WEBVTT - Drive Time: Commanders Perspective with JP Finlay 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:05.160 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. Now, let me check 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:09.360 your pulse if you're not far though, What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:12.200 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:17.160 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.320 How's it going, everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:24.080 And on today's show, we go across enemy lines. Although 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.360 I hate when people say that we're talking to a 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:29.400 member of the opposition's beat or at their radio row, 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:32.720 I should say the Washington Commanders. JP Finley joins me 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:34.800 to break down this matchup and talk about the commanders 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.839 in general, which is kind of fun because they're a 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:39.919 bit of a mess right now, and he gives us 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.159 a detailed look into that, and we also get to 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.159 think about the fact that we are not in that situation. 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.159 So we'll talk to JP Finley, we'll hear from the 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.120 assistant coaches, we'll pick the week thirteen games from the 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:52.120 Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:52.760 This is. 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:59.640 The Draft Time Podcast. Maggie Jeffy my guest today. JP 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:02.080 Finny joining us now is the co host of the 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.440 b Mitch and Finley Show on one oh six seven 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.920 the fan in DC JP, Finley JP. Thank you for 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.240 your time today, sir and dropping by and talking some 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:12.119 Dolphins and commanders with us. 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:13.840 Yeah, happy to man, Thanks. 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.319 For having me anytime. And I usually start these interviews 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.320 off by discussing the opposing quarterback because it is the 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:21.840 most important position in all of sports. And we'll get there, 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:25.000 but I want to start today about expectations following some 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:29.080 changes on the commander's defensive staff. I'm curious, you know, 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.920 it's funny because it technically was Rivera's defense, right, but 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.640 now he's the one back in full charge calling the defense. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.160 What do you expect to see as they transition from 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.839 Jack del Rio as the kind of de facto DC 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.760 there to now back to Ron Rivera. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.720 It's gonna be interesting. I don't know that it's gonna 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:51.440 be particularly different. I think on the back end, Ron's 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.600 going to play a pretty conservative just play cover three 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.160 or quarters for a lot of the game, which honestly, 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.840 I think will kind of like fall right into Mike 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.800 Daniel in Tyreek Hill's hands. Perhaps you see a little 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:08.080 more aggression up front Jack Jack really wasn't big on 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:11.040 blitzing or trying to create pressure because he just wanted 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:15.040 to rely on his defensive front, and you can kind 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:19.560 of understand why when they had Chase Young, Montees Sweat, 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:23.320 John Allen, Duran Payne. They've obviously since traded away Young 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.440 and Sweat. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.560 You know, I think they're not getting much pressure. 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.960 They did against Tommy DeVito a couple of weeks ago 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.079 with the Giants, but I think that was more of 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:36.200 a Tommy DeVito factor than anything else. And they also 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:38.120 played a ton of man I don't think they're gonna 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.519 play a ton of man coverage against the offense of 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:46.080 the kind of crazy too. So you know, it's funny 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.240 because people are expecting it to be like a new voice, 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.760 but Ron's been there. You know, he hasn't been calling it. 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:56.120 But also, defensive play calling isn't like offensive play calling, 0:02:56.200 --> 0:03:00.760 like you know, seventy of the time, it's maybe it's 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.400 sixty percent against Miami, like they're gonna be a nickel 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:08.040 and occasionally there's a blitz or you're mixing something up, 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.760 but it's not like there's a play coming in every 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.799 snap with option routes and all sorts of stuff. And 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.040 maybe they have to play more dime against like maybe 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.639 they need more dvs on the field against the Dolphins. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.639 But the way your boys. 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:28.600 Run the ball, Washington linebackers are probably bottom five in 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:32.359 the NFL, and I think they're gonna have I think 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.400 McDaniel's gonna exploit that this week. 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.160 Honestly, you kind of went down my I did a 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:39.120 preview podcast just taking look at the matchup in the 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.920 film myself already. You kind of went down the list 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.040 there in terms of those you know, the zone coverages, 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.240 the shell, the roof of the defense that you know. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.040 I go back to the Week one game against the 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.200 Chargers for Miami, and they got all kinds of those 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.880 fifteen eighteen twenty yard in breaking routes in front of 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.600 those safeties, in behind those linebackers, and I saw a 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.840 lot of that on the Washington tape, especially in that 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:01.560 Dallas game on Thanksgiving. So it's nice to cross reference 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:03.800 and cross check that and get confirmation from you on that, 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.840 especially when it benefits us down here in terms. 