Speaker 1: Coming up on the game plan we are back from
Speaker 1: the bye weeks, means we sit down with head coach
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn talk about our matchup against the New Orleans
Speaker 1: Saints and to end the show, we're talking must watch
Speaker 1: matches to get a win out in New Orleans. All
Speaker 1: that more on the game Glen, welcome me in our
Speaker 1: head coach Dan Quinn. After the bye week, Coach, I
Speaker 1: just spent you a bi week.
Speaker 2: Man was chilling.
Speaker 3: Honestly, looked at the team, you know some things that
Speaker 3: we may need moving forward, and but most importantly, man,
Speaker 3: for the guys, it was it was awesome for them
Speaker 3: to have that break in time, just to disconnect, just
Speaker 3: for a moment, and you felt that energy when they
Speaker 3: came back into the building on Monday, like first day
Speaker 3: back at school, energy doing what you know, and just
Speaker 3: that kind of connection and like let's go to work.
Speaker 3: It was a cool feeling seeing that kind of connection
Speaker 3: already taking place.
Speaker 4: And I think a lot of fans don't understand, like
Speaker 4: you know, like my dad for examples, like oh, they
Speaker 4: should have work the whole bye week, they should take
Speaker 4: Can you talk about why you give them the time
Speaker 4: off and then why Monday is so important you kind
Speaker 4: of set the week off and get ready for that
Speaker 4: Wednesday practice.
Speaker 3: I think it's probably worth noting like our times together
Speaker 3: as players and coaches are so intense. It is just
Speaker 3: that type of all the time, and you need after
Speaker 3: thirteen weeks straight of it, you need just admitt it
Speaker 3: to breathe and then refill. And so for a number
Speaker 3: of the players and coaches, quite honestly, the batteries were
Speaker 3: in the red and they needed to plug in and
Speaker 3: get back in the green. And the way that you
Speaker 3: set up to recapture all the stuff you want to
Speaker 3: is when you begin Monday, you're back and you're not
Speaker 3: into the game plan yet. It's literally about you reconnected
Speaker 3: and get all the things you want to work on.
Speaker 3: Set it up to throw a great week, and you
Speaker 3: have a bonus practice we call it on Monday, and
Speaker 3: that's where it begins, and that's where you set the
Speaker 3: agenda of what you want to get done. You know
Speaker 3: a little bit of big picture, and then quickly you
Speaker 3: bring it right back into the week.
Speaker 1: Because you talk about the buye we being a chance
Speaker 1: to recharge with other guys have recharged and we're here
Speaker 1: on game day. What do you expect to see from
Speaker 1: them taking on too only states after this extra rest.
Speaker 3: Yeah, what I'm hoping that you and the fans and
Speaker 3: our family see is relentless speed.
Speaker 2: And finishing with them without the ball.
Speaker 3: And that means that plays down the field, the backside
Speaker 3: receiver trying to go get it, you know, the pass
Speaker 3: protection all the way through running through your gap and
Speaker 3: through it through the tackle. That type of speed and
Speaker 3: relentless energy, that's what I expect us to see and
Speaker 3: everybody to feel that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: And I think the one thing about you know late
Speaker 4: by is like you said, it is like people are
Speaker 4: in the red. Then it's kind of like re like
Speaker 4: re ramping back up and getting into it. So how
Speaker 4: do how does the coaching leadership, how does the player
Speaker 4: leadership make sure you get that result today of kind
Speaker 4: of you know, everything you've done this season behave just
Speaker 4: a little break, but now we're.
Speaker 2: Back at it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't want to assume anything, sure, And so
Speaker 3: let's talk right about it right up front. And the
Speaker 3: way I saw the team after thirteen weeks. If you're
Speaker 3: thinking about like a climbing like everest, you go to
Speaker 3: base camp and we're not here.
Speaker 2: At the bottom of the mountain.
Speaker 3: You know, as you're moving up, then you charge everything
Speaker 3: kend just for the next one, and then for the
Speaker 3: next one, and then for the next one, and you
Speaker 3: just get a little stronger, and you get a little
Speaker 3: stronger to the next one and you get a little stronger.
Speaker 3: And so that's what we want to do. You know,
Speaker 3: you're within striking distance, but it's still a long way off,
Speaker 3: so you don't think about everything four or five weeks
Speaker 3: from now. How do we just capture our style and
Speaker 3: play into this game. And that's why the value of
Speaker 3: the individual game is so important because you can put
Speaker 3: all of it into that game.
