WEBVTT - How to Bounce Back with a VENGEANCE | Command Center Podcast | Washington Commanders 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:05.800 In this episode of the Command Center Podcast, tell me 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.200 something good about this game. I know, tough game, but 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:11.479 there's some good stuff to take from it. And what 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:13.960 did we learn? Lots of things to take away from that, 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.360 And our pop culture expert tells us was Taylor Swift 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:26.520 in the Popcorn Machine. Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:31.720 I'm Logan Paulson here with Santanamos, Fred Smoot. What's up? Man? Already? 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:36.440 Cook ain't that good? Cook is not for those. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.160 Just for some context, just for some context. While we're 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:46.879 getting ready for the show, Tannis said that Cook is 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:51.240 better than Raheem Moster right this second, and so obviously 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.800 Fred does not agree with that. I'm inclined not to 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:56.880 agree with that as well, because it's right this second. 0:00:57.640 --> 0:00:58.200 One game. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:03.520 Hold on, Cook set out the whole entire training camp 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.479 and this got to the Jets two weeks ago. 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:09.080 So yes, of course Moisture is better than him. But 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:10.520 it is what it is. We got, we got this 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:11.040 to talk about. 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:12.399 No, I mean, but that's a good point, though. 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.000 I mean, I can't get the day you knock on 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:15.360 my door. 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:15.760 I can't. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:17.560 I can't charge you with that at the end of 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:20.200 the day, right now Moist is better than that at 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.480 numbers today. No, I'm talking about over career. 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.600 I mean, obviously a career, had a better career. He's 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.240 a better back. Knock it out Cook is a better bat. 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:36.400 Not today in two thousand. He oh shoot old shoot, 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.080 he'll shoot you shoot. 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:39.920 All right. So we're also kind of stalling here because 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.120 we don't really want to talk about this Bills game. Okay, 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:45.080 nothing to really talk about, Okay, so let's talk about 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.480 this all right. Let's a lot of negative things come 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:48.720 out of this game, a lot of things that the 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:53.120 fans are upset about, and let's talk about some positive 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.560 things you can take out from this game. Let's start 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:57.360 on the defensive side of the ball, because I felt 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:00.000 like on the whole there were more more positive defensive things. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.200 And Fred you said something and Tanny you said something 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.320 which I thought was really insightful. The secondary actually played 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.800 pretty damn good. 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:07.600 Pretty good. 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.600 They were sticky in coverage, Stephan Diggs mostly got his yards. 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.480 Some broken plays, Uh, we didn't let the tight ends 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.440 get out. I was worried about the knocks and the 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:19.840 tight ends really getting off because they it kind of 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.040 been out of achilles heels when the defense. 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.120 They took care of that. They Seemi took care of 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:27.840 the run. And I thought the DB's tackled a lot better. 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:32.200 Than dude you mentioned, you mentioned Kendall tackle is in 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:33.079 his bag right now. 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:34.560 Yeah, I mean they had a great game. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.440 I think if you look at the score, you look 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.560 at it and say say different, But you got to 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:40.080 think about it. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:41.320 Fourth quarters went out of points. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.200 It was going into the fourth quarter, and and the 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.839 Bills was they was in the lead the entire game 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:47.600 and it was six it was only sixteen zup. 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.679 And most of that stuff was just because the offense. 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.480 Couldn't spark, you know't couldn't couldn't get a play in 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:53.880 the game. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:55.800 That was just gonna, you know, get those guys a break. 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.400 They just said one play. All now, I need one play. 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:00.400 So I think our defense did a great job. 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:05.160 And it just shows you that how much when it 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.920 comes to a team football team, you need all different faces. 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.280 All three phases had to play a key role. You know, 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.320 offensively has to score. You have to do something more 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:16.520 because you can't leave a defense on the field as 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.360 good as our defense is. And we know we can 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.080 sit here and talk about them not you know, getting 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.080 any sacks and all that stuff. But if you go 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.360 out there and get a score, that ignites your defense 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:27.240 to come out there and be that much bat Yeah. 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:28.600 Take some pressure off too. But the other thing I 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:30.600 want to say is a lot of people were talking about, 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.080 you know, not getting pressure, and I really think that, 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:34.880 you know, obviously it's a big deal. Defensive line didn't 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:36.480 create a tounch ton of pressure. They didn't blitz a 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.960 ton smooth. I know that's something that. 