Hello, and welcome back to camping out with Zach Selby, where you're gonna get all the knowledge you'd ever want dropped on you about the Washington Commanders as they go through training camp. And it's week two, so I mean paths are coming on pretty soon. I got the chance to talk to you two reporters today to hear what they wanted to see heading into that day. We have David Harrison from Sports Illustrated and Matthew Parris and Washington Time.
So let's see what they had to say. All right, So we're gonna start off the day with David Harrison from Sports Illustrated and ye know, the weather is really nice, but the offense not so much. I mean, the defense is looking phenomenal with three picks and four plays, and me tell us a little bit about that. Yeah, it's it's cooled off a little bit out here in ashbur which is great for if those of us standing on
the sidelines watching, But the offense is also cool. Now, like you said, the day off, I don't know if it's just the day off by itself or just one of those ups and downs of training camp. But you know, the three picks great, great, excitement for the defense. Coach Harris is always a star of practice. I think definitely getting turned up. But the offense, you obviously want to see them get a little bit more consistent. I think
Sam Howell. I mean, he's had a couple of good, good passes, but even when those passs come through, some drops are happening. Some just some mental mistakes that those guys got to work through as we get through training camp. What do you think was the best pick out of that exchange? Because to me, it seemed like the fuller one, right, I mean, the fuller one was was very nice for me. I'm gonna go Percy Butler only because I was specifically watching thirty five on that route, so I watched him.
I got to see kids from his body language when he recognized the play, really closed down on the ball, picked that thing off. He was just a beautiful played by the rookie Kendall. I caught kind of towards the tail end of it. So both are very nice. I mean, all three plays, honestly are a very nice. Good advantage from Cam curl In that overthrow on Cole Turner. But I mean, you love seeing the defense click, You love seeing the defense, come on, ball up. But you want
to see the offense get some fight back in him. Yeah, you know, flor has been playing really well. I seem if I've passed a few days, I mean you would expect that. And he expected him to take a little bit of a jump forward, you know. I mean he was already playing good last year, but I mean it seems like he's coming into for him already. Yeah. Absolutely. I mean even you know, when the offense had their get right practice, so i'll call it from week one.
Even during that practice, you saw guys like Bob McCain, Kendall Fuller, the veterans of the team trying to I'm back and kind of fight back for the defense and make some plays and did some good things, punch some balls out against some really good receivers. So it's good to see what Kenna's doing so far. And I'd say on the defense side of the ball, one of the
more consistent veterans here out there. What do you think about Persley Butler, because it seems like he's even like he does his job really quietly for a little bit and then all of a sudden, he just had a play where he's like oh my gosh, like he's he's looking really good. Yeah, I mean, he's it then never looks out of position, never looks like he's doing anything
wrong per se. But then when he clicks and he flashes, it's just it shows you that real potential and something that gets really excited about a guy that the Commander's got. Are for relatively low draft value. A couple of players who were you know, haven't really seen that much of going in that first week was a g and Chase really a chase really was out there with eleven elevens and a little bit and none and on Agjo's probably like the bigger story. I mean, you know, he's not
doing too much, but what did you see out of him? Yeah, I mean it's good to see him, first of all, back on the field. You know, anytime you have a guy like AG off the field and then you see Brian Robinson who who's getting a little bit of buzz. I mean, granny know before pads and all that, but he wanted to see Ag get back on the field before Brian Robins to put the pads on, because I think if AG's off the field and b rob gets to put the pads on and really started to show
some stuff there. Then that's where people are gonna start wondering if AG's gonna lose a little bit of a grip of those of those touches. But seeing him back on the field, see him running routes with his quarterbacks, to see him just get there and get active, you see the elusive some of the agility and ability that's
made him a fan favorite. A couple more questions about the offense, is you know the bottom of the receiver core his you know that that's where all the most mystery is you could say, arguably in the end, the entire of that entire unit, right, I mean, who do you think has kind of win it back? It seems to me like Dax mill And has really kind of taken a little bit of a step forward here. Yeah, I think Dax is a guy that I consider, you know, on the roster. You know, he's on my initial fifty
three man roster projection. I feel very confident about that projection. MARKA. Michelle is a guy that I've really been interested to see during training gets same. Yeah, I want to continue to see him again. Had to drop out here today. But he's not the only one, so we're not going to crucify him for it, but I want to continue to see how that go, especially once Pats come on, and how he gets off of off of coverage, how he fights back against offenders once we can get a
little bit more physical. When you think about Cam Sins, how has he been? He had a couple drops today, but I mean he's pretty much as for the most part, solid as you would expect. How to camp sin right, I think, consistent right, and you kind of look at like got like Taylor Niki, like the offense knows what they're gonna get with him when he's on the field, so they don't have to wonder if anything crazy he's gonna happen. I think Kim Sims kind of brings you
the same kind of calm. You know what you're gonna get, and that's what you're gonna get. First day in pads is on Tuesday. What are you looking to see at at the first day of pads? Offensive line, defensive line? I think you know you really can't. You know, you can look as much as you want to, and we've all obviously been looking, but I think that's where you really start to get to see what's going on in the trenches there, And I really want to see Fenerian Mathis,
I mean, come out of Alabama a big guy. I wasn't expecting him to be as quick a nimble as I saw him earlier than OTAs in the mini camp. So now with pads, and I want to see if that translates onto the field. One on one pass rushes are always some of my most favorite things to watch. For the first time in pads, could you get to see a little bit like, all right, who's most competitive here?