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.480 Of what you might see someday for the Dolphins. 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:10.400 But I want to go to the other side of 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.560 the ball, because you know, instidying this Commander's team. There 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.640 was a player that I was very impressed by and 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.440 it's my first time really taking a look at Sam 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.480 Howe on the All twenty two tape. I was really 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.120 impressed by his game. I think there is some feast 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.440 or famine there with him, but I was curious. You know, 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.719 you're around it every day, you talk about it every day. 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:31.440 How have Commanders fans kind of perceived his performance this 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.520 season and do you think that they want him to 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.080 be the guy long term? Do you think he's the 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:40.760 guy long term there in Washington? Oh, man, that can't work? Yeah? 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.200 Really, Sam is uh. He's an exciting young player. He's 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:48.039 got a big arm, good feet, good eyes. His footwork 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.880 and keeping his eyes down field has really improved over 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.559 the course of the season. He was taking a ton 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.640 of sacks early on, but it's kind of settled down. 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.560 I mean, he's still leading the league in sacks, but 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.680 it was forty sacks through seven games and now I 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.200 want to say he's at fifty five through twelve, so 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.800 he's kind of figured something out. 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:09.520 You know. 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:14.080 I think before the season really started going sideways for Washington, 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.280 most folks here thought he was the guy, or at 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.440 least the guy that gets another year. Because he's on 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:24.400 a rookie deal, and it's so advantageous from a salary 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.360 cap perspective that they can't even talk about a new 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:29.560 deal with him until the end of the next season, 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:34.120 right until at January twenty five. The only kind of 0:05:34.160 --> 0:05:39.599 complicating factor now is I mean, if the season ended today, 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:44.840 they Washington with draft fifth overall, and when you get 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:49.000 into that top ten, top five world, you've got to 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:50.440 consider all your options. 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.560 And if one of these all war you. 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:57.120 Know, all time major prospects gets to them at five, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.520 they Caleb and Drake are probably gone. But what do 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:04.320 you think about the kid from LSU right and his game, 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.760 his game breaking playmaking ability. 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:11.840 I think that has kind of become a complicating factor now. 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.880 They could probably if they win a couple of games 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.040 down the stretch, maybe they end up drafted like eight 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.320 or nine, and it's not really an issue, but they're 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:25.680 remaining schedules so hard and and honestly, the things just 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:29.960 feel kind of ire irrevocably broken in Washington right now. 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:34.880 You've probably seen this with the Marlins. I grew up 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:37.520 an Orioles fan. I've seen this plenty. But when you 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.720 got a baseball team that's got ninety losses and has 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:41.719 two weeks left. 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.000 In September, and they're kind of just playing out the string. 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.480 That's kind of what it feels like in Washington right now, 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.000 and so you just you don't know what. 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:53.719 You're gonna get week to week. And like even that 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:55.640 Dallas game on Thanksgiving, it. 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.880 Was twenty to ten started the fourth quarter, right they were, 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.200 and then in the blink of an eye it was 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.480 thirty eight to ten and then forty five to ten. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:08.600 So is Sam the guy for the future. 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.240 Is a complicated question. There's a lot to like, but 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.600 some of the. 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:18.040 Statistical stuff with him is totally kind of padded. They 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.800 throw the ball more than anybody in the league, more 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:25.640 than they should, frankly, so you know, some of his 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.400 numbers are a little inflated. 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.080 He also, I mean, he's got pick sixes in back 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:31.840 to back weeks. 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.080 His if you look at kind of some of the 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:39.480 advanced stuff, his turnover worthy plays are fairly significant. He's 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.320 coming off a three I in t performance two weeks 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:46.640 ago against the Giants. There's a lot to like, but 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:48.800 there's when you look at the whole picture, there's some 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.280 stuff too that you're like, all right, is this a 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:55.240 young quarterback that can learn or is this kind of 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:56.600 some stuff that he just does. 