1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Commanders Today podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. We 2 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: are just about a week away from the draft and 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: we are breaking down all of Washington's options for their 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: six draft picks. Santana Moss and Logan Paulson joined me 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: to talk wide receivers and hand out some superlatives. Let's 6 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: do this time for some superlatives, and we want to 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: stick to the wide receivers for this since you know, 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: you guys have a little bit of special to you, knowing, 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: knowing what that might be. Okay, here, you know you're 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: you're out office, you're making you were you were catching 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: some balls right now. Okay, but they're blocking is a 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: big part of it. There we go. We need that 13 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: as well. Let's go to this. It all starts with 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: your wide outs with their hands. Who has the best 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 1: hands in this year's draft? Logan John Datson's the kind 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: of walkaway guy from me. I think he just catches 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: the ball really nicely out of his frame. He shows 18 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: a nice fearlessness and contested catch situations. I think he's 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: got a nice grit, nice stuff. Those one handed kitches, 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: those highlight kits, just kind of walking away with it. 21 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: He was one of my favorites. But I picked George 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: Pickings Um while I was from Georgia. I mean he 23 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: effortlessly caught passes, played with toy with guys with the ball. 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: I mean he would have a guy draped over him 25 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: and just plucked it out of the you know, the air, 26 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: with one hand. So he was a guy that stood 27 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: out to me when I watched his take. Now you 28 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: both picked the one handed catches, like you gotta be 29 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: able to get up there and get higher, but to 30 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: be able to Yeah, okay, how about the best route running? 31 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: I'll start with you, Santana. Oh, I have it. I'm 32 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: looking at my sheet. I have Chris Olive. I just 33 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: asked him how to pronounce his last name. He's one 34 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: of the wide receivers from Ohio State that everybody is 35 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: raving about. I just like how smooth he is with 36 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: this route, right. I mean, it's just it's like one 37 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: of the things when you're watching him, it's like he's 38 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: cutting a piece of cake when it when it comes 39 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: in and out of his his brakes. And he reminded 40 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: me of a couple of guys. One guy that stands 41 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: out to most of me. It's Mike kind of you know, 42 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: a fear you guys. But when I watched the guy 43 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: or Harrison from UM the Coats back in the day, 44 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: when he played against you know, played with my guy, 45 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne, he was one of those guys that had 46 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: to step the speed. You didn't know how fast he was, 47 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: but when you saw his rock running ability. I look 48 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: at this guy, Chris Olive, and he reminds me a 49 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: little bit of them. Yeah, my guy's Garrett Wilson another 50 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: I say guy. I think I think the thing I 51 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: liked about him is he throws his foot down a 52 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 1: little bit harder in the ground, a little bit more 53 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: dexterous in terms of the variety of kind of cuts 54 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: that he's got. But yeah, I think both guys are 55 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: excellent robber. Of course, Ohio State has two guys and 56 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: everybody is talking about and excited for. What about Logan? 57 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: This is all ye the best blocker out there, it's important, yeah, 58 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: to be George Pickens is my favorite blocker. If you 59 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: watch his highlight reel blocking. He is a guy that 60 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: takes a lot of pride and passion that he plays 61 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: with great physicality and kind of bullies those TVs and 62 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: you gotta love that. Oh, you know, it's so crazy 63 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: because he was I didn't know we can use this guy. 64 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: I was gonna use for three different slots. Pickers was 65 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,119 Speaker 1: my first choice. But I looked at Drake London. I'm like, look, 66 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: if you're two hundred plus pounds at six to four, 67 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: you have to be a good blocker as well. So 68 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: I got him from my best you know, blocking when 69 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: it comes to just getting down there and getting gritty 70 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: with those guys and then not a lot of guys 71 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: enjoy that aspect of the game. When you've got somebody 72 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: who does, we see how much that impacts. I mean 73 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, he'll take as much pride in as blocking. 74 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: You see him doing that as he does in running 75 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: routes and catching passes as well. How about just game speed, Santana, Oh, 76 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: I take the Alabama wide receiver. He got hurt, you know, 77 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: right when things matter the most. I think Jameson Winson, 78 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean Williams and to me, just when 79 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: you watched him run routes and just use his speed, 80 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: A lot of guys at that position can't use their 81 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: natural ability to stop and start like this guy. Dude, 82 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: he reminds me I probably wasn't his speed. I was 83 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: running good four two four three when I came out, 84 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: But I remember that folks would tell me that you 85 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: only guy that I don't know what you're running at times. 86 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: You know, I can't tell the difference from a curl 87 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: and a goal route. So when I watch him run, 88 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: he does the same thing for me. I'm watching, I'm 89 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: looking at him and didn't know. I don't know where 90 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: he stops on breaks. So I think he's game speed 91 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: is incredible. And just give me a name right here 92 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: red zone front for you basketball, who you like those 93 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: guys that can play hoops go up and be a favorite, tall, 94 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: big target in the red zone in the end zone 95 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: as well. There you go, the best attributes in superlatives 96 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: for the wide receivers in this year's draft. For the 97 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: latest Commander's Draft coverage, be sure to tune into Washington 98 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: Football Today weeknights five thirty and ten pm on NBC 99 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: Sports Washington. And while you're at it, follow at Commanders 100 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: on all social media platforms for the latest on the team. 101 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening.