13:28 - Commanders: discussion of quarterback Jayden Daniels off comments from Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn, including the news that Daniels will play at the New York Jets in the Commanders' 2024 preseason opener, more examples of Daniels' humility and self-awareness, insight from Quinn on how the team perceived Daniels' lack of middle-of-the-field pass attempts at LSU and perspective from Quinn and Daniels on the potential for Daniels and receiver Terry McLaurin to be a potent combination 3...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 880
17:20 - Commanders: discussion of the competition at kicker off the team claiming kicker Riley Patterson off waivers and other general team items at training camp off comments from head coach Dan Quinn 31:04 - Commanders: discussion of the offense, including head coach Dan Quinn telling NFL Network that quarterback Jayden Daniels is "off to a remarkable start" and has "exceeded" the team's high expectations for him at training camp, insight from Quinn on why the team re-signed receiver Byron Pri...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 879
17:56 - Guest: LSU performance innovation and analytics assistant Mario Macaluso, who worked closely with Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels over his two seasons at LSU, on Daniels' usage of innovative virtual-reality technology that the Commanders have acquired, including how the VR technology works, Macaluso's role in building the data for the artificial intelligence that's key for the VR technology, how specifically the VR technology helped Daniels, Daniels' impressive work ethic, how Dani...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 878
12:42 - Commanders: discussion of the offense, including a very good day of practice for Jayden Daniels, high praise for Daniels from receiver Jahan Dotson, head coach Dan Quinn on the team's offensive-line shuffling and Quinn singling out Dyami Brown in talking about Commanders receivers 29:32 - Commanders: conversation about the defense, including comments from head coach Dan Quinn and interior defensive lineman Johnny Newton on Newton participating in team drills for the first time at trainin...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 877
12:08 - Commanders: discussion of comments from head coach Dan Quinn on more good news on interior defensive lineman Johnny Newton, the Commanders "exploring" with their offensive line off a lot of shuffling at recent training-camp practices, how many quarterbacks the team is inclined to keep on its initial 53-man roster for the 2024 season, how Quinn evaluates receiver Jahan Dotson, and the Commanders' situation at cornerback 29:07 - Commanders: thoughts on linebacker Bobby Wagner and tight end...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 876
16:38 - Commanders: discussion of how quarterback Jayden Daniels is doing at 2024 Commanders Training Camp off comments from Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn, including where we are with Daniels earning the starting-quarterback job, how Daniels views not just being handed the starting-quarterback job, the development of Daniels, more examples of Daniels coming off as humble and self-aware and what the Commanders have in assistant quarterbacks coach David Blough 44:00 - Commanders: discussion of ...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 875
12:23 - Commanders: discussion of comments from head coach Dan Quinn on how quarterback Jayden Daniels is doing at Commanders Training Camp, how Quinn sees similarities between corner Mike Sainristil and Daniels, how Quinn in the 2024 season will be handling game management, what's going on with Jamin Davis as the team continues to try him out as an edge defender, whether the Commanders might hold a training camp at a place other than the team facility in Ashburn, Virginia and more 35:42 - Comma...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 874
17:03 - Commanders: discussion off comments from head coach Dan Quinn and interior defensive lineman Jonathan Allen of the Commanders surprisingly activating interior defensive lineman Johnny Newton off the Active/Non-Football Injury List just five days after placing him on it, the team for training camp staying together off-site and the energy for the Commanders at training camp 31:24 - Commanders: reaction to comments from receiver Terry McLaurin on how different things now are for the Command...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 873
11:06 - Commanders: discussion of comments from general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn at a joint press conference as 2024 Commanders Training Camp begins on if Jayden Daniels is the team's QB1, developing a young quarterback in the NFL, San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk on his TikTok having posted footage from a Commanders practice in the 2024 offseason, Cornelius Lucas potentially being the team's starting left tackle, the Commanders having so many new players as trainin...
