WEBVTT - How to stop a dangeRuss offense | The Beatdown Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:12.600 What is up? 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:13.119 What's going on? 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:13.560 Everybody? 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.960 This is the Beatdown Podcast. Welcome into another episode. I 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:19.200 am your host and you're right for the Washington Commanders, 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:21.959 Zach Selby and guys. 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:24.960 The Commanders one in the Meadowlands. That's it's amazing. 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:26.720 They swore the Giants for the first time since twenty 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:29.840 twenty one season with the twenty seven to twenty two victory. 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:32.640 Wasn't exactly the prettiest win, but it was efficient and 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:34.800 they got the job done, which is really the most 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.080 important thing. They are now seven and two for the 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:40.880 first time since nineteen ninety six. I was four years old, 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:43.480 just just a wee lad back in the day. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:46.120 And now they are. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:49.360 Heading back to Northwest Stadium to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers, 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:55.720 a big interconference matchup here. Russell Wilson is flying high 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:59.600 right now. I mean, what's the what is the Seals 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:01.400 version of Let's rile, Let's weld? 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:02.240 Is that? What that is? 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:04.959 Either way, the Steelers are doing really well right now, 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:08.520 six and two, coming up of buy a week. So 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.039 how did the Commanders pull off this win and go 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:15.880 eight and two for the first time since maybe eighty six? Well, 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:17.640 that is definitely what we're going to be talking about. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.040 Joining me today is Logan Paul and Algaldi. You can 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.680 find him on the Algaldi podcast. Guys, how are we doing? 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.480 I'm doing great too, Yeah, doing well, man. Super pumped 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:29.280 for this game. You know, I'm actually married to a 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.520 Steelers fan, so this is an especially big game in 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:34.200 my household. But really excited with what's going on with 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:35.360 the Commanders right now. 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.560 Oh my god, since you brought that, I gotta know, like, 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:39.920 what is the what is the dynamic there? 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.080 Yeah, I mean she's from Pittsburgh, she came down here 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.200 to teach and diehard Steelers span Her dad was a 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.360 season taken older for years, and you know, they're used 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.400 to a certain caliber football up there with you know, 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.760 the Steelers not having had a losing season in forever 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.760 and having just you know, three head coaches over the 0:01:57.800 --> 0:01:59.760 last you know, two hundred years or whatever this dad is. 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.080 So it's really nice to have a team now that 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:04.840 is right on that level, if not. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.840 Above that level. I mean, this is great. 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.120 This is a big game on Sunday afternoon, so super 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:10.600 funp Yeah. 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:14.640 It really is, and I'm really excited for it. You know, again, 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:17.959 I've never been seven and two with this franchise. One 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:19.799 went away from doubling the wind toll they have them 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:23.720 last year, which is always fantastic. But the people who 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.840 are listening, they know the spield, they know the deal. Here. 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.200 We're gonna be asking these guys three questions, one offense, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.120 one of defense, and one more of a general question. 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.440 There will be points that will be given out at 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.120 the end of each round, and since I am the 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.080 host of this podcast, I get decide the winner. That 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.680 is a heavy burden that is rested upon my shoulders. 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:45.079 But you shouldn't focus too much on on the results. 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:46.880 You shouldn't focus too much on who is the designate 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.960 of the winner, to be more focused on the points 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.440 and the objective opinions that these guys are gonna be 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.600 bringing out. And with all that being said, let's just 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:59.400 jump right into it, starting with the guy we mentioned earlier, 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:04.480 Russell Wilson. And ever since he replaced Justin Fields as 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:09.360 the Steelers starting quarterback, they've really done a good job. 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:11.440 You know, I only know a lot of people were 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.639 really expecting him to put out some of the more 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.959 Seattle Seahawks asque performances that he was putting out with 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.080 the last couple of weeks Agains steel with Steelers, but 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.760 he really has had that offense working in a very 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.760 different way. And dan Quinn even mentioned it in his 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.320 in his Wednesday press conference that this guy is an 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:33.120 exceptional deep ball thrower, and over the last couple of weeks, 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.200 I mean, that's exactly what he's been. Thirteenth on deep 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:40.720 passes in terms of overall gray from Pro Football Focus 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.160 and the average depth of target for Russell Wilson on 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.440 deep passive twenty plus the yards is thirty six as 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:51.440 third in the NFL already. So in terms of in 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.200 terms of how the Commanders are going to be able 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.360 to stop this guy with the secondary that is improving. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.920 And obviously they did just completely trade for larsh Marshall 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.160 atam or. I don't we don't exactly know when he's 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:03.760 going to be playing, and we know that he's often 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:04.840 going to be playing in the near future. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:05.520 We're just gonna win. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.080 UH. But in terms of how they can prevent these 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.880 explosive passing plays, which UH does, has come up a 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:13.400 little bit here and there. There were a couple of 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.840 plays against the Giants where that was a little bit 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.279 of an issue, but Logan starting with you, like when 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.599 you when you're when you're looking at the tape on 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:23.200 the Steelers, like and you're trying to figure out the matchups, 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.200 like what are some things you know, the committerer should 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.160 do to be able to prevent Wilson from being able 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.800 to make these exposive passing plays on them. 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:33.880 Yeah, so I think, you know, one of the things 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.520 that jumps out to me when you're watching the Steelers 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:40.200 film is that, like, that's not an overly complex offense. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:41.640 And what I mean by that, they don't get in 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:43.320 a ton of bunches. There's not a ton of shifts, 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:45.400 there's not a ton of movement, you know, very kind 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.000 of you know, agonist to what it was when Arthur 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.080 Smith was in Atlanta, which was a little bit surprising 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.200 to me. And so they really are just kind of 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.200 they're running the football, they're kind of hitting some play 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.800 action looks, they're trying to get Russ out of the pocket. 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:59.920 And then when they need these explosive plays like they're 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.000 it's not like, oh, we're gonna run two posts on 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.720 a rail and get the pick route and get Pickens open. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.120 It's like Pickens is running a vertical route. I'm gonna 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.680 throw the ball to him and he's gonna make me 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.279 right on this fifties fifty contested catch. So to me, 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.279 there's nothing is there a lot of mystery. It's just 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.799 about to me matchups, then understanding like how to play 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.120 that deep ball opportunity. And then I think, you know, 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.080 how you affect him as a passer because he's not 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.480 a big guy, he can't see very well, and he 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.280 does remind me a little bit of the Arizona game 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.919 versus Kyler Murray in terms of kind of how it works. 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.400 It's like, if you can't find that explosive chunk play, 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.520 he's not super effective from the pocket. So to me, 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:38.880 it's like, can we find a way to create a 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.400 little bit of pressure on Russell Wilson. The offensive line's 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.400 been a little bit banged up. They've got their backup 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.640 center and backup right guard Rodger Jones has struggled pretty 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.040 pretty tremendously over the last couple of weeks in terms 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.080 of past pass blocking, and I think that's one of 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.000 the reasons they've been so committed to running the football, 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:54.840 maybe as a way to get him settled in. And 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:56.880 then I think the other thing that's important to just 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:00.000 understand is these are fifty to fifty contested catch opportunit 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.280 co unities. They are not going to hit on all 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:03.600 of them. And I think when you look at that 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.320 Jets game as a really good kind of sample size 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:10.080 of this, George Pickens makes three tremendous catches in contested 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.240 catch situations. If he drops two of those, which is 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.599 exactly what they are, it's fifty to fifty. It's just 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:17.840 pure statistics that they're not going to come down with 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.120 all of them. They probably lose that football game. So 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:23.599 what I would say is like, probably pick your best matchup, 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.560 which is sent Benjamin Saint Jewish, throw different covert structures 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:31.960 at them, and make sure that that you're giving different 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:33.880 looks so that when they do throw that deep ball, 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.640 sometimes it's banding man, sometimes it's covered two. And then 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.000 the other thing that I think is incredibly important in 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:42.279 terms of stopping Russell Wilson in this offense and getting 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.160 out of getting them out of their comfort zone is 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.040 being very effective with the commander's offense and scoring a 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.039 lot of points, getting them out of the type of 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.279 offense they want to run and get them into a 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.600 more conventional drop back, which I don't think would be 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.160 very successful for them. So I know I throw a 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.800 lot out there, but to me, the offense got to 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:00.320 stop the run. Commander's offense has to be have to 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.200 get them in a good game flow and get them 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:06.280 out of this this kind of this shot played down 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.760 the field type environment and make them kind of run 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:10.880 more efficient passing attack. Yeah. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.800 Yeah, you mentioned a lot of your points there, and 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:14.920 I want to I'll circle back on those on a 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.080 little bit, but I really want to focus on the 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.400 other part of this explosive passing attack, which would be 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:21.960 George Pickens. And you brought him up and right now 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:26.440 he's ninth in the NFL with contested contested catch targets 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:31.640 with eighteen just one one one behind Late Neighbors. And 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.480 you know, uh, goalie, we'll switch over to you because 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.960 I think you know, George Pickens is an interesting matchup 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:41.720 for this Commander secondary. And again we don't know exactly 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.840 when Marshall Lattimore is going to play as he gets 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.880 up to speed, but in this current iteration that we 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.920 have this Commander secondary right now. 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:53.800 What do you what do you how do you how 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:55.480 do you expect the you know, Joe A. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.880 Junior in this and this Commander secondary to address the 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.400 challenge of t and then limit George Pickens. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:02.440 Yeah. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.360 So Pickens is a really interesting guy. He's very good, 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.840 he's very talented, but he also can be a head case. 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.680 There have been issues with Pickens during his time with 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.120 the Steelers, and he strikes me as someone who you 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.640 can get inside his head and you can potentially rattle him. 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:21.200 And you know, I know that Benjamin Saint Jews has 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.200 become like a pinata for a lot of people. I 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.280 don't think he's as bad as some people make him 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.440 out to be. And I think Marcel Latimore being a 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:30.360 part of the Secondary's going to do Saint Jews a 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.240 lot of good. But you know, I think about Saint 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.520 Jews and one of the most obvious things about him, 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:36.439 right is that he is handsy, and that can work 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.679 against him, but that also can work for him. And 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.679 so I wonder if this is a matchup where maybe 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.520 Saint Jews can rattle Pickens a little bit, can frustrate 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.320 Pickens a little bit. Like I said, Pickens to me 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.960 is prone to if things aren't going his way, he 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.560 can start to sour. And so I think there's some 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.680 of that that could be in play here. But I 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.559 think the number one thing with Wilson, and this is 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.640 true of a lot of quarterbacks, but you do have 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:01.280 to pressure. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:02.880 His success with. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.800 The Steelers has stood out no doubt, these last two games, 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.760 averaging more than nine yards per pass attempt, averaging more 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.880 than fifteen yards for completion. Those are dare I say, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.800 Jayden Daniels like numbers, but if you dig a little deeper, 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.760 you go buy sharp football analysis. The stats that Warren's 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.360 got up there. Wilson is just six for seventeen on 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.640 pass attempts when pressured, So when he's being pressured, he's 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:27.160 not having success. If the Commanders can generate pressure, I 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:29.120 think they can rattle Russell Wilson. 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.360 And you know I think about this. You mentioned Joe 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:31.960 wid Junior. 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:35.000 I don't know how serious he willis when he said 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:40.880 this during his preractice press conference last Thursday, said that 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.000 he should be sending Jeremy Chin more. 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:43.280 Now. 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:44.800 I don't know if he said that just to say 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.559 that if you legitimately felt that, but shit is playing 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.400 really well. We saw him have a number of standout 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.760 plays in the win at the Giants. I wonder if 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.319 you maybe see some of that on Sunday afternoon in 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.120 an effort to get to Wilson. But I think if 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:01.240 the commander's pressure Wilson, they can dude this Steelers offense, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.920 which has been going really well. It's two games, you know, 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:05.959 it's not some massive sample size, So I think there's 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.640 still a lot to be proven in terms of all this. 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:12.000 Steelers truly good offensively, and like Logan said, connecting on 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.080 deep balls is great, but it also is kind of 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.080 a you know, it can't be a thing. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.840 It can't be a thing. It's random, it can fluctuate. 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:22.720 You are dealing with a lot of fifty to fifty propositions. 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.400 Sometimes they go your way, sometimes they don't. Hopefully this 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:29.160 Sunday afternoon they do not go the way of Pittsburgh. 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:33.840 And you know, you both mentioned mentioned press pressuring Russell Wilson. 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.199 I think that these commanders have done a very good 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.640 job against mobile quarterbacks. I mean, you look all the 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:40.640 way back, you know, to Kyler Murray. He had his 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:44.600 lowest pass performance of the season going against Washington. Uh, 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.040 you know, Deshaun Watson obviously it had a really tough 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.720 go in there. The following week in Northwest stadium. Lamar 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.160 Jackson has had his day because he's Lamar Jackson and 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:55.160 he's an Ivy P. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:56.080 Caliver candidate. 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.480 But you know, the last you know, few weeks or so, 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:03.400 these manners have, uh they've allowed less than one hundred 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.679 passing yards up until like the fourth quarter, and I 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.959 think a lot of that is because of how well 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.480 the pass rush has has really improved. 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.360 Uh, you know over the last two weeks or so, like, yeah. 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:16.079 You've got you know, Johnny Newon, You've got to Ron 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.520 Payne and John Dante Teller has been has been really 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.440 really solid over the last two weeks. You know, there's 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:25.280 not necessarily the a A tier, top of the class 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.800 defensive pass rusher that you're they would really expect have these. 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.000 But at the same time, this this this pass rush 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:35.560 is top ten or least around that in sacks. So, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.720 you know, Logan, you mentioned that, you know, the offensive 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.280 line of the Steels offensive line being a little beat up. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.800 Roger goes not playing exactly as well as maybe he 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:48.080 wanted to. It's at some points, but in terms of 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:51.640 you know, how this how this Steelers offensive line matches 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.720 up against, uh, the Commanders defensive front, what are you 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:56.800 seeing so far and like, how can they take advantage 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:58.480 of some of their some of the Steelers and maybe 0:11:58.480 --> 0:11:59.160 miscues there. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:01.440 Yeah, So I think it comes down to kind of 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:02.960 who the Steelers want to be. And when you look 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.800 at their offense, they want to run the football. They 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:07.920 want to be in a kind of you know, I 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:09.920 look at Mike tom when he's a defensive head coach. 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.200 They want to be in a defensive led game. And 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:13.800 what I mean by that they want they don't want 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:15.760 to make any mistakes offensively. They want to kind of 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.360 let the defense drive the ship. And they're okay, kind 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.040 of being very conservative on first, second, and third down, 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.040 nothing too crazy, not putting the ball on harm's way. 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.480 Their turnover to differential is very very high. So I 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:28.599 think the first thing I'd say is like can you 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.360 stop the run? Yes or no? And on first and 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.680 second down and then get them to third long situations 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.360 where they have not been overly effective rushing the passer. 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.000 And I think when you watch the offensive line, one 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.520 thing that jumps out to me on film is while 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.440 they have very talented pieces at certain spots, I think 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:47.120 when you look at you know, Isaac so Mallow, excuse me, 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:48.959 you know from Philadelphia, one of the better reguards in 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.880 the NFL. They Dan Morris playing good ball at the moment. 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.160 They have good pieces, Zach Fraser went health he's doing 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.800 a great job. They have good pieces, but they're not 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.160 playing together very well as a group. And then makes 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.079 sense because they've got a new offense that they're all learning. 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:05.040 So to me, it's like, put those guys in difficult situations, 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.880 get them and third and long, and exploit those matchups 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.600 the way that the Washington Commanders have exploded them all season. 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:12.040 And what I mean by that is like, can we 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.800 get good front matchups for Frankieluvu mentioned Dante Fowler, you 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.839 mentioned Dorance Armstrong. Those guys have shown they can win 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:22.120 in obvious passing situations because they understand when to take 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.120 their shot, how to anticipate the snap count, they have 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.959 a go to move, and they've been very productive. And 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:28.960 so I think that's that's what I'd say is this 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.280 team is not built to be a passing team, so 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.320 force them to do it. And now you have to 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.760 commit more resources on first and second down to stopping 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.280 the run, which makes you more susceptible to shots down 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.040 the field. But ultimately I think that's the way you 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:43.679 want to go, or you go the way that they 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.400 went last week with the New York Giants, and you say, hey, 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.120 we're gonna play cover two shell, We're going to let 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.960 our offense get a fourteen point differential and eventually the 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.240 Pittsburgh Steelers will have to throw the football and our 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.560 defense will be able to capitalize. So to me, those 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:57.320 are the things that I look with the defensive line, 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.160 the commander's defensive line going against the offensive line, and 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:01.960 that I think could be favorable matchups. