00:00i think it was the right pick and here is why here's why this was the right pick here's why
00:06it was to me styles over downs over tyson over reuben bain when you think about what washington
00:14set out to do this offseason in terms of team why they wanted to get faster they wanted to get
00:20younger when you think about what they've now added at the linebacker position between sunny
00:26styles and leo channell who comes over from the kansas city chiefs via free agency they have
00:32gotten a hell of a lot faster on the defensive side of the football for the washington commanders
00:37derate jones new defensive coordinator coming over from minnesota they have to find ways to get after
00:44the quarterback i think sunny styles helps you in that department in terms of being a blitzer but i
00:49also think he's that green dot guy moving forward he is going to be the quarterback of this defense
00:55moving forward in 2024 remember how elated we all were in 2024 when they landed on jayton daniels the
01:05guy that was going to usher this offense into the future ladies and gentlemen at pick number seven
01:11overall tonight the washington commanders drafted the quarterback of this defense for the future
01:17bottom line is sunny styles in terms of being a prospect is as flawless as they come honestly the
01:24athletic profile the personality the ability to switch positions midway through his college career
01:30converting from safety to linebacker there is quite literally nothing that sunny styles cannot do and
01:39when you think about what washington has been defensively under head coach dan quinn they needed to get
01:44faster they needed a linebacker that can run sideline to sideline we have complained over the last two
01:50seasons about their inability to set the edge in the run game well guess what edge setting ladies and
01:58gentlemen about a lot more than just the defensive end spot it's about your linebackers having the hustle
02:05in the speed and the lateral quickness to be able to scrape over the top to prevent a run from
02:10bouncing
02:11to the outside sunny styles is an eraser on the defensive side of the football here's the other way that
02:16i look at
02:17this right here's the other way that i look at this think about it now if you're washington and you're
02:23going to deploy what we think is going to be a three four base front sunny styles and i would
02:30assume leo
02:31chanel are your two inside backers in this new three four and on the edge you could potentially have in
02:39certain packages jordan mcgee and frankie louvu you could have uh colivion chase on the new defensive end
02:46that you got from the patriots you could put odafa away on the edge you've got dorance armstrong still
02:51i think this just helps this defense going forward i love everything about it i love everything about it
02:59here's the thing with the coverage ability of sunny styles with the coverage ability of leo chanel
03:04knowing how well jordan mcgee is able to move in space i know normally in the national football league
03:11right when we talk about a base defense you're really not playing base a whole lot you're playing
03:15your nickel front where it's four down rushers it is more of a traditional four to five defense
03:21with the speed that washington has at the linebacker spot what this is going to allow them to do is
03:29play
03:29their base defense a hell of a lot more meaning what ladies and gentlemen they're always after two years
03:36i'm not being able to stop me from running through the hole now in this new defense with the speed
03:41that
03:41they have and the ability to play in their base more often that run defense gets instantly better
03:48and that's what i'm excited about when it comes to the 2026 washington commanders man if you're just
03:54now joining us round one of the 2026 nfl draft in the books the pick for washington is defense
04:02sunny styles the linebacker out of ohio state converted safety turn linebacker for the buckeyes
04:09matt patricia raving about this young man uh nfl talent evaluators raving about this young man
04:15when you're pro cop when you're pro cop is fred warner sign me up and i know how this goes
04:25when it
04:25comes to the draft process i know how this goes there are crappy you out there that are upset that
04:31you did not get your pick of the litter there's a crappy you out there that's upset that you couldn't
04:37land on your guy some people wanted caleb downs some people wanted jordan tyson some people
04:44wanted edge rush help let me hear you man your thoughts on washington selecting sunny styles
04:511-800-636-1067 is number we're gonna let a couple calls file in while we continue to get you
04:58up the
04:58speed on who exactly the washington commanders drafted man this kid and i don't want to oversell it
05:05and y'all know how i get if i didn't like the pick right i'd be brutally honest about it
05:11if i wasn't
05:11in favor of the pick i'd tell you but as i've said pretty much throughout the entirety of the pre
05:16-draft
05:16process where washington's picking being seven overall you're going to be in prime position
05:23to add a impact player to this football team and when you think about what the commanders have been
05:29over the past couple of years the one thing you can say is they lack blue chip talent
05:34jayden daniels larry laramie tonsil terry mcclorn those are the three guys that i would consider
05:40blue chippers on this roster you needed to add somebody that had all pro potential that is what
05:48sunny styles has at the linebacker position a historical nfl combine performance 43 and a half
05:55inch vertical 446 40 yard dash 10 yard split ranked first amongst all linebackers at the combine this
06:03kid can do it on tape you see the pursuit you see the speed you see the playmaking ability he's
06:10got it
06:10man when you talk about teams that are going to run outside zone and teams they're going to try to
06:15get
06:15on the perimeter against washington when you have the speed that they now have defensively that becomes a
06:22whole lot more difficult i think this was a slam dunk home run pick for the washington commanders
06:29i want your thoughts on it at 1-800-636-1067 i want to go back to the coverage ability
06:37for him
06:37think about it this is no slight to bobby wagner who is a first ballot hall of famer but at
06:44this current
06:45juncture of his career moving laterally and in coverage is not his strength insert sunny styles
06:53this is exactly what he was made to do he is at what i like to call a test tube
06:58prospect i'm telling
07:00you this kid was made in a laboratory the lord put him on god's green earth and to play the
07:07linebacker
07:08position man this kid's got it this kid's got it and the great thing is and i love this why
07:13i love the
07:13nfl combine and i love this pre-draft process i think when folks were looking at the tape of sunny
07:19styles coming out you're thinking damn man the kid was able to put on 30 pounds and not really lose
07:24any of the speed when we talk about that conversion from safety to linebacker the physicality coming
07:30downhill in the run game the ability uh to to run up the seam with number three wide receivers if
07:35you're
07:35running cover two he can do it all he can do it all the one question that folks had about
07:42sunny
07:43styles i would say is the physicality is he going to be able to take on blocks and shed blocks
07:48at the
07:48nfl level when you're built like that let ken norton get his hands on you talk about the linebackers coach
07:54for the washington commanders if i'm ken norton this like rejuvenates me if i'm ken norton this
08:01this adds five six years onto my career because i want to be the the main voice for this young
08:07freakazoid named sunny styles man i'm excited you got to be if you're a washington fan here's the
08:12thing though why i love the combine i think when people watch the tape the one question that they
08:17had was what i just mentioned the ability to shed blocks and on and so forth but when you come
08:22out
08:22at the combine and run and test the way that this kid did i don't know how much negative you
08:30can say
08:30about him i don't want to speak in hyperbole but like the bottom line is he was to me the
08:37best
08:37defensive prospect in this class to where when i put up my mock earlier this afternoon i didn't
08:43think there was a shot in hell that he would fall past number four to the tennessee titans but the
08:49titans obviously shocking everybody taking carnell tate once they made that move i knew there was a
08:55shot that washington would get their guy sunny styles the do-it-all linebacker out of ohio state
09:01now a member of the burgundy and gold as we move throughout the show here we're gonna let you hear
09:07from sunny styles the new linebacker here in washington we're gonna let you hear from adam
09:11peters the new general manager here are the washington commanders i want to take your calls
09:15though man i know i've been saying it teasing the line i see the calls filing in i'm trying to
09:18give
09:18you all the chance to stack up here but we're gonna crack it off here coming up here was this
09:23the
09:24right selection for the washington commanders did they make the right choice selecting sunny styles
09:30number seven overall
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