WEBVTT - Victory Tuesday | Episode 55

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

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<v Speaker 1>is Victory Tuesday here in Washington. The Commanders served the

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia Eagles their first loss of the season in primetime

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday Night Football. Fred Smooth and Logan Paulson helped

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<v Speaker 1>break down the Commander's big win time not for our

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<v Speaker 1>mission debrief brought to you by the Washington Times. This

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<v Speaker 1>one's going to be a bit fun to break down.

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<v Speaker 1>Going into the game, not a single expert or analyst

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<v Speaker 1>or anybody out there picked Washington. They actually how about Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I think we expected from us. They were.

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<v Speaker 1>They were really big underdog, absolutely in this game. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if I talk to anybody heading into the game,

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<v Speaker 1>so where would they be vulnerable? They said, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a team that you can run on. But we also knew,

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<v Speaker 1>Logan that Washington would have to sustain drives and that

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<v Speaker 1>has been something that's been an achilles hill for them

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<v Speaker 1>for the past few weeks. Unable to convert on third down.

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<v Speaker 1>And man, they started out being able to move the chains. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think everyone's been talking about how they

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<v Speaker 1>ran the football and that they deserve a ton of

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<v Speaker 1>credit for what they did. There. But in order for

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<v Speaker 1>them to kind of get the total number of touches,

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<v Speaker 1>they had eighty four plays fifty one on the first half.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone knows that statistic. You gotta be good on third down,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were excellent on third down. They were nine

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<v Speaker 1>of twelve in the first half. That's outstanding. They were

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<v Speaker 1>twelve or twenty one in the whole game. That allows

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<v Speaker 1>them to sustain drives, keep the offense on the field,

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<v Speaker 1>keep Philly's offense off the field, give their defensive break,

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<v Speaker 1>and you love that from them. In terms of making plays,

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<v Speaker 1>guys making plays. Terry on third down was excellent until

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<v Speaker 1>it deserves the credit as well. Yeah, well guess what

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<v Speaker 1>four out of those you got five of those first

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<v Speaker 1>downs is third and one you got another three of

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<v Speaker 1>those is third in less than five, So that's telling

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<v Speaker 1>you they put it in third and sustainable and they're

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<v Speaker 1>going out there and they're making the play and tackle

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<v Speaker 1>to things that connect the drive, Like can I make

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<v Speaker 1>the play that need to be made. It don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to be a bumb all the time. It don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to be a big play. Just keep the defense out

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<v Speaker 1>the field. And at the end of the day, Hurts

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<v Speaker 1>watched as much of the game as I did this defense.

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<v Speaker 1>The running game becomes defensive when you when you connect

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<v Speaker 1>plays and connect drives. That was a key. If you

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<v Speaker 1>want to be able to do that, you've got to

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<v Speaker 1>keep Jalen Hurts on the sideline. But again, you knew

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<v Speaker 1>that you had the opportunity to be able to run

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<v Speaker 1>on them, but one hundred and fifty two yards forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine attempts for that. Yeah, Hey, listen, when you go

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<v Speaker 1>to a club, you need to make sure you keep

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<v Speaker 1>bounces around you because if not, people get kicked at

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<v Speaker 1>the club in the offensive line. Kick Philadelphia out the club.

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<v Speaker 1>Yesterday they said, you know what, it's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 1>mono emono you against me? And anything about the ten

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<v Speaker 1>yard drives, a ten yard runs it's about three here,

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<v Speaker 1>three here, four here. And I think that changed the game.

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<v Speaker 1>That mentality changed again. And also I think the fact

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<v Speaker 1>they were able to stay relatively clean with those with

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<v Speaker 1>those players right, no penalties, no holding calls, no false starts.

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<v Speaker 1>It allows you to stay on scheduling. You remember the

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas game that was the Achilles heal Right, they couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>they wanted the same game plan. They couldn't keep the

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<v Speaker 1>schedule this week. They did it superbly. Yeah. Another thing

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<v Speaker 1>we always talked about going into this is you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to have ball security and try to

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<v Speaker 1>take it away. Yeah, because this was an Eagles team

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<v Speaker 1>that only gave the ball away, turned it over three

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<v Speaker 1>times going into the night, Washington managed to take away

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<v Speaker 1>four times. What was it? What were they doing that

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<v Speaker 1>was causing so much chaos there? Look, you know it's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting when you watch the game, when you watch y'all

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two Freds like you see a Philly offense. It's

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<v Speaker 1>actually pretty efficient. It's got a really good job. And

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<v Speaker 1>what Washington in terms of finding turbos, that's how they

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<v Speaker 1>stopped him, wasn't on third down. It was finding turnovers

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<v Speaker 1>right Forrest, an excellent job of the interception, just playing

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<v Speaker 1>his assignment, doing your job. And the finishing of the football. Bridgeway,

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<v Speaker 1>Finishing of the football, Benjamin say, juice, finishing with the football,

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<v Speaker 1>and good things happens when you finished the football. They

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<v Speaker 1>did an excellent job of that. Well, I know two things.

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<v Speaker 1>Eagle can't cry and fly at the same time. And

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<v Speaker 1>I watched the Eagle cry last night. Like the one

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<v Speaker 1>thing you said before hurtsing his offense hasn't been turning

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<v Speaker 1>the ball over. Now, the question is what happens when

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<v Speaker 1>they do turn the ball over. They got behind the chain,

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<v Speaker 1>like once, they could not connect the plays and make

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<v Speaker 1>those drives. Confidence you seek, the confidence level start to

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<v Speaker 1>drop and the defense who's been picking up, trying to year,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to manufactor turnovers in today they came in here

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<v Speaker 1>and manufact is turnover the one by Saint Jews. That's

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<v Speaker 1>all want to You beat me on the forty yard

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<v Speaker 1>play and then I come tack would get the ball back.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what this team is about. This is that

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<v Speaker 1>their identity right now. Running Back Brian Robinson Junior let

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<v Speaker 1>all rushias with eighty six yards and a touchdown in

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<v Speaker 1>the Commander's thirty two twenty one victory. Here's what b

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<v Speaker 1>rob had to say post game. It's feel great, man,

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<v Speaker 1>just coming off a tough loss last week, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just trying to establish our identity, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in this environment and it's special. You know, it's my

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<v Speaker 1>first time being able to be a part of something

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<v Speaker 1>like this and just seeing how much this mean to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the guys in this locker room, the coaches

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<v Speaker 1>and everything It's a special feeling and I'm just I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just thankful to be out there, you know, just helping

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<v Speaker 1>my team, you know, pull off a win like this.

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