Who Knows Where They Are Going With This

The Washington Commanders are getting down to Preseason Winning Time.

The time when rosters are phased into regular season form.

Who is going to be here?

Who is not?

 

Feels like Terry McLaurin is not going to be here.

Brian Robinson is not going to be here.

There seems to be a plan in place for Robinson's exit.

McLaurin leaving feels awful.

Who is stepping in?

I don't like these unknowns. 

They say the Kingsbury Offense doesn't require the star wide receiver.

Last year's offense? Pretty potent. With guys like Noah Brown. OZ. Jamison Crowder.

Anchored by Zach Ertz. 

But it also had Terry. Do we have anyone who can do to Dallas what he did?

I think we will miss that. It would be a loss for sure. It is a step back the team is taking here.

I like the young running backs. C-Rod and BCM.

I like Luke McCaffrey and Jaylin Lane. I hope Jacory Brooks makes the team.

Hopefully, Noah Brown is healthy.

Enough there to compensate? I don't know. 

The preseason has been all about B-Rob and Terry.

We haven't seen anything else to judge.

One way or another.

Josh Conerly got plenty of work. 

That's it.

 

The Defense hasn't been on the field enough to tell if it can stop the run.

There are a lot of veterans on defense.

George Allen would love it.

Allen's defenses were good. But you guessed it.

At times they couldn't stop the run. 

They have Ifs on Offense. And Ifs on Defense.

Ifs on special teams. 

I hope they know something we don't.

I don't like it all being on JD5.  

Scrappy Performances in Last NFL Preseason Game

Martavis Bryant, Tracy McSorley, John Ridgeway, Phidarian Mathis, K.J. Henry, Michael Wiley, Cade York, Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint.

The above-cited individuals made some statements in the last preseason game for the Washington Commanders and the Nationeal Football League. The Commanders won the ball game, 20-10.

The offensive line played reasonably well. The defense struggled in pass defense. The special teams return game was uneventful. Cade York showed some foot.

Tuesday is cut down day.  A lot of the guys we saw play last night will be released.

People are doing their roster projections. 

I'd like to see the Commanders keep all the guys listed above. 

It is at this point I'd like to interject the fact that the people responsible for the won-loss record this year are Dan Quinn and Adam Peters. 

Ron Rivera is gone. So are most of his players. 

From here on out, any losing done is on Quinn and Peters.

 

 

The Water Cooler on Training Camp

Hanging around The Water Cooler trying to overhear what dudes are thinking about the Washington Commanders 2024 Training Camp..

Commanders 2024 Media Guide

Commanders Lives

RB3 Job with David Harrison of Locked on Commanders

Training Camp Day 6 Ed Oliver 

Training Camp Day 6 Street Scores

Training Camp Reactions Josh Taylor 

JD5's Best Day According to Rio Robinson

Impressions of First Week of Camp by John Keim and Bram Weinstein 

It does not look like the New York Jets have their media guide out yet. Here's their 2023 Guide,. Aaron Rodgers latest presser, and the Jets Channel in case you wish to prep for that first preseason game next week. Don't go to The Water Cooler unprepared. You may be assessed as trash and thrown in the dumpster.

Tony McGee was one of my heroes back in the Gibbs Super Bowl Days. What was it? He and Doc, he and George Starke, he and Mark May on Home Team Sports? His channel deserves some love from Washington Football Fans. You can catch him and the legendary Donna Hopkins over at the Tony McGee Pro Football Plus TV Show YouTube Channel. Here's a representative sample.

There is not much to comment on myself as nothing seems dispositive about the team until the first regular season game.

I am going to sit back and enjoy the preseason as that is when everybody's wishes, hopes, and dreams get pursued with the utmost gusto.

Even the stars of those games may end grocery baggers. Outside of Olympic Beach Volleyball, nothing could be more intriguing.

All because the NFL won't go to 90-Man rosters.