WEBVTT - Containing Daniel Jones for a Week 2 Bounce Back? | The Beatdown Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:10.920 What's up with happening? 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:11.119 All? 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.880 This is the Beatdown Podcast, and guys, we're ready to 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:18.200 get started into week two. And today we have two 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:22.000 more guests. Last week we had Lake Lewis and David Harrison. 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:25.520 This week we have Candy Waller, president of Booie TV Sports, 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.479 and Alex Flohm from DC News. Now, guys, how we 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:29.280 doing pretty good? 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:30.400 Zach? Ready for week two? 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:35.320 Yep? Same here? Ready to get rocking, as DQ would say, Yeah. 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:37.879 I think we're all ready to move on from whatever 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:40.720 that was in week one for sure. You know, this 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:43.240 week we have our home debut against the New York Giants, 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:45.440 which I've been saying all week it seems to be 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.120 more of a quote unquote in the Washington Commander's weight 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:51.120 class as opposed to the perennial playoff contenditor that the 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.800 Buccaneers were. But yeah, I think I think this is 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:55.600 going to be a little bit more of a competitive matchup. 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:57.720 And guys, let's go ahead and get jumping right into 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:01.440 it here. Starting with the first question that we will 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:05.960 be debating over between you two is you know Washington's 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:09.120 offense went up against the buzz Saw in Todd Bowles's 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:13.039 defense and you know, they blitsed them about forty two 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:14.880 percent of the time, which is gonna make it gonna 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:18.080 speed up Danny Daniels process and led to him runs 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.280 in the ball sixteen times, which nobody wants. But Katy, 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.479 we'll start with you here, and you know, the big 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:25.319 question is what do you want to see from Washington's 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.880 offense that Cindy struggle a little bit there going against 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:30.520 the Todd Bowles. What do you want to see them 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.640 do against the Giants defense that likely is not going 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.920 to blitz as much as the Buccaneers. 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:39.600 I would really like to see from Washington's offense a 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.679 bit more, just you know, creativity. How can they get 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.800 the other players involved? If we saw the run game 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:48.600 get going a bit, we saw you know, a big 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.120 run by Austin Eckler, We saw you know, b Rob 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.760 doing what he does, but perhaps getting Austin Eckler involved 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.680 a little bit more kind of couldn't get the wide 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.800 receiver group going, so, you know, would love to see 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:03.160 a bit of that. 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:04.160 Can they connect? 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:09.000 Can can we see where Jaden will have a chemistry 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:13.200 or connection with Terry or with Luke or. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:14.519 With Diami o Z. 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:16.880 Let's see how that works out and then just the 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:17.799 tight ends like. 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.120 All Duram Camp. We saw, you know, zach Ertz being kind. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.840 Of like that security blanket but just couldn't get that 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.079 going so where they can really be creative and utilizing 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:28.640 the different position groups on offense. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:30.560 Love to see that happening in week two. 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.120 Yeah, and you very have a good point about the 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:36.639 wide receivers because in the first half the wide receiver 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:40.000 group as a whole had one catch for no yards 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.720 and that was for Luke McCaffrey, who who did have 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.639 end up having a pretty solid game. But that you're right, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.160 that is nowhere close to what you'd want from from 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.280 those receivers. And else we'll bring this to you here. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.760 And you know, she brings up the wide receivers now, 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.920 like what do you think they can do to get 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.760 more get more action from their years? It doesn't matter 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:03.440 just giving Jane more protection or is it just the 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.240 receivers getting up it? Like what do you think about that? 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:07.400 Yeah, well, I think it seemed did seem like the 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.680 receivers were struggling a bit to get opened last week. Obviously, 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.160 you know, we barely heard Terry mcclaurin's name. We didn't 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:18.720 see much, you know, from Dimmie Brown, from Luke from Alamide. 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.400 So I think the receivers need to do a little 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.360 bit of a better job this week getting separation. But 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:25.919 one thing under the radar that I'm going to be 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.720 keeping my eyes on this week is how much we see. 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.480 Brandon Coleman on the field. 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.600 They were about two drives where he had a lot 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.320 of time on the field, and those two drives were 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.480 the two drives that the Commanders scored a touchdown this 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.839 past week. So I think seeing him on the field 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:44.880 little more. And I know he dealt with some injuries 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.680 in preseason, so I think if they can get Coleman 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.840 in more, and you know, I think a lot of. 