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Speaker 1: On this edition of The Booth Review. Another one, London,

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Speaker 1: another one that comes down to the wire.

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Speaker 2: Well, we know Jaydon Dan is gonna win the Offensive

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Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year, but why is he not in

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Speaker 2: the MVP conversation. It's a good question.

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Speaker 1: And how about this team getting eleven wins for the

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Speaker 1: first time since nineteen ninety one?

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Speaker 2: We got a guy who hit a jackpie, a try

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Speaker 2: efected challenge for Big Fletcher's heavyweight championship belt.

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Speaker 1: All that coming up on The Booth Review next. Welcome

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Speaker 1: into the playoff clitching edition of the Booth Review podcast.

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Speaker 1: Like Braham Whitside with Big Fletch London Fletcher. We're brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Microsoft Surface powering a better game. Here

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Speaker 1: we go the playoffs. You called it in the summer,

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Speaker 1: eleven maybe twelve wins, will see here we are.

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Speaker 2: It's reality is funny because a lot of people thought

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Speaker 2: I was being a homer and maybe thought I was

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Speaker 2: drinking a little bit of the Ashburn kool a.

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Speaker 1: You were.

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Speaker 2: But that's the thing, right, well anymore right. Here's the

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Speaker 2: thing though, when you look at and I looked at

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Speaker 2: obviously the moves that we made, having dan Quinn's the quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I mean, as the new head coach, getting Jayden and

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Speaker 2: just looking at the schedule, like, Okay, I really think

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Speaker 2: we're gonna win this game. This game felt like we

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Speaker 2: were split with the egos, feel like we would split

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Speaker 2: with the Cowboys. I thought we went here and you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously you'll probably lose down there. But let's flip that

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Speaker 2: and get to twelve. But it's just has it been

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Speaker 2: the way we've done it to get to this point. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's been surprising, you know, all the last minute victories,

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Speaker 2: to come from behind wins. Even yesterday. First half didn't

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Speaker 2: look good, didn't look good at all, but second half

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Speaker 2: entirely different ball club. And and we can we can't

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Speaker 2: say enough about Jayden and what he was able to do,

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Speaker 2: especially in the second half of that game.

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Speaker 1: I want to get to him. I want to stay

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Speaker 1: on the big picture just for a moment, and I

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Speaker 1: want to get into the game too. There's a very

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Speaker 1: special moment for the organization. Oh yeah, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: been four years since they've been in the playoffs. They

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Speaker 1: haven't been a wildcard team since two thousand and seven,

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Speaker 1: so they had to win the division just to get in,

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Speaker 1: which shows you. There hasn't been much consistency. They're not

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Speaker 1: be a little bit better than you. You get in anyway,

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Speaker 1: like the Kansas City Buffalo of Baltimore of this era

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Speaker 1: right now, Philadelphia too, they get in every year. And

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Speaker 1: I do feel like we're at the beginning of something

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Speaker 1: and it's hard not to. And I know dan Quinn

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Speaker 1: and them don't want to get into award season yet,

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Speaker 1: and I know that they don't want to hear all

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Speaker 1: the accolades for it yet because their story isn't done

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Speaker 1: frame of where they want to be, because this is

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Speaker 1: very special. This team has not won eleven games since

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one. This team has never in this building

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Speaker 2: Yes today, yeah, when you you kept you mentioned that

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Speaker 2: having done this since nineteen ninety one, and it was

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Speaker 2: different things that you mentioned. It's like, dang, since nineteen

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Speaker 2: not only how that season ended, that team is considered

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Speaker 2: one of the best teams in NFL history, Like it's

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Speaker 2: a historical type of team. But the when some people

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Speaker 2: called it the rebuilt the team, they Adam Peters and

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Speaker 2: Dan Quinn called it a recalibration. And when you accomplished that,

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Speaker 2: and with they what's seventy percent of new roster, sixty

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you've got to chance. Well, we

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Speaker 1: I haven't had an RFK feeling in that building for

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Speaker 1: And I talk about this all the time, having grown

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Speaker 1: they were one of the best teams, if not the

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Speaker 1: I think I don't want to lose sight of the

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Speaker 1: game and what they did and another miracle, you know,

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Speaker 1: but just the overarching I think we're at the beginning

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Speaker 2: No, you're one hundred percent round, and that's what that's

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Speaker 2: what we all want. We want perennial contender yes, year

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Speaker 2: I saw, you know, mister Harris last night as he was.

