Camping Out Day Seven | Episode 29

people today. One we got to talk to Taylor Almer from the Washington Spirit who were here today hanging out with some of the some of the Special Teams players. We got a chance to talk to Annie Agar from Valley Sports and Scott Abraham Big Scott from ABC seven. Let's go see what they had to say now, as we have Taylor Almer from the Washington Spirit. Taylor, you guys were out here with some of your teammates, you know, just hanging out. What was that experience like? It was awesome.

They were gracious enough to let us toward the facility, which was such a cool experience. Not many you know, people get to do this, so it was really nice that they were so generous to let us come out just watch training, come out on the field after see their inner workings of the facility, and we had a great time. So, yeah, you're speaking of a good time. You guys are out here doing a little bit of a skills challenge and I mean, you know, kicking soccer balls off, you know, a t and you know all

that of stuff. What was that like? It was a lot of un surprisingly kicking the football. It might have been a bit easier than the soccer ball would really Yeah, it could have been a hot take, but it was a lot of fun. The guys were super nice that were stayed after with us, very thankful that they took the time out of their day to do that, and

we had so much fun. Yeah. I was gonna ask you about that because I mean, to me, who hadn't played soccer since I was like ten years old, I would imagine that like kicking a soccer ball would be easier for you. But you said football probably a little bit easier. Yeah, maybe just not having cleats on proper equipment. So maybe they came to our facility we had cleats, It could have been a different story, right. So you mentioned you got chance talks trust Way camera, cheese May

what was trust like? You know, he's a little bit of a personality here, Yeah, I mean great personality. They all three of them were fantastic stick and just really welcoming and we're super thankful that we had the opportunity to meet them. So if I had to ask you who had the best form out of all the players who kicked today, who do you think you would be? Um Sly Oh really really, he's the only one that kicked fair enough you We'll say cheese Man. Now, he

did some great snaps, so he was helping. Well. Trust also kicked a little bit, didn't he. Oh he kicked the soccer ball. He was the best at the soccer ball for sure. Okay, cool, cool, cool. Well, I mean, next thing we gotta do is we've got to get some of the players over to your place, right exactly. They're more than welcome anytime. We'll do some more challenges, all right, Taylor, We appreciate you, yep. Now we have

a little bit of a treat for you. We have Anny Eggar from Ballet Sports and you do a little bit of everything, honestly, I mean, but you know you're out here hanging out with the commanders for training camp. First of all, what got you out here? So we did actually a feature with Coach last year. It was one of the first interviews I did with Balle's and I had this idea to kind of do something fun with a player or coach in an element that they're

comfort in. And Coach brought to my attention that he was a big golfer. So I said, yeah, let's find a golf course, probably somewhere in the Washington, DC area. He was like, oh no, no no, I have a place on Pebble Beach. So I golfed with an NFL head coach for the first time on Pebble Beach, and I'm not a good golfer. I was very It was a very big learning experience for me. But we had just formed a great bond since then, and he I texted him this couple of weeks ago and I said, hey,

I want to come out to training camp. Is out of possibility and he was like, absolutely, let's make it happen. Was it the first time you had met him, or like, had you met him a couple of times before that? That was the first time I found out that he followed me on Twitter and apparently he has a group chat with his family and they send my videos around. So Stephanie and Courtney both knew me. His wife and daughter knew me pretty well too, so we just had

this like natural. It was like a family friend. It was the wildest thing. Um. He in fighted me into his house. We had some food before we went out golfing, and I embarrassed myself, So it was it was a really good time. But just that can't stand up good things about him. Honestly, I would embarrass yourself on the golf course. Who eleven Elvan Mario Golf which is where I were on that one hundred percent m But you know, is he feel like really competitive on the golf course.

So the trash talk a lot. The good thing was I was so bad that he didn't have to be competitive, but he did. Oh there was trash talking today he or not today. Yesterday when we were talking he said that he's looking to build a house and he said it's actually going to be at the end of one of the holes, but a little to the right. And then he looked at me he said, kind of where your ball always landed. It's like thanks coach. That's you know what fair, but that's it's the subtle dig there

that I like that. I like that a lot. So I saw you out here yesterday you were talking to some of the players, think ag was one of them. What's it been like kind of getting to know them? They're so great And the reason I want to go hit up these training camps is to kind of build this reputation, this friendship with the players so that when you see them at games, you know, it's just kind of a natural friendship. Basically that stems from talking to

him at training camp. So they've been so great, and we've been asking a lot of fun questions to try and get to know them a little bit more and see how well they know each other a little bit. Hint hint, look out for my content. And it's just been great. They've been hilarious and super welcoming to me. So it's been it's been a lot of fun. Who's been the most interesting player that you think you've met so far? Not just here, but like, you know, all

over the place. That's a great question, you know, I will say Peyton Manning was like, does not disappoint you know, he's so funny. I had such a high expectation for him and he lived up in far surpassed it. So he's just a great person too. I still think of like that that chicken palm ring that he had in

the Nation White Cards. Think of it all the time. Yeah, we were at a golf tournament that he played in a pro am and someone on his back swing yelled out omaha as he was swinging, and he just whiffed the ball and he looked at the guy. He was like, that's a good one and just started laughing. So you just know that he's just a very genuine person from that.

