WEBVTT - Week 3 Wrap-Up | Episode 43

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The

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<v Speaker 1>Commanders dropped their first division matchup at the season and

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Santana Moss and Logan

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<v Speaker 1>Paulson joined me to break down Washington's Week three matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>There is still plenty of football to be played here,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was the second straight week that Washington was

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<v Speaker 1>totally shut out of that first half, the offense could

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<v Speaker 1>not get anything going. I mean, just fifty total yards

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<v Speaker 1>in the first half and nothing to show for it.

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<v Speaker 1>What do they need to do, Logan to sustain drives?

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's a million dollar question. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>comes down to early down execution. When you look at

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<v Speaker 1>how they performed on first second down, especially in this ballgame,

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<v Speaker 1>they just did not do a good enough job. And

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<v Speaker 1>then when you get into those third log situations, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when that pressure comes. That's when that defensive line can

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<v Speaker 1>eat and no one wants to be pass protecting a

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<v Speaker 1>third and tenth situation, right, So can we get better

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<v Speaker 1>execution on first second down? Obviously there was a bright

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<v Speaker 1>spot in the offense with ag running the football, but

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<v Speaker 1>they need more in terms of quick game screens. Can

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<v Speaker 1>they get to those touches for some of those space players.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what needs to happen to get this off and sticking.

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<v Speaker 1>I think to some everything that logan just said, every

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<v Speaker 1>man's got to do their job, you know, at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, beat the guy in front of

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<v Speaker 1>you and less execute. And I think when you watch

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<v Speaker 1>that game, he saw a lot of that going on

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<v Speaker 1>early and you can point out different spots where key

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<v Speaker 1>guys didn't do enough of their job for us to

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<v Speaker 1>be successful. And I think that's a great point, Like

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<v Speaker 1>they it wasn't like one guy made a disastrous mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like everyone took a turn making a mistake, running

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong route, not getting the past protection right, holding

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<v Speaker 1>the ball too long, maybe a bad play call here

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<v Speaker 1>and there, So that all needs to go by the wayside.

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<v Speaker 1>They need to get on the same page and then

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<v Speaker 1>you start executing better. When I hear that, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>little confusing because you would think at this point guys

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<v Speaker 1>know how to do their job and where they're supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be. But you have nine sacks as well in

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<v Speaker 1>this game, and if you want to point the finger

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<v Speaker 1>to where that falls, I think we're saying it's not

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<v Speaker 1>just one guy, it's a lot of different guys not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily doing their job right. So what happens on those

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<v Speaker 1>nice sacks, Well, I think it just depends. Like you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the first sackets, I think you know, Leno

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<v Speaker 1>has been uber consistent, you know, and the one bloomshone

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<v Speaker 1>is is the sack Josh Sweat just beats him. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you go down to the ticker and you say,

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<v Speaker 1>the next play, Carson Wentz holds the football too long,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe the play call isn't quite right, or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>in this third and ten situation, Scott Turner's not helping

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<v Speaker 1>out with chip chip protection, or maybe the concepts too deep.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that's what people need to understand. Pass

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<v Speaker 1>protection in the l NFL is a complicated, nuanced thing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not just one person, not just five guys. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a team. Statistic receivers running the right routes, receivers not

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<v Speaker 1>getting up through the time of the play, all those

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<v Speaker 1>things contribute. Yeah, And then then playing the Eagles, you

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<v Speaker 1>would you would have hope Carson would had a better out,

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<v Speaker 1>and just knowing that this his former team, all the

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<v Speaker 1>hooplaud that was going on around his game lead up

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<v Speaker 1>until the game. But for some of our reason, those

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<v Speaker 1>guys was more ready than he was. No, they came ready.

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<v Speaker 1>They had billboards up saying we're coming for the person.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's not easy to have to address, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to interview him after the game. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>easy for that becauseas look, I've just got to do better,

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<v Speaker 1>And of course every player probably would say that as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Even defensively, there were some bright spots, but they just

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<v Speaker 1>still once again gave up one too many big play Santana,

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah they did. But man, look I said again, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I tipped my head off to Can Fuller and Saint Juice.

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<v Speaker 1>I think those guys play a great game collectively. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the defense went out dan and flew around and made

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of plays that you might not see when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to score and call them. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>understand we want to see our defense played better. I

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<v Speaker 1>undersee one. I understand we want to see teams not

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<v Speaker 1>score as much. But when you don't have the other

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<v Speaker 1>side plan up to their level of play, then it

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<v Speaker 1>puts too much on the defense. And we've already been

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<v Speaker 1>harping on them already earlier this year. To me, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that was their best their best game this year,

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<v Speaker 1>and it don't show that way because we lost twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four eight. Yeah. I mean if you would have told

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<v Speaker 1>me that they would only score twenty four points to

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<v Speaker 1>the Philadelphiagles and we would lose the game, I'd be

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<v Speaker 1>like something happened with the offense, and that's exactly what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Benjamin Saint Jews proved to be a bright spot for

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<v Speaker 1>the Commander's defense, recording three solo tackles in three passes defended.

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<v Speaker 1>London Fletcher and I spoke with the cornerback post game.

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<v Speaker 1>You yourself getting there to start on the outside when

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<v Speaker 1>William Jackson third can't go. When we saw you a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times doing that double lock signature move of

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<v Speaker 1>your owns, when did you realize in how what prep

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<v Speaker 1>kind of went into you kind of taking over the

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<v Speaker 1>outside for him in the game. I mean that just

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<v Speaker 1>goes with the verse facility that I have. I started

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<v Speaker 1>a corner like last year, so I mean I still

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<v Speaker 1>study the outside and in so I just in case

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<v Speaker 1>things like that happened, so I can go on the

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<v Speaker 1>outside and it's you know, there's no pressure. I'm I'm good.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, it was like, uh, it was it was

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<v Speaker 1>nothing new to me. So it was I was already

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<v Speaker 1>ready to go go on outside if I needed to.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned going on the outside, studying outside of the cornerback.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you able to study kind of the A. J.

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<v Speaker 1>Brown and the routes that he'd like to run, knowing that, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of times you might be rep match type

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<v Speaker 1>with him or even um DeVante Smith knowing, hey, studying

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<v Speaker 1>those guys on the outside because it's a different type

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<v Speaker 1>of routes you get playing the slide as opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>being outside. Oh yeah, definitely. I mean we we knew

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<v Speaker 1>certain formation that they were gonna run like certain from

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<v Speaker 1>certain routes. Uh, and that definitely helped. Having guys like

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<v Speaker 1>Kendall Fuller. That's that's very smart. Um, he's letting me know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when certain routes are coming up, some formation

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<v Speaker 1>is coming up. But yeah, like you said, I do

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<v Speaker 1>need to kind of like switch my mind because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so used to like playing the so so now I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta think about you know, sin Rose to coon out

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<v Speaker 1>like what they run on the outside. For all of

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