{"id":853912,"date":"2026-04-04T20:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:58:16","slug":"jesse-minter-explains-what-sparked-odafe-owehs-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853912\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Minter explains what sparked Odafe Oweh&#8217;s turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Minter explains what sparked Odafe Oweh&#8217;s turnaround<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/>Jesse Minter shares insight on what clicked for Odafe Oweh after his move to the Chargers before eventually landing with the Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>April 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At the Annual Owners Meetings,\u00a0Jesse Minter\u00a0met with the media and was asked what clicked for\u00a0Odafe Oweh\u00a0after the former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ravens<\/a> first-round pick landed with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>\u00a0before eventually <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/03\/09\/commanders-sign-odafe-oweh-four-year-100-million-contract\/89071838007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing a free agent deal<\/a> with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/washington-commanders\/363\" data-autotag=\"a4fb178e-5fd0-440a-8a7b-b87aea742850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Washington Commanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">I think No. 1, [Odafe Oweh] knew that it was kind of the clock was ticking. It&#8217;s a contract year for him. He gets traded. There was a little bit of that fresh start; it kind of gave him a new life, I would say, just going to a new place. We connected really well, and I think we had a lot of confidence in how we were trying to use him. We tried to breed confidence into him and his ability as a pass rusher and his ability to impact the game. I am very happy for him, very proud of him, and I think Washington got a good player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Minter&#8217;s comments highlight how much a change of scenery can impact a player&#8217;s mindset and production. For Oweh, the reset in Los Angeles helped him unlock his confidence before he continued his journey in Washington. It&#8217;s also a reminder that development isn&#8217;t always linear\u2014and that the right fit at the right time can make all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 ravenswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse Minter explains what sparked Odafe Oweh&#8217;s turnaroundJesse Minter shares insight on what clicked for Odafe Oweh after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,96963,96964,95882,95898,96162,97085,97641,95906,96071,95883,96006,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-853912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflravens","17":"tag-sstsnravens","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","20":"tag-taglos-angeles","21":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","22":"tag-tagodafe-oweh","23":"tag-tagoverall-positive","24":"tag-tagsmg-timely","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-tagwashington-commanders","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}