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.120 Factors play a role here. 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.760 I don't think anything was exactly jayde Daniel's fault last week. 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.120 I thought he had a pretty nice and solid debut. 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:00.760 But I think a little more. 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:04.040 Protection and a little more separation from the receivers, which 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.960 they hopefully should get against the Giants this week, I 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:08.600 think we could see a much bigger day from the 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:09.440 passing offense. 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.360 Yeah, I really think so too. And if you look 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.440 in I mentioned at the top of the show that 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:18.839 the Commanders were blitzed about forty two percent of the time, 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.480 which was the second highest across the league in general. 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.800 Now the Giants, their hand, they blitzed about half of 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.000 that and that was about twenty six in the league. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.440 So either way, no matter what we're gonna see from 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.640 this Giants kind of defense with that new deeps of 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.840 coordinator and Shane Bowen, you're you're gonna get a lot 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.520 less pressure at least from you know, blitzing you know, 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.560 five or six different guys. Now the defensive line is 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:44.640 for the Giants a little bit a little bit different 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:48.760 question just because they're so dominant. But Candy, I'll ask 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.200 you this is, you know, say, say Jayden does get 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:55.200 less pressure, which we I think is gonna be expected 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:59.080 compared to what we saw from from the Buccaneers, how 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:02.040 do you think that that fewer amounts of pressure is 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.400 really going to help him in his progressions, in his 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.640 process and trying to you know, get some of these 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:08.640 wide receivers up and get some of these some of 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.440 these weapons more involved. As you said earlier, I. 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.760 Think it will help Jayden even probably. 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.920 Get a bit more comfortable to the pace of the game. 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:24.080 It's almost like at times in Week one, you know, 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:26.000 it was like, Okay, is Jayden panicking? 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:26.479 Is it? 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.120 Is it? Like, you know, did he did he? Did 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:29.479 he run? 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:31.440 Because he just was a you know, we know that 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.000 he's a competitor and he needs to go, but it 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.200 also can resemble like panic mode as well, like oh 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:42.320 my gosh. So it's almost like wanting to see that calm, 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:46.920 collected poise that we've seen throughout camp. 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.080 Perhaps this is a week where he can really. 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:55.520 Get comfortable into the maybe passing first QB that we 0:05:55.640 --> 0:06:01.200 know dead Quinn and uh, you know all offensive coordinated. 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.680 Cliff Kingsbury has said they would like to see him do. 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.240 So I think it's more of a is this the 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.200 week where we see him really get comfortable into his role? 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:11.800 Like y'all said, it was a solid. 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:15.320 Game, but at times it looked a little haywire, and 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:19.600 so maybe it looks a bit more collected and confident 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:23.360 even and the weapons that he currently has the round him. 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.640 Yeah, and you're right, I mean in training camp it 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.320 seeing what we saw not so a completely different offense, 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:30.920 but it did seem like it was a little bit 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:35.160 more uh polished, a little bit more in synct than 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:36.880 what you said, no, No, Granted, some of that is 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.120 to be expected because they're doing more vanilla stuff. They're 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:43.159 not doing these these complicated concepts. They're keeping things simple 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:44.520 for the you know, the fact they want to bring 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.119 Jade and the rest of the offense along. But fum, 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.160 I'll bring this to you, you know, before we move 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.800 on to the next question, is you know she mentioned 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.159 that the quote unquote the freak out stuff that would 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.599 happen occasionally, and how Jade would sort of speed up 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:00.039 his progressions. That Another thing we didn't really see that 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.200 much in the game was the amount of exposive play 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:03.880 that seemed to be starting to open up a little 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.760 bit more during training camp. And we do know that 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:10.640 that Jayden has the ability to launch the ball down field. 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.240 So say he does get more protection from from Brandon Coleman, 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.520 like you said, assuming he plays or Cornelia suits whoever's 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.520 out there, how do you expect that to to help 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:22.920 him in terms of like stretching the offense down the 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.080 field and getting some of these guys open, like Terry 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:26.880 Luke and even Diami. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.160 Well, we did see a couple of times they tried 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.200 to launch it downfield and a couple of times. It 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:35.080 did look closer, you know, close last week, and like 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.320 the Candy said, we saw it in preseason. We know that, 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.480 you know, he's capable of making. 