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You hear something new every day, right?
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Really everybody's nobody's telling the truth.
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Welcome inside today's episode of Lockdown Commanders, I am your host, your guy on the
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ground, David Harrison, and on today's episode one week out from the NFL Draft and
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Adam Peters has no idea what's about to happen in front of him, but that's okay because
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he doesn't feel compelled to go in one direction or the other.
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But we're starting off today's episode, talking about the fact that Washington probably
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isn't trading item number seven on Thursday night, or are they, depending on whether or
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not Adam Peters is telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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We're going to play a little bit of factor, fiction here, have a little bit of fun with
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this pre-draft press conference from Adam Peters.
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I want to be completely clear, completely up front here.
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The Adam Peters job is to protect the interest of the Washington Commanders.
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So if I tell you that I think he's being deceptive, this is not like a media member complaining
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about the general manager not being forthcoming and things like that, completely understanding
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he's had a job to do.
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Just want to have a little bit of fun with his press conference, but also it gives us the
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mechanism to talk about what Adam Peters talked about as well and what we think that there
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means between the lines a little bit and do those types of things.
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So we're going to have a little bit of fun with this.
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Hopefully it's a little bit of fun for you, it'll be a little bit of fun for me.
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So let's start off with our first quote here, Adam Peters asked about potentially trading
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out of number seven, gave his answer here is what he had to say.
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I would say more likely than not we'd stay in pick, but you know, I don't foresee us
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moving up, but you know, moving back just depends on the circumstances, but we're not
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like, I want to say we're not actively trying to move back.
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So is that factor fiction?
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I'm going to tell you that I think it's fact.
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I think Adam Peters is telling the truth there that they're not actively looking to move
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However, I don't think that the more than likely we're going to stay at seven type of thing
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necessarily is brought to you with conviction.
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I feel a lack of conviction in the way that Adam Peters said what he said.
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I feel the body language kind of shows a lack of conviction, basically meaning anything
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And there's a lot of time between now and the NFL draft and they're going to have these
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conversations and kind of stage these things and and discuss, you know, what the values
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are, you know, those types of things, but then all the curveballs that come ahead of Adam
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Peters at number seven, he said that as of this point, he doesn't really know exactly
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what to expect to happen in front of him at number seven from picks one through six.
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I think we all know what's going to happen to pick one.
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The question is two through six.
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Really what's going to happen there?
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Are there going to be any other trades?
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Is there going to be a surprise pick?
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And as those surprise picks happen, as those traits happen, certain guys fall that you
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didn't expect them to certain guys come off the board earlier, then you then you expected
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them to a changes that dynamic it changes the landscape.
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So while I think Adam Peters is telling the truth that he thinks that, you know, more
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than likely, there's a chance that they're going to pick at number seven.
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I don't feel like the conviction is there.
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And also, this is a message to other GMs in the national football league that obviously
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the phone lines are open.
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There's not a GM in the NFL that's not open to a conversation like the Las Vegas Raiders.
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If you call them and say, Hey, we want to talk to you about trading up for the number
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I'm pretty sure that John Spite's act is probably picking up the phone and at least having
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the conversation, whether it goes really far or not is the other thing.
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But also what this allows Adam Peters to do is send the message to his fellow GMs, the
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ones that who do go through this.
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I mean, listen, these guys are listening.
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These guys are watching.
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They got PR staffs that are collecting information.
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And if you're the, say you're the Kansas City Chiefs at number nine and you're like, Hey,
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I'd like to trade up to number seven.
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And now your PR manager team, your manager or your team comes up to you and says, Hey,
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Adam Peters just said, Yeah, you know, we can pick it seven week, you know, we can
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potentially move back.
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We're not really, you know, looking to move back per say what it tells the Kansas City
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Chiefs General Manager coming into that conversation is, Hey, dude, like you're going to have to
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convince us that this is the path that we need to take.
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Now inside the building, could Adam Peters be sitting there saying, Come on, give me a
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Come on, give me a trade and give me an excuse to move back.
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But the public facing for the public before we're facing the message from him is going
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to be, yeah, you know, look, we can move back if the situation presents itself.
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But we're perfectly happy saying pick or saying still as well.
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Washington only has six picks this year, a third few is in the national football league
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because that Laramie tonsil trade their second rounder, their fourth rounder, both
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belong to the Houston Texans.
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So to me, they need capital.
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We've been doing these mock drafts, getting another second round pick, even getting another
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If you can get that out of them or getting a second round pick, we're getting another
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If you can get that out of a team in a trade back, absolutely matters.
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When Adam Peters answered this question, there's also kind of like a half shoulder shrug
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or like only like one of his shoulders, really kind of shrugged and he did that right
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when he said, I don't want to say we're not, which is kind of a giveaway to me because
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I think that he does.
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I think that kind of gives away that he does want to move back.
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He just doesn't want to say that they want to move back because again, if you want to
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move, it's like, it's like a player, right?
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Like you, San Francisco 49ers have publicly said, like Brandon, I use not playing for
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So when you hear that while they're trying to get a trade for him, trying to get picks
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for him, people are like, bro, what are people going to give you for a receiver that
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everybody knows you don't want on your team anymore.
