How Will Nick Allegretti Upgrade The Center Position Over Tyler Biadasz

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2:00There's plenty of depth here. All guys that were here a year ago, which is kind of interesting. You would think maybe Logan, changing schemes, doing something different. Maybe you'd find a fit that this guy's not perfect. We'll go in this direction. I don't know. Is that part of the Tyler Beatish algorithm? Why they went with Nick Allegretti? But otherwise, they're kind of running it back with the same line. Do you have no problem with it? Because I thought they played it at a pretty high level last year. No, Matthew. And I think when you look at this group and this skill set, I think people are like, oh, they're changing, right? Like David Blow, new system, is it going to affect these guys? And quite honestly, I think, credit to Adam Peters, he's brought in and resigned a bunch of guys that I think are very scheme-flexible, right? Like I look at, for example, just as a point of comparison. I look at Cincinnati's offensive line. They've got these big hulking kind of pass-protecting right and left tackles who can't really move around a ton. Like if you were to change systems there and kind of say, hey, we're going to be more of a Kyle Shanahan system, you would have to kind of think about maybe some personal changes.

3:00Here, you've got Connerley, who I think you could play in any scheme, right? You know, he's kind of the perfect build. He's 6'5", he's 3'15", he's got some dexterity, still growing in his body, caused me the same thing. You look at Laramie Tunsell. I think he's one of the more scheme-agnostic players in the NFL. And then obviously looking at Garden Center there in terms of mix, like what that looks like. And I think that's one of the reasons why the Coleman, Chris Paul conversation in terms of competition is going to be really interesting. Because if they do move to more outside zone, I think that probably favors Coleman ever so slightly. But that's something we'll have to see and kind of look at as we get closer to training camp. But I do think the construction of this group and the depth pieces too. Like Trent Scott, he resigned as well, Andrew Wiley, Nick Gallagready. Like those guys, one of the things I loved about them when they signed here in the first place is they're flexible across the front and they're flexible in multiple schemes. So flexibility kind of seems to be the name of the day in terms of getting big athletes to play online. I think that's just smart football and it's good roster construction by Adam Peters.

4:01Let's zero it on the center position. Because this is one area I know where there are questions from fans. It's kind of the one place where you wonder what the vision was. Tyler Beodish leaves. He had a significant market right away. Multiple teams trying to bring him in for visits. Turns out Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers get him. And Harbaugh goes and like picks him up and drives him in for his first day. And they were like treating him like this is a player that we're really happy to have. And Washington to not save much money at all kind of discarded him and is going with Nick Gallagready. I did have a nice conversation. I'll say on the radio on 106-7, the fan on Grant and Danny last week with Alagready. And he really believes that at this point of his career centers the perfect fit using his acumen. Like the smarts he can provide. What I got out of the conversation, he did not say this. But this is just me like forecasting based on how he spoke. I think they're excited about his like mental abilities. And maybe some of the stuff he can help Jayden Daniels do in terms of

5:02IDing things, protections, those types of things. Now I'm not saying that was a be honest problem. I don't know enough. You'd have to help me with that. But I do think just hearing Alagready talk about what he wants to provide, a lot of it was like that mental part of it. And I wonder if that's not somewhere figured into this. I think 100%. I think when you look back at Beatrice's time here, I think he did a lot of really good things. The one thing he'd point to is like, are we targeting these protections correctly? Are we targeting these runs correctly? Are we making calls that are supporting the other players in the front? Or am I making calls to protect myself? Because that's one thing that you notice. I think back to my time playing it, specifically when I was in San Francisco, right? And like, hey, we got a kind of a, is this a two-eye or is this a three-technique? Most guards will say, oh, I can reach this three, right? But if you get the wrong garden there, he's going to call the tackle in a double team and you're going to be in a one-on-one situation. I don't think communication working in real time at the line. Like what's actually happening?

