WEBVTT - Don't Sleep | Episode 11

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. Washington

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<v Speaker 1>has made some key additions to the roster this offseason.

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<v Speaker 1>With OTA's Justin Drew a week away Santana, Massa, Logan

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<v Speaker 1>Paulson shared their thoughts and some commanders that you should

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<v Speaker 1>not be sleeping on in twenty twenty two. Former NFL

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback and current ESPN analyst Dan Orlovski took to Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>earlier in the month. If the Commander's defense plays this

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<v Speaker 1>year the way we expected them to last year and

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<v Speaker 1>the way their talent leads them to, well, they'll be

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<v Speaker 1>playing meaningful games late in December to a talented of

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<v Speaker 1>a roster and super fan, Nathan Coleman doesn't think Jonathan

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<v Speaker 1>Allen's twenty twenty one season is getting enough attention, putting

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<v Speaker 1>out Allen had the most stacks by a Washington interior

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<v Speaker 1>defensive alignment since nineteen eighty three. Hello when nine On

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<v Speaker 1>the year, Alan had the second most pressures among interior

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<v Speaker 1>defensive linemen and a ninety point nine overall Pro Football Focus. Great,

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<v Speaker 1>how's that? Foresekens season? So here we want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about now, guys, he may be sleeping on. We got

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<v Speaker 1>to comfy little pillows. We can take a nap. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me start with you, logan, who do you think folks

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<v Speaker 1>are most sleeping on? So we can get this pillow

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<v Speaker 1>out of the way. I think people are most sleeping on.

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<v Speaker 1>Carson Wentz's effect on this offense and what he's going

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<v Speaker 1>to mean for this group moving forward. I think when

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<v Speaker 1>you look at him and like his skill set, obviously

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<v Speaker 1>there's some issues in terms of his production of the

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<v Speaker 1>last two years, but I think he brings that outstanding

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<v Speaker 1>physical skill set, big arm, quick release. I think his

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<v Speaker 1>skill set fits with this offense wants to be in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of a vertical passing attack, pushing the football down

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<v Speaker 1>the field, opening up throwing lanes by getting horizontal push

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<v Speaker 1>with those wide receivers, all these fast wide receivers. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that skill set's gonna be really beneficial. And in

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<v Speaker 1>addition to that, I think his ability to see the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the field is going to be a big plus.

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Heneken did a great job last year, but I

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<v Speaker 1>also think that he needs to know his ability to

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<v Speaker 1>see the middle of the field because of that height

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be a plus for this offense. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to take this pillow out of the

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<v Speaker 1>way for Carson. Plus some people are saying, look, we understand,

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<v Speaker 1>and he understands some soft has. He even told me like,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of pressure on this one year and

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<v Speaker 1>he needs to stay healthy for that. But some folks

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<v Speaker 1>out there are saying, look, if he doesn't perform this year,

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to be a backup. Yeah, because times as

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<v Speaker 1>the starters over, that's for sure possibility. But I think,

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<v Speaker 1>like with under the tutelage of Scott Turner, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that you might not be in this shure. I think

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna be able to have a nice protective year

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<v Speaker 1>of the year. Okay, what about your Santas. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get his pull out of here quickly. Don't sleep on

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<v Speaker 1>Cameron Curl. I think Cam Curl showed us two years

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<v Speaker 1>ago what he can do for this defense. Two years

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<v Speaker 1>ago he had what Sean Taylor like rookie season, and

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<v Speaker 1>last year, despite going in there and doing this thing

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<v Speaker 1>later in the season, he had to sit and play

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<v Speaker 1>second fiddle behind a guy in that named Landing Collins,

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that was probably a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>business decision. They didn't want to sit Landing down knowing

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<v Speaker 1>they had a lot to you know, pay him out

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<v Speaker 1>of their pockets. But Kem Curls one of those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>He showed flashes two years ago. He showed those same

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<v Speaker 1>flashes last year. Two years ago he had what three

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<v Speaker 1>three interceptions, a touchdown, eighty eight tackles. Last year he

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<v Speaker 1>had ninety something tackles. He didn't have any picks, he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have a touchdown, but he showed us. He gave

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<v Speaker 1>us that spark late in the season when we needed him.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Cameron Cruss, somebody that we're not talking a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about this year, would be his show. He would

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<v Speaker 1>really get a chance to come out to starting gates

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<v Speaker 1>and be that defensive fact that we need. Don't sleep

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<v Speaker 1>on count and I mean, you can't forget he was

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<v Speaker 1>drafted way on back in the draft and they've said

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<v Speaker 1>from the beginning the stage is not too big for him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's shown that he's only gonna get more. So to

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm gonna bust open a mountain dew, which means focused.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to be going to bed tonight. For

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<v Speaker 1>all your Commanders news and analysis, be sure to tune

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<v Speaker 1>the team. Hail to the Commanders.