Speaker 1: Command this family.
Speaker 2: It is week seven, that means we're taking on the
Speaker 2: Caroline of Panthers.
Speaker 1: Here. Coach Dan quinns fitted.
Speaker 2: Us and talks about that matchup, and it's alumni week.
Speaker 2: That's right, Darryl greens Jersey is being retired at the game.
Speaker 2: We talk about Washington's winning legacy in the show.
Speaker 1: All that more on the game plan.
Speaker 2: Welcoming in our head Coach dan Quinn. Now, coach you
Speaker 2: and Logan will be getting to the firm room a
Speaker 2: little later in the show. However, looking back at that
Speaker 2: Baltimore game, what did you see from the film from
Speaker 2: the Baltimore game that you guys can grow on this week?
Speaker 3: Well, I think coming out of it, obviously we're been
Speaker 3: out of shape, we're disappointed to go. But to a man,
Speaker 3: what I heard in the locker, man, we're we're gonna
Speaker 3: learn from this, and I think that's what you want
Speaker 3: to make sure you do, that you learn the lessons
Speaker 3: that apply to you. And so it was our first
Speaker 3: time good heavyweight fight, and I want us to be
Speaker 3: very comfortable in those environments, and so I'm glad that
Speaker 3: we had that one. We know where we stood, we're
Speaker 3: to improve upon and that's really important to know. Everybody
Speaker 3: says that, but what do you actually do about it?
Speaker 3: And so getting into this week, you know, you get
Speaker 3: to relentlessly go after some of the things that you
Speaker 3: want to get better at. So that's the message coming
Speaker 3: out of it, said, we need to find that next
Speaker 3: gear when it comes time to go, get back in it,
Speaker 3: go close it, go make the play that next gear.
Speaker 1: That's that's a big deal.
Speaker 4: That's going to make you feel good though, coach to
Speaker 4: know that the guys are all kind of wired that
Speaker 4: same way, like they want to get better, they want
Speaker 4: to be more competitive, Like what's I mean, it's so new,
Speaker 4: but that's got to like just be such an optimistic
Speaker 4: thing for you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And like we were not going in there to
Speaker 3: try to you know, hang in, Like we're going there
Speaker 3: to win it, and we're going to be aggressive and
Speaker 3: bold in our shots. But we did learn and we're
Speaker 3: not there yet, but that doesn't mean we're not there.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: And so it's week seven and we got a lot
Speaker 3: of work to do between seven and eighteen. And I
Speaker 3: told the team, how would we do seven weeks? How
Speaker 3: would our team today do against the team from seven
Speaker 3: weeks ago? And to a man, we say, we would
Speaker 3: absolutely kick the You know what, the week team won,
Speaker 3: I said, well, that's progress that has to happen again.
Speaker 3: And so seven more weeks from now, ten weeks from
Speaker 3: now has to be able to whoop this team. And
Speaker 3: that comes from finding the things to improve upon. And
Speaker 3: we've got a tough group of guys and I'm proud
Speaker 3: of the fight, but it still there's lots of work
Speaker 3: to get done.
Speaker 2: And coach, you said, it's only week seven. It's a
Speaker 2: very long season, and this front end of the season
Speaker 2: has been a lot of road trips and all that.
Speaker 1: How have you kept the guys locked in up until
Speaker 1: this point?
Speaker 3: We really, honestly like, don't think about the season and
Speaker 3: think of like the military when they're undeployment and they
Speaker 3: have to go away. You just have to focus on
Speaker 3: the mission that you're on, and that for us is
Speaker 3: that game for that week. And so we'll let you
Speaker 3: guys talk about other things down the road and divisions
Speaker 3: and all those things, but for us, it just comes
Speaker 3: down to how good can we get and it's just
Speaker 3: this week to go get it on and play our
Speaker 3: way and our style and capture that for the team
Speaker 3: and for our fans. So every time we get it
Speaker 3: on like that's how we do it.
Speaker 4: That's it. It'd be super helpful because you go from
Speaker 4: like the emotional high and you can kind of flush
Speaker 4: it and you're on to the next one. Right with Carolina,
Speaker 4: And again, Carolina is a team in the NFL and
Speaker 4: they're a competitive ball club. But it's it's got to
Speaker 4: be nice to be siloed like that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we just there's so many things we know we
Speaker 3: can do better, and so that's what we want to
Speaker 3: like aggressively go after man to say what are the things,
Speaker 3: how do we do it?