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Speaker 1: And you could see it on his face. He's not

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Speaker 2: Just see how he was clutching that football and I'm

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Speaker 2: this is the best president he's ever gotten. And this is,

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Speaker 1: It's really interesting too, Like they've spent not only a

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Speaker 1: Like they're they're saying, what do you need? Look around

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Speaker 1: other time. They've poured a lot of money into this

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Speaker 2: That's pretty dope.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Like they've spent a ton of money for on behalf,

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Speaker 1: not only just to win, but to welcome the fans

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Speaker 1: because we've been waiting just so long to have something

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Speaker 2: I felt good for us.

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Speaker 1: Now it's turned into I want to see how far

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Speaker 2: Well, you know what their mantra is, anybody anywhere, anytime, Yes,

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Speaker 2: This is their mantra. This is not just coach speak.

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Speaker 2: that Philly game having five turnovers, you don't win yesterday

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Speaker 2: We're not sitting here with eleven victories with the potential

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Speaker 1: It really starts at Jaden. I know it's the whole team,

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Speaker 2: So he's he should garner some MVP votes. I don't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that that narrative has to be put out there

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Speaker 2: I'll play Joe Burrow, Yes, who's in the MVP category.

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Speaker 2: when just prepping for that game, and I looked at

433
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Speaker 2: I went back and looked at our games against the

434
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Speaker 2: the Eagles, the the Saints. It was I looked at

435
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 2: the game against the titles, we ran for over two

436
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,359
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty yards, and it was looked at Cowboy.

437
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 2: I looked at like maybe about five or six games,

438
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 2: seeing what we were doing well and what things weren't

439
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 2: we doing it, and a lot of it. It wasn't

440
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,320
Speaker 2: just like one area where it's like, okay, you know,

441
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,840
Speaker 2: running backs aren't aren't hitting the holes correctly. It was

442
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 2: a combination of a lot of different things. We weren't

443
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,119
Speaker 2: winning at the point of attack consistently enough. There was

444
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,280
Speaker 2: some some mental errors that was taking place, like guys,

445
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,440
Speaker 2: you know, blocking the wrong guys or leaving on black guys.

446
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,760
Speaker 2: There were a situation where we weren't getting to the

447
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 2: second level enough to and we were leaving unblocked uh

448
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,920
Speaker 2: second level defenders, whether it was a linebacker or a safety,

449
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 2: somebody coming in an a man box, and so there

450
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,960
Speaker 2: was a there was some some times we were quite frankly,

451
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,040
Speaker 2: we lost one on one matchups, one on one battles

452
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 2: as well. So there was a lot of different things

453
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 2: that that had, you know, been an issue with us

454
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 2: not running the football as effectively as we needed to

455
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,880
Speaker 2: run the ball I wanted. I haven't had a chance

456
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Speaker 2: to go back and look at what we were able

457
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Speaker 2: to do in the second half yet, I haven't had

458
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Speaker 2: a chance to review. It was a late night man

459
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:41,720
Speaker 2: watching all of us. Yeah so, but without having reviewed it,

460
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 2: but just remembering just first and I know, it looked

461
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 2: more physical. It looked like we want a lot more

462
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 2: one on one battles. It looked like guys were I

463
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 2: d IDA and the proper guy and who they're supposed

464
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Speaker 2: to block with their especially whether it was your counters,

465
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Speaker 2: your pools, different different plays where you're where you're getting

466
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 2: the block of guys on the move. It looked a

467
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 2: lot better looked a lot cleaner in the second half.

468
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Speaker 1: What they said going in Both Cliff Kingsbury and Dan

469
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,400
Speaker 1: Quinn mentioned this throughout the week with the run games.

