December 22, 2024 • 23 mins
The Commanders are set to take on the Philadelphia Eagles and get their 10th win of the season for the first time since 2012! Senior Writer Zach Selby, ESPN radio host Scott Jackson and Eagles Insider Dave Spadero take a closer look at Sunday's game, how Marshon Lattimore could change the matchup with Philadelphia's wide receivers and more. Host: Zach Selby Guests: Scott Jackson, Dave SDpadero
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
What's going on, y'all? This is another episode of the
Beatdown podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Welcome in.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
I'm your host, Senior writer for the Washington Commanders, Zach Selby.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I don't know about y'all.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I'm so kind of reeling from that New Orleans Saints
game where the Commanders survive a surging Switzer Rallery in
the second half and he misses the two point conversion
and they win. They get to nine wins, the best
starts since nineteen ninety two. So the Bible is still hot.
Like I said, they're still a very good position for
the playoffs. They've got three games left, starting with a
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division matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, who are all a
little bit of a role themselves with Saquon Barkley, with
Jalen Hurst, A J. Brown, DeVonta Smith being beasts as
they always are. And the last time they played each other,
I think it was Thursday Night a football. The Commanders
had a chance to win except for that fourth down
play that ended up being going the other direction for
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the Commanders, and from that point the Eagles just took
went away with it and ended up winning twenty six
to eighteen. It should be an interesting matchup between these
two teams heading into this next battle here at Northwest Stadium,
And how will the Commanders possibly be able to upset
the Eagles and give them their first loss since Week four?
I believe, well that is what we're gonna be talking
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about today. Joining me will be Scott Jackson. You can
find us him on Big one hundred game days for us.
You can send him on Scott Jackson Joe as well. Scott,
how you do it?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Man? Very good, good to be with you, Zach.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
And we also have Eagles insider Davis Badero. Dave, how's
it been been to Watson's been a while since we
last spoke.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Yes, it has been God good to see you. Good
to hear from you. And Zach, how you do it? Yeah?
I mean it's been a while.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
And the Eagles, I mean, what a role you say,
a little bit of a role. Ten straight wins, franchise record,
It's been just an incredible pivot from a Week four
loss in Tampa Bay. Since that time, Eagles go to
a bye week and then if come back and they've
just been a dominant, dominant football team. So looking forward
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to this game on Sunday against Washington should be.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
A great win.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Well, you know we can't hype you have too much,
you know, But but you are correct, You're absolutely right.
But guys listening, you know you know the deal.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Here.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I'll be asking these guys three questions about the matchup
for this game between the Commanders and the Eagles. There
will be points giving out an end of each round.
And since it is my podcast, it is my show,
I get to do whatever I want. I get to
decide a winner. But as I always say, you should
be more focused on what these two guys have to
say about the matchup because they are the stars of
the show. They're pinion matters far more than mine. That's
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being said, let's go ahead and get right into it.
I think we should start with safe on Barkley here, right,
because he's an Eagles off instead has just been playing
out of its mind. He really has been the biggest
difference for them. He has sixteen hundred and eighty eight
yards really on pace for a two thousand yard season,
one of the rare currences in NFL history.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
And as a fan.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Of the just the game and of running the ball
out of the former office the moment, I would love
to see him hit that number as someone who works
for the Commanders.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I hope he does not. He hope he just has
a terrible game against us.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
But all that being said, the chances are he's going
to be a difficult challenge for the Commanders to stop.
And Dave will start with you here, since you're closer
to Saque than us here and you've been able to
get a really first hand look at his success. I
imagine that you've seen a lot of different game plans
for how opposing team's gonna be able to stop Saquon Barkley.
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But what are you expecting from the Commander's defense in
this second matchup turn how they're going to attack him?
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Yeah, I think it could be very similar to what
Pittsburgh tried to do on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Single heighs stafety, loads the box and.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Forced Jalen Hurst to throw the football. The Feelers were very,
very physical against the Eagles. They held Take one to
sixty five yards and they made the Eagles win in
the passing game. And Eagles did win in the passing game.
So if your goal is to take Taque out, you've
got to put eight, sometimes nine men in the box.
