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I have a story up now about the importance of this draft for the Washington Commander. I think we all know why it's a big

draft. But I go into a lot of reasons why and how they can really set themselves up for the future

after what I think has been a good offseason. Listen, they got the new owner, got a new coach, new

GM. You get the quarterback right, get the left tackle right, maybe get another edge rusher

and a quarterback. Now you're really taking a step as a franchise. So that's up on ESPN.com.

Also, in a few minutes, I'll be joined by former Washington Redskin tackle John Jansen.

John was one of my favorites to cover back in the day when he was here, solid right tackle for

Washington. He and Chris Samuel is a terrific bookend. But I wanted to bring John on for a

couple of reasons. One, J.J. McCarthy. Now, the last part, the last few minutes of our

five, six, seven minutes of our conversation were more about J.J. McCarthy. Because John is

a Michigan football analyst. So he does morning radio in Detroit.

He knows JJ very well.

You cannot dismiss McCarthy as a potential pick for Washington.

I think right now I would still say Jaden Daniels is a favorite,

but I am not under the assumption that it's between Jaden and Drake May.

I think like I said, I don't think

you can sleep on, I don't think you can dismiss McCarthy, which is why I wanted to bring him on.

So, John knows him very well. And so there you go. I'll have a minute. We'll talk to him in a minute.

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