Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The
Speaker 1: Commanders had to San Francisco for their final road game
Speaker 1: of the season. With playoff implications still on the line.
Speaker 1: Santana Moss and Logan Paulson shared some of their key
Speaker 1: matchups they'll be looking for in this week sixteen meeting.
Speaker 1: We want to start right there in the trenches for
Speaker 1: this one because you have Dick Bosa, who leaves the
Speaker 1: NFL with sacks fifteen and a half. We have a
Speaker 1: quarterback that we need standing upright. So he's going up
Speaker 1: against Charles Leno and Cornelius Lucas. What's the challenge there? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, dig Bosa is a guy that's really fun
Speaker 1: to watch when it comes rush in the pastor he
Speaker 1: is dynamic. He has put on this earth to rush
Speaker 1: the pastor get after the quarterback. So to me, with
Speaker 1: a guy like this, you need to have a schematic
Speaker 1: philosophy right play action, pass, max protection chip plan to
Speaker 1: keep him off the quarterback, to put those guys in
Speaker 1: advantageous situations. Another way you do that is you stay
Speaker 1: at a third long situations like your life depends on it.
Speaker 1: By running the football effectively on first a second down.
Speaker 1: This is a guy that can game wreck you if
Speaker 1: you're not care full. So what is Scott Turner doing?
Speaker 1: What is this offense doing to manage that? I think
Speaker 1: there were some solutions there. I'm scared he just told
Speaker 1: us all that and I'm sitting here. Yeah, I knew
Speaker 1: coming into this game we had to worry about Bosa,
Speaker 1: but no, he's one of those guys that I've been
Speaker 1: watching for a long time now and just just knowing
Speaker 1: what the trouble that we've been having upfront. Man, I'm
Speaker 1: hoping our solutions are running now. You're not doubting them
Speaker 1: up and it's not just Bosa. If we go to
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball. We're kind of scared
Speaker 1: of what Christian McCaffrey can do because he can basically
Speaker 1: do it all. He almost has eight thousand yards rushing
Speaker 1: and almost three hundred and fifty receiving, and the way
Speaker 1: that they use him, you just don't know, and you
Speaker 1: have to be prepared. So Santana the linebackers need to
Speaker 1: be on point this week. Yeah, that's one of the
Speaker 1: problems that we've been having, you know, throughout the years
Speaker 1: since Rahmabur being here. Is the out linebackers in coverage
Speaker 1: and me planning on that couch in the hand offense.
Speaker 1: I understood that everybody could get someone. We played against
Speaker 1: our opponents, and I mean your third wide receiver, but
Speaker 1: your second, you know, running back, you'll fullback, whoever's in
Speaker 1: the backfield, who lovers on that field can go out
Speaker 1: there and give you work. And having a guy Christian
Speaker 1: McCaffrey with so much talent, I mean, we know he's
Speaker 1: a great runner, but he's a guy that can go
Speaker 1: out there everyone rouse as a receiver like a receiver.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be one of them things. I'm very
Speaker 1: interested just to see who are we going to have
Speaker 1: to cover him, whether it be a lineback or would
Speaker 1: be one of those guys in the Buffalo Nichols. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's a great point because you know, when
Speaker 1: we play we played Carolina last time, Cam Crolt Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: He had an excellent job with that. But the problem
Speaker 1: with the samacist for Fortinators, they have Christian McCaffrey and
Speaker 1: they have George Kittle, and yeah, and Cam Crowl can't
Speaker 1: guard both of them. So Jaman Davis is going to
Speaker 1: be forced to kind of allocate his time to one
Speaker 1: of those resources, I think, or do you bring in
Speaker 1: another safety, Bobby McCain. It's a really tough matchup because
Speaker 1: they've got two guys inside they can hurt you, which
Speaker 1: is a very unique situation. Jamie Davis coming to his
Speaker 1: own and Cam crole second on the team with eighty
Speaker 1: three combined tackles as well. Of course that number going
Speaker 1: up this week, and we certainly helped when it gets
Speaker 1: down too. It's a lot about the coaching, right, and
Speaker 1: you have Jack Dorio and Kyle Shannon. Okay, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: like this is gonna be the chess match for the Ages,
Speaker 1: right because Kyle it does an excellent job with this
Speaker 1: forty nine ers team of putting his guys in situations
Speaker 1: to be successful, finding matchups, breaking your coverage rules. Jack
Speaker 1: has done a good job of mixing stuff up, but
Speaker 1: Kyle makes his offense work by saying, these are your rules,
Speaker 1: and how do we create concepts to break them? So
Speaker 1: I am super excited to see what Jack comes out with.
Speaker 1: And you know what can hurt that Tanner. It's an
Speaker 1: excellent pass rush. So those guys gotta be ready to go.
Speaker 1: And I'm just really excited to watch how these guys
Speaker 1: play against each other, you know, speaking of excellent passwork.
Speaker 1: I think one of the things we have going for
Speaker 1: us this week is Brock Purtty. He's a young yea,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Two times it's a charm.
Speaker 1: Three is I mean, no, two times he's good, three
Speaker 1: is it's a charm. I don't think he's gonna get
Speaker 1: it off this week. I think our defense halfway it
Speaker 1: takes to go out there and slow him down this week.