470
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Speaker 1: They wanted to see it get back, they believed, and

471
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: they openly said that the offensive line and blocking, you know,

472
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 1: everyone who's participating in it, that they were thinking too much.

473
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 1: And their message was, if you're gonna make a mistake,

474
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: do it fast, do it at full speed. I don't

475
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 1: know if you saw that last night, because this is

476
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,719
Speaker 1: where they were asking them. Stop over analyzing every play.

477
00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 1: If you mess up, you mess up, but do it

478
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Speaker 1: with the ferocity that we're looking.

479
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Speaker 2: Speaking of ferocity, you mentioned the two runs that Chris

480
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 2: had on that run. The series weight had to touch

481
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Speaker 2: down the two plays we ran the bar. I believe

482
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Speaker 2: that three straight run plays. You could tell it was

483
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 2: almost like a seismic shift where you could feel the

484
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 2: office on line gaining confidence in the rub blocking, their

485
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,640
Speaker 2: blowing the Falcons defensive front off the line of scrimmage.

486
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 2: They have their double team blocks and they're moving the

487
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 2: defensive lineman for the Falcons out of the way, and

488
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 2: you know, Chris is running over people and keeping his

489
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 2: legs turning a two yard carry or one yard carry

490
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 2: into a you know what should have been a one

491
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 2: yard k into a four yard game. And you can

492
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 2: see just the confidence building with the offensive line, especially

493
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,360
Speaker 2: in that second half as they ran that football.

494
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Speaker 1: The other thing I don't want to bring up offensively

495
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: is one of the big stories all year was who's

496
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 1: the number two receiver? That started from the get go right,

497
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: we know Terry's the number one. Who's the number two?

498
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 1: Do you have one? And in the middle of the

499
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,360
Speaker 1: and they said all along, it's two by committee. There's

500
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Speaker 1: a lot of number twos. Don't put numbers on anybody.

501
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: You'll see it'll all like people will step up in

502
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 1: this role. Noah Brown became that, he became heavily targeted, utilized.

503
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 1: When he got hurt, it was drummed up again who's

504
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: the number two receiver? And the last two weeks alameddes

505
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:10,879
Speaker 1: A Kias and Jamison Crowder have beyond filled that void.

506
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: Zakias specifically not just with scoring plays, but last night

507
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 1: became the favored target for Jaydon Daniels.

508
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 2: And then in first in the first series he had

509
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 2: three catches, including a touchdown. So I'm like, oh man,

510
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 2: this is a big This is a big day. And

511
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 2: it wasn't just like the receptions. It was what he

512
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 2: did after the catch, the the yards after contact, the

513
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 2: yards after reception. He had a jet sweep lad in

514
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 2: the game where it was a bit I think it

515
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 2: was a you know, second down conversion, third third down

516
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 2: play where he converted and he ran with physicality, and

517
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 2: DQ talked about in practice how o z raises the

518
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,159
Speaker 2: competition with his teammates and they seek how him and

519
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 2: they they feed off that energy that oz Elaminade's a

520
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 2: Kias brings to the practice. And and when you think

521
00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:07,880
Speaker 2: about this Brown, he's five eight, yeah, maybe two out

522
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 2: know if he's two hundred, but he's uh to do

523
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 2: what he did yesterday in that moment, in that stage

524
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 2: and considering everything that was at on the line, My

525
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 2: hat's off, hat off.

526
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,400
Speaker 1: I think you know, he played for Quinn in Atlanta,

527
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: so he knew him. Quinn's brought some of his ex

528
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: Cowboys players here because he knew them. Adam Peters in

529
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: rebuilding and reshaping this rosters relied on a lot of veterans.

530
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: Guys have been there, done that one at a big level.

531
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Speaker 1: Get the zach Ertz a little bit. Had a big

532
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: night again, Bobby Wagner. It's had a big night, you know,

533
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: big year for them, and they seem to this is

534
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 1: very This feels very you know, for me, he was

535
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: like a historian of the team. Very Gibbsey. Where they want,

536
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: they don't care what size, shape, they don't care. What

537
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: they want to know is do you love the game?