Jul 24, 2024•56 min•Ep. 872
20:12 - Guest: NFL analytics expert Mike Tanier, who wrote the chapter on the Commanders in Aaron Schatz's FTN Football Almanac 2024, on the outlook for the Commanders in their 2024 season and beyond, including why Tanier had the Commanders' Jayden Daniels as the QB1 in the 2024 NFL Draft and why Tanier really likes Commanders general manager Adam Peters' "tight and tactical" approach to the 2024 offseason 47:02 - Guest: Wizards insider Chase Hughes of Monumental Sports Network on how the three ...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 871
15:52 - Commanders: thoughts on the Commanders placing interior defensive lineman Johnny Newton on the Non-Football Injury List...and discussion of comments from receiver Terry McLaurin on having been working on becoming better at generating yards after catch 26:15 - Guest: Mitch Tischler, co-host of Monumental Sports Network's Beltway Football podcast, with an in-depth examination of the Commanders' offensive line, including a spot-by-spot review of the line, what to make of offensive-line coac...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 870
13:38 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of Jason Wright being out as the Commanders' team president, including where and how he went wrong in his tenure and what the change says about Commanders managing partner Josh Harris 40:57 - Commanders: analysis of San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk reportedly requesting to be traded, including why this doesn't necessarily mean that the Commanders acquiring him is any more likely...and thoughts on the Commanders hiring former Carolina Panth...
Jul 19, 2024•50 min•Ep. 869
17:53 - Guest: Commanders insider Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post with a preview of 2024 Commanders Training Camp, including an outlook for each position group on offense and defense in terms of the roster and/or depth chart 45:40 - Nationals: reaction to a new era of Nats drafting beginning with their three selections over the first 44 picks in the 2024 MLB draft...discussion of - and high praise for - the Nats' trade of reliever Hunter Harvey...and analysis of the Nats winning two of thr...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 868
15:45 - Guest: sports-business expert and former Redskins vice president of strategic marketing George Perry on the Commanders' name issue with July 13, 2024, being the four-year anniversary of the team announcing that it was retiring the Redskins name and logo, including insight and perspective on why the Josh Harris ownership group has been so publicly neutral on the name issue, whether there is viability with the name Commanders, what we should make of recent signs of the team distancing itse...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 867
18:10 - Guest: former Redskins salary-cap analyst J.I. Halsell on the Commanders' new-look football operations, the value of Bob Myers as an advisor for managing partner Josh Harris, thoughts on quarterback Jayden Daniels and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, what the Commanders have in senior vice president of football operations Brandon Sosna, why Halsell likes how general manager Adam Peters handled free agency in the 2024 offseason, perspective on the contract situations of interior def...
Jul 11, 2024•54 min•Ep. 866
15:07 - Guest: Brent, a.k.a Burgundy Blog on X, on the state of the Commanders, including why he's now happy as a fan of the team, why he now feels so much better about the Commanders having hired Dan Quinn as head coach, where Brent is at on the team having taken quarterback Jayden Daniels with the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, whether we for the 2024 season should have more faith in the Commanders' offense or defense and in-depth discussion of the name issue 47:19 - Nationals: anal...
Jul 10, 2024•58 min•Ep. 865
15:03 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk posting footage of a Commanders practice in the 2024 offseason on TikTok, including whether he got the footage from Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and how and why Aiyuk's behavior has become off-putting 28:47 - Nationals: analysis of a 6-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent ya and receive $25 off any gas-fireplace service, chim...
Jul 09, 2024•36 min•Ep. 864
11:54 - Guest: ESPN NFL senior writer and prognosticator Mike Clay on his rankings of Commanders position groups in his 2024 NFL Projection Guide, including the team having the No. 1 off-ball-linebacker unit, the No. 10 interior-defensive-line unit and the No. 13 running-back unit but also having the No. 31 tight-end unit, No. 30 cornerback unit and No. 31 edge-defender unit...and Clay provides thoughts on his projections for Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels in the 2024 regular season 39:41...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 863
15:14 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com with film-breakdown-style analysis of linebacker Jamin Davis transitioning to playing more as an edge defender, receiver Jahan Dotson's disappointing 2023 season, receiver Terry McLaurin's footwork, whether corner Emmanuel Forbes Jr. is poised to bounce back from his bad 2023 rookie season and more 50:22 - Nationals: breakdown of a 7-2 10-inning loss to the New York Mets in a game in which starting pitcher DJ Herz was gre...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 862
13:59 - Guest: Pro Football Focus college-football analyst Max Chadwick on the Commanders, including quarterback Jayden Daniels' great deep passing and great rushing in his 2023 Heisman Trophy-winning for LSU and how translatable they are to the NFL, the pressure-to-sack-rate issue for Daniels, why Daniels shouldn't be viewed as just a one-year wonder in college, who Chadwick likes the most from the Commanders' 2024 NFL Draft class, who he views as the top sleeper from the team's 2024 NFL Draft ...
