Speaker 1: What's up? What's going on, y'all? This is another episode
Speaker 1: of the Beatdown podcast. How are we all doing? Welcome in,
Speaker 1: and that breezier feeling of the last few days is
Speaker 1: not just the foot of snow that's been so graciously falling,
Speaker 1: and you know it's calling all of trouble. It is
Speaker 1: playoff season. That's right. The Commanders are heading to the
Speaker 1: playoffs for the first time since twenty twenty and playing
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers any rematch for Week one. It's
Speaker 1: not the first time these teams have met in the postseason.
Speaker 1: You remember last in twenty twenty of these guys met
Speaker 1: when the hin heat height was just starting to starting
Speaker 1: to brew and really hit a fever point there. But
Speaker 1: they met several other times two thousand and five other
Speaker 1: times throughout the team's history, and all the games have
Speaker 1: been pretty close. They've been pretty crazy for one reason
Speaker 1: or another, and this one is shaping quite the case again.
Speaker 1: So how are we going to be discussing this? How
Speaker 1: are we going to be adding another addition to this
Speaker 1: play history. Well, that is what we're going to be
Speaker 1: talking about today. And in a special edition, we had
Speaker 1: both the play by play announcers for the commanders with me.
Speaker 1: We had Brian Weinstein, who does the English version brand
Speaker 1: how you doing good?
Speaker 2: Zach?
Speaker 1: Hello, doing all right? And we have Moies Leonaris who
Speaker 1: is on the Spanish broadcast. But moyses, how are we doing? Man?
Speaker 3: We're excited, baby, let's sell Bran. How you doing baby?
Speaker 2: Going on?
Speaker 3: Already?
Speaker 2: You ready to start screaming again?
Speaker 3: I'm already. You know, I was a little sick this week,
Speaker 3: but I'm prepping a lot of tea, a lot of
Speaker 3: you know, just ginger or whatever. Anything ginger helps. According
Speaker 3: to the experts.
Speaker 1: We know both of you guys have gone viral for
Speaker 1: various various calls of the year, and I will say
Speaker 1: for both of you, I mean both of your calls
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Speaker 1: plenty of great highlights on this Sunday. I'm sadaying at
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Speaker 3: Here.
Speaker 1: We will be asking three questions from these guys and
Speaker 1: they will be ge There were giving points at the
Speaker 1: to beach round and like as always it is as
Speaker 1: the host, it is my heavy burden to be giving
Speaker 1: a winner out after this and it might be a
Speaker 1: tough one here, but we we full soldier on no
Speaker 1: matter what. Without all that being said, we were going
Speaker 1: to get right into it. And I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: start with the Commander's defense here, because that was something
Speaker 1: that you know, you saw the pressure that the Commander
Speaker 1: bringing against Baker maybe in that first matchup, and whether
Speaker 1: it was just getting the ball out quickly or whether
Speaker 1: it was just a lack of finishing tackles, they just
Speaker 1: couldn't really quite generate the sacks that they wanted to
Speaker 1: on Baker. Now he I mean, I didn quit even
Speaker 1: said that he is an excellent player inside the pocket
Speaker 1: and that's a very unique skill to have. But Brandon,
Speaker 1: we'll start with you. Like when I would imagine obviously
Speaker 1: the plans to get him on the ground as much
Speaker 1: as possible. Again, but what do you think they can
Speaker 1: do to generate more sacks and were pressure on Baker?
Speaker 4: So like that game feels like eons ago, right, I
Speaker 4: mean it was I tell you this, Tampa Bay scored
Speaker 4: on the seven nine possessions. If that happens again, Washington loses.
Speaker 4: So that literally cannot happen again. And they've progressed and
Speaker 4: gotten to be a prolific offense. They're the only team
Speaker 4: in the NFL that's top five in most of the
Speaker 4: major categories rush offense, scoring offense, all those things. Like.
Speaker 4: So they've had what I think is an extremely under
Speaker 4: the radar great season, not a good one, a great season,
Speaker 4: and their offensive coordinators starting to get head coaching opportunity
Speaker 4: interviews now. And I'm not surprised, especially after what we
Speaker 4: saw week one. You know, I think some of it
Speaker 4: was miscommunication, Like they openly admitted that the corner tandem
Speaker 4: is very different than when it was Week one. Think
Speaker 4: fact the starters were Emmanual Forbes, Benjamin Saint Juice, It's
Speaker 4: probably going to be hopefully Marshall Latimore, Mike Sanders Stilt,
Speaker 4: So it's completely different back end of the defense. I
Speaker 4: think this team's playing with the playing speed and physicality
Speaker 4: that Dan Quinn and Joe would have talked about all year.
