.280 the past couple of years. Yeah, that's kind of who 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:25.440 Cam Curl is. I mean, he's I think maybe the 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.800 most underrated player on the team national from a national perspective, 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:30.640 I don't know if people realize kind of how good 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.839 he is. I agree with that, yeah, but in terms 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:35.800 of you know, he's made some athletic plays. There was 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.440 a play a couple of days ago where he left 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.840 up and grabbed back Carson Wentz interception, and so you know, 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.640 we're seeing things from him. He just has a remarkable 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.920 feel for timing and so you know it, He's kind 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.920 of always had that, but you're even seeing it more 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.480 in your three right, So last one before we get 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.079 you back into the team session here is there. I 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.360 guess we're going through like a halfway period of camp. Now, 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.200 we're going to have a practice a facts feel before 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.360 we're going to week three. What's one big thing you 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.880 can take away from the second week of practice? Yeah, 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.160 you know, I just think the offense is still very 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.400 much a work in progress and you would start to 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.920 like to see them turn a corner at some point here. 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.640 But I think that's what this first preseason game coming 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:16.360 up here next week will be a really good measure 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.760 of that. It's just so much trying to get the 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:23.160 timing and adjusting to Carson Wentz's kind of, you know, 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.160 ability to throw around the field. So you know, it's 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.000 a work in progress right now, but it's kind of 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.439 fun seeing it come together. That's all we have for 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.200 you today, but be sure to check out your daily 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.880 Command Center camp coverage every weekday on the Commander's YouTube channel. 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.040 I'm gonna go back to my tank because I'd basically 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.520 live here like everybody else, and I will see you tomorrow.