WEBVTT - RECAP Week 6: Learning Lessons and Getting Better | Booth Review Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:03.520 On this week's Booth Review. There are no moral victories. 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:05.960 Hopefully the defense will have a better day, but that 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:09.280 Ravens offense London might be the best at Washington Sees 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:09.680 all year. 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:12.200 And we'll take a look ahead of this week's game 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:14.760 against the Carolina Panthers and why this is a bigger 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:17.840 game than yesterday against the Baltimore Ravens. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:25.480 It's all coming up on the Booth Review. Welcome to 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.240 this week's edition of the Booth Review podcast. I Braham 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:30.600 Weinstein with one of the greatest linebackers of all time, 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:31.440 London Fletcher. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:32.400 This is weird. 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:35.280 London didn't spend a month we had lost, so we're 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.320 doing a review of a game the Commanders actually lost 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.520 this week to a very good Baltimore Ravens team. 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:45.479 Now it's definitely a feeling of like, man, are we 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:48.239 really at this point that winning thing? 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:48.479 Man? 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:50.320 I got used to that. I don't know about you, 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:55.520 but it feels good to win. But obviously that wasn't 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.560 the case yesterday. On my flight back home to Charlotte, 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.720 I was just kind of reflecting on the game and 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:05.440 where we are at as a as a team, as 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:08.720 a franchise, as a kind of fan. 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:12.720 Base, and I'm actually still optimistic. 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.960 About where we are, and you know, we'll get into 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.200 the Ravens and what we think about them, but it 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.600 definitely is not not the thing, the money we've grown 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:23.119 accustomed to over the last month. 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:25.200 Yeah, well, I want to start with this. I mean, 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:28.640 because we don't know what's going on with John or Dorance. 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:32.840 You played in what two hundred and fifty six consecutive games. 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:35.160 I wonder if you're going to get a call from 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.960 DQ this week because we took a couple of injuries. 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:42.240 Who knows, So hold on, hold on, bron all Right, 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:50.000 So you mentioned Doris Ordog and Jonathan Allen, two defensiveliaminate 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.320 or injured, Bobby Wagner and Frankie Louvu. 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.240 They're healthy, so you think, I know, I put on 0:01:56.320 --> 0:02:00.280 some weights. So you want toything go what you said, It. 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.240 Was not a fat joke, it really was. It was 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.560 actually trying to be complimentary of you and make a 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:07.120 snarky joke. That's not going to happen. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:12.160 So so myb buddies, my former even former teammates that 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.800 were there that I played with, friend and Smooth, you know, 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:16.720 some of the other guys I played with they would 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.040 have took that as a fletch. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:21.600 We need a couple of d liven That's all right, 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:22.480 that's all right. 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:24.680 Yeah, I'm hopen As we're taping this, we don't know 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:26.520 what the situation is with John R. Dort, so hopefully 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.359 we'll get some good news on both of their injuries 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:29.680 as we move forward. 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:30.680 Into the Carolina game this week. 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:34.120 All right, let's focus back in on the Ravens game 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.919 a little bit. Where Listen, this is a team that's 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.160 been in the playoffs five of the last six years, 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.079 seventeen of the last twenty five. They are very stable. 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.919 They've had same front office structure for a very long time, 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:50.200 Harbaugh's second longest tenured coach, seventeenth year, same owner for 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:50.880 a long time. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:52.880 They have a unicorn quarterback. 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.280 Like I think, you know what you get with a 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.760 team like that, And therefore, I think why this felt 0:02:57.800 --> 0:02:59.400 like such a big game yesterday. 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:01.360 So I want to go spin z out. 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:02.800 A little bit here because I'll be honest with you, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.280 like I follow, you know what the media is going 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.560 to say about the team afterwards, and they could have 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.840 focused on a couple of things, and they seem to 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.080 have focused more that Washington, went toe to toe with them, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.320 were in a one score game, saw the quarterback go 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.480 toe to toe with an MVP quarterback, and decided not 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.880 to overly focus on four hundred and eighty four yards 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.079 given up. So I think both of these things are true. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.440 But to your point, I think people remained very optimistic 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.600 that they saw what five in the offense can do 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.280 and went toe to toe in a place where not 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:34.040 a lot of teams win. 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:38.839 Frankly, yeah, No, you're definitely right when you I guess 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.720 when the schedule first came out and you saw where 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.040 we are as a recalibration, whatever you want to call it, 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:50.920 new ownership, new gen, new front office, new head coach, 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.720 over fifty percent, a roster completely turned over, and you 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:59.080 saw the Ravens on the schedule, like you know where 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.480 they've been in the number one seed in AFC a 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.360 year ago, where we won what three games last year 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.000 four games? I can't even remember it was. I tried 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:11.320 to wipe that out of my memory bank. But you 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.280 saw that on the schedule and you're like, okay, can 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.560 we go in there kind of be a little bit competitive. 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:19.880 This is prior to the season and the way guys 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.040 you know, have played recently and going on that four 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.880 game winn streak, You're like, Okay, Baltimore, isn't. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.719 That they're up here on paper? We're down here. 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.719 But then after you go in there and you see 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.800 it end up being just a one score game, you 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:34.560 feel pretty good about where we're. 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:35.960 Where we are right now. 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.400 But I think you also have to look and say, 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.159 we still need there's a lot more room for improvement. 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.320 I think coach Quinn will say that with the guy, 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:46.479 there'll be some get some things that he takes away 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.200 from the football game. You're like, man, I really like this. 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.520 Love the way we competed, love the way we did this, 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.240 love the way we did that. But these are some 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.040 areas where we definitely hit need to improve, you know, 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.120 to get to where we're at, the point where the 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:03.719 Ravens aren't as a as a perennial Super Bowl contender, 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.839 a team that could represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:07.080 Yeah. 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.600 I mean, I think largely like they were a good 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.839 litmus type. I didn't like measuring stick. I thought it 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.400 was the I thought we're just kind of too early 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.680 in this process to use terminology. And I think the 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.080 team like that either but I thought litmus test of 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.240 where this is through five games, because it really thought 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.400 Dan could was very honest about it last Friday. It 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.279 was like the good elephant in the room. This is 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.520 happening faster than you thought it would write, and he 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.960 kind of acknowledged, you know, it's all new, all these 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.200 new players. We are trying to instill a new culture. 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.800 We do think we have a special player at quarterback, 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:38.479 but you know it's baked in that it's going to 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.719 take some time. It's the NFL, and it seemed to 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:44.359 be coming along at a really expedited pace, which was 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.440 really good. And that's why we landed on this game 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.760 where you go for the first sixer on the road. 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.640 This is the hardest one of all of them, because 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:54.359 this is a team that's been there, done that, and 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.120 looks like the type of team that, at least on 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.840 one side of the ball, could compete for a championship. Again, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.599 let's find out where they are. And I think in 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:03.360 the end, when you look at the scoreboard and you 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:07.520 go thirty to twenty three, it feels like it was momentum. 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.520 But and I assume you kind of feel the same way. 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.160 But what Dan said to us coach Quinn said to 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.560 us in the postgame press conference, in the interview we 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:17.920 did with him, and even what he said in the 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.240 press conference was there were parts of this and this 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:23.320 I thought was honest and acknowledging what happened that was 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:27.120 quote unquote lopsided. And he's talking about the way the 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:29.960 Ravens were able to move the ball on him. Defensively, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.880 that's the number one offense in the league. But you're 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.280 gonna give up four hundred and eighty four yards to anybody, 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.640 and it's not just running, it's not just passing. You're 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:39.520 gonna have a hard time getting to the level that 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:40.440 the Ravens are at. 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:47.040 Yeah, So when you look at the Ravens last six possessions, touchdown, touchdown, 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:50.039 field goal, touchdown, field goal, end of game where they 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.200 were driving and they ran out the clock. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:53.880 I looked at it. 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:58.200 I rewatched the game this morning a little bit, watch 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.680 the defensive side, and because that was to decide that 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.520 I wanted to focus on first and foremost to see, Okay, 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.760 where were the breakdowns, Where were the things that we 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:06.320 need to do. 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:07.359 Better at first and foremost? 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:12.560 I thought there were some communication eras that happened in 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.600 that ball game that we had seen during that four 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.800 game winning streaking, and there was a confusion on a 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:22.240 couple of different different plays. From a passing game standpoint, 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.800 the Ravens there, they got goot good football players. Eight 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.480 flowers is a problem. They're going to win their fair 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:29.280 share of matches. 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:29.560 But the. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.520 Part where I think Joe Witt will kind of be 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.600 really disappointed is some of the miscommunications. There were a 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:41.920 couple coverage busts where those things we kind of felt 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.080 like and I'm sure they felt like we're behind them. 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.800 If you go back to the Tampa Bay game, the 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.600 first game of the season, that there were some issues 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.120 like that that kind of crept back up in this game. 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:56.440 From a coverage standpoint, they'll probably do some things, Hey, 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.800 from a technique standpoint that you could have played this 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.800 a little bit different from a technique standpoint, giving yourself 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:06.600 a better chance to win that down. From a covered standpoint, 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.120 there were some gap fit issues in the running game 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:13.440 where you know, guys who didn't necessarily stay in their 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:17.320 responsibilities and they got some they got some runs that 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.760 that that hurt us in that ball game. And Derek 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.680 Henry is a monster, but you can't help him by 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.360 not being where you need to be. So when you 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.800 look at that and you say, are these places where 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.880 we need different personnel it's just an off season issue 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.760 or is this just hey, guys, we still are in 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.280 the midst of the season, and these are things that 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:41.280 we can get corrected right now. I say yes, looking 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:46.080 at that film, the communication eras, the kind of lapses 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.720 or technique, the deals you can you can get those 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:52.400 corrected right now, and guys saying and playing in their 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.400 correct responsibility when it comes to stopping a run. 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.280 Those are things that can be corrected right now during 0:08:58.280 --> 0:08:58.760 this season. 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:01.480 So when you look at and they call it up 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:04.560 tell the truth Monday or whatever, when you tell the 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.120 truth Monday, those are the things that they're going to 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:07.600 talk about in that meeting room. 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.120 I want to talk about the Flowers matchup for a moment, 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:13.040 because he had obviously a huge first half, and like, 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.440 if you're going in and you're facing the Ravens, you've 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.079 got to try to limit their run game. I mean, 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.960 they came in averaging two hundred and eleven yards a 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:25.240 game in the modern NFL on the ground, that's stupid 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:29.280 like that, it's an absurd number. It really is like 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.320 in the modern when he's throwing the ball so much, 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.680 it's an absurd number to have that. So they have 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.520 this kind of unstoppable part of their offense. The one 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:39.400 thing that Washington defense did really well yesterday was they 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.040 limited Lamar on the ground like he was eleven for 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.600 forty something like that. So they limited him big day 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.760 through the air though, And you could tell early Washington 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.040 was committed to trying to do at least slow down 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.000 the Ravens run, and the numbers were there, but in 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.760 the end when asked to go out and get matched 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.600 up with those receivers, couldn't really handle it. There were 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.679 five receivers for the Ravens that had at least thirteen 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:10.480 yards per catch. Five like that means everybody's getting chunk 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.280 plays off of them. And the Flowers one I remember 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.160 talking to you pregame talking to Logan about it, and 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:18.839 I said, you know, like Mike Samers still down the 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:22.040 road is probably their slot corner. This is a unique 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:23.920 person that they're facing. They haven't seen a lot of 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.280 teams that have a receiver like this. Flowers as this 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.800 kind of movable part who can go inside outside, quick 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.600 quick cut, quick explosion player. I remember looking at you 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:37.040 going who are they covering him with? And he ended 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:41.199 up having a massive first half against them because I 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.679 think Washington was dedicated to try to slow down the 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.640 run and the Ravens responded. I give them credit, they 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.920 responded and found very good matchups, and Flowers I believe 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:51.800 is a very He may not be perceived as a 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.320 top five, top ten receiver, but at what he does 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.240 for them, he's a very difficult matchup and he was 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:58.440 for Washington yesterday. 0:10:58.920 --> 0:10:59.120 Yeah. 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.560 No, he was had the big play in their opening 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.040 drive with the on the on the screenplay the wide 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.920 receiver rocket screen where we had they caught us in 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:10.920 the blitz and you know, it's a perfect call for 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.599 them against a defense where we were we're bringing the 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.760 pressure off that edge, so that that that got them 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:19.680 going early in that ball game. But from a standpoint 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.040 of when I talk about watching the film, keep it 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.760 telling the truth, there were some times, and again I 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:30.480 don't know exactly being a coach, but just from a 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.080 lot of his routes were in breaking rounds. Routes they 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:39.360 were across the field against coverage and oftentimes the corners 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.280 they have outside leverage because of you know, you may 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.720 have a post safety and things like that, but may hey, 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.320 maybe you may want to shade a little bit inside 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.600 on these this type of route because or especially with 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.960 the split that this guy has and his feeding, you know, 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.640 if we're gonna if we're gonna give up something forcing 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.320 to beat us on the outside or outbreaking route things 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.360 like that. So that may be something that they're talking 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.320 about in their in their film room. The pass rush 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.559 wasn't what it needed to be either, so there was 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:14.120 a times where well Lamar had opportunity to go through 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:17.880 his progressions, had a lot of time to to you know, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:19.840 find his open receivers. 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:21.560 Part of that was off of play action. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:25.840 Again, you're geared up to stop Derrick Henry in that 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.880 running game, so there was some open windows there. I 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.679 look at it as you know, and it wasn't just 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:35.199 Samuge Steel. He wasn't covering him, you know, completely in 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:36.160 and shadow him anything. 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:36.480 They were. 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:40.480 They had some some different guys covering covering him, mainly 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.280 egg Monogony and Samudge Steel. 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.679 So you know, it's a hass off to the Ravens. 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.960 Jay Flowers did a night job and they executed a 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.320 game plan you know to to almost a tea. 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:51.400 Yeah, I mean it was funny. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.720 Back in week two after Week one with the Giants, 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.439 I watched one Dale Robinson, who I don't think is 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:59.480 quite as talented, quick whatever like Jay Flowers is. But 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.679 I watched him and they were dumping it off to 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.240 him a million times, and he's kind of that guy 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.960 in the slot who's got some quickness, and I thought 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.160 for sure the Giants would try to take advantage, and 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.760 when they didn't, I was actually surprised that they went 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.480 neighbors neighbors, neighbors, neighbors, neighbors, because I think that that 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:16.959 is somewhat of an advantage. I don't think Robinson is 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:21.600 of Flowers level. Flowers is a unique player for them, 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:25.600 especially in an offense where every defense has to load 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:27.320 up against the run. You have no choice. You're going 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:31.080 to get favorable matchups with him. And in Washington's case, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.040 I said to you pregame, I'm like, I don't know 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:34.560 who's covering him. I think it's going to be a 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.560 very difficult spot. Then they had to shift, you know, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.480 at halftime, because the passing game was getting them, and 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:44.000 at that point you're playing from behind against them. It's 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.160 a death sentence against them. It's like trying to stop 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.200 a mac truck and over and over and over. You know, 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.520 they're just battering you with Henry Lamar Justice Hill on 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:55.800 the edge and their run game is dominant. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:58.960 Now you're you're, you're, you're absolutely right. 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.680 When you got one league and then you're trying to 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.280 put that out there, you got another league. So you 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.720 go into the game knowing our focus is on stopping 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:10.440 the ruh, stopping there can we stopping Lamar Jackson. We 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.480 can't allow these guys to just as you mentioned, you know, 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.240 just bulldoze us or run us over in the mack 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:17.920 truck and the run from a running game. 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.520 To their credit, they went. 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.720 A lot of play action pass on first down, Yes, 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:29.400 get some some chunk plays. Again, was the technique exactly 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.400 the way you wanted to be played? That's those are 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.680 things that the coaches will talk about. Could you have 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.280 done something different, Could you maybe get into the face 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.520 of of the receivers, try to just rup them a 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:39.640 little bit, things like that. 