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Sam Cosmi joins the show to discuss why he believes the Commanders new offense will keep opposing defenses off guard, how Stefon Diggs has helped in camp, and why he hopes London will have AC in the hotels.
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00:00We're extremely excited to have Sam Cosby join the program.
00:03Sammy, what's up, dude?
00:05Not much. Excited to be here.
00:07How's camp going?
00:08Going really well. It's been good.
00:11I feel like I've been putting a really good camp together.
00:13I think the offense has been doing really well as well.
00:17Jaden's been able to find his stride for sure with this new offense.
00:23What do you think of the new offense?
00:25I know you like running the ball.
00:26I do. I just like being balanced.
00:28I think being able to run the ball allows play action and keeps defenses on their toes.
00:36Not getting teed off every play and drop back protection is not the most engaging thing for O-linemen.
00:47So it's nice to have a more balanced offense.
00:52For sure.
00:54When you look at the differences, do you think this one has a better chance where they won't know what's
01:00happening?
01:00Oh, yeah.
01:01Yeah, there's a – I mean, especially with play action, like when the D linemen don't know if it's a
01:08run or a pass
01:09or they're assuming it's a run and you just lock onto them and they're like, oh, crap, it's a pass.
01:14And then they try to have him get in a pass.
01:16It's over by the time the ball should be out, you know.
01:18So it's nice to – it's nice to have that element to the game.
01:24With the offense specifically, how different – like how different is it for the line?
01:30Like marrying up the run of the pass, being balanced, all that stuff.
01:33But, like, does your job change?
01:37I mean, there's just – there's different things, different rules and protections and IDs and run.
01:48But nothing crazy, especially being under center.
01:52There's certain looks that might be janky that you can have, like, little rules to help with.
02:00But for the most part, like, it's pretty cut and dry.
02:04What about the movement?
02:06Like, Jayden's running a lot of boots.
02:08Does that change what the O-line has to do?
02:12Not necessarily.
02:13The movement across the ball, from what I've heard from our D line and linebackers,
02:20they don't really like it a lot because they're trying to balance up the formation in doing that.
02:27So, that pre-snap movement, even, like, during the snap as well, they're not the biggest fan of that.
02:35So, it definitely brings an aspect of, you know, disguising things and doing that type of stuff that, you know,
02:43makes it difficult with the defense.
02:45Well, I play with Coach Gibbs and also Coach Reed where everything they did was trying to give their offense
02:50just a little bit more of an advantage.
02:52Do you feel like the move, like, defense don't like it because they don't know what you're running just yet?
02:58Yeah.
02:58All that stuff gives you all that little bit of an advantage?
03:01For sure.
03:02Just being able to, there's sometimes the D lines, like, you know, they get out of their gap because of
03:08it.
03:08Like, one guy sees it, one guy doesn't, and then they're messed up alignment-wise.
03:14So, that itself can cause, you know, the defense to split in two.
03:21With the install, like, how close do you think you guys are to the finished product of this offense?
03:27Are you still learning new stuff, like, every day, every week?
03:32We're pretty much all installed.
03:35Like, everything now is just, like, little tweaks, you know?
03:40Like, it's nothing crazy.
03:42Like, we're not installing plays anymore.
03:43It's just, like, tag onwards that makes certain plays, especially in the run game,
03:50where a tight end might be doing something else or, you know,
03:53the wide receiver might be coming into the box to crack somebody or do something like that.
03:58But for the most part, I mean, our offense is pretty much installed.
04:02There you go.
04:05This is a tough one.
04:06What was it like losing Laramie?
04:09Yeah, it was, like, a shock.
04:10It, like, didn't feel real.
04:14I don't know how to explain it like that.
04:16You know what I'm saying?
04:16Like, you know, like a guy of that caliber that is such a pillar that, you know,
04:26he's a leader just the way his presence is and how he carries himself.
04:29And he's a pro of pros.
04:31I mean, he's been doing this for now going on 11 years.
04:34And an injury like that you just don't expect.
04:36In a random one-on-one.
04:38In a random one-on-one, yeah.
04:40I mean, that's the lovely aspect of football.
04:43I mean, it's just, you just never know.
04:46And so losing him definitely sucked.
04:49But I'm really, I've been saying it this whole week,
04:52and I'm looking forward to the ability for, you know,
04:56Brandon to step in that role again.
04:58He did it in 24, and I think he did a really good job.
05:02And, you know, he's two years removed from that, but, like, he's matured.
05:07He's a smart player, strong, very athletic, has all the measurables to play that position.
05:14So, from that standpoint, I mean, this is a really good opportunity for him.