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.000 These plays in practice. 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.400 It's just a matter of seeing that happen for the 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.440 first time in a game, and you know it should 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.520 happen this week against the Giants. 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:50.680 Like we said, the Bucks a little bit. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.800 Stronger of a team, stronger of a defense, and I think, 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.720 to me, I think they're gonna want to get one 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:01.560 of those plays off early. And you know, it's week two, 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:05.400 it's early in the season. I would have to imagine 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.560 we're going to see dan Quinn with Kingsbury taking a 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.000 couple maybe extra chances early, just so Jayden could get 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.120 one of those big plays. Because you know, this is 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.320 the start of his career. You know, we have to 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.640 remember that. You know, he's just getting rolling, and you know, 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:22.840 I think once he hits one of those big plays, 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:24.840 we're going to see that he's capable of doing that. 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:26.640 He's going to see that he's capable. 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.760 Of doing that in an NFL game, and I'm sure 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.360 we're going to see it a lot more than once 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.440 going forward to you. 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.920 Know, the Commanders were last in the league in quitted 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:39.520 air yards last year with thirty or last week with thirty, 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:43.040 So we we definitely do expect them to at least 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.480 be better than that, especially with the you know, they 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.480 don't have the best receiving corps out there, but they 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:49.960 do have some explosive weapons that can definitely help them. 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:51.840 So we're gonna move on to the next question, but 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:52.800 right now we'll give you a little bit of a 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.720 score update. Alex. You were in the league four to three, 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:58.920 so it's still pretty tightly contested battle here, but we 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.679 do have a chance to to even the odds a 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.040 little bit with a defensive question, and it's even more 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.559 of a general one. You know, obviously the offense was 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:09.520 had its up and down performances, but it was still 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.520 largely and i'd say, closer to the mean in terms 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.480 of stats around the league. The defense, at the other hand, 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:17.800 was definitely closer to what we saw last year, which 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.439 is a little bit disappointing in terms of allowing explosive plays. 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.480 Nine plays of at least fifteen yards or more and 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.920 then third downs was the one of the biggest concerns 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:30.400 that the Buccaneers hit about sixty nine percent of their 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.440 third downs, which is just, you know, not acceptable in 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.720 any any sense, not a winning formula at all. But 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.120 Alex will start with you first. There's a lot of 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:42.480 things to improve upon for this Commander's defense, for sure, 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:44.719 But what do you want to see the most in 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.720 order to get a bounced back performance from this unit? 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.920 Yeah, well, I definitely want to see the secondary step 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:52.440 up a bit. I know they had a tough time 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.880 with the Bucks passing attack, but I do think it 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.000 starts with the pass r us. 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.880 Just having a slightly better day. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.559 I mean, Coach Quinn talked about it yesterday at practice. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.520 There were a lot of points where they were getting 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:08.240 back there and applying pressure, but there were many many 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:11.080 points where they were not finishing and not picking up 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.800 a sack in those instances. So I think the pass 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.120 rush has to be better than it was last week. 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.280 And like we said about the offense, I think the 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:24.120 defense itself should be better. You know, this Giants team 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:29.240 is a team that looked very, very bad in Week one. 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:32.280 You know, they're the only team that didn't win and 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.520 also didn't score a touchdown in their first game. So 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:37.520 the Commanders just have to make sure, you know that 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.600 they don't play down to the Giants, and I think 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:41.280 a lot of that. 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.200 Will start with the pass rush getting back there. 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.280 Cand It. We'll go over to you next, because you know, 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:51.960 the inability to finish was so critical against Baker Mayfield 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.400 and now they go up against Daniel Jones, who has 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.080 round every other team in the league has not really 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.960 performed up to his from caliber that he was that 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.479 he was drafted in. When he goes against the Commanders, 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.679 for whatever reason, he seems to play like he's one 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.840 of the top quarterbacks in the league. So in terms 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:14.360 of getting to Daniel Jones, what do you want to 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.480 see from them to get him on the ground and 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.200 get him to get him you know, speed of the process, 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:24.200 and get him under pressure, because for whatever reason, Daniel 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.040 Jones seems to be a big problem for this unit. 