The Commanders finally have real, genuine hope. 

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Was scrolling desperately looking for something even mildly interesting to appease the media addicted monkey in my brain. Saw this and immediately the serotonin started flowing. Today is a good day.

I love that you guys sound genuinely excited about things going well for every team. I could never be that unbiased

Adam Peters and Dan Quinn moving in lockstep A new Owner that is not a complete weirdo and can hire top tier talent and let them do their jobs This is all I’ve ever wanted as a Commanders fan😊

As a Giants fan, I am optimistic that they have really made a change for the better. If it can translate to play on the field I would be excited for them. Just as long as the cowboys end up at the bottom of the totem pole of the NFC East!

I'm hoping we're out of the tunnel. I actually had to stop following them those last 3-4 years of the Snyder era. Because of the disgusting things that happened under his watch. Probably would've kept following if it was just the play but both was awful time and was just thinking why am i still watching them. Happy to wear my Washington gear without feeling gross.

I don't think people realize how good of a receiver Terry Mclaurin Is because he has been stuck in purgatory with bad quarterbacks ever since he got drafted. Terry Mclaurin In my opinion is a top 13 receiver at the very least in the league.

i was born 6 months after dan snyder bought the team, so this is the first time in my entire life ive seen the commanders with a competent FO and coaching staff. my dad and uncles are all from the DMV and talk about how great the team was when they were growing up. im optimistic ill be able to witness some of that greatness in this new era of commanders (redskins) football. HTTC

Missed Jordan Magee and JJB on the draft section. Magee is one of my favorite picks, with Jamin and Luvu running around I have high hopes for Jordan being able to sit behind Wagner and really get a hold on fixing his tackling problems. If he does he could quickly become the best lb from this class, what an athlete

The latest episode of Commanders Log, the team's own documentary series in the same vein as Hard Knocks, showed Josh Harris, Adam Peters and Dan Quinn working very closely in the draft process, and it gave me a lot of hope to see the guys at the top being actually in lockstep after years of just... absolute horror under Voldemort. Jayden Daniels was the obvious choice at No. 2 overall, but the question was how they would maximize their Day 2 capital, and boy did they nail the process. AP was steadfast against Howie Roseman's attempts to fleece him in their trade, and the additional picks netted them a top-notch nickel in Sainristil (AP had a funny moment where he pranked DQ into thinking that he was taken by the Bengals, which aggravated him to the point where you could tell he really wanted the kid) as well as a TE whom the Chiefs were really interested in... oh, and all AFTER they got Johnny Newton! I couldn't bring myself to follow the team anymore because of Voldemort, but after he sold the team, I have real excitement for their future. I don't think they'll get a winning record next year, let alone make the playoffs, because the O-line is going to suck against formidable pass rushes in the division and Jayden will have growing pains similar to Joe Burrow, hopefully without the injuries. But this rebuild will take time and I have faith that it will pay off. HTTC

As a Commanders fan some thoughts: 1. I think Brett is right that Quan Martin might get first shot at Free Safety. 2. If Brandon Coleman cannot cut it at Tackle, he should be able to move in to Guard. 3. Don't know if it was intentional but the rookie graphic skipped over Jordan Magee. Key OTA's and Minicamp takeaways: 1. Jayden impressed coaches with how he prepares for practice. 2. Bobby Wagner and Zach Ertz have leadership roles. 3. The rookies looked decent for the most part 4. Quan Martin got the most love from the coaches of the secondary players 5. The Commanders cut their kicker due to sexual assault allegations and that position remains in flux.

Joe Whitt Jr is calling plays for Dan Quinn, joined him from Dallas

Joe Whitt jr is calling the defense based on what Dan and Joe both said. I'm sure it has Dan's influence on it but it's Joe's show.

Thanks boys

Absolutely love all the advanced stats I learn about in this series

Im happy for Washington fans, such a storied franchise. Gotta know after getting rid of Snyder that it would take some time to rebuild. Cant wait to see what happens. We love Montez Sweat, its gonna work out for both teams.

at 36:00 - and that list of losses doesn't even include the in-season trade loss of two of their best players (Montez Sweat and Chase Young).

David blough's a coach already 😭I'm not that old

Hope... thats your first mistake

Joe Whitt is the Defensive Coordinator and play caller!

I'm not a commanders fan, but I'll do my best solely for Sainristil's sake. Dude is gonna light the league on fire

Joe Witt is going to be handling the play calling duties

I'd say most DC fans believe Coleman will be the guy. Maybe not off rip but he's showing.

was sitting here waiting LOL

Are you guys not doing division wrap ups this year?

I feel absolutely confident that Daniels can throw more than 4tds to scary Terry unlike anybody else that's thrown to him

Thank you Brett. i feel less insane about my 20% Sinnot at 175ish adp now. All hail Kingsbury!

As a longtime fan it is hard to describe the shock I felt when they signed Bobby Wagner. In a good way.

Feels like the changes were needed, but it'll take some time to bed in so don't expect immediate success, it should be a long term build.

Commanders should trade for Aiyuk.

BTW, most of the new is because the previous regime couldn't really do new deals with the current players, mainly because of the sale, so there were a lot of guys who ended up being FAs. When you are as bad as they were last year, you don't expect to resign very many of those players. There weren't too many players who were outright released, and generally the ones that were were pretty obvious.

I’m ready for the giants episode

So glad I don't have to wait till August for the NFC east

Curl was a good up-and-coming player. His value was obvious when he got injured mid-season 2022, nobody took over the reins from him and WFT fell flat on their face. I was at the Sunday night game which decided the wildcard spot against NYG and it was miserable.I'm excited for Forrest to come back. He's one hell of a ball-hawk

From Dan Quinn and Joe Whitt’s first press conferences, Joe Whitt will be calling the defensive plays.