538
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: Do you play hard? It is football? And you what's

539
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 1: your character? Like, what are you going to bring to

540
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: work every day? And Zakias, everything everyone says about him

541
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: is this guy loves the game, wants to be great,

542
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: pushes hard every day. And here we are at the

543
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: end of the season and people are going, who's that.

544
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 2: What's his name?

545
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: And here he is being exactly what they need at

546
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: the right time.

547
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll say this, and you know you probably

548
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 2: I don't know if you thought about this or not.

549
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 2: When you when you look at the injury reporting, you

550
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 2: saw that, Okay, we had lost Norah Brown and Demi

551
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 2: Brown was going to be out of this game with

552
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 2: the hamster injury, and Terry was limited during Terry was limited.

553
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 2: So you you you're looking and you're going to this

554
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 2: game like, okay, where where's the productivity gonna come from.

555
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 2: What's it going to look like? And then you see

556
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 2: the the first drive of the offense, and it's the

557
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 2: LZ show. He made plays and like I said, I

558
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 2: mentioned it finished the capped off that drive with a

559
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 2: with a touchdown reception. Should have had another one on

560
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 2: a questionable penalty against against Sam Cosmy that that would

561
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 2: have put us up by two scores lay in that

562
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 2: ball game. But you know, hey, they called that and

563
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 2: took took that touchdown off the board. But he played phenomenal.

564
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 2: You mentioned crowd, and he made some plays and just

565
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 2: just a big, big knight for those guys.

566
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was all right. Let's get to the defense

567
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: a little bit. You know, early again trouble stopping the run.

568
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: Granted that is a premier running back and running game.

569
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: This is you know, they played Derek Henry paid Sakon twice.

570
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: They now played Jon Robinson. He is if he figures

571
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: out how to hit home runs, he's going to become

572
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: one of those other two. But he's got that kind

573
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: of ability. He was third in scrimmage arts coming into

574
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 1: the game, and he was every bit as advertised early

575
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: and once again, Washington the rush defense is something that

576
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: they need to work on here.

577
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 2: It was and and going against Atlanta's offense and the

578
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 2: scheme that they run, it's an extremely difficult scheme to

579
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 2: defend because that outside zone rushing. And you know this

580
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 2: is me kind of being a football geek. It's it's

581
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 2: it's really they're just looking for somebody, anybody to get

582
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 2: out of their gap. They're telling that. They're not telling

583
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 2: that running back, hey you got to hit this through

584
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 2: the A gap. You got to hit this to the

585
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 2: B gap. You gotta they're telling him you this, It

586
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 2: could be anywhere. You're just trying to find somebody to

587
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: end up out of their gap. For you to find

588
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 2: that that crease the offensive linement. They get you running

589
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 2: sideways so they can push you pass holes. And for

590
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 2: a guy like him, with his great vision, his one cutting,

591
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 2: he also runs with more power than his sides would

592
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 2: kind of uh, you know dictates or or have you

593
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 2: think he broke some tackles, but his vision, his ability

594
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 2: to defind small creases, get out in and out of it.

595
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 2: And you mentioned the home runs or lack thereof, that's

596
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 2: surprising to me. It's explosive as he is that he

597
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 2: hasn't had a lot of kind of hall run type

598
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 2: of I.

599
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: Think he's I think it's good. I think it's the

600
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: next step for him. Yeah, because he's got incredible vision.

601
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 1: It's really sliperyk and break tackles. The Saquon thing is

602
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: two four four twenty five, and that he's going to

603
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: get there, like you can. You could see it. He's

604
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: gonna get there. I also get it with Michael Pennix

605
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: now after seeing him in person, why they made the change.

606
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,239
Speaker 1: I will say this, like, it's a risky thing to do.

607
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: We talked about it on the broadcast last night. To

608
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: put somebody in with no experience. I don't care where

609
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: he was drafted at that point in the season, high

610
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: leverage games.

611
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 2: You know, it's just a risky thing to do. I

612
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 2: get it. I thought he was really good.

