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Top 3 Issues Washington Commanders Need to Resolve in Training Camp
The Washington Commanders will open training camp under a whole different light than we’ve seen in recent years.
Sure, we’ve seen excitement surrounding the Commanders before, and last year’s fan attendance at training camp proved that. But this year’s excitement is different because as much hope as there is that this year will be better, finally, the longterm future looks brighter than ever.
Some of that has to do with what’s going on off the field, certainly, but there’s a lot of good happening in the Washington locker room as well.
Still, there are three issues the Commanders need to resolve in training camp before they can fully hit high gear on an exciting 2024 campaign.
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“Rookie Brandon Coleman and veteran Cornelius Lucas figure to be the main two candidates fighting for the left tackle spot, and Washington will need to figure out which guy is right for the job before it can truly prepare for the regular season.”
The foundation of any home is hardly ever noticed if it’s solid. It’s when the thing crumbles and cracks that it gets paid the most attention.
Similarly, the offensive line is the platform which the entire offense leaps off of or collapses on top of.
This year the unit will once again have three new starters. Center Tyler Biadasz joins right guard Sam Cosmi and right tackle Andrew Wylie, but the left side is a near-complete mystery.
We assume left guard Nick Allegretti will eventually win that job, but the left tackle position is up in the air.
Rookie Brandon Coleman and veteran Cornelius Lucas figure to be the main two candidates fighting for the left tackle spot, and Washington will need to figure out which guy is right for the job before it can truly prepare for the regular season.
Will it be second-year player Emmanuel Forbes or veteran free agent Michael Davis? That’s the presumed contest and Benjamin St-Juste appears to have his job all but locked up at this point. Though these things can turn on a dime sometimes.
Forbes struggled mightily in his rookie season but many chalk that up to poor coaching as much as they do his inability to physically match some of the best receivers in the NFL.
That weight Forbes is feeling on his shoulders entering his second training camp is his future in the league as many have already noted him down as the loser in this battle.
After fielding the worst secondary in the NFL last year the Commanders figure they’ve upgraded the unit with free agent Jeremy Chinn and by putting Quan Martin at free safety full-time (at least as full-time as he can be through OTAs and minicamp). Now they’re looking for a rebound by St-Juste, a boost from rookie slot corner Mike Sainristil, and either a resurgence by Forbes or a replacement in Davis.
Daniels himself is not an issue. He’s been nothing less than stellar since getting drafted No. 2 overall in April.
The question – and issue – is, how much risk do you take with your franchise rookie?
Legendary quarterback Joe Theismann says none. Don’t play him one snap in a preseason contest, he says.
Others, however, believe the rookie needs as many reps as possible.
Then there’s the middle who want to lean on joint practices for the best in-game experience without the risk and little-to-no full contact potential before the regular season.
There’s no right answer, really, only the one that will be criticized or praised through the unfair lens of hindsight when Daniels thrives or struggles. Still, it’s an issue coach Dan Quinn and his staff have to figure out.
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Trinity Rodman signs record deal with Washington Spirit
USWNT forward Trinity Rodman signed a three-year deal with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. The deal makes Rodman the highest-paid female footballer in the world.
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Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July.
The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field.
Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, midfielder Andi Sullivan and forward Ashley Hatch.
Sullivan gave birth to daughter Millie in July, while Hatch welcomed her son Leo in January.
Krueger announced she was pregnant with her second child in October.
Kingsbury has served as the Spirit’s starting goalkeeper since 2018, and has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year twice (2019 and 2021).
The 34-year-old has two caps with the U.S. women’s national team, and was named to the 2023 World Cup roster.
The club captain will leave a major void for the Spirit, who have finished as NWSL runner-up in back-to-back seasons.
Sandy MacIver and Kaylie Collins are expected to compete for the starting role while Kingsbury is on maternity leave.
The Spirit kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13 against the Portland Thorns.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima could soon take a major step toward redesigning Sixth Avenue after the Washington State Public Works Board awarded the city a $985,600 loan.
The loan was approved for the design engineering phase of the Sixth Avenue project. The funding can also be used along Sixth Avenue for utility replacement and updated ADA use.
The Yakima City Council must decide whether to accept the award. If the council accepts it, the city’s engineering work will move forward with the design of Sixth Avenue.
The cost of installing trolley lines is excluded from the plan. The historic trolleys would need to raise the funds required to add trolley lines.
The award is scheduled to be discussed during next week’s City Council meeting.
Microsoft will ramp up its investment in the University of Washington.
Brad Smith, the company’s president, made the announcement at a press conference with University of Washington President Robert Jones on Tuesday.
That means hiring more UW graduates as interns at Microsoft, he said.
And he said all students, faculty, and researchers should have access to free, or at least deeply-discounted, AI.
“ Some of it is compute that Microsoft is donating, and some of it is pursuant to an agreement where, believe me, we give the University of Washington probably the best pricing that anybody’s gonna find anywhere,” Smith said. He assured the small group of reporters present that it would be “many millions of dollars of additional computational resources.”
The announcement today didn’t include any specific numbers.
But Smith said Microsoft has already invested $165 million in the UW over several decades.
He pointed to Jones’ vision to spur “radical collaborations with businesses and communities to advance positive change,” and eliminate “any artificial barriers between the university and the communities it serves.”
Microsoft’s goal is for AI to help UW researchers solve some of the world’s biggest problems without introducing new ones.
At Tuesday’s announcement, several research students were present to demonstrate how AI supports their work.
Amelia Keyser-Gibson is an environmental scientist at the UW. She’s using AI to analyze photographs of vines, to find which adapt best to climate change.
It’s a paradox: AI produces carbon emissions. At the same time, it’s also a new tool to help reduce them.
So how do those things square for Keyser-Gibson?
“ That’s a great question, and honestly, I don’t know the answer to that,” she said. “I’m highly aware that there’s a lot of environmental impact of using AI, but what I can say is that this has allowed us to make research innovations that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.”
“If we had had to manually annotate every single image that would’ve been an undergrad doing that for hours,” Keyser-Gibson continued. “And we didn’t have the budget. We didn’t have the manpower to do that.”
“AI exists. If we don’t use it as researchers, we’re gonna fall behind.”
Microsoft reports on its own carbon emissions. But like most AI companies, it doesn’t reveal everything.
That’s one reason another UW student named Zhihan Zhang is using AI to estimate how much energy AI is using.
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