WEBVTT - A Rematch in The Big Guava | The Beatdown Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:09.560 What's up? What's going on, y'all? This is another episode 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:13.960 of the Beatdown podcast. How are we all doing? Welcome in, 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:16.200 and that breezier feeling of the last few days is 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:20.320 not just the foot of snow that's been so graciously falling, 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:23.319 and you know it's calling all of trouble. It is 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:26.119 playoff season. That's right. The Commanders are heading to the 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:28.720 playoffs for the first time since twenty twenty and playing 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.840 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers any rematch for Week one. It's 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:34.360 not the first time these teams have met in the postseason. 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.080 You remember last in twenty twenty of these guys met 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:40.120 when the hin heat height was just starting to starting 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:42.400 to brew and really hit a fever point there. But 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:44.640 they met several other times two thousand and five other 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:48.440 times throughout the team's history, and all the games have 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:50.520 been pretty close. They've been pretty crazy for one reason 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:54.560 or another, and this one is shaping quite the case again. 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:56.880 So how are we going to be discussing this? How 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.640 are we going to be adding another addition to this 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.280 play history. Well, that is what we're going to be 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.680 talking about today. And in a special edition, we had 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:08.240 both the play by play announcers for the commanders with me. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.120 We had Brian Weinstein, who does the English version brand 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:12.360 how you doing good? 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:12.880 Zach? 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.920 Hello, doing all right? And we have Moies Leonaris who 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.320 is on the Spanish broadcast. But moyses, how are we doing? Man? 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.040 We're excited, baby, let's sell Bran. How you doing baby? 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:23.520 Going on? 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:26.200 Already? 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:27.960 You ready to start screaming again? 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.520 I'm already. You know, I was a little sick this week, 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.360 but I'm prepping a lot of tea, a lot of 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:37.080 you know, just ginger or whatever. Anything ginger helps. According 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:38.120 to the experts. 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:40.360 We know both of you guys have gone viral for 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.800 various various calls of the year, and I will say 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:44.520 for both of you, I mean both of your calls 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.360 are fantastic. I'm sure this is You'll have plenty of 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.040 plenty of great highlights on this Sunday. I'm sadaying at 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.480 football at eight pm. But guys listening, they know the deal. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:53.800 Here. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:58.000 We will be asking three questions from these guys and 0:01:58.040 --> 0:01:59.800 they will be ge There were giving points at the 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:03.840 to beach round and like as always it is as 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.760 the host, it is my heavy burden to be giving 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.040 a winner out after this and it might be a 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.400 tough one here, but we we full soldier on no 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.560 matter what. Without all that being said, we were going 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:15.840 to get right into it. And I think we're gonna 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:20.040 start with the Commander's defense here, because that was something 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.200 that you know, you saw the pressure that the Commander 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.680 bringing against Baker maybe in that first matchup, and whether 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.399 it was just getting the ball out quickly or whether 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.239 it was just a lack of finishing tackles, they just 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.679 couldn't really quite generate the sacks that they wanted to 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.600 on Baker. Now he I mean, I didn quit even 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.120 said that he is an excellent player inside the pocket 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.640 and that's a very unique skill to have. But Brandon, 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:45.000 we'll start with you. Like when I would imagine obviously 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:46.640 the plans to get him on the ground as much 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.200 as possible. Again, but what do you think they can 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.720 do to generate more sacks and were pressure on Baker? 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.200 So like that game feels like eons ago, right, I 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:59.520 mean it was I tell you this, Tampa Bay scored 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.560 on the seven nine possessions. If that happens again, Washington loses. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:07.560 So that literally cannot happen again. And they've progressed and 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.600 gotten to be a prolific offense. They're the only team 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:12.639 in the NFL that's top five in most of the 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:15.639 major categories rush offense, scoring offense, all those things. Like. 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.560 So they've had what I think is an extremely under 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.360 the radar great season, not a good one, a great season, 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:24.799 and their offensive coordinators starting to get head coaching opportunity 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.000 interviews now. And I'm not surprised, especially after what we 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:28.919 saw week one. You know, I think some of it 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:33.800 was miscommunication, Like they openly admitted that the corner tandem 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:35.920 is very different than when it was Week one. Think 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.080 fact the starters were Emmanual Forbes, Benjamin Saint Juice, It's 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.120 probably going to be hopefully Marshall Latimore, Mike Sanders Stilt, 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.040 So it's completely different back end of the defense. I 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.080 think this team's playing with the playing speed and physicality 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.560 that Dan Quinn and Joe would have talked about all year. 