613
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: But the one thing they're not in sync with, and

614
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised about this is their deep passing game.

615
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: It wasn't there, and so I think Washington was a

616
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: little fortunate without Latimore on the back end and a

617
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: couple of matchups. You weren't gonna love Kyle Pitts on

618
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: really anybody, Drake London, you know, without Latimore out there,

619
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: You're not gonna love these matchups. But they're not quite

620
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: in sync yet on that deep passing game. And I

621
00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: think that was helpful for Washington.

622
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: And they didn't connect on definitely because there were a

623
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 2: couple overthrows or inaccurate throws by by Pinnix that with

624
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 2: more reps, he'll probably understand, you know, if I put

625
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 2: a little bit more air on those balls. Timing with

626
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 2: these players exactly, you know, balls were kind of a

627
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 2: little bit flat. He missed, He missed John on a

628
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 2: on a double move. He missed was in London or

629
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 2: maybe Cordell Patterson. He missed. He missed a couple of

630
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 2: guys on some what they had a step or two

631
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 2: on our defensive backs and fortunately for us, he missed.

632
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 2: He missed some guys and had some inaccurate throws.

633
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: Second week in a row. Again, though premier running back,

634
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: premier rush attack totally bobbled up first half. They couldn't

635
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: they couldn't stop bijon second half. Granted, Atlanta didn't run

636
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: a lot of plays because Washing actually controlled the ball,

637
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: had the ball almost eight minutes on the first drive,

638
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: and they had the ball for what thirteen of the

639
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: third quarter or something like that. So they really controlled

640
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: the ball still, which one way to keep them on

641
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: the sideline, but in general that running game wasn't there.

642
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: So the adjustment defensively again, second week in a row,

643
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: they did it the sac one. They did it to

644
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: Bijon in the second half too.

645
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 2: Now a big, big one. And something I noticed in

646
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 2: the second half was you saw Duran Payne move out

647
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 2: to defensive end a little bit stouter body. They played

648
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 2: Jalen Holmes a lot more, you know, uh, you know,

649
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 2: stop stouter guys. You saw Allen and Newton in the

650
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 2: in the ball game to wet set a lot harder edges.

651
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 2: Earlier we were we were allowing them to get the

652
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 2: get the edge and put a lot of pressure, and

653
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 2: they they tried to force our tackles and safeties to

654
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 2: be the be the the tacklers on on Beijohn and

655
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 2: he broke some tackles. But nice, nice adjustments. We talked

656
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 2: to Bobby after the game and he talked about one

657
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 2: of the things that the adjustments that they made was

658
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 2: Joe Whitt Jr. Started calling a bunch of different fronts,

659
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 2: gave him some different looks for the Falcons and that

660
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 2: caused them some problems. And yeah, they didn't have a

661
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 2: lot of time with the football. They have a lot

662
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 2: of possessions. But we just looked better defending a run.

663
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:16,240
Speaker 2: You saw some negative artists plays, You saw some plays

664
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 2: where they were just making tackles. You know, after one

665
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 2: yard games were in the first half, those were seven

666
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 2: and eight yard games.

667
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,319
Speaker 1: Before we get to the championship belt. I want to

668
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: ask you one big picture question. Yes, like this locker room,

669
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: they got it whatever it is, right, I mean, look

670
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: how they're playing together at this point in the season.

671
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,320
Speaker 1: You don't win all these games like this by accident.

672
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 1: And it's not one guy. I mean, Jaden's a big

673
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: part of it. It's not one guy, it's all of them. Like,

674
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: look how the defense has shifted in the second half

675
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: of games that were getting away from them against playoff

676
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: teams Atlanta and Philadelphia comeback win defense completely different in

677
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,320
Speaker 1: the second half from the team in the first half. Right,

678
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: what was your favorite locker room to play in? Oh man,

679
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: that's the one that it must have felt like this.

680
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 2: I'll say this, the ninety nine Rams that won the

681
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 2: Super Bowl. We won the Super Bowl. We had for

682
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 2: as many great players on that team, and we had

683
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 2: some of the top two three players in the league

684
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 2: at their position, and it was a young team. And

685
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 2: then when we were you know, worst team in the

686
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 2: league in ninety eight, one of the worst teams in

687
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,959
Speaker 2: the league, and then and I won the Super Bowl.

