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Mock Offseason predictions heat up as the Washington Commanders eye a playoff comeback. With over $85 million in cap space, bold moves target Devin Lloyd and Jamel Dean to reshape the defense while top-shelf free agents like Brandon Aiyuk and Rachaad White spark the offense. The episode breaks down every roster question, revealing insights from the NFL Scouting Combine and smart free agency strategy.
Top priorities include upgrading the offensive line with Connor McGovern and David Edwards and leveraging the draft for jack linebacker Arvell Reese and cornerbacks Daylon Everett and Ephesians Prysock. Is this squad ready for a 2026 postseason run or are there lingering gaps at backup quarterback and safety? Join the conversation on Discord and share how you’d tackle the Commanders’ high-stakes offseason.
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00:00 Mock Offseason Overview
08:46 Free Agency Moves
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Our second mock off season, we get a little bit more active than the last
leaving no stone on current as we try to get the commanders back to the post
season in 2026 you are locked on commanders your daily podcast on the Washington
commanders part of the locked on podcast network your team every day this is
locked on commanders part of the locked on podcast network the number one sports
podcast networking I'm David Harrison your guy on the ground credential
member of the media covering the Washington commanders for W USA 9 also writing
for commanders on SI here with you five days a week and coming up on today's
episode it is our second and our final mock off season of the 2026 off season
because free agency right around the corner less than a week away so we're
gonna take one final stab I would love to tell you this is exactly what's
going to happen but that's just not possible because I don't have a crystal
ball and even if I did it's not legit so it's not gonna be something I can do
for you but it's just an idea of kind of how I may be think the wash commanders
might try to attack this thing leaning on some intel from the NFL scouting
combine things like that all that coming up on today's episode of locked on
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combine week was over the weekend last week and into the weekend of course we
now have the open negotiating period opening up on Monday for the NFL
that's when all the deals are gonna start getting agreed to they can be
finalized on March 11th but barring anything kind of wonky which hasn't never
happened but doesn't usually happen the deals you hear about agreed upon on the
ninth-tenth and even in the eleventh will be signed as early as the eleventh
not necessarily on the eleventh but can be signed starting on the eleventh
Tyler Beatish his official release or his release was made official by the
wash commanders that move processed by the National Football League on Tuesday
the March on ladder more move has not been processed yet but no hitches no
hiccups on that as of right now still gonna come off the books still gonna
come off the books were told 18.5 million dollars that number could get
adjusted later on down the road we're not really gonna get into that here on
this episode but as we jump into this full mock off season so if you're part of
mock draft Monday yesterday we did kind of a wonky kind of a weird I kind of
manipulated the timeline a little bit mock off season but this is a full blow
mock off season where to start with our starting roster I'm gonna take you
through free agency I'm gonna take you through the NFL draft and then we're
gonna come back and I'm gonna let you tell me all the places that I messed up all
the places that maybe I nailed it as well and when we look at the current state
of the wash commanders 2026 NFL roster you got your number one receiver in
Terry McClore and obviously have your starting quarterback in Jaden Daniels no
veteran backup quarterback Marcus Mario to not currently on a contract
Jeff Driscoll Josh Johnson et cetera Sam Hartman your number three-quarter
back I'm not gonna pencil him in at number two if you want to that's fine but
for this purpose we're gonna keep him at number three on the offensive line
you got Laramie Tunsell he's still he's under contract for 2026 the extension
hopefully coming soon or rather than later but make no mistake about he is
under contract for 2026 so he is your starting left tackle no left guard as of
right now Chris Paul depending for agents more and more I'm getting the vibe
that he's going to hit the open market and he's probably going to price
himself out of returning to the Washington commanders though big fan of the
dude would love to see him back center obviously is vacant because of the
release Tyler Biotis right guard is Sam Cosmier right tackle Josh Connelly
Jr. looking at some depth here obviously Brandon Coleman I feel like he's
proven to be better at left tackle than left guard so right now I've got him
penciled in as your backup left tackle behind Laramie Tunsell you got some
other depth Nick Allegretti agreeing to a new two-year deal has not
officially signed that deal yet but talking to Andrew Wiley who did
officially sign his contract on Tuesday we had a press conference with him
