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Commanders Minicamp Day 3: Takeaways, Clips, and Roster Highlights From June 18 - Ashburn Notebook

The Ashburn Notebook: Day 3 of Mandatory minicamp. From field drills and player rotations to video clips and player pressers, here is everything you need to know from Day 3.
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Washington Commanders tight end Colson Yankoff brings in a pass at mandatory minicamp in Ashburn, Virginia Thursday.
Washington Commanders tight end Colson Yankoff brings in a pass at mandatory minicamp in Ashburn, Virginia Thursday. | HTTR4LIFE LLC (screenshot)

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The Washington Commanders were back at it again on Thursday at Ashburn, Virginia, for the final day of mandatory minicamp. The team worked through practice with head coach Dan Quinn talking to the media afterward. Washington officially wrapped up their offseason program and will now take a break before returning to training camp in late July.

Live Tweets From Commanders Mandatory Minicamp:

Press Conferences

Top Player & Coaches Quotes


Bill Croskey-Merritt on Jayden Daniels being under center more

“I feel like, as a running back, you can see things before they happen. I feel like it’s better than being in gun, personally. You get to see things before they happen, and I feel like it’s a great thing for the running backs.”


Bill Croskey-Merritt on Rashad White

“Rashad, he’s been a great teammate. He’s very smooth catching the ball, so I’m gaining knowledge from Rashad with the receiving stuff. He’s been open arms to me and teaching me how he does it, how he moves. It’s been a blessing for him to come be in the backfield with me.”


Jayden Daniels on Working Under Center This Spring

“It’s just giving different variations and variety. Different formations, run, play action, either that’s in the gun, wide zone, inside zone, mid zone, things like that. It just opens up a lot more things that we have to go out there and give. And then from there, we just keep learning, keep building from there, and get better in training camp when the time comes.”


Jayden Daniels on Playing in a Tight End-Friendly Offense

“Get them the ball and let them do their thing. I mean, that’s as a quarterback, kind of like a point guard. You got to make sure everybody’s going the right way, and then when it’s time, get your playmakers the ball and let them go out there and do what they do.”


Jayden Daniels on Playing With Chig

“Chig’s been fun, man. His personality shows a lot. It’s pretty awesome. He’s a very good locker room guy, and then out there on the field, man, you can see him with his speed and everything. Give him the ball in space, man, he can make a lot happen.”


Jayden Daniels on Moving Past Last Season

“I’m done talking about last year. Last year is last year. Moving on to this season, and whatever happened last year is what happened last year. Can’t do anything for me but just continue to get better.”

Antonio Williams on his relationship with Terry McLaurin

“A lot. I think I just try to take at least one thing every day. I like to watch everybody going through individual drills and, even when we’re in team, just seeing how he manipulates a defender, then asking him about it and stuff like that.”

“He’s been an open book and really been trying to help me, so I appreciate him for that.”

Leo Chenal on What Makes the Scheme Linebacker-Friendly

“In the pass game, we drop back a lot of time in a lot of different defenses, and it works for them. A lot of our match zones, or a lot of our coverages here, allow us to really get back to where we’re supposed to be, see routes, but be able to look back at the quarterback and break on where he’s throwing. We get more hats to the ball, more opportunity to make big plays. In the run game, really just being able to flow off the path of the running back’s shoulders.”

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Philip Hughes covers the Washington Commanders with a focus on daily news, film analysis, roster construction, player development, and the fan culture surrounding one of the NFL’s most scrutinized teams. A longtime sports writer and content creator, Hughes has spent more than 20 years building football audiences across the interwebs and following the daily beat of the NFC East. email: hailbng+si@gmail.com

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