WEBVTT - Primetime Matchup | Episode 62

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. We

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<v Speaker 1>are two days away from Washington's primetime matchup with the

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<v Speaker 1>New York Giants. For our players, Santana Masson, Logan Poston

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<v Speaker 1>shared their matchups they will be paying special attention to.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about some of what matchups are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be playing out that will determine how much success

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<v Speaker 1>Washington has here on Sunday Night Football. And I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of want to start with the offensive line once again.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like this is kind of like a broken

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<v Speaker 1>record coaching the season, and it's one of the reasons

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<v Speaker 1>they preach so much about flex positions. They have to

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<v Speaker 1>make a change at center. Wes Schweitzer is coming in now.

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<v Speaker 1>He has some experience there, He has some experience with

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor being in that position. But look, it's not a

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<v Speaker 1>change that you really want to make at this point

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<v Speaker 1>in the season. Logan, Yes, that ideal, and I think,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously West is it kind of making the

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<v Speaker 1>best the best of a bad situation, right, Obviously, Tyl

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<v Speaker 1>Larson g hurt is not what you want. That's we

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<v Speaker 1>feel really bad for him, obviously, but you know, West

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<v Speaker 1>played center this entire offseason, he worked with no he

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<v Speaker 1>work with Trade Turner, so he does have a level

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<v Speaker 1>of chemistry with them. Obviously he's more of a natural guard,

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<v Speaker 1>but he kind of fits this offensive philosophy. Big body,

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<v Speaker 1>three to thirty five pounds, can move people off the spot,

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<v Speaker 1>fits this downhill approach. Show not perfect, but again, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a tough week to be coming in jury because

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<v Speaker 1>he's playing against the best pier of nose guard in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL and dextra Lawrence, right, and he's the guy

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<v Speaker 1>who's big, he's powerful, he's quick, he's athletic, and the

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<v Speaker 1>last time West had to go against a true nose

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<v Speaker 1>guard was Jordan Davis. He had a tough time of it.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's gonna be an interesting MATCHUPI keeping, Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong time to see us, you know, happen to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, count on those guys that we have that

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<v Speaker 1>we can call interchangeable pieces. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why we play the game. And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>having office a line coach that we have, having the

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<v Speaker 1>office a line that we have, these guys are ready

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<v Speaker 1>in their prime for this, these these moments, and West

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<v Speaker 1>got to go out there and put us big, big

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<v Speaker 1>boy short then play the game. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>last out and against the Giants, they had five sex

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<v Speaker 1>against us. Last week, these guys had four sex. They're

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<v Speaker 1>coming into this week. They was embarrassed a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>last week, so I know they're gonna be, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>chopping at the bits a little bit. So we just

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<v Speaker 1>have to go out there and play the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>game that we know we can play. And that's a

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<v Speaker 1>great point to Santana because when you bring those new

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<v Speaker 1>pieces in, especially against a team the blizzerest time, it's

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<v Speaker 1>very very challenging, right because it's the communication between those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>How does we see it? How does you guys do

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<v Speaker 1>the front? So that's gonna be a huge element this

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<v Speaker 1>week as well. And Dexter Lawrence leads to the Giants

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<v Speaker 1>with six sacks, so you know they're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>coming and of course, you know Wake Martindale, he brings

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<v Speaker 1>that pressure. Yeah, I mean the Giants are one of

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<v Speaker 1>the top in the league at blitzing and getting after

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<v Speaker 1>the quarterback, and we saw that that kind of caused

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<v Speaker 1>some problems last time out Santana. So really it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be what does Scott Turner do to adjust and

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<v Speaker 1>plan against that. And that's one of the things about

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<v Speaker 1>seeing guys twice in the year, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>You have a chance to adjust. So now we can't

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<v Speaker 1>sit there and say, oh, we wasn't ready. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I talk about so much of not being ready. One

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<v Speaker 1>of my old high school coaches used to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it all the time, and you laughed about the last time.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, But Coach, say, if someone had come up

