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What Excites Us The Most About The Commanders In Week 1?
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Whether you love true crime or comedy, celebrity interviews or news, you call the shots on what's in your podcast queue. And guess what? Now you can call them on your auto insurance too, with the name of your price tool from Progressive. It works just the way it sounds. You tell Progressive how much you want to pay for car insurance, and they'll show you coverage options that fit your budget. Get your quote today at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. Progressive casualty insurance company and affiliates. Price and coverage match limited by state law. Danny, it's game week. We are five days away from the commanders playing their week one game in Tampa. Let's open up the phones at 800-636-1067. Now the question is, when you think about week one, when you think about Washington making their debut against the box, what excites you most? I think the easy first answer is all things, Jayden Daniels. Of course. So we could just tee that up, get it out of the way, and then move on. But it's got to be getting our first true look at the kid. No kid gloves on, so to speak. It's all going to be spoon fed at this stage of a rookie's development. But yeah, I mean, this is the real football. This is the real stuff. This is the offense. This isn't what are they showing? What are they not showing? This is it. This is the real thing. The bullets are flying, so to speak. And a guy with all the talent in the world who does everything the right way all the time. It's not just for Instagram or for show. This is the, this is the person. But here it is, man. It's in your hands. Like, sorry, there's a lot of pressure, but the fate of hundreds of thousands of people's joy and happiness. When it comes to this recreational activity, we've all opted into. It's on you, man. Please help us, which isn't fair and probably right, but we oversimplified at a extremely dependent position as our buddy Joe Thaisman talks about on this show. So frequently, Jayden Daniels is the answer, though, because you get to see how they're going to use him, how they're going to implement him. Cliff Kingsbury made it clear when he spoke to the media in the preseason that he was not going to show much of what he wanted to do in the regular year and that they didn't really open up the playbook much. So theoretically, even after seeing Daniels play multiple times, one of those games he only threw the ball three times, by the way, and then he didn't play in the third game, we may still have no idea really what their offense is going to look like, what their true plan is. In fact, if you go back to 2012 and Robert Griffin's debut 12 years ago, a week from now in New Orleans, when he came out and they ran that read option for the first time, that whole offense, that the Shanahan's design, what they call their 50 series, nobody knew it was coming and they scored 40 points. That's this week. He who's to say that we don't see something that we're not expecting. Maybe they don't huddle a whole lot. Maybe everything is out of the spread and it's up tempo and they're holding up boards on the sideline like it's college football. Nobody knows what they're going to do and I'm exaggerating and being funny, but I can't wait to see what it looks like. Because we all know that how good he is as a passer is what's going to determine the fate of the pick and whether or not he's going to be a championship level QB in this league. But I do think he's got a chance to be Lamar Jackson ish if he runs a lot. Him and Anthony Richardson and Jackson, there's a short list of guys who have his game breaking ability when he's running the football. So I will be really curious to see that part of his game to 100% so some other things kind of related to Daniels. I'm excited to see Austin Echler. We've now kind of gotten to the point where we can't wait to sort of cast guys off right because Echler was everybody's darling and probably a top five fantasy pick for a couple straight years. And then last year that production from him and everybody in Los Angeles in terms of the running backs fell off the cliff and they were a disaster run on the football. But he still caught the ball very well still is quality out of the backfield. And that to me is the recipe. This is how you help a young quarterback. This is how you help an offense. It's a little cheat code early down throwing the football running backs, even if it's not sexy, even if it's just four and a half yards, et cetera. It's a glorified running play, but it's something else defense after worry about. It's an effective, cheap, simple, easy way to keep the offense moving to keep the chains moving. And he's as good as anybody has been over the last decade at doing that. I mean, he's in that Thurman Thomas mold when nobody was doing that. Him and Roger Craig back in the 90s were no running backs or catching the ball to the backfield. And they revolutionized the position. He's as good as there is at catching the football to the backfield. That is awesome. And I want that. I'll say the rest of the rookie class, not named Jaden Daniels or at least a chunk of it. Brandon Coleman was listed as the starter at left tackle on the depth chart the team put out going into their game with the bucks. Now that depth chart is far from gospel and you could even say it doesn't matter a whole lot. But that did catch my attention. And I think a lot of people's attention. Do we see him? Dan Quinn said now over a week ago, he does not have to see Brandon Coleman play in the preseason to feel good enough to start him week one of the regular season site unseen because they saw him in practice extensively. Well, the last time he was practicing before this week when he came back, he was their best left tackle. It's a planted Cornelius Lucas in those reps. So does he just pick up where he left off? There's a very good chance when they trot out there as a first team offense and you know, you get that shot from on the field where somebody holding the steady cam is like in the huddle and they break the huddle and we're seeing Jaden Daniels now from the all 11 view and they've got his stats and his LSU graphic there. Brandon Coleman might be at left tackle as the guy on the left side of the offensive line for Washington, their third round pick. That would be a huge deal. We've not seen him in a game. We've not seen Johnny Newton in a game. What's his status? What's going on with Johnny Newton? Could he play and we'd see him for the first time? I doubt it, but it's possible. And then the guys that we know will be on the field in that rookie class, Mikey Sanrestell is going to be their starter on the interior in the nickel. You know, he's going to play a lot at corner as well, perhaps. I think he's sharpie legit good. Nothing to worry about there, but I want to watch him. I want to see Luke McCaffery who's going to play summit wide receiver. Maybe you slide him down the depth chart a little bit because they brought in Noah Brown with some size and then Luke Sinant. Excuse me, Ben Sinant, Luke McCaffery at wide receiver and Ben Sinant at tight end. You combine those players. That'd be pretty good. That'd be a really nice player, but Ben Sinant