1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Today on the Game Day Live preview show. We're heading 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: up to Minnesota and JJ McCarthy, I think we just 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: got to be who we've been to slow him down, 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: which is really exciting. Terry's back. This offense looks like 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: it's hitting its stride and let's go beat those boys 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: up in Minnesota. It all starts right now. 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Game Day Live Preview podcast. I'm Jess 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: Guy Jason. I'm sitting here with ten year NFL VET 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: tight end Logan Paulson and Logan we're pretty good friends. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: I'd say that we once shared a piece of cake together. 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: It was a moment that I definitely remember. You probably don't, 12 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: but I had a little piece of cake. I was 13 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: eting a bite of it and you're like, that looks 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 2: really good. I was like, try a little piece, and 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 2: you reached in. This was a couple of years ago, 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: but I just want people to understand the depths of 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: our friendship and so excited that you're here to talk 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: with us about the Minnesota game. We're going to be 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: on the sidelines in Minnesota watching this game. From there, 20 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: you can catch you one big one hundred with Bram 21 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: London calling the game. But one of the best smartest 22 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: football minds. I know you always teach me something, So 23 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: that's what I want to do. I want you to 24 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 2: teach me previewing this game. Here, teach me about the 25 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: Vikings what we can expect from them. So let's start 26 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: with the defense. Okay, tell me all about this Vikings 27 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 2: defense as a fan watching this game. What do I 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 2: need to know about them? 29 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 3: Yeah? 30 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: So, Brian Flores is got kind of one of the 31 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: more unconventional defensive approaches that I've seen recently. And so, 32 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: you know, like Wing Martindale, who used to be the 33 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: defensive coach for a defensive coordinator for the New York Giants, 34 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: like the pressure a lot, you know, kind of all 35 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: out pressure. Flora is in a similar mold, but the 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,919 Speaker 1: pressure that he brings is a little bit more disciplined. 37 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: And so what I mean by that is like, you know, 38 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: when Win would bring pressures, it was kind of like, oh, 39 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: we're a little bit loose with this run fit, we're 40 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: a little bit loose with this coverage because we're kind 41 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: of on the pressure to kind of make us right 42 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: and find a defensive explosive play. Flores kind of brings 43 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,279 Speaker 1: a similar principle, the pressure on first down, they're pressure 44 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: on second down. Since they're bye week, they're pressuring fifty 45 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: eight percent of the time, which is diabolically high. If 46 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: you look at their season average, they're right at forty seven, 47 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: which leads the NFL in terms of pressure percentage. Show 48 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: since the bye week, they've increased by what ten percent? 49 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: So they it's no secret they're gonna blitz. They're gonna 50 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: blitz on first down, they're gonna blitz on second down, 51 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna blitz on third down. And like we talked 52 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: about in the film Breakdown, show like the blitz is 53 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: to me, are a little bit tighter, And what I 54 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: mean by that is like there's not a lot of air. 55 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: So you watch the Detroit game, for example, where they 56 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: run all this cross dog like they fit those runs 57 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: super well from a cross dog, which is a hard 58 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: run it with hard blitz in my opinion, to fit 59 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: runs from and they run it in the place side 60 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: A gap, they run in the weakside A gap, they 61 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: run in the backside B gap. And then against Seattle 62 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: they run a little bit, you know, kind of more 63 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: conventional pressures where they're bringing kind of an overhang on 64 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: a blitz and then they're stunting the front on first down, 65 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: and then in those stunts they also in those blitz 66 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: they also have little stunts within the defensive line. So 67 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: the secret to me is they are going to bring 68 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: bring pressure all the time, and then the coverage they're 69 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: going to play behind it is going to be some 70 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: type of I guess match coverage is the best way 71 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: to describe it. So match coverage basically meaning like it's 72 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: going to look like zone, but there are like man 73 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: principles to it. So you know, if we're running an 74 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: out and a go by one and two in terms 75 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: of receivers, so one being the outside guy, two being 76 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: the inside guy the go, the corner is going to 77 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: take the go and the inside guy's going to take 78 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: the out. But if the if number two runs in 79 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: right away then or number one runs in right away, 80 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: then the corner's eyes are going to go to number 81 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: one and he could take the out potentially. So there's 82 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: a bunch of little wrinkles here that it looks like 83 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: one thing, but it actually plays like something else. So 84 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: they turn the football over, well, they put quarterbacks in bins, 85 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: but it really all starts with that pressure up front. 86 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: Can I ask you a philosophical question when it comes 87 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: of defense with what you're talking about, you say they're 88 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: gonna blitz all the time. So my question is, like, 89 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 2: why are they doing that? Why don't other teams do that? 90 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: Is it a personnel thing and the blitz helps them? 91 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: Or is it like this is just how we want 92 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 2: to live? Like why don't all teams blitz all the time? 93 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: And the reason I'm asking that just generally as a 94 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: jag that watches the game is when my default is 95 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 2: put pressure on the quarterback, we're not getting there with 96 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 2: four for whatever reason. Then the thought is, well, then blitz. 97 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 2: Is it that they can't win with four? Is it 98 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 2: that they have the blitz in order to get pressure? 99 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 2: What is it about them that they want to blitz 100 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 2: all the time. 101 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, So I think the thing that I take away 102 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: when I watch them is that they want to be disruptive. 103 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: So that's why they do it on first down, That's 104 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: what I do it on second down and third down. 105 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: They're trying to create pressure on their quarterback. The problem 106 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: when you blitz is it's a simple math. Right, You're 107 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: when you're blitzing five or you're blitzing six or there's 108 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: six in the rush, I should say, you just have 109 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: less guys in coverage. And when there's less guys in coverage, 110 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: there's more grass to cover with less people, and it 111 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: leads to more explosive play opportunities, which is kind of 112 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: traditionally what you think of when you see a defense 113 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: like this. However, because they're playing these match principles and 114 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: they're coached really well, they do a good job of 115 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: kind of covering the hot map quote unquote, or the 116 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: areas that you're most likely to throw to with the 117 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: people they have in coverage. 118 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, and just for a visual thing off of that, 119 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 2: like the hot would be if you're playing Madden and 120 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: you're selecting an offensive play pass play. 121 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 3: It's that red line. Yeah, it's basically. 122 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 2: Saying that's your if you need to get the ball quick, 123 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: that's where you're potentially going number one. So you're saying, 124 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 2: they cover that up, they know what that will be, 125 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 2: and they try and blitz and take that away at 126 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: the same time. 127 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: That's a good question, actually, like in terms of them 128 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: knowing what it's going to be, they just I think 129 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: what they do know is they know the patterns you 130 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: like to run, you know what I mean. They know 131 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: the patterns of routes you like to run, and they 132 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: seem to be able to relate to them really well. 133 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: So like on the film Breakdown show, like we talked 134 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: about like there's a and I've mentioned this on all 135 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: the shows I've done, but I think it's a really 136 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: good example of what what they're doing. And so they're 137 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: running what I would call a poll concept. So the 138 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: tight end goes up and he runs out, and then 139 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: the outside guy who's Jackson Smith and Jigbo in the 140 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: Seattle game, runs a deep end, so like a dig. 141 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: And so it looks like if if you were like logan, 142 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: what covers this? Like it's quarters, it's four deep with 143 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: two underneath. However, the second the tight end runs up 144 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: and goes out, the corner who's in a quarter's position, 145 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: so off the ball about eight to ten yards. The 146 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 1: second he sees the tight end go out, he sprints 147 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: down to cover the out. It almost ends up playing 148 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: like cover two. So Sam Dartold thinks there's a pressure. 149 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: He tries to throw this out and instead of it 150 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: being wide open because it's quarters, like that's where the 151 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: soft spot is he's throwing the tight end into a 152 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: kill shot basically, and so like that's the type of 153 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: stuff that they're really good at doing. 