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NFL Insider Adam Caplan Talks Touring Training Camps
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7/29/2024
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Adam Kavlin is our NFL insider and he's on his tour to Pharrell of training camps.
00:09
And today he was in Virginia hanging out with the commanders and Mr. Quinn.
00:17
And it'll continue through the next few weeks.
00:19
He's going out to the West Coast as well.
00:21
So we're getting great coverage.
00:23
So you were at the commander's camp today.
00:26
Where do they stand?
00:28
It's the first time you haven't seen Snyder around.
00:31
They have to be relieved of that.
00:33
Yeah, so it's funny you say that.
00:35
So this is their first year, really.
00:37
This is Josh Harris, the new owner.
00:39
So this is his first full year and his ownership group with the commanders.
00:43
So yeah, and I'll tell you what, the sort of the Paul that would come over this team.
00:50
Like the, just the stanch of Snyder and the negativity is gone.
00:55
As one, someone with the, someone high up at the commander said to me,
00:58
oh, it's a new beginning.
01:00
You've got, as you mentioned, Dan Quinn and the head coach.
01:03
New offensive, defensive schemes.
01:05
You've got a new quarterback, Jay Daniels, who will be the start of week one.
01:08
They haven't named him that, but he's going to start against Tampa Bay.
01:10
We'll get to their schedule, some other stuff that I learned today.
01:13
But yeah, it's definitely, that cloud is gone.
01:17
There's no question, there's some optimism.
01:18
But I do get the sense that they're not calling a rebuild,
01:22
as this person said, new beginning.
01:23
They kind of knew who they are.
01:25
They're not starting over.
01:27
They have some good young players, but they understand,
01:29
like this is not a Super Bowl team.
01:31
Don't need to say it.
01:32
I can tell that they know kind of who they are.
01:34
And what I find interesting is, you know, this is the team that a lot of fans point
01:40
to in social media about, oh, this could be this year's Texans.
01:43
I don't see that.
01:45
The last year's Texas roster, yes, we didn't know, Scott,
01:48
about C.J. Stratton, how great he would be.
01:50
But the Texans had drafted well.
01:52
They had a good mix of veterans and young players.
01:55
Here with Washington, they've got Daniels, yes.
01:59
They've got a very average offensive line.
02:02
Remember now, the commanders did talk to the Niners about Brandon Ayuk during the draft.
02:07
They've got a new defensive scheme in here.
02:09
They don't have a lot of pass rush.
02:11
Remember, Scott, last year at the trade down, they traded both starters at defensive end.
02:16
They've got sort of a rebuild secondary here.
02:17
They're kind of in a retooling of the roster.
02:20
But I do like that they brought in Bobby Wagner.
02:23
Guys won a Super Bowl.
02:24
Zach Gertz has won a Super Bowl.
02:25
Austin Eckler is going to be a good veteran backup running back for Brian Robinson.
02:30
But they kind of knew who they are.
02:31
This is a team that knows that they're kind of on the way up here.
02:36
But the odds makers clearly, Scott, are telling you the way it is.
02:39
It's 6.5.
02:41
The over is minus 125.
02:42
But the over, Scott, if you look at the over at 7.5, it's plus 165.
02:48
So the odds makers see it like I do.
02:50
I see this as a 6 or 7 win team.
02:52
They're not a playoff team.
02:53
To win the NFC East, they're plus 1100.
02:56
But just talking to people there, they like that they had all these draft picks.
03:02
Had to get a lot of new talent on both sides of the football.
03:05
But they're going to be coached up, and they've got a long way to go here.
03:09
Well, look, I believe in Dan Quinn.
03:12
I think he's a good coach.
03:13
But all I need to know, and I heard it right out of your mouth,
03:16
is that they don't have an offensive line, and their pass rush is terrible.
03:22
So they got rid of their two best pass rushers.
03:24
So the NFL is one in the trenches.
03:27
So when you have a terrible offensive line and no pass rush,
03:30
they'll be lucky if they win six games.
03:33
Yeah, I don't say it's terrible.
03:33
I think it's very average.
03:35
But I'll tell you what, they love Brandon Coleman, their third round
03:38
pick out of TCU, who's going to start at what, whether it's guard or left tackle,
03:41
he's going to wind up starting.
03:42
But yeah, it takes time.
03:44
One thing you have to understand in the NFL,
03:46
you can't solve every issue one offseason.
03:49
Remember being in John Lynch's offense many years ago, the GM of the Niners,
03:52
and he's got this placard that says you can't solve every issue one offseason.
03:56
You can't.
03:56
Remember Adam Peters also.
03:58
The front office is brand new.
04:00
Peters came in from the aforementioned Niners.
04:02
He's got a job on his hands here.
04:04
But they've got their quarterback.
04:05
There's no question about it.
04:06
And how about in hard knocks?
04:08
The Giants made it clear.
04:09
They talked about it.
04:10
If Jaden Daniels was close to them, they would have traded up and tried to get him.
04:15
Well, look, I think Jaden Daniels is a very exciting player.
04:19
And from what you're telling me, he's going to be running for his life.
04:25
Well, no, he will run.
04:26
But it's funny you say that because with Cliff Kingsbury,
04:29
their quarterbacks will run.
04:30
There's no question about it.
04:31
And by the way, Marcus Mariota, another running quarterback,
04:34
is going to be their number two.
04:35
But this is going to be a slow build here.
04:38
They've addressed their secondary.
04:41
They addressed the running back position with Eckler,
04:43
addressed the tight end position with Zackert, who I mentioned.
