Speaker 1: Command this family. Welcome back into the game plan. We
Speaker 1: kick it with head coach Dan Quinn to get ready
Speaker 1: for this NFC's rivalry game against the Philadelphia Eagles today
Speaker 1: and as always we do our must watch matchup so
Speaker 1: we could get this victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. All
Speaker 1: that more on the game plan right now. Welcome again
Speaker 1: our head coach Dan Quinn. Coach big win on the road.
Speaker 1: What do you take from that win as we move forward.
Speaker 2: A lot anytime you can execute at the end of
Speaker 2: the game at the level that you want to, there's
Speaker 2: something to be gained from it. I'd say the first
Speaker 2: half is the one that you want, but the second
Speaker 2: half is the one that you need. And you go
Speaker 2: through ups and downs of the games and how do
Speaker 2: you come back.
Speaker 3: But I've been a part of.
Speaker 2: Games like that where it goes the other way, where
Speaker 2: a momentum shift. So at the end, when you get
Speaker 2: a chance to execute a winning play, you know, to
Speaker 2: win the game, offensive, defense of your special teams, there's
Speaker 2: value in it and when you can.
Speaker 3: Deliver on that, that's a really big deal.
Speaker 2: So if it was just one play that you get
Speaker 2: out of it in a moment like that, to know
Speaker 2: you can be counted on and deliver, you're never out
Speaker 2: of it. Like those are powerful things.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, obviously there were some penalties specifically
Speaker 4: like kitting the quarterback and stuff. Obviously good learning moments, right,
Speaker 4: how do you kind of make those corrections that just
Speaker 4: say here's some film, this is what the refs call,
Speaker 4: or like doing something we do in practice that makes
Speaker 4: that better?
Speaker 2: A little bit of both. Most times logan, the penalties
Speaker 2: aren't team wide. Sure, it can be a player grabbing,
Speaker 2: it could be a technique that you have to go
Speaker 2: and for instance, like with the quarterback, they're smaller, smaller, shorter,
Speaker 2: shorter back, so lowering your target. You know, if you're
Speaker 2: matching his hand to go deliver, I got to get
Speaker 2: it off to the side. The pre snap ones that's
Speaker 2: just got to go if you're leaving early on a
Speaker 2: you know, fall start or those ones that comes down
Speaker 2: to our focus so over and over repetitions, but more
Speaker 2: than not, you teach specific about the correction and clse.
Speaker 1: Today we're taking on the Philadelphia Eagles for second time.
Speaker 1: How much does that first game play into what's going
Speaker 1: to happen today?
Speaker 2: A lot and a little. At the same time, I'll
Speaker 2: explain what I mean. We know a lot about them.
Speaker 2: We played them, you know before, and you know, in
Speaker 2: the first game, although it was close, it was not
Speaker 2: what we would have loved for our own performance, especially
Speaker 2: in certain areas. But the thing I would say that
Speaker 2: they don't know is that we have a lot more
Speaker 2: under the hood, and so there is things to be
Speaker 2: gained from that and there's an edge to find.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: Usually when you play a division opponent, you kind of
Speaker 2: think of it in three things. What do I need
Speaker 2: to start doing, What do I need to stop doing,
Speaker 2: What do I want to do? Exactly the same because
Speaker 2: each matchups a little bit different. But if I liked
Speaker 2: one specific thing, let's do some more of that. We're
Speaker 2: not going to try this, play this, ski this thing,
Speaker 2: but we are going to start doing one other thing
Speaker 2: that we like. So never is it rinse and repeat.
Speaker 2: When you play the same team, both teams will have
Speaker 2: a few new things that they haven't shown before. And
Speaker 2: that's what makes the division game so much fun, especially
Speaker 2: the second time around in the season.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you did have, like you know, you said,
Speaker 4: there were some things you could do better on and
Speaker 4: maybe some performances that maybe guys that've up to the expectation.
Speaker 4: As a coach and as a leader, how do you
Speaker 4: make sure in the in round two you get what
Speaker 4: you want out of the group and kind of get
Speaker 4: them motivated to play, and not that they need motivation,
Speaker 4: but you get them where you wanted them to go.
Speaker 2: The message I told the team the challenge. I told
Speaker 2: the team, are you ready to go from being a
Speaker 2: contender to a heavy hitter? And the heavy hitter right
Speaker 2: now in our division is Philadelphia and they've earned that
Speaker 2: right for this season so far. And so if you
Speaker 2: want to be a heavy hitter, and you got to
Speaker 2: go beat one. And so there's some leveling up that
Speaker 2: has to go with that. And that's a good thing
Speaker 2: because now that's what's expected of you to do that.
Speaker 2: And so that was my message, you know, if you
Speaker 2: want to you want to take this challenge on. It's
Speaker 2: going from a contender, which we are, to becoming a
Speaker 2: heavy hitter. That's a different conversation and it takes a
Speaker 2: certain attitude to be that.
Speaker 4: Yeah. And one of the things that I always thought
Speaker 4: interesting and it took me a minute to learn in
Speaker 4: the NFL, was like that there.
Speaker 3: Are levels levels to it.
Speaker 4: Right, So there's you know, you play divisional game bumps
Speaker 4: up a little bit, playoffs bumps up even more. And
Speaker 4: how do you make sure that they that all the
Speaker 4: young people know that, hey man, it's this is going
Speaker 4: to be kind of a playoff game for you guys,
Speaker 4: which is kind of exciting the.
Speaker 2: Part for the guys. It does come down into the week.
Speaker 2: You know, what do you get done on Wednesday and
Speaker 2: Thursday and Friday as you're leading in Because if the
Speaker 2: preparation is really good and you know this, man, you're
Speaker 2: ready for this game. You can't wait for that ball
Speaker 2: to kick off. And when you have those days that
Speaker 2: you stack over and over and over again like you're
Speaker 2: ready for this game. And so that's the path that
Speaker 2: we want to stay into, not just for this game
Speaker 2: and but for the next game. And if you practice
Speaker 2: a championship game mind set, now when you do get
Speaker 2: into those spaces, you don't have to well we really
Speaker 2: need to pick it up now, No, you needed to
Speaker 2: stay in the same pocket of what you do.
Speaker 1: You use the word heavy hit is so when you
Speaker 1: look at this offense, somebody that exemplifies that is Terry McLaurin.
Speaker 1: How important is it to keep him involved in this offense,
Speaker 1: especially early.
Speaker 5: Early, middle, late, all of the above, all the levels right, Yes,
Speaker 5: And he brings a unique energy to us.
Speaker 2: He is a rare competitor on the field. You feel
Speaker 2: that type of intensity from him, and so it'll be
Speaker 2: a big factor for sure, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3: Between the run game, Terry making.
Speaker 2: Plays on special teams this Like I said, this is
Speaker 2: a good team and we'll have to play our best
Speaker 2: game as well, and we're more than capable of doing that.
Speaker 3: But Terry, you know, he's right at the front of
Speaker 3: that list.
Speaker 4: And it seems like, you know, he's kind of picked
Speaker 4: up some more targets, some more opportunities kind of with
Speaker 4: some of the injuries you've had on offense, Like how
Speaker 4: important is that he's been able to elevate and that
Speaker 4: Cliff's been able to help him out kind of you know,
Speaker 4: moving around the formation and in some of those better situations.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's the key.
Speaker 2: Just like you said, Logan to say, can he be
Speaker 2: at the first or the second read more often? And
Speaker 2: if you can do that and find more opportunities, and
Speaker 2: I have a sense if Terry gets more targets, there's
Speaker 2: more production that goes behind that you can't force it.
Speaker 2: And that's one thing from Jaden that we're extremely proud of.
Speaker 2: He has a very good conscious about the ball. You know,
Speaker 2: sit here at plus five in the turnover margin with
Speaker 2: a rookie quarterback. You know, after fourteen games or so,
Speaker 2: that's a big deal. And it shows his intentionality about
Speaker 2: taking care of the ball and not putting it in
Speaker 2: bad spot. So he knows when to deliver it to Terry,
Speaker 2: he knows where to and others. And that's one of
Speaker 2: the things about Jayden that impresses.
Speaker 3: Me and coach.
Speaker 1: We talked a lot about winning in the trenches. What
Speaker 1: do you want to see from our big guys that
Speaker 1: offensive line in today's game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a line of scrimmage day, man, and from
Speaker 2: both sides. This is teams that you know are physical
Speaker 2: and play that way. You're going to see a lot
Speaker 2: of four down football from both teams. Both teams are
Speaker 2: exceptional on fourth down. You know, I have had big
Speaker 2: success both ways. So it'll go all the way through
Speaker 2: the running game, the line of scrimmage, but in this
Speaker 2: game specifically, both teams are capable of playing four down football,
Speaker 2: and that's a big deal in the run game because
Speaker 2: some third downs don't necessarily mean all passing downs, and
Speaker 2: there could be some runs on some different downs and
Speaker 2: different distances that could be the real factor in the game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I was gonna ask you a question about John Carter,
Speaker 4: but then you brought that up about the fourth down stuff,
Speaker 4: and like, just how does that change? You know, that
Speaker 4: ability that they have and that kind of willingness to
Speaker 4: go forward in those situations.
