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The Washington mayors have needs on their offensive line and in the inapolis on the
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final day of drills.
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There were several candidates or several prospects who made their cases known to potentially
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feel those slots this April.
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We can come up on today's episode, wrapping up our combine drill recap series with the
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big guys, the offensive lineman coming through.
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We got 10 best performers guys who are making their case to the commanders and everybody
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else for why they should be able to help them fill their offensive line needs.
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We're going to start it all off with Arme Reed Adams, guard out of Texas A&M because
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he comes out of this class as my best fit for the Washington commanders, which if you're
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an every day or an every episode or and you listen to the mock draft Monday episode
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that dropped on Monday night, you're not surprised because Arme Reed Adams ended up
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being one of the picks that we took in said mock draft Monday episode.
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Left guard is obviously a big need for the Washington commanders after potentially moving
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I should say not after because it hasn't actually happened yet, but with no word on the
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streets right now, Chris Paul is coming back.
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We don't have an expectation one way or the other to be quite honest with you, but until
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that spot is filled, that spot is open, Brandon Coleman certainly could compete for that
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position, but bringing in someone like Arme Reed Adams at a Texas A&M would make a lot
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I don't know why during the NFL network broadcast called him the quote unquote nastiest
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lineman in the draft class and that sounds like something the Washington commander should
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probably be a little bit interested in certainly a trait that'll be highly, highly valued
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by those Washington commanders staff.
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Then you have his his heavy hands usage in the on field drill that you saw for yourself
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currently projected as a day to selection, not necessarily round two, but day two, which
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aligns perfectly 71 if he gets there could potentially be a future starting caliber guard
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without a top 10 pick.
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That would be great.
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PFF big board ranking has him at number 164, so obviously PFF and the NFL network guys
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see things a little bit differently, but we took him at 71 overall in our or no, we took
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him back here, remember, but it was a little bit lower than that day three, not day two,
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more in line with PFF because that's the site we use for our marked draft simulator.
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He was there for us, NFL network believes that he may not be there based off of their
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We'll see how those big boards change after the NFL scouting combine.
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Of course, because guys like Trevor Sikima and those guys out of PFF, they're out there
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in Indianapolis, getting all kinds of information like everybody else is trying to as well.
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Best commanders player comp, this is something that we added over the weekend to our series
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Give me a second for the name.
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I don't want to butcher these guys's names.
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I want to be respectful as much as I can.
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He goes by Venga, which is very easy, but Olaiva Vega, Iona Vega, Venga, Iona, I actually
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messed up the abbreviated easier say name, which is ironic, but Venga, Iona at a Penn
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state kind of reminds me of Brandon's shirt, right?
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I think it's the closest stylistic comp for him as an interior on the line.
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He's got that molar mentality, I think going on, Iona has been described as a quote,
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unquote, force of nature, quote, unquote, finisher, guys like that.
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Sure, obviously, I was known for his ability to kind of do some of those good things, but
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injuries, obviously, a big part of the problem I'm told, I didn't cover Brandon's shirt
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to be completely transparent because the year that he left was the year that I got here,
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but looks like the comp would fit reliability.
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Iona played a thousand snaps at Penn state, which of course is what Suref was doing on
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a regular basis during his peak years here in the DMV in the DC area, high character,
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high football IQ, always been played or praised by coaches and a lot of people look at
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Iona as a plug and play prospects who could be a pro ballerad, the gate, which is why
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he is the number 25 player on the PFF bigboard, which is far too rich for the Washington
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commander's blood, because they're not going to, well, I can't, I guess we can't say
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I guess you'll never say never, but not likely or not supposedly going to have a pick
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around the mid 20s levels.
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It's an honorable mention fit here, Spencer, Fano, Fano, tackle guard combo, Utah, and
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I would say the tackle position has a little bit more certainty to it, but it doesn't
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mean you don't necessarily cup it a guy that can do both if you need him to.
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You are bringing Andrew Wiley back, who's at that tackle guard versus Tilly as well.
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Brandon Coleman has shown tackle guard versus Tilly as well, but Fano has not given up
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a sack in the last 746 pass blocking snaps, and again, has shown that he can potentially
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move inside the guard.
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If he need him to, he's on a athletic profile, we're in a sub five second 40 yard dash.
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So when you're looking at an offense, it's probably going to be pulling a lot and doing
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a lot of that kind of stuff.
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He was certainly fit again.
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He is a high, high prospect on the board, ranked number 21 right now on PFF's bigboard.