Speaker 1: What does that look like to get better?
Speaker 3: And so seeing the guys that practice, their connection, their
Speaker 3: willingness to put in the work to do it, that's
Speaker 3: where a lot of this toughness comes from. Logan, like
Speaker 3: they're doing it on the practice field. To bring it
Speaker 3: into the game. It's not just hey man, let's crank
Speaker 3: it up. It's game day.
Speaker 1: So like it's every time we battle.
Speaker 2: And talk about it, be about it, right, that's right,
Speaker 2: And coach the Panthers made a pivot to Andy Dalton.
Speaker 2: He will be the quarterback that you will be facing.
Speaker 2: He's probably the most tenured quarterback we faced so far.
Speaker 2: How do you prepare for a guy that has so
Speaker 2: much longevity in this league.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's really got a remarkable like consistency about the
Speaker 3: decision making. Think of a little bit like the point
Speaker 3: guard who knows and can see things that others can't see.
Speaker 3: It's when to speed up again and sublitz, you know,
Speaker 3: is when to you know, throw it to a certain
Speaker 3: leverage onto somebody. They get him outside the pocket on keepers.
Speaker 3: They've got a very good run game to balance that out.
Speaker 1: And so.
Speaker 3: Having a veteran you know that's able to step in
Speaker 3: in the moments that you need him to is very important.
Speaker 3: And uh I still Brice's excellent player. And however, they
Speaker 3: want to manage their guys, but alt Dalton specifically really
Speaker 3: has a full command of everything.
Speaker 1: And that's what you see when you study to take.
Speaker 4: Another thing that comes out when you watch the film
Speaker 4: to me anyway, is the offensive line seeps to be playing
Speaker 4: pretty good ball. You mentioned they want to lean on them.
Speaker 4: Running the football at tubehoverd has been pretty efficient, you know,
Speaker 4: maybe not the total yardage, but pretty efficient. How do
Speaker 4: you handle a group that's playing well like that? And
Speaker 4: then a running back, that's that could be productive.
Speaker 3: Yeah, anytime a runner to me is over five yards
Speaker 3: and he's at like five at to carry man he's
Speaker 3: doing work.
Speaker 1: Is man and game.
Speaker 3: He plays tough, He's got a one cut style that
Speaker 3: can get downhill in a hurry. Got a lot of
Speaker 3: respect for the especially the interior of their offensive line.
Speaker 3: They added two new guards during free agency this season
Speaker 3: and they are strong and so the two of them
Speaker 3: inside zone scheme, get onto people, get to the next level.
Speaker 3: The balance of the run and the play pass. That's
Speaker 3: where we have to be at our best.
Speaker 2: And coach you mentioned those interior linemen, wellf we're missing
Speaker 2: an interior linement on the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 2: Jonathan Allen a big piece. How do you supplement that loss?
Speaker 3: You know, that's a tough blow for sure, and John's
Speaker 3: got so much experience and toughness to add to the group.
Speaker 3: Johnny Newton will be the one that will take on,
Speaker 3: you know, a good bit of that work, and Johnny's
Speaker 3: ready to do that. You know, he missed some time
Speaker 3: in the offseason and in the first part of training camp,
Speaker 3: but now that the reps are coming, there'll be some
Speaker 3: on the job training for him. But this is a
Speaker 3: player I'm telling you, man like, he is made.
Speaker 1: Of the right stuff.
Speaker 3: He is tough, He's going to play nasty and physical,
Speaker 3: and the more reps he's going to play, the better
Speaker 3: he's going to get. So he will take on a
Speaker 3: good bit of that and then it will that Sphil
Speaker 3: will take on to some is that as we go,
Speaker 3: but definitely a tough blow for us.
Speaker 1: How do you help those guys out?
Speaker 4: I mean they're young players, you know in experience to
Speaker 4: a certain extent, I think there's some things you can
Speaker 4: do schematically, like do you lean into that this week
Speaker 4: going against Carolina?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to, And I think what you want
Speaker 3: to make sure you do and let me you know
Speaker 3: this firsthand. Do the things that you can do really well?
