Speaker 1: Welcome into the game plan Commanders family. Your commanders are
Speaker 1: on the role for prime time. It's some one of
Speaker 1: that football matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals and Logan and
Speaker 1: I talks tickets to a win over Cincinnati.
Speaker 2: All that more starts now.
Speaker 1: Welcome back into the game plan, Commanders family, Welcome in
Speaker 1: our freeless leader head coach Dan Quinn. First things first,
Speaker 1: congratulations on.
Speaker 2: The first way Yeah.
Speaker 1: The Commander's head coach first home game as well. Man,
Speaker 1: how great was that environment and getting that win at home?
Speaker 2: Yeah? It was really cool. Man. I really wanted that
Speaker 2: for the players, you know, and then to also have
Speaker 2: it be a division win at home and have that
Speaker 2: first experience with them as a division win. It was awesome. Man.
Speaker 2: It was really cool to have the locker room and
Speaker 2: be in that. It was awesome.
Speaker 3: Coach, you know, obviously, like momentum is the thing they
Speaker 3: talk about at the lower levels of football. Do you
Speaker 3: I mean you've coached football for a long time. Do
Speaker 3: you find that's also something that happens with NFL teams
Speaker 3: kind of getting a win and then you can kind
Speaker 3: of parlay it into another one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if it's momentum I may use,
Speaker 2: but sometimes a team that's new and building together, there's
Speaker 2: probably a confidence element that goes into that because you
Speaker 2: have to keep improving and keep working and so the
Speaker 2: you know, progress doesn't happen like in these big that
Speaker 2: happens to these big bursts, So like another jump will happen,
Speaker 2: another jump will happen, and so we just got to
Speaker 2: keep working that. But I do think there's some momentum.
Speaker 2: I do think there's some confidence that does get when
Speaker 2: you get the wins, and you have to make sure
Speaker 2: you're continuing to improve upon those and coach moving forward.
Speaker 1: Primetime Monday Night Football will be taking on the Cincinnati
Speaker 1: Bengals out in Cincinnati. Now they've also a slow start,
Speaker 1: but they showed signs of their old steff against Kansas City.
Speaker 1: How do you slow down this high powered offense, particularly
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase.
Speaker 2: Yeah, both he They've got a really explosive offense. They
Speaker 2: have a unique combination you know talking about with Joe.
Speaker 2: Not only is he accurate and can process quickly and
Speaker 2: put it to the right spot, he's also tough as nails,
Speaker 2: and so you've got to rush, You've got to be
Speaker 2: able to affect a quarterback like him, So you can't
Speaker 2: you know, have those decisions you know, as quickly and
Speaker 2: as easily to go. But we know it to be
Speaker 2: a fight, but we'll be ready for that as well.
Speaker 3: Coach, you talked about, you know, kind of the rush
Speaker 3: plan to kind of you know, with Joe Burrow, you
Speaker 3: probably got to do a million things.
Speaker 2: You probably got to change.
Speaker 3: Coverage structure, You've got to probably rush well, Like, is
Speaker 3: there something specifically with him? You're like, man, we got
Speaker 3: we just got to kind of pull everything on the
Speaker 3: on the table for him because he's such a talented
Speaker 3: football player.
Speaker 2: I think you have to make sure one we have
Speaker 2: to do what we do well. You know, if you
Speaker 2: go into a game plan and doing things you're not
Speaker 2: accustomed to or not ready to do, that could backfire
Speaker 2: on you as well. So number one, having disguises that
Speaker 2: is part of what we do and how we play,
Speaker 2: showing one thing, playing another, and then having the ability
Speaker 2: you know, to win on third down. I think that
Speaker 2: logan is gonna be one of the real factors in
Speaker 2: this game. You know, to give the ball back to
Speaker 2: our offense to get into that space, because if they're
Speaker 2: able to continue to convert on some third downs. That's
Speaker 2: a hard place to keep going in that way.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, I was talking to some fans recently.
Speaker 3: They're like, oh, Jean Jamar Chase is so good one,
Speaker 3: it's just bracket them the whole time. And you know,
Speaker 3: you try to explain it, but I'm not a super
Speaker 3: intelligent defensive guy. But can you explain to a fan
Speaker 3: sure why it might not be a good idea to
Speaker 3: bracket Jamar Chase every play.
Speaker 2: So if you bracket somebody in and out. In other words,
Speaker 2: let's say you know we were going to bracket you,
Speaker 2: that's afer.
Speaker 3: You wouldn't do that in real life, but you would.
Speaker 2: For this exercise, we will. That's what you'd call like
Speaker 2: an in and out and so where you could be
Speaker 2: vulnerable on that straight through and so now you go
Speaker 2: take a vertical shot and you're expecting them to go
Speaker 2: in and out. And so a bracket's really good for
Speaker 2: like the low red zone, where you have, you know,
Speaker 2: the twelfth defender who is the goal line behind you.
Speaker 2: That's a good thing. When you're out in the middle
Speaker 2: of the field, you can't quite do it in that
Speaker 2: same fashion. So sometimes a double team in that one
Speaker 2: might be a high low and so can you rip
Speaker 2: somebody across? So it's not just as easy as you know, hey,
Speaker 2: put a double team on them. And sometimes when a
Speaker 2: player's outside, you can play zone, but get your hands
Speaker 2: on somebody. So it's it's more of the disruptive thought.
Speaker 2: And oftentimes logan a double or a bracket or you know,
Speaker 2: the things you're referring to can also force a throw,
Speaker 2: you know, to go to another player, and you've got
Speaker 2: to stand up strongly against them as well.
Speaker 1: And coach, I've got to imagine the interior pass rus
Speaker 1: is a huge part of success for us against the
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals. How do you scheme to get Dron Payne
Speaker 1: and Jonathan Allen goling in this game?
Speaker 2: I think you have to create some passing opportunities also,
Speaker 2: you know, because if you're on first and second down,
Speaker 2: there's some runs and play passes are a lot like run.
Speaker 2: So like, for instance, you're selling a hard run play
Speaker 2: action fake, there's four sets of hands on Doran and
Speaker 2: John and so that's different. You know, that's a hard
Speaker 2: you know you're getting double team essentially, but when you
Speaker 2: are in longer passing and more obvious passing scenarios. Now
Speaker 2: you can get vertical and find some one on ones
Speaker 2: and some matchups. So that's why I think it's going
Speaker 2: to be important to create some passing scenarios. That way,
Speaker 2: these guys can get vertical and do their thing. But
Speaker 2: if it's in the smaller neighborhoods, you know, they do
Speaker 2: their scouting too. You know, they don't let these players
Speaker 2: ruin the game, and so we've got to also win
Speaker 2: around them.
Speaker 3: It's I'm really got you said that, because like fans
Speaker 3: don't always understand that, you know, like down and like
Speaker 3: you have to earn the opportunity to rush the passer
Speaker 3: right right, If we're not good on first and second down,
Speaker 3: it's second and three, like, they can do whatever they want.
Speaker 3: But if it's third and ten, third and ten or
Speaker 3: second and ten, like, the opportunity is there for us
Speaker 3: to pin hers back and go get that.
Speaker 2: That's right, and so how quickly does the ball get out?
Speaker 2: All those things are a big factor. But by and large,
Speaker 2: we've got to find some spots to put them and
Speaker 2: see if we can create some matchups. But that's why
Speaker 2: I thought the third down is such a big factor
Speaker 2: in this game because those are some chances where we
Speaker 2: can get those guys up the field and get really rocking.
Speaker 1: And a big part of slowing down this offense is
Speaker 1: playing complimentary football and controlling the ball offensively ourselves. How
Speaker 1: to be Robin Austin Eckler helping.
Speaker 2: That, well, they help a lot because it's not just
Speaker 2: in the run game, but it's in the passing game
Speaker 2: as well. And so when you're at the end of
Speaker 2: the game, you'd like to be a b of fifty
Speaker 2: in runs and completions. And so in the last game
Speaker 2: we were, I think we were at fifty eight. And
Speaker 2: so if you get to that spot, you're now controlling
Speaker 2: some time of possessions because of the runs, because of
Speaker 2: the completion. So for if you were defending us and
Speaker 2: you played a really light box and you were going
Speaker 2: to defend all the receivers, you may lean on the
Speaker 2: runs more. So the runs might be higher. If somebody
Speaker 2: was really hell bent on, you know, down in for
Speaker 2: the run, there might be some opportunities for some quick
Speaker 2: game and completions to move the ball down the field.
Speaker 2: So having a balance is really the most effective way
Speaker 2: to control the time of possession, because if you're just
Speaker 2: one way only you know, all drop back pass or
Speaker 2: all run game. You know, those can be stopped. But
Speaker 2: when you have the element of both, that's when if
Speaker 2: you find that sweet spot, that's the secret sauce. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Absolutely. And the other thing it's I find interesting is
Speaker 3: like when you look at Kansas City the area. We're
Speaker 3: on the ball pretty effectively against Cincinnati, but it's NFL football,
Speaker 3: you know what I'm saying, Like they're going to come
Speaker 3: in with a plan, like how do you keep those
Speaker 3: how do you anticipate what they're going to do, you know,
Speaker 3: and not kind of overreach yourself and kind of get
Speaker 3: out of what you want to do well.
Speaker 2: Number one logan, you always have to be ready to adjust,
Speaker 2: and so if you have balance, then you can. They're
Speaker 2: playing a certain way, like nobody waits till halftime to
Speaker 2: you know, make halftime adjustments like those. If you're waiting
Speaker 2: until then, you're going to get your ass kicked. You know,
Speaker 2: you have to be able to adjust quickly. Hey, they
Speaker 2: want to play a certain way. There's more blitz this game.
Speaker 2: There's less splitz, there's loading the box. Those are the
Speaker 2: things that you want to keep track of, especially early
Speaker 2: on and sometimes just by the uniqueness of your play
Speaker 2: you may force you know, somebody to adjust differently. And
Speaker 2: so that's a little bit of the you know, the
Speaker 2: coaching that goes on each week in the NFL. Just
Speaker 2: because what you did one week doesn't mean it's going
Speaker 2: to be as effective. You have to be able to adjust.
Speaker 2: And so having balance in the run game, the play pass,
Speaker 2: you know, those are really big factors.
Speaker 1: And to get that run game going, of course, coach,
Speaker 1: you've got to get first downs. Jayden Daniels is a
Speaker 1: big part of that talk about his growth in which
Speaker 1: you want to see from him in week three.
Speaker 2: Well, one, I love his demeanor on the sideline. If
Speaker 2: you could have been down there right when he's about
Speaker 2: to take the field, you know, for our last drive
Speaker 2: that ended up being the kick for a game winner.
Speaker 2: Man like one about wanting to get on the field
Speaker 2: and go for it and in this poise that he has.
Speaker 2: And so that's a great feeling to know that your
Speaker 2: quarterback in that moment is in jederary, what's the call
Speaker 2: or what? Man? He was like absolutely ready to go rock.
Speaker 2: So we all have a lot of confidence in him
Speaker 2: because of all the work that he's put in. So yeah,
Speaker 2: it's a really big deal. Have you seen anything like
Speaker 2: that before? The older the younger player with that kind
Speaker 2: of maturity is really rare, And he just has a
Speaker 2: great poise about him in these moments. He enjoys the competing.
Speaker 2: He's a really relentless competitor, which I love. But he
Speaker 2: also has the joy of that of playing and competing
Speaker 2: and doing it. And so he's going to continue and improve.
Speaker 2: This has only been a second game, and so sometimes
Speaker 2: outside the pocket, is he going to want to take
Speaker 2: a shot down the field? Now? He can, but you
Speaker 2: do have to be in those experiences to learn him.