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You've got to play downhill defense and you have to
be ready to go get the extremely physical Eagles offensive line.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So I mean, I'm not.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Sure there's a single formula to stop takeuon because clearly
the numbers would suggest that, you know, he's been relatively.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Unstoppable this season.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Defenses have tried a number of things to very little success.
He is just a great football player in a system
that's just works with an offensive line is dominant. So
I would imagine that Washington, should they want to really
take Taque out of the equation, they are going to
have to fill up that box with as many defensive
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players as they can.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
And credit word is due. That Eagles offensive line is
just exceptional. They've got Pro bowlers come, you know, just
from from left tackle to right tackle, they've they've really
been strong. I think they're arguably one of the best
off of the up lines in football. You know, you mentioned,
you know, just putting eight nine good players the box.
That's probably how many of the commanders are going to
need because they have just really struggled in terms of
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stopping the run this year. I think they have a
lot of one hundred and thirty two rushing yards per game.
They've improved recently against the Titans and the Saints, but
they are still in the bottom half of the league
in that regard till twenty fifth, if my memory started
me correctly. Now, Scott, like I said, you know, the
Commanders have that's been probably the biggest wigs for this
defense all year. So what are you expecting from from
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Washington because in a season have a lot of really
good running backs they've seen. I mean, safe one is
undoubtedly like one of, if not the best that they've seen.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, I mean him and Derek Henry for sure.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
I mean you look at that game going back to
November fourteenth, the Commanders actually did a pretty good job
for three quarters right on Saquad Barkley. He had those
two big runs and two big touchdown runs against them,
and I think those arecounted for sixty two of us
one hundred forty six on those two carries that we're
both tds and and with what twenty six or one
forty six and two touchdowns. But I think thought of
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a similar approach. You know, clearly you want to take
him out of the game. I also think you know,
you got to also be realistic about it too. I
think the other the other thing you have to do. Besides,
what you need to do on defense is offensively, you
better be really good and you need to kind of
flip the script on the Eagles a little bit. I mean,
you saw how they played ball control last week and
kept the Steelers off the field. I think you you certainly,
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and we've seen this with the Commanders and they've been
successful this year in some of the ways they've taken
other teams, you know, best backs or best players out
of it is by getting leads, you know, playing on
their terms as opposed to playing catchup. I just I
just don't think this is the type of team you
can fall behind against and expect good things to happen,
you know, or you know, too far behind early. And
I think that's going to be a big part of
this game on Sunday. And of course all of us
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are excited to see this because you know, this is
a little bit of a different defense with a guy
who we think is a true number one corner. So
it allows you perhaps to be a little bit more
creative and maybe getting those extra players in the box
to deal with Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, and you bring up the first three quarters of
that game. In the first matchup. They were really good
against Saque, but he broke out after that that failed
fourth down conversion that they had and he just went
off of those two rushing touchdowns to end the game.
And that kind of brings up my next point here
is of the sixteen hundred and eighty eight yards, one
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thousand and ninety one of those that come in the
second half of games, And that was the point that
Danklin brought up in his press conference that saque is
really good when he needs to be able to close
out these games.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
So Dave, like, I.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Mean, is it there any like magic formula to like
why he's been able to really close up these games
that way, or like what have you seen from him
in the third and fourth quarters and make him so
special in those moments.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
It's kind of been not just big one of Eagles often,
you know, until last week, they just didn't score in
the first quarter of games. They really struggled early in games,
and they have gotten better and better as the game
has gone along, and Saquon has followed suits. So I
think that there's kind of a correlation between the way
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the Eagles offense has been operating in the way Saquon's
efficiency has been you know, increasing during games. So I look,
I mean he he is capable of breaking at any time.
And what Washington needs to do, I think got correct.
