WEBVTT - Jayden Daniels Prepares for Debut vs. Bucs, and Which Players Need a BIG Game for a Week 1 Win | The Beatdown Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:09.680 If New Vergine new Quarterbacks in the building. A new 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:14.480 podcast is hitting the Washington Commanders podcast network. What's going on, y'all? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:17.800 I am Zach Selby, senior writer for the Washington Commanders, 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:21.360 and this is the Beatdown where we do one thing 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.560 sports fans love to do, argue and like to pretend 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:26.240 which one of us is right with me? 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:26.680 Is? 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:31.040 David Harrison and Lake Lewis Junior, they cover, They cover 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.599 the beat for us for the Commanders and guys like 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:38.000 y'all the first first guests on this podcast, how a 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:38.720 were feeling right now? 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:39.920 Feel special? 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:40.159 Man? 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.800 Big love? Yeah, Man, appreciate it. Should it should be 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:44.199 a lot of fun. 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.520 I'm looking forward to uh to handing Lake and old 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:48.080 fashioned big ten style beat down. 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:48.320 Here. 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:52.600 Love it, okay, love love the trash shock. 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:53.559 I love hearing it. 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:56.240 It's like, just within like five seconds, y'all already had 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:56.520 each other. 0:00:57.880 --> 0:00:59.200 I mean, you bought a ringer in man. 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.600 David covered the bucks before, so he's a ringer. 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:02.320 You know. 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.720 It's almost like I play that out almost. Of course 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:08.560 you give too much credit, but I feel like maybe 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.680 that was in the cards. So I'll give you a 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:14.200 little bit of what I expect out of this podcasts, 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.319 I haven't given me too much. So we're gonna answer 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.399 three questions over the course of the next thirty minutes. 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:23.680 Y'all gonna each present your cases, and we're going to 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.319 provide some points sort of like around the horn, but 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:28.720 almost like who's on it anyway, where the point doesn't 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:30.880 necessarily matter how much Bay. It's my podcast. I can 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.480 decide who's right and who's wrong. Right, So, and obviously 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.880 we're gonna focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since it 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:42.000 is our Week one opponent. And guys, if you're ready, 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:43.240 we can go ahead and get started. 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:45.120 We'll start. 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:49.040 So there's a lot of new stuff that's going to 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:53.600 be happening with the Commanders this this this weekend, new defense, 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.120 new offense. But we're gonna talk specifically to starting with 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:59.160 the defense here, and the Tampa Bay offense led by 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.040 Baker may Field kind of came on there near at 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.360 the end of the year with canals there as the 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:06.440 off the cordior now obviously the head coach of the 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:10.360 Carolina Panthers, but there's going to be you know, a 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.079 playoff team on the other sideline there for the Commander's defense, Lake, 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:16.360 I'll start with you, what do you think is the 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:19.760 biggest challenge is commander defense, which really struggled last year 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:21.400 but seems to be a little bit on the up. 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.000 So based on what we've seen in training camp, what 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.440 is gonna be their biggest challenge heading against the Tampa 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:30.960 Bay offense. I'll give you two minutes to respond, starting 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:32.480 right now. 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:35.800 Listen, the biggest challenge for Washington obviously is going to 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:37.280 be a guy that I think is a Hall of 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.320 Fame player in Mike Evans. You know, if you look 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.320 at what Mike Evans has done against Washington and five 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.359 career games, you know, including a playoff game, he has 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:51.679 twenty six receptions for over six hundred yards. So he's 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.880 a guy that obviously is a focal point for the 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:56.839 Buccaneers offense. Baker Mayfield looked for him quite a bit 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:00.360 last year. So Washington's gonna have their hands you know, 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.400 you know full with him. You know, he's averaging one 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.960 hundred and twenty one yards a game against Washington. It 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:11.280 has four touchdowns, so again, you know, possession god. You know, 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:14.320 at the same time he moves to chains for the Bucks, 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.560 so you know who's going to cover him. Is it 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.760 going to be you know, Emmanuel Forbes, Is it going 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.000 to be you know, Benji Saint Juice. Well, whoever's going 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.240 to cover him is going to have to do a 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.680 good job and get some safety help on top of that. 