After almost 3 months of extreme speculation, as the pre-draft delirium crescendos with hubbub over an emoji, Washington Commanders General Manager Adam Peters made one little, concrete admission about the group’s strategies next week.
“We feel excellent about remaining at No. 2,” he stated Thursday afternoon at group head office. “I do not see a great deal of situations where we ‘d trade down.”
Otherwise, Peters, who hasn’t constantly looked totally comfy in press conference, was calm, positive and coy. He acknowledged the stakes of the draft were high with Washington holding a lot capital– 9 choices, consisting of 6 in the leading 100– and stated the group is “genuine close” to picking the gamer it will take when the draft begins next Thursday night. When asked whether the group would package other choices to obtain another choice in the preliminary, he included that “anything remains in factor to consider.”
Peters even broke a couple jokes, consisting of: “I understand you guys have actually all become aware of Topgolf.” The Commanders on Tuesday and Wednesday hosted more than 20 potential customers on check outs to Ashburn, and the group activities consisted of a journey to the modern driving variety.
The non-traditional method, which Peters discovered throughout his time with the San Francisco 49ers, ended up being a topic of nationwide argument. Especially, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk slammed the group because, he argued, a group check out watered down the group’s capability to evaluat