Speaker 1: Sure?
Speaker 3: And you want to start from there and then build
Speaker 3: around that. And so that doesn't mean you know twelve
Speaker 3: different fronts. That means these are the things that we
Speaker 3: know we can feature. These are the stones, the movements,
Speaker 3: the blitzes that man, I could hit that one ten
Speaker 3: out of ten and aggressively go get it. And for
Speaker 3: every position that's the case, but especially when you're working
Speaker 3: in some people that you know are making their mark,
Speaker 3: You've got to be able to deliver on the things
Speaker 3: that they do really well.
Speaker 2: Seem like that when in Arizona was a little sweeter
Speaker 2: because of the history that some of our coaching staff
Speaker 2: and players had with that team. Now we're playing another
Speaker 2: team where some of our top defenders are starters have
Speaker 2: history with the Carolina Panthers. Is there a little extra
Speaker 2: motivation for those guys as a team because everybody is
Speaker 2: so close to go out there and get on against
Speaker 2: these forman teams.
Speaker 3: You know what, it's more teammate to teammate and sort
Speaker 3: of guys like for Frankie or Jeremy certainly a lot
Speaker 3: of teammates that they've still played with and battled with,
Speaker 3: and as that goes on, there's a lot of fun
Speaker 3: that goes with that. You know, you've been in the
Speaker 3: locker room in the fights with those guys and then
Speaker 3: you get to go play against them and they'll be
Speaker 3: a little talking back and forth at times, but by
Speaker 3: and large, my experience been lots of respect. You know,
Speaker 3: when you go to play against somebody that you played
Speaker 3: you have so much history and gave it. You're all
Speaker 3: there and it's mostly the teammate to teammate's that's the connection,
Speaker 3: and that's the bond that players have with one another.
Speaker 3: They'll always be you know, guys that played together at
Speaker 3: whether it's Carolina or Washington wherever that is, and that
Speaker 3: mutual respect to me is always something that's kind of
Speaker 3: fun as the season goes along.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, so obviously that's the defense side of football.
Speaker 4: Offensive side, like they kind of play what I would
Speaker 4: say like a bend but don't break kind of defensive structure.
Speaker 4: How do you kind of make sure Jane Daniel's ready
Speaker 4: for the challenges coming in there.
Speaker 3: Number One, it's the way that we attack and that
Speaker 3: has to be just the downpour of aggression, the run game,
Speaker 3: the play pass, the way we attack using tempo, not
Speaker 3: using tempo, different personnel packages to go. There's so many
Speaker 3: spaces for us to get stronger, and that's been the
Speaker 3: goal for us this week to go into this game to.
Speaker 1: Play like us.
Speaker 3: And we got lots of regard for Carolina, their staff,
Speaker 3: who they are, the players there, but ultimately we've got
Speaker 3: to get the preparation right so we can absolutely let
Speaker 3: it rip and do our thing at full speed, no
Speaker 3: hesitation and absolutely going after it you.
Speaker 4: Say, play like us, like offensively? What does that mean
Speaker 4: for you? You know what I'm saying, Like when you're saying
Speaker 4: this is what Commander's offense looks like.
Speaker 1: What does that mean? I would say it's attacking. There's
Speaker 1: tempo involved.
Speaker 3: There's an excellent balance of run and pass right that
Speaker 3: we get to that space to go or run game
Speaker 3: and play pass and owning the times of possession. And
Speaker 3: we're usually at our best logan when runs and completions
Speaker 3: are over fifty five.
Speaker 1: We've had a number of.
Speaker 3: Games that are in space where a quick game or
Speaker 3: a screen you know that you know is a bubble
Speaker 3: that gains five or six yards, and if that was
Speaker 3: an extended handoff, that would be the same. So I
Speaker 3: don't always think of it as just runs. Sure to
Speaker 3: think of it as runs and completions. When you add
Speaker 3: those two together and you're in the fifties, now you're
Speaker 3: starting to talk about time of possessions and third downs
Speaker 3: and the you know, owning the clock and if we
Speaker 3: can do that over and over again, our guys are
Speaker 3: really tough minded, and when it comes time to go
Speaker 3: close into that space, we've got to be able to
Speaker 3: do that.