154 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 3: Right. 155 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: It's this match principle, like the FRED calls it like 156 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: a two to one read or like, so instead of 157 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: the outside guy reading the guy that's in front of him, 158 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: he's going to read the slot player or the guy 159 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: on the inside, and it lets them kind of match 160 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: up with some of these concepts at a high level. 161 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: So like I would assume if two runs vertical and 162 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: one runs vertical, it'll just play like quarters. But if 163 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: he runs an out, he's going to break on it. Now, 164 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: Like in this clip which you can check out on 165 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: the film Breakdown Show that I do with you, like 166 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: the dudes wide open Jackson Smith and Jigba's wide open 167 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: on the dig because the quarter safety hasn't broken on 168 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: that yet. So there are holes in there. But again, 169 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: the pressure and how they bring their pressure tends to 170 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: cover some of that stuff up. And think about it, man, 171 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: this defense is really really good. I actually think they're 172 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: better than the Broncos defense, who's ranked number one, because 173 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: their offense is terrible. It's like twenty ninth in the NFL, 174 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: and they're like, for example, Seattle, we saw that offense 175 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: when they came here. It's a dynamic, explosive group. But 176 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: they held that group to seven points and under one 177 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: hundred yards in the first half of that football game. Right, 178 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,679 Speaker 1: they had a defensive touchdown. They had two short fields 179 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: off of turnovers in that game that led points. So 180 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: I know you see twenty six zero, man, they must 181 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: be really struggling. I think the offense only accounted for 182 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: like what I would classify as like fourteen of those points. 183 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: So they are a dynamic, aggressive, physical group that is 184 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: really carrying this team, and I think they're going to 185 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: present a lot of challenges for the Washington Commanders. 186 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, the defensive rankings for the Vikings, they're tenth in 187 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 2: yards per game, fifth and passing yards per game, so 188 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 2: they're very high up there. They're twenty second against the 189 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: rush and eighteen the inn points. Maybe that is to 190 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 2: what you said, the issues on the offensive side, the 191 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 2: complimentary football not being there for them, And I could 192 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: be wrong here, I'm going to speculate. Tell me if 193 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: I'm wrong. Twenty second against the rush, when a team 194 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: gets up on you, your offense can't what are they. 195 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: Going to do. That's kind of the way I to 196 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 3: run the ball. 197 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 2: So it's a lot of attempts against them at some point. 198 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 2: You know, that's what you're defending most of the time. 199 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: I think teams are passing against you. 200 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's right. I think that's the way 201 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: I read it too. I think you see that number, like, man, 202 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: that doesn't really jive. I've seen because they really did 203 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: a great job stop in the run. Versus Seattle, they 204 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: did a great job stopping it, versus Philly, versus Detroit, 205 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: versus the Bears, teams that have run the ball well 206 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: over the course of the season, and you're like, where 207 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: does this number come from? And all of a sudden 208 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 1: you'll see versus Green Bay they have you know, it's 209 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: like thirty carries for ninety yards, and those thirty carries 210 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: aren't the most efficient necessarily, but it does accrue a 211 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: lot of yards. So I do think that's part of it. 212 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: I think that the defense being is held out to 213 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: is being held out to dry a little bit by 214 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: the offense. And I also think that in conjunction with that, 215 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: the game flow, like you're talking about, is a big 216 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: element here too, in terms of they're seeing more rush attempts, 217 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: the efficiency's going to go down a little bit in 218 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: that area. 219 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Now let's move over to this Vikings 220 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: offense that you were talking about is struggling, and I'm 221 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 2: going to read off where they rank. They're twenty ninth 222 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: in yards and yards per game, passing yards and passing 223 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 2: yards per game, twenty ninth, not great, twenty six in 224 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 2: rushing yards, twenty fifth in rushing yards per game, and 225 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 2: twenty eighth points and points per game. They only score 226 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 