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.200 That's what I'm really salty about. 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.200 But my question to you is, like, does it actually matter. 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:45.280 They only gave up sixteen points to one of the 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.600 best offenses in football through four quarters, after four turnovers. Yeah, So, 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:50.240 like I look at that, I say, that seems to 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.600 be in line with what Jack wants. You play like 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.920 a soft, more conservative coverage structure. You mixing some man 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.800 some match looks, and you just make them kind of 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.680 go the length of the field, have a penalty, getting 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.520 a third long situation, punt, field goal, whatever it is. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.000 And I feel like, even though we didn't get a 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:07.600 ton of pressure, like you look at those numbers that 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:11.200 they are abysmal, but in terms of overall defensive production, 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.640 it's there and so like, that's that's something I kind 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:14.920 of like, I just wanted to run by you guys. 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.000 In terms of philosophy, I feel like the philosophy is dear, 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.360 but I think sometimes you gotta ben philosophy win a 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:21.720 team binge you to they win. 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:25.080 But saying is they did they bend you? Like, did 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:26.239 they did they bend the defense? 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.400 Let's sorry I felt like this with this defense, with 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.640 this front, with these defensive becks, I don't want them 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.320 to be the reason we win games. I want them 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:37.400 to be the reason we win games. I want them 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.520 to be dictating. I want them to dictate. 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.640 The defensive backs. You're saying, the defensive line. 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.359 Defensive period, and the whole defense. I want you to 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:45.760 be the reason we win games. 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:47.440 And I'm going to come back to this. I'm going 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.160 to come back to this man, sixteen points after three 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.239 or four turnovers, going to the fourth quarter, like it's 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.159 it's hard to say that it wasn't effective, because I 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.120 think it was effective. 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.680 Effective, and then but one aggressive effective. 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.200 It wasn't aggressive. But I'm saying, like you come from 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.240 a this is something I always have to negotiate when 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.280 I'm evaluating offenses. Is I come from a very specific 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:12.760 offensive tree, right, very specific rule is very specific perspective, 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.240 and I cannot evaluate all offenses through that perspective. And 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.200 I can't evaluate all defenses through you. 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:18.960 You know what I'm saying. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.000 Because because you love it, you brought into it, it works. 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:24.720 And so like when I see this, I'm like, you know, objectively, 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.279 it worked, you know, And I think to Tanni's point, 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.680 the thing that didn't work was that the offense didn't 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.039 support them in the offense put them in a lot 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:32.840 of bad spots. Case think about it, they get that 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.680 fourth this is this this one really just chops me up. 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.440 It's the fourth down. They stop them on fourth down 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:43.040 balls at midfield. The very next play is a fubble. Yeah, 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.360 very next play is a fubble. And and you you've 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:47.960 been a part of this. I've been on sidelines where 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.520 this has happened. It just takes the air out of 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.280 the whole team. And so as much as you want 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.800 them to go down and make a stop there, emotionally 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:58.200 it doesn't feel like it's the right thing, does it. 0:05:58.560 --> 0:05:58.760 No? 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:00.880 No, you right about this? And see there were people 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.920 don't understand about football. It's so many emotional ups and downs, 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:08.080 especially on defense where if your offense ain't supporting you, 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:09.720 not like here we go with this game. 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.720 That's a thing like here go, let's go win this thing. 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:16.479 And you know what's so crazy about all this be 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.400 talking about because we could sit here, if you just 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.760 listening to us right now, you would think, like, man, offensive, 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:22.320 they didn't do anything, But they did. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:23.840 Yeah, so we're something going. 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.200 We're gonna talk about that in a second, like it's 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.000 like it is crazy, yeah, but yeah, I just wanted 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:30.560 to kind of touch based on that real quick. And 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.919 then also like then they get the ball back and 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.839 the next play after that is the interception. For in 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.880 terms of defense, I think I feel pretty good about 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:39.360 what that group did. The DVS. I thought did a 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.040 great job. A couple of a couple of misses here 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.320 and there, Yeah, right, which happened, Which happens, team get paid. 