Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. Coming
Speaker 1: off of Rescal bye week, the Commanders walk on the
Speaker 1: New York Giants to FedEx Field for a primetime game
Speaker 1: on Sunday Night. With the Week thirteen matchup resulting in
Speaker 1: a tie. Logan Paulsen and Fred Smooth joined me to
Speaker 1: break down how the Commanders can secure a victory in
Speaker 1: this giant rematch. Taking a look at that, thank you
Speaker 1: very much Philadelphia taking care of things against the New
Speaker 1: York Giants. Anything Fred, we can take away from that
Speaker 1: game and say, Okay, this is what we need to
Speaker 1: continue to do on Sunday Night football. I think we
Speaker 1: could take a lot from it, because if you look
Speaker 1: at the New York Giants in their health right now,
Speaker 1: say Kumbarkley not healthy, officeive Lineman not healthy, and I
Speaker 1: don't even have to talk about their wid receivers, the
Speaker 1: laost men. So at the end of the day, I
Speaker 1: think we need to take a page out of Philadelphia's book,
Speaker 1: get up early in the office, and then pin these
Speaker 1: guys out. Yeah. I think one of the things about
Speaker 1: Philadelphia that really turned out to me is they played
Speaker 1: a ton of man coverage. You know, Obviously they have
Speaker 1: Slay and Bradbury on the back end. That allows you
Speaker 1: to play man rich, but they basically said we don't
Speaker 1: respect your playmakers, no, and so then that allows you
Speaker 1: to kind of be more aggressive in terms of alloc
Speaker 1: any more resources to the run, taking away that quarterback
Speaker 1: running through to Daniel Jones, and they really had no
Speaker 1: answer for it. So I think, if you can, if
Speaker 1: we can play more man Benjamin Saint Juice skinning health,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a big part of that. I think
Speaker 1: that's something huge take out of that game. I will
Speaker 1: see where the health of a lot of guys are
Speaker 1: once we get back out to practice this week. But
Speaker 1: we're hoping that the bye week, albeit so late in
Speaker 1: the season, may becomes at a great time to try
Speaker 1: and really close out the season strong because these next
Speaker 1: four games are going to be pivotal to where Washington
Speaker 1: ends up playing beyond. They also did a pretty good
Speaker 1: job against Daniel Jones early on, and that she was
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor that led them with rushing yards with forty
Speaker 1: rushing yards on two carries. What did you see on
Speaker 1: how Because Daniel we know Fred really hurt Washington a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. They spied him early. Like like
Speaker 1: Logan said, they played man to man. When you play
Speaker 1: man to man on the outside and take those guys away,
Speaker 1: it allows you to have a linebacker a safety to
Speaker 1: spy Daniel Jones. And like I said, say Quon Barkley
Speaker 1: at the game early and ALTI, now you had one
Speaker 1: guy you gotta stop in this number eight, And they
Speaker 1: stopped him and keep him in the pocket. If you're
Speaker 1: going to beat us with you and this, somebody proved
Speaker 1: that he couldn't done stacked four times. Yeah, And I
Speaker 1: think another reason they're able to get after him so
Speaker 1: acutely was because they did a great job on first
Speaker 1: and second down to stop in the run. They basically said,
Speaker 1: we're not going to let you get into in the
Speaker 1: kind of these manageable third down situations where Daniel Jones
Speaker 1: hurts you with his legs where they can use that
Speaker 1: keeper attack to kind of get him to the perimeter
Speaker 1: and make plays running the football. They said, we're gonna
Speaker 1: stop the run, We're gonna keep you in third and
Speaker 1: long situations. And that offensive line for the Giants is
Speaker 1: just not capable of past protecting in those long situations.
Speaker 1: So if Washington do that. If they can, they have
Speaker 1: to earn the right to rush the pass right on
Speaker 1: first second down. I think they'll be in a great spot. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: Philadelphia rushed for two hundred and fifty three yards, but
Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety two of those came in the
Speaker 1: second half. Um, logan, is that the answer to kind
Speaker 1: of winks pressure in this Yeah? I mean, obviously, if
Speaker 1: you can keep Wink in those kind of third and
Speaker 1: fours Thurn shorts. He doesn't like the pressures must there.
Speaker 1: It's been really surprising to see, right, he's pressures first
Speaker 1: and second down, but all of a sudden you get
Speaker 1: in that third and four range and he gets really
Speaker 1: really quiet. I think Philly deserves a ton of credit.