05:19We always talk about the differences in playing a left tackle or playing another position.
05:24Brandon played left tackle in 2024.
05:262024 played it very well, I felt, moved inside, and things didn't seem to work the same way.
05:31What is that?
05:32Like, some guys just can do it outside better than other guys do inside.
05:36Yeah, no, it's a little different.
05:39I mean, the caliber of player that you're playing, too, I mean, the body type is different.
05:44So, you know, I had to do it.
05:47I went from tackle to guard, and guard fit me better than tackle did, and, you know, and I stuck
05:53there.
05:54So, it just all depends, and then what system you're in, and there's all sorts of different factors that play
06:00into that.
06:01So, but for the most part, for him, he is very talented and gifted at the same time.
06:09So, I'm excited for his opportunity.
06:11What about the young guy playing next to you going into year two in Josh Connerly?
06:14Yeah, Josh has definitely elevated his game from a knowledge standpoint, especially.
06:21I mean, he's seeing things out there.
06:23He's calling out things.
06:24He's calling out, you know, if he sees pressure, and especially out there being in that island, you know,
06:31he's been doing a really good job holding his own.
06:33So, from a mental aspect of things, I think he's been doing really, really tremendous this camp.
06:40Talking with the 51st overall selection of the 2021 NFL Draft, Sam Cosme played his college ball at Texas.
06:49Listed.
06:50You're listed.
06:516'7", 309.
06:52How accurate is that?
06:54I would say I'm 6'6".
06:58I don't know if they got the 6'7".
07:00Maybe with the cleats.
07:02They're like, okay, cleats, that's an extra inch.
07:04And I'm 330 right now.
07:07Do you lose weight during the season?
07:09No.
07:10I'm pretty – I'm pretty – I feel like most of my body is muscle, so it's not like –
07:17I'm not burning a ton of muscle or doing anything like that.
07:20Like, guys, when they're doing a lot of cardio, they'll lose a lot of weight if they're burning a lot
07:24of fat.
07:26And so, I think from that perspective, I eat really well and a lot of food throughout this time, too,
07:33because I know how many calories I'm burning.
07:35What do you eat in a day?
07:36Like, what's the chicken breasts, eggs?
07:39Well, I mean, I typically eat whatever they got here right now.
07:42Well, but it's going to consist – like, last night, I mean, I had four chicken breasts and then a
07:51whole thing of, like, three big scoops of gnocchi and then some broccoli.
07:56But I'm a breakfast, lunch, and dinner guy.
07:59I don't eat snacks or anything like that, which I think helps a ton with just not putting on unnecessary
08:05weight.
08:06Sure.
08:07What does the addition of Steph Diggs do for this offense?
08:10Uh, he's – he's very explosive in the aspect of, like, his shiftiness.
08:15You know, he's been able to find – get wide open and, you know, he has a presence coming in
08:21immediately.
08:22You know, he's – he talks to the offense as soon as he would come in, like, tries to really
08:26build us up, especially if, like, you know, he's rotating in and we've already had, like, six plays and we're
08:32kind of tired.
08:32He's encouraging us to keep going, keep fighting, which has been a good – a good, you know, thing to
08:38see.
08:39But, yeah, he's been able to find those little areas to get open, you know, and, you know, he's very
08:45intelligent.
08:46You can tell he's – you know, when it comes to knowing, like, what spots is weak in coverages, just
08:55hearing him, like, talk to Terry has been pretty cool to see.
08:59Yeah, I've always said, like, Zach was that guy that found those open spaces.
09:03And now you have, like, a Steph and a Cheeg, two guys that can also do that.
09:07That thing – that'll be big for this offense.
09:09Huge.
09:09Yeah, big time.
09:11What do you think with Terry this year?
09:14Last year was such a cluster bleep, right, with the contract stuff and everything going on.
09:19How much different is just kind of the vibe around camp without any of that stuff kind of going on?
09:25I think it does help, you know, having your guys be out here battling with you.
09:32We know what type of person Terry is.
09:34Terry's an amazing human being, you know, but business is business, and we understood that as well.
09:40And so – but having him out here this year I think is just going to help tremendously with just
09:46going forward with our offense too.
09:49I mean, his presence, the leadership he is, like, everything about Terry.
09:53I mean, he's – you know, they always say, like, my receivers are sometimes prima donnas and just not him.
09:59He's a dude.
10:00He's a dude.
10:00He is.
10:01He's a great guy.
10:03Talking with Sam Cosby here, kind enough to join us in the tent.
10:06What do you think of the tent?
10:08You know?
10:08It's a tent.
10:09It's a tent.