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.280 Yeah, it's interesting. It's one of the situations where he 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.240 could tech play himself into the role next year by 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.680 winning games this year, like you mentioned, to push the 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.360 Commanders out of that you know, prime quarterback range in 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.560 the draft. And it kind of leads into my next 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.560 question here for you JP Finley from one of one 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.680 of six to seven the fan in DC covering the 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.800 Washington Commanders, because you know, you talk about the quarterback 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.880 on a rookie deal and how it allows you to 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.240 build the rest of your roster, and I think that 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.560 the best part of his commander's roster in my opinion. 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:27.520 You can correct if I'm wrong. Here is the receiver 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.080 group and the skill players in general on offense, and 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.320 so you have how with all these you know, dynamic 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:34.600 weapons on the outside, but also Logan Thomas and Brian 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:35.520 Robinson look good. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:36.520 Uh. 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.199 I guess my question here is is I'm surprised they 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.600 haven't scored more because of that? Why do you think 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:44.719 they haven't scored more offensive? I mean, you kind of 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:46.920 went over the issues there with you know, the taking sacks, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.839 and they've improved that. Some pick six is here and there. 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:53.240 But I feel like personnel wise, this offense has left 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:54.920 a little bit of meat on the bone. Maybe would 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:55.559 you agree with that? 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:56.880 Dude? 0:08:59.040 --> 0:08:59.800 They had. 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:03.640 I want to say, one hundred and twenty five yards 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:09.240 rushing and controlled possession for like thirty five minutes against 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.360 Dallas and scored ten points. And they've had they've had 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.880 three or four I think they've had at least three 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:22.920 single digit scoring games. And you talk about the receivers, Dude, 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.559 Terry McLaurin is a stud wide out. He's headed towards 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.880 he's headed towards career low numbers. 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:34.160 I mean, his numbers are really struggling. John Dotson looked. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.480 Like a real valuable weapon last year coming out of 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.040 as a rookie. Now he missed some time, but he 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.760 led this team in receiving touchdowns. He had seven touchdowns 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.880 in like eleven games. And his numbers, I mean, he's 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:49.800 falling off a cliff. I imagine like people in fantasy 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:57.160 are just dropping him. So yeah, Eric Pienemy is the 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.280 new play caller here. Came from Kansas City. A lot 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.280 of excitement then. And if you just look at the numbers, 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.600 pool but they are fourteenth in the NFL and yards game, 0:10:07.960 --> 0:10:10.840 but only twenty first in scoring. Now, some of that 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.640 is red zone efficiency, but some of that is also 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.600 they have a bad habit. And if you want to 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.680 say you're just competing to the final whistle, terrific. 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.440 To me, it looks a little like you're padding stats. 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.040 If you go through their game logs, there's a lot 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.440 of hollow yardage, Like they were down twenty seven to 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.520 three to the Damn Bears at halftime in week five, 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.480 I want to say, Thursday Night game, twenty seven to three. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:39.959 So then they kind of come back and kind of 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.160 pretend to make it a game in the second half 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:46.160 and pile up a ton of yardage. But are you 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.800 actually accomplishing anything there, I'm not so sure. 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.880 Yeah, it makes sense. I mean it's I only went 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:54.760 back and watched a couple of games. That Seattle game, 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.560 I was still impressed by the offense and howl and 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:58.520 in the Dallas game, like you mentioned, I was just 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.480 as a neutral observer on Thanksgiving, just trying to you know, 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.640 bridge the time between the turkey getting done and you know, 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:07.560 actually serving dinner, like trying to watch a football game. 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:09.440 And it didn't turn out that way. But on the 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.719 other side of the ball. I am curious because you know, 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.360 you mentioned the Giants game and the pressures allowed. I 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.559 went back and looked at the way they pressured opposing 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:20.160 quarterbacks post Young and Sweat trade, and it has fallen 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:23.600 off pretty substantially in terms of just QB pressures. How 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.480 are they replacing those two guys who have been the 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:29.600 primary edge guys in place of Chase Young and Montees Sweat. 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.520 Oh boy, your euros down there is not gonna have 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.000 nightmares about these fellas. 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.880 Casey two Hill is, you know, is a useful player. 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:45.120 He's definitely like worthy of a defensive line rotation, good speed, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.199 not a ton of size on the edge, but good speed, 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:55.079 a high motor, smart player. He's been kind of one 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.640 of the bookends. And then on the other side was 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:01.160 he guy James Smith Williams, but. 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.200 He's been hurt and I haven't. I don't. I don't 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.679 know that I saw him yesterday. I don't. I wouldn't 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:08.319 expect him to play. I could be wrong. 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.800 Those two are kind of your primary guys. After that, 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.240 they've got a pair of rookies, kind of late round rookies. 