1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The 2 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: Commanders dropped their first division matchup at the season and 3 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Santana Moss and Logan 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: Paulson joined me to break down Washington's Week three matchup. 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: There is still plenty of football to be played here, 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: but it was the second straight week that Washington was 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: totally shut out of that first half, the offense could 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: not get anything going. I mean, just fifty total yards 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: in the first half and nothing to show for it. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: What do they need to do, Logan to sustain drives? 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: I think that's a million dollar question. I think it 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: comes down to early down execution. When you look at 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: how they performed on first second down, especially in this ballgame, 14 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: they just did not do a good enough job. And 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: then when you get into those third log situations, that's 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: when that pressure comes. That's when that defensive line can 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: eat and no one wants to be pass protecting a 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: third and tenth situation, right, So can we get better 19 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: execution on first second down? Obviously there was a bright 20 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: spot in the offense with ag running the football, but 21 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: they need more in terms of quick game screens. Can 22 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: they get to those touches for some of those space players. 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: That's what needs to happen to get this off and sticking. 24 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: I think to some everything that logan just said, every 25 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: man's got to do their job, you know, at the 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: end of the day, beat the guy in front of 27 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: you and less execute. And I think when you watch 28 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: that game, he saw a lot of that going on 29 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: early and you can point out different spots where key 30 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: guys didn't do enough of their job for us to 31 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: be successful. And I think that's a great point, Like 32 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: they it wasn't like one guy made a disastrous mistake. 33 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: It's like everyone took a turn making a mistake, running 34 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: the wrong route, not getting the past protection right, holding 35 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: the ball too long, maybe a bad play call here 36 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: and there, So that all needs to go by the wayside. 37 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: They need to get on the same page and then 38 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: you start executing better. When I hear that, it's a 39 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: little confusing because you would think at this point guys 40 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: know how to do their job and where they're supposed 41 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: to be. But you have nine sacks as well in 42 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: this game, and if you want to point the finger 43 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: to where that falls, I think we're saying it's not 44 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: just one guy, it's a lot of different guys not 45 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: necessarily doing their job right. So what happens on those 46 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: nice sacks, Well, I think it just depends. Like you 47 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: look at the first sackets, I think you know, Leno 48 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: has been uber consistent, you know, and the one bloomshone 49 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: is is the sack Josh Sweat just beats him. Right. 50 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: Then you go down to the ticker and you say, 51 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: the next play, Carson Wentz holds the football too long, 52 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: or maybe the play call isn't quite right, or maybe 53 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: in this third and ten situation, Scott Turner's not helping 54 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: out with chip chip protection, or maybe the concepts too deep. 55 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: So I think that's what people need to understand. Pass 56 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: protection in the l NFL is a complicated, nuanced thing. 57 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: That's not just one person, not just five guys. It's 58 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: a team. Statistic receivers running the right routes, receivers not 59 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: getting up through the time of the play, all those 60 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: things contribute. Yeah, And then then playing the Eagles, you 61 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: would you would have hope Carson would had a better out, 62 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: and just knowing that this his former team, all the 63 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: hooplaud that was going on around his game lead up 64 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: until the game. But for some of our reason, those 65 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: guys was more ready than he was. No, they came ready. 66 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: They had billboards up saying we're coming for the person. 67 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: But it's not easy to have to address, you know, 68 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: I had to interview him after the game. It's not 69 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: easy for that becauseas look, I've just got to do better, 70 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: And of course every player probably would say that as well. 71 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: Even defensively, there were some bright spots, but they just 72 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: still once again gave up one too many big play Santana, 73 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: Yeah they did. But man, look I said again, you know, 74 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: I tipped my head off to Can Fuller and Saint Juice. 75 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: I think those guys play a great game collectively. You know, 76 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: the defense went out dan and flew around and made 77 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: a lot of plays that you might not see when 78 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: it comes to score and call them. You know, I 79 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: understand we want to see our defense played better. I 80 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: undersee one. I understand we want to see teams not 81 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: score as much. But when you don't have the other 82 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: side plan up to their level of play, then it 83 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: puts too much on the defense. And we've already been 84 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: harping on them already earlier this year. To me, I 85 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: think that was their best their best game this year, 86 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: and it don't show that way because we lost twenty 87 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: four eight. Yeah. I mean if you would have told 88 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: me that they would only score twenty four points to 89 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: the Philadelphiagles and we would lose the game, I'd be 90 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: like something happened with the offense, and that's exactly what happened. 91 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: Benjamin Saint Jews proved to be a bright spot for 92 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: the Commander's defense, recording three solo tackles in three passes defended. 93 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: London Fletcher and I spoke with the cornerback post game. 94 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: You yourself getting there to start on the outside when 95 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: William Jackson third can't go. When we saw you a 96 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: couple of times doing that double lock signature move of 97 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: your owns, when did you realize in how what prep 98 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: kind of went into you kind of taking over the 99 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: outside for him in the game. I mean that just 100 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: goes with the verse facility that I have. I started 101 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: a corner like last year, so I mean I still 102 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: study the outside and in so I just in case 103 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: things like that happened, so I can go on the 104 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: outside and it's you know, there's no pressure. I'm I'm good. 105 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: So um, it was like, uh, it was it was 106 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: nothing new to me. So it was I was already 107 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: ready to go go on outside if I needed to. 108 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: You mentioned going on the outside, studying outside of the cornerback. 109 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: Were you able to study kind of the A. J. 110 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: Brown and the routes that he'd like to run, knowing that, hey, 111 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: a lot of times you might be rep match type 112 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: with him or even um DeVante Smith knowing, hey, studying 113 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: those guys on the outside because it's a different type 114 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: of routes you get playing the slide as opposed to 115 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: being outside. Oh yeah, definitely. I mean we we knew 116 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: certain formation that they were gonna run like certain from 117 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: certain routes. Uh, and that definitely helped. Having guys like 118 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: Kendall Fuller. That's that's very smart. Um, he's letting me know, 119 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: you know, when certain routes are coming up, some formation 120 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: is coming up. But yeah, like you said, I do 121 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: need to kind of like switch my mind because I'm 122 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: so used to like playing the so so now I 123 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: gotta think about you know, sin Rose to coon out 124 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: like what they run on the outside. For all of 125 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: your news and analysis, be sure to tune into Command 126 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 1: Center weeknights at five thirty and ten pm on NBC 127 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Sports Washington. You can also stream on YouTube and commanders 128 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: dot com.