2: fourteen point two points per game. 227 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 3: That's that's low. 228 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's free. 229 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 3: I'm not getting on that's pretty low. 230 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: No, I think that's right. And when you watch him, 231 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: you see some of the issues that they're having, and 232 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: so I think you're going to start with the most 233 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: important position in the sport, and that's a quarterback spot. 234 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 1: And you know, we did this on the film Breakdown 235 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: show too. We talked about on the Command Center, I 236 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: talked about it on Take Him Out. I've talked about 237 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: this everywhere. I think JJ's doing some good things, but 238 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: I think on the whole, his consistency needs to improve, 239 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: specifically with his accuracy in certain throwing situations. Like, he's 240 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: obviously got a very live arm, very talented, but he 241 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of the variety you need to 242 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: play quarterback at the NFL level. He hasn't grown into 243 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: that yet. And that was something when we did take 244 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: it to the draft together that, like we talked about 245 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: quite a lot, is he throws a very straight, very 246 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: linear ball, no arc, no touch, And I think that's 247 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: coming bite him in the butt a little bit here, 248 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: because you see a lot of drops on film, You 249 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: see a lot of incompletions, and I think a lot 250 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: of that stems from not necessarily him not knowing what 251 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: to do, in my opinion, but more just not having 252 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: the correct throw for certain situations. And I think you 253 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: feel that quite a bit. 254 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, when we did our evaluations on him, I'm trying 255 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: to remember exactly what I thought of him coming out 256 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 2: of college, but I think it was mostly the sample 257 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 2: size was really small. 258 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 3: Very very small. 259 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 2: A lot of running the ball with Michigan when he 260 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 2: was there, he wasn't asked to pass all that much, 261 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 2: but when he did at certain times, and again the 262 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 2: sample size was small, he would make some big time 263 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: NFL throws. Now, the issue is he came to the league, 264 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 2: got hurt, small sample size in college Amaki. So he's 265 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: the youngest quarterback in the NFL right now. So he's young, 266 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: he's still growing. I don't think you expect him to 267 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: come out and be like how boonex, Jade and Daniels 268 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: even Caleb, Like, he just doesn't have those reps yet. 269 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: It's crazy to me because I think this year he's 270 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: he's the youngest starting quarterback like in the history of 271 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's like, not just for this season young, Yeah, 272 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 1: he like Josh Allen was the youngest when he came 273 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: in and started, and now JJ McCarthy. So it's very 274 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: very different than like with the expectations like you're talking 275 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: about for those other guys. But to me, that's a 276 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: big part of why they're struggling offensively. And then I 277 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: think the other part of why they're struggling offensively, and 278 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: I didn't mention this on the Command Center show, but 279 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: is their offensive line's been a little bit banged up, 280 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I think we've seen 281 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: the effect here in Washington of when the offensive line 282 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: is a little unsettled, you know, cosme coming back versus Dallas, 283 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: the Jake the Chris Paul Brandon Coleman kind of switched 284 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: early in the season at the left guard spot. You know, 285 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: alec ready started the season, right, you know, just like 286 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: the lack of continuity. And I think with Minnesota you 287 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: feel that too, because also when you're watching, you're like, man, 288 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: this coverage is pretty good in the back end. There 289 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: is a free runner, there's a rush immediately. Like watching 290 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: the Green Bay game, I know he gets a lot 291 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: of heat, but it was almost untenable at times because 292 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: they're running these deep concepts down the field and the 293 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 1: offensive line just can't hold up. So I think maybe 294 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 1: a bigger issue quite honestly, outside the I mean, the 295 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: quarterback's the thing, right, that's the storyline, but the offensive 296 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: line for them has struggled badly over the last couple 297 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: of weeks. And it's not all it's a lot of 298 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: it's injury related. 