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:41.160 All right, let me get to the other side of 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.800 the ball with you for a minute, because this also 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.680 was semi predictable for Washington, and I actually think it's 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.400 the good thing in my opinion, that really came out 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.240 of this, So be Rob's out. I want to get 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.320 to his impact in a little bit later. But Washington 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:00.560 has been essentially a fifty to fifty run team. Well, 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.680 they're coming in against the team that has the at 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:07.520 least metrically best rush defense in the NFL. I think 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:11.160 that's a little skewed because teams are typically playing from 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.280 behind against Baltimore, so they're throwing a lot more in 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.960 the second half, so the rush numbers are a little 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.840 bit off, But still I don't want to take anything 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.160 away from them. They came in with this b Robs out, 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.040 and I think we could both agree. Everybody knew we 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.040 had to score thirty to win, so this was going 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.120 to be the first game where I think Jaden they 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.520 walked in knowing that Jaden's throwing thirty to forty passes, 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:37.840 so we were going to be a pass heavy offense 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:42.160 no matter what. And honestly they passed that test, like 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:45.880 we didn't know. This year is to me all about 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.880 set the culture, find out where your roster is, try 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.280 to develop Jaden Daniels, which is clearly ahead of the curve, 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:55.880 and then each week, you're going to have a different challenge, 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.080 and this challenge this week was different than anything they 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.280 had faced. They knew they were gonna have to throw 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.880 the ball a lot this weekend to have a chance 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:08.480 to win, and we haven't seen them do that yet 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.120 where they had to rely on throwing the ball a lot. 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:14.200 And honestly, in the end, that's the one I take 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:17.080 away from this and go, I feel really good that 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:20.760 forced into that situation to have to win this way. 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.280 I think they're capable of it. And that's why that's 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.280 what I really liked about the game the other day. 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:27.440 Yeah, no, no, you're right. 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.160 And when you look at you mentioned the Ravens defense 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:34.840 that top billing has been the number one rush defense 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:36.040 in the National Football League. 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:37.280 It is earned. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.320 I know they're I look at yards per rush and 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:45.040 going into that ball game, the Ravens were allowing three 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.640 yards only three yards per carry. You want to be 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.240 at about three yards or less. Actually, you want to 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:54.640 be maybe about three point three yards per carry allowed 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.880 rush attempt, and that's a really good run defense. They 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.760 are at three points three points three yards per carry. 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.240 We had eighteen carry for fifty two yards. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.400 They allowed two point nine yards per carry against US 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.800 that top building as a rush defenses armed looking at 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:17.480 their their pass defense, they had some issues in defending 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:19.520 the past. They've given up a lot of a lot 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:22.240 of players in the passing game. They had some They've 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:27.000 had some blown coverages, some miscommunications, the guys they missed, 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.400 some guys that are no longer on that team from 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:32.240 a year ago that left be a free agency. They 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:35.600 weren't playing the type of pass defense that the Ravens 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.679 are customed to play. They were number one sacks a 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.160 year ago, so they did that. They took the football away. 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.880 They're not that type of defense currently when it comes 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:48.080 to defending the pass, and we had to rely on 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.040 the passing game. And you know, yeah, you would have 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.240 loved to have be Robbing that game, and I probably would. 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:56.280 We would definitely would have had more than eighteen rushing 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:57.640 attempts if he was in that game. 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.399 But the way to go against the he was in 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:00.879 through the air. 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.080 Right now, Yeah, I'll revisit b Rob in a bit 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.639 because when we talk about him specifically, I want to 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.600 want to get into him. But on the passing game, 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:12.439 like going in, what I saw from the Ravens was 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.119 they don't get a lot of pressure just rushing for like, 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.560 they don't have the elite pass rushers on the edge. 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.520 They had a little more success with it yesterday than 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.080 I kind of thought they would, but they typically have 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:25.280 to bring pressure. Kyle Hamilton's kind of a chaos agent 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:26.800 for them. He kind of comes up to the line. 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:28.080 You don't know where he's going to be, where he's 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.440 going to be coming from. But they bring pressure, puts 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:34.120 pressure on their secondary and they're a little slower right now, 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:37.560 whether that's communication or age or something on the back end. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:39.200 And there's big plays to be had. 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.119 So even going in knowing you got to score a 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.200 lot of points, it looks like that's the vulnerability of 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.679 their defense. Now you got to find out can we 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.159 do it? If asked to throw the ball thirty five 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.040 to forty times a game to win, can we do it? 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.359 And I think Jayden and the offense answered that they're 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.199 capable of it. They look like to this point, a 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:03.240