JP and BMitch discuss the newest signings to the Commanders defense.
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00:00Let's talk about some of the folks you haven't talked that much about.
00:05Washington also announced the signing.
00:07We've talked a lot about Ken Law.
00:08We've talked a fair amount about Will Harris, I would say.
00:13Anybody remember Eddie Goldman?
00:16Friendship Collegiate Academy?
00:17Remember when that was humming?
00:20I don't know if that's still around, but for a brief period of time, Friendship Collegiate
00:25in D.C. was a straight-up football powerhouse.
00:30Goes to Florida State.
00:32I think it was Eddie Goldman.
00:34I'm trying to remember.
00:35At one point, I remember somebody had this great line about Florida State playing Maryland
00:40and kind of making fun of Maryland, and it was a DMV native, but I don't remember if
00:45it was Goldman.
00:46Second-round pick by the Bears back in 2015.
00:54In the last four seasons, depending on how long you want to go here, B, Goldman started
01:00his NFL career fairly durable.
01:03Missed a bunch of time his second season, but most of the time he was playing.
01:07Just kind of a rotational piece, nose tackle, D tackle on some pretty good Bears defenses.
01:17In 2020, he didn't play, opted out for COVID.
01:21Bears were allowed to opt out, so he opted out.
01:25He played in 21, played 14 games.
01:28He retired in 22.
01:31He was out of the league in 23.
01:34Last year, he was back with the Falcons, played 17 games.
01:39It's not a ton of snaps.
01:43This one's interesting because it's a young man coming back to his hometown.
01:48I don't know what you're getting here.
01:49Well, I think you got to get 90 people, and you don't know when you go into camp, you
01:56need bodies in camp, and also some people, the light bulb goes off, like, I don't be
02:02around here.
02:03I better start doing something different or better.
02:05You never know.
02:07I think that's someone where you say, we're going to go, take this risk, take this risk.
02:11Every once in a while, you sign some risky dudes, but it's not a high risk.
02:17Yeah, imagine the risk involved here is a minimum contract.
02:21Now, it's a veteran minimum, and he's got seven years in the league, so that'll cost
02:26you a little bit, but nothing substantial.
02:30One thing that's interesting, he's listed 6'3", 330.
02:37That's a big boy.
02:40In his Bears days, he was listed as a nose tackle, as like a true nose.
02:48They haven't had that type of player, like a truly kind of space eater dude, maybe Sheldon
02:57Day a little bit, and maybe that's why he ended up helping them last season.
03:06Sheldon Day's a lot skinnier, but I just, I do think it's interesting as we watch these
03:12signings and say what you want about Kinlaw, there's lots of things, right?
03:18But clearly, they're trying to build out what they want now, and I don't want to at all
03:26overhype an Eddie Goldman signing.
03:28This is a specific dude with a specific purpose on a football field.