Speaker 1: Command his family.
Speaker 2: It's the Battle of the Beltway.
Speaker 1: We catch up with head coach Dan Quinn and talk
Speaker 1: about our matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. And then to
Speaker 1: end the show, Logan and I talk about ticket to
Speaker 1: a win. We're talking key matchups against the Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 2: All that and more starts right now.
Speaker 1: Welcome in and head coach Dan Quinn. First things first,
Speaker 1: congratulations on another win. But now we are headed to Baltimore.
Speaker 1: We call them all play cousins, the Ravens. How familiar
Speaker 1: are you with the Battle of the Beltway and the
Speaker 1: importance of this game?
Speaker 2: You know, I'm not as familiar. You know, my first
Speaker 2: year here certainly had coming in, you know, for familiarity
Speaker 2: with the NFC East and the natural rivers that go
Speaker 2: with that. So obviously with not being far away, I
Speaker 2: know it. So I'm looking forward to participating in my
Speaker 2: first Battle belt Way.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Jade Daniels has talked a lot about how,
Speaker 3: you know, when he got drafted he really wanted to
Speaker 3: play against Lamar and you know, all of a sudden,
Speaker 3: you guys are four and one and then in the
Speaker 3: game kind of means something like, how do you kind
Speaker 3: of manage the young guy and kind of say, hey man,
Speaker 3: this is just like any other game, even though you're
Speaker 3: playing against someone that you think is pretty cool.
Speaker 2: Soon Yeah, for sure, that's somebody he holds in high
Speaker 2: regard like we all do.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's a good player.
Speaker 2: As coaches, as players, there's always matchups that you know
Speaker 2: that you you go and you're ready and like it
Speaker 2: just you know, you feel it, and so, uh, cool
Speaker 2: opportunity for him. I know he you know, certainly holds
Speaker 2: Lamar in high regard.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 2: Fortunately those two guys are not playing against one another,
Speaker 2: and so you know that part, Uh it will feel normal,
Speaker 2: but uh, I look forward to you know, those guys
Speaker 2: spend some time after the game together.
Speaker 1: Well, Jayden actually is facing the Ravens defense, and our
Speaker 1: office has been extremely efficient. How can we continue that
Speaker 1: efficiency against the Baltimore Ravens, a very very tough defense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and they have been it just seems like for
Speaker 2: a long time. I certainly respect the identity that they've
Speaker 2: created there on defense. It's you know, seemingly been like
Speaker 2: this for a long time, starting back from you know,
Speaker 2: personnel selections through and eric and coaching staffs and you know,
Speaker 2: it's just a remarkable run of an identity, and Zach's
Speaker 2: doing a great job. You know, he played in it,
Speaker 2: so he understands the standard that's been set there. And
Speaker 2: it takes a while to create an identity, and I've
Speaker 2: said that before here we're trying to create our own
Speaker 2: and so I have a lot of regard for how
Speaker 2: long that takes to do it over and over again.
Speaker 3: You mentioned Zach, and one of the things that sticks
Speaker 3: out to me is they're kind of bringing some of
Speaker 3: the stuff they did last year with his own pressures
Speaker 3: and dropping guys out and interesting rush patterns, but they
Speaker 3: seem to be played a little bit more man like,
Speaker 3: what is their identity at the moment and how do
Speaker 3: you help Jaden kind of say like Keyan and.
Speaker 2: Performing his best. Yeah. One of the things I've always
Speaker 2: admired about them in the run game first defensively and
Speaker 2: they play square. They play strong the defensive line, can
Speaker 2: lock guys out gap in a half and play square
Speaker 2: in the run game, so they can force some people
Speaker 2: into some situations that they can use some of those
Speaker 2: pressures that you're talking about Logan, we're coming off the
Speaker 2: edge or exotic looks to do that, and so we'll
Speaker 2: have to have balance, you know, make sure the runs
Speaker 2: and the play passes are there so you're not playing
Speaker 2: in long extended downs on second down and third down.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you say balance, right, they're you know, the number
Speaker 3: one rated team against the run, and so how do
Speaker 3: you kind of say we're and when you know where
Speaker 3: the second rated offense against the run, how do we
Speaker 3: kind of keep that our nursia going and kind of say,
Speaker 3: you know, good on good, we're better than you. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think it's part of the balance. In each game,
Speaker 2: there's a different way to attack, and that's part of
Speaker 2: a good team, like knowing that this progress is happening
Speaker 2: because of the process we've gone through. The run, game,
Speaker 2: the play passes. It's not the same runs or play
Speaker 2: passes that go into every game. Then as you get
Speaker 2: in game, how is somebody playing you? And the best
Speaker 2: of the best can adapt and change and say hey,
Speaker 2: let's do more of this, let's do less of that.