688
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 2: But that was a fun locker room. We enjoyed being

689
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 2: around each other when the day, when the work day

690
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 2: was over, We didn't all just scatter our several ways

691
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 2: and head home. We spent time in the building together.

692
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 2: We spent time outside the building together. And even to

693
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 2: this day, I'm on group text with those guys. It's about,

694
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,320
Speaker 2: you know, twenty five of us still on a group text,

695
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 2: and we you know, are constantly, you know, texting with

696
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 2: each other talking about you know, different things that may

697
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,959
Speaker 2: happen or may have happened with it's games, or different

698
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 2: accomplishment that you know, our family members have had, or

699
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 2: something that just ignite that conversation. And now that was

700
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 2: that was special time, special special place, special locker room.

701
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: I mean, this one feels like, no matter how this

702
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: season ends, that we have one of those. It just

703
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: feels that way. And I'm not let the players speak

704
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,280
Speaker 1: for that. But Dan Quinch talked about this a lot,

705
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 1: where every time it's what he sees how people are

706
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 1: interacting outside of the game, when they're not forced to

707
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: practice or whatever it is. There's something that's just clicked

708
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: here and it's just carried over in a way that

709
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: they won't quit and it's manifested on the field in

710
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,399
Speaker 1: a way that is just truly remarkable to watch.

711
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 2: Well, here's here's the So let's take you and I

712
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 2: for example. So we you and I. We do our

713
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 2: broadcast every week, and I think we do a damn

714
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 2: great job. Great. So, but if we didn't spend time

715
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 2: you and I, we we like to go have an

716
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 2: adult beverage, gether a cigar and all that. So we

717
00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 2: spend time together off, you know, outside of the booth,

718
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 2: and so we're able to develop a chemistry we're able

719
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,760
Speaker 2: to develop, you know. And and Logan he doesn't partake

720
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 2: into the other stuff with us, but he has a

721
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 2: chemistry with us, and that plays off. It plays huge dividends.

722
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 2: And especially calling winter time moments or tough situations where

723
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 2: I know what this guy is gonna do. I can

724
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 2: trust him, he can play off of me. There's a

725
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 2: like a an ad lib that can take place because

726
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 2: we spend time together. I know how you think we've

727
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 2: developed this chemistry. And that's what happens on the best

728
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 2: football teams where you spend so much time together outside

729
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 2: of just hey in the meeting room, on the practice field,

730
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 2: to where like, man, I trust this guy. I know

731
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 2: he's gonna cover me if I if I make a

732
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 2: certain move or do these things. And that's that's what

733
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,919
Speaker 2: you need. That's what that's what the best teams, that's

734
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 2: what they have.

735
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: And and just for everyone who's always worried that you're

736
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 1: gonna push me out of the booth in big moments,

737
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: he's not.

738
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 2: See, he's not gonna get you a little. I'm not

739
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 2: going puss hard. I mean it's one like, it's not

740
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:10,760
Speaker 2: I'm telling you that the jet that's.

741
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: The reaction I got on the Hail Mary and the

742
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 1: one against Philadelphia where you it looked like you were

743
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: gonna throw me out of the boots.

744
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: I can't help myself. Man, It's just I told you

745
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 2: got to get your weight up.

746
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: No, I'm tougher than I look, I'm not actually gonna fall.

747
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:26,919
Speaker 1: Don't judge a book by its cover.

748
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 2: But the poise that you exhibit why I'm pushing you,

749
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 2: You're still able to make your call. That's the skill.

750
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,879
Speaker 1: Well, here's the weirdest part of it. When I see

751
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: these videos, especially in those moments, I don't remember that.

752
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: I don't remember you pushing me. Really, No, I have

753
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: no memory of it. I'm so locked in the zone. No,

754
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 1: I don't remember any of them.

755
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:50,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, you black out.

756
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: I do out of body experiences. We had that with

757
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 1: this team.