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.040 Yeah, it is kind of exactly what Alex was saying. 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:34.080 You know, the defense is inability to finish last week 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:34.840 was glaring. 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.280 So as you just mentioned, Zach, yes, Daniel Jones has 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.680 like career games against. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:44.000 The Commanders and I'm sure everyone is thinking, you know, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.520 the Commanders can't lose to the Giants. But guess what, 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.120 I'm pretty sure the Giants are thinking the same thing. Oh, 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:53.400 we cannot lose to the Commanders. So I think you'll 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:57.760 probably see a different team on both for both teams. 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:02.240 But the ability to just finish. The defense missed so 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:06.600 many tackles on Sunday and they need to they need 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.640 to make Daniel throw, but don't even give him an 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:14.360 opportunity to The more there could be a bit more 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:18.280 grass or mud on his jersey, the better off for 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:22.360 this defense. So this is the game where we don't 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.240 want it to be another so many high houses for 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.880 the defense, and here we go again with it being 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.360 down the tubes. This is an opportunity for the defense 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.360 to say, hey, we had to get the kinks out, 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.120 we had to knock the dust off a bit in 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.959 week one, but we are legit and Daniel Jones will 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:39.480 not be successful against us. 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:43.360 Yeah, you're exactly right, And you know this kind of 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.240 goes into you know the other part of the question 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.640 for as far as Daniel Jones' performance is his weapons, right, 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.120 I mean, he's not gonna have Sagon Barkley or he's gone. 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.920 He's playing for Philadelphia. Darius Slayton seems to be in 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:56.840 the concussion protocol, so I don't know if he's going 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:58.800 to be playing or not. We'll see what monitor that 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.760 to see how he how he does, but blite Neighbors 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:03.880 is gonna be it would seem to be a big, 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:08.280 big problem for this secondary which allowed only six incompletions 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:11.560 for Baker Mayfield. He had two or eight nine yards 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.640 four touchdowns. He was bawling out in a way that 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:19.440 we really haven't seen him in quite a while. So 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.280 Alex will switch back over to you here in like 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:26.079 how concerned are you about this secondary or about the 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.800 secondary which allowed so many exposive plays as far as 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.000 you know in communication probably had to play a role 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:33.880 in that, But like, how concerned do you and what 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.520 do you what do you expect them to do? Going 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.560 against a different receiving court that is not as as 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.000 talented and harold as the Buccaneers, but still pretty solid 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:42.400 ish group. 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.000 I would say I'm pretty concerned about the secondary just 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:51.280 because it resembled a lot of what we saw last 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.480 year with their struggles. I think a lot of people 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:58.640 were expecting to see a different look, a stronger play. 0:13:59.360 --> 0:13:59.960 Emmanuel four. 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.120 Obviously, he had his struggles in his rookie year, and 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.000 you know, didn't really show many signs of a step 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.320 forward this past week, though I know he was dealing 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.640 with a bit of an injury, but I know, I think. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.280 The secondary definitely needs to step up. 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:17.000 It's a little bit of a concern, and Malik Naghbors 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.000 does concern me a little bit from the Giant side 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.240 because we talked about the fact that their game last 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:22.320 week was a disaster. 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.280 He was one of the lone bright spots in that 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:24.840 game for them. 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.120 He had five catches for sixty six yards, including a 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.760 twenty five yard grab. So I think they're gonna, like, 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.720 just like we talked about the Commanders needing to have 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:35.920 big plays, they're gonna need to limit the Giants big 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.240 plays because it's one thing when it's Mike Evans and 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:43.040 Chris Godwin, that really tough passing attack led by Baker Mayfield. 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.840 But this week he said, it's a different story. It's 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.040 not as strong of a group. And you know, I 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.920 think for this secondary, this is a chance to prove 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.080 themselves and a chance to show after last week that 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.400 you know, this is a different group this year and 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:59.080 they are ready to take that step forward. 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.120 Candy same qu Before we move on to the final 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.840 question how big is the communication going to be, because 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.280 I mean Bendamussain's you said after the game there was 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.680 a big deal, and dan Quinn even said during Alla's 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.560 money prescotens this was also a big deal they need 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:12.600 to fix going forward. 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.560 Absolutely. I mean it was glaring right that you can 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:16.800 see that they could. 