Speaker 2: I think that's going to be different. Frankly, they just
Speaker 2: got to tackle better. And I think what's interesting about
Speaker 2: Baker is he's, let's see.
Speaker 4: This year, he's double the amount of rush yard and
Speaker 4: she's had in any other single season. So he's running
Speaker 4: the ball more. But there's one thing about them that
Speaker 4: this is what I love our opportunity. This is where
Speaker 4: I love about our opportunity. This weekend, David preaching all
Speaker 4: your ball's life, were going to hit the ball out,
Speaker 4: Tampa Bay turns the ball over a lot. Baker Mayfield
Speaker 4: has tied for most interceptions in the NFL this year.
Speaker 2: And there's one stat where I.
Speaker 4: Think he's been lucky, and it goes along with all
Speaker 4: this running stats that he's done. He's fumbled the ball
Speaker 4: nine times, only lost one of them. That's lucky, right,
Speaker 4: that's lucky. So the way that Washington is playing, with
Speaker 4: the physicality, they're playing tackle better, Baker's going to give
Speaker 4: you opportunities. My whole key for this thing is if
Speaker 4: we can flip the ball, get two turnovers, pull the
Speaker 4: ball as life, I think Washington gets out of there
Speaker 4: with the win.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: And to that point, Baker, you know, not as start
Speaker 1: with the fumbles, but he also leads the league with
Speaker 1: sixteen interception Despite you know, the fab heat. We thought
Speaker 1: last year was a good year for Baker, He's been
Speaker 1: phenomenal this year. Forty five hundred yards, forty one touchdowns
Speaker 1: with the completion percentage of seventy one point four percent.
Speaker 1: I mean, to your point, he really has been has
Speaker 1: his offense turning in a way that we haven't really
Speaker 1: seen from him or or Tampa's offense is in probably
Speaker 1: Brady a few a few years back whenever he was
Speaker 1: there and he led them to the super Bowl. But
Speaker 1: more than this will flip over to you and we'll
Speaker 1: ask you the same question to start out, but like,
Speaker 1: what do you what do you think that the committeers
Speaker 1: need to do to generate more pressure and more sacks
Speaker 1: on Baker to get him to make some of these mistakes.
Speaker 1: Like Brahmon was talking.
Speaker 3: About, well just to be just to play the devil's
Speaker 3: advocate here, I'm gonna disagree with bram and say that
Speaker 3: there's no luck in sports. I think that what we've
Speaker 3: done just proves that they're a great team. They've been
Speaker 3: pretty much elite the past couple of weeks. We also
Speaker 3: have to analyze who they played, right, They played the Panthers,
Speaker 3: the Giants, the Raiders, probably teams that are not at
Speaker 3: the top of the NFL standings, But they do have
Speaker 3: an elite quarterback in Baker Mayfield. At least he's played
Speaker 3: that way the last couple of weeks, I think for
Speaker 3: Washington when we when we see this team, like coach said,
Speaker 3: there's a new sea in the horizon. We have to
Speaker 3: focus on what's happening from Sunday moving forward, forget about
Speaker 3: everything else. Because this Commander's team, they've reached the quarterback
Speaker 3: forty three times, which tells you it's not a bad team,
Speaker 3: number eleven in the ranking when it comes two sacks.
Speaker 3: But there's been instances where we see plays that they
Speaker 3: should have made and they haven't made for whatever reason.
Speaker 3: I think now you have to step up your game.
Speaker 3: You have to take it to the next level. You
Speaker 3: have to finish the place. We've seen the players get
Speaker 3: to the quarterback but not able to finish the play,
Speaker 3: or they end up committing a personal foul which costs
Speaker 3: the Commanders a lot of yards. So for me, in
Speaker 3: order for them to be successful against Baker Mayfield, this
Speaker 3: Elevator player, you're in the playoffs, show that playoff type
Speaker 3: of mentality that probably this Washington commander doesn't have. They
Speaker 3: don't have the experience, but this is going to be
Speaker 3: a good test. You see the Tampa Bay offense, they
Speaker 3: are top ten, like like Bram said, right, top number
Speaker 3: four in scoring, number four in rush, and these are
Speaker 3: some of the areas where the Washington Commanders have struggled.
Speaker 3: I reiterate this is an opportunity for the team to
Speaker 3: elevate their play. It is the playoffs, and I believe
Speaker 3: if they want to be successful, perhaps it's putting more
Speaker 3: pressure on Baker having players like Dorians Armstrong and Dante
Speaker 3: Fowler finished some of these places we've seen the last
Speaker 3: couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: You know, if you if you look at like, you know,
Speaker 1: the the wins that the Buccaneers have had, you know,
Speaker 1: they've won six out of the last seven games. You're right,
Speaker 1: they have the teams that are kind of you know,
Speaker 1: in the bottom and they obviously be the charge and
Speaker 1: the charges of a playoff team. The teams like the Giants,
Speaker 1: like you said, the Panthers, the Raiders, I mean, those
Speaker 1: teams are are definitely picking at the top of the
Speaker 1: draft for a reason, right, And to kind of expand
Speaker 1: on the point about Baker, here is you know, in
Speaker 1: that first matchup, and like Bram said, it was eons ago.
Speaker 1: One of the reasons he was able to get the
Speaker 1: ball out so quickly because there was a lot of
Speaker 1: really open guys, especially in those first couple of drives
Speaker 1: that he just could hit on it first, and then
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you start seeing kind of getting
Speaker 1: a little bit of a groove there, obviously generating good
Speaker 1: pass rushes twofold, right, You've got to have the guys
Speaker 1: up front to do and then you've also got to
Speaker 1: make sure the coverage on the back end is holding up.
Speaker 1: They're into the bargain to help make Baker hold onto
Speaker 1: the ball for a little bit longer. And this commander's
Speaker 1: secondary is going to be having a little bit, a
Speaker 1: little bit of an upgrade, I guess you could say,
Speaker 1: with marsh On Lattimo or looking like he's going to play.
Speaker 1: You know, it was a full participant on Wednesday. We'll
Speaker 1: see what he does for the rest of the week.
Speaker 1: Moses will stick on you here for a little bit.
Speaker 1: And I think I want to talk about the secondary
Speaker 1: specifically and how that's going to help, you know, this
Speaker 1: pass rush, Like, how how big is Marshaan going to be,
Speaker 1: especially going begainst Mike Evans, who you know, they're battles
Speaker 1: between those two have been kind of well known for
Speaker 1: a while now. How do you think that's going to
Speaker 1: affect the way that the commanders from rush of passer.
Speaker 3: Well, now you have a real weapon on defense when
Speaker 3: it comes to the secondary. I think marsh On when
Speaker 3: he's healthy, when he's one hundred percent, he can go
Speaker 3: one on one against any wide receiver, and he's had
Speaker 3: several battles against Mike Evans. I think all the fan
Speaker 3: bases waiting to see what that's gonna look like this weekend.
Speaker 3: I think if he's if he's healthy, he gives you,
Speaker 3: he gives you another weapon. And and that's something that
Speaker 3: we haven't seen most of the season for the Commander
Speaker 3: is because look at how many games he's actually played.
Speaker 3: I'm sure that if he's ready to go, he's gonna
Speaker 3: give that support to the to the secondary. But we've
Speaker 3: also had other other guys step up. Sander still Noah
Speaker 3: as well, Jeremy chen has has been great. I think
Speaker 3: if these guys can stay the course, they will do
Speaker 3: a good job defending and make a life a little
Speaker 3: bit more complicated for a Baker Mayfield if you can
Speaker 3: take some of those lanes away. With Marshawn playing at
Speaker 3: that elite level, we know he can play and I
Speaker 3: think we have a different ballgame, right. I think that
Speaker 3: it's gonna come down to one of the things I've
Speaker 3: observed all season, do a better job against the running game.
Speaker 3: If you can close those lanes, then you're gonna force
Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield to make mistakes.
Speaker 1: Hey, you know the Commander secondary is I think, even
Speaker 1: though there's still a lot of work to do overall
Speaker 1: with them, I think they have come you know, they've
Speaker 1: made progress since that's been Week one matchup. You know,
Speaker 1: Baker in that first game twenty four thirty yards and
Speaker 1: four touchdowns. Since then, the Commanders are having third fewish
Speaker 1: passing yards fringing and now part of that is because
Speaker 1: they've they've all had so many yards on the ground.
Speaker 1: I still think that you you liked it, you like
Speaker 1: what they've I think there's definitely a foundation in terms
Speaker 1: of how they can build going forward. And bram Uh,
Speaker 1: before we move on to the next question, I want
Speaker 1: to ask you just like your overall evaluation of the
Speaker 1: Commander's secondary and Hey, you think they're going to go
Speaker 1: up against a Buccaneers off a wide receiver corps that
Speaker 1: doesn't have Chris Godwin, but they've still got Mike gam
Speaker 1: They've still got a lot of other good playmakers there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they have really good players the sky. Jalen McMillan
Speaker 4: has been touched down in five straight games. He's had
Speaker 4: seven over the last five games. He is on a
Speaker 4: streak that no receiver has been on since Randy Moss.