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:28.760 And then I think the other thing is is that 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.160 Chris Godwin, you know, and I need not say where 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:35.160 he went to school, David Harrison, but Chris Godwin's a 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.360 guy that's going to be, you know, eating underneath, which 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.640 he always does. And it's going to be interesting to 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.680 see how Mikey Sanders, still you know, rookie from Michigan, 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.960 can fare against the Chris Godwin because I think he's 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.360 going to be on him quite a bit underneath. So 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:50.080 I think that those are going to be the focal 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.440 points of the game. I don't see Tampa running the 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:56.160 football too effectively against Washington. I think that's going to 0:03:56.240 --> 0:04:00.000 be a strength of Washington is the run, their run defense, 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.040 and so I'm not sure for Sea White, you know, 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:05.440 has a big game in store for Tampa as far 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.080 as the run game. So I think if Washington can 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.960 take those two guys out on the on the edges 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.240 on the outside and god Winning Evans, they have a 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:13.839 great chance to win this football game. 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.680 You know, you bring up Mike Evans, and that's an 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.280 excellent point because Mike Evans has been in the league 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.680 for ten years now, going into eleventh. How many one 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:25.120 thousand yard seasons he's had in his career? Ten Like 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:29.240 every single game hit up a thousand yards and last 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.480 year he had twelve hundred and fifty five, one of 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.440 the most productive of his career. Actually, not David your 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:38.679 response to that, because he did bring up the receiving 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.800 game for Tampa Bay, which is a pretty good point, 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:42.400 and that seemed like to be their bigges strength on 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:43.240 Tampa Bay offense. 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:45.839 Yeah, I know that that's certainly a good place to start, 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.560 and I think Mike Evans obviously deserves all his flowers 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.239 and he's going to be a big part of this contest. 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.119 But I'm actually going to take something that Lake said 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.200 and kind of expand on it because I think Lake, 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:56.880 you were close to hitting the target. Unfortunately I got 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.000 a zero in just a little bit better. And it's 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.920 a Chris Godwin slot match up with Mike Sanders. Still 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.080 like Mike Sandersoll has done a lot since he's joined 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.200 the Washington Commanders, and gotten in to the NFL obviously 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.160 in a short period of time to really impress a 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.240 lot of people. Right, very mature, very skilled player, always 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.159 around the ball, never looks to be out of position. 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:15.880 But there are just some things in this game that 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:19.400 you can't scheme for and you can't you know, mentally, 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:19.919 just be in the. 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:21.640 Right place to do. And that's a size difference. 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:25.000 And Chris Godwin is significantly taller than Mike Sanders. Still 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.640 now Mike sanderstill plays bigger, and certainly that's going to 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.279 be a part of this. But the question is going 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.760 to be how much can the Washington Commarors defense leave 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:35.280 Chris Godwin in the slot alone against Mike Sanders or 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:36.880 how much do they have to give him help because 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.279 of that size deficiency. It's not, you know, there's no 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.799 skilled deficiency. They're involved, but the more that this commander's 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.600 defense has to kind of shrink into the middle of 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.400 the field to cover that, And then also how that 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.840 opens up opportunities for Kate Otten, who's not a Rob Gronkowski, 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.080 right but certainly capable in his own right. And then 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.960 the trickle down economics of that is that could potentially 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.279 to your point, like create opportunities for a guy like 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:01.560 Rashad White or even Bucky Rein, the rookie quarter running 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.640 back out of Oregon in Sampa who's made a lot 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.159 of plays in the preseason. Like all of that kind 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.400 of how it trickles down to each other, it all 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:09.480 starts with Mike Sandersil. 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:10.560 If Mike sanders So can hold his. 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.760 Own against Chris Godwin, which I think he certainly has 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.680 the capability of. It is just that veteran craftiness and 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.920 size according or compared to that rookie size and lack 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:20.719 of experience is going to weigh big. 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.520 And if Mike wins that matchup, it really. 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.200 Opens up the commander's defense to be more creative, more aggressive, 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.560 and have more opportunities, maybe go over there and put 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.640 more guys over Mike Evans to keep him from doing 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.120 all the damage on the perimeter. 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:33.920 But the tighter they have to shrink. 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.760 In to help out that inside competition again underneath of 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.320 the running backs. Over top of that on short routes 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.960 by Chris two guys like Kate Kate out and over 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.559 the middle, it's going to be problematic if they can't 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.880 win that matchup with their with their organic design. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.040 Yeah, and you know, we'll with zero in on Mike 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.839 Sanmersol for a minute because this guy really seems like 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.240 already one of one of the one of the Commander's 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.719 best cornerbacks, just just based on what we've seen in 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:02.920 training him so far. Yeah, he's a little bit smaller, 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.640 but he already plays like a veteran. I mean, there's 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.960 so many times during the preseason where it seems like 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:12.720 he's he's really already already in such good, good positions. 