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Rivera confident Commanders stronger at QB in 2023 offseason

The head coach is excited about his quarterbacks in 2023.

Ron Rivera really likes his top two quarterbacks.

Tuesday at the owners meetings in Phoenix, Rivera spoke with the Washington media.

Rivera is really looking forward to having the newly signed Jacoby Brissett in his quarterback room.

“A couple of things about Jacoby. First of all, when you target a guy, you want to do a background and kind of see how people feel about him. See if there is any issues or anything. The biggest thing we kept hearing was that he is great to be around young quarterbacks. The next thing you hear is that he’s a guy that learns very quickly. He is a very bright and very smart guy. He knows a lot of football.”

Rivera believes Brissett has the necessary physical skills to come in and contribute on the playing field as well.

“You see a guy that has good athletic skills, has good quarterback skills, has a good arm, has a quick twitch to him and makes good decisions for the most part. He is athletic. This is a guy that we thought we’d bring in, he’s going to compete.”

Rivera believes Brissett’s NFL experience, his athleticism and drive will be good for both the team in general and Sam Howell in particular. “He’s going to push [QB] Sam [Howell], and Sam is going to push him. I really think we will have a really good room because of guys like that.”

Rivera believes he saw Howell mature during his rookie season and believes Howell is ready to play in his second season.

“I think there is a certain point towards the end of the season last season that we started seeing some real positive signs that really showed you that he is very confident and comfortable. Knowing what we did, you really started to see that because when he was the number two guy, he got reps. A couple of times some things happened in practice and you would see him fix it himself. That was always something that you look for.”

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Logan Paulsen: ‘Jacoby Brissett is the perfect fit for Commanders’

He’s high on Brissett. What does he think about the competition between Brissett/Sam Howell?

Logan Paulsen really likes the Jacoby Brissett deal for the Washington Commanders.

Here is the entire discussion of Paulsen and Craig Hoffman.

Here is a sampling of the reaction by Paulsen to the Brissett signing:

“I think he (Brissett) has starter upside. He could be a starter given the right situation. He can win you games, he can be the consummate teammate.”

“He’s been in tough situations, he’s won games, he’s led teams.”

“To me he is the perfect guy, he’s in the NFL for these situations, these opportunities. And because he knows that, he can be the perfect mentor for Sam Howell.”

“You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect fit. He is good enough to win some games, he can teach, he understands his role, this is the perfect signing for the team.”

“Everything I have heard about Brissett is so high level from a teammate standpoint.”

Paulsen feels Ron Rivera will tell Brissett, “Hey, you are going to have an opportunity to compete, but just so you know, we are very high on the young guy, and we think he has a lot of potential to be something special.”

“It’s probably going to be a competition, but not an even competition.”

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