Commanders Select Josh Conerly With 31st Pick in 2025 NFL Draft

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00:0029th overall, the Washington Commanders after a historic 2024 campaign

00:05out of the offensive line to protect their biggest asset in Jaden Daniels.

00:09The left tackle out of Oregon, Josh Connerly Jr.

00:13is the 29th overall pick made by Washington or made by the Commanders.

00:18He is the second Oregon player to go in the opening round tonight.

00:22And Kev, we could see why Washington makes this decision.

00:26Want to protect Jaden Daniels?

00:28You get a really good offensive tackle to do just that.

00:30It is an upset, though.

00:32A lot of thought that this team would look towards the defensive line.

00:36A little wide receiver shatter if maybe there was a falling, say, a Mecca.

00:40Buka potentially obviously went much further than this.

00:43So I think I even saw some running back buzz, by the way, for Washington.

00:47I saw some of Marion Hampton, Trevion Henderson.

00:49Hampton off the board, Henderson on the board.

00:52They go with Connerly.

00:54Certainly a guy I've seen in round one.

00:56But, man, I saw way more Josh Simmons than Josh Connerly here.

01:01And the more can agree, Simmons was a very big favorite to go inside round number one.

01:06Based on the teams remaining, it's got to be KC or Bust.

01:10Yeah.

01:10Straight up.

01:11Yeah.

01:12It's an okay pick for them.

01:14You know, at the end of the day, they want to run the football and they want to protect

01:17Jaden Daniels, right?

01:18He's a guy that I think, you know, from an athletic standpoint, makes sense.

01:23But, again, he's not very well built.

01:25I still think he can add, you know, 20 pounds of muscle.

01:28I think he's a little bit soft in terms of that aspect.

01:31But, again, you know, you talk about best player on the board and a team need and what

01:36they want to do from an offensive perspective.

01:38Maybe they felt running back wasn't that much of a value at this point.

01:42They could maybe third, fourth rounds pick up a guy like, you know, Dylan Samson or another

01:47home run hitter in that regard.

01:49Three more picks remain here in this first round on night number one in Green Bay.

01:54The Buffalo Bills at 30th, the Kansas City Chiefs at 31st, and, of course, the reigning

01:58Super Bowl champs in the Philadelphia Eagles end out our 32 picks on night number one.

02:04Blue and Cap, quickly to you.

02:06Of course, the commanders so over-exceed expectation in Jaden Daniels' rookie year.

02:11They win 12 games.

02:12Their preseason win total was seven and a half.

02:14They get to the NFC title game for the first time since 1991 in more than three decades.

02:20I think there is a thought, all right, well, how do you back that up when you were so much

02:23more successful than anybody really anticipated in a pretty stellar offseason so far for Washington?

02:30How optimistic should the commanders be entering 2025?

02:33Yeah, no doubt.

02:34I mean, Debo and Laramie Tunsil, two needs.

02:37They get Connerly here.

02:38I think the only surprise for me in that, obviously, you're always looking to upgrade

02:43the overall talent of your team, but a pro football focus finished at the end of the

02:47year that had them ranked as the 10th best offensive line in football, so they had done

02:52a much better job, clearly, from the years before.

02:55Dan Quinn got the program on the right tracks, and Jaden Daniels was there to reap the benefits.

02:59Mike, probably, though, bottom five talented offensive line.

03:03They just didn't have a lot of talent.

03:04So Brandon Coleman, who was their left tackle last year, he'll move to guard.

03:07Tunsil's their left tackle.

03:08Connerly will play right tackle.

03:10Biotis is their center, okay?

03:13And Sam Cosme is terrific towards ACL at right guard, so now they can move Coleman in for

03:17him until he's ready.

03:19And by the way, Andrew Weiler, the right tackle last year, took a pay cut, so this had something

03:22to do with it.

03:24Now they can compete with the big boys.

03:25See, that was the problem last year.

03:27It was sort of patchwork on their offensive line.

03:29Now they're building it for the franchise quarterback.

03:31I love what Adam Peters, their general manager, is doing right now.

03:33And clearly, the Eagles in their division are a huge threat to them.

03:37Year in and year out.

03:38But the commanders made a huge leap forward in year one.

03:41We'll see what it looks like in year two.

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