Speaker 1: And I know he's been playing good. I know he's
Speaker 1: mister RELLIV and all of us stuff. You want to
Speaker 1: get behind it, but I don't see him three times
Speaker 1: out going out there and playing dominant football. Tan, let
Speaker 1: me get you quickly. On the other side of Scott
Speaker 1: Turner going up against Damika Ryan's, we're talking about scheming things. No,
Speaker 1: I really want to see Scott Turner going to his bag.
Speaker 1: I think we have to go deep into that bag.
Speaker 1: Whatever we did against the Philadelphia Eagles, we have to
Speaker 1: ringing that bad. We have to bring us out to
Speaker 1: play back. I would listening to Logan talking a few
Speaker 1: minutes ago. He talked about our interior run game. We
Speaker 1: have to go out there and attack him some sort
Speaker 1: of way, because watching these guys, somebody flying around the football, linebackers, safety,
Speaker 1: everybody gets to the ball. So we have to come
Speaker 1: with our hard hats on. And I'm hoping that our
Speaker 1: game penns ready because the Meeko Ryant, I'm not sure
Speaker 1: how long San Francis is going to have him as
Speaker 1: a decord, and he could be somebody's nation. The Commanders
Speaker 1: will face a talented forty nine ers offense led by
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback Brock Purty. I talked with linebacker Jayman Davis
Speaker 1: on how he's preparing for this matchup. Jayman, how is
Speaker 1: the team kind of refocused after a tough loss on
Speaker 1: Sunday night, knowing what's lying ahead on Christmas? Even San
Speaker 1: fran It's one of those things where we got to
Speaker 1: just keep pushing forward regardless of what's going on around us.
Speaker 1: And then we had the opportunity to have a guy
Speaker 1: like Sergeant Cedric King come in and speak to us,
Speaker 1: and he's been through a lot and we just got
Speaker 1: to see what it's like for him. It's just what
Speaker 1: he goes through in life, and just knowing that different
Speaker 1: things that come up in your life as far as
Speaker 1: losses and whatnot. You just gotta get up and keep
Speaker 1: it going, and you do still control your own destiny.
Speaker 1: I mean the way the season is gone, starting going
Speaker 1: and Ford, nobody really thought this team would be in
Speaker 1: this situation. But if you go, when you take care
Speaker 1: of business and you went out, it's a very different
Speaker 1: story and how the season ends, right, I mean, like
Speaker 1: I just said, I mean, we really don't pay attention
Speaker 1: to anything that's going on around us. We just always
Speaker 1: gonna put our best foot forward and just keep taking
Speaker 1: it one step at a time and before you know it,
Speaker 1: the results of speak for theyself. It is one game
Speaker 1: at a time. Coming up, is saying fran and they
Speaker 1: have a really unique offense that offers a whole bunch
Speaker 1: of challenges, especially with Christian McCaffrey. I mean, that's a
Speaker 1: player that can kind of do it all that. I'm
Speaker 1: sure you'll be focused in on. How do you strategize
Speaker 1: against an offense and a player like that. Well, I mean,
Speaker 1: first and foremost, we got to stop the run. I mean,
Speaker 1: when we go out there and do what we need
Speaker 1: to do is get all eleven guys to the ball
Speaker 1: and try to be extremely technique sound. With everything that
Speaker 1: we're doing, I feel like it would be very beneficial
Speaker 1: for us to do what we need to do to
Speaker 1: get off on third. So being real, real fluent and
Speaker 1: what we do with our movements and our fits and everything.
Speaker 1: He's just going to be real key in this game.
Speaker 1: And brock Purty, I mean, what a story he's having
Speaker 1: out there, and saying, fran coming in just three games
Speaker 1: of film on him, is that enough for you to
Speaker 1: kind of really feel confident in what plan you need
Speaker 1: to have to strategize against what he brings resolutely? Because
Speaker 1: I mean you can still pick up on different things
Speaker 1: that like different flaws in his game and whatnot or
Speaker 1: whoever he is as a player. So I mean, just
Speaker 1: going forward, Like I said, it's just it's all about
Speaker 1: preparation and doing whatever we need to do out here
Speaker 1: on the practice field and just going forward. We just
Speaker 1: gonna have to play us a good game this week.
Speaker 1: And you're yourself here now into your sophomore season really
Speaker 1: kind of growing into your own. We see the confidence growing,
Speaker 1: we see the players being out there double digit tackles
Speaker 1: into the last three games. For you, where are you
Speaker 1: in your progression and where's the game slowed down the
Speaker 1: most for you? Oh, same thing I've been telling everybody.
Speaker 1: I mean, just trying to just continue to be comfortable
Speaker 1: in my own skin and just being Jam and Davis,
Speaker 1: not trying to be anybody other than myself, and just
Speaker 1: going out there playing ball. As far as my progression,
Speaker 1: and it's really just preparation. It's one of those things
Speaker 1: that I took from col and just put that chip
Speaker 1: on my shoulder, just going forward, just keep doing what
Speaker 1: I need to do to be the best version of
Speaker 1: myself possible. So you're playing Christmas Eve, what do you
Speaker 1: want for Christmas? The playoffs? I think that would be
Speaker 1: a great gift, honestly. So all right, thank you Jam
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