Speaker 4: So they found their number two. They don't need Chris Godwin,
Speaker 4: and they're still prolifically scoring. They're extremely dangerous team. But
Speaker 4: the addition of Latimore is huge and we haven't obviously
Speaker 4: seen it in full effect yet. And hopefully he's healthy
Speaker 4: and hopefully he's out there and makes an impact. The
Speaker 4: difference between Week one and now is the physicality that
Speaker 4: dan Quinn Joe would have talked about is there on
Speaker 4: the back end, Jeremy Chin, Kwan Martin, now Latimore. Secondarily,
Speaker 4: I think we can all agree that this team, when
Speaker 4: we get to the offseason and in this season, have
Speaker 4: needed more playmakers on both sides of the ball, Guys
Speaker 4: who can make explosive plays. Lattimore and kind of embodies
Speaker 4: that as someone who not only can get his hands
Speaker 4: on the ball, break things up, be physical, but potentially
Speaker 4: get an interception. I mean, the one thing that has
Speaker 4: not happened this year. That and dan Quinn preached about
Speaker 4: all the year was ball is life. They're going to
Speaker 4: get the ball.
Speaker 2: They haven't.
Speaker 4: They're like bottom half of the league. Seventeen turnovers won
Speaker 4: a game. That's not going to cut it for them,
Speaker 4: and it's probably not going to cut it this weekend.
Speaker 4: I think they need to get the ball a couple
Speaker 4: of times, but I think they're a very physical different
Speaker 4: team this time around. That typically carries into January. And
Speaker 4: I'll go back to Baker again when he scrambled and
Speaker 4: when he has this year, look at that rush number again,
Speaker 4: double the amount of yards he's had in any other year.
Speaker 4: He's willing to run the ball more. He's put the
Speaker 4: ball on the ground, and it's because of the way
Speaker 4: he plays. He's physical like he is unlike most of
Speaker 4: the quarterbacks that will slide or go out of bounce.
Speaker 2: He'll take a hit. Josh Allen ESQ like he wants
Speaker 2: to smoke, he'll do it. So they're going to have opportunities.
Speaker 4: Their physicality is going to be tested here when they
Speaker 4: get their opportunities. Franky Luvu dropped the ball a couple
Speaker 4: times the last couple of weeks, Marshaun Lattimore, assuming the
Speaker 4: ball comes his way like it didn't against the Saints,
Speaker 4: They've got to get their hands on the ball. They
Speaker 4: got to flip the field. And I really believe the
Speaker 4: turnovers are everything. This is the only team in the playoffs,
Speaker 4: Tampa Bay that has a negative turnover margin. That is
Speaker 4: their downfall this weekend. Washington takes advantage of the mistakes
Speaker 4: they make, They're gonna have a real opportunity to win.
Speaker 1: And you know, also like the Commanders have seven interceptions
Speaker 1: this season, that's time for the fourth fewest in the league.
Speaker 1: And you know, for a team that that does emphasize,
Speaker 1: as you said, Paul his life, they do that so much.
Speaker 1: And you can tell how frustrated Joe Witt is with
Speaker 1: with that, because I don't think he's ever experienced a
Speaker 1: defense that he's been a part of where they've committed
Speaker 1: committed so few turnovers in this season. And you know,
Speaker 1: I think that you're right, there definitely will be some
Speaker 1: opportunities there against Baker Mayfield. We'll move on to the
Speaker 1: next question. Before we do that, we'll give a score update.
Speaker 1: Bram your head forth to three. The turnover points. I
Speaker 1: thought you really, really hits hard there, but was still
Speaker 1: have a chance to catch up here. And we'll start
Speaker 1: with you because we're gonna move over to the committed's
Speaker 1: offense here. And the running game has been so important
Speaker 1: to this to this offensive success pretty much for them
Speaker 1: for most of the season. And there's still, you know,
Speaker 1: a top five unit in that regard. But it seems
Speaker 1: like the quarterback, whether it's whether it's Jane Daniels, whether
Speaker 1: it's Marcus Mario who came in there, it seems like
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks are more carrying the load for the run
Speaker 1: game over the last weeks as opposed to Ryan Robbins
Speaker 1: and Jeremy mc nichols, Chris Rodriguez and now Austin Eckler
Speaker 1: who is back from its concussion. And this this Buccaneers
Speaker 1: defense is, I mean, they're very stout against the run.
Speaker 1: They're they're fourth in yards allowed on the ground. It's
Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough slighting for them no matter what.
Speaker 1: But you have to in the playoffs, you have to
Speaker 1: find a way to get to get some yards in
Speaker 1: the middle there. You have to find a way to
Speaker 1: get b ro up going. So a simple question for you,
Speaker 1: simple mean, what can Cliff do to get this run
Speaker 1: game going.
Speaker 3: I'm not sure if it's a Cliff question. I think
Speaker 3: that the line has to pull a little bit better.