6:03So you get up there and you kind of have an idea based on the front spacing, like what the call should be. Like if we got a wide nine and a three-technique, like usually you're going to say, hey, we're going to make a triple call, right? So that's a combination between the tight end and the tackle. He's going to check my inside, right, to make sure there's no stunt from the nine. And basically give me some inside help, which lets the tight end be more aggressive. What would be said? Like, what is there a code word? Is there, is there just point? No, hey, hey, hey, triple, triple, triple. And then hey, so that means that the garden knows he's in a single. And then if you hear, if I'm the tight end, I hear, hey, double, double, double. And that's like, this is specifically on outside Zellon, right? So if I say, hey, double, double, double. The tackle should echo it to me. I know I need to tighten down my footwork a little bit. I need to prepare for that inside move. If I run an outside zone, that kind of hurts the outside zone, because I can't be as aggressive to get my hat to the defensive ends outside number. And obviously the words and calls are different, depending on scheme, depending on whether it's a gap scheme or tight zone run. So yeah, anyway, go ahead. It doesn't matter, though, that the defensive player might hear you.

7:04I mean, it's not like they're adjusting to what you're calling for. So fun, fun fact, Grant. Fun fact, this is really interesting. Defensive players aren't that bright most of the time, specifically defensive lineman. And for all those defensive linemen out there, I'm sorry, but I remember I had a conversation with someone in Atlanta. And so like when you're running like duo, for example, it's like, hey, this is a, this is a tram, which means tray, which is a graph gap scheme term to the mic. Or this is a doom, which is a doose to the mic, right? Like doom and the M and all that kind of stuff. And I remember I told that to someone like, we were playing Washington. And I was like, I think these are the calls. It's the same old line coach. And he's like, is that always the case? And this dude had been in the league for like 10 years. And I was like, yeah. So like when you hear tray, doose, you know, ABCD, like those are backside calls that are pretty universal. So ABC means you're on the backside of a run. And he was like, is that true? And I was like, dude, you've been in the league for like 10 years. Like you don't know that. And he's like, no, I never really thought about it before. And so obviously there are some guys that are like,

8:06you're the first thing I'm thinking about. My second preseason game, I'm trying to figure out what their language means. Right. But a lot of guys don't think about it. Like I had a couple guys that I was consulting with along the defensive line. I was like, do you ever hear them say there are run calls? It's like, yeah, but I don't really like listen. I'm like, you should be listening. They're telling you the direction of the run right now. You know, and even, and the other thing that's crazy is offensive lineman, they don't like to cross pollinate terms. So meeting like our run terms, our run terms, and our past terms, our past terms. So if you can pick that up, it's like, oh, I know this is a play action pass. I know this is a run. And there are some players that I've played against that I can tell they know the calls because they'll change their alignment last second or they'll stunt into the, I'm trying to remember like the Marcus wear was really good at it. Von Miller does a sneaky good job at that kind of thing where it's like, oh, hey, like here's the B call by the guard, which means like they're double teaming a three technique, which means I'm by myself blocking him. And so he would go from a nine and just look to the safety

9:06and be like, hey, I got, I got B gap and just line up on the outside shoulder of the tackle. And you're like, sick, there's no, there's no possible way I can make this block now. But so in baseball, if somebody's got your signs, you know, there's like, I'm Spencer and I work at United Healthcare. Suspenser, why do you care? I care because my daughter, Adeline, has special needs. I am motivated by Adeline who inspires me every day. I am driven to help families like mine navigate the healthcare system. I'm so blessed to lead an amazing team at United Healthcare focusing on the member experience and making that better. I'm Spencer and I'm committed to care. You do enough to throw them off. There's nothing like that. I guess it's all because it's really about time that you don't have a lot of it. So in football, you're not like giving dummy words either, right? It's not like you're going to necessarily like change, like, okay, last week it was this, this week it's this because we're playing them again. So funny thing is, is like, there are a couple of plays

10:09like I call them throw away plays where you can kind of say whatever you want and it's not going to mess anybody up. Like a good example is this, this is like, when you're running keepers. So keeper is just basically like the offensive line like turns to the right and they run, they sprint to the right to kind of sell outside zone. The quarterback will boot out of the pocket on that type of stuff because everybody knows what's going on. Like you can come up and make like a triple, triple, triple, and then the defensive end, like you can see them who like hunker down and you'll point like the combination and then they'll, and then they'll like play the run and you'll be able to reach on the pass route. So there are a couple like throw away plays, but for the most part, like guys, and the funny thing about it is the language is pretty consistent across teams. So if you were to pick up, like if you're a defensive lineman out there and you're like in college and you're working your way to Zanafell, I would just look at offensive line terminologies because it's pretty similar. Like I can hear on the TV copy. Like I'll hear a guard be like, hey, doos, doos, doos. And it's like, oh, they're running power to the right here. You know what I mean? Like I know based on the TV copy. Like what's going on?

