Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson with a twenty twenty two season behind us. Logan Paulson and Fred Smooth joined me to hand out the awards for the Commander's season superlatives. Let's start with some of our MVP's and who would that be basically for the entire team this year? Logan? For me, it's Sean Allen. I think when you look at John Allen, what he provides from a leadership standpoint and what he what he backs
up that leadership from a play standpoint. He is a dominant force, a guy that has to be accounted for by other teams. And when you look at this this defense and how good they played this year, He's a huge piece of that deserves a ton of credit. I got to go in offtin direction. I'm going out offense and I'm going with Tary mcloand I think he's the reason for the season. And see I had a different Uh,
I say, how can I come to this conclusion? I think when I look back on this season, I think he was more responsible for wins than any other player on this team. I'm talking coach game, I'm talking about Philadelphia I'm talking about Atlanta, but he goes out there, he gets the job done. I'm going to Tarry mcloind, you know. And they also talked so much and so many times that you need to get him the ball more. You get him the ball, the ball earlier. He is
one of your best playmakers. You give him a huge contract, and that is something we heard Taylor Hanike saying all the time. Look, you paid the guy for a reason. Yeah, you need to put the ball in his hands. How about this the player that showed the most growth this past year in twenty twenty two, logan for me, that's Jamie Davis. And it's not even a question. Everyone's talking
about him. And I used a bust and last year and he just came out and played super well, taken on blocks in coverage, understanding what the defense was trying to do, and then just growing up over the course of the season. And a guy who sneaky could have made the Pro Bow in his own right just from playing at a high level. So love the love the switch that he went through this last year. Great to see that, a great thing, but you are wrong again
at the end of the day. And once you earned a nickname in the pros, you know you're doing something default. He's the guy you gotta say if you wanted a guy that did make some game defiant play, some guys that changed the game, and a guy did when we say at the beginning of the year, what do we expect out of him? Not much. I thought he brought Pro Bowl cauntable play to this deepro and he was
so close to get that fifth interception on the season too. Man, he just seemed to always be in the right place at the right time. What she said, it is not luck, it's just preparation. You're standing. It is at one point that ball tip right where you need to be for it. Um. So, which player, how about this was the most underrated? Might
not not? So he gotten all the spotlight, but deserves some recognition For me, that's one hundred percent Cordelias Lucas on on on a group of offensive line that was kind of banged up. You got Cosby in and out. Having a guy who's your swingtach, who would come in and play like a starter and play at a super high level, lockdown elite pass rushers, he does not get enough credit. Excellent job by him. He's my he's my guy that deserves a little bit more flowers. I'm going
with Curtis Samuel's aka Tito Jackson. Nobody knows that is nobody, No nobody, because you know why Joe Hun Dodson comes in. He's the first rabbit you got tear Nick rowing on the other side, it's getting it done. I'm sorry. I'm going with Curtis Samuel, Tito Jackson, leave's own through me. That's just gonna John. Who is your biggest surprise of
the season For me? John Ridgeway is the guy that sticks out because he was on a practice squad, got cut, they signed up, and he became a huge contributor, especially
in that Sinco front. I'm going to jam And Davies because I think he was the guy that people was waiting on to make plays as a rookie, it didn't happen, But this year I thought he just got better and better as years the year win out and so with that, it is time to turn the clock forward, because it's never too early to start focusing on the next season. This time, Logan and Fred's thought out what's on their wish list for twenty twenty three. It is officially the
off season. And look, the coaches and the staff get this much of a break because there really is no official off season in the NFL. They have to prepare for the draft, for free agency. And so Fred and Logan, I want to know what is your wish list for this offseason? Where already know they are doing tons of interviews for that OC position. So why don't we start there? Who wants to get it? Yeah? I mean I think this is going to be the story of the next
couple of weeks. Right, it's flying the right offensive quarter Do you want someone who can develop Sam? How kind of abide by this philosophy that Marty and Ron want to talk about? Run first, run second? What can you do there relying your deef? Who's this person gonna Because I think it's a big deal. Uh, you know what? I like how you did that, whether man you told lives, you still told the troop. At the same time, Hey, Joe Brady is the guy I like to say, you
know not who we're gonna get leave Buffalo? Why not? Because he's the quarterback coach in the upgrade from being a quarterback coach is the OC, Like, we're gonna give you an OC job, and I don't give you OC job. We're giving you a young wolf, a young quarterback to molten Sea much she likes Sam how But I don't know. The other one I think is critical here is this offensive line, right and one of the key omens of that is finding a spot for same cosme, is he
gonna play guard? Is he gonna beag tackle? Big part of that's in the draft. But you gotta get him settled because I think he's a big piece of your what wh He has a slight case of kangaroo on short um, so DeFore he has to play guard. But I want to hold facelift footage thing. I want to go to LA and find a doctor. And I'm talking about total facelifting, get the full face off, face off fight.
I'm talking about. You gotta find a young tackle, you gotta find a young guard, and most certainly you gotta find a center. You gotta go you like, Yeah, I do, Minnesota six three hundred forty tuns. And this again, this goes with the quarterback, that goes with the old line. Maybe the most critical piece of this offseason is developing your young play caller, right, Fred, because he's going to be the guy. The talents there, it just can you get him to be that guy that can win you
some football games? I don't know. It's be big, big question of offseas bad base. I won't introduce you to the young wolf Rob Stark. N's who he is, Rob Start, That's what I call him. And who's this guy? Man? I don't even know who this is. The school is first of all, if you go to the whale and you always win, you can't got frisol, you ain't got month tap, you ain't got a player. Everybody, this guy is the next award winner for the best cornerback in
the league. Nine fourth. Remember this night. He is dead due second round pick, no first round. Okay, I got you. I mean everybody to him. I definitely agree you need a quarterback, cornerback and it's gonna be his true with that first pick. Is it a cornerback? Is it an offensive lineman? Oppetite guard? I don't care where you go. You go to the bathroom, he's going with you, Julie, what do you think? I don't know. I feel like friends a little bias here, do not really? Fred? It
is totally biased, But that's okay. I haven't not wait until we get into where do they go in the draft? What positions, what names? What players? Are Freds just gonna clean the boarder of the Mississippi State GUIs. Oh yeah, Okay, thanks guys again, it was a wish list. For all your commander's news and analysis, be sure to tune into Command Center weeknights at five and ten pm on NBC Sports Washington. You can also stream on YouTube and commanders dot com.