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.600 I think that's going to be different. Frankly, they just 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:54.960 got to tackle better. And I think what's interesting about 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.720 Baker is he's, let's see. 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:00.840 This year, he's double the amount of rush yard and 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:03.160 she's had in any other single season. So he's running 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.560 the ball more. But there's one thing about them that 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:08.640 this is what I love our opportunity. This is where 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.680 I love about our opportunity. This weekend, David preaching all 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:13.200 your ball's life, were going to hit the ball out, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.600 Tampa Bay turns the ball over a lot. Baker Mayfield 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.360 has tied for most interceptions in the NFL this year. 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:20.800 And there's one stat where I. 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.040 Think he's been lucky, and it goes along with all 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.600 this running stats that he's done. He's fumbled the ball 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.600 nine times, only lost one of them. That's lucky, right, 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:31.400 that's lucky. So the way that Washington is playing, with 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:35.320 the physicality, they're playing tackle better, Baker's going to give 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.200 you opportunities. My whole key for this thing is if 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.160 we can flip the ball, get two turnovers, pull the 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:41.760 ball as life, I think Washington gets out of there 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:42.120 with the win. 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:42.760 You know. 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.480 And to that point, Baker, you know, not as start 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.480 with the fumbles, but he also leads the league with 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.000 sixteen interception Despite you know, the fab heat. We thought 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.280 last year was a good year for Baker, He's been 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.960 phenomenal this year. Forty five hundred yards, forty one touchdowns 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.720 with the completion percentage of seventy one point four percent. 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:02.520 I mean, to your point, he really has been has 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.159 his offense turning in a way that we haven't really 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:09.000 seen from him or or Tampa's offense is in probably 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.200 Brady a few a few years back whenever he was 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:12.760 there and he led them to the super Bowl. But 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.280 more than this will flip over to you and we'll 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.000 ask you the same question to start out, but like, 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.000 what do you what do you think that the committeers 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.800 need to do to generate more pressure and more sacks 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.840 on Baker to get him to make some of these mistakes. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:24.880 Like Brahmon was talking. 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.520 About, well just to be just to play the devil's 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.200 advocate here, I'm gonna disagree with bram and say that 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.760 there's no luck in sports. I think that what we've 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.920 done just proves that they're a great team. They've been 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.600 pretty much elite the past couple of weeks. We also 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.520 have to analyze who they played, right, They played the Panthers, 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.480 the Giants, the Raiders, probably teams that are not at 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.920 the top of the NFL standings, But they do have 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:52.239 an elite quarterback in Baker Mayfield. At least he's played 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.200 that way the last couple of weeks, I think for 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:59.080 Washington when we when we see this team, like coach said, 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.720 there's a new sea in the horizon. We have to 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.960 focus on what's happening from Sunday moving forward, forget about 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:10.000 everything else. Because this Commander's team, they've reached the quarterback 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.680 forty three times, which tells you it's not a bad team, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:18.120 number eleven in the ranking when it comes two sacks. 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:22.040 But there's been instances where we see plays that they 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.880 should have made and they haven't made for whatever reason. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.240 I think now you have to step up your game. 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.480 You have to take it to the next level. You 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.600 have to finish the place. We've seen the players get 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:34.800 to the quarterback but not able to finish the play, 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.279 or they end up committing a personal foul which costs 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.480 the Commanders a lot of yards. So for me, in 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:46.720 order for them to be successful against Baker Mayfield, this 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.920 Elevator player, you're in the playoffs, show that playoff type 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:55.359 of mentality that probably this Washington commander doesn't have. They 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:57.320 don't have the experience, but this is going to be 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.719 a good test. You see the Tampa Bay offense, they 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.400 are top ten, like like Bram said, right, top number 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.120 four in scoring, number four in rush, and these are 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.880 some of the areas where the Washington Commanders have struggled. 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.920 I reiterate this is an opportunity for the team to 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.880 elevate their play. It is the playoffs, and I believe 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.440 if they want to be successful, perhaps it's putting more 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.480 pressure on Baker having players like Dorians Armstrong and Dante 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.200 Fowler finished some of these places we've seen the last 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:26.000 couple of weeks. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.760 You know, if you if you look at like, you know, 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.200 the the wins that the Buccaneers have had, you know, 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.920 they've won six out of the last seven games. You're right, 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.080 they have the teams that are kind of you know, 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.520 in the bottom and they obviously be the charge and 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.560 the charges of a playoff team. The teams like the Giants, 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.840 like you said, the Panthers, the Raiders, I mean, those 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:44.880 teams are are definitely picking at the top of the 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.520 draft for a reason, right, And to kind of expand 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.160 on the point about Baker, here is you know, in 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:52.840 that first matchup, and like Bram said, it was eons ago. 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:54.560 One of the reasons he was able to get the 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:56.360 ball out so quickly because there was a lot of 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.120 really open guys, especially in those first couple of drives 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:00.840 that he just could hit on it first, and then 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:02.440 all of a sudden you start seeing kind of getting 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:04.960 a little bit of a groove there, obviously generating good 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.000 pass rushes twofold, right, You've got to have the guys 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:08.440 up front to do and then you've also got to 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.040 make sure the coverage on the back end is holding up. 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.560 They're into the bargain to help make Baker hold onto 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.680 the ball for a little bit longer. And this commander's 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.920 secondary is going to be having a little bit, a 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:19.520 little bit of an upgrade, I guess you could say, 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:21.840 with marsh On Lattimo or looking like he's going to play. 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.000 You know, it was a full participant on Wednesday. We'll 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:25.400 see what he does for the rest of the week. 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:27.480 Moses will stick on you here for a little bit. 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.160 And I think I want to talk about the secondary 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:33.719 specifically and how that's going to help, you know, this 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.360 pass rush, Like, how how big is Marshaan going to be, 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.560 especially going begainst Mike Evans, who you know, they're battles 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.760 between those two have been kind of well known for 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.240 a while now. How do you think that's going to 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.680 affect the way that the commanders from rush of passer. 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.240 Well, now you have a real weapon on defense when 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.280 it comes to the secondary. I think marsh On when 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.360 he's healthy, when he's one hundred percent, he can go 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.760 one on one against any wide receiver, and he's had 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.480 several battles against Mike Evans. I think all the fan 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.280 bases waiting to see what that's gonna look like this weekend. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.959 I think if he's if he's healthy, he gives you, 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.160 he gives you another weapon. And and that's something that 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:11.120 we haven't seen most of the season for the Commander 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:14.320 is because look at how many games he's actually played. 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.920 I'm sure that if he's ready to go, he's gonna 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.840 give that support to the to the secondary. But we've 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:25.720 also had other other guys step up. Sander still Noah 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.959 as well, Jeremy chen has has been great. I think 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.760 if these guys can stay the course, they will do 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.320 a good job defending and make a life a little 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.360 bit more complicated for a Baker Mayfield if you can 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.480 take some of those lanes away. With Marshawn playing at 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.319 that elite level, we know he can play and I 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.679 think we have a different ballgame, right. I think that 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.880 it's gonna come down to one of the things I've 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.560 observed all season, do a better job against the running game. 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:53.920 If you can close those lanes, then you're gonna force 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:55.520 Baker Mayfield to make mistakes. 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.800 Hey, you know the Commander secondary is I think, even 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:00.959 though there's still a lot of work to do overall 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.240 with them, I think they have come you know, they've 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.640 made progress since that's been Week one matchup. You know, 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.199 Baker in that first game twenty four thirty yards and 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.559 four touchdowns. Since then, the Commanders are having third fewish 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:14.640 passing yards fringing and now part of that is because 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.960 they've they've all had so many yards on the ground. 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.439 I still think that you you liked it, you like 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.240 what they've I think there's definitely a foundation in terms 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.080 of how they can build going forward. And bram Uh, 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:26.880 before we move on to the next question, I want 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.240 to ask you just like your overall evaluation of the 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.400 Commander's secondary and Hey, you think they're going to go 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:34.559 up against a Buccaneers off a wide receiver corps that 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:36.600 doesn't have Chris Godwin, but they've still got Mike gam 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.480 They've still got a lot of other good playmakers there. 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.400 Yeah, they have really good players the sky. Jalen McMillan 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.000 has been touched down in five straight games. He's had 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.880 seven over the last five games. He is on a 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.680 streak that no receiver has been on since Randy Moss. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.480 So they found their number two. They don't need Chris Godwin, 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.800 and they're still prolifically scoring. They're extremely dangerous team. But 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.280 the addition of Latimore is huge and we haven't obviously 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.200 seen it in full effect yet. And hopefully he's healthy 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:08.599 and hopefully he's out there and makes an impact. The 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.240 difference between Week one and now is the physicality that 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.160 dan Quinn Joe would have talked about is there on 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:20.920 the back end, Jeremy Chin, Kwan Martin, now Latimore. Secondarily, 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.520 I think we can all agree that this team, when 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.760 we get to the offseason and in this season, have 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.800 needed more playmakers on both sides of the ball, Guys 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.240 who can make explosive plays. Lattimore and kind of embodies 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:34.880 that as someone who not only can get his hands 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.200 on the ball, break things up, be physical, but potentially 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.720 get an interception. I mean, the one thing that has 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.920 not happened this year. That and dan Quinn preached about 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.319 all the year was ball is life. They're going to 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:44.800 get the ball. 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:45.559 They haven't. 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.840 They're like bottom half of the league. Seventeen turnovers won 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:50.600 a game. That's not going to cut it for them, 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:52.760 and it's probably not going to cut it this weekend. 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:54.320 I think they need to get the ball a couple 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.280 of times, but I think they're a very physical different 0:11:56.360 --> 0:12:00.199 team this time around. That typically carries into January. And 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.120 I'll go back to Baker again when he scrambled and 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.800 when he has this year, look at that rush number again, 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:07.959 double the amount of yards he's had in any other year. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:10.280 He's willing to run the ball more. He's put the 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.200 ball on the ground, and it's because of the way 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.839 he plays. He's physical like he is unlike most of 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:17.720 the quarterbacks that will slide or go out of bounce. 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.480 He'll take a hit. Josh Allen ESQ like he wants 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:25.240 to smoke, he'll do it. So they're going to have opportunities. 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.360 Their physicality is going to be tested here when they 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.280 get their opportunities. Franky Luvu dropped the ball a couple 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.079 times the last couple of weeks, Marshaun Lattimore, assuming the 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.520 ball comes his way like it didn't against the Saints, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:38.480 They've got to get their hands on the ball. They 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.559 got to flip the field. And I really believe the 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:44.360 turnovers are everything. This is the only team in the playoffs, 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:48.559 Tampa Bay that has a negative turnover margin. That is 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.880 their downfall this weekend. Washington takes advantage of the mistakes 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.000 they make, They're gonna have a real opportunity to win. 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:58.280 And you know, also like the Commanders have seven interceptions 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:01.840 this season, that's time for the fourth fewest in the league. 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.960 And you know, for a team that that does emphasize, 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.480 as you said, Paul his life, they do that so much. 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.880 And you can tell how frustrated Joe Witt is with 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.319 with that, because I don't think he's ever experienced a 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.800 defense that he's been a part of where they've committed 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:21.000 committed so few turnovers in this season. And you know, 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:22.880 I think that you're right, there definitely will be some 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:25.240 opportunities there against Baker Mayfield. We'll move on to the 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.840 next question. Before we do that, we'll give a score update. 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.199 Bram your head forth to three. The turnover points. I 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.560 thought you really, really hits hard there, but was still 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.400 have a chance to catch up here. And we'll start 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.199 with you because we're gonna move over to the committed's 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.960 offense here. And the running game has been so important 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.880 to this to this offensive success pretty much for them 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:46.679 for most of the season. And there's still, you know, 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.120 a top five unit in that regard. But it seems 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.560 like the quarterback, whether it's whether it's Jane Daniels, whether 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:55.599 it's Marcus Mario who came in there, it seems like 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.120 the quarterbacks are more carrying the load for the run 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.000 game over the last weeks as opposed to Ryan Robbins 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:04.640 and Jeremy mc nichols, Chris Rodriguez and now Austin Eckler 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:08.320 who is back from its concussion. And this this Buccaneers 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.280 defense is, I mean, they're very stout against the run. 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:14.600 They're they're fourth in yards allowed on the ground. It's 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:16.520 it's gonna be tough slighting for them no matter what. 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.320 But you have to in the playoffs, you have to 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:21.800 find a way to get to get some yards in 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:23.160 the middle there. You have to find a way to 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.720 get b ro up going. So a simple question for you, 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.440 simple mean, what can Cliff do to get this run 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:28.920 game going. 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.480 I'm not sure if it's a Cliff question. I think 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.240 that the line has to pull a little bit better. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.640 I know that we've seen injuries, and if those guys 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.200 are healthy, then probably that's going to open more lanes 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.120 for the Washington Commanders. But I think it's tough and 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.560 when we asked a question, what can Cliff do? Because 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.920 I think that he probably is doing everything that he 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:48.600 could do. But this is a game where we're gonna see, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:52.000 like you mentioned, the number three offense rushing against the 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:55.600 number four rush defense. It's gonna be a good test 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.760 for these Washington Commanders. When we look at the past 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.880 couple of games, we've seen the run game cool off 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:05.400 a bit. We haven't seen that explosive Brian Robinson that 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.240 we've seen at the that we saw at the beginning 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.080 of the season. Jerremy McNichols, we know he comes in 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:14.120 as a backup Austin Eckler has been injured. I truly 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.680 like what Chris Rodriguez has done coming off the bench, 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:21.040 and perhaps this is an opportunity to give another guy 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.760 a look. Chris has looked very well, very good. When 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:28.960 he comes in, perhaps give a defense has a different 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.880 view of what the Commanders can do. But like you mentioned, 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.000 I believe, and I don't know if Brown's gonna agree, 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.120 Jaden Daniels might be the difference maker eight hundred and 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:43.000 ninety one yards this season rushing leads all runners for 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.040 the Commanders. I think that the game is gonna go 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:51.200 through Jaden Daniels. And we've seen these Buccaneers. They've had 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:55.520 issues against quarterbacks. They scrambled, and I think Jaden Daniels 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:58.640 is nothing like they've seen the past couple of weeks. 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.480 He's a different type of van and if he has 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.040 his a game going, they're going to be successful in 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.040 the run game and perhaps open other links for Brian 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.840 Robinson and whoever comes in second, whether that's Austin Eckler 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.640 or Chris Rodriguez. But I do feel that a lot 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.800 has to do with how well the old line plays, 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:21.600 and we've seen they've been down a few guys the 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.280 past couple of weeks due to injury. 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:25.640 Yeah, I mean the other one has been has been 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.160 banged up quite a bit. I mean, losing Tyler Biadich 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.360 for two of the last four games has been very tough. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:32.480 Last week, I mean Michael Dieter was in there as 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.080 a backup, And I mean no disrespect to like Michael 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.240 Dieter or anything. He's a professional for a reason. But 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:39.560 at the same time, like to Beondis has been one 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:41.640 of the best sinners in the league for all year. 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:43.520 So obviously it's gonna be a little bit of a 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.120 drop off there. But Brian, you know, we'll switch over 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.480 to you now. And you know, as Moss said, like 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:50.080 it's hard, it's harve a cliff to kind of drop 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.840 probably a game plan when you have injured off at 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:54.880 the lineman up front and all that other stuff. But 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:56.760 in terms of getting the run in going, is it 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.560 just are you just leaning more heavily into Jayden or 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.560 like you trying to scheme up some other ways to 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.520 get past some of those injuries on the offensive line. 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.600 So when this team was at their best at the 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:11.040 beginning of the season, they played with tempo, and you 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:15.240 actually saw that last week against Dallas when Mariota came in. 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.480 When they are playing with tempo, that's when they have 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.280 their most success running and throwing, whether it's with Jayden 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.440 b rob whoever. In fact, Robinson's best carries game in 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:29.120 the second half on tempo. It starts with drive starters. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.160 In my opinion that they've had a lot of penalties 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.399 that have backed up drives. This team doesn't seem to 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:37.800 function very well when it gets behind the sticks early, 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:42.119 So they need to be in second and mid second 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.240 and five second and six maybe even better than that. 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.440 And at that point if they can hit the gas, 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.680 not go no huddle, come out and get the ball 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.440 out of Jaden's hans quickly. It seems to keep the 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.600 other team off kilter, and it seems to be when 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.320 they function at their best. So I look at it 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:03.760 as here's an extremely aggressive team. They're gonna pressure you, 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:05.280 They're gonna put people up on the line. Their run 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.480 defense is ranked for a reason what it is, and 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.880 running in the middle against Vitavea is a waste of time. 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:12.320 So how are you going to get around this? 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:14.400 I think it's gonna be a lot of quick game 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.240 to start drives, plays on the outside, end around, try 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:20.919 to use their aggressiveness against them. Can you set up 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:23.879 a couple of better wide receiver screens. Eckler being back 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.080 to me is a big deal. You can move him 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:28.520 out of the backfield, you can run him from the backfield. 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:30.280 I think he has a big role in this game, 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:31.560 and I'm glad to see he played. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:32.080