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<v Speaker 1>to you and ask you, hey, you want Hawaiian punch,

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<v Speaker 1>you got suck a punt the first time, and you

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<v Speaker 1>said yes the second time, then you deserve it. So

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<v Speaker 1>this time, Manta, we can't get sucker punt. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure that Scott Turner will be ready for whatever these

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<v Speaker 1>guys have have have brewing for us, and um, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's our time. Plus London caught up with defensive

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<v Speaker 1>tackle John Allen to recap how he's preparing for the

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<v Speaker 1>commander's second meeting with the gymon. John, appreciate you joining me.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you feeling out to the boy week. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>feeling pretty good. I feel fresh mentally, I'll recover and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready to get back to it. What'd you do? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>How you how'd you spend your time off. I did

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely nothing. I just been at the house, hanging out

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<v Speaker 1>with the wife and dogs, just literally just relaxing, playing

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of videos us of course, of course. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, as you look at this situation, you guys

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<v Speaker 1>are playing the Giants for in consecutive games. Does it

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<v Speaker 1>Does that make it any easier or different? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>preparing for them, knowing that you just played them two

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<v Speaker 1>weeks ago. I want to say it makes it easier

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<v Speaker 1>or harder? You know, every week is a beast within itself,

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<v Speaker 1>and they've seen us two weeks ago, We've seen them

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks go. We're coming off a boss, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more first than there. But at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, you still got to execute. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>They're in the NFL too, so I'm sure they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be right and be ready to go, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>to go out there and meant more plays than they do.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys have faced plenty of mobile quarterbacks this season.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Jones, one of the most mobile quarterbacks, was able

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<v Speaker 1>to make some things happen with his legs in a

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<v Speaker 1>bed last ball game. Kind of what makes it so

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<v Speaker 1>difficult when dealing with Jones in his ability to run.

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<v Speaker 1>When you got a guy like Jones, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>feel like a lot of quarterbacks in this league can run,

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<v Speaker 1>but Jones is one of the guys who's more willing

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. You know what I mean. If his

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<v Speaker 1>reads aren't there, he's taken off full speed and he

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<v Speaker 1>runs like a four four or four five as opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to most quarterbacks who can run but really want to

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<v Speaker 1>look to throw the ball more. You know, I just

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<v Speaker 1>like he's more willing to do it on a consecutive basis.

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<v Speaker 1>So we got to do a better job of pazzlers

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<v Speaker 1>lanes and when he runs, all eleven guys got to

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<v Speaker 1>be there. In the first meeting, that score obviously end

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty tie, But there were some positives that you,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm sure you take away from that game.

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<v Speaker 1>What are some of the things that you look at

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<v Speaker 1>as a defense saying, hey, these are things we can

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<v Speaker 1>build on and continue to do better going into this

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<v Speaker 1>next game. I would say, as a teller two halves,

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<v Speaker 1>the first half we didn't play as well as we

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to when we let up thirteen points. The second

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<v Speaker 1>half were really honed it on what we had to

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<v Speaker 1>do and played three quarters and know only let up seven.

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<v Speaker 1>So when we look at when we did the little

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<v Speaker 1>things right, we have success, as opposed when we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>do the little things right, we didn't have success. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot to build on, but there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things we have to correct as well. You got

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<v Speaker 1>a battle for the team leader in sacks right now

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<v Speaker 1>between yourself, Matez and Dern. You know, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>who's going what's if the leader? Who what's the leader

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get? Y'all y'all figured out that yet something more

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<v Speaker 1>valuable money pride. To have someone's pride, that's that's the

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<v Speaker 1>best thing you could take from somebody. But it's all

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<v Speaker 1>love and you know, friendly competition from one another. And

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you one thing. They definitely made me

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<v Speaker 1>a better player and a better person. I appreciate. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to see you guys get out to the

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback on Sunday Night football. Yes, I appreciate it. For

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