Like the Washington offense. The best way to stop Saquon
Barkley is for the Washington offense to have long, time
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consuming drives that keeps the Eagles offense off the field,
because at the end of the day, Philadelphia is good
enough offensively that if Taquon is not getting it done
and the yards just aren't there like Pittsburgh, they'll throw
it to a j. Brown and they'll throw it Avonte
Smith and a Jalen hurshelbuster runs. So it's really incumbent
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upon the Washington offense. And I know Washington rail about
really well last week and Jayden Daniels had a nice
game against New Orleans and that may be the way
to do it on Sunday against Eagles.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Yeah, well, we'll definitely see.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
And you know, I think that's that just brings up
I think my biggest my other question here is and
this kind of goes into more of a grander scheme
for Washington's offense. Here, Scott is in the first half
both sides of the ball for Washington have been really,
really good. They score fourteen points in the first half
in the Saints. They scored twenty eight points against the
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Titans three weeks ago. Taking half of games has been
kind of a different store from it on both sides
of the ball, particularly on defense. So what do you think,
like the cause of that is and is there a
solution especially against an offense like Philadelphia is who is
so good, and also on offense like I mean, how
do you use sustain drives against an Eagles defense that
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is i mean playing like the best in the league
right now.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, I mean it's it's hard to say. Each week's
been like a different issue in its own. I also think,
let's be real, I mean, there was a stretch of
games that they played Pittsburgh Philadelphia in a five day period.
That's two really good teams, you know, do excellent defenses.
And oh, by the way, did I mention the quarterback
was still dealing with an issue even though they don't
want admit it. I mean, you know physically, I mean
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he looks a lot different really since that Eagles game.
If you go back to the Dallas game, even though
they love look better Titans game much better obviously New
Orleans this past week, so I think that's been something
that you could look at as well.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
And last week, I mean, you saw the games act.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
I mean, it's just, you know, the penalty has absolutely
killed you. You know, you we could question whether or
not they should have even attempted that long field goal
with Greg Joseph's and they should just pun him and
pinned him back. But you're just like a lot of
little things added up in that game that kind of
spiraled out of.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Control on them a little bit.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
And you know, as far as like the Tennessee game,
you got a big you don't want to do anything
stupid in the second half. And there's been some other
games this year where they had big leads and they
just kind of you know, took.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
The air of the ball a little bit Carolina as well.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
But yeah, I mean I think overall, though, would you
like a better, you know, four quarter performance if you're
the Commanders, Absolutely, I'm sure that's what Dan Quinn and
you know, Cliff Kingsbury and obviously Joe Winn on the
defensive side are trying to figure out like what's been lacking.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
But you're just going back to the Eagles game for
a minute, for that.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
Thursday night game, you know, Week eleven. I mean a
big problem too was just inability to convert on third
down for the Commanders, which has been one of their
strong suits this year, you know, for the most part
as an offense, you know, six in the league. But
in that game with three of twelve, I mean, you
know you talked about that failed fourth down was another thing.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
But they had the flip, you know, the script flipped.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
On them by Philly, and Philly had a big time
of possession of you know, advantage as well. So yeah,
those are the things they just they got to cut
out some of the stupid penalties and you know, in
particular last week it was it was defense and even
offense with some of the holds. And let's be honest,
that could have been a huge second half if Terry
and and you know and Jay didn't are on the
same page and they missed three bombs. I mean they
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were both like inches away and maybe the last one
could have been a p I but whatever. I mean,
but those are just plays that are close to being made,
that have to be made.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Yeah, true, all those those plays.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
But Terry, I mean, you're not You're not You're never
going to get that open in the NFL very out
let alone three.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Times in the in the game.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
But you're right, it is multi factorial in terms of
the reasons why Washington has has come up with these
different kind of sort of problems. And you know, I
really do hope that you know, the rest did Jaden
some some some good there with his rib injury, and
I think after coming out coming off these breaks, I mean,
as they're getting back into momentum, I think they're gonna
be able to, you know, give a better fight against
Philadelphia here, and they're gonna need it for sure. We'll