Speaker 4: I like the climbing metaphor because it is one step
Speaker 4: at a time and it really keeps you very prescient, like, hey,
Speaker 4: I got to focus on this step in front of
Speaker 4: the next one. All there is, Yeah, and I think
Speaker 4: that's a really smart way of looking at it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't have to can't play in those games yet,
Speaker 3: and so the only way that happens getting better and
Speaker 3: relentlessly chasing that.
Speaker 2: And so that's what we want to see.
Speaker 3: And there's plenty of things as a position group to
Speaker 3: get better individually as a player and as a coach,
Speaker 3: and so now we put those things into action, like
Speaker 3: not just I want to what's the actual things you're
Speaker 3: going to do to say.
Speaker 2: I'm going to get better.
Speaker 3: And if you watch the guys pre practice and post practice,
Speaker 3: there's some specific things that they're working on and that's
Speaker 3: part of their skill work to say I'm getting.
Speaker 2: Better at this over the next month. And coach.
Speaker 1: Before we get into today's game against the Saints, we
Speaker 1: got to give Bobby Wagner his flowers. He was nominated
Speaker 1: to be the Walter Paytman of the Year for this team.
Speaker 1: New guy, first time with this team. What does that
Speaker 1: mean to you when you see a guy like that Garner,
Speaker 1: all that respect and admiration from a team he just
Speaker 1: got on.
Speaker 3: I think it's the colliding of when a man has
Speaker 3: his off the field world in order and they're on
Speaker 3: the field world in order, and they mesh and that's
Speaker 3: what you see. And it's no surprise that the on
Speaker 3: the field is strong because of the detail he puts
Speaker 3: into it. It's also no surprise that the off the
Speaker 3: field is strong because of the care of who he
Speaker 3: is and what he looks after. So he's not somebody
Speaker 3: with a lot of words, but he is about that
Speaker 3: action and I love that about him because when he
Speaker 3: says he's going.
Speaker 2: To deliver, he delivers.
Speaker 1: And Bobby's about that action is so is the rest
Speaker 1: of this linebacker course. So let's look at the Saints
Speaker 1: right now. What do you expect to see from our
Speaker 1: linebacker's going up against the offense like the Norman Saints.
Speaker 3: Well, and Logan can tell you that this is a
Speaker 3: really accomplished running team. And for fans who've been in
Speaker 3: the past, can think about from Mike Shanahan's tenure here
Speaker 3: wide zone, really sprinting off the ball with guys like
Speaker 3: alf and Clint that could really stretch it and put
Speaker 3: their foot in the ground and get vertical. And that's honestly,
Speaker 3: you know what they do. And so when you see
Speaker 3: that type of burst and speed from the line, that's
Speaker 3: where the linebackers, the safeties, the defensive ends, they've got
Speaker 3: to make sure they're setting the edge and allow these
Speaker 3: linebackers to get downhill.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you talked about the outside game, and you
Speaker 4: know a guy that is really good at it, and
Speaker 4: maybe you know kind of in this top five running back,
Speaker 4: top ten running back kind of environment is Alvin Kamara.
Speaker 4: And not only can he do it, you know, touching
Speaker 4: the football as a runner, but he gets a lot
Speaker 4: of targets as a pass catcher, and I just it
Speaker 4: puts you in a lot of conflict and you talk
Speaker 4: about him and how you kind of manage a talent
Speaker 4: like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's he's so unique.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's got rare balance, and that as a running
Speaker 3: back is so critical. Not just the decisiveness to put
Speaker 3: your foot in the ground and get vertical, but the
Speaker 3: gap can be this small and he can just have
Speaker 3: this tremendous balance to stay alive and to go. But
Speaker 3: he's just as explosive as a pass catcher, and not
Speaker 3: just in a screen game or a checkdown, but he
Speaker 3: can run the routes down the field. So certain players
Speaker 3: garner special attention and recognition, and he is one of
Speaker 3: those players. And it's proven and man for the Saints
Speaker 3: for a long time, they've had really outstanding running back play,
Speaker 3: not just three I'm trying like.
Speaker 2: Looking back twenty years.
Speaker 3: You know from Reggie and Sprolls and Ingram and now
Speaker 3: Kamara and others that have you know played well there
Speaker 3: through the years.
Speaker 2: But his ability in the passing.
Speaker 3: Game is significant, Logan, and it's a matchup, it's you know,
Speaker 3: how do you defend him?
Speaker 2: And so he is an excellent player and.
Speaker 1: Coach, you mentioned the passing game, so let's look at that.
Speaker 1: We'll be facing a backup quarterback. Derek Carr just got her.
Speaker 1: He won't be playing.
Speaker 2: How does that affect the game plan?
Speaker 1: When you know you're going to get a backup quarterback
Speaker 1: that hasn't played much, you really emphasize the system.
Speaker 2: And most of the time the system.