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So again, Adam Peters can't come out and say, yeah, we can move out of seven.
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So let's make that happen.
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They got to have the face of like, yeah, we're good at seven.
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We're going to send more good in trade back of the package fits because it tells the
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other GM, you got to give me a package that fits and you got to, you know, not necessarily
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overpay a lot, but you got to pay a little bit of something.
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So a good GM work there from Adam Peters, right, not giving away all the information,
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but a little bit of things that we can read into it.
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And of course, we are reading into it.
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So again, a little bit of fun here before next week's NFL drafting to end the week here
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on long time commanders.
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Now, next question that we're going to talk about next answer rather than we're going
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to talk about positional value.
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Adam Peters basically asked about the, the pressure of picking in the top 10 and whether
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or not it changes the angle on how important it is for you to get a guy, a positional
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value, a great value at that pick versus just getting a guy that you think is going to
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Here's what Adam Peters had to say.
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I think just finding the best player that can help your team the most in regardless of
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position, I think, and I think that applies kind of everywhere.
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So every position, everywhere you're in the draft.
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So you know, I don't want to like, you just get too deep into positional value, you kind
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of get lost in like, who's going to really be able to help your team?
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I think this is fact, man.
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I think Adam Peters is telling a bold, faced truth here in this answer that is not
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about the, the positional value.
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It's about the value of the player to the team.
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And I think this answer sets it up beautifully for the wash smears to potentially pull the
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trigger on drafting a running back like Jeremiah love, a linebacker, like sunny styles or
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a safety like Caleb downs, those are, those are positions, those position groups are largely
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widely considered non premium positions.
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You want to take an edge, you want to take a quarterback, even a cornerback, if they're
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a ballhawking shut down type of corner, like a shut down half of the field for an opposing
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Those guys are considered more premium offensive tackles, obviously are going to be those
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kinds of guys running back linebacker safety.
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They don't typically go super high in the draft unless they're unicorns, while the wash
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smears view sunny styles or Caleb downs or Jeremiah love as unicorns, then they certainly
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If you push push comes the shove, one of those three guys is on the board.
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They pull the trigger on one of those three guys and be perfectly happy with it.
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Adam Peters, I think something that when he answered this question, kind of looked to
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me like he was trying not to make a little bit eye contact, and certainly some of that
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can be, you know, trying to just kind of think about what you're going to say and basically
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be, be very, very specific with your words, because as an NFL general manager, you need
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to be, but it also kind of looks like he's, he's trying to shield us from the knowledge
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of a specific target, but the way that he answers the question, downplaying the positional
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value game and all those types of things, I think if he was locked into a cornerback
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and edge rusher, a quarterback, which obviously is not going to be in this draft.
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But if he were locked into one of those premium positions, I don't think he would have
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to kind of answer this in the way that he did where he's kind of laying the groundwork
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like I said, to take a non premium player.
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So if you're a sunny styles guy, a Jeremy love guy, or gal, or a Caleb Downs person,
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then hey, there's a chance that Adam Peters is on the same page with you and he's going
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to potentially look to take one of those non premium position players, because he feels
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like it's a premium player that can impact the team again, talk about non premium positions,
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as the Seattle Seahawks, how premium and how valuable Bobby Wagner was during his prime
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and all those things, as simple as 49ers, how valuable Fred Warner is and there's examples
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all across the league all throughout history, as well as non premium players, quote, unquote,
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being very premium presences on their NFL team.
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So two down, two more to go next up.
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We're going to talk about Adam Peters and his answer and his thoughts on whether or not
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Our next quotes and impetus asked about not just trading but trading within the NFC East
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doesn't matter if the GM on the other online or the phone other end of the phone is an
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Here's what he had to say.
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No, I don't think it impacts it at all.
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Obviously, I think there's more scrutiny with that, but certainly doesn't change.
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You know, the thought process is always is this the right decision for our team and if
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that's the case, then then we'll do it and it doesn't really matter what what the team
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What we got to beat him on Sundays and Mondays and Wednesdays and Thursday and Fridays.
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So, you know, to me, that doesn't that doesn't make a huge difference there.
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It's just whatever is best for our team.
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It is absolute fact at impetus is already proven that he's willing to trade within the division
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trading with the Philadelphia Eagles and he's already proven what he just said there at
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the end of the day, they have to go and beat those teams and I think that he understands
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the difference between narrative and reality and listen, the bottom line is I remember when
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he traded back with the Philadelphia Eagles, a lot of commanders fans, a lot of commanders
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media were like, what are you doing, bro, you're helping this team, your rival, go get
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a player that they want that is going to potentially help them beat you.
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I've always said and I'll always maintain this.
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If they're going to trade up to get a player that I don't want, I'm going to do what's
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best for me and I don't want that guy anyway, but I do want your other draft picks that
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you're about to give me so you can come get this guy and you're going to get a guy that
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you want anyway and you're going to go out there and try to beat us regardless.
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It's not like the Eagles say like, oh, because we tried it up and got Cooper to Jean, now
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we really want to beat the commanders, not they want to beat the commanders regardless.
