Camping Out Day Sixteen | Episode 38

game in week two. Let's go here what he had to say, and also you will hear some takes from me as I'll give my thoughts on what happened today at practice. And now we have the guy who travels back and forth from Tampa to DC. We have David Harrison Sports Illustrated. David, you know, in between the time that you were looking at the Bucks, you also have the chance to watch the Commanders game against the Panthers.

What were some of your key takeaways from that? I think first foremost you have to be impressed with Brian Robinson. Did you know all through campot, I mean, honesty started with rookie Minicamp. I mean we're being real about it. The media workroom as soon as he was picked like, that's when the excitement really started about Brian Robinson Junior.

And you could really you kind of felt like you could see where the team was going with that pick and you could understand it, and of course that always helps with the anticipation. But then just seeing the physicality, the style of run, and what's happening on the island with Randy Jordan when he's coaching him up and how he's kind of improving through that coaching, and then seeing him once the pads come on against his own teammates.

You kind of just really wanted to see him go against the team and he could fit, he get hit full speed without getting in trouble, right, and then as soon as you see him up on the field, I mean, first first carrier the game is eleven yards, you just feel that excitement and it only got better from there.

Now unfortunately comes off the tails of an Antonio Gibson fumble, so that's, you know, not the way you want to see him get his start, but at least from a from a holistic standpoint, just from Ryan Robinson standpoint, very promising in the first week of preseason. You know, one of the things that I was excited about Brian Robinson as well. When he got drafted. One think that was really concerned about seeing from him is that the holes on the running ways are not going to be Alabama open, right.

They're not going to just open up like the parting of the Red Sea here. They're going to be opening up as you're hitting, edge're hitting the hole where it's supposed to be. I was worried he would have to take some time to adjust about for that, But doesn't look like he really has that problem. He's very patient with what he's able to do right Yeah, and he's been very fluid behind the line of scrimmage and practice. I think you saw that a little bit in the

game as well. His field vision, his ability to kind of understand where the line is going to go, how he fits into where the line is going to go, when what the defense is doing. It seems to be really kind of elevated. And I think coming out of Alabama, a lot of people kind of expect that kind of a product coming from some of these guys, especially though the success that the running backs have had, and I

think Brian Robinson is showing that early on. Now we have to talk a little bit at least a little bit about Carson Wentz because you know, he is the franchise quarterback. After all, Hey of ten of thirteen seventy four yards three drives pretty efficient. I mean, it seems like the momentum he had in week three, you know, heading end of week two that he had in practice, seems to be carrying or do you see a lot of the same thing that he's been showing a practice

to show up on the field. Absolutely, And you know, I think that most people when they saw Carson Wentz on the field on Saturday, maybe it took them a little bit by surprise because you have some media takes, you have some fans in attendance and their takes of

what's going on. But I think, you know, talking to some of the guys on the sidelines over the weeks of training camp, where you kind of notice is you know, they go through, they put their install in, they kind of walk through it, and then you see Carson and I think, just like most quarterbacks in the NFL, takes a little bit Okay, this guy's gonna go here, this

guy's gonna go here. So if I see this, read I want this, and all those things you see a little bit those growing pains, but then once they get kind of running those plays live, you see him get more comfortable. You see him make those decisions quicker. And when you look on the field on Saturday, a lot of what you saw on that field you saw during training camp and you saw it during the lead up

to the first game. So you have a quarterback now who's gone through the install to walk through the full speed, and now he's doing it and gets a live opponent. I think you're seeing the byproduct of all that coaching and all that repetition come out. So from my standpoint, I wasn't so much surprised as what we were seeing Carson on Saturday. More is I was encouraged because it

shows that what you were expecting on the field. Talking to a couple of the media guys over texts while the game was going on, we were all like, Yeah, this is exactly what we expected to see. Take that next step against live defenses, and you hope to see that continue because now you're in install more sering to see more fan takes and some more media takes about a little bit of a rough dated day and all that stuff. But again it's part of the install and

growth process that they're going through. I thought that third drive was really really crisp. I mean, fourteen plays eighty two yards. I mean, no matter who you're playing against or what situation is, that's exactly what you want at any offense. And you know, Curtis Samuel was also out there getting some reps. I mean, he looked pretty much

like the Curtis Samuel that we were expecting him to look, right. Yeah, absolutely, And I love that for the fans too, because you know, sitting here in practice, we've all kind of talked about that. You know, you hear the process. You hear that, you know we got a plan in place, and you know, a little nervous. You see him set out like the three practices in our open then you see him on the field. He looks good. So it was good for