shared that on the channel if you haven't caught that press conference yet you
can do so on audio or on YouTube wherever you choose to do so he kind of made
a comment about being happy for Nick Allegretti being able to play the
position he wants to play the most which tells me potentially Nick Allegretti
coming back for those two years to be a backup center or maybe compete for
the starting center job who knows but for right now we've gotten Nick
penciled in as the number two center Angie Wiley is the number two right
tackle though you know he's got guard tackle versatility as well beyond that
you've got guys like Tim McKay Tyler Cooper young guys on futures contracts at
the Washington commanders are looking for his additional depth as well some
receiver depth you've got Nick Nash to Cory Brooks to Kobe Jones on futures
contracts Luke McCaffrey and Jay Lynn Lane who can both play a little bit
outside by the both of them also operate out of the slot really really well so
that's where I've gotten them kind of penciled in but again with receivers
especially these position groups like just don't get too bogged down into
where they're assigned to line up or whatever these guys are going to line up
all over the place tight ends John Bates Benson at Colson Yankoff Lawrence
Cager is on a futures contract and then to Cory Croskey Mara is your only
running back under contract right now trust ways your punter Tyler
Rochester long snapper no kicker to speak of on the roster right now
flipping to the defensive side of things start with the interior defense of
wine Javon Kinlaw Doran pain pencil didn't just started Johnny Newton is
going to be penciled in as a depth defense attack a Ricky Barber is returning
on a futures contract as well Javon Kinlaw is interesting because Dan Quinn in
our conversation last week in Indianapolis mentioned him as a big end I have
not officially moved him there on my personal depth chart if you want to
fantastic before this exercise just so you know where we're coming from
Javon Kinlaw still list as an interior defensive lineman and that's going to
have an impact here Doran's Armstrong Javonte Jean Baptiste two year
defense events you're two most established defense events you got TJ McGurran
Younga returning on a futures contract Andre Carter the second which is
interesting prospect came out of army ended up undrafted he was really kind of
an enticing prospect ended up with a Minnesota Vikings there's some
experience there he's on a futures contract as well so I'm leaving that
starting that opposite starting edge position opposite Doran's Armstrong open
as a vacant spot for right now cornerbacks Trey Amos has one of the outside
positions Mikey Sainter still has the slot position and I've got the other
off outside position open because of the March on ladder more move you also
got guys like Carl and vigors Trey Hawkins Quantra's Knight Darius Rush on
futures contracts there linebacker no off-ball linebacker no Mike
linebacker starter penciled in here I'm not pushing Jordan McGee to the top
until I see the commanders do it themselves so right now Jordan McGee is your
number two Mike Ali Kaho behind him Nick Bolor we all know this he's he's a
special teams guy but he's officially on the roster linebacker so I saw him
in there behind Kaho and McGee Frankie Luvu is your outside lineback just
call him your move linebacker I don't know Frankie Luvu is your guy there
Kane Modrano kind of a safety linebacker Hydra but I'm a slot him in here
behind Frankie Luvu DJ Johnson on a futures contract there as well free safety
Juan Martin Jeremy Reeves are your two there Will Harris Percy Butler
Tyler Owens holding down the strong safety position with Rob McDaniel an
undrafted for agent from last year holding down a futures contract for the
Washington commanders there so that is what the initial starting or initial
depth chart looks like as of right now as of Tuesday night that's what the
Washington commanders look like for 2026 I think they're gonna tender Chris
Rodriguez Jr so throw him in there as well but overall right now the Washington
commanders over eighty five million dollars in projected salary cap space
second most in the NFL and I don't think this is an offseason where Adam
Peters is just going to be single we've seen him make a lot of moves to free up
some cap space March on a lot of more not just a cap move but all that cap
money obviously is in a help Tyler be honest I don't think it was just a cap
move but some of that cap money is obviously going to help getting Andrew
Wiley in on a good veteran deal doesn't burn a lot of cap room brings a lot
of experience in the Nick Allegretti by reworking his deal you're going to
go you're going to go through and clear some money as well and then of course
the Laramie tonsil extension when that comes through you're talking about
pushing the Washington commanders cap space to close to one hundred million
dollars so they got a lot of room and we're going to put that room to use
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heading into free agency cool stuff there moving on into our second phase
of this mock off season here on Lockdown Commanders this is where we get
fun but we don't want to get too cute right we're not just going to assign
every single top shelf free agent in the National Football League for agency