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move on to the next question, but first you got
the Tide heading into the second round.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Both really good points here.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
But we're gonna move on to another player here for
Washington that was not in the Eagles game. That will
be marsha On Lattimore. And you know you didn't see
much of him against the Saints. That's exactly what the
what the commanders wanted because he had zero targets, zero receptions,
and zero cadges allowed. That's that's exactly what you want
against a from from your from your number one corner
there who is a four time pro bowler, and you
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traded a lot of picks for He'll be going to
give us an Eagles offense that has, as they mentioned,
a lot of really good weapons here with AJ Brown
with the on to Smith, I mean, these guys are
some of the best in the league and this is
the match that you exactly want Lattimore to to to
play against here. So Scott, like, how does having Latimore
change the dynamic of the defense in terms of how
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they're planned on stopping the Eagle receivers and that offense overall.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Well, I think what we you know, what we suspected,
you know when they made the deal, Like you could
put him on a J.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Brown, You could put him one bit.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
Side of the field and not worry move, you know,
not have to you know, roll coverages, and he's going
to handle his guy, whoever that may be.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Seems like a J.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
Brown would be the better of a matchup for him
if they can get that, and if they decide to
travel with them. I mean, he gives you options and
let's be let's also look at it this way. I mean,
and you saw it last week. Mike Sandrastril was was
tested a lot in the in the game against the
Sainctsy did a great job. And you know what, they
tested him in Philly. I mean, the Eagles tested him
and he did a pretty good job against Brown. I
remember one particular play in the red zone where he
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stood up strong. So you know, even though he's a
smaller guy, obviously they love him the rookie from Michigan,
you know. I mean, did Dan Quinn talk more about
any pick besides Jai Jaden Daniels than Mike Sainerstrill. I mean,
probably not. He said, you know, after he worked it
out and he said to uh, I guess maybe it
was Adam Peters or the guy's in the car. He's like,
I want us to draft this guy. And it wasn't
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you know, it wasn't trying to hide his uh his
interest in this player. So I think from that standpoint,
it gives you a lot of options. We talked about
earlier about dropping guys in the box, you know, having
him out on the field I think makes life a
lot easier for them. And let's see, this is a
huge matchup and this is only his second game back
after a long absence, and you hit it on the
head deck. He really wasn't tested I mean literally was
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not tested. They didn't throw a single ball his direction.
Clearly somebody in the Saints front office came down to
the coach and said, we can't look bad on this trade.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Please do not test this guy.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Even if you know, even if he's open, if you
think he's open, don't throw that direction. But it was
kind of a weird thing to see. But yeah, I mean,
I think he just gives them a lot of options.
But as Dan Quinn pointed out a couple occasions like, look,
that still doesn't mean the guy's you know, are going
to be better tacklers in the a gap in the beginning,
you know, like guys have to come up and make plays.
Talking with the linebackers and the and the tackles and
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the safeties, they still have to make plays.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
The Lattimore can't handle that for him, but for them.
But he's certainly going to give them more options and
more ability to be creative and how they want to
cover a guy like a J.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Brown.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Yeah, and that's always been I think one of the
biggest benefit of having Marshawn is not necessarily just adding
a player of his caliber, is how he affects the
players around him and his teammates around him, and you
can see how they've they've sort of adjusted the way
that they've done their personnel to fit people in probably
better spots now, Dave. You know, like I said, Marshaan
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was not in the game against the Eagles there on
Thursday Night Football, But I mean, have they have the
the Eagles player has been asked about Marshawn and plug
plus like, how how do you think that the Eagles
are going to approach having a guy at Marshaan's caliber
going up against him in the Commander secondary?
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Yeah, A Day and DeVante have not spoken to the
media yet. They yesterday with the media availability, so they'll
speak today or tomorrow, and I'm sure they'll be asked
about Marshawn Lattimore. A great football player, big addition to
the Washington Commander's defense changes things for sure.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Gives matchup option to.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Dan Quinn in that defense, and you can go one
on one with confidence with Marshall Lattimore. That said, the
Eagles have multiple weapons here and aj is, if in
fact it is aj Aj is a very very difficult
guy to match up against. And so Marshawn Lattimore is
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is and with the coaches I have talked about him.