Speaker 2: And those are the things that I've seen our team
Speaker 2: grow over the last few weeks. You want to play
Speaker 2: a certain way, this is how we're going to go
Speaker 2: get down and.
Speaker 1: A huge part of this effective offense is how the
Speaker 1: offensive line is playing. I think Cornella Lucas was the
Speaker 1: highest rated PFF graded commander on the team. How do
Speaker 1: we keep that momentum rolling Sunday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a huge challenge, but one that the guys
Speaker 2: are definitely up for. We think of running the ball
Speaker 2: not just as the offensive line. We actually think of
Speaker 2: it as all eleven guys. It's the quarterback carrying out
Speaker 2: the playfake. It's the tight ends, it's the receivers blocking
Speaker 2: way downfield. One of my favorite plays from the game
Speaker 2: actually happened to be on a play that we fumbled
Speaker 2: and Austin Eckler had a really long run down the field.
Speaker 2: One of the Cleveland players made a good play to
Speaker 2: get the ball out, but the three receivers decided to
Speaker 2: go and they didn't know that it was going to
Speaker 2: come out. They were just going to go finish for Austin,
Speaker 2: and it was a Laminde and Terry and Luke and
Speaker 2: their ability to go down the field and fight for
Speaker 2: their guy. That's an identity, and so running the ball,
Speaker 2: certainly the offensive line is a big part of that,
Speaker 2: but so we're the receivers, the tight ends, the backs,
Speaker 2: the quarterbacks, and if we can make people defend the
Speaker 2: whole field in every way and continue to attack, We'll
Speaker 2: be more effective doing that. That play summarize what I
Speaker 2: was looking for from finishing.
Speaker 1: Was that an identity that you had to teach because
Speaker 1: you talked a lot about these guys that you're bringing
Speaker 1: in these these the caliber of guys you're bringing in
Speaker 1: the type of work ethic they have. So did you
Speaker 1: have to like push that in or is that just
Speaker 1: something they naturally did well?
Speaker 2: I think you have to push it. And we had
Speaker 2: said early on we're not going to be for everybody,
Speaker 2: and it's going to be hard, and the straining to
Speaker 2: go finish down the field is not easy because you
Speaker 2: have to make a choice to go do that. And
Speaker 2: the more you just consistently do it over and over again,
Speaker 2: then it really isn't a choice anymore. It's just how
Speaker 2: you do business. And the more I've seen from the
Speaker 2: guys do that of trying to get down the field
Speaker 2: to get a block, I saw another one on Austin
Speaker 2: Eckler all the way down the field on long Jaden run,
Speaker 2: turning getting a block, and so everything counts and just
Speaker 2: fighting for your guys, not having an agenda about which
Speaker 2: stat or who's there and just going to fight for it.
Speaker 2: That's what I've been impressed by with the guys.
Speaker 3: I love that you're talking like team, you know, team
Speaker 3: runing the football is take all eleven. And with this
Speaker 3: kind of the physicality of the Baltimore Ravens upfront, which
Speaker 3: you've already talked about, you know, some of that perimeter
Speaker 3: stuff becomes even more critical. How do you kind of
Speaker 3: make sure those guys are ready for those matchups every
Speaker 3: single week, whether it's on the offense, offensive line, or
Speaker 3: whether it's the perimeter when they got to kind of
Speaker 3: have a physical day at the office for sus Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think you always want to try to
Speaker 2: simulate things as close as you can, you know, in
Speaker 2: the game, So times like today or in practice this week,
Speaker 2: where you go good on good, right, go the best
Speaker 2: on the best and put it into a competition, whether
Speaker 2: it's in the low red zone, a third down competition,
Speaker 2: and it helps you keep your skills sharp loading And
Speaker 2: it may not be the Ravens defense exactly, but for
Speaker 2: you reach block against a defensive end, whether you know
Speaker 2: he lives in Baltimore or you know Los Angeles or
Speaker 2: Chicago or here in Washington, Like, it's all the same
Speaker 2: technique and you got to go absolutely strain and battle
Speaker 2: for it. And that's how the guys can work our
Speaker 2: skills in season, so we stay sharp for the game.
Speaker 1: And Logan mentioned a few of these names on this defense,
Speaker 1: some high power guys. We have Kyle Hamilton, We're Marlon Humphries.
Speaker 1: How does Cliff Kingberry's offense and how versatile is keep
Speaker 1: defenses like this?