299 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 2: So let me make this a little bit commander's focus 300 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 2: with this question, and then I don't I don't want 301 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 2: to fall into the trap that I personally do a 302 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 2: lot where you play a certain quarterback as a certain 303 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 2: like JJ McCarthy's not playing well, right, so you just say, 304 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 2: all right, we don't have to worry about that he's 305 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 2: going to not play well, you know what I mean? 306 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 3: So what do the. 307 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 2: Commanders do to make sure that JJ McCarthy this isn't 308 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 2: a get right game now, I just want to preference. 309 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 2: This podcast is going to come out the night before 310 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 2: the game. Hundred percent sure he's playing, but all signs 311 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 2: are pointing that way. That's why we're talking about him 312 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 2: so much. But even if it's not him, even if 313 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 2: it's Max Brosmer like who didn't play well as a 314 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 2: defensive coordinator, are you going, all right, we're going to 315 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 2: just do our thing and he's so bad, he's not 316 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 2: going to beat us if we do. 317 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: Our thing really well. 318 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 2: Or are you still looking at how they play and 319 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 2: we're going to scheme to stop that? 320 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 3: I mean, does that make sense when I'm asking. 321 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously you're going to scheme to stop what they're doing, right, 322 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: You're going to coach your Tampa two to stop route 323 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: concepts that they run. 324 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 2: But what I'm yes, But what I'm saying is are 325 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 2: you going in going this is the type of coverage 326 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 2: we have to play against him? 327 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 3: Or is it like if. 328 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: We do what we do really well, he's not at 329 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 2: the point yet to stop what we do. 330 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: Does that make sense? 331 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 2: Is it more like we're going to do our thing 332 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 2: really well try and beat us, or is it we're 333 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 2: going to take away something you do. 334 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely think it's more of the latter there, honestly. 335 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: And the reason I would say that is because we 336 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: found something defensively. I think over the last couple of 337 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: weeks d obviously Denver, where is the defense perfect? No? 338 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: But are they kind of managing and eliminating some of 339 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: these explosive opportunities. Yes, the run fits have gotten better, 340 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: We've gotten a little bit more efficient on first second down. 341 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: The quarterbacks we've played haven't been able to hurt us 342 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: the same way on third down. That's good. I think 343 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: the same formula applies here to what Brosmer or McCarthy 344 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: are going to be doing, right, because the thing when 345 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: you watch poor quarterbacks, and this is this happened in 346 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: the in the Denver game too, is there's times where 347 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: people are open and bo Nicks in this case missed 348 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: the throw. And so on third and five you missed 349 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: the out to Ingram, it's incomplete pass. You gotta punt. 350 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: They will give you some so as long as so. Basically, 351 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: what dan Quinn's philosophy has been, it's like, we're gonna 352 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: make you go on a ten to fifteen play drive. 353 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: You're gonna get a penalty, you're gonna get a sack, 354 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: you're going to have an incomplete pass, and we're gonna 355 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: then capitalize on that opportunity. The thing about Minnesota that 356 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: I think is one hundred percent true is they seem 357 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: to do that to themselves. They take negative runs, they'll 358 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: take a sack. JJ McCarthy specifically, they'll throw an interception, 359 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: they'll throw an in complete pass. Now it's second and eleven, 360 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: it's second and eight, and we can kind of keep 361 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: it all in front of you. If you do get 362 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: a third down conversion, great, good for you, high five. 363 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: We'll just do those play this same game, kind of 364 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: counting on you to make a mistake at some point. 365 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: So in some ways, I think this is the perfect 366 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: solution because I think people forget this man Like Fred 367 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: was talking about this earlier on Command Center, earlier this 368 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: week on Commencer, He's like, we should heat him up, 369 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: we should presure him. They still have Addison, they still 370 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: have justin Jefferson, they still have Hawkinson out there. They 371 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: still have Jones, the running back who's one of the 372 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: better pass catching backs in the NFL. Like, I don't 373 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: want to be messing with that at all. I don't 374 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: want to give them any opportunity, any signs of life because, 375 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: like I said, JJ McCarthy seems to be able to 376 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: identify coverages, identify where the ball should go. Like they 377 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: had a game against I think it was against Detroit 378 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: or no, it was against Atlanta where Atlanta's playing man coverage. 