Logan Paulsen was on the sidelines for Friday’s Commanders preseason opener, so he had one of the best seats in the house – and as he told the Junks on Monday, he, on the whole, liked what he saw.
“I thought there was a lot of good stuff to see for the first time in a game setting,” Paulsen said. “This is kind of what we’ve been waiting for this whole off-season, and I don’t think they disappointed.”
Jahan Dotson had what cakes called a ‘nasty’ move to catch a TD pass from Sam Howell, and even though Terry McLaurin is the true WR1, Paulsen thinks Dotson could be the guy who hauls in the most passes this year.
“I’m expecting a lot just based on his utilization package in training camo, as he’s the guy getting the most target, and it’s all over the field,” Paulsen said. “Because of his route-running and understanding, he can be a big feature of this offense – he could lead te team in receptions while Terry leads the league in yards. If he stays healthy and focused I think he’s going to have a huge year.”
All of that is predicated on how Sam Howell plays, and some of that is predicated on the offensive line coming together – and Paulsen was encouraged on the whole with the latter.
“I think when you look at it, you look at four of those guys who played high-level football – Charles Leno had a good game outside of one or two plays, Chris Paul and Nick Gates played excellent football, and Sam Cosmi was one-on-one blocking one of the best rushers in the NFL,” Paulsen said. “Andrew Wylie is the one you may worry about because of the two holding calls, but I really believe that after watching the tape, he did some really good things, although he overset his line against the rush of Za’Darius Smith. He didn’t have a great feel for that, but I think it’s something that can be corrected, and I think that’s something they’re going to focus on this week.”
Take a listen to Paulsen’s entire call-in above, about the Commanders’ preseason opener, Howell’s performance and future, and more on and how things look!
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