To me, I think this season we will probably be a 6-8 win team. We will be a team to beat teams we shouldn’t and lose to teams we shouldn’t. I think next offseason is where we are really looking for bigger names kinda like what the Texans did they went from just filling the roster with solid to good players to going for superstars and I think AP will take a similar approach.

Joe Witt is calling the defense. I see 649 comments, if it’s already been answered before, forgive me I’m not reading all those 😅. We also got a LOT of better options at SS that DFo! DFo hasn’t even been starting in camp, it’s been Jeremy Chinn. WAY better than DFo, he was runner up for D Rookie of the year. Who is ANTHONY Gibson?😅

As a jets fan feel way too good about this Washington team

joe whitt jr is calling the defense, quinn said it in the press conference when whitt was hired

W video frrr

This teams coaching staff makes me feel so old

I'm actually optimistic about the commanders going forward. I think Kliff will make sure Jayden looks good and Dan Quinn will at least have that defense top 10

Finally 😃

All these retired linebackers all make such great coaches

As far as I know, Joe Whitt is running the defense and making the calls. No sign it is otherwise. I would expect with a guy like Chinn on the team (and working Davis with his hand down in minicamp) and the ends not being the strongest of pass rushers, I'm going to think there will be more blitzing.

A lot of Pittsburgh influence as well as Seattle.

Kerrigan getting told his players watched him play growing up is gonna hit him like a ton of bricks 💀💀💀

Well they definitely have the best song! Right hand up ! Lmao

Don’t do it. Please don’t give me hope.

They tried to get back in the 1st but no one would deal

Seeing the losses made me realize the Washington commanders have taken another Seahawks linebacker in short succession

4:02 i don't think this is a "mystery" team...

I think the Redskins need to revamp their defense for this division. They got rid of their pass rushers for pennies on the dollar and this will set them back an extra season. Some offensive additions are nice, but defense still wins games

Joe Whitt and Dan will create the defense together and have been throughout the offseason but DQ said in his opening press conference that Joe Whitt would be calling plays. I don’t think Joe would be here if he wasn’t calling plays tbh.

As a Lions fan, I can speak to the teams that feel/look on an upward vs downward trajectory. A lot of it begins with who is in the office and on coaching staff. The commanders feel like one of those teams moving upward.

Curl didn't fit the scheme. Not fast enough and just didn't make turnovers or GCP's.

didn't they say commanders had real hope last year?

Hoping for good news about dotson😭

LFG bootlegs dropping

Really hope Daniels doesn't go out and take hits like he did in college.

400 views in 20 min. Fell off. Jk. Love the podcast. Can’t wait for you guys to tell me my cowboys are gonna win the superbowl. Just kidding we could literally win 5-13 games this season

I think most people who don’t like this draft don’t hate the players but the process. They didn’t address EDGE at all and only threw a dart at a tackle. When you have as many holes as you guys mentioned an injury risk DT, a slot corner and a TE are luxury picks that they can’t afford.

Same title as last year 😅

Let’s just hope this coaching staff doesn’t follow what Reich did to the Panthers

Felt the commanders reached on, Sainrisitil, Brandon Coleman, and Luke McCaffery even if none of them are bad players.

These guys are all over the place. 'It worked in Dallas because there was talent there" The talent that was the worst defense in the NFL the year before? Worst to first? So L on that take. Don't know whos calling the plays? L for no homework.

Here I'll say it for you. Same institution old institution Washington Redskins say it with me again. Washington Redskins it's not that hard to say

The new owner is obviously better than Snyder but I don't think that things are going to get that much better. There was a reason that the better coaching candidates didnt want to go there. Peters may be a good GM but I thought that they wud be better off keeping Howell and trading back to get more picks. I thought Howell had a descent year considering what was around him and it was pretty much his "rookie" year with a new OC and the one of the worst o lines in the league. I think Howell will become the starter in Seattle if Geno gets hurt or they wont have a top pick when Geno leaves. The picks wernt horrible but when a team has this many holes i thought they should have taken more risk in the later rounds cuz its cool if u miss with later picks cuz u can sign a guy with 6th round talent for cheap. Also they signed Brandon McManus and im really surprised they didnt find out about the allegations before they signed him cuz teams should have someone who is plugged into what is happening with players or at least called the Jags. I do like Jayden Daniels but him being able to throw slot fades duznt mean much to me cuz the slot fade is Gardner Minshews best weapon also. I think Jayden is going to make plays but I just dont see Quinn leading this team anywhere cuz he duznt have Kyle Shannahan calling the offense

Please review my eagles next 🙏 I genuinely think they will win the superbowl this year

Is it just me or does anyone else’s head hurt with all the stats the guys talk about? I know analytics and numbers are part of the game and discussing them matters but it just gets to be like a avalanche of data points: QBS, Bootleg Power Score, EPA, DVOA its a lot to digest. I consider myself a pretty avid football fan and I get whiplash trying to follow it all. Sometimes I wish they’d just talk ball in normal terms instead of always using the complex formulas.

A lot of deja vu. The Commanders coaching staff feels a lot like the Panthers last year. Jayden Daniels feels a lot like Justin Fields. Bad omens.

kliff sets the ceiling super low for the commanders, kliff has to be the worst leader of men and he cant adjust good at all. if the defence figures kliff out, jaden better be able to play "hero ball". commanders will be picking in the top 8 next year, not a doubt in my mind

This is why I don’t like fantasy. Daniels and fields are bottom tier qbs but people thing they’re better because their rushing yards count more than their passing yards in fantasy.

Boooo talk about the afc north