758
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 2: It's top of the belt.

759
00:39:55,719 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 1: There's a big London's Heavyweight Championship Commander belt, be raiding champion,

760
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: two time champion.

761
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 2: It is Jaden Daniels.

762
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's gonna be tough to knock him off, but

763
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 1: we'll see the contender this week is who you.

764
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 2: Know, it's a This one was not as tough because

765
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 2: when I looked at guys who made well, I'll say

766
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 2: it was two other guys that I considered to challenge

767
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 2: Jaden for the big fletch Heavyweight Commanders Championship belt, and

768
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 2: they were both other officer guys. One was Eliminade's a

769
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 2: kiss he had the big big game was eight catches,

770
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 2: he had touchdown, had a really nice game. Makes some

771
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 2: made some made some great plays. And then the second

772
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 2: guy that I considered was zach Ertz. Zach Ertz had

773
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 2: a heck of a football game, obviously, and they had

774
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 2: caught the game winning touchdown.

775
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 1: Six for seventy two, two touchdowns.

776
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 2: Game winning touchdown, yeah, two six reception seventy two yards,

777
00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 2: two touchdowns, both one of them. The first touchdown I

778
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 2: was on the fourth down play, or maybe it was

779
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 2: a third down play. He also, how about this for

780
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 2: a day for zach Ertz. In his contract, he has

781
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 2: some incentives for six plus touchdowns touchdown receptions. He had

782
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 2: a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bonus that kicks in.

783
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 2: For sixty plus receptions, another two hundred and fifty thousand

784
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:28,800
Speaker 2: dollar bonus that kicks in, and for six hundred plus

785
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 2: receiving yards, there's another two hundred and fifty thousand dollars

786
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,280
Speaker 2: bonus that kicks in. Guess what happened on that final

787
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 2: touchdown reception that zach Ertz had caught all of it,

788
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 2: all of it, he hit to try efecto. He went.

789
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 2: That catch not only won us to Gay, but he

790
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 2: pocketed three quarters of a million dollars seven hundred and

791
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 2: fifty thousand dollars, and that, my friend, is why he

792
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 2: got the challenge Jayden Daniels for the belt.

793
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: Philip Butt is coming here now.

794
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 2: Listen. I haven't gave you Jayden's numbers twenty four for

795
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 2: thirty six seven yards passing the three TV's in the

796
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 2: one interception. But see he also added sixteen carries for

797
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty seven yards and all the different things.

798
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 2: He brought the electricity man to beat the chap. To

799
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 2: beat the chap, you got to beat the chap, and Zach,

800
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,080
Speaker 2: he put up a good fight. It was a good battle.

801
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 2: But it's gonna be hard to give it up to

802
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 2: the belt when you put up the numbers that Jayden did.

803
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:52,280
Speaker 2: I told you, man. And still Big Fletcher's Heavyweight Championship

804
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 2: Commander's Belt, Jaden Daiels. The champion is Jayden Dais.

805
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 1: Repeat three in a row with Logan last week, and

806
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: I gave it to Jaden too.

807
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 2: I mean, what are you gonna do? Right?

808
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 1: All right? So congratulations Jayden. Well deserved something else. I

809
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: want to mention, I didn't realize this happened. If I

810
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: had known this happened, I would have brought him over

811
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: to our postgame show. You Jeremy Reeves got engaged on

812
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: the field last night.

813
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw that how the game ended. No one

814
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 2: told me.

815
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 1: If they told me, we would have had him come

816
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: on with him and his new bride to be this.

817
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 2: You got to you gotta plan this out because you

818
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 2: know your your family. This is not a situation now

819
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 2: super Bowl, you win the game, and yeah, your family

820
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 2: will come on the field with you. But after a

821
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 2: regular season game, it's not normal for your family members

822
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 2: to come on the field and you know, celebrate with you.