pool we are going to sign some top shelf guys don't get me wrong here guys the
washman is very attractive organization don't get anything
confused there Dan Quinn still a very attractive head coach and obviously
money talks a whole lot too so for David blouse offense we're looking at like a
Ben Johnson style of offense right not going to be a carbon copy but certainly
going to be similar there which is interesting because if Tyler be honest was
removed or was released at all for fit purposes
he visited the Chicago Bears on Tuesday so Ben Johnson bringing in the
center that the washman is just cut to potentially fit in his style so
like I said not the exact same style certainly
either the holder types of drawn to Jones super multiple super aggressive
type of defense you're going to want guys to do that so as we go through
free agency here's what we end up coming up with first big move
that we're going to make for the Washington commanders is actually on the
defensive side of the ball targeting off ball linebacker middle linebacker
Devon Lloyd we're doing all these deals at market value and let's
understand that some of the market value numbers are not going to be met some
of them we're going to be a little bit higher some of them might actually even be
a little bit lower sometimes we get surprised by that too we're keeping it
market value I'm not getting too deep in the weeds in this thing the good news is
as you'll see at the end plenty of cash space still left over so if some of
these deals end up being over market value we can still absorb those hits
from this exercise standpoint we're not finishing this thing with like two
million dollars left in the bank so if Devon Lloyd's deal comes in five
million dollars over the market value projection
you know then this whole thing is bust that's not going to happen here so
Devon Lloyd comes in from Jacksonville Jaguars young off ball linebacker he's
had the experience setting defenses he's got the playmaking ability he's at
the left to right mobility that I think you really want
and you put him in there you love the athleticism Jordan McGee has but this
team is going to have the opportunity to use multiple guys remember defenses
are not just 11 dudes defenses are 16 17 sometimes 18 different guys
being used in different ways rotating in rotating out but Devon Lloyd's
going to come in here kind of be that new crown jewel of the DeRonte Jones
defense right off the top of the whole thing now moving over to the offensive side
of things we got to address those offensive line holes and we're going to do
that with a center and a guard not top shelf center we're not going we're not
going Tyler Linderbaum here over 25 million dollars a year expected all that
kind of stuff but we are going to go Conor McGovern and Conor McGovern
that center coming over from the Buffalo Bills very familiar face and name for
Dan Quinn Conor McGovern Dan Quinn we're in Dallas at the same time Conor McGovern
played guard there why because Tyler Björnish was the starting center now Conor McGovern
ends up leading Dallas to go to Buffalo and I can't tell you it's the sole reason
obviously if this signing actually happens we'll get the opportunity to ask him
but I can't tell you at least part of the reason is that he always felt like
center was kind of his more natural position Nick Allegretti happens to
agree and so he got the opportunity to move to center with Buffalo made that move
he's now a free agent again the Buffalo Bills are in salary cap hell
so not a lot of people expecting them to be able to bring him back so he should
be available again the familiarity there Dan Quinn all that stuff Conor McGovern
Pro Bowl caliber center bring him in there in front of
Jayden Daniels to make that whole thing work then
sticking in Buffalo let's just bring his teammate over to David Edward starting
left guard for the Buffalo Bills bring him on over along with Conor McGovern
and really secure that inside of your offensive line now you got Conor McGovern
David Edward Sam Cosme as your guard combo guard duo in center
Laramie Thompson playing opposite side of there Josh Conorley Jr is your I guess
your most wild wild card right but looking at the way he was able to develop
towards the end of his rookie season pretty solid offensive line there
for the Washington commanders shaping up let's go back to the defensive side of the ball
Odife O.A edge rusher coming over from the Los Angeles Chargers former Baltimore Raven
you bring him in there to line up opposite of Doran Armstrong line up
opposite of Javante Jean Baptiste both those guys coming off of injury Odife O.A
and things going to fit in a highly aggressive defensive scheme like what
Doran T Jones is going to bring and he's not going to break the bank he's
going to be one of the more expensive adressors out there don't be wrong
but he's not going to break the bank you might notice no trade Hendrickson on
there we'll talk more about that in the next episode of Locked On Commanders
we're going to go over the franchise tag transition tag results
who did get tagged who didn't get tagged and i'll tell you why
i don't have trade Hendrickson on my free agent mock offseason free agency bore
even though he was not franchise tagged by the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday