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:14.840 I mean, I'm thinking of that play against the Jets 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:16.960 where there was like almost like end around a little 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.960 bit and then santam SiO was right there, uh to 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.440 help love and make the tackle. Now, now, Lake, I'll 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.960 give you a minute to respond to that, but I 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.360 think we'll focus in on the corners because you know, 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.120 and you mentioned the passing game, but like, do you know, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.680 like what what this was committed passing defense? Whether it 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.239 was one of the worst and it was the worst 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.560 in the league, I as you know, you know, the 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.280 last in the league and yards allowed, So how does 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:41.760 Mike sammer still maybe like give you a little more 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.680 confidence in what they're gonna see based on you know what, 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:46.320 how he formed up the last month or so. 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.400 Well, I mean, I think David hit on it. 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.480 I mean it's a it's a great point, you know, 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:52.960 as far as you know, and he showed my Penn 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.280 State got some love you know on Godwin. You know, 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.920 he's you know, we know he had an injury, you know, 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.280 two years ago, you know, so he should be even 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.000 better now coming back from that. You know, that second 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.320 year back from those type of injuries, you get better. 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:08.960 But I do I think that, you know, I agree 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:10.760 with David that samram Is still is going to be 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:14.840 a key proponent to what this defense can ultimately do, 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.000 not just you know, you know Sunday, but going forward. 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:19.520 You know, if he can lock down the middle of 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.280 the field, you still have guys behind him, you know, 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.440 and a Kawan Martin and a Jeremy Chen, guys that, 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:29.200 you know, versatile type players that can move closer to 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.600 the box, even if they have to go back sometimes 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:33.600 and play a cover too. They can do those things. 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:36.600 So I do think that that is important. But again, 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:40.000 you know, I still greave what I say as far 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:43.720 as just Mike Evans. He's torched Washington over the years, 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.760 He's torched a lot of teams, but specifically, the commanders 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.760 have struggled with him, you know, as far as just 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.320 you know, bottling him up. And I think that, you know, 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.440 Baker Mayfield is going to look for the guy. You know, 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.800 why wouldn't you look for a potential Hall of Famer. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.560 You know, Uh, He's going to look for him. The 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.880 other thing I would say, guys, is a pass rush. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.560 Washington has to get a pass rush. They have to 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.280 make Baker feel uncomfortable because one thing about Baker Mayfield, 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.240 he's the confidence quarterback. When he's feeling good, he actually 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.920 is good, you know. But but if he has some 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.360 heat on him, you know, sometimes he can put some 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.239 things up for grabs. And that's where you know, Washington's 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.320 corners and safeties might have some opportunities to jump on 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.000 some passes and you know, some routes and get some 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.760 interceptions out of that and turn the football over, something 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:33.400 Washington's defense has not done over the years. And that's 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:35.480 one of the reasons why Joe Whitt was brought in 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.320 by Dan Quinn, you know, because his defenses in Dallas, 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.440 you know, created lots of turnovers and that's what they're 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.760 gonna need. So again, I do think sanmrums still is 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.520 one of the top two or three components for Sunday's 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.400 game as far as him covering Chris Godwin in the slot. 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.440 But I also think again, whoever's going to be on 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:56.719 Mike Evans is going to have to have one of 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.240 those one of those coming out games to signal that 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.839 they can be a first first rate corner in the NFL. 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.760 And then obviously pass rush if they can get a 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.880 pass rush. You know, now we're talking and not just 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:11.000 straight here. But another thing that's going to be key 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:15.319 too is that this revamped linebacker room Frankie Louvu, you know, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.439 Bobby Wagner of course, and then whoever else is out 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.400 there with them. You know, I think that they can 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.680 control the middle portion of a field as well, which 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.040 also could help Mikey Sanders still, you know, as far 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.960 as kind of like you know, putting you know, Chris 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:34.200 Godwin and in certain areas of the middle of the field. 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:35.840 You know, So if they can ship them and do 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.680 things like that, that'll be integral as far as their success. 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.960 David real Quick responded to before we move on, because 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.440 you know, league where I brought with the pass rush, 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.600 and this team really just struggled in terms of generating sacks. 