WEBVTT - Draft Superlatives | Episode 5

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

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<v Speaker 1>are just about a week away from the draft and

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<v Speaker 1>we are breaking down all of Washington's options for their

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<v Speaker 1>six draft picks. Santana Moss and Logan Paulson joined me

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<v Speaker 1>to talk wide receivers and hand out some superlatives. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>do this time for some superlatives, and we want to

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<v Speaker 1>stick to the wide receivers for this since you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys have a little bit of special to you, knowing,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing what that might be. Okay, here, you know you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're out office, you're making you were you were catching

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<v Speaker 1>some balls right now. Okay, but they're blocking is a

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<v Speaker 1>big part of it. There we go. We need that

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Let's go to this. It all starts with

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<v Speaker 1>your wide outs with their hands. Who has the best

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<v Speaker 1>hands in this year's draft? Logan John Datson's the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of walkaway guy from me. I think he just catches

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<v Speaker 1>the ball really nicely out of his frame. He shows

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<v Speaker 1>a nice fearlessness and contested catch situations. I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>got a nice grit, nice stuff. Those one handed kitches,

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<v Speaker 1>those highlight kits, just kind of walking away with it.

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<v Speaker 1>He was one of my favorites. But I picked George

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<v Speaker 1>Pickings Um while I was from Georgia. I mean he

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<v Speaker 1>effortlessly caught passes, played with toy with guys with the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he would have a guy draped over him

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<v Speaker 1>and just plucked it out of the you know, the air,

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<v Speaker 1>with one hand. So he was a guy that stood

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<v Speaker 1>out to me when I watched his take. Now you

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<v Speaker 1>both picked the one handed catches, like you gotta be

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<v Speaker 1>able to get up there and get higher, but to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to Yeah, okay, how about the best route running?

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<v Speaker 1>I'll start with you, Santana. Oh, I have it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking at my sheet. I have Chris Olive. I just

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<v Speaker 1>asked him how to pronounce his last name. He's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the wide receivers from Ohio State that everybody is

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<v Speaker 1>raving about. I just like how smooth he is with

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<v Speaker 1>this route, right. I mean, it's just it's like one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things when you're watching him, it's like he's

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<v Speaker 1>cutting a piece of cake when it when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>in and out of his his brakes. And he reminded

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<v Speaker 1>me of a couple of guys. One guy that stands

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<v Speaker 1>out to most of me. It's Mike kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a fear you guys. But when I watched the guy

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<v Speaker 1>or Harrison from UM the Coats back in the day,

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<v Speaker 1>when he played against you know, played with my guy,

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<v Speaker 1>Reggie Wayne, he was one of those guys that had

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<v Speaker 1>to step the speed. You didn't know how fast he was,

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<v Speaker 1>but when you saw his rock running ability. I look

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<v Speaker 1>at this guy, Chris Olive, and he reminds me a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of them. Yeah, my guy's Garrett Wilson another

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<v Speaker 1>I say guy. I think I think the thing I

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<v Speaker 1>liked about him is he throws his foot down a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit harder in the ground, a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>dexterous in terms of the variety of kind of cuts

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<v Speaker 1>that he's got. But yeah, I think both guys are

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<v Speaker 1>excellent robber. Of course, Ohio State has two guys and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody is talking about and excited for. What about Logan?

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<v Speaker 1>This is all ye the best blocker out there, it's important, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>to be George Pickens is my favorite blocker. If you

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<v Speaker 1>watch his highlight reel blocking. He is a guy that

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<v Speaker 1>takes a lot of pride and passion that he plays

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<v Speaker 1>with great physicality and kind of bullies those TVs and

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta love that. Oh, you know, it's so crazy

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<v Speaker 1>because he was I didn't know we can use this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I was gonna use for three different slots. Pickers was

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<v Speaker 1>my first choice. But I looked at Drake London. I'm like, look,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're two hundred plus pounds at six to four,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to be a good blocker as well. So

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<v Speaker 1>I got him from my best you know, blocking when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to just getting down there and getting gritty

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<v Speaker 1>with those guys and then not a lot of guys

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy that aspect of the game. When you've got somebody

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<v Speaker 1>who does, we see how much that impacts. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>Terry McLaurin, he'll take as much pride in as blocking.

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<v Speaker 1>You see him doing that as he does in running

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<v Speaker 1>routes and catching passes as well. How about just game speed, Santana, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I take the Alabama wide receiver. He got hurt, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>right when things matter the most. I think Jameson Winson,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I mean Williams and to me, just when

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<v Speaker 1>you watched him run routes and just use his speed,

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of guys at that position can't use their

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<v Speaker 1>natural ability to stop and start like this guy. Dude,

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<v Speaker 1>he reminds me I probably wasn't his speed. I was

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<v Speaker 1>running good four two four three when I came out,

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<v Speaker 1>But I remember that folks would tell me that you

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<v Speaker 1>only guy that I don't know what you're running at times.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I can't tell the difference from a curl

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<v Speaker 1>and a goal route. So when I watch him run,

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<v Speaker 1>he does the same thing for me. I'm watching, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking at him and didn't know. I don't know where

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<v Speaker 1>he stops on breaks. So I think he's game speed

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<v Speaker 1>is incredible. And just give me a name right here

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<v Speaker 1>red zone front for you basketball, who you like those

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<v Speaker 1>guys that can play hoops go up and be a favorite, tall,

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<v Speaker 1>big target in the red zone in the end zone

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<v Speaker 1>as well. There you go, the best attributes in superlatives

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<v Speaker 1>for the wide receivers in this year's draft. For the

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening.