WEBVTT - Showdown in Motor City | The Beatdown Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:14.560 What's going on, y'all. This is a divisional edition of 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.720 the Beatdown podcast. I am your host, senior writer for 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:21.279 the Washington Commanders, Zach Selby. Last week I said, look, 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:23.119 I don't know if we're going to be here or not. 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:26.280 We're recording these podcasts like every day of our last. 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:27.960 I kind of like it a little bit. And the 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:30.520 Commanders are also playing like it's their last because they 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.800 are advancing to the divisional round after the dink from 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:37.440 Zane Gonzalez over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to defeat them 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:41.479 twenty three to twenty wild game. But as always with 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:44.120 the Commanders, especially over the last month and a half 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:45.680 or so, it seems like that's just the way they 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:46.880 play and that's where they live. 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:48.479 But either way they are going to be playing. 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:52.199 They never one seeded Detroit Lions heading into this weekend 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:56.040 on Saturday at eight o'clock on Fox, it is going 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:59.680 to be I think, by far, the Commander's biggest challenge 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:04.400 of the year. This This Ben Jonson offense is electric, dynamic, 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:06.600 and just about every single sense of the word defense. 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.319 Maybe not doesn't put up the statue would you would 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:11.760 want at some points, but they are very physical, very 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.800 symbolic of the culture. Dan Campbell is put up there 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:18.640 in Detroit and it is going to be quite the matchup. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.240 And no matter what, if the Commanders do somehow pull 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:24.240 off a win here, they will have most certainly earned 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.000 that spot in the NFC Championship. And how are they 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:30.199 going to do that? How are they going to advance there? Well, 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.480 that is what we will be discussing today. With me, 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:37.640 we have the undefeated Candy Waller, who joins us from 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.479 Booie TV. Handy, how are you doing? 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:41.440 I'm doing great. I was doing a whole lot of 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.560 woo in the background when you remind me that I'm undefeated. 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:50.160 So but yes, all is well cold, but all as well. 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.760 Yes, very cold. I feel like I need to bring 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.200 out some like introduction music here. And your contestant is 0:01:56.240 --> 0:02:00.040 going to be David Harrison, who covers the Commander for 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.240 Forced Illustrated. David, how are you doing? 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:03.760 I'm doing good? 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.360 Feeling as good as Washington was when they went into 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.040 Philly that ten and oh night Monday night football. 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:10.480 The undefeated team's about to go down. 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.280 Oh oh yes, I remember that game too. That was, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:16.880 I mean, definitely one of the top five games I 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.519 think I've ever had to cover for this team. Definitely 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.040 a good example of how the unexpected can definitely happen here. 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.079 And guys listening, uh, you know, they know the deal 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.200 by now, questions points, winners, losers. I have to decide 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.160 the winner. And with that, all of that being said, 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.360 let's jump right into it here, and let's start off 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.359 with the biggest challenge I think for the Commanders, which 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.280 is going to be Detroit's offense. Right, and as I 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.359 mentioned at the top of the show, Ben Jonson has 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.960 that unit humming their top at unit in just about 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.880 every single major category here. Looks like they're second in 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.160 over and overall yards per game, their second in passing. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.000 Jerry Goff has been playing out of his mind, one 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.519 of the best seasons you've had of his career. They're 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.560 putting out, you know, forty fifty points and just blow 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.720 these teams away in a lot of ways. They're very 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:08.120 creative on offense, and they are also very aggressive in 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:11.200 another way that is very sibolic of Dan Campbell's style. 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:11.600 There. 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.839 They go for the fourth down a lot. They they 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:18.720 play like they're behind, as Joe Witz said, a lot, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.120 and it normally works out for them, and it's going 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.360 to be a big challenge for the commanders, who also 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.280 you know, they're one of the best and most efficient 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:29.360 fourth down teams is here over the last two decades 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.640 or so. So it's going to be, you know, no punch, 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:35.600 just vibes on Saturday. So David, we'll start with you here, 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:39.040 and I want to ski more like I'm belaeble these 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.040 is offense defense, but like I think there's more of 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.360 a general question for both sides of the ball. I mean, 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:46.960 what is the best way for Washington to counter this 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.000 ultra aggressive style that Detroit has on offense? 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:52.760 Honestly, man, I think the best thing for the Washington 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.080 Matters to do this weekend is just be themselves. I 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.680 think a team like the Detroit Lions because of how 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.800 aggressive they are and you know, they like to pull 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.000 some recreation on offense sometimes and do all these types 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.240 of things and bring these blitzes that are designed to 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.000 obviously put pressure on the quarterback and me. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.520 And then we went up against the Minnesota Vikings as. 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:10.920 Basically all they did the Troy Lions, and we're gonna 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.280 play the pressure on Sam Darnold and make improve that 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:13.880 he can beat us. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.600 And unfortunately for the Vikings, he couldn't do it. 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.200 I think a lot of teams start to get out 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.840 of their own their own methods. They start to kind 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:24.359 of change who they are and try to think that 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.440 what we need to match the Lions, we need to 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.440 be just as clever as the Lions. And I don't 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:29.920 think this Washington Bears team needs to do that. I 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.839 don't think they're gonna do that. I think they're securing 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:33.720 their identity. They know who they wanted to be from 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.839 the jump, and all the guys have kind of gotten 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:37.960 on board with what dan Quinn wanted this team to be, 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.520 and they just do what got you here. Be consistent 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.279 as you possibly can, be aggressive when the moment calls 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.720 for you to be aggressive, and ultimately just play smart 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.600 situational football. Be in your fit on defense when you're 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.520 supposed to be there. Be in your zone when you're 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.159 supposed to be there. Don't get too wrapped up around 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.159 well I'm going around, Saint Brown is running across my 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.200 face even though I'm supposed to have this area. 0:04:58.240 --> 0:04:59.560 I want to make sure he doesn't get the ball. 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.160 Next saying, you know, Sam Laporta, right in the space 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.080 you're supposed to be in running for thirty yards. So 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.359 I think that's the key is don't get you know, 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:08.520 we talked about the environment, but don't get wrapped up 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:10.240 in your opponents to the point where you start playing 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:11.279 football differently. 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:14.599 That's a really good point. Cliff even brought that up 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.720 in his presser on the sutle of the points if 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.480 the day that the days are getting very like getting 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.479 mixed up because we're playing on Saturday, so everything is 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.919 pushed back a little bit. But during his presser he 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.040 mentioned how you don't really ever want to get out 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.279 of who you are because of you know, like he 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.200 needs talking with Aaron Lynn in this case, but it starving. 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:33.560 It works for the other side of the ball too, 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.720 they don't you never want to get too caught up 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:37.960 in what's going on, what they're doing. Yet to get 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.320 focused on what you're doing and stay and stay with 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.720 say you're laying in terms of who you are. I 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.240 think that can be amblematic of the entire team. Candy 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:46.920 will switch over you and I ask you the same question 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.080 here is like I said, this, this detrot this Detroit 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:53.080 offense is super aggressive all the time. So what do 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.360 you think they can do to counter that, not only 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.520 on defense, but also maybe a little bit on offense 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:57.920 as well. 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.719 I think the big name of the game here for 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.520 the Washington Commanders is to do something that they have 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.880 been really really good at and really smart at, and 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.039 that is controlling the time of possession. When they're winning 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:15.520 the time of possession battle, they win right so like 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.600 straight up, and that is going to take this Washington 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:24.480 Commanders defense to finally meet a goal that Dan Quinn 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.640 and Joe Wait Junior have been talking about all season long, 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:32.680 and that is the turnover goal of three takeaway. They're 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.800 gonna have to get that football back. The only way 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.479 you're gonna stop this Lions offense is to not have 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.800 them on the field straight up. The running game is 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.040 too vicious, it's too mean, it's too dynamic, and it's 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.039 a multitude of players that can that can make plays 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.640 on that offense. They may be down at least one 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:55.640 offensive lineman the on the Lion's side, but other than that, 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.760 keep them off the field right. They are super aggressive, 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.159 they are super efficient and effective in what they do, 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.200 so while they can get that football back, and of 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.840 course the Commander's offense themselves be efficient and effective and 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:13.440 control that kind of possession. 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.680 They will be successful on Saturday Night. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.880 You know, the Commanders, they do have that three turnover goal. 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.280 They've they've gotten closed a couple of times this year, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.480 but they have yet to have turnovers in a single game. 