10:11It's shade.
10:12We've got some AC in here.
10:13What do you think of my closet there?
10:14That's where I hang all my clothes.
10:15You know, I'm going to probably start adopting that for my cleats and stuff like that.
10:20It works.
10:20It stays dry up there.
10:22Yeah.
10:22It gets to a point in training camp where you're like, enough of this, let's play football.
10:27Have you hit that yet?
10:29I'm kind of right there.
10:31I've always thought training camp is a week, a week and a half too long.
10:38I kind of am tired of, I just want to go play.
10:41I don't really like preseason games.
10:43I think they're kind of a, they're good for younger guys.
10:46But for like guys like me, like I'm ready to go play ball, you know, like an actual game.
10:52Yeah.
10:52And so, but you know, it's good, good work throughout this time too.
10:57But I've always thought it's a, it's a week, a week too long.
11:01Well, dude, I don't know that you've looked at the calendar, but because Labor Day is as late as it
11:06possibly can be,
11:08you guys get week one in Philly is September 13th.
11:11Very late.
11:12By, by September 13th last year, you had already played the Eagles and the Packers.
11:17Yeah, it's crazy.
11:17It's crazy, right?
11:18And, and it's just, it's all still so far away and certainly it's coming and you need to work, but
11:24it's.
11:24Damn near a month.
11:25It's just this crazy, like, it's like a paradox.
11:29Why do you say that to me, Mitch?
11:31It feels like forever.
11:32I mean, I'm like ready to go and play Philadelphia.
11:35How do you, how do you maintain your motor then knowing how far away it is?
11:39You know, each and every day I just attack it.
11:43I have this like something about my head.
11:46Like I just like, I know I got to go to work.
11:48You know, I, I wake up, I got my two little babies, my wife, and like, this is work for
11:53me.
11:53Like this is, I gotta, I gotta protect Jaden.
11:57I gotta protect the, the, the person that's carrying the ball and that's how I, that's how I attack it.
12:01So if I, if I have that type of mentality coming to work and trying to get better, you know,
12:06it's, it's not like, oh my God.
12:07I, you know, just like, this is, these days are dragging on.
12:09No, this is work.
12:10This is, the work has to be done.
12:11Yeah.
12:12My, my kids are older than yours.
12:14But even for me in training camp, and I'm not physically exerting myself, but I gotta be here every day.
12:18These are long days, all that stuff.
12:20Is it, when you get home and get to be a dad, especially with a three-year-old running around
12:25like crazy, like how, how much harder is it?
12:29Or is that the escape you need?
12:30Um, to be honest with you, this year's, especially, um, I've learned the past two years, uh, I've, I have
12:37a really, really, really good routine.
12:39Um, especially with my sleep and then my supplements, my diet.
12:44And I really think it's been helping with my energy.
12:48And so by the time I get home, I'm not like super exhausted with years prior to.
12:54So like, I have a lot of energy just to, you know, put into my kids for bedtime.
12:59That's great.
12:59And, um, I think it's been a huge, tremendous thing just being a pro and just those aspects of, Hey,
13:06I'm being, I'm, I'm in bed by nine o'clock, you know, but I'm doing all my treatment stuff.
13:10The kids are dead in bed by seven, you know, like all those things that I have, I'm not, I
13:16don't waver with that.
13:18Um, I think it's just making my, my, that's why I also feel like I've been having a really good
13:22camp too.
13:23And my knee's been feeling good and everything like that.
13:25I've, I really attacked this off season as well, um, with that, that type of mentality.
13:29So, uh, it's, it's good to, it's good to like feel that and see that and, uh, be there for
13:35my kids, especially being like two years removed from your surgery.
13:38How much better do you feel now in this game?
13:41I feel, I feel really good.
13:43I'm excited.
13:43Uh, last year was, was kind of, you know, coming back from a major injury like that.
13:48And like, I came back and I ate in a half months.
13:51Um, it, it, it was, um, you were hurting that.
13:55I mean, just seeing you in the locker room, like, yeah, I saw it, you know, it was, it wasn't,
14:00it wasn't, it wasn't easy.
14:01I was playing those nine games.
14:03Um, but I wanted to fight for the guys and be there for the guys, um, because of the previous
14:07year, you know?
14:08And, um, you know, I, I wanted, I wanted to be part of the fight, uh, regardless of my knee.
14:14Um, but this year I feel, I feel like my old self, which I'm really excited about.
14:18We were talking about Trey Amos, uh, yesterday and like the injuries, the younger players who had that injury for
14:25the first time, veteran players, who's gone through it, the mental compared to the physical.
