It’s been a busy offseason for Washington, hiring a new general manager, picking up the quarterback’s contract option and drafting 10 college players. So busy, perhaps, one could almost forget that defensive coordinator Jim Haslett has been replaced by Joe Barry, a respected coach who many fans wouldn’t recognize if they were sitting beside one another on a plane. So much of this coming season rests on what Barry gets out of his newly beefed-up unit, and yet we’ve hardly heard him speak.

There’s a trove of licensed and distributed video that we rarely dig into, because we’re usually so wrapped up in our own reporting and photography and video. But now that the slow part of the offseason is here, there’s time to dig in that trove, and occasionally I unearth something cool and worth sharing.

Here, via CSN Washington, Barry and Larry Michael banter about the new infusion of talent on the defensive line, the work habits of Stephen Paea and Ryan Kerrigan, and how to compare what players are learning in college to the complexity of the pro game. You’ll learn how to properly pronounce Ricky Jean-Francois, how excited offensive line draft pick Brandon Scherff makes the defensive side of the ball, and how likely it is we’ll see outside linebackers Preston Smith, Trent Murphy and Kerrigan on the field together. Pretty much, except for some awkward remarks about the restrooms and humidity in Ashburn, it’s worth watching. If nothing else, afterward, you’ll get a feel for how the new defensive coordinator speaks.

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