Speaker 1: Command this family. We are back on the road again,
Speaker 1: this time in the Big Apple. We sit with a
Speaker 1: head coach Dan Quinn to talk about today's matchup against
Speaker 1: the New York Giants. Then we're looking at must watch
Speaker 1: matchups to get the win in today's game. All that
Speaker 1: war start right now on the game plan, welcoming in
Speaker 1: head coach Dan Quinn into the game plan. Coach. Not
Speaker 1: be any better ways to win than a Hail Mary.
Speaker 1: What a moment, But the season keeps going on. We're
Speaker 1: only halfway through. How do you keep your guys locked
Speaker 1: in and move forward to the next game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. And we have a precise
Speaker 2: nature of getting ready and it's really important that we
Speaker 2: go through that whole process and we never want to
Speaker 2: assume that we're ready. And so on a Wednesday, the
Speaker 2: competition that goes with that and the part of the
Speaker 2: game plan on Thursday, we talk so much about the
Speaker 2: ball and takeaways and ball security. Friday on the game
Speaker 2: situations and if we do that right the whole week,
Speaker 2: all that whole process will take care of all the learning.
Speaker 2: And so we want to make sure like every week
Speaker 2: we go through that process well before it's go time
Speaker 2: that we put in the work to do that. If
Speaker 2: they just stay in for that day, you don't have
Speaker 2: to think about the next game, just being it for
Speaker 2: that day and that'll take care of everything.
Speaker 3: And you know how Marrias are great, but you know,
Speaker 3: it kind of shows how close the game actually was.
Speaker 3: How how would the corrections this week coming out of
Speaker 3: the game, And is does it make it easier or
Speaker 3: harder that it's in a win.
Speaker 2: I would say it's sometimes it can be harder because
Speaker 2: you could gloss over things if you didn't like it.
Speaker 2: The good news with our group is that we want
Speaker 2: to make sure detach from the results of it until
Speaker 2: the truth Monday, the process driven right and that way
Speaker 2: you can say this was good because there were a
Speaker 2: lot of good things. This needs work and it allows
Speaker 2: you to like put the light on things.
Speaker 1: That need work for this week.
Speaker 2: And if you keep doing that over and over, then
Speaker 2: you'll keep improving. And so that's what we're looking to do.
Speaker 1: And turning the page. We're taking on a divisional point
Speaker 1: for the second time. Yes, because the mentality change at
Speaker 1: all when it's these NFC East matchups.
Speaker 2: It definitely changes the second time that you play somebody
Speaker 2: because you do know them a little better. You do
Speaker 2: know what happened in the first game or a matchup
Speaker 2: on a player. And so for us to have our
Speaker 2: second division game even before we did the other division games,
Speaker 2: it's kind of unique. But both teams would have had
Speaker 2: some things on their call sheets that they didn't use,
Speaker 2: and so you can start from there, and you want
Speaker 2: to know what's been the same since the first time
Speaker 2: you played them and what's different. Sometimes it might only
Speaker 2: be two or three weeks that separate it. In this instance,
Speaker 2: it's seven weeks, so there's more tape, more film, what
Speaker 2: could happen on injuries, we're different matchups for you. We've
Speaker 2: gotten a lot better in seven weeks as well, and
Speaker 2: so how do we get to apply some of what
Speaker 2: we've gotten better at two?
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and you know the games are different, like the
Speaker 3: speed of a divisional game is a little bit different.
Speaker 3: Like what's the role of your veteran leadership you're Bobby
Speaker 3: Wagner's your zach Ertz and kind of getting you know,
Speaker 3: kind of a younger team ready to rock and roll.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is absolutely one of the keys to make
Speaker 2: sure this is the expectation for practice today. This is
Speaker 2: the expectation for Friday, this is what it should look like.
Speaker 2: And so when you keep throwing good practices and you
Speaker 2: get yourself prepared by the time you get to the game,
Speaker 2: you almost I can't wait for this thing because you
Speaker 2: know you've put the work in. So guys who've been
Speaker 2: in the fights, that's a big deal. And in this instance,
Speaker 2: we haven't played them in seven weeks, but you do
Speaker 2: know some of the people how to go, how they
Speaker 2: play against you the first time, and that's where you start.
Speaker 1: You talked about the way that the team has grown
Speaker 1: and changed since week two. How has your team grown?
Speaker 1: Can you expand on that a little bit?
Speaker 2: I think each phase has their own space to go,
Speaker 2: and I thought defensively has probably been one that's grown.
Speaker 2: The first probably three weeks of the season were hard
Speaker 2: on the defense and growing pains and things to figure out.
Speaker 2: But what they have done is help, you know, now
Speaker 2: create some more of identity. They're tackling better, they're creating takeaways,
Speaker 2: you know, putting more pressure on the QB and those
Speaker 2: are things that make good defense. I would say it
Speaker 2: always on a defense starts with communication first, to make
Speaker 2: sure that as you're going like you're able to talk
Speaker 2: ahead of calls, be ready for things. And that's what
Speaker 2: I see on the sideline and what I hear on
Speaker 2: the sideline. So I know that's improving because of what
Speaker 2: I see and what I hear. On the special team side,
Speaker 2: I love the way we cover and I think that's
Speaker 2: one of the real strengths of our group on punt
Speaker 2: and kickoff and the energy that brings to the team.
Speaker 2: And then on the offensive side, having the balance in
Speaker 2: the run game with the playpass. We have to make
Speaker 2: sure that's always part of who we are and that
Speaker 2: kind of physicality, and so every time we go we
Speaker 2: get to establish that. And so those are some things
Speaker 2: I think we've improved upon, But there's always areas that
Speaker 2: you're wanting to work on, and for us, you know,
Speaker 2: the red zone on offense, and you know, specific parts
Speaker 2: of third down on defense, those are things that like
Speaker 2: we'll dig into really hard.
Speaker 3: It seems like the defensive improvements happen kind of quickly,
Speaker 3: Like I don't want to say overnight, because it's been
Speaker 3: a couple weeks, Like you were saying, but what do
Speaker 3: you attribute the kind of the speed of the transition to, Like,
Speaker 3: is it I don't know, because I've been a part
Speaker 3: of teams where it's never really turned the corner. Like,
Speaker 3: what in your estimation, what's the thing that kind of
Speaker 3: gets it done here?
Speaker 2: I would say, first off, like I felt the confidence
Speaker 2: grow because there's some more trust, you know, knowing that
Speaker 2: you'll be in the right spot with the right leverage
Speaker 2: to allow me to go really run and hit and
Speaker 2: so being in the games and going through that together logan,
Speaker 2: I think that is as big as anything to show
Speaker 2: I'll be in the right spot at the right time.
Speaker 2: The move Desainer still, although it was difficult to move
Speaker 2: them from inside to outside, has also leveled some things
Speaker 2: out for us to go. So we're still digging in
Speaker 2: on a lot of spots. But I thought the communication,
Speaker 2: the play style, that's.
Speaker 1: What I've been pleased with. And culch I think the
Speaker 1: circle backs at offense real quick. Because Jade Daniels, this
Speaker 1: is his first time playing a team twice, Yes, how
Speaker 1: does that give him a little more of advantage and
Speaker 1: help with his development ass he goes into somebody's game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to know, like I said, from the
Speaker 2: team that you played, what's the same and what could
Speaker 2: be different? And every team will have some things that'll
Speaker 2: be different. There's some calls and maybe some blitzes that
Speaker 2: they had that they didn't use. And so when you
Speaker 2: have the second time you play somebody, there's always a
Speaker 2: few things in your back pocket that it doesn't play out.
Speaker 2: No two games play the same. So in the first game,
Speaker 2: I thought the Giants did a really good job in
Speaker 2: the red zone, and we relied on kicking field goals,
Speaker 2: which is a hard way to go about it, and
Speaker 2: it went all the way down to the very end
Speaker 2: to kick a field goal to win it. So that
Speaker 2: part of our game, you know, against them, is one
Speaker 2: of I think the real key matchups. You know, as
Speaker 2: we're looking into it.
Speaker 3: You're talking a little bit at the defense there. They're
Speaker 3: the Giants defense with Shane Bowen, and you mentioned the
Speaker 3: last time with this show that he's a big kind
Speaker 3: of matchup defense guy. Right, He's going to kind of
Speaker 3: change and try to fit you. And it's interesting you
Speaker 3: talk about the things in the back pocket, how do
Speaker 3: you try and anticipate the things he's still got in
Speaker 3: the holster and not kind of deviate too far from
Speaker 3: who you are offensively.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think what one of the advantages for them,
Speaker 2: they're able to create pressure without having to blitz. And
Speaker 2: so the pass rush the ability to create sacks and
Speaker 2: negative plays for them without blitzing. That's a really big
Speaker 2: deal because sometimes when you blitz, you are more vulnerable.
Speaker 2: There's less people to cover and so there's holes there.
Speaker 2: So if you can generate pass rush, you know, with
Speaker 2: four rushers and devote more to coverage, you're gonna have
Speaker 2: more ops to do that. So knowing that we've got
Speaker 2: to have great balance, you know, in our game to
Speaker 2: make sure the run the play pass is part of
Speaker 2: that too.
Speaker 1: And with the office of line, you've got a little
Speaker 1: banged up, but you've had guys come up and step up.
Speaker 1: How are you keeping all of these guys prepared for
Speaker 1: any moment it's on. You've got to call their number?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you. It's a real there's a little
Speaker 2: bit of a puzzle that goes on with that, but
Speaker 2: it's a really important one because all the work that
Speaker 2: gets done of the things that people don't see, you know,
Speaker 2: of guys playing two positions and getting reps at both
Speaker 2: of those. So when your time does come that you're
Speaker 2: really ready to deliver. And so that speaks to guys
Speaker 2: like Marcus Mary or Jeremy McNichol, you know, Trent Scott, guys.
Speaker 2: When their time is called and I have to step
Speaker 2: into this space, I'm ready to deliver for the guys,
Speaker 2: and so those Dante Fowler, you know, amongst others, the
Speaker 2: work that they have to put in during the week
Speaker 2: to get ready, that's where all of it goes down.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and a guy that I think is really interesting
Speaker 3: is like Brandon Coleman obviously, and I think you guys
Speaker 3: have handled his development in a very unique way kind
Speaker 3: of with the split reps, you know, and it seems
Speaker 3: like it's really accelerated that process, his developmental process. Where
Speaker 3: did that inspiration come from for that?
Speaker 2: I think going into the season, you know, he had
Speaker 2: some setbacks in training camp with an injury, and that
Speaker 2: was probably the catalyst of this, let's start it that
Speaker 2: way and keep going and keep growing, and so then
Speaker 2: he could play some more and some more, and then
Speaker 2: you know, pretty soon he's ready to take on a
Speaker 2: much bigger role. But I've been pleased with him and
Speaker 2: his other rookie classmates that they're playing as an older
Speaker 2: group because of their maturity. The way the other guys
Speaker 2: have poured into them their development because now that we're
Speaker 2: going into week nine for them, like that's a big deal.
Speaker 2: They've played three preseason games and this game that's a
Speaker 2: good body of work for a lot of them, and
Speaker 2: that's a really big deal.
Speaker 1: And coach flimming it backs to the defense. Each and
Speaker 1: every week we've seen the secondary improve. What do you
Speaker 1: attribute those improvements too?
Speaker 2: I think Number one a lot with Joe and Jason
Speaker 2: and Tommy and the guys just they've got really high
Speaker 2: standards for how they want to operate and most of
Speaker 2: the time in the secondary, it's going to take excellent
Speaker 2: communication the way they can communicate things happen so quickly
Speaker 2: with motions and shifts to be able to nail it.
Speaker 2: And so I would say early too many things, Okay,
Speaker 2: let's pair this down to make sure we can do
Speaker 2: what we do at a high level. And that's what
Speaker 2: we're seeing and.
Speaker 3: To see that level of improvement. I would also assume
Speaker 3: that you talk about communication on the field, but that's
Speaker 3: your coaches are great teachers and communicators too, and it's
Speaker 3: got to be a credit to that group as well
Speaker 3: that they're kind of really stuck in and getting that improvement.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think as a coach or you could almost
Speaker 2: slash and put teacher every time you see coach to
Speaker 2: say are you teaching? Are you finding the ways? And
Speaker 2: they have to learn the learner, and not everyone learns
Speaker 2: at the same pace or the same way, and some
Speaker 2: need more walkthrough, some need more film, some need they
Speaker 2: come here early and meet with me individually, and so
Speaker 2: whatever that is, that's their job to motivate and to
Speaker 2: inspire them to see how good they can become. And
Speaker 2: I love the standards that not only they have, but
Speaker 2: the players have for one another. And I keep seeing
Speaker 2: their bond grow stronger and stronger, that they really want
Speaker 2: to fight for one another. And now you see that
Speaker 2: communication on the sideline, wait for this, look for that,
Speaker 2: and sharing that information amongst one another.
Speaker 1: That's a really big deal. And coach, the defensive line
Speaker 1: looks so impressive Sunday, can you just talk about them
Speaker 1: and the growth of that unit. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I was especially pleased with Johnny Newton, and I thought
Speaker 2: inside I knew this would become eventually, that he would,
Speaker 2: you know, insert himself and be able to express how
Speaker 2: he wants to play sooner than later. And so he
Speaker 2: missed some time in training camp, and we started the
Speaker 2: season with him on a pitch count, and so when
Speaker 2: John Allen was injured, we knew there would be even
Speaker 2: more reps that would go his way. And so to
Speaker 2: see him make this development, I'm really excited to see
Speaker 2: what he does. We have a big, deep crew and
Speaker 2: we play a lot of guys to make sure they
Speaker 2: can stay attacking and be ready to go finish. And
Speaker 2: that's all of them together, you know, creating that.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: And one other thing that I think is interesting is
Speaker 3: like as the defensive line improves, the secondary improves, and
Speaker 3: it seems like there's this cool symbiotic relationship between the group,
Speaker 3: the two groups improvement. Can you talk about that a little.