Jul 02, 2024•59 min•Ep. 861
18:46 - Guest: former United States ambassador to Belgium, lawyer, radio-show host and Commanders fan Howard Gutman, who is a good friend of and strategic advisor for Commanders limited partner Mitchell Rales, on the Commanders, including the process for the team's new front office with the 2024 NFL Draft, why the departure of Eugene Shen after just eight months as the team's senior vice president of football strategy was actually a very good sign, key differences for the Commanders with their p...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 860
12:53 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on Eugene Shen leaving the Commanders after just eight months as the team's senior vice president of football strategy; what to make of Commanders team president Jason Wright per a report having been a finalist for Green Bay Packers chairman of the board, president and CEO; and the state of the rebuilding and tanking Wizards, who Standig covered for years 51:45 - Capitals: analysis of the Caps acquiring forward Andrew Mangiapane via t...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 859
16:10- Commanders: discussion of what to make of Eugene Shen leaving the Commanders after just eight months as the team's senior vice president of football strategy 29:55 - Wizards: in-depth reaction to the Wizards reportedly agreeing to trade Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers and taking/acquiring three players in the first round of 2024 NBA Draft in Alex Sarr at No. 2, Carlton "Bub" Carrington at No. 14 and Kyshawn George at No. 24 41:30 - Nationals: analysis of an 8-5 loss at the San D...
Jun 27, 2024•58 min•Ep. 858
20:06 - Guest: ESPN NFL analytics expert Seth Walder on his grade for the Commanders' 2024 offseason, his assessment of the team's revamping of its football operations, whether he sees the Commanders as now being big on analytics, his thoughts on the team taking quarterback Jayden Daniels with the No. 2-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, why Walder especially likes the Commanders having signed edge defender Dorance Armstrong as an unrestricted free agent, two specific things that Walder does no...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 857
19:50 - Commanders: reaction to and discussion of intel from ESPN NFL analyst and former Redskins safety Ryan Clark and ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter on the Commanders potentially trading for San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk, including the reveal that the Commanders turned down a trade for Aiyuk 33:46 - Nationals: analysis of a 7-6 10-inning loss at the San Diego Padres in a wild game in which the Nats overcame a 3-0 third-inning deficit but also blew a 6-3 10th-inning lead 41:40 - Or...
Jun 25, 2024•46 min•Ep. 856
14:49 - Guest: NFL analyst Derek Brown of Fantasy Pros and Betting Pros on the Commanders, including why he is a big believer in the team's offense for the 2024 season, why he had Jayden Daniels as the QB1 in the 2024 NFL Draft, why Brown likes Daniels from a fantasy-football perspective for the 2024 season and how Brown arrived at the comp of former Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Randall Cunningham for Daniels 52:00 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats winning two out of thr...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 855
16:13 - Guest: Pro Football Focus lead NFL Draft analyst Trevor Sikkema on the potential for the Commanders to go from worst to first in the NFC East, why rookie quarterbacks are doing better than ever before, why Sikkema is such a big fan of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn, whether the Commanders should trade for San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk if he's available, Sikkema's rankings of the Commanders' receiving corps and running-back unit and more 42:23 - Nationals: breakdown of a 5-2...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 854
12:06 - Guest: former Redskins receiver and current co-host of the BLEAV in Commanders podcast Anthony Armstrong on the Commanders potentially trading for San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk, what the Commanders should be willing to give up to get him, whether he's worthy of top-of-the-market money, whether his and Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels' strong friendship would translate to the field, the state of the Commanders receiving corps, Armstrong's impressive 2010 season for the S...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 853
15:57 - Guest: Penn Interactive/ESPN BET football data scientist Tej Seth on the Commanders, including analysis of quarterback Jayden Daniels, the myth of not playing first-round quarterbacks in their rookie seasons, whether the Commanders should trade for San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk if he is available, notable items on Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, the proper way to view defense in the current NFL, insight on corner Mike Sainristil and perspective on assistant...
Jun 19, 2024•55 min•Ep. 852
20:10 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com with film-breakdown-style analysis of the sack issue of Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, including Bullock's takeaways from studying every sack that Daniels took in his Heisman Trophy-winning 2023 season for LSU, how Daniels compares with former Commanders quarterback Sam Howell in terms of sack avoidance and what Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury should do to minimize Daniels getting sacked Visit Cat...
Jun 18, 2024•47 min•Ep. 851