Speaker 2: And it's all about taking advantage of weaknesses right, And
Speaker 2: it seems like the Panthers really struggle against the run.
Speaker 2: Our run expressing attack has been a phenomenal and we
Speaker 2: do not know if Brian Robinson Junior will be playing
Speaker 2: or not as of yet. However, how can we be
Speaker 2: effective on the run through the ground.
Speaker 3: I think when you talk about, you know, a run game,
Speaker 3: you know, having the versatility is a big piece of it.
Speaker 3: Gap schemes and zone schemes and who's involved and how
Speaker 3: do you do it. That's where you start. And so
Speaker 3: we haven't shown all the things that we do. But
Speaker 3: having Brian you know, in the rotation along with Austin
Speaker 3: and j Mack, the three of them together really.
Speaker 1: Puts us at our best.
Speaker 3: And it's the tight ends, it's the receivers blocking downfield.
Speaker 3: So and say it's it's not as much of you know,
Speaker 3: kind of how they do it. It's really comes down
Speaker 3: to how we do it and our commitment to that
Speaker 3: and our physicality that we want to play with. That's
Speaker 3: why I keep coming back to us. There's so many
Speaker 3: areas for us to improve, and we're absolutely digging in
Speaker 3: as hard as we can to.
Speaker 1: Go do that, coach.
Speaker 2: This weekend, we're retiring Darryl Green's jersey. And one of
Speaker 2: the first things you and Anna Peters did when coming
Speaker 2: through this building, you guys said, Darryl Green, come in,
Speaker 2: You spoke with him, you walked with him. Why was
Speaker 2: that so important to do one of the first things
Speaker 2: you did when.
Speaker 1: You got here. Yeah.
Speaker 3: I think when you're looking at an organization, you're looking
Speaker 3: for standards, and Darryl's standard as a ballplayer and as
Speaker 3: a man are so high and so from Super Bowl
Speaker 3: champion to Hall of Fame player to Walter Payton, you know,
Speaker 3: NFL Man of the Year. So when you have your
Speaker 3: on the field world in order and you're off the
Speaker 3: field ward world in order, and those two things intersect,
Speaker 3: there's some pretty cool things. And I don't think this
Speaker 3: one will ever be broken. But nineteen consecutive years with
Speaker 3: an interception, Yeah, come on, what are we talking about?
Speaker 3: So that's amazing as a skill position player, and so standards,
Speaker 3: I would say, is the biggest reason.
Speaker 1: Were you a fan of him?
Speaker 4: Like when you're watching football, I.
Speaker 3: Was, and you know, I think all of us remember
Speaker 3: the speed, but there's also a physicality that he played
Speaker 3: with and that doesn't always happen at that position in
Speaker 3: our league, and he definitely did it. But I think
Speaker 3: the standard you know, how he played is what I
Speaker 3: remember that what set him apart.
Speaker 2: And coach, I think it's so cool walk around this building.
Speaker 2: You see so many legends. You got Logan walking around Santana, Fred.
Speaker 2: You have all of these guys out here that played
Speaker 2: the game at a high level and that can teach
Speaker 2: these guys some good things. How valuable has that been
Speaker 2: for you as a coach coming into this building and
Speaker 2: seeing how the legends support this team.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's huge. And to me, it starts with Doug Williams.
Speaker 3: And you haven't felt support unless you felt support from Doug,
Speaker 3: Like he has your back and you feel it and
Speaker 3: you know it. And so to be able to walk
Speaker 3: in news office or discuss some things or talk about
Speaker 3: something with him is so important. And so to me
Speaker 3: having him here on a regular basis that I get
Speaker 3: to go talk to about it. And let's be honest.
Speaker 3: To know where you want to go, you also have
Speaker 3: to know where you've been. And so I guess an
Speaker 3: important thing. We know where we want to get to.
Speaker 3: But it's not like we're doing something that's never been
Speaker 3: done before here, and so we want to make sure
Speaker 3: we can capture any information, any nugget that any of
Speaker 3: these guys that could share what was the reason, why
Speaker 3: did that happen? What was there one thing that took
Speaker 3: place in your career that if we could share that
Speaker 3: with this generation of player, then maybe they're able to
Speaker 3: create their own standard about what it looks like moving forward.