Excellent football player and the Eagles know him very well
from years past when he was with New Orleans and
was just a shutdown quarterback. So if he is able
to match up against a J. Brown, it'll be a
an epic battle and.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Respect for both players.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
But again, the Eagles believe that they've got enough options
that if AJ is quote unquote taken away, they go
somewhere else. And that's the beauty of this offense. That's
kind of the way it's been all season. I think
that Marshall Lattimore is a big plus for the Washington Commanders,
but there's more to stop.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
So really, the truth is with his Eagles offense this.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
Year, when they have not turned the football over, they
have been outstanding and in the ten game winning streak,
they've done a really good job of ball security and
that's why they're winning. So there are other options. But
if you if you're able to take a J. Brown out,
and that is the Commander's wish right, that is the goal.
If you are able to take him out of the offense,
you are taking out a huge part of the Eagles
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arsenal and the passing game, will you have to look
elsewhere and potentially really struggle.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, And I was I was thinking, you know, the
other day, it seems like aj would be the be
the easy choice to go up against Marshaw because one
of Marshawn's biggest skill sets is that he's really good
in man coverage. Well, AJ Brown is real good at
beating man coverage. So I would expect that you're going
to They're going to see a lot of each other
on Sunday, now, Scott, Like you know, I mentioned earlier
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about the way that the Commandeers have adjusted the way
that they've they've done their personnel with Marshau and there
he is now a starter. Seems like Mark sanderstill is
going to be on the opposite of him, know, agban
Agny is going to be the slock corner. What do
you think about that current iteration of the secondary and
do you see that as the most viable option going forward?
Speaker 5 (18:24):
Yeah, I think it absolutely has to be with you
look at you know, again with Latimore bringings to the table,
you know in Saint rostral Is, I think with the
top player in terms of past defense this year, and
of course he's been tested because he's the rookie and
obviously has a couple of picks so far, and I
ben Ageny has done a nice job overall. I mean,
he's you know, he's he's played a few different ways
for them, and you know, he's kind of been a
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guy who's you know, his role has changed at times.
And you can say the same thing with with Saint
Ristral as well, because I think initially everybody thought he
would just be a slot and then that they clearly
had to make a decision there. So I definitely think
this is the best group that they have, and you know,
you just hope you can keep him on the field
together and and you know, another side note is we'll
see how healthy the secondary the safety situation is this
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week with Jeremy Chin, you know, after that concussion they
sustained in New Orleans in the protocol this week.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah, and he was out on the field on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Now you know, we were recording this on Thursday before practice,
so we'll we'll see how he's how he's doing. It
seemed like he's at least on the path, but again
with concussion protocols, you never really know. Hers is kind
of in the same position there he was a non
injured related rest slash concussion concussion person on the injury report,
so we'll see if he's actually out there at practice
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on Thursday. But yeah, you're right, I mean the secondary
is it's going to be interesting to see how they've
how they ad just going forward. It seems like that's
going to be the path with sammer Still and a Gonogny,
But we shall see. Because the Eagles present a lot
of different challenges here, we're all we're up against the clocks.
We're gonna move on to the last question here, more
of a general one. You know, there we've mentioned a
lot of big players here. You know, between Aja the
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marshaw on Nolli's are the players. But you know, games
are obviously always won by more than just those key
impact players. So, Dave, for the Eagles, what's one player
aside from these other big names that we've talked about,
who you think could have a really big impact on
Sunday's outcome.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
You know, he had a huge impact on the first game.
And his name is Jalen Carter and he's a second
year player, interior defensive lineman. He is a dominant, dominant
football player. He has seven tackles against Washington. You know,
you reference Zach that fourth down play. He really is
the one who blew it up from the jump.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
He has a lot to handle.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
I'm sure Washington has watched him, and he usually is
double team sometimes triple teams. I think that Jalen Carter
is such a dynamic, game wrecking player that with Washington
running the football as well as they did, find a
way to control Jalen Carter, nobody's really had that answer.
He has emerged as one of the top defensive linemen
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in the NFL. I think that he's probably priority number
one up front for the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Oh, he absolutely is in a defense that is full
of studs. He has.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
He was the most disruptive of thinking that in that
first matchup, and I think, you know, I mean obviously
becoming his off the line are going to take every
single player seriously, but you have to you have to
really account for him because he is just he's a
monster up front, all right, Scott, same question, But on
the commander side, what's one other player you think besides
the big names, who's going to have a nose wing
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pact on Sunday's outcome.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Well, Frankie Louvu.