Speaker 2: Honest? Yeah, And I think it really starts also in
Speaker 2: the middle with the linebacker group, you know, with ray
Speaker 2: Quan and the ability to blitz and cover, and so
Speaker 2: they've got a really unique package, Brian, where they can
Speaker 2: play at the line of skirmmage, they can drop out,
Speaker 2: they can bring people, and so they've got a good
Speaker 2: disguise system. They've got length and speed. So yeah, we'll
Speaker 2: we'll need to attack, leverage and be able to work
Speaker 2: the things that we do well, and we won't have
Speaker 2: an entirely new game plan. But there's certainly some things
Speaker 2: that you and Logan and others haven't seen as well
Speaker 2: that have been you know, cooking up, but you know,
Speaker 2: weren't game ready yet. But that's kind of the part
Speaker 2: of the fun of going into a game plan. Not
Speaker 2: everybody plays exactly the same, and so you have to
Speaker 2: be able to adjust, you know, for a team that
Speaker 2: has unique things.
Speaker 3: That's another thing we've seen. You talked about kind of
Speaker 3: the you know, the physicality of the receivers and the identity,
Speaker 3: and you were talking about matchups and things like that.
Speaker 3: But it does seem like the guys have really bought in,
Speaker 3: you know, to the execution and philosophy the Cliff's bringing.
Speaker 3: And that's got to make you kind of sleep a
Speaker 3: little bit better at night because you know that whatever
Speaker 3: I put in, these guys are going to pour it
Speaker 3: all out to get it done.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's their connection to one another. And I
Speaker 2: think one of the best parts is they've realized they're
Speaker 2: an extension of and connected to the other person. So
Speaker 2: the deep play to Terry might have been Sam Cosy
Speaker 2: or Wiley just absolutely straining, you know, to go. A
Speaker 2: couple weeks ago, there was a zero blitz that Jayden
Speaker 2: had to hold onto the ball just an extra count
Speaker 2: to throw a deep ball to Terry against Cincinnati, knowing
Speaker 2: he was going to get hit. And that's not easy
Speaker 2: to do. To stay in there and like stare right
Speaker 2: down the barrel and wait it out to go get
Speaker 2: a hit. But that same effort and execution knowing that,
Speaker 2: like they were all responsible for that touchdown, knowing that
Speaker 2: they're all digging in for it together. And so that's
Speaker 2: why you see them get excited when you know somebody
Speaker 2: scores are a big play because I wish you guys
Speaker 2: could be on the sideline to hear the energy and
Speaker 2: sometimes just running onto the field after you know, Jeremy
Speaker 2: Reeves make a big hit on special teams, it's not
Speaker 2: just a jog onto the field for the defense on
Speaker 2: a kickoff, they are sprinting to go find him. And
Speaker 2: those are the plays that provide a lot of energy
Speaker 2: generating football, and we need more.
Speaker 1: Coach use that word energy. So I think that's a
Speaker 1: perfect transition to our defense because man, our defense has
Speaker 1: a ton of energy and they're going to need it
Speaker 1: because it's Ravens' offense is number one in rushing in
Speaker 1: the NFL and the quarterback Lamar Jackson has a lot
Speaker 1: to do with that. How challenging is it to scheme
Speaker 1: against a quarterback that's so capable with his legs?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think anytime you have the ability where teams
Speaker 2: have a strong running game and passing game, it provides
Speaker 2: unique challenges for people. If you are all just one area,
Speaker 2: like that's all you could do was really strong run game,
Speaker 2: but you didn't have a solid passing game or vice versa.
Speaker 2: That makes you one dimensional. And I think most teams
Speaker 2: can handle that. So for them having the ability to
Speaker 2: get in and out of plays run play, you know,
Speaker 2: option plays, screen game, downfield, throw is scrambling. There's a
Speaker 2: whole you know, trunk of plays and systems that they
Speaker 2: have and Lamar is the one that makes it go.
Speaker 2: And so we'll be ready. But you do have special
Speaker 2: circumstances for a play a player that can extend plays
Speaker 2: from the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and like you're talking about running the football, you
Speaker 3: know they're number one rushing the footba Lamar is a
Speaker 3: big part of that obviously, But I feel like they
Speaker 3: can just kind of know what you're talking about the
Speaker 3: diversity of their offense, whether it's throwing the screens, but
Speaker 3: they have diversity in the rushing attack too. They've got
Speaker 3: all this GT the zone read, they've got they put
Speaker 3: a card back there and he's a you know, four
Speaker 3: to pound fullback smashing the skulls they get in twenty two?