Speaker 3: Excuse me to.
Speaker 4: Kind of say, hey, we got to be more aggressive
Speaker 4: on first and second down to keep them out of
Speaker 4: these third and short fourth and sort situations that.
Speaker 2: I think is the deal because in the especially the
Speaker 2: third and one and fourth and one, they're so affected. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and so you don't want to live in a short
Speaker 2: yardage game. So from the run game to defending the
Speaker 2: passes creating some takeaways, you know, to one less possession
Speaker 2: or another less possession. And the field position is going
Speaker 2: to be big here. It's outdoors going to be cold
Speaker 2: today as we're going through that. Like, those field positions
Speaker 2: are a big deal. And so kicking the field goal
Speaker 2: versus going it on fourth and two in you know,
Speaker 2: in traditional field goal range. But there's a team that
Speaker 2: you have to be bold with. Like I said, they've
Speaker 2: proven to be the heavy hitter in our division so
Speaker 2: far this year, and you have to be bold, you know,
Speaker 2: going against.
Speaker 1: Him and coach looking at our defense. We got to
Speaker 1: see Marshawn Lattimore out on that field. How great was
Speaker 1: it to see him? And how do you feel he
Speaker 1: fared his first time out with the burnie and gold.
Speaker 2: You know, if you have that quiet of a performance,
Speaker 2: that's an excellent day in the passing game for a corner.
Speaker 2: I love the intensity that he plays with the mindset
Speaker 2: of competing, of what he stands for as a ballplayer.
Speaker 2: That showed up to me in such a strong way.
Speaker 2: And I love that he plays a position that oftentimes
Speaker 2: people aren't seen in that type of physicality and play
Speaker 2: making ability and he is and so he fits in
Speaker 2: fantastically in terms of a commander mindset.
Speaker 4: Defensively, Yeah, it was kind of cool watching him on
Speaker 4: the sideline because you watched a lot of corners watch
Speaker 4: a lot of defensive backs, and he's kind of a
Speaker 4: bigger guy. He's got some good play strength, Like it's
Speaker 4: something that you don't think of as being important for
Speaker 4: the position, but you know, is it important to be
Speaker 4: able to kind of have this. Obviously the movement skills
Speaker 4: are important, but that strength associated with him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we have all seen some of the talented
Speaker 2: size and speed receivers you know, that are in the
Speaker 2: NFL today, and so it takes somebody that has the
Speaker 2: strength to go and match up onto those kind of players.
Speaker 2: And so Marshawn has not only done that, but he
Speaker 2: has the strength to do that, to stay in to,
Speaker 2: you know, to reroute somebody, to stay attached to somebody,
Speaker 2: that's a big deal.
Speaker 1: Can you talk a little bit about how his leadership
Speaker 1: has impacted these young guys, because I was talking to
Speaker 1: know It last week and he was saying, I used
Speaker 1: to watch more growing up and now he gets to
Speaker 1: play with him. Can just talked about his leadership and
Speaker 1: what he brings in that front.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think there's some wisdom of some things
Speaker 2: that he can share in his own way. And that's
Speaker 2: what's been good to have him back at practice now.
Speaker 2: Even in practice, we're able to use the tablets see video,
Speaker 2: explain things, see the receiver outside the numbers, look at
Speaker 2: the stem of this route, to just some tricks of
Speaker 2: the trade, and it's so valuable when it comes from
Speaker 2: a teammate or a peer. The coaching we always do that,
Speaker 2: but when it comes, you know, from your teammate, it
Speaker 2: just carries more and he's able to deliver on that.
Speaker 1: And we're seeing those effects happen pretty quickly, right, Mike,
Speaker 1: sayd is so Guy's second career interception? What have you
Speaker 1: seen from the rookie we talked about all the time.
Speaker 2: He gave him a little tight We thought two and
Speaker 2: three yes, yes, and so we definitely didn't let him.
Speaker 3: Off the hook for that. But he is a remarkable.
