WEBVTT - Previewing Philadelphia | Episode 53

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the command Center Podcast. I'm Brand Whitstein. With

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<v Speaker 1>nine weeks in the books, we've reached the midway point

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<v Speaker 1>of the season, and up next for the Commanders a

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<v Speaker 1>Monday night matchup with the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles. London Fletcher

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<v Speaker 1>and Logan Paul to join me to preview this primetime matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>I think all of us kind of agreed in the

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<v Speaker 1>summer that the Eagles are probably the team to beat

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFC East eight. No, might be a little

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of where anybody thought they would be. What's been

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<v Speaker 1>the key to their success? I think the key has

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<v Speaker 1>been really the play of Jalen Hurts. When you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the Philadelphia Eagles coming to the season, Jalen Hurts

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<v Speaker 1>was still a question mark, but the way he's played,

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<v Speaker 1>the way he's matured as if quarterback. You look at

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<v Speaker 1>the completion percent, it's nearly seventy percent completions. But also

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<v Speaker 1>his ability to make plays off schedules and the offense

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<v Speaker 1>is Taylor made for his skill set. They really put

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<v Speaker 1>you in a vibe defensively on what you're gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>and how you're going to defend this offense. Logan, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I totally agree Jalen hurts it's been a

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<v Speaker 1>huge factor for them. But I think of the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that separates the team from eighty other team in the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL and every other team in the division is their

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<v Speaker 1>ability to beat you in multiple ways. When they have

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<v Speaker 1>to run the football, they can run the football. They

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<v Speaker 1>need to win with defense, they can win with defense.

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<v Speaker 1>If they need a big play, they can throw the

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<v Speaker 1>football downfield to a J. Brown and all their explosive playmakers.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that multi factorial skill set makes them a

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<v Speaker 1>super dangerous team and makes them the classes of the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL at the moment. You think their offensive always changed

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<v Speaker 1>since we saw them in Week three, right, I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's changed a little bit, kind of de

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<v Speaker 1>fletch this one. I think they've found a way to

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<v Speaker 1>really speak to what Jalen Hurst does well. They do

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<v Speaker 1>the ton of RPO stuff. They find ways to get

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<v Speaker 1>him touches that he can kind of maximize right, short

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<v Speaker 1>intermediate passing game, using the run game, using his legs.

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<v Speaker 1>All that stuff is excellent and well, what they do

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<v Speaker 1>a great job is on first and second down. They

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<v Speaker 1>get a lot of positive plays, yes, and they're in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of third and shorts third and three or less,

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<v Speaker 1>and when they run at RPO there they have a

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<v Speaker 1>situation where Jalen Hurst has three different opposers. He can

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<v Speaker 1>head it off to the running back, he can throw

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<v Speaker 1>it to the flat, or he can keep in and

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<v Speaker 1>run it himself. And as a defense is hard for

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<v Speaker 1>you to defend all three fats those play, especially when

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<v Speaker 1>it's third and two, third three type situations. They get

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<v Speaker 1>all of the publicity. Their defense has been very good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ranked in the top three, just as they've gotten

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<v Speaker 1>a j Brown really right on the offensive end. The

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<v Speaker 1>addition to James Bradberry's worked out, they just picked up

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<v Speaker 1>Robert Quinn. Their defense is for real, isn't it. Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I think really the thing that separates them from other

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<v Speaker 1>defenses in the division of the NFL is they have

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<v Speaker 1>two excellent cover corners and a passport so that can

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<v Speaker 1>support them. They just seem to be very married at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment in terms of Russian coverage, and that makes

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<v Speaker 1>an excellent defense. And the thing that defense does is

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<v Speaker 1>take the football away. They're number one in the National

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<v Speaker 1>Football League. They're plus fifteen, and they take in a

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<v Speaker 1>turnover margin, they take it away and they don't turn

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<v Speaker 1>the football over. That's the reason also that they're ain't no.

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<v Speaker 1>So what are we gonna do? How does Washington get

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<v Speaker 1>scoring point? Well coming get a premium for this? To

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<v Speaker 1>protect the football in some way, somehow, figure out a

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<v Speaker 1>way for us to create some takeaways. Things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been able to create takeaways and during the three

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<v Speaker 1>game win a streak, we were getting takeaways. We have

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<v Speaker 1>to protect the football, protect the court of back. We

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<v Speaker 1>can't allow Taylor Heinike to get sacked like Carson did

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<v Speaker 1>the first time we played in Eagles. I think a

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<v Speaker 1>huge variable is getting more efficient in the run game

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<v Speaker 1>and Fletcher are going to talk about this later in

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<v Speaker 1>the show. But tweaking some of that stuff to put

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<v Speaker 1>you in a better position so Taylor doesn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>carry the whole thing, get some plays from your defense,

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<v Speaker 1>and you never know how that football falls. For all

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<v Speaker 1>your news and analysis, be sure to tune into Command

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<v Speaker 1>Center weeknights at five thirty and ten pm on NBC

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