Speaker 3: And I think that's a really cool thing to connect
Speaker 3: the past players with the present ones. And what better
Speaker 3: weekend to do it than one that we're on and
Speaker 3: one of the best that's ever done it.
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, coach, that insight and game is very valuable,
Speaker 2: and your insight and game is always valuableas for taking time.
Speaker 1: With this coach, good luck today.
Speaker 2: All right, thanks guys, Commands family, We know you are
Speaker 2: enjoying the game plan. However, if you want to see
Speaker 2: Coach and Logan Paul said break down plays in the
Speaker 2: film room, you could check that out on the Commander's
Speaker 2: YouTube page. So Logan, very special weekend this weekend, alumni weekend.
Speaker 2: We're retiring Darryl Greene Jersey, So why not end the
Speaker 2: show talking about our winning legacy that is our king
Speaker 2: to a victory is our winning legacy. So let's start
Speaker 2: with some legends that we love so much. First up,
Speaker 2: London Fletcher.
Speaker 4: The captain man. And you know, I didn't know who
Speaker 4: London Fletcher was until I came and played here, but
Speaker 4: watching his professionalism, watching how well like what excellent looked
Speaker 4: like on an everyday basis, London Fletcher is for sure
Speaker 4: a legend here. It should be in the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 4: I'm really excited they get to work with them now,
Speaker 4: and then we get to work with them together.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's so great.
Speaker 2: I think I get to play with him, like you
Speaker 2: get all three of these guys. However, I've got to
Speaker 2: work with him in the studio, and man, he takes
Speaker 2: his job so seriously. I can only imagine how he
Speaker 2: was on that football field. Then our guy missed the cool,
Speaker 2: the goldst guy probably ever met, mister eight and nine
Speaker 2: tanam Loss So.
Speaker 4: I grew up in California, obviously, and it wasn't like a
Speaker 4: local fan of the team, but like from afar Man,
Speaker 4: just what he's able to do with the football in
Speaker 4: his hands was so unique for the time, like the explosiveness,
Speaker 4: the dynamic playmaker and then coming to the commander to
Speaker 4: the Redskins at the time and being like he was
Speaker 4: the coolest guy you've ever met, right, Yeah, the wost
Speaker 4: guy I remember, just the kindest human being and so like, again,
Speaker 4: excellent football player, but a nextlee human beings.
Speaker 2: And transcended the game. Guys like him, or is why
Speaker 2: the games played today? Three Hill isn't around if it's
Speaker 2: not for a guy like Santanta Maw's then your boy
Speaker 2: number forty seven Chris Cooley.
Speaker 4: Captain Chaos and Captain Kass to me again like I
Speaker 4: got to play with the same with him, but I
Speaker 4: was a fan in California of him because of what
Speaker 4: he was able to do with the football and how
Speaker 4: he kind of changed his position. He kind of said,
Speaker 4: Titans now can catch the football, we can block, we
Speaker 4: can line up at wide receiver, we can do all
Speaker 4: sorts of different things. And he was to me one
Speaker 4: of those first guys to get I'd done. And then
Speaker 4: you know, thankful to him. I got a broken nose now, right,
Speaker 4: He's the guy that did it for me. So again, awesome, dude,
Speaker 4: all these guys are awesome guys, teammates, players, and for
Speaker 4: sure legends in the in the Commanders community, and what I.
Speaker 2: See it, Chris Cooley, I just think about your nose,
Speaker 2: Logan Paulton, so it was nice.
Speaker 1: For you to put them on this list, even though
Speaker 1: he broke your nose.
Speaker 2: Commanders Family, we have the Carolina Panthers today. I hope
Speaker 2: you enjoyed the alumni game and seeing Darryl Green's jersey
Speaker 2: retired for head coach dan Quinn, Logan Paulson, and Brian
Speaker 2: Colver Junior.
Speaker 1: This is the game plan. Let's get this due.
Speaker 2: Commander's family. You could catch us every Sunday on WSA
Speaker 2: nine Sunday mornings before year games. This is game plan
Speaker 2: with Brian Colver Junior, Logan Paulson, head coach Dan Quinn
Speaker 2: till next Sunday.
Speaker 1: Commanders Family. Yeah,