Dan Quinn is at the NFL Owners meetings in Phoenix, Arizona and he spoke to local reporters. He was asked about releasing center Tyler Biadasz, and he confirmed that the team didn’t try to trade him. Quinn said Biadasz’s replacement at the end of the season, Nick Allegretti, wins and is a guy that they trust. He’s the only center on the roster besides Julian Good-Jones, but Quinn said they need to see what happens over the next month with the draft and free agency still available.
Tight ends came
up with Chig Okonkwo being added in free agency, and expected to be a big receiving weapon for Jayden Daniels. Quinn loves his speed, and said you can see it on deep over routes and during play-action. Quinn also praised practice squad TE Lawrence Cager and said he’s been putting the work in and has a unique skillset.
Quinn was happy that Adam Peters added some edge rushers in free agency, a position that was decimated by injuries last season. Dorance Armstrong was one of those injured players, but Quinn said he’s making good progress in his recovery from a torn ACL, and he’s sending him rehab videos.
Bobby Wagner wasn’t re-signed, though that door wasn’t closed for later in the offseason. That still leaves the question of who will be wearing the green dot on defense this year. Quinn said it would depend on who’s in the most formations, and it could be a linebacker or a safety.
The Commanders only added one cornerback in free agency, Amik Robertson from the Lions. Quinn said they would be lining him and Mike Sainristil up inside and outside since they both have experience there. They will work on different formations in OTAs and then training camp.