Speaker 3: Stays consistent and you you know, may feature a few
Speaker 3: more plays one side or another. But the hardest time
Speaker 3: is when they played differently. And that you know, if
Speaker 3: you think back to when like, for instance, Cam Newton
Speaker 3: at the Panthers in his backup I believe it was
Speaker 3: like Derek Anderson and one was playing drop back and
Speaker 3: Cam could do a lot of things exceptional, but there
Speaker 3: were different in this instance. These quarterbacks all have the
Speaker 3: ability to get out on the edge on keepers. They're
Speaker 3: all good play pass you know, guys that can you know,
Speaker 3: action and throw the ball down the field. And so
Speaker 3: system wise, we're expecting that to feel the same.
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think you know, when you're talking about
Speaker 4: the system, I think if you were going to characterize
Speaker 4: it for fans, you talked about the outside zone stuff,
Speaker 4: But in terms of maybe some of the play action
Speaker 4: or keeper stuff drop back, is there something there that
Speaker 4: kind of you say, this is like the defining feature.
Speaker 4: Like in the run game it's outside zoned. In the
Speaker 4: past game.
Speaker 3: It's X yeah, and it's the downfield throw the slogan
Speaker 3: and to block up six or seven and a protection
Speaker 3: to throw the ball down the field, you know on
Speaker 3: big shots. That's to me what makes you know a
Speaker 3: really good run action, play pass, marry together and so
Speaker 3: they're capable of the big ones down the field.
Speaker 1: And Coach, we can't talk enough about this offensive line
Speaker 1: and the cohesion we've seen. Hear that brotherhood we've seen
Speaker 1: for this offensive line. What have you seen from their
Speaker 1: development as we go in since today's game.
Speaker 3: Seeing them work all together at practice, that's what you know.
Speaker 3: It carries over into the game. And so having this
Speaker 3: whole week of these guys all getting all the reps together,
Speaker 3: their communication. If you are standing by the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 3: you're hearing constant talk and the best of the best
Speaker 3: can do that to know quickly looks change and things happen.
Speaker 3: It might even be just by an alignment of a player. Hey,
Speaker 3: this is going to happen. And so the guys that
Speaker 3: can process really really quickly and still be violent and
Speaker 3: fast off the ball, those are the best offensive lineman
Speaker 3: because you have to be able to think quick on
Speaker 3: your feet, you have to be able to react, and
Speaker 3: then you do have to be able to finish. And
Speaker 3: so there's a number of these guys that are getting
Speaker 3: a lot of reps at these same plays over and
Speaker 3: over again. And that's why now we should really start
Speaker 3: to take off and be at our best moving forward
Speaker 3: because of the extra reps that we've had.
Speaker 4: And a guy that to me, like in Bodies that
Speaker 4: is Tyler Beattish and you know you knew him in
Speaker 4: Dallas and like you understood what he was and you know,
Speaker 4: I'm always kind of a center hater. You can put
Speaker 4: anybody at center, but you really see the value that
Speaker 4: he's brought to this group from a leadership, from a compete,
Speaker 4: from a toughness standpoint. Can you just talk about what
Speaker 4: he's meant to this group and how he's potentially kind.
Speaker 2: Of elevated elevated this group in my opinion.
Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting Logan when you're not in a
Speaker 3: leadership position. You know, even though you've played and he
Speaker 3: was behind some fantastic behind offense line to like Zach
Speaker 3: Martin's a fantastic offensive line and who is their guard?
Speaker 3: And here in his voice, well, Tyron Smith. And so
Speaker 3: you don't step out as much. But coming into a
Speaker 3: new spot, you know, this is what we are requiring
Speaker 3: of you. And so it was a little uncomfortable for
Speaker 3: him to step into something as a leading voice. Same
Speaker 3: with Nick Allegh ready to say okay, I'm ready to
Speaker 3: have that voice and to take him in and early
Speaker 3: on it's uncomfortable to lead. But the more you do it,
Speaker 3: people are listening and they're following, and that to me
Speaker 3: is where I've seen the growth from him as well.
Speaker 1: And coach talk about people listening. Man, we listened to
Speaker 1: all the oppresses, like listen to him like that a bible.
Speaker 1: And you one thing you said was that you want
Speaker 1: to improve on the turnover margin for this team.
Speaker 2: How do you accomplish that today? It's a team stat.
