JP and BMitch discuss the Commanders wide receiver room ahead of next season.
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00:00We saw this dumb thing the other day
00:03about where the commander's wide receivers rank.
00:08Am I crazy?
00:09I think they've improved dramatically at the position.
00:12You're not crazy.
00:13You're right.
00:16Debo Samuel, for all the talk of he might have had a down season last year,
00:21he would have been their second leading wide receiver.
00:25And when you look at total yards, he went for 8.06 from scrimmage.
00:31And he's two years removed from 1,100 from scrimmage.
00:33I just think when you look at how well he was that two years ago,
00:37people compare everything to that.
00:39He was so good that year to where he can probably have a good year
00:43and people still say it's down.
00:45Yeah, from the 21 season.
00:47You bring back Noah Brown.
00:49You bring back K.J. Osborne, which is kind of interesting,
00:52of all the guys they let walk, and O.Z., and Diami,
00:56and you bring back Osborne.
00:59You add Debo, and I think you add Michael Gallup.
01:03I think the Gallup thing will be fascinating.
01:05If he still has a high gear there, he can help you.
01:08I don't know that he does.
01:10He's only 29.
01:12You draft Lane, who definitely has a high gear.
01:15And one dude I think people are collectively sleeping on
01:20is Luke McCaffrey.
01:22I think last year expectations might have been too high
01:25for a third-round wideout.
01:28But going into year two, a guy that has all.
01:31After you've got a third-round wideout that's a top-notch dude
01:36around the league, you start expecting it.
01:39That's true.
01:40Maybe Terry.
01:41Terry's been like that since he walked through the door.
01:43So, you can take or leave the advanced analytics on this,
01:51but the advanced analytics suggest that Luke was really good
01:55at getting separation.
01:56So, then it becomes a matter of getting on the same page with Jaden.
01:59Luke's also still kind of learning the wide receiver position.
02:03True.
02:03But I think he could have a much larger role.
02:07I would think he will because, listen,
02:10very similar to me coming here with Coach Gibbs,
02:13that first year, if they really see something in you,
02:16they allow you a chance to learn.
02:19The next year, you have to compete now.
02:22And I believe that he should be.
02:25Because you watch him through the year.
02:27Early on, he seemed a little uneasy.
02:30Later, as the season went on,
02:31he began to look a lot more comfortable.
02:34He did get open a lot.
02:35But some of the times, the ball is already gone.
02:38Or, he wasn't in the read, but he still was getting open.
02:43So, this year, maybe, just maybe,
02:45things start to cook for him.
02:47I mean, I think it'd be great.
02:49It would certainly help the offense.
02:51He's such a hard-working, good dude
02:56that I think it could certainly work.
02:59I just, it seems like people have now decided
03:05because his rookie season was not a breakout
03:09that he can't play.
03:10And I would just, I would issue caution for that.
03:12But see, the whole thing about it, Jay,
03:14I just think that that's what fans do.
03:18They either go too far ahead
03:19or too far over the other direction.
03:22You can't be affected by that.
03:24You talk to the people that make the decisions every day.
03:27Do they still have an interest in it?
03:29Do they still believe he can play?
03:31All that matters.