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.600 They come up with two against Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:32.080 the Tansey Titans, and the Philadelphia Eagles, but hadn't hit 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:33.960 that three mark yet. It'll be interesting to see what 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:38.360 happens there. But David, you covered the Tampa Buccaneers for 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.520 a long time, and it seems like the game plan 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.040 for the Bucks that Washington hell is very similar to 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.200 what they can put together for the Lions here. So 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.160 in terms of just you know, getting that aggressive style 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:52.880 off the field here for Detroit's offense, Like, do you 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:54.840 do you borrow a lot of that from from from 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.160 where you have going into Tampa? 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:57.040 I think you surely do. 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:58.760 You know. I think a lot of what the Washington 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.520 Bearers did against the Buccaneers, they the intent on keeping 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.600 the lid, on making the Buccaneers, you know, throw all 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.080 their punches. You don't want to let them land a 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:07.440 haymaker and get a knock down, and then you know, 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.120 the first round or whatever, you want to make them 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.440 jab their way to the end zone, and then when 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:13.640 you get down to those scoring positions, you want to 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:14.239 try to tighten. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.320 Up as much as possible. It's it's kind of interesting, 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:16.480 you know. 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:20.280 I did a little bit of research looking into the Lions' losses, 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.600 but then also looking into some of their more narrow victories, 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:27.760 their one score margin victories, and essentially what I came 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.240 up with this is somewhat anecdotal, right, because every game 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.520 has different context. But at the same time, if you 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:36.960 can prevent the Detroit Lions from having touchdowns on sixty 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.480 percent of their scoring drift, right, So if they have 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.679 five scores, four scores, three scores, whatever it is, if 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.320 you can prevent sixty percent or more of those from 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.640 being touched downs, you're gonna have a chance to win. 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:49.800 And we know that this Washington Commander's team is going 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:51.480 to have that chance to win. So or when they 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:53.160 have a chance to win, more often than not, they're 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.560 gonna pull off the victory. Right, So, you give up yards, 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.120 if you give up if you give up passing yards. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.480 The key is not give up the explosives that lead 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.199 to touchdowns, not just explosives in general, but. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.680 The scoring explosives get into the red zone and then 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.440 try to tying down a little bit. The Comanders didn't 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.320 have the greatest red zone defense in the world, but 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.280 they did keep the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, interestingly enough to 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.840 that sixty percent mark. So if you keep the Lions 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.280 from scoring from outside the red zone and then hold 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.760 them to that sixty percent mark in the red zone, obviously, 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:25.360 like Candy said, getting takeaways always the optimal plan, but 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.600 as long as you can keep them to field goals. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.440 Because the interesting name about Dan Campbell, he gets a 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:32.760 little bit more aggressive in the postseason. We saw that 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.040 last year, a little bit to his own demise. That's 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.719 just kind of who he is. So you get them 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.720 in the red zone and you force them into fourth downs, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.120 there's gonna be opportunities there where they go for it. 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.920 And to that three turnover point, Joey Junior said just yesterday, 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.920 turnover on downs. That's a turnover, So it doesn't cows 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.679 a turnover in the in the stat box, but that's 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.559 a turnover to him and that might be one of 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.480 the ways you get one of those three takeaways. 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.560 You know, it's it's then Shay, I keep bringing up 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.200 these things from Cliff because they do kind of apply 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.319 to both to both sides here, and he said, you 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.559 know they're super aggressive and that, well, that does give 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.760 you give them some positive plays every now and again. 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:09.679 It does alviously give you the opportunity to hit your 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.560 own positive plays as well, because there's gonna be some 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.319 open spots there, and I think I think that's absolutely true. 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.559 So hey, IFO we move on to the next question here, 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.880 I want to ask you about like Marshall Lattimore and 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.560 all this. Obviously, he didn't have the game that you 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:27.040 would want future Holiday Hall of Fame inducteam Mike Evans 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.040 here had ninety three yards all seven of his catches, 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:31.920 so definitely not a game they would want. But I 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.080 would imagine he's going to play a pretty big key 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.600 role here against I'm on Ross and Brown, who has 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.400 twelve touchdowns, twelve hundred yards this year, one hundred and 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.280 fifteen receptions, really really great player. But in terms of 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:44.839 just staying aggressive, do you think that being able to 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.360 lock up Amon raan man coverage a little bit more 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.040 is going to allow that even the line for Washington 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.000 to be a little more aggressive and hope we put 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:54.839 bresh on Jered Goff, who was, like I said earlier, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.040 has just been very accurate with the ball this year. 