moving outside to the cornerback position Jamel Dean veteran cornerback from the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers listen i'm not telling you the Jamel Dean is like the most lockdown corner in the
national football league you're also not going to pay Jamel Dean lock down cornerback money
for the national football you're going to pay him about six million dollars less than what
Marshawn Latimore was set to get and for remember when Marshawn got that deal that the
commander's are releasing him from he was one of the best for cornerbacks rather in the national
football league so Jamel Dean very solid he likes to play aggressive is at his best in press which
is what we think Dorontay Jones is going to do so it makes a lot of sense for Jamel it makes a lot
of sense for the commanders as well gives you it raises the floor right raises the floor of your
secondary what give you the opportunity if you need to to develop talent behind him as well as
get back over the office aside things Brandon I you coming in from the San Francisco 49ers has
not been released yet so this one's a little bit of manipulating the time space continuum and all
those things but there's there's no reason to think the 49ers are going to change their mind no
reason to break right now you guys going to change his mind so it's going to happen the question
really is when is it going to happen but all indications do point to San Francisco 49ers making
brain in IUK a post June 1st cuts at the beginning of the newly year that means that will come March 11
so this will be a March 9th move this would be a March 11th move and really we'll be able to talk
pretty early if I'm right or wrong here if we hear about the commanders being in on some of these
other receivers out there like Alec Pierce who was not franchise tech on Tuesday more about him
on the next episode locked on commanders then you kind of get you know read between the lines a
little bit right like Brandon you could probably comment if they go heavy after Alec Pierce and bring
him in then obviously the brain IUK thing a little bit less likely anyway I wouldn't say it's
guaranteed not to happen if they bring in another guy but certainly less likely to happen right
they go after a guy a guy like Alec Pierce but already I think that contracts high end like high
high end is like $12 million but all of it if not or most of it if not all of it is going to be
non guaranteed money Z receiver type to play opposite term and corn again I want to move
term and corn in the slot however for these purposes because we have no verification or
indication that's actually happening outside of my own podcast pipe dreams we're going to leave
him out there as the X Brandon IU comes in as your Z Luke McCaffrey has your power slots you
got a pretty decent receiver group going on there we're also gonna go back to the end but we brought
in Jamel Dean we're gonna bring in Rashad White and yes we're gonna reconnect the three sun devils
Brandon IUK Jaden Daniels Rashad White all sun devils at the same time at one point in their
respective collegiate careers Rashad made no secret about wanting to come to Washington
as soon as the off season hits he comes in he's got that three down back ability he can run
between the tackles he can catch he can block he can do a little bit of everything it gives you
a guy to rely on while also helping you continue to develop Chkory Krasky Merit bringing Chris
Rodriguez Jr see where he goes this off season after he's been working out and doing his thing
I think it's a pretty good start to a stable running back room Breeze Hall I know he was a lot
of people's favorites he has been franchise tag and I know Travis ETN K9 Kenneth Kenneth Walker
wow Kenneth Walker has not been franchise tag and I know some of you are gonna be like go get Kenneth
Walker not a third down back guys Seattle doesn't use them on third downs for a reason I don't think
the commanders are necessarily looking for another back they can't use on third downs so Rashad White
for me is the guy if it's not Rashad White Travis ETN certainly makes a lot of sense as well but just
reading the tea leaves and of course how much the quarterback probably wants them and we've heard
Adam Peters and Dan Quintau about right everything is done with Jayden Daniels in mind so Jayden
wants for shot Jayden wants Brandon probably gonna happen we're gonna bring Jake Moody back for
this scenario here filling that kicker spot obviously you can look at another kicker you know I wouldn't
mind the bringing like three kickers just bring dudes in make this a legit competition man I'm
sick and seeing like one kicker just ride through training camp with the job no I want this thing
to be stressful every single stinking day and figure out who the best man is but for this purpose
we're in a slot Jake Moody in there for right now did not go after Tyden you might notice that
kind of stand out did not go out of Tyden we thought about going after Isaiah likely likely I have
some misgivings about Isaiah likely about whether or not he's a true why Tyden like if I needed to
rely on him as a starting number one Tyden who can block and catch I just don't know that Isaiah
likely's gonna hold up David and joke you just a little too old for my liking a little too injured
recently for my liking as well so I decide not to go the why Tyden route in free agency and after