the fans to see that. You saw him in FedEx Field for for the practice the week before, and I think fans got comfortable to them. Then you see him the game, run around, see him out here today. He looks really crisp still, and so you can see that he looks like a healthier version of Curtis Samuel. So even if maybe he misses a couple of practices before Casey. Now you can you can quote unquote trust what coach

of Varia is saying. Not that you shouldn't anyway, but you can trust it more because you're seeing the product on the field. Oh look, this is a Ron Rivera We Trust podcast, So just don't worry about that. But everyone a talked about the plan, the plan, the plan for Curtis Samuel and everyone's like, well, we really want to see him out there. But at the end of the day, as long as seeing him out there on

Sunday dollar really matters. Yeah, I mean, you know, you want to see him against Casey, you want to see him against Baltimore, got it. But you need to see him against Jacksonville, Detroit, Philly, Dallas and so on. And that's that's where the team's focused. And again it looks like it's working beautifully, So I mean, don't argue with the process absolutely. And last one here is we're going him next now to Kansas City and you know we're

gonna get I guess this this second. He will be the dress rehearsal with you know, going back from three preseason games, what are you both looking forward to see one in the week leading up to the game and two in the game itself. Just physicality on the on the field, you know, giving each other good work team

to team. But I think when you're going again go up against Kansas City, what I really liked from the defensive standpoint for Washington against that Carolina Panthers offense is you really got different types of quarterbacks all throughout the game, starting with Baker Mayfield and Sam Arnold, who were kind of similar, I think archetypes of quarterbacks, but they kind of approached the game differently, and then p J. Walker and even Matt Carrel bring a different layer to any

really challenged the defense. And I think he probably the coach is a lot of film to really study off of and teach off of. And now you come in and expecting, right, Patrick Mahomes hopefully he's going to be on the field, and they've got a stable of running backs. The thing is interesting because they all kind of bring

a different flavor to the field as well. So as these running backs get involved, and then obviously one of the the lower electric offenses in the NFL, I think the Washington coaching staff from a defensive standpoint, is going to have a lot of teachable film taking from this from a lot of different styles, and you pair that with the quarterbacks. They saw it last week and I think coming into week three and in in the end of training camp, you got a lot of teachable moments you can take

into the regular season. Yeah. I think obviously we would all love for them to go three and oh you know in the preseason. But the reality, as long as you can get good reps out there and get live game situations to build off of, really all that matters. But David, I always appreciate you having a man. I feel like I want to give some thoughts on you know what you know this day of practice, what was going on for me, The biggest standout was Danny Brown

on the offense. He had four catches today and he looked really Crisp made a really really nice sideline grab they're working against Kenda Fuller had another one again, um, you know against another DV against on seven or seven and I think you know this this uh this year two. He said, he's really gonna be a big one for him. He's been working a lot on his routes, been working a lot on his knowledge of the offense and it's

really clicking a lot. He didn't have that many opportunities during the preseason game, but I think that's gonna come a lot more, uh, you know, against the Chiefs and in the final preseason game against the preseason undefeated Baltimore Ravens at least at the time of this recording. So we'll see where that goes. Um. But I think, you know, Downy Browns took out a lot. He's been one of my players to watch all camp. Carson Wentz, I think looked,

you know, pretty much. I think someone's considered maybe an off day, but I considered it probably a solid day. He had. He was four for six and seven on seven. Uh, you know, had a really nice throw to Curtis Samuel, who is it's right down thread of the the middle of the of the defense, right there between two linebackers. Another thing, Curtis Samuel also looked pretty good today. Looks more and more like Curtis Samuel with every practice. I

think that's really good to see. I think you look on the running back side of things, if you look at Brian Robinson again still looking crisp out there, looking looking like a really true running back. I think that was really impressive. And I think on the defense, you know, Jamie Davis, you keep seeing the growth more, you keep

seeing the development. Uh. You know. Ronevera was very complimentary of him during his evaluation of the film his media availability, talking about how you fit you know, a really nice run a run hole there on Saturday's game and really kind of blew up a play. And I think, you know, with with Jamie Davis, you're I think the thing is, you're not going to see a whole lot of you know,

these flashy plays. You're not gonna see these standout players, but you're gonna see a lot of really good plays you but don't show up on the stat sheet say Okay, this guy could be an impact player, just not in you know, the the boisterous way that you would you would expect, you know. I those big plays will come eventually, but I think for now, his development and growth are really the priority. That's all we have for you today. But be sure and 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.