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.560 Jamon had a nice physical football games, miss two tackles, 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.760 but other than that, I thought you see him continue 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:50.279 to progress. 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:56.880 He noticed that when Jami playing good, no one's nobody 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:59.839 say anything playing good bad. 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.640 Cody Marden, I feel like he's playing better. Yeah, I 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.280 think he can still continue to Yeah, Like it's kind 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:08.880 of like what what Jamon was doing last year. And 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:12.000 I think this defense is hard for linebackers. It must 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.200 be because the guys come in, it's taking them away 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:15.960 out again. And so what I see is I see 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.120 him identifying stuff better. I think I see him being 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.560 more aggressive, but it's still like a beat late. 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:23.760 And I think he's playing though, because you see you 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:24.520 see him showing up. 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.200 Oh yeah, it's much better than Week one and week two. 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.800 Like it's just it's not to the standard I think 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.560 we all were hoping for him. But I think it's 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.320 it's improving each week. And I think that's a good 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.640 sign because my week four, Week five, you're gonna have 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.200 a ball player, gonna have two dudes in there that 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.040 are doing a good job. And I think that's you know, 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.800 a good game was big Ridge. Big Ridge had a 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.800 good game and that is exciting for me going into 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.640 Philly because they're gonna run the heck out of the football. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:48.800 So we'll talk about that on the previous show. But okay, 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:50.760 let's talk about the offense. And Tanna already alluded to 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.960 this a little bit in terms of things that saying 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:56.360 things that are positive, and I will say Tanna like 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.960 they had they had three drives that were very good, 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.400 then they didn't move about three drives with red zone turnovers. Yeah, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.240 and so in terms of moving the ball play efficiency, 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:08.640 I think there's a lot there to be excited about it. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:09.680 My question will be. 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:12.640 The time we got in the red zone, got on 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.560 the goal line, where you take the points or you 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:15.840 just try to punch it in for it. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.560 I'm not mad about that fourth down, Like I felt like, 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.840 if you're gonna take down the Super Bowl contending, this 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.560 is how you do it. I'm fine with it. That 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.800 three wouldn't have helped you. Three would have just been three. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.640 Till you run that play though, where you run the ball. 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.320 You know what, we don't know the player don't work work. 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:33.920 Absolutely. 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:36.800 I just feel like most teams set up for that 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:38.160 because they already knew that. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.840 Okay when you look at our offense. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.120 Yeah, Like if I had to be a guy people 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.400 watching what we watched all week, we know that maybe 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.040 they can get a run in here, you know what 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.000 I mean? Because in the passing game, it has to 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.480 be clear for him to really get and. 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.480 Was calling it with the with the premise of if 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.240 nothing is there, how you took it and you run 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.520 it for two or three years at the first and 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.160 I feel like he could have instead of like just 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:04.840 you know, putting the ball up there. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.360 That was tough because kind of be rob misses, not 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:08.920 not missus, but he's in a one on one with 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.480 the defensive end, gets a little bit of pressure. 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.559 Not a great look at it, kind of went down. 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:16.520 He had he had I'm not sure what you call 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:22.640 that block off when I hid in GM when of 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:26.120 my best tackles, but he was. He was crashing down 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:27.719 that guy and it seemed like it was just too 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:29.960 much in the inside. Like all those on the run 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.479 you're saying that. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.240 The goal line run, I think is really interesting because 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.200 it's like they're in twelve personnel. So there's two tight 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.600 ends on the field, there's two receivers and one running back, 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:43.040 and the Bills matched essentially what would be goal line, right, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.760 So they've got an extra defensive lineman in there, and 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:47.760 so they have a true nose and they have a 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:49.800 linebacker stacked. And so one of the run stunts you 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.880 see all the time in goal line situations, odd yes, 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:56.400 is the is the Nozle pinch week in this case 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.720 and the my the linebacker run right through the a 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.360 gap because you're trying to stop lead and so basically 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.600 in that formation, they're in a position where they can 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.160 run lead, but it doesn't look like lead, which I 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.440 kind of like. But like Bates is going to be 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:11.880 the lead guy, but because he's coming from the wing, 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:13.679 it's hard for him to get over there and make 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.080 that block. So and again then the inn the front 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.640 side double team because the noses pinching gets picked and 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.000 you can't get to the backside backer. So it was 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.720 it was tough. And again, like I'm not saying that 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.760 I would have done something different there, and I actually don't. 