Speaker 3: How do you kind of prep all the It just
Speaker 3: seems like a lot to prep in a week for
Speaker 3: a team.
Speaker 2: Well, I think the good part Logan and why then
Speaker 2: this would be good for the fans also said, why
Speaker 2: do you do installs in training camp? Because you get
Speaker 2: all of it? You get all of it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we go.
Speaker 2: You gotta be ready. If a team wants to get
Speaker 2: down and play big, you know groups of people, you
Speaker 2: have packages for that. If teams want to play a
Speaker 2: more wide open you have packages for that. So some
Speaker 2: days in training camp, it's not every day is the same.
Speaker 2: How are we going to feature when we're going to
Speaker 2: play against a team like Baltimore compared to a team
Speaker 2: that plays differently? And so now you have some things
Speaker 2: that you can go back to to say, this is
Speaker 2: some things that we play against, this type of package,
Speaker 2: against this type of quarterback. And so that's why training
Speaker 2: camp is really valuable because you get to prepare not
Speaker 2: just for the opening game, you're preparing for the whole
Speaker 2: season and all the things that need to go in
Speaker 2: to get your right for that. It's a really important.
Speaker 1: Process and Coach before we wrap, I think the most
Speaker 1: important thing about the battle Little belt Wagh is that
Speaker 1: Twelfth Man is the ability for fans to be able
Speaker 1: to travel, drive out here and come to the game.
Speaker 1: Give them misssitt of fans because you know they're listening,
Speaker 1: you know they're watching. Give a messitt of fans on
Speaker 1: why we need to pull up to Baltimore and show
Speaker 1: out there.
Speaker 2: Well, I would say, first off, I felt it at Arizona. Oh,
Speaker 2: I felt it, and I've felt it right before the
Speaker 2: opening kick. You know he turned back behind the bench
Speaker 2: and you saw it. So to see some burgundy and
Speaker 2: gold this Sunday in Baltimore, it'll be awesome, man. And
Speaker 2: so for the ones that will be there, like, we
Speaker 2: are going to absolutely go for it in the very
Speaker 2: biggest way and we look forward to seeing them there.
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Speaker 1: Logan, our tickets to win? Are these must see matchups
Speaker 1: you're waiting to get into it?
Speaker 3: Absolutely?
Speaker 1: Man, The first one Jayden Daniels versus Zach Orr and
Speaker 1: his defense.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think this is going to be really pivotal. Obviously,
Speaker 3: this guy does a lot. He's a new defensive coordinator.
Speaker 3: They've kind of changed their defensive identity in Baltimore. They're
Speaker 3: first and stopping the run, thirty first in stopping the past.
Speaker 3: I think that's somewhat with misleading because they do do
Speaker 3: a lot of really interesting zone pressures.
Speaker 2: It's going to really test this a lot.
Speaker 3: In terms of what he's seen. But the cool thing
Speaker 3: about Jane Daniels is every single week seems to put
Speaker 3: something new in the CPU and get a little bit better.
Speaker 3: So I can't wait to watch this chess match between
Speaker 3: these two guys.
Speaker 1: We're all excited. The last matchup, we have Surprise Surprise
Speaker 1: Joe and jus Man Lamar jacks in off.
Speaker 3: This man's got to hurt his paycheck today. I tell
Speaker 3: you that, right because this is maybe the best player
Speaker 3: in football. It's no, he's the best player in football
Speaker 3: right now. The way he runs the football, the way
Speaker 3: throws the football, he presents so many different problems for
Speaker 3: defensive coordinator. Right, so how do you run the football?
Speaker 3: Do we stop running the football with him with his legs,
Speaker 3: he's such a big part of their first and second
Speaker 3: down and rush package. And then if you do stop it,
Speaker 3: he showed last week in Cincinnati can make a ton
Speaker 3: of plays down the field. So I don't know what
Speaker 3: you're gonna do. He's probably having some sleepless nights, but
Speaker 3: this is the matchup to watch and I can't wait
Speaker 3: to see what he comes up with because Cincinnati had
Speaker 3: a great plan for three quarters and all fell apart
Speaker 3: in the fourth, so he got to play four quarters.
Speaker 2: Coach four quarters of football.
Speaker 3: Can't wait to check it out.
Speaker 2: And Command is fan.
Speaker 1: These are your tickets to a win. We will seeing
Speaker 1: guys today at the field in Baltimore for the Battle
Speaker 1: of the beltwagh Until next time, Briankle with Junior here
Speaker 1: with Logan Paulson.
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