Speaker 3: I know that we've seen injuries, and if those guys
Speaker 3: are healthy, then probably that's going to open more lanes
Speaker 3: for the Washington Commanders. But I think it's tough and
Speaker 3: when we asked a question, what can Cliff do? Because
Speaker 3: I think that he probably is doing everything that he
Speaker 3: could do. But this is a game where we're gonna see,
Speaker 3: like you mentioned, the number three offense rushing against the
Speaker 3: number four rush defense. It's gonna be a good test
Speaker 3: for these Washington Commanders. When we look at the past
Speaker 3: couple of games, we've seen the run game cool off
Speaker 3: a bit. We haven't seen that explosive Brian Robinson that
Speaker 3: we've seen at the that we saw at the beginning
Speaker 3: of the season. Jerremy McNichols, we know he comes in
Speaker 3: as a backup Austin Eckler has been injured. I truly
Speaker 3: like what Chris Rodriguez has done coming off the bench,
Speaker 3: and perhaps this is an opportunity to give another guy
Speaker 3: a look. Chris has looked very well, very good. When
Speaker 3: he comes in, perhaps give a defense has a different
Speaker 3: view of what the Commanders can do. But like you mentioned,
Speaker 3: I believe, and I don't know if Brown's gonna agree,
Speaker 3: Jaden Daniels might be the difference maker eight hundred and
Speaker 3: ninety one yards this season rushing leads all runners for
Speaker 3: the Commanders. I think that the game is gonna go
Speaker 3: through Jaden Daniels. And we've seen these Buccaneers. They've had
Speaker 3: issues against quarterbacks. They scrambled, and I think Jaden Daniels
Speaker 3: is nothing like they've seen the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 3: He's a different type of van and if he has
Speaker 3: his a game going, they're going to be successful in
Speaker 3: the run game and perhaps open other links for Brian
Speaker 3: Robinson and whoever comes in second, whether that's Austin Eckler
Speaker 3: or Chris Rodriguez. But I do feel that a lot
Speaker 3: has to do with how well the old line plays,
Speaker 3: and we've seen they've been down a few guys the
Speaker 3: past couple of weeks due to injury.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the other one has been has been
Speaker 1: banged up quite a bit. I mean, losing Tyler Biadich
Speaker 1: for two of the last four games has been very tough.
Speaker 1: Last week, I mean Michael Dieter was in there as
Speaker 1: a backup, And I mean no disrespect to like Michael
Speaker 1: Dieter or anything. He's a professional for a reason. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, like to Beondis has been one
Speaker 1: of the best sinners in the league for all year.
Speaker 1: So obviously it's gonna be a little bit of a
Speaker 1: drop off there. But Brian, you know, we'll switch over
Speaker 1: to you now. And you know, as Moss said, like
Speaker 1: it's hard, it's harve a cliff to kind of drop
Speaker 1: probably a game plan when you have injured off at
Speaker 1: the lineman up front and all that other stuff. But
Speaker 1: in terms of getting the run in going, is it
Speaker 1: just are you just leaning more heavily into Jayden or
Speaker 1: like you trying to scheme up some other ways to
Speaker 1: get past some of those injuries on the offensive line.
Speaker 4: So when this team was at their best at the
Speaker 4: beginning of the season, they played with tempo, and you
Speaker 4: actually saw that last week against Dallas when Mariota came in.
Speaker 4: When they are playing with tempo, that's when they have
Speaker 4: their most success running and throwing, whether it's with Jayden
Speaker 4: b rob whoever. In fact, Robinson's best carries game in
Speaker 4: the second half on tempo. It starts with drive starters.
Speaker 4: In my opinion that they've had a lot of penalties
Speaker 4: that have backed up drives. This team doesn't seem to
Speaker 4: function very well when it gets behind the sticks early,
Speaker 4: So they need to be in second and mid second
Speaker 4: and five second and six maybe even better than that.
Speaker 4: And at that point if they can hit the gas,
Speaker 4: not go no huddle, come out and get the ball
Speaker 4: out of Jaden's hans quickly. It seems to keep the
Speaker 4: other team off kilter, and it seems to be when
Speaker 4: they function at their best. So I look at it
Speaker 4: as here's an extremely aggressive team. They're gonna pressure you,
Speaker 4: They're gonna put people up on the line. Their run
Speaker 4: defense is ranked for a reason what it is, and
Speaker 4: running in the middle against Vitavea is a waste of time.
Speaker 2: So how are you going to get around this?
Speaker 4: I think it's gonna be a lot of quick game
Speaker 4: to start drives, plays on the outside, end around, try
Speaker 4: to use their aggressiveness against them. Can you set up
Speaker 4: a couple of better wide receiver screens. Eckler being back
Speaker 4: to me is a big deal. You can move him
Speaker 4: out of the backfield, you can run him from the backfield.
Speaker 4: I think he has a big role in this game,
Speaker 4: and I'm glad to see he played.
Speaker 2: A week ago.
Speaker 4: I wasn't sure in what condition he would be, and
Speaker 4: I think he played the amount that he did to
Speaker 4: get him up to speed for this one. In particular,
Speaker 4: get the ball out of Jayden's hands quickly, get into
Speaker 4: these second and manageables, and all of a sudden, all
Speaker 4: these other things we were talking about earlier, the prolific
Speaker 4: nature of the Buccaneers offense, the way they're able to
Speaker 4: run the ball, the deficiency of Washington's run defense. They
Speaker 4: can't do nothing if they're on the sideline. So if
Speaker 4: we can start generating these long drives that eat clock,
Speaker 4: it starts at the beginning, know, with drive starters, And
Speaker 4: that's where I want to see Cliff kind of come
Speaker 4: through here, like, are they going to just be able
Speaker 4: to run a standard rush offense? Well, they haven't all
Speaker 4: year anyway, but are they gonna be able to do
Speaker 4: it against this team?
Speaker 2: Unlikely?
Speaker 4: Can you use their aggressiveness against them and scheme up
Speaker 4: some drive starters with short passes and screens that gets
Speaker 4: the ball out of Jaden's hands, maybe does a little
Speaker 4: more zone lead than they've done in recent weeks with
Speaker 4: him to try to use these edge rushers and their
Speaker 4: aggressiveness against them if they're in second and six, second
Speaker 4: and five often in these drives and they're playing up
Speaker 4: tempo off of it, I really really like what I
Speaker 4: think the results will be with their offense, because that's
Speaker 4: been their key to success the entire season.
Speaker 1: It really, it really has. And I think something that
Speaker 1: something that has hurt them in the first half of
Speaker 1: these of these last four games where the rayame hasn't
Speaker 1: been going, is because they've been in second and third
Speaker 1: and long so much in the first half of these games,
Speaker 1: whether it's through penalties, whether it's through miscommunication, there's through
Speaker 1: you know, airs for for whatever reason, it seemed like
Speaker 1: they are really just they're behind the sticks literally so
Speaker 1: much so much, and they seem to sort of get
Speaker 1: back in the groove of that in the second half
Speaker 1: of these games, and for example, like the last three games,
Speaker 1: they've scored nine touchdowns in the second half and overtime
Speaker 1: of all these wins. And it's great that they are
Speaker 1: they're able to do that, as dank Wuinn said, but
Speaker 1: you don't always have to do it like that. You
Speaker 1: always have to come you know, more difficult. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: moys is real quick. Before we move on to the
Speaker 1: final question here, I want to ask you, like, if
Speaker 1: the Committee come out in this first half a flat
Speaker 1: like they've done for the better part, you know, of
Speaker 1: the last month, it's gonna be very tough for them,
Speaker 1: and I don't think they're going to be able to
Speaker 1: pull off another miracle. Now, granted I've been wrong before
Speaker 1: and this team is probably troven people wrong constantly, but
Speaker 1: it will undeniably be more difficult to come come from
Speaker 1: behind against the Buccaneers offense like this. So what do
Speaker 1: you what do you think they can do to get
Speaker 1: more production, whether it's in the run game or something
Speaker 1: else offensively, to get out of these ruts they build
Speaker 1: themselves in the first half.
Speaker 3: I think Bradmas is right when he meant since the
Speaker 3: fact that this is a top run defense and you
Speaker 3: have guys on the other side like Vita Vea that
Speaker 3: are are you know, who's a monster. So you have
Speaker 3: to change it up. You have to scheme it up,
Speaker 3: you have to look at different you have to do
Speaker 3: different things to be successful against this defense. But you
Speaker 3: also have to remember this defense might be good against
Speaker 3: the brush, but they're terrible against the pass.
Speaker 1: Ye.
Speaker 3: Therefore, you have to start the game looking for your weapons.
Speaker 3: We've seen Terry McClain go through entire halves without a target.
Speaker 3: We cannot afford to do that. You have to look
Speaker 3: for him early, get him involved. That's your playmaker, and
Speaker 3: then find your other weapons. Like Sakias who's also stepped
Speaker 3: up the past couple of weeks, zach Ertz has done
Speaker 3: the same thing. I need. I believe you need to
Speaker 3: use your weapons in order to be successful. If the
Speaker 3: roung game is a no go for the commanders, then
Speaker 3: go and attack their weaknesses, which is the pass game.