Speaker 5 (21:27):
I mean, you know, you're talking about defense, and last
game was awesome. I mean he had you know, a
couple of sacks, a couple three quarterback hits I think
as well, multiple double digit and tackles. I mean he
was everywhere. And again I just think with with again
the additional Lattimore, you know this, do you just feel
like guys like Louvu they could they can be a
little bit more creative with them as well, And I
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think that that's going to be fun to watch and
see how he does. And again, you know, talking about
trying to shut down take one Barkley, I mean, he's
going to be a guy who's going to have to
meet him in a hole and get him the grounds,
you know, and then if Chin's not in there, then
it's going to have to be maybe Forrester or you know,
Percy Beultler that does it.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
But to me, Luv was.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
Really kind of the the interesting chess piece for them
on defense really every week, but really especially against this
tough team.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Yeah, you're you're right, And you know, I asked a
similar question last week in if Liam the match being
the Saints and uh, the Frankie Livia was brought up again,
and I think I think that's absolutely correct because he
really is just like this versattle piece and now obviously
not comparing the players in terms of skills sets rightly
of that, but like he does seem a little Micah
Parsons ish in terms of how they've how Danklin moved
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him around whenever DC at the Cowboys, and it seems
like Frankie is is.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Doing a lot of that as well.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
It nearly had an interception against He's able to just
keep his hands on the ball there, which really would
have had a significant outcome impact on the outcome. But yeah,
I think he's I think he's really special player. He's
he's the lifeblood of that defense in so many ways.
And that's why I think, Scott, you have to take
the win here because I think you mentioned that batch
between say Coon Barkley. I think he's going to be
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a huge factor in that. So, Scott, first picture on
the beatdown, do you have any passing words of victory
for us?
Speaker 5 (23:05):
Well, I was I was really gonna be disappointed if
I didn't. With home field advantage against the Eagles insider,
I would have felt like there's something wrong and with
this thing, and I probably would approached. I would have
called the league officers. Frankly, I was gonna I wasn't
gonna take it. Well, but thank you, I'll take this.
I don't know what the prize is. I'll wait for
it in the mail though, excited to see it whenever
it gets here.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Zac, thank you mail.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yeah, you know there's a joke there, but we're gonna
we're not gonna catch on it. With that being said,
Dave Scott, thank you very very much for joining me
on this episode. And like Scott hope with the Commanders
will be coming out of Northwest Stadium with a huge
win over the Eagles and delaying their NFC Eastron for
at least another week. Thank you very much for listening.
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What's going on, y'all? This is another episode of the
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Welcome in.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
I'm your host, Senior writer for the Washington Commanders, Zach Selby.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I don't know about y'all.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I'm so kind of reeling from that New Orleans Saints
game where the Commanders survive a surging Switzer Rallery in
the second half and he misses the two point conversion
and they win. They get to nine wins, the best
starts since nineteen ninety two. So the Bible is still hot.
Like I said, they're still a very good position for
the playoffs. They've got three games left, starting with a
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division matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, who are all a
little bit of a role themselves with Saquon Barkley, with
Jalen Hurst, A J. Brown, DeVonta Smith being beasts as
they always are. And the last time they played each other,
I think it was Thursday Night a football. The Commanders
had a chance to win except for that fourth down
play that ended up being going the other direction for
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the Commanders, and from that point the Eagles just took
went away with it and ended up winning twenty six
to eighteen. It should be an interesting matchup between these
two teams heading into this next battle here at Northwest Stadium,
And how will the Commanders possibly be able to upset
the Eagles and give them their first loss since Week four?
I believe, well that is what we're gonna be talking
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about today. Joining me will be Scott Jackson. You can
find us him on Big one hundred game days for us.
You can send him on Scott Jackson Joe as well. Scott,
how you do it?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Man? Very good, good to be with you, Zach.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
And we also have Eagles insider Davis Badero. Dave, how's
it been been to Watson's been a while since we
last spoke.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Yes, it has been God good to see you. Good
to hear from you. And Zach, how you do it? Yeah?