Speaker 2: And it's excellent that he is continuing to improve as
Speaker 2: we're going.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you said he's a competitor and it's fun
Speaker 3: to watch him every week because like the way he runs,
Speaker 3: the way he plays a game, it's evident he wears
Speaker 3: on his sleeve. But I think he's got an interesting challenge,
Speaker 3: competitive challenge with Lou and Roumo this week. He's a
Speaker 3: guy that when I watch him, he seems to kind
Speaker 3: of try to take away what you do well, Like
Speaker 3: how do you get Jayden ready for some of these
Speaker 3: unscoted looks at Cincinnati's probably going to present. I know
Speaker 3: he studies hard, and I know that's a big part of.
Speaker 2: It, and they are I've got a lot of respect
Speaker 2: for lou and how they play. He's been just really
Speaker 2: consistently good. Yes, And like that's that's underrated. Yeah, it is,
Speaker 2: because you know this team's gonna play tough. They're going
Speaker 2: to be excellent in the passing game. Who's got a
Speaker 2: long background as a defensive coach, especially in the secondary.
Speaker 2: He's always been rock solid in the passing game. So
Speaker 2: knowing the uniqueness of their coverage, of how they play,
Speaker 2: where they deploy the people, that's a big piece of this.
Speaker 2: But very rarely are they at a position. And now
Speaker 2: it comes down to matchups and you can win him
Speaker 2: and how do you go about him and attacking somebody's
Speaker 2: leverage to do that. Jaden's playing our position well, not
Speaker 2: just throwing it, so he knows when to check in
Speaker 2: and out of runs, when to get to certain plays
Speaker 2: and that doesn't show up on the stat sheet, but
Speaker 2: it's a really important factor in our winning.
Speaker 1: And as a head coach, it has to be super
Speaker 1: beneficial to have a leader like zach Ertz hoping not
Speaker 1: only this offense, but a guy like Jaden Daniels come along.
Speaker 1: What have you seen from him as a leader and
Speaker 1: how has he helped Jayden grow quicker?
Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot. I thought in this last game, I
Speaker 2: thought that was a vintage Zach performance. He really was
Speaker 2: in a very classic way. He had a ball where
Speaker 2: it could have been intercepted or his to go, and
Speaker 2: he just aggressively went forward down to the ground and
Speaker 2: came up with the catch. Plays like that are not typical,
Speaker 2: but he's been in so many good, additive moments that
Speaker 2: when it showed up for him, he was ready for it.
Speaker 2: And he's been an excellent leader for Jaden, an excellent
Speaker 2: teammate excuse me, to make sure he's getting all the
Speaker 2: support that he needs as well. And that's one of
Speaker 2: the good things about being a part of this team.
Speaker 2: They don't really have to worry about themselves because the
Speaker 2: support they have from everybody else is really really strong,
Speaker 2: and they can just look after one another in that way,
Speaker 2: and so that connection will continue to get stronger, stronger,
Speaker 2: not just with Jaden and Zach, but with other players
Speaker 2: as well.
Speaker 3: Did you say other players like obviously Zach's one that
Speaker 3: comes to mind, but is there anybody else, You're like, man,
Speaker 3: this guy's really helped bring Jade along.
Speaker 2: I would say defensively. I love the connection that he
Speaker 2: and Wags have and so just seeing them communicate, talk
Speaker 2: what are they seeing? Sometimes it could be as easy
Speaker 2: as a process, you know, getting ready for a game
Speaker 2: and so what does that look like to go? Marcus
Speaker 2: has been a really big support of Jaden's as well,
Speaker 2: and so he's got some great teammates here and they
Speaker 2: trust him. He trusts them as well, and so when
Speaker 2: those relationships build and grow, that's a big deal. But
Speaker 2: our quarterback room, the coaches, the other quarterbacks, Jaden, it's
Speaker 2: very unique and they really are pulling for one another
Speaker 2: in the very best of ways. So it's really from
Speaker 2: just watching it as a coach. It makes you happy
Speaker 2: because they're finding the extra details, they're looking for things
Speaker 2: they you know, always nice to have somebody have your back,
Speaker 2: and he's got a whole team that does. Coach.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you, man, it's always fun talking to you again.
