Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. This
Speaker 1: will be the one hundred and twenty fifth meeting between
Speaker 1: Washington and Dallas. Of course, the game will be held
Speaker 1: in Big Dean. Washington will be debuting they're all black
Speaker 1: uniforms for the first time. But how can Washington that's
Speaker 1: lost two straight games get a win over a team
Speaker 1: that has one two straight games with a backup quarterback.
Speaker 1: We'll hear some of the matchups to look out for
Speaker 1: with Logan Falston and Santana Moss. He's to winning, Logan. Thanks,
Speaker 1: Julie Danna. This to me is the most important factor
Speaker 1: for this football team to win the game. Forced Cooper
Speaker 1: Rush to beat you from the pocket. And the reason
Speaker 1: I say that is because he's a good player. He's
Speaker 1: very solid, But there's a reason he's a backup, right.
Speaker 1: He struggles with anticipation in times and he's not super dynamic, right,
Speaker 1: So they want to run the football, they want to
Speaker 1: insulate him. Can you stop the run? Can you put
Speaker 1: some points upon offense and force this guy to have
Speaker 1: to win from the pocket. I think that's huge in
Speaker 1: this game. Well, I'm definitely dig you on that, and
Speaker 1: I bet you that minds trump yours. Honestly, check this out.
Speaker 1: The last two weeks to offense just haven't scored a
Speaker 1: point in the first half. That's impossible almost, but it's
Speaker 1: possible because we saw that our guests haven't done so,
Speaker 1: so the offense must get off to earlis good. We
Speaker 1: have to put some points on the board. Sometimes the
Speaker 1: best defense is a good offense, and our offense hasn't
Speaker 1: been standing you know, um, you know, being the offense
Speaker 1: that we expect them to be, and our defense as
Speaker 1: being getting you know, hammered at times. So offense have
Speaker 1: to score early to basically being seen with what our
Speaker 1: defense has been bringing. So I think that's a great point.
Speaker 1: And that also goes in this like if you do
Speaker 1: those things, you're gonna stretch Cooper rush out quite a bit. Also,
Speaker 1: Smart gets play actually just to get Cooper rushed to
Speaker 1: Beacher gotta stop the run. But don't sell out too
Speaker 1: much because they are an excellent play pass team that
Speaker 1: do an outstanding drive finding those matchups. And you know,
Speaker 1: it's hard to win on the road. So to the
Speaker 1: number one thing you could do, you could come away
Speaker 1: with a couple of turnovers. We need some turnovers. I
Speaker 1: think our defense had one turnover right now in three games.
Speaker 1: We lead into the fourth game, this is the last
Speaker 1: game of our first quarter. Deefen's got to come away
Speaker 1: or at least two of them. I mean, I say
Speaker 1: at least two. You get two turnovers on the road,
Speaker 1: you win in that game. If you're nice to get
Speaker 1: that in the All Blacks, you think so, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I am taking it all and hopefully we'll be talking
Speaker 1: about a win on Monday. Washington's defense will for sure
Speaker 1: be tested, especially in the passing game. While they have
Speaker 1: played better, they still are giving up some pretty big
Speaker 1: explosive plays well. Our captain London Fletcher talks with Kendall
Speaker 1: Fuller on the state of the secondary. Kendall, so you
Speaker 1: guys just finished practice first of all, got the black
Speaker 1: helmets out today, going with all black. What do you
Speaker 1: think about that look for this weekend's game. I'm excited
Speaker 1: about it. We just got the taste, small little taste
Speaker 1: with the with the helmet, so it's gonna be fun
Speaker 1: to see it all together on Sunday. That thing's gonna
Speaker 1: be clean. Man. I'm jealous about you know. You guys
Speaker 1: are coming off a tough loss against the Eagles, but
Speaker 1: you get another chance, another opportunity this weekend going against
Speaker 1: our biggest rival around here to Dallas Cowboys. What's the
Speaker 1: message to the team as we prepare to play the Cowboys?
Speaker 1: Just just learning from our mistakes. Um, you know, you go,
Speaker 1: you take that Monday Tuesday, you learn and you know
Speaker 1: how they always say twenty four hour rule, you get
Speaker 1: over it because you always got an opportunity coming. And
Speaker 1: uh So said after the after the practice, just being
Speaker 1: where your feet are, you know what I mean, taking
Speaker 1: advantage of each practice, each walk through, each meeting that
Speaker 1: we have and stuff like that. So guys are excited
Speaker 1: and just ready to get back out there on Sunday.
Speaker 1: You know, one of the things that's kind of been
Speaker 1: art Achilles Hill this year has been the big plays
Speaker 1: on defense. This pass ball game the Eagles, they made
Speaker 1: some big plays, but the coverage was tight out of
Speaker 1: you know, the guys get paid they make some plays. Also,
Speaker 1: what are something you guys can do and practice to
Speaker 1: kind of help tighten up on the back end and
Speaker 1: eliminate those big plays. I think just being one step closer,
Speaker 1: Uh I know, for me, I think I gave up
Speaker 1: two explosives in that second quarter, and just being in
Speaker 1: a better position to where I can go up with
Speaker 1: the receiver with him and make a play instead of
Speaker 1: waiting on them to play off playoff his hands and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So just being in one step in
Speaker 1: a better better position. And at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: it's about either they made the player, you made to
Speaker 1: play and uh, well heard of Sunday was they made
Speaker 1: to play? So we go back out there and keep
Speaker 1: on competing and I'll play. Definitely gonna come. I got
Speaker 1: a chance to watch Monday Night Football, the night with
Speaker 1: the Kyle Boys and Johns. I'm sure you're probably watching
Speaker 1: as well. Cooper Rush. Dallas's backup quarterback Mason Plays. Is
Speaker 1: it tougher to prepare for a quarterback like him who
Speaker 1: you don't have as many, you know, games to watch
Speaker 1: and get ready for as a backup quarterback? Uh, I mean,
Speaker 1: I guess, I guess. Luckily we got a couple of
Speaker 1: games that he's been been in there when he came
Speaker 1: in Week one, Yeah, with the Tampa Bay so we
Speaker 1: got a couple of games to go off of. Um,
Speaker 1: it's definitely a little bit tougher when you're trying to
Speaker 1: scheme for a guy you know nothing about him. So
Speaker 1: being being able to have a couple of games to
Speaker 1: be able to watch and stuff watching stuff like that.
Speaker 1: But they got a good offensive system, good talent um,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, it's just I's gonna be a
Speaker 1: fun challenge with out there and go to work. This
Speaker 1: is this Cowboys Receiving cord. They're led by cdee Lamb.
Speaker 1: What what kind of challenges does this Cowboys receiving group
Speaker 1: present for you guys? Yeah, I mean just moving them
Speaker 1: all around, you know, just trying to put them in
Speaker 1: different opportunities to make plays. Um, whether it's they put
Speaker 1: them all over the field. So just good, good routes, physical,
Speaker 1: physical guys. So it's gonna be a it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a fun challenge and something that we're definitely preparing for.
Speaker 1: All right. One last question was up when you're gonna
Speaker 1: stop running from me on that golf course? Man, after
Speaker 1: the season. The clouds in the closet right now, But
Speaker 1: after the season we get out there, all right. All right,
Speaker 1: that's good man. I appreciate you, no doubt appreciate you
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