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.760 Once Chase young Monte's foot, we're out of here. I 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.680 think they had forty backs the bottom third of the league. 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.480 So and you know that, you know this, this Buccaneers 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:58.400 top of the line probably better than anyone on the beat. 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.360 So tell me, like, how do you think this is 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.480 really gonna fare against this Buccaneers off of the blind? 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.920 Yeah, you know the Bucks offensive line is they've got 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:09.319 good amount of talent. I mean, they're left tackles, all 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.240 Pro caliber, Pro Bowl caliber, Tristan Wurz, Like, that's gonna 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:13.959 be kind of a spot where you just kind of 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:15.600 go into this game. I think, can you understand We're 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:18.000 not gonna win a lot here against this dude. So 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:19.760 it's more so how do we get around him? 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:20.679 Like what games do we. 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.840 Play to occupy him so we can get somebody behind him, 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.920 or getting inside leverage against him so that he just 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.600 can't elevate against and then take advantage of that lesser 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.800 experienced interior offensive line where they've got a rookie center 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:35.880 getting ready to make his first NFL start. I think 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.080 that's where Deron Payne and John Allen are really going 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.920 to be able to make a difference. And for fans 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.120 of the Commanders, like they're a little bit concerned about 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.800 this path rush because in the preseason, you know that 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:46.760 Jami and Davis had the strip sack and that's great, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.920 but like not a whole lot of generated pressure compared 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:51.720 to why I think fans have been expecting. But they 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.800 also haven't seen Bobby Wagner, John Allen, Deron Payne. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:55.960 On the field all the same time. 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.200 But we've seen them in the joint practice, right and 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.199 against the New York Jets, against the Miami doll and 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:01.920 those joint practices, they were getting after it and they 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.000 were getting pressure. And so I think you're going to 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:05.760 see a little bit more of that than maybe fans 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:08.520 have seen in the preseason, and certainly that's going to 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.720 be huge because to Lake's point, like a guy like 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:14.400 Baker Mayfield actually asked Emmanuel Forbes about this on Wednesday, Like, 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.400 that's a dude who loves to take shots. He loves 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.679 to take risks, but he also loves to toy with corners. 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.640 He wants to give you a look to make you 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.800 think something's happened, almost like the quarterback running a double move, 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.440 like the receiver may just be running a straight up route, 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.400 but the quarterback almost is going to give you a 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.959 double move, especially if he knows you're watching him. Baker 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.280 Mayfield loves a toy with people's minds. I remember him 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.360 playing the flag you know, in Columbus, Ohio. He he 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.599 loves to play those games. So that's absolutely going to 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.440 be an impact here. But yeah, that commander's pass rush 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:47.360 against this. This Buccaneer's offensive line very highly untested in 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:51.760 its current alignment, and with Joey Junior and his creativity, 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:55.040 potentially could wreak some havoc. But I think something both 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.880 sides of this cause this contest have to their benefit 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.920 is they're both practicing against defense coordinators I don't know, 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:04.000 for being insanely creative and insanely aggressive. So they're actually 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.920 both kind of coming in against defenses that they've already 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.080 been training against all training team. 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.680 Yeah, and you're right. I mean, Baker Mayfield had the 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.560 best year of his career last year. We'll see if 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.200 it's actually going to be a blip and more of 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:16.800 a trend for what he's gonna have for the rest 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.280 of his career in the NFL. So we're gonna move 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.280 on to the next question, but I will give you 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.480 a little bit of a score update. It's really close 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.520 between you two, but it looks like David is head 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.520 by one point. Let's go like he got a little 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.920 chance to gain some ground here. The second question is 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.120 we've all seen what Jane Daniels has done over the 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:37.760 last month, right, He's looked more so, you know, like 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.480 he's a player beyond his year in terms of his poise, 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:44.520 his commandity, offense, his knowledge. But at the same time, 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.760 he's going to be a rookie going into its first 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:50.040 a real live NFL game against a Deemster Cordner who 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:55.240 loves to bring pressure, really experienced play caller. So question 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:59.000 we'll start We'll start with David this time is what 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.120 do you think that if Kingsbury can do to protect 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.120 Jayden Daniels and try to get the most out of 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:05.920 his skill set. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.440 I think you got to do something that I've been 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:12.280 asking offensive coordinators to do on this team since I 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:13.320 started covering this team. 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:17.800 Zech move the pocket. You drafted Jade Daniels. 