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.000 Almost look like they did not know what was going on, 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.680 and so this is going to have to really look 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.880 like these guys are much more sync and being able 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.520 to read any verbal and nonverbal cues as well, because 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.880 not sure what it you know, came off on the TV, 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.800 but even watching it live it was like, oh my gosh, 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.360 they don't know where to go and they have no 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:36.680 idea where the football is. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:38.960 So that is. 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.960 Definitely going to have to tighten up a great deal 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:44.960 much of what we saw last week, and I know 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.240 dan Quinn has been saying it that you know, we'll 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.480 all see a much improved team, more aligned. 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.360 In the brand of football that they want to play. 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.400 But if that's what, If that's. 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.680 True, this is to this is the week to prove 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:02.120 that against a very much struggle Giants team. 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.280 Yes, completely right, And you know this kind of goes 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:09.360 into the last question here, but before the quick scoretate again, Kenny, 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.560 you are now ahead again with one point, so see 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.720 if l Alex can get back in the lead here. 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.760 But for this last question, Canny, we'll start with you here. 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:22.280 Finish the sentence. Washington will win on Sunday if what happens. 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:29.240 Washington will win on Sunday. If the defense actually makes 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:31.040 Daniel Jones look like. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.280 The real quarterback that he is in real life and 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:35.280 not Tom Brady. 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.800 Yeah, you know what, You're completely right on that, Alex, 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.200 same question. Washington will win on Sunday if what. 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.440 Happens, Well, Kendy went with defense, I'm gonna go with 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:51.440 the offense. Washington will win Sunday if the offense gives 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.320 Jaden just a tiny bit more time and the receivers. 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:56.360 Get a little bit more open. 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.840 I think we saw what he can do with his 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.800 feet last week. We've seen what he can do with 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:05.040 his arm this entire preseason, and I think he's ready 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.840 to unleash that and show it to the NFL. And 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:13.920 I think even if Daniel Jones doesn't have an awful game, 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:18.400 if the Commander's offense can counteract that and step up 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:19.920 and make. 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:21.359 Some big plays like we talked about. 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:24.680 I think people are going to be talking about Jaydon 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:27.600 Daniels's Rookie of the Year already, and the Commanders are 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:29.960 going to be celebrating with a win at home to 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:30.719 start the season. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.119 You know that that is such a good point, because 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:37.480 I really do think this this offense is much better 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:40.000 than the twenty points that it put up, especially considering 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.320 that they had a were in scoring opportunity twice and 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.560 came away with two missfield goals. Now we hope that 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:47.080 Sebert is going to be a little bit better than 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.879 what k you're put together again last week against the Buccaneers. 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.720 But and you know, ultimately, though those six points may 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.159 not have played too much of a role in the outcome, 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.240 But you know, thirty seven to twenty six whole looks 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.320 a whole lot better than thirty seven to twenty and 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:02.359 I think it is a little bit more indicative of 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.440 how the offense played. And especially I think going against 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.240 the defense that is gonna play a little more straight 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:09.320 up with him, I don't think they're gonna blitz him 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:10.840 as much. I think they're gonna be able to protect 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:12.920 him a little bit better. Even with Dector Lawrence and 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.800 Brian Burns and Kevon Thibodeau. I think I think this 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.200 offensive line is going to play a little bit better 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.560 than the I think it was two point three five 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:24.040 seconds of time to throw that they gave Jayden Daniels 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:26.240 in Week one. I think that's gonna be a little 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.639 bit better. But as as valid as those points are, Alex, 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.399 I have to give it to Candy here because I mean, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.680 Daniel Jones has been the bugaboo for this team for 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.320 the better part of three years now. They have not 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.600 beaten him in a while. They have They had a 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.240 chance to beat him twice in twenty twenty two, they 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:47.320 came with a tie and the loss. Twenty twenty three, 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:51.600 they you know, they underperformed in several aspects in twenty 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.720 twenty three and ended up losing both of those games. 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:55.800 So Candy, I have to give you the win here, 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:59.280 because Daniel Jones it seems as weird as it sounds. 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.720 He is the factory. So you're you're the victor. How 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:03.199