all these moves that we just made the wash the commands are left with an estimated 51 million
dollars in effective cap space yeah effective caps 51 million dollars ineffective cap space not
accounting for the draft class to come speaking of that draft class we did make a move at the top
at number seven things get a little bit crazy we decided to get a little bit crazy last time we
did a mock offseason I traded with the New York Jets and I did not like the way the board fell so I
came into this one said you know what I'll listen to trade offers but I'm not going outside pick number
15 Ruben Bain Jr. David Bailey Carnell take among others Jeremiah love off the board by the time
number seven came so I looked at the prospects I looked at the telephone the Kansas City Chiefs came
calling and I executed a trade at the top of my mock draft for this mock offseason moving back
from number seven to number nine picking up number 74 in the third rounds we move back two spots
then we pick up a third round pick I think it's pretty good deal it fits the rich hill chart for draft
pick value numbers as well the Kansas City Chiefs move up they get an offensive tackle which we're
not drafting anyway now sunny styles did come off the board at number eights but I was still pretty
happy with the guy I got at number nine that and the rest of the draft class coming up next on
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wrapping up our second and final mock off season of the year we have made some moves we've made
some impact here and in the NFL draft I have traded out of number seven with the candidacy
chief moving back to number nine so we're still in the top ten moving back two spots
sunny styles comes off the board an offensive tab comes off the board that I wasn't going to
draft anyway at number seven sunny styles number eight to the noranland saints but at number nine
we do get a guide that I think we're going to like here in Washington as we get to cover him and
watch him and you get to cheer for him and I get to tell him how good or bad he's doing at his
job and that is Ohio State linebacker or vel Reese we talked about the jack linebacker position
if you're an everydayer you might remember that conversation jack linebacker position is something
that the Brian Flores and so therefore we believe the Doronte Jones defense is going to feature
it's a linebacker then play the off ball play coverage do those types of things but can also be
an edge rusher when you need him to be our vel Reese is that kind of a guy he's kind of like
Frankie Louvoo if Frankie Louvoo was a first round pick but Frankie Louvoo is 29 years old
I hope you turn in 30 in September it's his contract year and while in the initial phases he might
be kind of looked at like a little bit of a backup behind Devon Lloyd Frankie Louvoo I think
really what you're looking at is you give Doronte Jones three linebackers that he can really use
in a whole lot of different ways you can put all these eyes on the field at the same time you can
rotate them in rotate them out keep them fresh and just keep coming after the quarterback and if
and when you decide to move on from Frankie Louvoo in 2027 you have a guy there and then you have the
potential duo of Devon Lloyd and our vel Reese for a long long time if you want them in the second
round second round in the second round we did nothing but in the third round pick number 71 the
one that the washman has already owned we did go back to the defense side of the ball we want
a cornerback dailin Everett interestingly enough last mock draft Monday actually had a Georgia
fan come through the YouTube comments and say if they would not take dailin Everett I asked why I
had not seen a response yet but from everything I'm seeing nice stout perimeter defender doesn't have
the greatest recovery speed that is the question but you're looking at him coming in as a developmental
guy because you have Jamel Dean you have Trey Amos of dailin Everett not coming in the last mock
draft he was coming and penciled in as a starter that made me a little bit nervous maybe that's
where the comment was coming from either way dailin Everett in this version he comes in as a backup
coming as then a depth third down or third string or third round wow type of guy and you have
that potential there that upside there you teach him how to play a little bit more savvy so that
that lack of recovery speed doesn't burn him when he does get on the field 74th overall pick three
picks later the one we got from the can see chiefs we're going interior offensive line here with
Conor Lou the guard center combo capable Auburn Tiger we're going to slide him in here as the
third center behind Nick Allegretti but by the time camp is over and everything else he could be the
second left guard behind David Edwards or something like that who knows but Conor Conor Lou
very technical good anchor all these things I think you you add him to the group of Brandon Coleman
Andrew Wiley Nick Allegretti and now Conor Lou that's a really good base for your backups if Tim
McKay is a guy that we know the watch planner is really liked last year come out of the draft he
was injured through the draft process so this is kind of he kind of like a red shirt season so this