So I'll ask you the last one. It's more of a general question because if we talk a little bit of football, because it is training camp after all, So I mean there's a lot of high expectations, you know around the building here for the twenty twenty two season. Wins is here, Terry got extended, but you're getting John Dawson. What are your expectations for the team And like, I mean, are you really kind of eye on a particular player

this season? Yeah, as a fantasy person, Terry McLaurin, I think is going to be a great obviously, way better season than last year. Um, I think it's gonna be a lot more passing you guys are gonna look to and it's gonna be spread out because you have Dotson you have heard hopefully Kurtis Samuel Ifee's healthy, and then and Terry mclauren. So I think it'll be a spread out offense. I don't. I don't think you're gonna have

to target mclauren as much. You know, deep, and I'm really hoping for big fantasy points from all three of them. I think that Treo receiver is gonna be so sick. Yeah, Dadley, And I won't tell you what team I'm a fan of because our wide receiver situation is not as good as the one here. Just so I'll just leave it at that. We'll let you guys figure it out. Badwagon now you might have to, all right, Anny, I appreciate you. Next with us, we have Scott Abraham Big Scott from ABC.

I'm gonna ask you, so, does yeah, does does everyone still call you big? Do you do? You say no? Only Chase Young can call me Big Scott. Well, uh, Chase Young gave me that wonderful nickname, and it's growing among the media brethren. So a couple of guys that refer to me as Big Scott, and even Chase Young when he first saw me first day at camp, he said Big Scott. So I'm cool with it because Chase Young, he's cool and he gives me Big Scott. I'm gonna go with it. It's a little bit of a little

bit bump of the points there for you. Yeah, I got some credit, as the kids say, right, and you know, you know, speaking of Chase Young, obviously he's still not out there being on the pup list, but you know some of the other defensive ins that they've gotten a little extra time. You know, James will Williams haven't been out there. But I mean Kathy two Hill, you know, William Bradley King, who among that group is kind of stuck out to you because they really knew knew do

need to step up? Yeah, certainly because you have Montes sweat on that one side, and you're gonna need somebody to step up, either either that's two Hill or William Bradley King. And and you know what they're all they're all playing hard and I love them competitiveness of their pushing each other, the physicality because they know they this is an opportunity for them. Okay, so it's well aware that Ron Rivera said that, Okay, Chase is not gonna be ready for a week one and probably for the

first couple of weeks. So someone has to step up, and they're taking that onus and taking ownership of that opportunity. And that's all. That's all you want to see. That's all you can ask for, if you're a coach or if you're a fan, that these players see an opportunity and they try to seize it. You Another player who has a good opportunity is jam And Davis because he's you know, everyone from you know, rivertical. Holchmist said that he's taking a lot of strides, He's doing what he

needs to do. Has he kind of taken that next job? I know we're still out there just a couple of days, but I mean, have you seen the jump? You know what. I sat down with jam In a couple of days ago, and I can see how comfortable, how much more comfortable he is in this setting and the surroundings of being

in the National Football League. Because it's such a difficult transition going from college to the NFL and sometimes you could almost be like a deer in headlights with that that first rookie season, Okay, he had his bumps and bruises, but it's night and day difference. When what you see from jam and Davis on that training camp practice field, He's fast, he's seeing the play well, he's solid and coverage, putting pressure on the running backs and the quarterbacks when

he blitzes. I'm telling you, you know, a lot of people can say that he could be a breakthrough type of player on this defense. In my opinion, he's the X factor of this defense. If jam and Davis can play up to his capability what we saw him doing Kentucky, this defense is going to be much better off with it with a flying around jam Davis making place. I love that you say he's the next actor because that's actually how I feel like. I feel like consistency is

really the key for him. He flashed a lot, but if you can do that, you know, strenuous, some good drives during the season, I think it's really going to turn people's opinions of him to say, Okay, he can actually be a really impactful starter. It's like riding a bike because the more reps you get, the more comfortable you're gonna be, the better off you're gonna be on the field. So this is only a second year you got.

You gotta give us some time. And my expectation is you're going to see a big jump from year one to year two and jam and Davis and that's obviously what the coaching staff wants to see. The last couple of questions about the offense where we let you go? Is I mean Carson Wentz looked a lot better? I think today you know I had really start, you know, last second half of practice. What have you seen? Have you seen all the some of the accuracy things that

you know he's shown recently. Certainly it's a mixed bad, good, bad, and ugly, which you can expect with the quarterback learning a new system, a new scheme. Remember you had one system in Philadelphia, had another system in Indianapolis, and now here, so this is his third different system in three years. That's a lot to take on it as a quarterback.

But when the pads came on the last couple of days, you could see him becoming more comfortable in the offensive line, giving him more time as they can hold their own against a D line. I think the key is for Carson is mistake free football. You don't want to see those interceptions. You don't want to see those drive killers. He's a smart player. He'll take that check down to mkissick. He'll take that check down to ag find his tight ends. You don't have to always blow the top off of

the defense with a deep ball. He can do that. He has a powerful arm. But I think you're gonna get a very smart veteran like quarterback and Carson Wentz in my opinion, it's an upgrade from what Washington's had the last couple of years. Well, he's a gamer, right, I think that's the biggest thing you could say about it. He's got the armstrangth, he knows how to just win games. He's showing that, you know, a few times of the

course of his career. I think as we get more into more realistic situations, he'll see a little bit more about why the code and staff really thought he was you know worth, you know, the second round picking all that other stuff. Yeah, so I'm a tennis player. I refer to that. What you're saying is match tough. He's game tough. So he's been in through the fire, He's been in certain circumstances and situations in the National Football League.

He's not going to be, as we talked about, that deer in the headlights because he's seen it all in the National Football League. So when the lights come on and it's showtime on a Sunday, Carson wants nothing will face him. Scott, I appreciate you, mane. That's all we have for you today, but be sure to check out your daily Commands Center camp coverage every weekday on the

Commander's YouTube channel. I'm gonna go back to my tank because I basically live here like everybody else, and I will see you tomorrow.