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And truthfully, after draft weekend, it didn't come up again until when until Cooper
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to Jean got an interception and singing Super Bowl.
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That's when it came up again.
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While the Washington commanders were putting together their program, while they were winning
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games, while they're making their playoff run, not a single word was spoken.
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I can't say that because I'm sure somebody was about to hung up about it, but it wasn't
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until the Eagles beat them in the playoffs.
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It wasn't until Cooper to Jean got himself an interception on his birthday in the Super Bowl,
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which listen, rivalries aside, that is amazing.
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Like, just imagine that being your life on your birthday, your rookie season, the NFL,
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I mean, that's just that's just the perfect day right there, right?
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So I get it, I get the PR and I get the narratives, all those things, but AP is absolutely willing
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Not only is AP willing to do it, I kind of took that answer as he's daring them to do it.
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He's daring the Cowboys and the Eagles, Cowboys are at 12.
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Eagles are later than that.
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I don't know exactly when they're picking, but they are both in position where they could
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potentially try to trade up with the wash commanders.
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He's almost saying, hey, come, let's come show them what I'm talking about.
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Make me put my money where my mouth is Cowboys come up from number 12 to number seven, come
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and get a guy you want that I don't want and then watch his beat you anyway in 2026.
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So I think Adam Peters absolutely means what he says here.
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And I think that if the Dallas Cowboys, I think the Philadelphia Eagles are a little too far
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back there in the 20s to make a move here, but I think that if the Dallas Cowboys call
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up with the appropriate package, they're absolutely, Adam Peters absolutely willing to take
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that deal as much as you hate it as much as some of my colleagues in the media are going
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He's absolutely willing to do it.
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Honestly, I like that about him.
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I think that it's a good thing.
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I think it's good for his team to be open to all of those opportunities.
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And I know some of you are in a hate that I think that as well.
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Final quote here from Washington, manager, general manager, Adam Peters that we're going
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to diagnose comes in the form of a defensive question who's asked specifically about
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drafting a defensive player early in the NFL draft and especially specifically at number
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Here's what Adam Peters had to say.
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There's a lot of guys and that will possibly be there in different levels of the defense.
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Really every position quite frankly that can really impact us in a real positive way.
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So we're fortunate in that way.
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And it just depends on who's there and who we think can be the most impactful, not only
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in 2026, but in beyond.
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So I don't think there's anything, especially when you're picking on the top 10, there's
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not too many guys that aren't like scheme fits, you know, they're all pretty good.
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So I think Adam Peters is telling the truth when he says there's a lot of good guys up
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there when you're picking on the top 10 because of course you're picking the top 10.
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There's a lot of good players available in the top 10.
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But I do think he has his eyes on one, two, maybe three specific defenders.
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If he does decide to go to defense in the first round.
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And I think he's using some language here to be very intentional to not let any other
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GM know who that player might be.
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He talks about every position on defense could be impacted by a good player coming in through
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He talks about every level of the defense.
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So he's literally saying to opposing GMs, look, the D line edge linebacker corner safety.
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We think there's talent all across the board.
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And I think that's it's smart right because again, you don't want to give any GMs any questions
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about what they're doing.
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Plus, you're not coming out there saying, well, you know, we're looking for a guy that
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We're looking for a guy that does that.
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Turn the ball over with more interceptions.
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OK, that cues and GM safety or cornerback.
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So they might be going after a month or two lane or Caleb down.
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So it's like, we need to communicate.
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We need a top level communicator leader for our defense, which means, OK, there may be
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going Caleb down as we're going sunny styles.
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We need a guy that can get after the quarterback on an every down basis.
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OK, they're looking for David Bailey, Ruben Bay and Junior.
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Adam Peters, very, very good.
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You actually, if you watch him answer this question, while I'm watching him answer this
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question, I should say, you kind of watch like there's some, there's some like, like
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compressing his lips, he's like kind of doing some of these facial features and things
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like that, which really tells you that he's thinking about how he's answering this question
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because there is knowledge there, there's knowledge in his head that he does not want to
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come out of his mouth.
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So he's literally sealing his mouth saying, like, oh, don't, don't, don't say that.
18:32
So I think he's being very deliberate with his words, very deliberately saying that there
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are multiple players that are going to be a big outfit, also deliberately saying that
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there are multiple positions they could go after in the NFL draft.
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Not because I think it's a bold phase lie, but because that's what I need to say, despite
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the fact that I know that, I mean, they're honestly maybe one dude, like there may be one
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defender where they're like, hey, if sunny style is on that board, we're taking him, but
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I can't say that and I can't give any indication of that.
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So I've got to seal my lips from the truth, put out what I want everybody to hear.
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So again, a little bit of truth in every lie.
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So I think there is certainly truth and, you know, you're getting a good player at seven,
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there's more than one guy that can make an impact on the watchman's defense.
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Certainly, but I do get from the body language, the combination, the use of the language.
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It's almost like protesting too much.
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AP was too general for me to believe that he doesn't have a target in mind if he goes
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defense at number seven.
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So that's been our fact or fiction, pre-draft press conference with that.
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And Peter's again, I had fun doing it.
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Hopefully you guys enjoy this a little bit as well.
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