to me, probably a second fiddle tight end until Earth's is unavailable with health, which seems like an annual staple. So early in the year, maybe it's a little quieter, but he had an awesome preseason. There was not a single time where he caught the ball and just quickly went to the ground. He's the opposite of Earth's in that way where he's fighting through tackles. He's taken on contact. He's got that cool after the catchability. I can't wait to see Ben Sinant, whether it's against the bucks or in the weeks to come after that. That's a fun pick. So we roll our eyes at this because this is one of those places talking about Washington where the Hall of Famer passed his prime, you know, gets one last payday, right? You know the names before I even say them, whether it's Bruce Smith or Dion Sanders or you know, Jason Taylor, you know, incredible pantheon players who don't really produce here and are, you know, just getting paid past the prime over the hill. I don't think that's the case with Bobby Wagner. That's a Hall of Famer. Right now this minute, he stops playing. He's across the threshold for what should be a Hall of Fame candidacy, right? They've got some numbers, pro football reference has him past the average of what a inside linebacker or cruise for his career. He's already surpassed that with more to play. It's rare to get the privilege of seeing a Hall of Fame player who's still got something left in the tank and we're going to see Bobby Wagner play middle linebacker for Washington. That's pretty cool. What about coaching staff wise? I don't think there's really any questions with demeanor or how they're going to go about their business coming out of the preseason. We saw a lot of that and Dan Quinn is on a first time head coach. So it's not like you've got a former coordinator who's doing it for the first time. Go back and watch a Falcons game. You can get a feel for how involved he'll be. In fact, we saw on the preseason when some guys were struggling that he would go right up to them and coach them up and get in their ear during the game and be a bit of a motivator, which I really, really liked. But what about coordinating, whether it's Joe, with junior on defense or on the offensive side of the ball with Cliff Kingsbury? Any questions? Anything you're excited to see there? You already mentioned Clings, Clingsbury, I'm sure that's a little word combo, Cliff Kingsbury. But to me, this is one of the fascinating questions. It's almost like the 1A to Daniels and everything that's concerning Jaden Daniels. But it's obviously very related. What offense is it? Is it the same deal as Arizona where you know, you kind of know some of the tendencies and every year they start off great and then kind of get figured out by the end of October, November and kind of swoon, or are there new wrinkles or has he kind of reinvented himself? Did he behave a certain way because of who his quarterback was? Does that change with Jaden Daniels? Those looks and what they can do to outthink and out, and try to make things easier for Daniels and really this offense by transitivity would be a welcome departure for what we've seen in the last couple of years, predictable thumping via Scott Turner at the behest of Ron Rivera or drop back and throw it 77 times via Eric Banyme. I don't know the answer to that. I think that that's one of the big variables. So I'm obviously excited there in terms of Kingsbury. But in terms of Joe Witt and really Dan Quinn kind of by extension, the secondary, they take unknown players and have them lead the league in interceptions that they've done that multiple straight years there in Dallas and Dan Quinn cut his teeth with Legion of Boom there in Seattle. So if you're a member of the secondary, you cannot get a better situation than you got right now. Now you may be prove that you can't do it and they'll supersede you and they'll go grab somebody else over the next couple of seasons. But right now, when they're not in a hurry, a lot of holdovers from last year. If you are a member of the secondary, this is your best shot to be good and be competitive and stick in the league. Some other guys, for me, we haven't mentioned Frankie Louvou, whose style of play I think is infectious. Can't wait to see his physicality in the way he played in Carolina and Burgundy in gold. On the offensive side of the ball is this finally the year Deami Brown carries over a big preseason and Brian Robinson has a chance you would think to have a pretty strong season. They're going to run it a lot more than they did with Eric Banyme. There's been a lot of chirping from him about usage last year and the style of play offensively and why he'll be a lot better with this group. Well, now you gotta go prove it. You can talk all off season, but now you gotta go out there and not average four yards of carry and kind of prove that you were being held back, which hopefully we'll get our first glimpse of seeing him do that in week one against the box. The seasons may be changing, but the deals at the sharpest rides are unbeatable as ever. Hey, what's going on? It's your girl Tasha McKeea and I need you to join the sharpest rides for their fall into savings event where they're offering incredible prices on their massive inventory. That's right, everything is on sale now. Shop from sleek sedans to rugged SUVs and sporty convertibles. The sharpest rides has the perfect ride to match your fall adventures, plus with their exclusive financing options, getting behind the wheel of your dream car has never been easier. Log on and shop online at thesharpestrides.com right from the palm of your hands or check other massive inventory in person at the sharpest rides located 2250 Southsea Home Street in Inglewood. Either way, you will fall into savings. Don't miss out! Head on over to the sharpestrides.com today and explore the deals that make every season better. And tell them that your girl Tasha McKeea sent you, the sharpest rides, affordable, sexy, sharp. Hey NFL fans, you can start the season with a big return on Fandal, America's number one sports book. So when you get a hunch in the middle of the game, you can check out the latest stats, new live play-by-play, and so much more on the same page where you place your bets. You'll get started with $200 in bonus bets guaranteed when you place your first $5 bet. That's Fandal.com/sportsfan. Never waste a hunch and make every moment more with Fandal, an official sports book partner of the NFL. Must be 21 plus and present in Colorado. First online real money weights are only $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued is now with drawable bonus bets that expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fandal.com, gambling problem, call 1-800-522-4700. This episode is brought to you by Progressive Insurance. Whether you love true crime or comedy, celebrity interviews or news, you call the shots on what's in your podcast queue. And guess what? Now you can call them on your auto insurance too, with the name of your price tool from Progressive. It works just the way it sounds. You tell Progressive how much you want to pay for car insurance and they'll show you coverage options that fit your budget. Get your quote today at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates price and coverage match limited by state law.