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.840 Yeah, and you also talk about, you know, making sure 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.760 that you were able to stop the run on first 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:09.240 and second down, which I think, you know, it's not 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:13.640 necessarily related so much to prefering that to the explos 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.440 passing yet, but it is related at the same time 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:16.680 because you want it, like you said, you want to 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.200 force them into do something that they're not necessarily you know, 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:23.080 equipped to do. Goaldi is a real question, like real 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:24.840 quick before we move on to the next question, is like, 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:28.160 you know, talking about stopping the run here, like this 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.560 has not been an area that the commanders are incessily 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:32.640 always the best that I think they're like around twenty 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:37.200 eighth in yards allowed per game. But you know, Pittsburgh 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.200 top eight team. You know Najee Harris is running the 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:44.120 ball really well. Right now, as you look into that matchup, 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:47.200 what are some some concerns that you maybe have that 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.400 you really kind of hope the Commanders address going against 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.400 that the Steelers rushing attack. 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.480 Yeah, well Harris is hot Steelers in the midst of 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.280 a three game winning stree. Harris is averaging right around 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.240 six yards per carry during that streak. He, in a 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.600 lot of ways, is what makes that offense go. It's 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.320 a cliche to say like it starts with stopping the run, 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:09.120 but I think in this case it does. I think 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.600 if you do a good job against Harris, this is 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.280 going to be a good game for the Commander's defense. 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.200 He's a good back, he runs violently, and he's had 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.680 some big games here lately. You know, it's tricky with 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:23.600 this Commander's run defense because you look at individual guys 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:25.520 and you say to herself, this should be a pretty 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.120 good defense against the run. 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:32.360 Bright like the Ron and Gerie is a good player. 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.640 We have seen Johnny Newton do some good things, and 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.080 obviously there are big expectations for what he could be 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:39.840 but Darien Mattis. 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.640 Is having a step forward season. He's doing some good things. 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.360 If you look at Bobby Wagner's PFF grades, he ranks 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.400 as one of the best run stopping linebackers in the NFL. So, like, 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.680 you look at the individual parts and you say, Okay, 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.680 they shouldn't be that bad against the run, but of 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:53.960 course that has been an issue and it certainly is 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:55.520 something that has to get fixed. You look at this 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.600 week against Najie Harris, the fuddling game. Just a few 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.640 days later at the Eagle Sakon Bar we was been 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.080 on buire for. But you do have to stop the run, 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.160 especially as the weather starts to cool down. But I 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.560 think the good news here, like Logan said, the Steelers 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.240 offensive line has talent, but it's not necessarily a great 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.280 unit when everything's coming together. Uh, when you look at 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.400 everything together, and I think with this Stealers offense, if 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.240 you can stop Harris, and that's a big if, but 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.640 if you can do that, I think that set sets 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.920 you up quite nicely to have a good defensive performance. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:28.320 Yeah, I think so too, And I think you're you're 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:29.720 right on the money there in terms of I think 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.840 this this run defense is maybe a little bit better 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.240 than the numbers would suggest, but they do allow, you know, 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.480 some of those those bigger explosive plays occasionally. I think 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.680 that does bump up the averages a little bit. Either way, 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.440 I think I think it's gonna be quite interesting to 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.720 see with how they're able to handle that. We're gonna 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.400 move on to the next question, but first score off 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.440 it Logan you are ahead by to uh. You know, 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.280 realize some of the points you were making there, but 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:55.320 you know we've still up plenty of time, uh for 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.520 for for people to catch up here. We're gonna move 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:59.880 on over to Commanders often the side of the ball, 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.880 Steelers defense side of the ball, and I think this 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:04.640 is this particular match up. 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:06.520 That things gonna be interesting is in the red zone. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.080 You know, the Commanders have they're not always the best 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:11.639 in terms of getting into the red zone. I think 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.600 they're near the bottom third in terms of red red 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.200 zone touchdowns. The Steels, on the other hand, have the 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:19.000 best red zone defense in the league in terms of 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.000 allowing touchdowns. They are allowing touchdowns on thirty seven point 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.800 five percent of the time. That's leads by you know, 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.760 pretty decent margin there and I look at that and 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.600 I think, Okay, Like I like the I like the 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:32.720 way that Washington Commanders are able to move the ball 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:34.800 in between the twenty up to the twenty yard line, 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.240 but once they get there, I think it's it's that's 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.119 something really where the the matchup is going to be 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:43.000 quite interesting. Uh So, Bobby, we'll start with you first. 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.479 And you know, I think I really like the way 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.520 Cliff Kingsbury has been able to design this offense. But 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.640