1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. We 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: are two days away from Washington's primetime matchup with the 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: New York Giants. For our players, Santana Masson, Logan Poston 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 1: shared their matchups they will be paying special attention to. 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: So let's talk about some of what matchups are going 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: to be playing out that will determine how much success 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: Washington has here on Sunday Night Football. And I kind 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: of want to start with the offensive line once again. 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: I feel like this is kind of like a broken 10 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: record coaching the season, and it's one of the reasons 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: they preach so much about flex positions. They have to 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,279 Speaker 1: make a change at center. Wes Schweitzer is coming in now. 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: He has some experience there, He has some experience with 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: Taylor being in that position. But look, it's not a 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: change that you really want to make at this point 16 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: in the season. Logan, Yes, that ideal, and I think, 17 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: you know, obviously West is it kind of making the 18 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: best the best of a bad situation, right, Obviously, Tyl 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: Larson g hurt is not what you want. That's we 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: feel really bad for him, obviously, but you know, West 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: played center this entire offseason, he worked with no he 22 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: work with Trade Turner, so he does have a level 23 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: of chemistry with them. Obviously he's more of a natural guard, 24 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: but he kind of fits this offensive philosophy. Big body, 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 1: three to thirty five pounds, can move people off the spot, 26 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: fits this downhill approach. Show not perfect, but again, this 27 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: is a tough week to be coming in jury because 28 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: he's playing against the best pier of nose guard in 29 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: the NFL and dextra Lawrence, right, and he's the guy 30 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: who's big, he's powerful, he's quick, he's athletic, and the 31 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: last time West had to go against a true nose 32 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: guard was Jordan Davis. He had a tough time of it. 33 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: So that's gonna be an interesting MATCHUPI keeping, Yeah, it's 34 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: the wrong time to see us, you know, happen to 35 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, count on those guys that we have that 36 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: we can call interchangeable pieces. But at the same time, 37 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: that's why we play the game. And I think that 38 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: having office a line coach that we have, having the 39 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 1: office a line that we have, these guys are ready 40 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: in their prime for this, these these moments, and West 41 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: got to go out there and put us big, big 42 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: boy short then play the game. But at the same time, 43 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: last out and against the Giants, they had five sex 44 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: against us. Last week, these guys had four sex. They're 45 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: coming into this week. They was embarrassed a little bit 46 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: last week, so I know they're gonna be, you know, 47 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: chopping at the bits a little bit. So we just 48 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: have to go out there and play the kind of 49 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: game that we know we can play. And that's a 50 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: great point to Santana because when you bring those new 51 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: pieces in, especially against a team the blizzerest time, it's 52 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: very very challenging, right because it's the communication between those guys. 53 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: How does we see it? How does you guys do 54 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: the front? So that's gonna be a huge element this 55 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: week as well. And Dexter Lawrence leads to the Giants 56 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: with six sacks, so you know they're going to be 57 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: coming and of course, you know Wake Martindale, he brings 58 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: that pressure. Yeah, I mean the Giants are one of 59 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: the top in the league at blitzing and getting after 60 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: the quarterback, and we saw that that kind of caused 61 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: some problems last time out Santana. So really it's going 62 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: to be what does Scott Turner do to adjust and 63 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: plan against that. And that's one of the things about 64 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: seeing guys twice in the year, you know what I mean, 65 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: You have a chance to adjust. So now we can't 66 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: sit there and say, oh, we wasn't ready. You know, 67 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: I talk about so much of not being ready. One 68 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: of my old high school coaches used to talk about 69 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: it all the time, and you laughed about the last time. 70 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: I said, But Coach, say, if someone had come up 71 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: to you and ask you, hey, you want Hawaiian punch, 72 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: you got suck a punt the first time, and you 73 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: said yes the second time, then you deserve it. So 74 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: this time, Manta, we can't get sucker punt. So I'm 75 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: sure that Scott Turner will be ready for whatever these 76 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: guys have have have brewing for us, and um, I 77 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: think it's our time. Plus London caught up with defensive 78 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: tackle John Allen to recap how he's preparing for the 79 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: commander's second meeting with the gymon. John, appreciate you joining me. 80 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: How are you feeling out to the boy week. I'm 81 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: feeling pretty good. I feel fresh mentally, I'll recover and 82 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm ready to get back to it. What'd you do? Uh? 83 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: How you how'd you spend your time off. I did 84 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing. I just been at the house, hanging out 85 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: with the wife and dogs, just literally just relaxing, playing 86 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: a lot of videos us of course, of course. Yeah. 87 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: You know, as you look at this situation, you guys 88 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: are playing the Giants for in consecutive games. Does it 89 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: Does that make it any easier or different? You know, 90 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: preparing for them, knowing that you just played them two 91 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: weeks ago. I want to say it makes it easier 92 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: or harder? You know, every week is a beast within itself, 93 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: and they've seen us two weeks ago, We've seen them 94 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: two weeks go. We're coming off a boss, so we're 95 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: a little bit more first than there. But at the 96 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: end of the day, you still got to execute. Um. 97 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: They're in the NFL too, so I'm sure they're gonna 98 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: be right and be ready to go, and we have 99 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: to go out there and meant more plays than they do. 100 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: You guys have faced plenty of mobile quarterbacks this season. 101 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, one of the most mobile quarterbacks, was able 102 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: to make some things happen with his legs in a 103 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: bed last ball game. Kind of what makes it so 104 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: difficult when dealing with Jones in his ability to run. 105 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: When you got a guy like Jones, you know, we 106 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: feel like a lot of quarterbacks in this league can run, 107 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: but Jones is one of the guys who's more willing 108 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: to do it. You know what I mean. If his 109 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: reads aren't there, he's taken off full speed and he 110 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: runs like a four four or four five as opposed 111 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: to most quarterbacks who can run but really want to 112 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: look to throw the ball more. You know, I just 113 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: like he's more willing to do it on a consecutive basis. 114 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: So we got to do a better job of pazzlers 115 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: lanes and when he runs, all eleven guys got to 116 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: be there. In the first meeting, that score obviously end 117 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty tie, But there were some positives that you, 118 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure you take away from that game. 119 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: What are some of the things that you look at 120 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: as a defense saying, hey, these are things we can 121 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: build on and continue to do better going into this 122 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,119 Speaker 1: next game. I would say, as a teller two halves, 123 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: the first half we didn't play as well as we 124 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,799 Speaker 1: wanted to when we let up thirteen points. The second 125 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: half were really honed it on what we had to 126 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: do and played three quarters and know only let up seven. 127 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: So when we look at when we did the little 128 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: things right, we have success, as opposed when we didn't 129 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: do the little things right, we didn't have success. So 130 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot to build on, but there's a lot 131 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: of things we have to correct as well. You got 132 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: a battle for the team leader in sacks right now 133 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: between yourself, Matez and Dern. You know, first of all, 134 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: who's going what's if the leader? Who what's the leader 135 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: gonna get? Y'all y'all figured out that yet something more 136 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: valuable money pride. To have someone's pride, that's that's the 137 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: best thing you could take from somebody. But it's all 138 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: love and you know, friendly competition from one another. And 139 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: I can tell you one thing. They definitely made me 140 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: a better player and a better person. I appreciate. I 141 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: can't wait to see you guys get out to the 142 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: quarterback on Sunday Night football. Yes, I appreciate it. For 143 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: all your news and analysis, be sure to tune into 144 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: Command Center Wig nights at five and ten pm on 145 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: NBC Sports Washington. You can also stream on YouTube and 146 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: Commanders dot Com.