Speaker 1: They have a very unique running approach with the quarterback,
Speaker 1: with Sanders pulling the center, all that kind of stuff
Speaker 1: very unique to them. So I don't know if there's
Speaker 1: a lot that Washington take from from them schematically, but
Speaker 1: from a philosophy standpoint, I think yes, Yeah. I think
Speaker 1: what you have to do is overwhelmed the giants. You
Speaker 1: have to force him, Like you say, he doesn't like
Speaker 1: to blitz own third and show. Well, I guess what
Speaker 1: keep it third and show it the hole entire game
Speaker 1: and force him to do what he doesn't want to do,
Speaker 1: and it's to play a lot of his own. That
Speaker 1: stops Tibado from West in the past, that stops Lawrence
Speaker 1: in the middle. It stops everything that they do. Like
Speaker 1: I said, if we can get up early and off,
Speaker 1: it changes everything they do Sunday night football real quick.
Speaker 1: How much is that factor? And because as of late,
Speaker 1: Washington has won five of their last six, including two
Speaker 1: the share, I think it's I think it's fantastic. Yeah,
Speaker 1: think it'll be a primetime game, playoff atmosphere really excited.
Speaker 1: If the Rivera era loves Prime PA it wasn't always
Speaker 1: the case. That's the case as well, and then you
Speaker 1: show out for it. There's plenty of Pro Bowl worthy
Speaker 1: players on this commander's roster. Blogan and Fred shared which
Speaker 1: players have earned their vote. Okay, so, like I said,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys on this roster that could
Speaker 1: very well be deserving. Of course, John Allen making it
Speaker 1: to his very first Pro Bowl last season well on
Speaker 1: track to trying to make a good case for himself
Speaker 1: again mentioned de Ron Payne. I want you, gentlemen to
Speaker 1: tell me who should go to the Pro Bowl logan
Speaker 1: they start for me, I think it's Terry McLaurin. Just
Speaker 1: to kind of spice up. Obviously, all those guys mentioned
Speaker 1: deserved to go to the Pro Bow. They're having outstanding seasons.
Speaker 1: But Terry, I mean there's something about him and his
Speaker 1: ability to just beat a number one corner consistently week
Speaker 1: in and week out. Jerry Alexander Gilmore in Indiapolis. Those
Speaker 1: are two of the best guys in the league, and
Speaker 1: he physically dominated LA guys. I know his production isn't there,
Speaker 1: but for him to come out and perform at that
Speaker 1: level every single week and be mister consistently be kind
Speaker 1: of the shining beacon of this offense, he deserves some
Speaker 1: type of recognition. And the Pro Bowl, I think, is
Speaker 1: it so shockingly you picked outfits so you know what
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go defense? And if the campaign manager for
Speaker 1: one monthe is switch that dog. Let me tell you
Speaker 1: like this. First of all, he's top five when he
Speaker 1: comes to a quarterback press, he's top team when he
Speaker 1: comes for tackle for Lausus, he's third on his team.
Speaker 1: When he comes to sex, he's been dead close to
Speaker 1: getting fourteen sex the dog is in the building. You
Speaker 1: don't throw a Pro Bowl party unless you have a
Speaker 1: bull dog there. So what I'm saying about month head
Speaker 1: SWI and not only did he do it, he's doing
Speaker 1: it without He's running make play and Chase Young hasn't
Speaker 1: played all year, so on the outside he's getting all
Speaker 1: of the attention and get the dogs. Steve Biden, no,
Speaker 1: no bias at all. Without looks. It's easy to make
Speaker 1: a case for sweat, But then you do have Darn
Speaker 1: and Pain durn Payin and John Allen ll in the middle.
Speaker 1: What is the difficulty and both of them making it? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's tough because I mean, like they're both
Speaker 1: playing at such a high level. And usually, like you
Speaker 1: said this friend, I think this is a really a
Speaker 1: two point Usually one guy gets to go, yeah, and
Speaker 1: so who gets to go? I think it's alan because
Speaker 1: Allen was there last year yea, and so you tend
Speaker 1: to stay a year longer than you should. You kind
Speaker 1: of you're in the club. Yeah, it's really hard for
Speaker 1: paying to kind of get in initially, I think, But
Speaker 1: they're both they both deserved to be For any safeties,
Speaker 1: you know what, the safe cam curl has played very well.
Speaker 1: I just don't think he has the numbers because we
Speaker 1: know about this Pro Bowl because a numbers game, and
Speaker 1: it's also a popularity come. Yeah, So maybe Terry mclauren's
Speaker 1: name is much more popular before because he's thought somebody
Speaker 1: that just relishes in the spotlight. Yeah, you need to.
Speaker 1: You're popular here in town, you'd be popular in the country.
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. It is Pro Bowl voting in Thursday, December fifteenth,
Speaker 1: so be sure to cast your votes on Commanders dot com.