04:45
Ben Sinnott, a second-round tight end who I saw at the Senior Bowl from Kansas State,
04:49
who I really like.
04:50
Great Senior Bowl week.
04:52
They're going to be a team the fans are going to be excited about because there are
04:54
a lot of good young players.
04:56
But again, you've got to let this team have time to gel here.
05:00
And that division now is so top-heavy with the Cowboys and, of course,
05:04
the Eagles.
05:05
And the linesmakers, given the Eagles, they're clear favorite about minus 120.
05:09
So talk to me about what they're doing defensively if they don't have a pass rush.
05:15
I know they're going to kind of a 3-4 with Quinn.
05:19
And we already have seen him coaching the Cowboys' defense.
05:23
So what is their plan if they don't have a pass rush?
05:26
What's the rest of that defense look like?
05:29
It's actually a 4-3, but as you mentioned, elements of a 3-4.
05:32
They're going to stand up their pass rushers.
05:33
I saw that today.
05:35
This is what DQ did with Micah Parsons.
05:37
He moves his linemen around.
05:39
He does a really good job of doing that.
05:41
They're going to be very strong at the safety position.
05:43
They had Quan Martin last year as the second round of Illinois,
05:46
who could be a nickel if you play safety.
05:48
Sandstrill from Michigan, who's the second rounder this year,
05:52
who's very talented.
05:53
I like that.
05:54
And DQ's good at using personnel.
05:56
But a cornerback that just could be OK.
05:58
Again, the pass rush, Dorrance Armstrong,
06:00
comes over from the Cowboys, who DQ coached with the Cowboys.
06:04
And Cleland Farrell, by the way, this is an underrated sign.
06:06
Cleland Farrell, who was their very big reach,
06:08
as we know, with the Raiders many years ago,
06:10
as a first-round pick, should have been a first-round pick,
06:12
should have been a late first, early second.
06:14
But it kind of revived his career
06:16
with the 49ers last season.
06:17
It's probably going to start for Washington here.
06:20
It's going to have a chance to kind of further his career
06:22
here.
06:23
But yeah, it's, look, again, next year in the draft,
06:25
they're going to have to continue
06:27
to address the offensive line and get more pass rushers.
06:29
Probably going to have to address corner.
06:31
They're going to be decent at wide receiver.
06:33
But I'm interested to see how Kliff Kingsbury kind of
06:35
structures this offense.
06:37
He likes a running quarterback.
06:38
We've seen this with Kyler Murray with the Cardinals.
06:40
We know what's coming.
06:41
We saw that in college with Mahomes.
06:44
So this is going to be a fun offense to watch here.
06:48
But the bottom line is it's going to take them a while
06:50
to be a winning team here.
06:52
I don't see this as a winning team in year one.
06:54
So Thursday, you're going to see the Ravens and Eagles
06:57
practice together in Pharrell, Adelphia at the link.
07:01
And then Saturday, you're going to be in Irvine
07:07
with the Saints and the Raiders in Costa Mesa.
07:10
You're going to do that both on Saturday.
07:13
Is that the plan?
07:13
And then Sunday, you're with the Chargers
07:15
and their new building, the Bolt.
07:18
Yeah, yeah.
07:19
So basically, here's actually the way it's going to go.
07:21
I'm going to be with the Ravens in the afternoon.
07:23
Drive from Owens Mills in Baltimore area to Philly.
07:27
The Eagles are going to have a night practice at the link.
07:30
And you're right, I fly to LA on Friday.
07:33
And then Saturday morning, the Saints, by the way,
07:35
so the Saints, because their cafeteria is not
07:37
to be done back in Metairie in Louisiana.
07:41
So the Saints are practicing this week,
07:43
or actually this month at UC Irvine.
07:45
So I'll see them in the morning.
07:47
And then in the evening, I'll see the Raiders.
07:50
And then the next morning, yes, the Chargers
07:52
will be hosting the Rams.
07:54
Now, the Chargers finally have their own facility
07:58
in El Segundo at the Bolt. Yeah, and it's,
08:00
I'm loving what the Chargers are doing there.
08:03
The odds makers are super gaga over the Chargers.
08:06
I'm looking forward to being with the Chargers Sunday.
08:09
I got to see this.
08:10
I don't know why, I get it.
08:12
Harbaugh is a winner.
08:13
We all know that.
08:14
He's won everywhere he's been.
08:14
Niners, University of San Diego, Stanford.
08:18
The Niners, of course, where he made the Super Bowl,
08:19
probably should have won it against the Ravens.
08:21
But man, a lot, but the odds are favoring the over.
08:25
It's just, it's hard to believe at eight and a half.
08:26
I don't see them as a winning team,
08:28
but the public certainly sees them as a winner.
08:30
I don't see it for year one.
08:32
So Thursday, you're going to see two teams,
08:34
the Ravens and Eagles, both working.
08:35
And then Thursday night, Texans and Bears
08:39
play in the Hall of Fame game in Canton.
08:42
Yeah, that's fun.
08:43
You know, I've been to the Hall of Fame game
08:45
many, many years ago, and usually the starters don't play.
08:49
But, and I know Caleb Williams, by the way,
08:51
wants to play, but it doesn't sound like
08:53
it's going to be much, if at all.
08:54
But that is another hype team.
08:56
That is the hype team this year, is those Bears.
08:59
And you and I talked about it.
09:00
How about Matt Iberflus?
09:02
The pick by many to be coach of the year.
09:04
I get it.
09:05
There are way more talent than they have been
09:07
in recent years, but Scott, that's a big hit there.
09:10
I can't see it with Matt Iberflus.
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