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.640 kJ Henry is a kid out of Klebs and then 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:17.360 another young. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:22.600 Man, Andre Jones, who's a rookie out of Louisiana, not LSU, 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:26.320 but Louisiana. And you know, they're big, strong guys trying 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:31.000 to learn and doing an okay job. But the myth, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.360 the one myth I want to dispel for your listeners 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.439 is to understand it's kind of how bad things are 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:45.719 in Washington and just how necessary overhaul is here. They 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:48.880 were dead last in points allowed when they had chasing 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:52.760 montees also, and they were middle of the pack in 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.880 sacks of pressures. So it's not like like trading those 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.000 guys was the right move because you weren't getting anything 0:12:59.000 --> 0:12:59.920 done with them, so. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.240 You might as well try to build for the future. 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.320 Yeah, you're always gonna be looking ahead, and especially with 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.280 you know, new ownership like you mentioned that was it 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.079 was cool to see the celebration that you know, kind 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.199 of came across nationally when when Josh Harris took control 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.360 of the football team finally, and you mentioned the pass 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:14.920 rush there being down early in the year and the 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:17.760 defensive production not being there. I'll finish with this before 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.160 I asked, actually my penultiate question, because I always ask 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.400 how can the Commanders win this game? And based on 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:25.840 your conversation here, jpidaphone, you're not gonna give me much 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:27.400 of an answer on that, but I do want to 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.800 ask it still. But first before that, just real quick 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.679 on the interior. Deron Payne and Jonathan Allen are two 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:34.719 of the best football players I have watched in the 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.680 last decade, but right now their pass rush production is 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.240 nowhere near where it usually is. Again, my question is 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.080 why what's going on there? Why are those two guys 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.920 who are so dang good not being as productive as 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:45.360 they should be. 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:52.360 Oh? I mean that's a sorry, man, that's just it's okay, dude. 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.920 That's probably about a forty two million dollar question if 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:59.960 you look at those two salaries. I think Alan started 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.520 year dealing with planner fashion in his foot. I think 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.320 that kind of impacted him. 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.040 Pain. Pain is like. 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.000 In baseball, you watch a guy that's like a fifteen 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.480 to eighteen home run guy, but he's a good player. 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:18.760 He's a middle infield or whatever. 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.480 He is, right, he gets on base, maybe a couple 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.200 of steels, whatever, and then all of a sudden he 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.840 has one year where he hits thirty six home runs. 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:28.720 Like, what do you expect the. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:34.240 Fifteen to eighteen or the thirty six and Pain basically 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.720 had the one huge pop year in a contract. 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:36.920 Here. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.440 Pain's a really good player, but he's not gonna get 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.640 you double digit sacks like he did the one season. 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.960 The other thing with Pain and you can ask like 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:50.040 personnel guys around the league. He and Sweat ran this 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:54.680 just devastating stunt, probably better than any duo did in 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:58.000 the league, where Sweat would put crack down onto the 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.000 guard and then Payne could loop it on the outside 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:02.000 and get to the quarterback. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.760 I mean, they were devastating with this move and. 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.680 They've run it a couple times a game, and I 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:11.000 think in the in the aftermath of not having Montes 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:13.960 Sweat there, you know that's a factor for Garl. 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:16.080 Just real quick, JP, you want to let you know 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:17.920 that you're making a bunch of the baseball references here 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.280 on the show. You're right in my wheelhouse, my friend, 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.840 I do that almost daily on the show. So a 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.800 good company there making the baseball crossover references. 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:26.040 There. 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.800 Last question for you here and again I'll I know 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:30.080 kind of where you're gonna go with this, but I 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:33.000 gotta ask it. The commanders can win this game if 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:34.400 and then you fill in the blink. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.240 Sure, I mean it's the NFL, dude, crazy stuff happened 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.720 there right right, Like that's just you got to start 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.880 with that as the baseline. Turnovers. You know, Ji has 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:46.880 got to throw some picks and fumbles stuff like that. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:48.000 Washington has to. 