WEBVTT - Victory Monday | Episode 49

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. It

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<v Speaker 1>is Victory Monday here in Washington. The Commanders recorded it

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<v Speaker 1>their second straight victory with the twenty three twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>win over the Green Bay Packers. The Commander's dominant third

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<v Speaker 1>down defense and strong run game are just a few

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<v Speaker 1>of the notables that Logan Paulson and Fred Smooth joined

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<v Speaker 1>me to break down. So, Taylor haneke a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a rough start there, but man, over the second half,

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<v Speaker 1>he really settled in. And you know he talks about

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of it. It's timing, it's chemistry with your receivers. Fred,

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<v Speaker 1>we saw him be able to get in sync there

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<v Speaker 1>later in the game. Well. Even a great thing about

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<v Speaker 1>him as a backup. He has a relationship with everybody

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<v Speaker 1>on the team already and especially with Tear Meglan, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>if I want to keep my job, I'm gonna throw

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<v Speaker 1>the ball to tear like he makes it easy. And

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<v Speaker 1>when you have a guy on the outside like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can see they passion when they talk, when

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<v Speaker 1>they go up before the play, after the play, in

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<v Speaker 1>constant communication. He has the post of this team. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the best situation we could ever have. He's not

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<v Speaker 1>a backup and he's a start. He just right around

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five thirty four when he comes into it. And

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<v Speaker 1>what's the challenge for that logan? You're an offense trying

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<v Speaker 1>to catch balls when the quarterbacks keep shifting to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to try and be in sync. Obviously at SUSK

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<v Speaker 1>if everyone has a different style, right in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>how they throw the ball, how the ball comes out

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<v Speaker 1>of your hand, Like there's times where you catch a

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<v Speaker 1>ball from a left handered quarterbackers the right hand quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>It's different ball valos these different so getting adjusted that's

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<v Speaker 1>a big deal. But like Fred said, he's been in

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<v Speaker 1>the building, he's caught balls, or these receivers have caught

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<v Speaker 1>balls from Taylor and you can tell it took Taylor

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<v Speaker 1>a minute to knock the rust off. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>the receivers are ready for it. Yep, and his team

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<v Speaker 1>believes in him as well. The way that he goes,

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<v Speaker 1>no play is up until that final whistle goes. They

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<v Speaker 1>also ran the ball really well sixty six yards on

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<v Speaker 1>the ground. Have we found a key to running the

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<v Speaker 1>game with Gibson and Robinson. I never thought a thunderstorm

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<v Speaker 1>would be so fun like lightning and thunder. Yes, we

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<v Speaker 1>do heavy and listen, Robinson gets in here, he wears

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<v Speaker 1>people down. So when you put Gibson in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>now he can come through the A and the B

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<v Speaker 1>get but he could bliss out to own the side

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<v Speaker 1>and make some plays. So I thought they made it

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<v Speaker 1>hard and in tiia for Green Bay. And I also

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<v Speaker 1>thought they made the Green Bay defensive backs tackle. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't like tackling that all the time. Yeah. Absolutely. I

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<v Speaker 1>think the other thing there is they were excellent on

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<v Speaker 1>third down. And when you want to run the football,

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<v Speaker 1>ever since you got to run the football, run the football,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta be great on third down yea. And Taylor

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<v Speaker 1>elevated this offense. So they were great on third down.

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<v Speaker 1>They were able to execute in those situations. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you get those guys more touches. They had thirty six,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight touches something like that. You don't get that

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<v Speaker 1>if you're not possessing the football. And that's what Taylor

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<v Speaker 1>brought to this offense, theirs of timing and execution. And

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<v Speaker 1>if we are going to keep it on third down,

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<v Speaker 1>how about their third down defense? Yes, their achilles heel

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<v Speaker 1>last season. Meanwhile, the Packers did not convert a third

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<v Speaker 1>down in this game, not a single one. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>first time in Aaron Rodgers' career he has not converted

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<v Speaker 1>a third down, and it's the first time since nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety nine the Packers have not read Julie, you see

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<v Speaker 1>this tier coming down? Hey, listen, I enjoyed watching these.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to realize a Rodley one of the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks out of time, heads and many third down completions.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Abraham Lincoln yesterday. So listen, they told me yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>the defense was ready to play out these we got

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<v Speaker 1>third down, Oh deefense, they did not get third down

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<v Speaker 1>this The difference between seventy two plays was in forty

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<v Speaker 1>two plays with him. Yeah. Everyone was talking about this

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<v Speaker 1>being to get right game for the Packers and the

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<v Speaker 1>defense had to step up and n't sure that didn't

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<v Speaker 1>happen right, tight coverage, punching balls out. There was times

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<v Speaker 1>when they could have caught the football. The defenders were

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<v Speaker 1>closing windows quickly and taking advantage of like just being

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<v Speaker 1>aggressive in terms of that area. Love that love the

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<v Speaker 1>way the defensive line pushed, pushed Aaron Rodgers made him

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<v Speaker 1>more comfortable, really nice day for the defense. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the reasons this one does feel good because

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<v Speaker 1>it was offense defense and it was special teams that

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<v Speaker 1>all stepped up. And we got to give some major

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<v Speaker 1>props to trust Way man. Every putting in work, he

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<v Speaker 1>is paying them inside the twenty three times he had not. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there are plenty of top performers from Sunday's game. We

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<v Speaker 1>decided to hand out a few players dubs, and with that,

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<v Speaker 1>Washington is on a streak two wins in a row.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not going to give out player balls after this.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna save that for head coach Ron Rivera. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be giving hell the players dub the players dubh Right,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you think the players know? They know what

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<v Speaker 1>you do. We we e ws like James wins. We're

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<v Speaker 1>giving that to doub. So I got to throw the

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<v Speaker 1>dub up. And my player is Terry. I got a

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<v Speaker 1>man this easy one though, listen, but he's crunching. He

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<v Speaker 1>never and this is way I love about him. No deva,

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<v Speaker 1>no defense at this man, I don't get the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still gonna play hard. You get me the ball

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<v Speaker 1>anytime you need to, I will be there. He's always there.

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<v Speaker 1>I love you, man, what's favorit player the game with him?

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<v Speaker 1>It's the last play to steal the game. I know

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<v Speaker 1>the touchdown. I had to see him. They play a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred times. That played to seal the game was all

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<v Speaker 1>I want to And I'm not gonna let you Jazz,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Alexander one of the basically league. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna let you stop me. Absolutely, and mine mine is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of goes hand in hand with yours. It's Taylor Haneke,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think Taylor Haneke is a guy who deserves

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<v Speaker 1>a ton of credit. He started the game really slow, friends,

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<v Speaker 1>looked like kind of rusty, looked a little nervous. But

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<v Speaker 1>then he gets out there and starts making place. He's

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<v Speaker 1>avoiding sacks, He's distributing that football to his playmakers, Curtis,

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<v Speaker 1>Samuel Gibson, Terry, all these guys, and he just did

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<v Speaker 1>a great job taking hits, getting the ball out, making

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<v Speaker 1>the old line better. And he deserves a ton of credit.

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<v Speaker 1>That third down conversions, all that stuff. Love what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets the dove, he's gonna take it off her.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna take that off the neck, all right, And

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<v Speaker 1>who else you got Fred, you got one more? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is my guy. If you talk about him when

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<v Speaker 1>he don't do it, don't come a good game. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna give you your profit. It's all about Jack Dale

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<v Speaker 1>Rio over six. They went in third. Els is Mining

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<v Speaker 1>is Abraham Lincoln. He didn't play yesterday, Jack Delriel. For

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