Who's got him the best pass rushing routines? But I'm really excited to see what Mathis has to do because he's gonna be able to clog up a lot of those running lights. And I'm excited to see it. Man, I appreciate you. Yep. Now with we have Matt Paris from the Washington Times, and Matt, it was, I mean, what do you say about the defense? I mean, they had five hicks today, what do you think about that? Yeah,
it's crazy. You know that the secondary has been saying that they're kind of all in sync, and it's really starting to show. You know, last year you could see them working out the new acquisitions. You could see William Jackson adapting to this scheme, you could see Bobby McCain getting used to it. But these are guys who have been here mostly for the last year that the starting secondary is pretty much all the same except Benjamin Saint Juice being in that slot cornerback roll. So yeah, you
need to bring it up. And all the all that, even back has been saying, like you said, like they're all so confident. They feel like it's you know, William Jacksons on what Saturday that it was a thousand times bay of the communication was and it's not to see that like that's actually coming to fruition as opposed of them saying and he's like, well, we can kind of interpret it some ways, but it seems like it's all out there, no, And you do see them actually talking
before the snap. You see William Jackson go up to cam Curl, Cam Curl. It seems to be the piece that kind of gets everyone on the same page before the action flies. And so you know, it does seem like it is paying off. And I you know, outside a couple of plays here and there, the offense really hasn't had that consistency that you can kind of come to expect. Yeah, No, it definitely has been up and down performance for them. I mean, what just quick, yeah,
your opinion. What was the best interception of the day. Oh, you know the Kem curl one was really nice on Carson Wentz. He went leapt up and grabbed it. Carson Wentz kind of sailed it. But to even be in that position it took it was some pretty athleticism from Cam Curl there. Oh, yeah, it was really nice. You know. You talk about the offense, Yes, has been up and down. But one of the thole players who's been pretty consistent overalls, Cold Turner. I mean, he seems like he's really developing
into a reds and target had another one today. What have you thought of him so far in his camp? No, it's true, and it's especially important for Washington, especially if Logan Thomas is going to miss some time into the season with that ACL injury. And so you know, he's six foot six, he seems to really run some sharp routes. Gives them a nice vertical threat down the field as well.
It's not just the red zone. He's really getting down there and provides that body over the middle, and you know, Carson Wentz historically his love throwing the tight ends, and we've seen so far in camp that's proven to be the case. Sammus Rays has gotten a lot of targets Cole Turner. Another player who was out there that haven't seen so far is Antonia Gibson. He's doing a little bit at eleven eleventh, nine on nine. You know, Rivera said he was spry in the presser, but did you
see that spryness out of him? I do, And I think what helps with that is he's talked about this offseason about losing ten to fifteen pounds. Not necessarily that's not a huge difference, but he's kind of changed the composition of his body. He's a lot leaner now. That's definitely noticeable. And so you know, Antonio Gibson had a nice season last year, went over one thousand yards. But if he can add that explosiveness to his game, especially what we saw his rookie year, I think that'll be
really important for Washington going forward. Quickness is the one thing that seems to be that Rivera has highlighted the most out of that, and he would think, you know, yes, he had you know over one thousand yards, like you said, but if you can combine that, I mean we're to loom for a year, you know, four three jump out of him. Do you think that's possible if he can combine you know, those two styles that kind of has showed,
you know, in year one, year two. I do. And if you think about what Washington's running back room as a whole, I think by mixing in McKissick, by mixing in Brian Robinson, it adds that threat to the defense as well. So if you know the defense is pretty off balanced, then that should allow Antonio Gibson to have that more success and that versatility I think should work in Gibson's favor as well. Last one, pads are coming
on tomorrow. Pretty exciting here. What are you looking forward to seeing the most as you know, we're getting to see some real contact for the first time. Yeah, I want to see those battles in the trenches. You know, today even Jonathan Allen had this great collision kind of with Andrew Norwell and it was really exciting to see. But with PADS on, that'll be even more intense. I'm kind of interested to see if once Chase Rulier starts how much she does, if if Wes Schweitzer can go
to right guard. It is really just kind of all about the trenches. But Ronervera also mentioned the young Stacey's they have in the back, and then if they can land some of those hard hitting collisions with pads on, you know, it'll be fun to see. That's all we have for you today, but be sure to check out your daily Command Center camp coverage every weekday on the
Commander's YouTube channel. I'm gonna go back to my tent because I basically live here like everybody else, and I will see you tomorrow.