Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. We
Speaker 1: start off the show with the big news here in Washington,
Speaker 1: the report that wide receiver Terry McLaurin and the Commanders
Speaker 1: have agreed on a contract extension. The deal would reportedly
Speaker 1: keep Terry in the Burgundy and Gold through at least
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Here's what Santana Moss had to say
Speaker 1: about the news. It's a great Dan Washington, knowing that
Speaker 1: the commanders have signed the most consistent weapon in the
Speaker 1: past three years to a three year extension. Hey, I'm
Speaker 1: ecstatic about designing. I know that Terry has done it
Speaker 1: time and time again with quarterback at the quarterback at
Speaker 1: the quarterback now with the help on now outside and
Speaker 1: helping the backs field from the likes of a Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: I know Terry coming to do work to show you
Speaker 1: that he's worthy of that bad Once the deal is
Speaker 1: signed and official, we will have much more for you
Speaker 1: on this, but for now, the guys and I are
Speaker 1: dialing in on the defense. We took a look at
Speaker 1: how the Commander's defense compares to the rest of the
Speaker 1: NFC East. Okay, guys, let's rank the defenses in the
Speaker 1: NFC East, we know what's early, but we know what
Speaker 1: the teams did in free agency and in the draft
Speaker 1: to try and improve on where they finished last year. Logan,
Speaker 1: I'm going to start with you, where would you go
Speaker 1: in the NFC East defense? Yeah, so I think it's
Speaker 1: to me, it's pretty obvious. I think in the Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: I think they've done a really nice job, not only
Speaker 1: through the draft in terms of free agency, they've signed
Speaker 1: two kind of top flight corners and again signing that
Speaker 1: big man in the middle who's going to be mentored
Speaker 1: by Fletcher Cox. I think he's going to bolst of
Speaker 1: the middle of that defense. I'm absolutely ill witch you
Speaker 1: with this one. I think when you have a guy
Speaker 1: like Joe and Davis coming in, yeah, you can just
Speaker 1: think of the potential that he's going to bring. The
Speaker 1: Kobe Dean, I think he was ranking one of the
Speaker 1: better linebackers that felt a little bit in the draft
Speaker 1: because of injury. I think these guys are turning in
Speaker 1: the right direction. Yeah, I think so too. And then
Speaker 1: second I think is the Washington football team. And again,
Speaker 1: and because I think one of the things is I've
Speaker 1: seen them through tiers I've seen what they've been doing,
Speaker 1: and again there's so much talent on the defensive front.
Speaker 1: Big question Marcus Chase Young, how's he going to come
Speaker 1: back from that? Acl But again, very very talented group,
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna galvanize much better having all
Speaker 1: that back in secondary here for the OTI period. And
Speaker 1: it's okay for us to be biased because I can
Speaker 1: be a little biased because this, you know, although I
Speaker 1: did pick the Eagles because I want our guys to
Speaker 1: work a little bit. I like what I see with
Speaker 1: our guys. I think lash has won those setback years
Speaker 1: to make those guys understand that you can't be big,
Speaker 1: fat and happy. So now I think it's a bounce
Speaker 1: back here. Yeah, and the strength of schedule too is
Speaker 1: a big thing again. And then Dallas is three. I
Speaker 1: think this could easily switch depending on how things go.
Speaker 1: But they lost a couple key pieces, Randy Gregory to Denver.
Speaker 1: I think it's a big loss for them because they
Speaker 1: had that three headed monster in terms of pass rush.
Speaker 1: And again, this dan Quinn system relies on pass rush,
Speaker 1: So can they generate that same pass rush without him there?
Speaker 1: I don't know. That's why they're I think The one
Speaker 1: thing that stands out more than anything is Dan Quinn.
Speaker 1: I mean everywhere he played that he found the way
Speaker 1: to make his defense be you know, the vocal point
Speaker 1: of the team. When you saw these guys play as
Speaker 1: what as they did last year and still get beat
Speaker 1: the way they did, you know, having one of the
Speaker 1: better defenders, but he still gave you up a lot
Speaker 1: of yards. Having Michael Parsons being phenomenal as a rookie,
Speaker 1: you kind of question like, what is you know, is
Speaker 1: it the coaching? Is it all player? So that's going
Speaker 1: to be a question mark. The other thing I have
Speaker 1: is Digs does he take a step back after that
Speaker 1: really productive here? And then the Giants And again the
Speaker 1: Giants have added some pieces and I know you liked
Speaker 1: this defense. I like this defense, but again, I just
Speaker 1: think the personnel is a little bit down at the moment,
Speaker 1: and I think you know with that, the offensive struggles
Speaker 1: are going to be having me maybe be anna feel
Speaker 1: a lot don't even be very productive. I mean the
Speaker 1: d lines probably coming too this season. Rank what twenty
Speaker 1: two they say, and you're missing two of your better
Speaker 1: starters last year in the secondary, I think Logan Ryan
Speaker 1: and Brad Barry. So it's going to be a question
Speaker 1: mark with these guys just seeing how can they Gavin
Speaker 1: nice together and make up for those missing guys. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: so that's our defensive ranking and we're we're excited to
Speaker 1: see it all six up. For all your news and analysis,
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