Brian Mitchell is Excited About Johnny Newton's Return

Brian Mitchell is excited that Johnny Newton is finally healthy and the Commanders can finally see what he can do on the defensive line.

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00:00Think the young man is ready to go

00:02John Allen and Duran painting looks up to them and I expect him to get out there and become a vital part of this

00:08Defense listen, they didn't drop that kid right where they did because they thought he couldn't play

00:14You know, he was able he dropped down because of the injury

00:18Everyone had a first-round grade on Johnny Newton, and I think that's the thing with Adam Peters

00:22He understands how to make those moves and Dan Quinn loves aggressive defensive players

00:28This young man is very very aggressive and

00:32When we looked at the defense last year, it was a combination of things

00:36We didn't get enough pressure on the quarterback whether be it from the end or up the middle

00:41I think Johnny Newton could help with that some you know

00:44Duran paying that John Allen are two guys that have played extremely well, but they can't play the whole damn game

00:50So you need to have some level of backups for him Ridgeway as a guy who Jeff loves and you know Ridgeway

00:56If he's if he's still around he can play for Darian madness

00:59This is a big as a show me a year for him if he can't get much done this year

01:03He might be on his way because two years have been obviously

01:09Limited by injuries and when you keep getting injured in football, you don't hang around

01:14It's a cutthroat business

01:15And I think he has to understand that the little saying you can't make the club in the tub

01:19If you're a constant the tub, you know, I have a team win. So that's why they went out then

01:23I think that's part of the reason why they drafted a young man so high