14:30So, how much mentally stronger do you think guys need to be to get to where they need to be?
14:35Yeah.
14:36Um, the mental aspect of things, uh, was a huge thing, especially like, I wouldn't say like my knee was
14:44a hundred percent.
14:45I mean, I don't really, I would say it was probably 80% coming back.
14:48Um, but like good enough to like be able to contribute to the team in a positive way.
14:54So, um, going out there and being like, it's, it's fight or flight type thing.
14:59So, it was like, I'm going to fight my ass off to, to be the best version I can for
15:04the guys out there.
15:05So, that was just my mentality.
15:06I mean, it was hard.
15:07Probably one of the hardest things I've ever gone through for my career.
15:11Definitely the hardest things.
15:12But also, I learned so much from it too.
15:14You know, I took away so many things from it.
15:17Um, and like, I'm, I'm, I'm grateful to the game.
15:20Cause in, in, in a split second, it could be taken away from you.
15:24Um, and so for me, like, I just have a different mentality about it, you know?
15:29So, uh.
15:29Come out the other side, it's going to impact you, right?
15:31For sure.
15:32Yeah.
15:32Totally.
15:33Totally.
15:33Um, you still cold plunging?
15:34Yeah.
15:35Every morning?
15:35Or when do you do it?
15:36Uh, I, I do it periodically throughout the night.
15:39Like, well, not throughout the night, but like every other night or something like that.
15:43Like.
15:43Like, he sets it cold too.
15:44Don't you set it at like 40?
15:46Yeah.
15:46Yeah.
15:47That's cold, dude.
15:48Yeah.
15:49I like it like a 48.
15:50It worked though.
15:51It does.
15:51I mean, it works.
15:52Inflammation, it's so good.
15:53Uh, especially like after games.
15:55Like, I've gotten in that thing like 3 a.m.
15:58When we were like late games.
15:59Just like, cause it just does wonders waking up the next day.
16:03Like, you don't feel as sore.
16:05Um.
16:05Um, but that's just me.
16:07I mean, there's science behind other stuff.
16:08And like, to be honest with you, like, we have machines in, in the training room that
16:14they do to me.
16:15And like, I don't really, I just like thumbs up.
16:17I think that's working.
16:18You know, like, like, I don't, I don't know.
16:21I have no idea.
16:22But yeah.
16:23So I was talking with Mitch Tischler standing behind you on the sideline today.
16:26I think you've been, to me, the most standout lineman throughout camp.
16:31But how good does it feel to be trending like that towards the season?
16:35Uh, I mean, to be honest with you, like, that's the standard I should be sending to
16:40myself.
16:41Um, you know, AP and DQ believed in me and gave me an extension.
16:46And for me, that just only drives to prove that every year that I'm worth that, you know?
16:53Um, so I should be doing my job.
16:56Again, that's my job.
16:57Right.
16:58Um, and, and I'm, I'm trying my hardest each and every day.
17:01Every day to, to, to be the best guard in the league, which I, I believe they believed
17:06in me to, to do that.
17:07So, um, that's good that, you know, people have been able to see that and do that.
17:11But at the end of the day, I'm gonna do my job.
17:14Right.
17:14Right.
17:15Um, give Sam a follow on Instagram at Sam Cosby.
17:18What's your TikTok?
17:19I don't have a TikTok.
17:20You don't?
17:20No, I'm not social media.
17:22So you can, you have a burner TikTok.
17:24You've told me that you, you've learned news from my TikTok.
17:28You've told me that.
17:28I do have a TikTok, but it's like, it's a burner.
17:30Yeah, it's just, there's no.
17:32You want to find out information, you ain't giving nobody nothing.
17:34No.
17:35There's nothing on there.
17:36I just look at stuff.
17:37So it's, it's, it's, it's, there's no, I'm not going to do no dances or anything like
17:41that.
17:42If you did one.
17:43If you did one, it'd be incredible.
17:46It would, but.
17:47Listen, if you'll do one, I'll do it with you.
17:50I'm not a dancer.
17:51Yeah.
17:52At all.
17:52B, you in on the three of us doing a TikTok dance?
17:55Yeah.
17:56Let's do this.
17:57It'd be funny as hell.
17:58It's got to be on your page.
17:59All right.
18:00I'll post it.
18:00No problem.
18:01Now, I've never done a TikTok dance.
18:03I don't know where you find them, but we'll, we won't do this till after preseason.
18:09Yeah.
18:09Yeah.
18:10I see.
18:10I, I, you got to find the dances because I'm not, I'm not a dancer.
18:13Derek's over there doing one.