11:09So how did you do it? Whoa. Yeah, so it's not like, again, like if you just know a couple of basic things, it's gonna, and the other thing is if you hear like, if the, if the quarterbacks calling out the mic point and things like that, like they don't do that on runs. So if it's like, hey, Mike 43, like, you're like, it's probably a pass. Like I'm playing the odds here. Like there's a great clip of Aaron Rodgers was when I was playing who he comes up. He's like easy, easy, easy. Hey, Mike's 54, Mike's 54. And then the, the whole line kind of echoes the call. He gets back and they throw a screen to that side. Like that's playing the game within the game, right? It's like, you know, you've, you've made the mic point. Everyone thinks it's a pass now. And then you throw a screen off of it. Like that's big time stuff. But for the most part, language is pretty consistent. Young players have a hard time diverting and kind of giving dummy calls and things like that. So I was going to say with the young quarterbacks or one of these games, like, that's mastery level stuff where Rodgers, the game has slowed down. He's in year 15 or whatever. And you're just on the 500 level course.

12:10It's like sitting there in a math class where someone's like, I'm doing this way. And you're like, bro, I'm just trying to figure out if these are first or the exponents are first, you know? Dude, 100%. Like I remember we went through a phase in training camp where this was, I was young. So maybe it was 2012, 2011. And Kyle would be like, hey, I want you guys to kind of start throwing out some like on keepers, dummies or if it's reverse, throw out some dummy calls just to protect our, our words. And I remember we had the hardest fricking time with that, man, because I'd get up there and I'd be like, hey, triple, triple, triple. And Trent would be like, triple. And he's like, it's a pass. And I'm like, I know it. Like I know, dude, like, you know what I mean? Like we just, it just took us because we were both young. It just took us a while to like develop that, the comfort with the scheme and like the trust that we knew what we were doing. Because again, like that's the thing is like, I have this conversation with my high school head coach, Kendra Goulson who's been on this podcast before. He's like, hey, we need to do more stuff to trick the defense. I'm like, I don't want to trick us. Like can we just keep it simple enough so that we're getting the right thing? So that's kind of a little insight,

13:11peak behind the curtain of like offensive line terminology and trying not to screw each other up. But overall, back to Allegrette, do you think they are in a place where, like that's a position there, they feel like, okay, we're set? Or is it still a, we got to try to do a little better if you can in terms of competition, bringing somebody else in, just to push him? Well, our buddy John Conn reported that they were in on the, on the Linderbaum thing. So that means to me, they wanted him. Yeah, they definitely did. So that that means to me, you know, that they're in on trying to upgrade at center. And so like this is the thing, like, I made this analogy somewhere before like, you know, Logan Paulson was a, was a fine to the low average NFL starter, right? Like there are games where I'd be okay, games where I wouldn't be. And there were people in the front office who'd always, but like, hey man, we're always looking to upgrade. We're always looking to find someone better. That's true for the majority of the roster in the NFL, right? So like with Nick Allegrette, like if you go into the season of them, yeah, you're probably fine. There's gonna be some ups, gonna be some downs, that's okay. He's not Creed Humphrey and he's not Tyler Linderbaum, right?

14:12Like there will be some ebbs and flows to his game. So you always look to upgrade. I think it's just, you're looking at the cost benefit analysis of that upgrade. So obviously you didn't get Tyler Linderbaum. Now how do you upgrade? Do you draft a rookie? Like where's that guy slotted in? Offensive Lyme intended to take a long time to kind of matriculate and develop. Maybe a team cuts somebody after they draft an offensive Lyme and you feel like he gives you a better chance, you bring that guy in to start. Like, you're always looking to upgrade. It just depends on, does it make sense given the current roster construction and the current financial situation for the team? Take command with Logan Paulson and Grant Paulson. All right, next I wanna look at some of the pieces Washington's lost and free agency so far and you know how they replaced them but also some thoughts on them and their new homes. We'll do that next. Okay. Guys by now you've heard me talk about Collars and Co makers of the dress collar polo. They've already sold over a million of these amazing shirts. Well Collars and Co just came out with the new

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