Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. Washington
Speaker 1: welcomes Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans toth Edex Field
Speaker 1: on Sunday for a one pm kick. How Washington's front
Speaker 1: seven stack up against a running back like Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: is just one of the matchup slogan Paulson and Santana
Speaker 1: Moss will be on the lookout for. So if you
Speaker 1: look at the specific matchups you're most looking forward to
Speaker 1: in this game, I think it kind of starts there
Speaker 1: with we talk about Derrick Henry. He really is kind
Speaker 1: of like their leader on offense. He finally got over
Speaker 1: one hundred yards for this season, and as defensive coordinator
Speaker 1: jackter Riss says, he's a big, strong, hard guy to
Speaker 1: have to stop. So, Santana, how do you see him
Speaker 1: matching up against Washington's front seven? Well, it's no secret
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a tall task. And it's
Speaker 1: no secret also that this offen goes as far as
Speaker 1: the king goes. He's King Henry for a reason. This
Speaker 1: guy has been doing a year out the year out
Speaker 1: the year. Oh, I think our defense has written to
Speaker 1: the challenge the last few weeks when he came to
Speaker 1: the run game. So I see these guys when I've
Speaker 1: been doing just that rising to the challenge. I feel
Speaker 1: that in order for us to go out there and
Speaker 1: do what we want to do collectively on both fans,
Speaker 1: our defense has to sload this guy now. If not,
Speaker 1: then we're not going to get a chance to do
Speaker 1: someone on the offensive side that we desperately and and
Speaker 1: darn need to do. And it's something a little bit
Speaker 1: different than they've seen the last couple of weeks. A
Speaker 1: lot of outside zone, a little bit different philosophy from Tennessee.
Speaker 1: Here They've got they've kind of built that offensive line
Speaker 1: to get that done. So can the defense handle that?
Speaker 1: Can they all play their gap responsibilities and be really
Speaker 1: fun matchup to watch this Yes, so far Washington's run
Speaker 1: defense has been pretty well, but it is going to
Speaker 1: be a different kind of defending the run in this
Speaker 1: game than we have in the past few games. Logan
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Scott Turner, A lot of attention has been
Speaker 1: on him this week and kind of how he can
Speaker 1: call a game to help out the offensive line that's struggling,
Speaker 1: the quarterback that has, you know, trying to get to
Speaker 1: his rhythm still, how do you see him going up
Speaker 1: against their defensive coordinator Shane Bowen. Yeah, so I think
Speaker 1: this is a really good matchup for Scott, not because
Speaker 1: of you know, Bowen's got a bad defense or they're
Speaker 1: not doing things as well in Tennessee. It's just a
Speaker 1: familiarity there. It's very, very very similar to what Jack
Speaker 1: does on to cover three. A lot of but don't
Speaker 1: break philosophy, a little cover too, spripled in and they're
Speaker 1: easy to identify coverages. The safeties kind of tip those off.
Speaker 1: So if Scott has a plan and can get Carson
Speaker 1: on the same page, I think they've seen how their
Speaker 1: concepts work against these coverages. So it should be a
Speaker 1: really really nice matchup for this group because of the
Speaker 1: familiarity and getting guys comfortable Santana. If we go like
Speaker 1: a level below that part of the way that this
Speaker 1: team can have success and Scott Turner can as well
Speaker 1: as the play of the offensive line. And here we
Speaker 1: go into a game again with the offensive line shuffling
Speaker 1: and dealing with injuries once again, I kind of feel
Speaker 1: like this is, you know, a broken record unfortunately, but
Speaker 1: it is what it is. You play with who you have, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and their defensive front. They've got some guys, especially on
Speaker 1: the interior that can get out at Santana. How do
Speaker 1: you see those lines matching up. It's another in the
Speaker 1: story when it comes to off as a line and
Speaker 1: who we're going to be facing. I'm not sure that
Speaker 1: we got to even worry about the individual names we're
Speaker 1: doing into the game. Last week talking about you know, Parson,
Speaker 1: it's talking about the guys who can go out there
Speaker 1: and be different to mak Us. But I think if
Speaker 1: we can't protect these guys without the teams forcing us
Speaker 1: or bringing more than four people, and that's the problem.
Speaker 1: So we have to be creative, I think offensively for
Speaker 1: us to make sure that we're putting the right line
Speaker 1: ones out there that we can make sure that Carston
Speaker 1: couldn't excel with and we can be productive as an
Speaker 1: offense regardless of what we do and what we're trying
Speaker 1: to do, Let's make sure we protect him first and foremost. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I think great point, Tanna. I think one of
Speaker 1: the things about this group is that they're kind of
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of note names outside of Jeffrey Simmons,
Speaker 1: who might be the best interior player in the NFL.
Speaker 1: At the moment, he's greating better than Aaron Donald by
Speaker 1: PFF metrics. He is a very productive player. Interesting to
Speaker 1: see how a young player like CD's gonna match up
Speaker 1: with him. He's been drawing a lot of double teams
Speaker 1: as well because of that, that's what happens. But he
Speaker 1: still wins despite that. And it says because he gets
Speaker 1: the double team, that means it frees up somebody else
Speaker 1: to be free. And when you get it, you just
Speaker 1: got to go beat your man. He's definitely an a
Speaker 1: tough one to go up against, but look, you play
Speaker 1: the guys that are out there, you make no excuses.
Speaker 1: And we'll see how this team comes together, and hopefully
Speaker 1: it's in favor for Washington. Linebacker Jayman Davis has shined
Speaker 1: in a sophomore season, leading the team with three stacks.
