ASHBURN, Va. -- It's been said that everyone on the Washington Commanders roster is a rookie of sorts this season as every player is learning a new scheme - or style - or playing football this year.
You wouldn't know it's his first year leading the room, however, by watching him and his high-energy style of coaching on the Commanders practice field. "I'm going to be the same person every day. You need me to get you up, I'll get you up, I'll get you going with the energy. But that's just who I've always been.""That's always been me. Even when I was a player, I was always that same guy, just kind of bringing energy to the group. That energy can be contagious," coach Tapp says. "So as a player, it's something my guys set off of and it's still in the same role as the DLine coach now.
Offensive lineman Sam Cosmi commented earlier this offseason about the importance of feeling that a player's input is being respected and received. That the guys in the dirt, who are living the flow of the battle, have something to say about how the battleplans should be drawn, adjusted, and executed. But that respect is not always given.