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.000 Absolutely, I think one of the things when I was 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.360 looking at this matchup, in this game overall, there were 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:09.720 some similarities to me in the Commander's game against the Ravens, 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:14.079 just because there's multiple ways that this Lion's team can 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.400 beat you. We have a good, solid quarterback. Not that 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:22.079 I'm comparing Jerry Goff to Somelamar Jackson, but it's good, solid, 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.319 great play that Jared Goff has been doing since he's 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:28.360 been in Detroit. You have a great run game, right, 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.480 and you have receivers right. And so I remember distinctly 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:36.439 that game Joe Wick Junior feeling like the offense. 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.280 The Commander's offense, have done enough to win that game. 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:42.040 But there's four specific plays that if the defense had 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.080 not had done what they were supposed to do, they 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:46.320 would have won that football game. 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:47.640 Who they did not. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.640 Have in that Baltimore Ravens game was a Marshawn Lattism, right, 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.240 So now you have a Marshawn Lattimore. It's almost like 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.160 go back to the film, go back to the tape, 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.520 go back to those moments. If you had had a 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.920 Marshawn Lattimore, what would you have done differently and what 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:05.040 could have happened to alleviate some of those early plays 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.320 by Jay Flowers in the game, right, Because you saw 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.880 that shift happen in the second half of that Ravens game, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.439 but the first half was like, oh my gosh, the 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.840 dvs are just the struggling. But like I said, you 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.360 didn't have that key component of a Marshaan Lattimore, So 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.400 how can you strategically ensure that with a stronger piece 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.520 in Marshawn Now we all know he's still dealing with 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.760 a hamstring thing, right, it's not necessarily one hundred percent, 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.800 but just his mentality and just if they're strategic and 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.040 bringing in that safety help, we're appropriate. I'm always going 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.640 to say a great way to help your dbs in 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:42.240 getting pressure up front the defensive line, got to get 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.200 your golf on the ground, got to get more pressure 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.840 up front. That's always helped to your DBS. But I 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.360 just continue to feel like in that game, they didn't 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.280 have a Marshawn Lattimore. You do now, So what are 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.520 those specific plays where you can ensure his play is 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:59.840 highlighted and it doesn't end up in DPIs. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.120 Yeah, and that has been you know a little bit 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.280 of a you know, an issue. I would say, maybe 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.200 not even really an issue, just because that's the way 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.360 he plays and you love the competitiveness and all that. 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.960 But you're right, I mean the pass Russians and the 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.280 coverage they do play very you know, they play well 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.320 hand in hand together, and I think you're gonna need 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.360 both your any both against this Lin's offense because, like 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.080 I said, they play like they're behind at all times 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.120 and you can't you can't have any mistakes regardless. But 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:26.920 we are going to move on to the next question here. 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.079 I will give you both two points. I'll light the 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.120 points you were making Candy about the town possession and 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.520 Lattimore David. I'll like the points about you know, Stayton 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.679 who true to who Washington is, and also the point 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.320 you're making by Tampa Bay. But Katy, since you brought 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.880 up the town possession, I want to swift, you know, 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.679 stay on you here and talk about the Commanded's run game, 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:47.240 which has not been you know, as great as as 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:49.360 as it has been at the beginning of the year. Obviously, 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.880 Jade Daniels has been spectacular running the ball, but the 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.080 rest of it has been a little spotty here and there, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.480 particularly between the tackles. And if you're gonna own time 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.319 with possession, you have to establish a run game to 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.880 again keep this line's offense off the field. So what 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.480 do you do against this lines even in front that 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.880 has been banged up quite a bit but still plays 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:10.720 a little bit about their talent great? 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.000 I would actually like to see, And this may come 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.559 off as a shock for some, I would actually, you know, 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.320 and I may have not been in the presser if 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.200 coach quit addresses at all, you know, really wasn't certain 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.440 why Chris Rodriguez was in active last week, because I 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.360 would like to see perhaps Chris Rodriguez. I think when 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.960 we're talking about that speed in between tackles being able 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.080 to get out, I think Chris Rodriguez is an opportunity 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.320 to do that as well as Jeremy McNichols. The team 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.960 does have Austin acklerbet so they can help. But another 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.600 thing that the team did on the fourth and one 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.880 that I was like, Wow, we really doing this is 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:48.960 they brought in Marcus Mariota right. I was like, now, 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.520 wait a minute, because at this point in time, now 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.840 is when you see the will starting to spin from 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.840 a Cliff Kingsbury offense perspective. When I say you'll start 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.320 to spend, we're going to need to see some creativity 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:02.320 and some innovation here. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:03.520 Right. 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:06.360 They know that this the run game. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:10.480 Has stalled quite a bit. So what do you do 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.120 when you start. You gotta get creative. You gotta leverage 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.040 and utilize those players that can get you that yard. 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:17.640 And that sounds crazy, right that you got to get 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.400 creative in order to get you know, fourth and inches 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.000 or thirte in inches or fourth and one and two. 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.120 But that's what they had to do just last week 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:29.160 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So not to like call 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.720 any one player out, but it's obvious they're they're gonna 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.400 have They're having a tough time with the run game, 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:36.760 so they're gonna have to get And it's not necessarily 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:40.640 like just making Jaden Use's legs, you know, even more 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.560 so than he already does, or just taking deep shots 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.920 down the field when he doesn't necessarily see it as 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.560 clearly or as openly, But it's really using that creativity 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:52.200 and innovation that we know that this that this offensive 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.920 staff has relying on those plays from a David Blouse, 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:58.880 a coach Pritchard, everything else that they're able to do 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.960 to pull this together because they're absolutely going to need 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:06.320 a strong run game on Saturday night. The who is 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:09.080 going to bring that strong run game is where we 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.080 kind of don't know, And I would like to see 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.320 the team, you know, take a look at Chris Rogriguez 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:18.240 if he's inactive again, then bring in Marcus Mariota like 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:21.840 you did on last Sunday night, and really put more 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.960 emphasis on Austin Eckler and Jeremy McNicholas. 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.280 You know, that's a good point because I really did 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.480 like the way they used Mariota for those like the 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.480 quarterback sneak stuff, but also putting you know, Jaden in 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:34.800 motion a lot. And I also noticed that they were 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.800 using a lot more speed option plays. It's a triple option, 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:40.080 which is like that's always sort of been a little 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.000 bit of a wrinkle, but you really didn't see all 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.400 that much of it during the regular season. So David, 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:46.760 I'll switch over to you here and like, what do 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.680 you think about the creativity to get like the ring 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.080 of going a little bit more and like, how much 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.160 more do you think they can build on that against 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.200 the lines defense that is, you know, fifth overall for 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:57.600 the season and rushing yards per game. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.280 Yeah, I think I think you need to have your 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.320 your primary plan, which could be to do a little 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.880 bit more of what you saw against Tampa Bay, but you. 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.720 Also needed to have your contingency plan. 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:09.480 And I think that when you get deeper into the 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.520 weeds of how do we solve this running problem, you 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.000 don't you don't need to get more complex. If you 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.040 have to get into that contingency plan, you have to 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:17.920 get more back to basics. And I think that is 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.280 where a guy that Chris Rodery hasn't come into to 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:23.560 what Kenny was saying, Like, if you've turned to Chris Roderiz, 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:25.720 that means that maybe some of the polls, some of 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.119 the traps, some of the outside runs, some of the 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:29.920 zone reads and all that stuff, maybe they're not working 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.560 against his Lions defense. So if we're gonna switch gears 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.720 to Chris Roderiez's get back to basics. Man, Let's just 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:37.240 tell each guy on the line of scrimmage, this is 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.880 your dude. Put some put some manful manipulation on them. 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.199 Move them from the spot spot A to spot B. Chris, 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.320 this is the gap that you're gonna run through. Hit 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.800 that whole hit it hard, fall forward, and Plute sees 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:48.800 Detroit Lions delivered. 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:50.400 Some body blows. Because the thing. 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:54.120 About the Detroit Lions defense that's interesting is, yes, their 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.760 yards per per game on the ground that they're giving 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.360 up is low, but the yards per carry that they're 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.439 giving up is actually not as low. It's actually one 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.960 of the higher averages in the league. What's happening is 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:06.199 that a lot of times teams are falling behind to 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.080 the Detroit Lions, so they're going to their pass game 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:09.680 really quick because they feel like they have to keep 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.119 up in this track meet or like I said before, 0:18:12.359 --> 0:18:14.119