Speaker 3: So what I do appreciate right now for offense, we
Speaker 3: are we're conscious of the ball, you know, we're making
Speaker 3: good decisions with the football, and we're not putting it
Speaker 3: at harm's way. Jaden especially, you know, as somebody that's
Speaker 3: mindful of it puts it in the right spot to
Speaker 3: go offensively. The guy's taking care of the ball defensively,
Speaker 3: we've got to find a way to knock it out
Speaker 3: more to we've had our hands on some and that's
Speaker 3: not the same. You have to deliver on the catch,
Speaker 3: and so it's not a would a kulda shoulda. But
Speaker 3: how do we practice delivering that? And so there's ball
Speaker 3: drill's pre practice, post practice. Not in the same way
Speaker 3: of you and I throwing catch. But my eyes are turned.
Speaker 3: I have to glance at the last second to try
Speaker 3: to catch just the flash of the ball. I have
Speaker 3: to catch it on the over my head in different ways,
Speaker 3: down low, by the ground, because you don't catch them
Speaker 3: here as a defensive back or a linebacker. You catch
Speaker 3: the ball way over here, you catch it down by
Speaker 3: the floor, you catch it diving, and that's how you
Speaker 3: get better at getting interceptions.
Speaker 1: And guys, it's crazy to say just four games left
Speaker 1: in the season, coach, what do you want to see
Speaker 1: from your commanders during this final stretch.
Speaker 3: Well, you clearly were not listening earlier. All I am
Speaker 3: worried about this game. We're going back to base camp
Speaker 3: for you, Brian. You know, like, honestly, that's what I
Speaker 3: want to throw a great week man, I want to
Speaker 3: throw a great game.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: Absolutely have a blast with these guys, like together they
Speaker 3: have created a really awesome place to play in coach football,
Speaker 3: and so I don't want to miss it. I'm not
Speaker 3: looking down the line. I'm not wishing for something else.
Speaker 3: I want to throw a great game today and kick
Speaker 3: some ass and then come back and try to do
Speaker 3: it again.
Speaker 1: Well, Coach, we are in no rush as a show man.
Speaker 2: I'm always listening to you, Coach all the top. Clearly not.
Speaker 1: You so much for your time. Now, you guys got
Speaker 1: to get into that firm room. So we'll let you
Speaker 1: get to that, right, Commands, Family, we know you are
Speaker 1: enjoying the game plan. However, if you want to see
Speaker 1: Coach and Logan Paul said break down plays in the
Speaker 1: film room, you could check that out on the Commander's
Speaker 1: YouTube page. Now, Command is family our ticket to him
Speaker 1: win on He's must watch match.
Speaker 2: Logan only got seventy seconds.
Speaker 4: You're ready Yeah, I got hurt you Fowler versus Flogg
Speaker 4: and again, this guy's gonna be a good pro for
Speaker 4: a long time. He's a really good physical inline blocker,
Speaker 4: but struggles a little bit with the speed rusher gives
Speaker 4: up that outside hand. Fouler, I think with all the speed,
Speaker 4: he's got to give this guy a tough matchup. And
Speaker 4: I'm going to check them some sacks for the old
Speaker 4: head right here.
Speaker 2: Hey, Foulo is having a career here.
Speaker 1: A lot of it has to do with our next one,
Speaker 1: Joe Junior.
Speaker 2: Joe a journey versus Alvin Kamara.
Speaker 4: And the reason it's the defensive coordinator versus the running
Speaker 4: back is because this guy leads the team in targets,
Speaker 4: leads the team and carries. He really is their offense
Speaker 4: right now, and it's going to take all eleven guys,
Speaker 4: plus the coordinator and the scheme to slow this guy down.
Speaker 4: It's going to be an awesome magic because you stop him,
Speaker 4: you stop their offense.
Speaker 1: Saints Tampton rushing in the NFL, And our last one, Logan, Yeah.
Speaker 4: We got Brandon Coleman and Garter and Greaterson. Excuse me,
Speaker 4: this guy is a blue collar snapped the whistle kind
Speaker 4: of guy.
Speaker 2: Love the way he plays.
Speaker 4: It's gonna be such a unique challenge because nobody plays
Speaker 4: the game as hard as Granerson. So I can't wait
Speaker 4: to watch Coman go toe to toe with this guy.
Speaker 1: Great test for Brandon Coleman and a great test for
Speaker 1: our commanders as we take on the New Orleans Saints.
Speaker 1: For head coach Dan Quinn, Logan Paulsen, and Brian Covid Jr.
Speaker 2: This is the game plan. Let's get this w today.
Speaker 2: We'll see y'all next Sunday.
Speaker 1: Commanders, family, you could catch us every Sunday on WSA
Speaker 1: nine Sunday mornings before your games. This is game plan
Speaker 1: with Brian Covid Jr. And Logan Paulson, he coach Dan
Speaker 1: Quinn until next Sunday. Commander's family.
Speaker 2: Yeah,