Speaker 1: Bit for sure.
Speaker 2: And the orchestrader or whatever that word is for all
Speaker 2: of it is really Bobby Wagner. And in this game,
Speaker 2: I thought he did a fantastic job of in calls.
Speaker 2: At a calls, it was like a masterclass of controlling
Speaker 2: the front communicating back to the secondary, and so he
Speaker 2: was really on it. But the best we can do
Speaker 2: is when the rush and the coverage are in sync,
Speaker 2: and not every play quarterback stays in the pocket and
Speaker 2: so the quarterback gets outside, and Caleb Williams specifically was
Speaker 2: excellent at avoiding rush and getting outside, and so you
Speaker 2: have to stay attached to the person that you're guarding
Speaker 2: into that spot. And sometimes those plays can take a
Speaker 2: long time, and you got to go and fight, and
Speaker 2: the d lin's got to go and finish. And so
Speaker 2: to see the all of the connection taking place that
Speaker 2: makes me happy.
Speaker 1: And coach is crazy to say, we are halfway through
Speaker 1: the season already, what is your Mississippi team to finish
Speaker 1: this back half of the season strong.
Speaker 2: We don't really even look that far down the line, honestly,
Speaker 2: like you've heard me say, like, the only fight that
Speaker 2: matters is the one that we're in. And so all
Speaker 2: I wanted to think about is that helmet and who
Speaker 2: we're playing and how good we can get for this game,
Speaker 2: and then we'll worry about the next week, the next one.
Speaker 2: But it's about our improvement and the attacking of this game.
Speaker 2: And so I don't let him I think too far
Speaker 2: down the line. We don't live in that way. We
Speaker 2: live in the here and the now and the opponent
Speaker 2: and playing a division game on the road, man, it's
Speaker 2: so much fun. Why would you want to look ahead
Speaker 2: when you got a chance to, you know, go play
Speaker 2: a division game. It's gonna be tough and fun and
Speaker 2: all the things that we love about football.
Speaker 1: Amen, And with that in mind, you and Logan are
Speaker 1: getting get to get into the film room. Coach, we
Speaker 1: appreciate your time. All right, thanks guys, Commanded family. We
Speaker 1: know you are enjoying the game plan. However, if you
Speaker 1: want to see Coach and Logan, Paul said breakdown plays
Speaker 1: in the film room, you could check that out on
Speaker 1: the Commander's YouTube page. All right, Logan, our ticket to
Speaker 1: win are these must watch matchups. First one offensive line, first,
Speaker 1: their defensive line.
Speaker 3: It's gonna be a big one. We're kind of going
Speaker 3: through a little bit of a reshuffle here, and their
Speaker 3: defensive line is playing really, really well. They leave the
Speaker 3: NFL in sacks with thirty five. Dex Lawrence has ten,
Speaker 3: Bryan Burns has five, He's got twenty one pressures. Larry
Speaker 3: coming off the bench, he's got six sacks on the season.
Speaker 3: So this is gonna be a tall order, right because
Speaker 3: we want Jays Daniels upright and delivering that football down
Speaker 3: the field.
Speaker 1: And then the next one, no surprise here, New York
Speaker 1: Giants's weapons verse our second Yeah, and I.
Speaker 3: Got said about screen to support this guy number one, right,
Speaker 3: he is their number one target, you know. Obviously ten
Speaker 3: catches in the first matches a match up, one hundred
Speaker 3: and twenty seven yard receiving very very dangerous, big percentage
Speaker 3: of their offense. And then Tyrone Tracy is coming on,
Speaker 3: young rookie out of Purdue. They are getting more and
Speaker 3: more dynamic, more and more explosive on the perimeter and
Speaker 3: in the run game with these two young guys, these
Speaker 3: guys are gonna have a tall order slowing them down
Speaker 3: and winning that matchup.
Speaker 1: These matchups are crucial to a win today. Commands Fan,
Speaker 1: we hope we get this w for hey, Coach dan Quinn,
Speaker 1: Logan Paulson, and Brian Colbert. This is the game plan
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