823
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 2: So he had to plan it out. He had to

824
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 2: have somebody bring her down on the field. Now it

825
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 2: was you know, the fact that she probably didn't suspect

826
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 2: anything because hey, we clinched the playoffs, so maybe he

827
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 2: wanted to celebrate with her for clinching the playoffs. But

828
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:00,919
Speaker 2: somebody had to have the ring. I don't know who

829
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 2: had the ring for him. So there was some planning

830
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 2: that took place that uh that had an execution that

831
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 2: had to take place. And when I saw that, I

832
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 2: was like, man, this is a this is a moment

833
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 2: that you know, it's it's a He has video footage

834
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 2: of his engagement, so here's all.

835
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 1: I want to ask him if Riley Patterson makes that

836
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: field goal, he's still doing no, no, heck no, it's

837
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: off you doing it.

838
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 2: You might do it New Year's Eve. Maybe he does

839
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:29,879
Speaker 2: it New Year's Eve that was playing.

840
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna find out was that. Was there a plan

841
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 1: B if the team lost.

842
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 2: You doing I think I think it would He probably

843
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 2: would have did it New Year's Eve? Yeah, because you

844
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 2: don't you don't propose at their loss like that. Hey,

845
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 2: but he probably he he know what he may have

846
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,840
Speaker 2: said there was no plan B because I expected us

847
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 2: to win. That's an easy thing to say. Sure. I

848
00:44:58,800 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 2: like the video too.

849
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 1: She was practice like crowdsurfing and then they like had

850
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: to like yanker over over the wall to get her

851
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: onto the field. So I congratulations Jeremy on your engagement.

852
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 2: That's really cool.

853
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: And you know what, like of all people on this

854
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: team who's kind of been through everything here, I actually

855
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,439
Speaker 1: think it's so apropos He did it on the field there, yeah,

856
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 1: because that place means something to him, like I for

857
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: all like especially like last night we had Tressway on

858
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:29,360
Speaker 1: Jeremy Reeve, John Allen coming back, Terry McLaurin Doron Payne,

859
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 1: b Rob. I know I'm missing some others, but especially

860
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:36,360
Speaker 1: the longtimers who to circle really back to the beginning,

861
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: Like I think they feel this too, and it probably

862
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 1: resonates with them kind of like the way it does

863
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Speaker 1: with the fans. Maybe a little differently because you're the

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Speaker 1: ones putting your bodies on the line of the uniform.

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Speaker 1: But they know, like they know what we've been waiting for.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure for them to see that stadium like

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Speaker 1: that last night and to win again that way last night,

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Speaker 1: I can only imagine how they're feeling tonight.

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Speaker 2: When you've gone through at Versity, you've gone through years

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Speaker 2: of just tough times, tough seasons, and in Santana myself,

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Speaker 2: you know, Frezmu Shawn Springs, and you know, we're we're

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Speaker 2: a part of just being around it and having gone

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Speaker 2: through some tough times. And you know, for the fans

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Speaker 2: who've been with this team, you've been a fan of

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Speaker 2: your whole life, and just to see this season you

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Speaker 2: know transpired away as transpire, man, it makes you proud

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Speaker 2: to be a Washington Commander's fan.

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Speaker 1: And it has to end with a win against Dallas.

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Speaker 1: I mean, like there's kind of no other way, So

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Speaker 1: I honestly don't care six or seven seed because I'm

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Speaker 1: with Q on this. We'll play anybody anywhere. I'd prefer

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Speaker 1: a trip to l A. If I'm being honest, over

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia because I like the sun in the middle of

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Speaker 1: in the middle of January and the other thing I

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Speaker 1: like about it too, especially if it happens we talk

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Speaker 1: about next week. I think our fans are gonna overrun

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Speaker 1: so far if we end up actually playing there, I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna be able to get the tickets to get

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Speaker 1: into Philadelphia, but it would. But I'm excited about either one.

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Speaker 1: But I do know that no seasons complete without a

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Speaker 1: win over Dallas. So let's see if we can get one.

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Speaker 2: This Oh yeah, you want to? You wanna put a

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Speaker 2: cap on the regular season with a victory in Big D.

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Speaker 1: All right, I'll see you down in Big D and

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Speaker 1: we'll see you next week on the Booth Review