Speaker 1: London Fletcher caught up with Jayman to discuss the season
Speaker 1: so far. Jamie, appreciate you joining me. You're off to
Speaker 1: a strong start in your second season, three sacks and
Speaker 1: four games already. How comfortable are you feeling right now
Speaker 1: this season? I mean, completely different outcome from how it
Speaker 1: started out for me last year. It's just more so
Speaker 1: like I said before, it's just going out there and
Speaker 1: trying to play a lot faster and just really beat myself.
Speaker 1: I mean, this offseason one of the biggest things for
Speaker 1: me was just trying to eliminate a lot of the
Speaker 1: extra thinking. So I mean, now, like I said, just
Speaker 1: going out there and trying to beat myself. When you
Speaker 1: say eliminate the extra thinking, what what do you feel
Speaker 1: has been your biggest improvement on the field this season.
Speaker 1: I mean one of them things where it's like you've
Speaker 1: seen this play before, so you can kind of anticipate
Speaker 1: it a lot more, and just trying to go out
Speaker 1: there and play faster to it than you did before
Speaker 1: last year. It's great that you mentioned seeing this play before.
Speaker 1: One thing I noticed in the ballgame against Dallas the
Speaker 1: other day, they got you in a situation where they
Speaker 1: had a stack release with CD Lamb and you had
Speaker 1: him in coverage and he, you know, beat you across
Speaker 1: your face. They tried that same play later on in
Speaker 1: the game and it was you made a great adjustment,
Speaker 1: knew it was coming, and you recovered that the roan
Speaker 1: knocked the ball down when you were going to knock
Speaker 1: the play down the pass down also, it's that part
Speaker 1: of just that growth and right, and I understand you
Speaker 1: see a play that's basically the same exact thing is
Speaker 1: like knowing plays that you've seen before and knowing how
Speaker 1: you exactly how you're supposed to play it, and just
Speaker 1: trying to be better the next time, going around and
Speaker 1: going forward. That's the same thing the rest of the year,
Speaker 1: just trying to play fast and make a lot more
Speaker 1: plays like that so I can just do what I
Speaker 1: can to be a playmaker. You got a lot of
Speaker 1: former linebackers that you deal with in your room. You
Speaker 1: got you know, obviously Steve Russian linebacker coach, he played,
Speaker 1: Jack Dale, real play, Robert vera play, get a lot
Speaker 1: of information. What has been the biggest massage or the
Speaker 1: message that they mainly have given you this season. Play fast.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's all It really boils down to.
Speaker 1: Don't don't do all the extra thinking, like I said before,
Speaker 1: because all that's gonna do is have you like just
Speaker 1: ten stuff and out there thinking a little too much.
Speaker 1: So that's one of the biggest things that they harp
Speaker 1: on constantly, is just going out there and really being yourself.
Speaker 1: That's what I was trying to focus on this offseason,
Speaker 1: like I said, so, I mean going forward, I just
Speaker 1: want to continue to do. What I'm doing is just
Speaker 1: trying to be myself. I'm not worried about what anybody
Speaker 1: trying to say about me because they don't know me.
Speaker 1: So right at the end of the day, I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna go out there and try to continue to be
Speaker 1: a playmaker so we can turn this thing around. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you you made a ton of plays. And you know,
Speaker 1: I look back and think about the game against the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, and you know, it wasn't the type of
Speaker 1: result we wanted, but just the flash plays where there
Speaker 1: was times with Jalen Hurtson's you know, running out of
Speaker 1: pocket thing, He's gonna get it first down and you
Speaker 1: just come out of nowhere like a blur. That's just
Speaker 1: part of not thinking it, just playing fast. That's exactly
Speaker 1: what it is. It's more so of like, Okay, you
Speaker 1: know you're supposed to be so don't think about it,
Speaker 1: just do it. Just gonna make the play so ain't
Speaker 1: nobody else is gonna do it? So hell, I mean,
Speaker 1: I let him to the ball. That's always a goal.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, if you got an opportunity
Speaker 1: to make a play, you might as well take it.
Speaker 1: Got a big challenge this weekend going against Derreck Henry
Speaker 1: and a tice rushing attack. What type of challenges do
Speaker 1: they pretend, especially going against a big back like Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: I mean, first and foremost, your main focus is to
Speaker 1: stop the run because you know they're a big running team.
Speaker 1: So coming into this you want to be able to
Speaker 1: read your keys, do as much you can to get
Speaker 1: a jump on them with film and whatnot, making sure
Speaker 1: that you know exactly what they're running where they run
Speaker 1: the ball and stop that first and foremost, like I said,
Speaker 1: and then first and second down, getting all the way
Speaker 1: off the field on third down as well. So, like
Speaker 1: I said, just run game. That's that's really the biggest
Speaker 1: thing to harp on first and foremost. The last two
Speaker 1: ball games, you guys have been outstandings playing against the
Speaker 1: run against two of the better running teams in the
Speaker 1: International Football League. What has been the biggest difference between
Speaker 1: you know, early in the season and now have you
Speaker 1: played the run against Philadelphi in the Dallas Cowboys. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's yeah, we've been trying to do what we need
Speaker 1: to do. But at the same time, we know we
Speaker 1: still not where we want to be as a team defensively,
Speaker 1: and we just want to live up to our standards
Speaker 1: play fast as a defense. So I mean, it's really
Speaker 1: just trying to play fast. Like I said before, it
Speaker 1: get all eleven halts to the ball. No, we just
Speaker 1: want to get off the field on third down. And
Speaker 1: how you do that, it's stopping them on first and
Speaker 1: second down. So that's really the main focus and we're
Speaker 1: just going to continue to do that throughout the season.
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