Speaker 2: Rookie player leadership follow through the competitor, what he stands
Speaker 2: for as a ballplayer. He is going to have a
Speaker 2: fantastic career. He has the traits that you saw earlier
Speaker 2: from the Wagoners, how it was so important to get
Speaker 2: it right, to get to the details. And Bobby was
Speaker 2: like that as a young linebacker. He was hungry for
Speaker 2: all the information, and Mike is exactly the same. He
Speaker 2: wants to find the details, get to it. He loves
Speaker 2: to compete. There's nothing that's going to set him back,
Speaker 2: and he has that makeup in.
Speaker 4: Him, and he does seem to have a knack for
Speaker 4: turning the football over. Like obviously the ball skills stuff
Speaker 4: makes sense because he played received a receiver, right, But
Speaker 4: there's also like an awareness when he's in the pile
Speaker 4: he's pulling for the ball like. I know you talk
Speaker 4: about turnovers lot, but there does seem something to be
Speaker 4: kind of an eight in him in terms of that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent, the ability to think about it,
Speaker 2: have awareness for it. Some can and some can't, and
Speaker 2: he has that part of it. It's not just the
Speaker 2: ball skills. You're right, he'll punch it out. He can
Speaker 2: see it and make the play, and others are just
Speaker 2: so focused sometimes on just the opponent they're going against,
Speaker 2: they fail to see the leather and Mike does not.
Speaker 2: He can see it, and there's others that can as well.
Speaker 2: But I really feel his trajectory is really on the
Speaker 2: way up.
Speaker 1: And Coach, I know better than to look forward at all.
Speaker 1: I know it's all about today. I know we got
Speaker 1: in trouble with that last week. However, all the media,
Speaker 1: all social media, everybody wants to look forward, wants to
Speaker 1: look at the playoff and all that. How do you
Speaker 1: keep your guys locked in on today's game and keep
Speaker 1: them from getting too far ahead.
Speaker 3: If you're not fired up for today's.
Speaker 2: Game, many pulse, bro, you're looking past this when like
Speaker 2: you're in the wrong business. And I just wouldn't want
Speaker 2: to miss anything like this. I wouldn't want to miss
Speaker 2: one one step of it with them, And that's what
Speaker 2: makes being on this journey with them so much fun,
Speaker 2: Like no need to worry about down the line when
Speaker 2: we could just man have a blast doing what we're
Speaker 2: doing and stay right into it.
Speaker 1: Coach, we don't want to miss a second of today's game.
Speaker 1: Before we get to that, y'all got to get in
Speaker 1: the film room. Coach, we appreciate your time, all right,
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Command is family. We know you are enjoying
Speaker 1: the game plan. However, if you want to see Coach
Speaker 1: and Logan Pulse it break down plays in the film room,
Speaker 1: you could check that out on the Commander's YouTube page.
Speaker 1: Logan is always our ticket to a win? Are these
Speaker 1: must watch matches?
Speaker 3: You got sixty seconds? You're ready? Ye get into it first? One?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah?
Speaker 4: So their receivers versus our secondary specifically Mike Sanders Still
Speaker 4: and Marshawn Latimore. And again, like when these guys are
Speaker 4: playing well, these guys these two quarters and they can
Speaker 4: kind of negate some of what these guys do on
Speaker 4: the perimeter. It allows us to play heavier boxes and
Speaker 4: stop Sakhord and Barkley in the run game, which is
Speaker 4: gonna be a huge deal in this match.
Speaker 3: It'll be nice to have Latimore this time. Next one.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, this is maybe the most one of the
Speaker 4: most I'm excited to watch. Right we got the defensive
Speaker 4: line versus the offensive line for the Commanders, and again
Speaker 4: they kind of got the better of us in the
Speaker 4: first time. But after watching this group versus Tennessee, I'm like, man,
Speaker 4: they've got to sit him. They can win this competitive matchup.
Speaker 4: If we can run the football, gonna bode well, we
Speaker 4: can possess the ball.
Speaker 3: Gonna be a great day for us. While boys is
Speaker 3: first moved, like to say.
Speaker 4: And then the last one, Oh, Vic Fangio versus Cliff
Speaker 4: Kingsbury and Jaye Daniels. And this is important because he
Speaker 4: plays all these covered structures that look very very similar.
Speaker 4: Ken Cliff helped Jayden out to make have a much
Speaker 4: more productive performance. I think so can't wait to see
Speaker 4: what the wrinkles.
Speaker 1: These are your must watch matchups and your key to
Speaker 1: a victory against the Philadelphia Eagles for Hey, coach Dan Quinn,
Speaker 1: Brian Cowen Junior, and Logan Paulson.
Speaker 3: This is the game plan.
Speaker 1: Cel next Sunday and enjoy the gang command of his family.