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The thing that struck me about all the professional commentary on Jayden is how much he learned and evolved as a true passer over the last couple years. I don't sense at all that he's an RG3 ego who thinks he's going to take the NFL by storm doing things "his way" and then spend all his spare time in the weight room.

Sure, he's going to have to continue to evolve all of his game, but he seems like the kind who will do just that. I'm excited to see where this goes.

43 minutes ago, tmandoug1 said:

Still don't get why we traded Howell if JD was the pick. Pretty stupid IMHO.

It didn't matter whom we picked. You don't leave last year's Day 1 starter on the team as a benchwarmer. We don't need Sonny vs. Billy situation.

No one's going to be calling for Mariota if Jayden starts off with a few stumbles.

40 minutes ago, Always A Commander Never A Captain said:

 

I don't think he talked to many then. Sounds like he's just regurgitating hot takes.

 

You can watch games of Maye and not see a missed layup in them. It happens, but the issue is overblown.

Belichick savaged Maye, too, by the way. He's very specific, and it makes me feel a lot better about GMAP's decision. I think we got this one right.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=40026232

Just now, Rufus T Firefly said:

If we're betting on 1st round QB flops, I'll take Nix, you all can take the field. 

Nix looked a lot better than Penix in the Oregon/Washington game last year.

All 10 Chargers fans flew out for the draft!

I didn't watch a down by any of these guys. Until I have reason to believe otherwise, I'm thrilled to have a new QB! Welcome Jayden.

Caleb looks like he's joining the cast of Star Trek Discovery.

I thought the draft started at 8. Silly me, it's the NFL.

Roger just keeps counting those millions. He doesn't care.

Darrell Green basically IS the Washington Redskins, as far as I'm concerned. Way overdue to have 28 be officially retired.

All I know is that the Commanders are running an incredibly leak-free offseason. I think that makes the mountain of clickbait even more desperate, since there's just nothing to report.

I don't know any other undeveloped tracts along the Anacostia that would be big enough for a football stadium.

5 hours ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

 

The article soft-pedals it, but you don't hire a congressional insider to lobby state officials for a MD/VA stadium. It's clear as day that RFK is the goal. As it should be.

On 4/10/2024 at 1:50 PM, CommanderInTheRye said:

Reports coming out that Dallas is fed up with Micah Parsons and his family’s antics and they may want to make an example out of him so that all the other inmates teammates will get back in line, stop their back sassing, and start behaving with complete obedience to whatever Mr. Jerry Jones dictates.

 

Which begs the question:

 

Given DQs relationship with Parsons, would you be in favor of trying to trade for him and if so what would you give up to get him?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's going to be fun watching the Cowboys implode this season. 🙂

Camden Yards is nice--I don't give two bits about baseball but went to a game there for a buddy's bachelor-party day many years ago. I don't know if that model suits football as well as it does baseball. It's too fussy and quaint.

The most iconic football stadiums--the ones we romanticize from the good old days--have been the more utilitarian, even cruddy, ones. Heck, we still talk about RFK and the Vet, and neither was objectively very good. They had the right character for pro football, though.

It'd be nice if we could get a new stadium that *felt* like the hallowed ground of RFK but with modern amenities. What I don't want is some gaudy ego-palace like Jerryworld, or a fatcat thing like SoFi Stadium. This is east coast tradition and it needs to emotionally connect up with the the old NFL.

I feel like I want to toss out 2023 performance as a useful indicator for any of the holdover guys. Last year's team was such a disaster that I'm not sure it showed anyone's true abilities. A true talent evaluator will be able to glean insights from last year's film, but I'm not that person (obviously!). Even so, they may have to look further back to get a better picture.

Having a true #1 TE might be more important for the QB's first year than having a Tyreek Hill on the roster. Especially with the amount of uncertainty about the OL.

28 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

Yeah the lack of leaks is pretty incredible. Such a change from the previous clownshow. 

That's because the agenda now is to build a winning football team, rather than...whatever it was before.

If you've got a rookie starter, you absolutely cannot have last year's starter hanging around the sideline holding a clipboard. The Commanders had to make this move, and the return isn't bad.

Besides the possibilities in the third round, could this be part of an attempt to build the assets to move up to #1?

Just now, Est.1974 said:

Think I’d go just beyond that. I’d be tempted to roll the dice on this one. FS who can rack INTs seems like a worthwhile move. 

I'm not sure I would. That's a signing for a team that expects to contend this year and needs an immediate power boost. Peters clearly understands that this isn't that year for the Commanders.

3 minutes ago, NYSkins21 said:

Based on how well this free agent period has gone (on paper at least), are you more willing to give up the draft capital (current and future) to move up to #1 for Caleb. Has this moved your needle at all?

No. If anything, the strategy of getting a ton of vets on one-year deals makes it even more imperative to have a lot of draft picks over the next several years.

If Peters thinks that Caleb is the only franchise QB in the draft, that makes it different, of course.

1 minute ago, Conn said:

It’s always about how it actually plays out on the field, that goes without saying.

But this is nothing like a Snyder-era FA period. Tons of signings, sure. Some of them are older “names”, sure. But the contracts are short and low risk, and the scheme fit is good. Exact opposite of Snyder’s two main types of offseasons: a) overpaying (in $$ and contract length) players who don’t fit, or b) only signing cheap boring scrubs. 

Exactly. Early on, it felt like Snyder was playing fantasy football with a real roster, and this is nothing like that.

Peters has a strategy and is getting value. This isn't extravagant like what the Texans and Eagles are doing. We're just so used to nothing at all in FA that it looks like a big thing.

Am I crazy for thinking the opposing QBs won't have 10 seconds to throw on every play next season?

Just now, Bantu said:

Casserly on Keim's podcast made a great point about using free agency bolster positions where there were no "adequate" (average/JAG) starters, so you can go into the draft not getting desperate for a player at a certain position, but can use the draft to upgrade wherever the board takes them. 

Peters better get busy, then, because this team has holes all over.

Just now, woodpecker said:

Eagles moves smell of desperation, especially Saquon

My feelings exactly. It reminds me of Dan Snyder 2000. Not to that extreme, to be sure.

One thing that impressed me about the Eagles over the past decade or so is how they didn't go for the splashy moves and yet were good-to-excellent in every phase. What they're doing now looks like trying to patch holes.

The Commanders shouldn't go crazy in FA this year, but I'm concerned that they haven't gotten any impact players yet. I'd like at least one guy who's more than just "solid."