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.440 More so than anything like that, the biggest discriminator between 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.520 Jade and Daniels and the other quarterbacks available to this team. 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:27.200 Were was his athletic ability. 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:28.960 And his decision making. Those are the two things that 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.360 separated himself. Like when you look at Drake May and 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:33.440 you look at Jayden Daniels, and I don't mean. 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:34.200 To disparage Drake. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:35.960 I hope he has a great career, all that good stuff, 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.560 But when you look at the two, Jade and Daniels 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.160 clearly the superior athlete compared to Drake May. Both of 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.520 these guys put the ball everywhere on the field, everywhere 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:44.120 you need them too. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:45.400 And then the decision making. 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.320 And this is where I say, I apologize any Drake 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.600 May fans out there, but there's a moment in his 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.280 tape and it's not the only moment, it's the biggest 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.040 moment in his tape where North Carolina's got a first 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:54.600 and goal. 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:55.520 Or they're in goal to go. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:56.840 I can't remember his first now, but they're in goal 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.840 to go situation. They're lined up heavy and they're miss 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.520 their right tackle and Drake May snaps the ball while 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.120 his right tackles trying to run onto the field behind him, 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.360 doesn't realize he's short alignment in a big set. That's 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.400 a problem we saw in the preseason game. How many 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:13.920 illegal formation penalties they had while Drake and May was in there. 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.080 That's something you need your quarterback to do. Jayden Daniels 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.560 better at that. He's also the better athlete. Use those 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.880 advantages to your advantage. Here at Stampa Bay Buccaneers, their 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.360 pass rush is really interesting right now because all the 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.080 dynamic ability they did have where they're making their Super 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.400 Bowl run and even trying to make their follow on 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.080 runs a couple of years ago, a lot of that 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.360 is kind of gone right now. Their best pass rusher 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.280 on the edge off the defensive line is yah YadA Yadi. 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.520 He's had a really good season last year, a lot 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:42.600 of potential, but he is not ready to be that 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.240 main pass rusher for an NFL defense. I don't believe. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.200 Maybe Hope surprised me. But on the opposite side outside lineback, 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:49.200 you had Joe Tryon. 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.640 Schuenka, who a lot of people think is basically. 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:53.520 On his way out of tamp after not proving himself 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.040 after being such a high round draft pick. 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.280 So, if I'm Cliff Kingsbury, ya Yadadadi's. 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.320 Honestly the guy, and he's gonna be going up against 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.280 rookie left tackle Brandon Coleman if he can go this weekend, 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:03.840 or Cornelius Lucas the backup. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.359 So that's kind of if I have a biggest. 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:08.560 Concern in the outside linebacker realm, that's gonna be the 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.080 guy roll the pocket. 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:11.040 To the right. Just so happens. 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:13.120 That's probably James Daniels the most comfortable side to roll 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.560 to anyway. And you put Joe Tryon Shunka in very 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:18.920 problematic situations where he's got to make a decision. I'm 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.600 either gonna run with the super athletic quarterback ort and 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:23.960 leave potentially a tight end or running back or a 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.440 crossing wide receiver open behind me, or I'm gonna try 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.160 to stay in my coverage assignment and the I'm gonna 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.000 watch Jadan Daniels skirt up the sideline. 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.120 To me, that is an. 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.720 Opportunity rich advantage at this commander's team has, and this 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.760 offensive line that hasn't gotten any active reps against or 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.920 against a live opponent, and they're in they're organic starting five. Again, 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.280 if Brandon can go this weekend, that helps them because 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.680 you make that defense run, you make them get, you 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.480 tire them out, and again ya ya yabi, like the 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.520 more he runs, the less effective he's gonna be as 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.640 the game goes on. So I think that, to me, 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:57.160 is the biggest way you protect Jayme and Daniels. 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.640 I'm so glad you brought up the pocket movement because 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.680 it's something that Washington didn't really do all that much 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.560 at all last year because when we knew that the 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.320 same show wasn't necessarily the scrambler that some of these 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.359 other quarterbacks. But he did have some mobility to him. 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.720 He seemed like he's doing his best whenever he was 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:14.639 kind of getting out of the pockets, scrambling away from 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:16.360 the pressure that seemed to always be coming at him 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.000 on the middle. But but Lake, I'll throw this to you, Like, 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:20.800 I mean, is it as simple as that is? Its 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:23.040 simple as letting Jaden get out there and run with us. 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.080