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.360 The more I watched the play the role pass the 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.800 second one, the play action pass, the more I kind 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:32.280 of like it because they ran the tight end on 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:35.440 a cross and a stop and then back to the 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.040 back to the back line. It was kind of a 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.920 nice little design, but the timing just takes a lot 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.959 of time. It takes a lot of time, So I think, like, yes, 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.240 I don't disagree with it, and it's easy to second 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.080 guess the call, but those are calls that they've repped 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.240 in the week of practice that they probably really felt 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.240 good about, and you know, maybe they didn't get the 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.920 exact response, or maybe Buffalo did something different, you know, 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.439 Like I'm telling like and I'm at the high school, right, 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:01.800 and there our plays where I'm like, this is gonna 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.840 work one hundred percent, and it does and it doesn't. 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.560 Like what the hell? Man, Like, why I study this? 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.600 I watched it. I know they're blitzes and then somebody 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.240 say they get the Yeah, they get paid to right. 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:17.600 I can'tnot wait to watch you against my man. I'm excited, son, 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:23.400 we will pick your office. I'm gonna be dancing on 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:23.880 the side. 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.000 I can't wait to see you. But that's gonna be 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.160 so funny, bro, because it's that it's at your son's school. 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.439 Oh yeah, that'll be. That'll be other day when this 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.439 game I wear. 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.800 My shirt the offense of coordinator state. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.400 They're gonna be like, why is why is the talking 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:42.640 so much smacking that guy in. 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:46.080 The stands, I mean saying I'm gonna come to the game, right. 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.720 All right? So I think you know obviously that that's 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.800 a positive element of the offense, right, And I think 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:54.800 for the next section, in terms of what did we learn, 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.600 we can talk a little about the pressure of the offense. 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.520 Gave up. So what did we learn from this? For Sam? Hell? 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.679 How can grow? And I think those are things that 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.960 are tough to talk about, but I think they're important 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.199 to talk about because if you get those things corrected, 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:11.079 he's gonna be babies. So pamp dude, I knew that 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.360 was gonna get in it. 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:14.880 Because I've been saying it for weeks. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:20.600 And hold up one second. First off, everyone, I'm not 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.319 being mean to Fred. 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.800 Thank you for following me, right. 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:28.880 Yeah, first of all, I be the one to tell 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:34.000 y'all this dude here talk about baby so and baby 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:35.120 salt in a little. 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:35.320 Bit, you know. 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.760 But so, like you were, you were talking like last 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.960 week they were gonna win this game. Did you still 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.280 think that Sam was going to struggle in this game? 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.400 I didn't think he was struggle like he did. 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:46.120 Yeah, I mean that. 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.040 Was anticipating this game. 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:51.880 This is the somewhere I was like, you know, what, 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.319 when is that game gonna happen where he gets brought 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:55.520 down the earth? 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.840 And it was it was coming. 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.080 He got welcome to the NFL this game. He went 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.600 into the building feeling good. He left out of the 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.600 billing wondering and my starting quarterback in this League, like 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.719 we all have those moments. We had those moments when 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.360 we meet our match and where one day where no 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:13.720 matter what I do. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:15.520 And does it work. 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:16.960 Did you have a game like that? 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:18.000 Uh? 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.400 Yeah, I did, which against Carolina and I was in 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:26.800 Minnesota time Steve Smith. Now, the first five games I 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.480 played against Steve Smith, nobody even heard his name. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.319 Shut him down that game. No matter what I know, 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.679 I played off, I played zone, he would be he 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.959 would beat me in zone. And it wasn't even man 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:41.040 was crazy about that game. 