Tag: 2023 Commanders OTA’s

Local radio host evaluated Sam Howell at Commanders OTAs Wednesday

“I’ve seen a lot of crappy quarterbacks come and go. He [Howell] ain’t one of those guys.”

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Chris Russell, a radio host for The Team 980, wanted his listeners to know what he saw from Sam Howell today at OTAs.

This is how he opened a segment of Wednesday’s show.

“Sam Howell is going to be good at times. He is going to be really good at times.”

“I’ve seen a lot of quarterbacks come and go over the years. I’ve been around this team for 14 years now. I’ve seen a lot of crappy quarterbacks come and go. He ain’t one of those guys.”

Russell continued that even great quarterbacks have times when they struggle with accuracy or mechanics and timing. He then said Sam Howell is not one of those guys either.

“But there are going to be times, probably a bunch of times, when you want to pull your hair out because Sam Howell is not going to connect on something that he probably should.”

Russell reminded Howell’s fans that Howell has a grand total of one NFL game of experience. Further, Howell is learning from different coaches, (QB, OC), learning a different language, learning a different system.

“Sam Howell is going to be late, behind, inaccurate. He is not going to see something. I saw it today, as he was maddeningly inconsistent. He was all over the place. He should have gotten picked about six times.”

“Sam Howell was brutal at times today. When you watched him today, at times you said, ‘OMG, does he suck!’ Awful, inaccurate, late, choppy footwork, hesitation, not good ball location, not on target.”

Russell further elaborated that there were times plays seemed disjointed, nothing was open, Howell was having to scramble to his right, scramble to his left, Brian Robinson missed a block, etc.

“The one thing I do want to point out right now before I go any further. When Sam Howell struggles, you can see it. He is struggling, man. He is on the struggle bus. But when Sam Howell rips it, when Sam Howell sees it, and when Sam Howell knows it, it’s beautiful.”

“If he can do these types of plays five or six times in a game, you are going to say, ‘OMG, finally we have something to hang our hat on at quarterback’.”

“That was my big-picture takeaway from my hour or so today in Command Land.”

Junkies question Commanders’ Chase Young choice to not attend OTAs

Lots of thoughts on Chase Young missing OTAs as he enters a huge 2023 season.

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Chase Young being absent certainly brought out the energy from the Sports Junkies.

Wednesday, the Junkies (106.7 The Fan), as they often do, brought their true feelings and questions responding to the fact that again Chase Young had chosen to not participate in the voluntary OTAs.

Here are some of the more memorable moments of the segment from John Cakes Auville (JA), Jason Bishop (JB), Eric Bickel (EB) and John-Paul Flaim (JPF).

JB: “Chase is preoccupied. He doesn’t love being here. He doesn’t like hanging out with the other defensive linemen. He doesn’t feel like he is part of the team. That’s because of his own decisions.”

JA: “He is sulking about the team not picking up his 5th-year option. I know it’s voluntary, but it is also a bad look. It’s also a bad look to all the other teams who could employ him in the future.”

JPF: “Bingo. They don’t want him; he doesn’t want to go to anything voluntary.”

EB: “Ok, it is voluntary. But you are now really putting pressure on yourself. It’s put up or shut up. I just question, Does Chase love football? Does he love being a part of this team? Does he want to be great?”

JA: “I also question his inner circle. Who is advising him to skip OTAs? Is it his decision? Is it people in his ear saying, ‘You shouldn’t go to OTAs; they didn’t offer you the 5th-year option.’ ”

EB: “It pains me to say this because he is local, and we all root for him. When he was a superstar at Ohio State and was drafted 2nd overall, he had arrived. Ok, you got some money, but you haven’t really arrived yet until you can do it at this level. He had 7.5 sacks his first year, but ain’t nobody going to the Hall of Fame with only 7.5 sacks. He strikes me as a guy who thinks he has arrived.”

JB: “He is immature. He has a high immaturity level, and that is hurting him big time.”