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So a little too rich for the commander's blood, but because anything can happen, we're
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going to talk about all of these guys, including the top 10 performers at the offensive line
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combine look at the position group drills wrapping up with the offensive line we just went over our
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best fit for the wash the command was just went over a comp for the wash the commanders even had an
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honorable mentioned best fit for the wash the commanders but let's look at the top 10 performers
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coming out we already talked about some of these guys in our previous segment but Spencer Fondo
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out of Utah ran a 49 140 yard dash did not allow a single sack in the final 746 blocking snaps
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Daniel George Jeremiah noted he has quote-unquote really good athleticism and quote-unquote is
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really excellent at the run game which is something that Chris Paul was not great at as he left
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guard for the wash commanders last year if he does not return certainly that will be a position
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that is open back end of the first round is where Fondo was expected to go so outside of some
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trades probably not going to happen same thing goes with Vega Iona guard at a Penn State plug
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and play type of dude force a nature again didn't allow a single snap a snack sack over his last
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thousand snaps DJ mentioned that he has strong powerful hands quote-unquote and is a quote-unquote
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finisher as well he is another late first round pick getting into some day to go actually
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to stay in the let's stay in the late first round here number 22 on the pff big board Monroe
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Freeling is a tackle but did very well and we want to be fair to everybody not just to exclude
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anybody ran a 49 540 yard dash outstanding 172 10 yard split uh Daniel Jeremiah talked about his
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ability to redirect talk about his ability to pick off the defenders at the third level uh making
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him a late first round prospect as well moving a little bit later into the board Max Eonacho out of
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Arizona states and uh those of you been there for a while know that I love my Arizona state guys
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Max Eonacho certainly is one of those guys tied for the best 40 yard dash in his group uh DJ
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notice his really strong hands talk about his knee bend potentially moving him up into the first
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round he's another off its tackle so again not likely to be a target for the wash commanders that
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early but did a very good job someone who could be a potential target for the wash commanders if he
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is still there Logan Jones Center out of Iowa clocked a 49 40 yard dash which is a great time for a
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center uh really good strength on display good on combo blocks things like that when you turn on
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the tape uh just kind of represent that Iowa lineage uh some other guys that are going to be a
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little bit hit or miss like number 30 in the pff big board number 41 in the big board so depending
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on how they slide if they slide things like that whether or not they're available Kaden proctor
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another tackle prospect so again could be hit or miss for the wash commander 352 pounds posted a
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32 inch vertical that is a lot of man to be launching a lot of inches height tall whatever up
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uh danger of my call him a quote mallard in the run game and quote uh and noted that his
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strength is on display firm play in past protection as well very good prospect a manual pregnant
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plays guard which is more in the commander's wheelhouse coming out of Oregon Josh Connolly junior
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connection potentially uh plug and play type of prospects who understands the necessities for
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speed and movement skills quote unquote according to the NFL network broadcast a massive 11 inch
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hand measurements uh he is projected number 41 so unless the wash commander somehow get a second
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round pick in a trade back probably a little too rich for their blood uh number 88 which is kind
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of right in that number 71 wheelhouse is another tackle uh which you know uh never say never but
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again not likely 519 40 yard dash high football intelligence phenomenal flow use praise for his hair
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that's what that means uh danger amaya noted that he's a very good baller shows great movement
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as well Jennings dunker which you probably have heard or seen him on social media so again don't
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want to discriminate against tackles just because the wash commanders seem to be pretty much set
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at tackle at least as far as spending premium draft capital's concern so certainly some tackles in
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there some other notes uh Caleb Laumou out of Utah we're in a five second flat 40 yard dash uh he
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also gave up zero sacks during the 2025 season uh danger amaya mentioned that he has really quick
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feet but does need to get a little bit stronger Jake slaughter is someone out of Florida that we've
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talked about before here on the program really smart center great awareness finished this group
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with 50 starts which is a lot of uh experienced Kalin slaughter or Keelin slaughter Keelin slaughter
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Keelin Rutledge someone out of Georgia attack uh very athletic uh strength really fights to
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finish off each and every rep uh successfully returned from a serious car crash and nearly cost
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him his foot so obviously he's coming back from some serious stuff that type of resilience
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is attractive to anybody Parker Brailsford out of Alabama undersize the 289 pounds but uses that
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for his quickness as lateral movement uh to make sure that he makes up for it and then RMA Reed
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Adams of course Texas A&M the guy that we drafted in our mock draft Monday episode uh one of the
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quote-unquote nastiest lineman in this year's draft according to Daniel Jarrah Maya that is our
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rundown of the offensive line drills from the 2026 NFL scouting combine that completes our position
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