379 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: They got a man beating concept on box face by 380 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. Ball is going to the right spot, he 381 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: just overthrows it. What if this week he doesn't overthrow 382 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: that one and that ends up being an eighty yard 383 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: touchdown bomb. Don't want that, right, I'd much rather kind 384 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: of play a soft zone, play better on for a 385 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: second down and be like, hey man, you're gonna have 386 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: to pick us apart ten times as opposed to once. 387 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 3: Right right right. 388 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: So it is kind of a mentality thing because I'm 389 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 2: bringing this up because sometimes people myself included, will go 390 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 2: the thought process is we're going to try and we're 391 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 2: going to try and stop you, versus you try and 392 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 2: stop us, and you're saying defensively, it should be for us, 393 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 2: or you think it should be for us, JJ, good 394 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 2: luck trying to stop what. 395 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: Rule what we do. And I think it's just it's 396 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: just where the offense is at right. They're having a 397 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: hard again, like they're having a hard hard time in 398 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: pass protection, they're having a hard time creating separation in 399 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: the secondary, and teams have And this is maybe one 400 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: thing I'd keep an eye on if you're a fan, 401 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: is teams have done a good job bracketing or rolling 402 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: coverage even in zones to Justin Jefferson because they wanted 403 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: to be a primary target of the offense. So I 404 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,959 Speaker 1: would probably deploy a little bit of that. And basically 405 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: what I've seen is specifically in the Green Bay game, 406 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: they kind of did a little bit of this bracket 407 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: element on Jetta on Justin Jefferson, and McCarthy was having 408 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: a hard time getting through the progression. You know, obviously 409 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons is there, he can't get to the second 410 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: read even though he's trying to. So I think that's 411 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: something too. I would point is if you look for 412 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: some type of wrinkle, it's how do you contain maybe 413 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: the best receiver in football, and because if you can, like, 414 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: I think it really hampers their offense as well. 415 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 2: Do you think that the home field advantage will have 416 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 2: anything to play here? I think Minnesota, you've played there. 417 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a gorgeous stadium. I think it will. I 418 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: think it's a loud environment. It's it's it's covered, which 419 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: always makes it more noisy. That crowd's always pretty raucous 420 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: and so like on the Game Plan show that comes 421 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: out Sunday morning, Dan was talking about how it's so 422 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: important that we manage our silent counts. We use our 423 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: tools to help us manage that environment. I think that's 424 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: one hundred percent up on point. Like, you know it's 425 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 1: going to be tough, you know it's going to be loud, Like, 426 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: let's prepare accordingly and make sure we put ourselves in 427 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: the best position to be successful. 428 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 2: All right, So the thesis of winning this game for you, 429 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 2: it sounds like it's play good, disciplined commanders football. 430 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 3: Let them beat themselves. 431 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: Specifically on defense. I think that's what I would say 432 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: is the thesis on defense for sure. Offensively, to me, 433 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: it's a little bit more nuanced. To me, what is 434 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: the plan for the pressure they're going to bring bring, 435 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: how do we get it communicated and do the plays 436 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: we have up have good answers from a protection standpoint 437 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: and from a route combination standpoint that let us deal 438 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: with what we're expecting from from this Minnesota defense or 439 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: a pressure. 440 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 2: All right, last thing before we get out of here. 441 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 2: Terry McLaurin, what's it like being on the sideline of 442 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: that Denver game. What was it like seeing him back 443 00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: on the field and what did it do to the offense? 444 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: I mean, it was really incredible, quite honestly, Like, I mean, 445 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: he was in great shape, seemingly, so like that was 446 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: something that really surprised me. A lot of times people 447 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: coming off an injury, they're a little you know, slug is. 448 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: It's not quite as locked in as they need to be. 449 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: And that's not their fault. It's just hard to stay 450 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: in football shape, it's hard to stay in football focus. 