Speaker 1: Congratulations on that win. We cannot wait to see you
Speaker 1: and our Burgundy and Gold hit out there for prime toon.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we can't wait either, man.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back Command his family. Now this is ticket to
Speaker 2: a win.
Speaker 1: It's all about matchups.
Speaker 2: Some matchups.
Speaker 1: I'll let me know what you're thinking. Okay, First one,
Speaker 1: Joe Witt Jr. Slowing down wide receiver Jamar Chase.
Speaker 3: I'm glad that we picked Joe Witt Junior because he's
Speaker 3: the he's the orchestrator, the master of this defense, right
Speaker 3: and with a player of Jamar Chase's ability, you need everybody,
Speaker 3: all eleven guys on defense to account for this guy.
Speaker 3: So what's the plan do we How do we rush
Speaker 3: the pass or how do we make Joe Burrow uncomfortable?
Speaker 2: What kind of coverage cont do we play?
Speaker 3: Do we bracket a guy like this because he's that good,
Speaker 3: that's how That's what we need to do to kind
Speaker 3: of take him off the table. And I think Joe
Speaker 3: Whitt is definitely gonna be.
Speaker 1: Up to the challenge.
Speaker 2: A lot easier said than done.
Speaker 1: Our next match up, Jonathan Allen Dran Payne getting after
Speaker 1: mister Blonde Joe Burrow.
Speaker 3: I love this one, man, because these guys everyone's talking about, Okay,
Speaker 3: they rust the passion. I want to look at the
Speaker 3: Bengals offensive line. I think the guards specifically struggle in
Speaker 3: pass protection and they're not going to do the max protection,
Speaker 3: max the max protection that the Giants did. They're going
Speaker 3: to kind of put those five guys on an old
Speaker 3: say when they're when you're one on ones, and I
Speaker 3: think these guys can win one on ones and Joe Burrow,
Speaker 3: while being a special talent, quarterbacks cannot throw under pressure
Speaker 3: and they I think these guys get done this week.
Speaker 1: Get in Joe Burrow dirty the next one of Jad
Speaker 1: and Daniels going against their single caller, they have middle lineback.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think this is a really good one because
Speaker 3: like he's a guy with a skill set. Obviously he
Speaker 3: can run, he can throw, and what can they do
Speaker 3: defensively to kind of upset them? And I think that
Speaker 3: all starts with Logan here, and what I mean by
Speaker 3: that is, can you get the guys lined up? Can
Speaker 3: they get the defense called?
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a really.
Speaker 3: Interesting chess match between these two guys, because if you
Speaker 3: watch the New York game. They put a lot on
Speaker 3: Jane Datis in terms of checking plays versus coverage structure.
Speaker 2: So I can't wait to watch these two go to
Speaker 2: war Man.
Speaker 1: What tests these first three weeks have had for Jayden
Speaker 1: Daniels then, Oh my god, because we've seen a world
Speaker 1: station yeah.
Speaker 2: Going against their pass rush. Yeah.
Speaker 3: So Trey Hendrickson is an absolute monster. He's got a
Speaker 3: thirty three percent win rate. And just to give you
Speaker 3: some context, when Deron Paid had eleven sacks, his was nine.
Speaker 3: So he is winning a lot of one on one
Speaker 3: in pass protection. Cornelius Lucas has done a great job,
Speaker 3: Brandon Coleman's been excellent in the run game. But this
Speaker 3: is a whole new challenge for them. So I do
Speaker 3: think Cliff Kingsbury is going to need to help these
Speaker 3: guys out Chipeut play pass screen game. We gotta get
Speaker 3: this guy off his game because he is a game
Speaker 3: wrecker for sure, and that is your ticket to win
Speaker 3: no more matches. It's gonna beat up my fun matchup.
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