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:52.480 Keep it clean on the turnover sheet, like a pick six, 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.720 a punt return touchdown, something like like, you gotta They're 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.480 gonna have to generate some points, probably from somewhere besides 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:04.520 their offense. But that said, Washington can move the ball, 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:09.840 and they can if they can score touchdowns in the 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.280 red zone, not field goals. They have a bad habit 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:17.760 of red zone turnovers. And I if it was me, 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.800 and it's not, and Eric vieenemy doesn't really subscribe to 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:25.480 my theory on this, but I would really try to 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:30.240 limit possession and I'm not snapping anything until there's five 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.000 seconds or less on the play clock. I would try 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:36.600 to run the ball in this thing you got. Washington's 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.960 defense gives up the most explosive plays in the NFL. 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.720 Miami scores the most explosive plays in the NFL. Try 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.160 to limit how many times Tula and Tyreek get to 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:45.760 hold the ball. 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:51.360 Yeah, I'm just laughing because I saw you tweeted that stat. 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.560 I've been I've actually used some of my content here. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.520 It's fun to It's always fun when you have to 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.200 forces like that coming into a game, especially when your 0:16:58.240 --> 0:16:59.840 team is the one that has the advantage, and that 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:01.720 JP great. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:07.520 There's one force and then there's one like empty plastic 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:08.720 bag flopping around. 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.199 I definitely misspoke when I said in that term for 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.520 either side of that equation, but either way, we all 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:16.840 get it. It makes a lot of sense. One on 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.880 six seven the fan in DC be mentioned Finley NBC 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.280 four Sports. You can find him on social at JP 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.639 Finley NBCs JP. Appreciate your time today, man, enjoy the 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.600 game Sunday, and we'll talk to you soon for Commander's Radio. 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.000 All right, thanks a lot, man, And so there he goes. 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:35.800 You know, I always get a kick out of talking 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:39.240 to the opposing beat or radio personalities, whatever you want 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.000 to call it, when their team's not having a great year, 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:45.280 because the honesty that you get sometimes can be pretty fun, 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.040 and I think JP is pretty fun with all that there. 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.040 So you go, I want you guys to stay tuned 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.359 right here because you're going to because you listen to 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:53.280 the podcast in the first place. But I'm very excited 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.160 about these next two segments. Go ahead and stay tuned. 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:58.200 We're gonna come back and talk about Jalen Waddell, the competitor. 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.600 We're going to talk about Jason Pierre Paul and fit Here. 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.560 We're gonna hear from Vic Fangio to a Tongue, Bi 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.480 Looa and Frank Smith, who got emotional and his press 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:10.760 conference today. And I'm gonna tell you about some very fun, exciting, thrilling, 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.440 captivating makes the hair on your arm stand up type 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:19.119 of information for how the Dolphins potential playoff path could 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:24.919 potentially could potentially look in one month. That's all Next 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.840 Draft Time podcast, your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:33.919 by Auto Nation. Before we get to the assistant coach 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:36.760 media here, I wanted to run some sound real quick 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:40.679 because I love it. As you guys know and seth listening. 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:43.560 I know you're gonna text me about this. I love 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.760 getting confirmation on something that I've been shouting from the 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:50.480 rooftops from a coach or a person in position of power, 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.200 and in particular, last week, I gave waddle a top 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:56.040 five tape because he caught everything, but he played his 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:59.320 ass off as a blocker, as a route runner when 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.639 he wasn't part of the main progression. And I just 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:04.680 mentioned how the physicality he displayed in the run game 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.320 and in that game in general, you know, catching contestant 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:11.440 balls as well, shows me that he's feeling as healthy 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:14.080 as he has been all year. In a year where 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.280 he's battled all kinds of nicks and bruises and let's 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:18.040 just call it what they are, injuries. He's been injured 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.679 a lot. So this question for Tua on Wednesday about 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:23.840 what does Wattle do that doesn't show up in the 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.760 box score? I've been talking about it. Two was gonna 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:28.480 say the exact same thing, but I think it carries 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:30.960 a little more weight when the quarterback says this. Here's 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:32.760 Tua talking about Jalen Wattle. 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.080 Go watch what kind of a player he is in 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:35.840 the blocking game. 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:38.959 Go watch what kind of player he is? 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:44.960 Very physical, you know, he he's he's really like and 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:50.119 I really say this as a testament to him, you know, 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:54.040 obviously being the competitor he is, like, he doesn't really 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.840 come up to me and like tell me, like, dude, 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.960 throw me the ball or like he just understands like 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.280 when my when my opice is here, like I'm gonna 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:05.240 make sure I make use of all all of that. 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.919 So you know, it's it's not it's not something where 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:11.679 we're trying to put Jalen to the side. 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:12.760