Speaker 3: They're allowing two hundred and forty three yards per game,
Speaker 3: six yards per play. I think these are very important
Speaker 3: numbers to look at if you want to be sick
Speaker 3: accessible against them. Make them defend the pass, which perhaps
Speaker 3: is going to open some lanes for the runners.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. And Jayden has as as prolific
Speaker 1: as he's been this year as as a running quarterback,
Speaker 1: he is just exceptional when it comes to passing the ball.
Speaker 1: I mean everyone has talked about how how much far,
Speaker 1: how far along ahead he is as the passer compared
Speaker 1: to other rookies, and that's that's been another huge key
Speaker 1: to while this offense and this team has just progressed
Speaker 1: so quickly in a way that a lot of people
Speaker 1: didn't really expect because he I mean easy to forget.
Speaker 1: But like you know, they were protected win six and
Speaker 1: a half games this year and now they've you know,
Speaker 1: they've they've doubled that easily move on to a ton
Speaker 1: of question. But guys, you were tie handing to this
Speaker 1: last monso to come down to the wire here, and
Speaker 1: we'll keep it really simple with this one. Obviously, you
Speaker 1: know Dan Quinn he mentioned you know, obviously a lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of cameras are gonna be focused on
Speaker 1: the Marsha Lattimore Mike Evans matchup, and that's gonna be
Speaker 1: that's gonna be really really fun to watch every single
Speaker 1: snap out there, assuming Latimer players, which it looks like
Speaker 1: he will be. But there's a lot of other matchups
Speaker 1: out there that are going to play very key role
Speaker 1: here and Bram will start off with you in this one.
Speaker 1: It's pretty simple, but like, which matchic are you most
Speaker 1: looking forward to aside from Latimore and Evans on Sunday.
Speaker 4: Jayden Daniels versus the edge rushers of Tampa Bay. They
Speaker 4: are an extremely aggressive team. They're not going to hide
Speaker 4: what they do. I agree with Moisis on the back
Speaker 4: end of their defense. The advantage for Washington is going
Speaker 4: to be how many, how injured they are. I don't
Speaker 4: know if Antroon Winfield's playing, I don't if Jamal Dean's playing.
Speaker 4: I know Jordan Whitehead's not playing. But they're not going
Speaker 4: to back off because they're using their backups and third
Speaker 4: teamers back there, which means there should be opportunity for Washington.
Speaker 4: But when things break down, or if things go in
Speaker 4: a manner of which I could foresee, which is a
Speaker 4: little more zone read, moving Jayden around, moving the pocket
Speaker 4: around a little bit, getting the ball out of his hands,
Speaker 4: at least initially early, but getting into second manageables, then
Speaker 4: it's going to come down to some of these one
Speaker 4: on ones. Yahyad Diadi was the NFC Player of the
Speaker 4: Week last week. He had four tackles for a loss
Speaker 4: of a sack. Klaijah Kanti didn't play in the first
Speaker 4: game against Washington. He's back last nine games. He's had
Speaker 4: over six acts so he would have been on track
Speaker 4: for a double DIGITSAX season. They're getting a lot of
Speaker 4: production out of the scheme and out of these particular players.
Speaker 2: But Jaydeen, We've seen this over and over and over.
Speaker 4: And I want to see it on this stage, on
Speaker 4: this level in the playoffs on Sunday night, with the
Speaker 4: lights as bright as they could possibly be, he starts
Speaker 4: shaking a juking these guys and getting out into some
Speaker 4: open grass, because that's how Tampa Bay plays.
Speaker 2: They're dead, So that's what I want to see.
Speaker 4: Can they get into these second and manageables, get up
Speaker 4: tempo and then let Jayden do his thing. And if
Speaker 4: he starts juking Yaya Jiabi and Elijah Kansy and his
Speaker 4: out and open grass, Washington's gonna have a lot of
Speaker 4: success Sunday night.
Speaker 1: Yes, very true. I think him and Kalaijah Cansy, seeing
Speaker 1: him those two go up against ech other is going
Speaker 1: to be very fascinating because I've always been a big
Speaker 1: fan of Kalijah Knsi's game. I think he's a very
Speaker 1: unique skill set out there. But you know, to the
Speaker 1: injury point here, it looks like Angel onlyinfield was a
Speaker 1: full participant in yesterday's walkthrough for the Buccaneers, the Monty
Speaker 1: David also was hit a knee. He was liminated limited,
Speaker 1: So so we'll keep an eye on them. But I
Speaker 1: think Eve, you know, Topbos even said that, you know,
Speaker 1: Winfield would have been I mean would have even even
Speaker 1: if they run like a full practice, Winfild would have
Speaker 1: would have been able to play. But Moys, this final
Speaker 1: question going over to you, Other than Ladimore and Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: which matchup are you most looking forward to seeing?
