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Because the Washington Commanders that came out today

that they were not going to pick up Chase Young's fifth year option,

I think you've been listening to this,

you know that that's where I feel this has been, certainly been headed. I didn't think they're going to pick it up. I'm not alone

on this beat in thinking that. So it's not like I'm getting some revelatory voice here. I'm not,

but I did, but that's where it had been headed. So that's where we are. So I wanted to bring on Nikki Javala from the Washington Post to discuss all the consequences of it. A couple things first. As a reminder, I will be back on with the podcast Thursday

night at some point after their first round pick. I'll be bound with the voice of the commanders,

Brian Weinstein. I'll be on on Friday night as well, wrapping up rounds two and three.

And then I also again on Saturday.

And then I will start having on some analysts next week.

So wait, you'll just be prepared for that.

And then also you can check out my work on ESPN.com.

I'm going to have analysis, pros and cons, everything like that after every pick.

And you can get that from every pick in the draft, folks.

So go to ESPN.com for that. couple of things before i get to nicky um there's one thing i think is a key point

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