kind of is if he develops then when you end up with is a three man you know depth group of Brandon
Coleman Conor Lou Tim McKay lose got the guard center combo thing going for him Coleman's got the
guard tackle thing going for him obviously you're going to want to build more to that in 2027 but
you also have Andrew Wiley Nick Allegretti under contract in the next two years so unless they fall
off a cliff you have a really good five man depth rotation for the office of line right there in
your locker room at pick number four our fourth pick in the fifth round getting all twisted up with
these rounds and numbers fourth pick this one comes in the fifth round 146 overall Eli Raridan
Tyden at a Notre Dame joining our Tyden room six seven two hundred and fifty pound he's got
why Tyden all over he's got why Tyden written all over him I saw him in here as the third Tyden
we're not coming in here thinking a fifth round pick is going to take over the starting job
but John Bates Ben Senate I I slot Eli Raridan in front of Colson Yank off as a tight end special
teams will see how that plays in and things as well but we go to Tyden there and address the group
there sixth round our fifth pick Ephesians Priceock cornerback at a Washington six four boundary corner
obviously he's got some project to him because he's a six-rounder but you're starting off with the
frame the length all the things that you really like in a developmental corner speaking of developmental
guys Colby Young White receiver at a Georgia six three two hundred fifteen pounds has the
build of an extra receiver going after him to try to develop him into a future above the
rim playmaker you don't need him right away you got Terry you got Brandon hopefully Brandon's
healthy again obviously that is going to be a big part of this but you got Luke Jalen coming
back wouldn't hate necessarily seeing maybe another free agent there in the mix as well and then
with our final pick of this mock draft coming in the seventh round we go Lorenzo styles junior
safety out of Ohio State he's a hybrid athlete former wide receiver could potentially turn into a
future center fielder type of coverage safety for you he's got gunner experience because you play
a special teams do all those things for you and kind of help improve your safety group so after
that mock draft after that mock free agency we're looking at given the wash commanders about 33.026
million dollars in functional cap space and the only vacancy we have left is backup quarter back
I didn't go I didn't get a backup quarterback I don't know what it's like I didn't do it maybe
Marcus comes back maybe it's Josh Johnson maybe it's chef Driscoll maybe it's somebody else
altogether as long as it's not Tyler Murray Aaron Rogers or two I'm talking about Loha I can
probably be fairly happy with whatever happens but the wash commanders 62 at a 90 roster spots filled
after this mock off season typically teams add anywhere from like a dozen to 15 undrafted
free agents that takes you up to about 75 to 77 it's really about 13 other kind of guys like maybe
Jacob Martin comes back you need a backup quarterback so that brings somebody in and then you have
other like maybe that's where you go receiver and get a veteran receiver to come in maybe it's
trailing birds who knows but you got 33 million dollars to do it and I think that when you look at
it not a lot of holes here I mean the receiver position again Brenna yukes health is a big
question there lute McCaffrey they seem to have a lot of confidence in Jaylen Lane I think
did more it's not the best receiver group in the NFL but certainly a solid unit offensive line
I mean by the end of the season this offensive line if Josh Connolly takes a step and Sam
Cosming is a healthy you could see this offensive line being called at least one of the best
in the national football league obviously Jayden's back tight end room didn't go heavy here
was I know some of you are probably going to be a little disappointed in but again with the 33
million like look if you want to throw Jaylen likely in there you got the money to do a running
back room I think I could see the Washington there's if the right running back is there the right
spots I can see them going there in that position group it just didn't fall that way for us
defensively the safety positions probably the one where players like the biggest bugaboo
man sort of Lane was available at number seven I will tell you that but after going to
Jamal Dean I was like you just don't rotate corners enough right like if you could man sort of
Lane Trae miss Jamal Dean Mike Sanders like someone's going to be the odd man out in corners don't
typically rotate that way if man sort of has like maybe some safety versatility things like that
I would go a little bit different but because of what we did in the off season the free agency
I went ahead went with Arvall Reese and then that linebacker room looks really good
and again that safety room is also going to be bolstered by some of these guys like
Camadrano seeing if he can develop into that kind of hybrid safety knuckle type of guy so that's
our mock off season let me know what you think let me know what you would have done differently let
me know what you would have done exactly the same it's going to do it for today's episode next time
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