18:14Derek, show us.
18:15There we go.
18:16Yeah.
18:17Uh-huh.
18:18Yeah.
18:19Oh, you've been very kind with your time.
18:21Are you going to be back on with us during the season?
18:22I know that's probably a business thing, but we'd love to have you.
18:25Yeah, of course.
18:25I would love to, if you guys wanted me to come back.
18:28That was fun.
18:28That was a lot of fun.
18:30Are you excited to go to London?
18:31I don't think I've talked to you about that yet.
18:33Are those games tough for you guys?
18:36Madrid was like, it was, they're not, yeah.
18:41Uh, you know, like you go there, it's not America.
18:44They don't got AC, so like I had to keep my door open to the balcony.
18:49Your hotel didn't have air conditioning?
18:51No, I did.
18:51It was not, not, not like America, dude.
18:54Like I get in that, I get in that hotel, it's at 65, you know, like that thing is.
18:59You can't get ice for a drink.
19:01It drives me crazy.
19:02Yeah.
19:02I just want a Diet Coke.
19:04One, they don't even have Diet Coke.
19:05Yeah.
19:05And two, pour it over ice because everything's warm.
19:08Yeah.
19:08You know, it's, it's, it was, it was beautiful.
19:12Madrid was beautiful.
19:13Everything was awesome when it came to that.
19:15But like even the, they put us in the JV or the junior locker room and like, you know,
19:21guys had their stuff, not in cubbies.
19:23We're like just one bench.
19:24So we're like cheek to cheek, you know what I'm saying?
19:28When we, when we came in, when we came in after, when you moved, like, hey man.
19:33Yeah, yeah, exactly.
19:34Like that's exactly how it was.
19:35That locker room was tiny.
19:36Yeah.
19:37I don't know if you, you remember this, but like, you know, the media comes in the locker
19:41room after the game.
19:42We started to come in and then realize like there is no space.
19:46That's, you got, Jared had to bring you guys out to talk to us, which I'm sure you were
19:50thrilled about.
19:50Yeah.
19:51Well, I think, think this little tent right here, maybe like a little bit more putting
19:55the D line, the O line and the linebackers in, uh, for the practice facility locker room
20:01and like the shower heads were for the juniors.
20:04So like they weren't up here.
20:05They were right here to your chest.
20:07So like we had to like duck down to like try to get the water on us to, to even
20:12take
20:12a shower.
20:12I'm going to guess.
20:13Well, you know what?
20:14I, I, I kind of, I'm feeling sorry for you right now.
20:17Cause I think when we went to, to, uh, London, we played a preseason game there in
20:2119, Ooh Lord, 92.
20:24Yeah.
20:24And I got in the room and I was like, this is tiny.
20:28Yeah.
20:28Yeah.
20:30I'm not big.
20:31Yeah.
20:32Like you are.
20:33We're like furnaces.
20:34The bathroom, the tubs was super, super small showers.
20:37Yeah.
20:38I'm hoping since, you know, London's been a thing, so many games that they're for us
20:43it was Madrid's first time, you know?
20:45So like with grace, you know, they, they, they were doing their thing.
20:49So, but London, I'm hoping they have their ducks in a row.
20:53I've worked, the skins played in London 10 years ago.
20:58Now, I think it was, it was, they played the Bengals to a tie.
21:01It was, it was a wild game.
21:03But when, when I was there for that game, they were building the stadium you guys are
21:09going to play in where Tottenham plays and we took a tour of it and they were telling
21:12us we're building this out to NFL specifications.
21:15So I don't know where you guys are going to practice, but I'm going to bet.
21:18Yeah, that's the, that's the stadium.
21:19I'm talking about the hotel room.
21:20Right, right, right, right.
21:21London, LA.
21:22You say your wife's 6'3".
21:23Yeah.
21:24You need some space.
21:25You need that, that, that shower to be a little taller.
21:29I'm saying.
21:30How tall is the shower at your home?
21:32Did you get it custom?
21:33No, it's just, it's just about tall as this tent right here.
21:37Do you still have to duck down to like wash your hair?
21:38No, it's one of those glass doors that you go through and do that, like, it's good, like.
21:42Good.
21:42Don't worry.
21:43You deserve a good shower.
21:44Yeah, I made sure I had a shower I could fit in.
21:47Dude, thank you for the time.
21:48Of course.
21:48I appreciate it.
21:49Always fun to talk to you.
21:50Thanks, Sammy.
21:50The great Sam Cosby.
21:52Give him a follow on his burner account on TikTok that doesn't exist.
21:55Thank you for joining us, dude.
21:57Thanks, guys.