Speaker 3: By the by the way, Jalen is very good against
Speaker 3: the blitz, so bring them on. I think he has
Speaker 3: sol touchdowns when teams blitz against him. He worked, He
Speaker 3: works very well under pressure, So we'll see how that
Speaker 3: works out. Brown. But I'm gonna have to go in
Speaker 3: a different direction, just not to say the same thing
Speaker 3: you mentioned right now. I'm gonna say Jalen McMillan versus
Speaker 3: either Sayer Still or Benjamin Saint Juice, one of those
Speaker 3: two guys is gonna have to step up. I believe
Speaker 3: it's gonna be Mike who's gonna have the goal for
Speaker 3: the Commanders. I think that's an interesting matchup considering the
Speaker 3: fact that it's gonna be rookie versus rookie, and the
Speaker 3: rookie on the other side has eight touchdowns this season.
Speaker 3: I think he's been one of those revelations in the NFL,
Speaker 3: very good player, very successful this this campaign. But I
Speaker 3: believe Mikey has proven that he's an elite defender in
Speaker 3: the secondary as well. So I think that's an interesting
Speaker 3: matchup to look at, and I'm gonna I'm gonna are
Speaker 3: on the side of Mikey being successful and shutting him down.
Speaker 1: You know, Samrseol was all over the field against the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: It seems like he has really come into his own.
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that he was supposed to be
Speaker 1: a slot corner when they drafted him. Uh, and he
Speaker 1: might still be next year, which I'm assuming that they're
Speaker 1: going to be addressed in the cornerback position at some
Speaker 1: point in the offseason. But if you really need to,
Speaker 1: if you want to keep him outside, I don't see
Speaker 1: there the would be any reason to keep Mike uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, prevent Mike from going staying outside
Speaker 1: because he's so versatile, he's you know, got a really
Speaker 1: good mentality, he's a hard worker. He's just got a
Speaker 1: lot of talent and he never gives up on a play.
Speaker 1: I think that's what makes what makes him very very
Speaker 1: on to watch. Winner For this one, it's super tough.
Speaker 1: Both of you guys made really great points. But I
Speaker 1: think moys is, I have to go with you on
Speaker 1: the win because as important as Latimore and Mike as
Speaker 1: that matchup is going to be, it's there. As Brand
Speaker 1: said earlier, there's a lot of really key talented players
Speaker 1: on this on this Buccaneers offense, and the rest of
Speaker 1: those guys for the defense have to elevate. So moys
Speaker 1: as you have the victory, any parting word of victory for.
Speaker 3: Us, well, that's great. Great. I mean I would even
Speaker 3: call it a tie because I think Bram threw out
Speaker 3: some crazy numbers in the first question, which left me
Speaker 3: I'm like, wait, let me, let me go back into
Speaker 3: my notes and see what I have down. But it's
Speaker 3: a pleasure man. Like I said, it's not about winning.
Speaker 3: For me, I like to have these conversations, arguments and debates.
Speaker 3: They make me better and I know that Brown probably
Speaker 3: feels the same way. So at the end of the
Speaker 3: of the day, it's all about winning. And as long
Speaker 3: as we win this coming Sunday. I think we'll both
Speaker 3: be happy. I disagree.
Speaker 4: I this is a out winning to me of this,
Speaker 4: that's ridiculous. I know it's fine, but if I'm gonna lose,
Speaker 4: I at least I appreciate the competition. And I love Moises.
Speaker 4: And I'll take an l here reluctantly, only because it's him,
Speaker 4: only because it's him.
Speaker 1: I'm so glad you're able to accept the loss. Ram.
Speaker 1: I know that was tough for you.
Speaker 3: I'll I'll buy you a beer in Tampa on Sunday.
Speaker 1: We'll hold you to that, Moises, all right, you know, well,
Speaker 1: you know, if we win, we're buying everybody beers for sure. Yea.
Speaker 1: And to the point to your two Moises' point, it
Speaker 1: was very very close on. It was great hearing your points,
Speaker 1: Dan Braym hearing your points as well, because, as I
Speaker 1: always say, it is not really about my opinion about
Speaker 1: who wins to lose it here, It's about the objective
Speaker 1: takes to everyone I've had on this on this podcast
Speaker 1: this season, what they have to say, because they have
Speaker 1: all been the stars of the show. They've been the
Speaker 1: insiders and light moiss. We are hoping for a Commander's
Speaker 1: win over the Buccaneers this weekend. We'll see where they
Speaker 1: go from there. But I've been saying I think this
Speaker 1: team has a chance against anybody they play against, And
Speaker 1: I mean, what a magical season either way regardless, and
Speaker 1: it's been so much fun and hopefully we'll see each
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