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.720 Now that he brings it up, Steve Smith mentioned that 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:46.080 he was going to do something to you. 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:47.280 Yeah, because they both you. 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:51.920 Know, the pre game there, he spoke before the game 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.000 about what he gonna do to Fred. You know, I'm like, Oh, 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:55.800 that's gonna be one of them games. You know, a 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.800 guy who knows Fred. And yeah, I'm sitting there like, 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.320 well I wanted and we had a game. So I'm like, 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.480 what happened with the Steve Smith and Fred? And when 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.160 I saw the highlights, I'm like, damn. 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:09.840 You know what I can tell people about dB It 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:15.120 ain't nothing worse than running looking back because everything happened 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:16.600 in the slow motion, the. 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:23.240 Ball coming you look and he just dance. Listen, it's 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:23.920 the Lord. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:25.840 What what did he do? That was? 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:29.400 So it was nothing that he did. Couldn't get right 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.960 like you, like you had that game and then the 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.160 players that I'm winning, they ain't looking. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.720 His way, like I'm winning these route and it ain't 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.880 looking his way, but I'm a step behind right there. 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.120 They got it. So it just wasn't the days where 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:45.120 good ain't good enough. 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:47.600 So, I mean, it's hard for me to imagine you 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.640 having a game like this because I came in. When 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:50.880 I came in, you know, I was a rookie and 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.120 you were like God, But did you have a game 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:54.120 like this where you were like. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.560 Well, there's games as a receiver where you just don't 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:57.720 catch you're dropping. 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.680 Do you ever feel like the DBS just gotcha? 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:02.760 I'm gonna be honest with you. I swear on everything 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:03.040 I love. 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:03.640 I never. 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:06.760 Was in a game where I felt that that I 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.360 just can't beat this guy. I was in games plenty 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:16.600 of time where I felt like the hands I got. 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:16.160 Hands and what's going on? 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.560 And no, I've been in game where I told the coach, hey, 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:19.640 don't throw me, no damn ball. 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:24.840 I'm that dude, I'm not. 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:26.640 I'm not one of those guys that gonna sit here 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.800 and be like egoing to coach. 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:32.880 I'm not feeling it. I can't catch. 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:35.720 So I've been in those games, and those games always 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:37.520 bring you down. I'm talking about from every level though, 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.760 Like I tell folks all the time. High school, I've 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.800 been in the game where the game before State, I 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.120 dropped a ball. It hit me on this arm. I 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:44.920 couldn't see the ball. 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.200 I rent the ball down located it couldn't locate it. 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:49.160 It hit this arm. 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.560 It ruined my whole game. That was the game before State. 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:54.480 So I went from every game before that probably I 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.920 had two touchdowns in one hundred yards, and that game 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.600 before State I dropped that ball. I went home, went 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.240 to the last out that night, court balls all night 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.760 in the dark. So every level I've been on, I've 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:06.600 had a game or two that woke me up or 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.920 told me this is either you or you're gonna do 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.960 something about it. Got it got into college Florida State, 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:14.040 first player of the game, I bumped the whole entire 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:14.760 team ball. 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.320 I dropped it, but it really scraped my face. 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.960 Man, if people don't give me the credit for that, 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:21.800 that game made me. It made me who the guy 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:23.800 would end up being, because I had to go home 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.720 and say I feel I feel like But it. 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.480 Was always an US thing. It wasn't the other player. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:32.880 You think, what are you gonna feel like that day? 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:34.080 So I look at Sam. 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:35.800 It was him. It was him. 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:36.280 It was him. 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:40.400 You can't blame nothing else and nobody their situations in 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.440 the game. When you watch and you say, okay, Sam, 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:43.680 this is what they're gonna do to you for now on. 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.000 They're gonna brain for they're gonna drop the rest. They're 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.760 gonna say, you beat us. So in that situation, if 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:50.840 I don't have anybody and I'm not confident about that 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:52.360 throat or that lane, I. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:53.080 Gotta dump it down. 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.640