451 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: And I felt like he was super locked in. I 452 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: felt like his relationship with Marcus Mariota was at the forefront, right. 453 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: He just looked they looked dialed in together, right. And 454 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: then I think the other thing too, that we've talked 455 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: about this whole week is just in this game specifically, 456 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see how Minnesota handles this. Is 457 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: they chose to travel pats Ertan with Terry, so Patrick 458 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: Shortan's able to win on or Terry's able to win 459 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: on a slant, He's able to want a comeback. Actually 460 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: had a very nice performance versus Patrick Sartan, who is 461 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: as advertised in my opinion. But what that does for 462 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: the offense is you get trailing Burke's on Riley Moss, 463 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: who's able to win for the touchdown. You get Riley 464 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: Moss on Deebo. Samuel was able to catch that you know, 465 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 1: fifty yard bomb at the end of the game that 466 00:20:58,720 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: gets you into scoring positions. 467 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 3: Ch Ertz running wild, Zach Ertz. 468 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: On Hufonga was That's something that we wanted to see 469 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: all year, Right, is that kind of matchup, that kind 470 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: of production from Zach And that's a matchup he should win. 471 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: He doesn't get that matchup necessarily if Terry isn't out there, 472 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: and so the confidence the quarterback hasn't Terry right, his 473 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: ability to win versus man and man coverage, and then 474 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: what it does for everybody else, Like there was a 475 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 1: play I think we talked about it with Santana on 476 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: Command Center this week, where you know, Debo's running an 477 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: out route on the safety and that is a route 478 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: that he should win ten out of ten times and 479 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: twice on Sunday, you know what I mean, Like that 480 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: is something that should be easy, and that's a matchup 481 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: that he gets in that situation because Terry's back on 482 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: the field. So when I look at the offense, I 483 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: think it just makes it way more dynamic. And I 484 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: also think it helps the running game because you can't 485 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: play the same coverage structures we were seeing from the 486 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, from the Dallas Cowboys on that skid where 487 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: the offense was kind of sputtering. You can't play press 488 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: man the same way because Terry's going to. 489 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's exciting to finally see kind of the picture 490 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 2: of what this offense could have been coming to flu. 491 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: Through fruition, fruition, and. 492 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 2: Once jayde and Daniels gets back, just seeing it all 493 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 2: work together is one of those things where unfortunately we're 494 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 2: waiting until week fourteen, fifteen sixteen or something to finally 495 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 2: see what we were hoping to see all year. That's unfortunate, 496 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 2: but promising for the future and promising for the last 497 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: couple of games here on the push towards the towards 498 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 2: the off season. 499 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's something that you know, you and I have 500 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: talked about off air a little bit. Is I think 501 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: it's good. I think it's good to kind of get 502 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: this confidence in the team in the locker room, in 503 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: the identity, in the direction, and that only comes from 504 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: winning and playing competitive football late into the season here. 505 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, like you said, it's happening late. But you 506 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: know that quote from Dan Quinn on Hard Knocks, like 507 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: we lost, but we're no longer lost. That is exactly 508 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: how I'm starting to feel as a fan of this team. 509 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: And you know what would make me feel even better 510 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: is if they kind of went on a little bit 511 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: of a run here. They don't need to win every game, right, 512 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that, but you know, they beat Philadelphia, 513 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: or they knock off Chicago or knock off the Cowboys 514 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: or what you know, like something like that where it 515 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: shows you that we the team that we thought we were, 516 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: which is a playoff caliber team. Is that team in 517 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 1: terms of roster construction, we might be a couple pieces 518 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: away here and there, got the draft coming up, got 519 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: free agency coming up. Will handle all that stuff. But 520 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: to me, that's the thing that's exciting about this backstretch 521 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: here is this is what we were promised and now 522 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: the idea we're going to get to see it. You know, 523 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: at some point with Jane Danils at the helmet's get 524 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: really exciting. 525 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 2: All right, Logan, have fun out in Minneapolis. 526 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: Thanks Brother, appreciation