I mean it's been a while.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
And the Eagles, I mean, what a role you say,
a little bit of a role. Ten straight wins, franchise record,
It's been just an incredible pivot from a Week four
loss in Tampa Bay. Since that time, Eagles go to
a bye week and then if come back and they've
just been a dominant, dominant football team. So looking forward
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to this game on Sunday against Washington should be.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
A great win.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Well, you know we can't hype you have too much,
you know, But but you are correct, You're absolutely right.
But guys listening, you know you know the deal.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Here.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I'll be asking these guys three questions about the matchup
for this game between the Commanders and the Eagles. There
will be points giving out an end of each round.
And since it is my podcast, it is my show,
I get to do whatever I want. I get to
decide a winner. But as I always say, you should
be more focused on what these two guys have to
say about the matchup because they are the stars of
the show. They're pinion matters far more than mine. That's
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being said, let's go ahead and get right into it.
I think we should start with safe on Barkley here, right,
because he's an Eagles off instead has just been playing
out of its mind. He really has been the biggest
difference for them. He has sixteen hundred and eighty eight
yards really on pace for a two thousand yard season,
one of the rare currences in NFL history.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
And as a fan.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Of the just the game and of running the ball
out of the former office the moment, I would love
to see him hit that number as someone who works
for the Commanders.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I hope he does not. He hope he just has
a terrible game against us.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
But all that being said, the chances are he's going
to be a difficult challenge for the Commanders to stop.
And Dave will start with you here, since you're closer
to Saque than us here and you've been able to
get a really first hand look at his success. I
imagine that you've seen a lot of different game plans
for how opposing team's gonna be able to stop Saquon Barkley.
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But what are you expecting from the Commander's defense in
this second matchup turn how they're going to attack him?
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Yeah, I think it could be very similar to what
Pittsburgh tried to do on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Single heighs stafety, loads the box and.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Forced Jalen Hurst to throw the football. The Feelers were very,
very physical against the Eagles. They held Take one to
sixty five yards and they made the Eagles win in
the passing game. And Eagles did win in the passing game.
So if your goal is to take Taque out, you've
got to put eight, sometimes nine men in the box.
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You've got to play downhill defense and you have to
be ready to go get the extremely physical Eagles offensive line.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So I mean, I'm not.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Sure there's a single formula to stop takeuon because clearly
the numbers would suggest that, you know, he's been relatively.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Unstoppable this season.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Defenses have tried a number of things to very little success.
He is just a great football player in a system
that's just works with an offensive line is dominant. So
I would imagine that Washington, should they want to really
take Taque out of the equation, they are going to
have to fill up that box with as many defensive
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players as they can.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
And credit word is due. That Eagles offensive line is
just exceptional. They've got Pro bowlers come, you know, just
from from left tackle to right tackle, they've they've really
been strong. I think they're arguably one of the best
off of the up lines in football. You know, you mentioned,
you know, just putting eight nine good players the box.
That's probably how many of the commanders are going to
need because they have just really struggled in terms of
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stopping the run this year. I think they have a
lot of one hundred and thirty two rushing yards per game.
They've improved recently against the Titans and the Saints, but
they are still in the bottom half of the league
in that regard till twenty fifth, if my memory started
me correctly. Now, Scott, like I said, you know, the
Commanders have that's been probably the biggest wigs for this
defense all year. So what are you expecting from from
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Washington because in a season have a lot of really
good running backs they've seen. I mean, safe one is
undoubtedly like one of, if not the best that they've seen.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yeah, I mean him and Derek Henry for sure.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
I mean you look at that game going back to
November fourteenth, the Commanders actually did a pretty good job
for three quarters right on Saquad Barkley. He had those
two big runs and two big touchdown runs against them,
and I think those arecounted for sixty two of us
one hundred forty six on those two carries that we're
both tds and and with what twenty six or one
forty six and two touchdowns. But I think thought of
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a similar approach. You know, clearly you want to take
him out of the game. I also think you know,
you got to also be realistic about it too. I
think the other the other thing you have to do. Besides,
what you need to do on defense is offensively, you
better be really good and you need to kind of
flip the script on the Eagles a little bit. I mean,
you saw how they played ball control last week and
kept the Steelers off the field. I think you you certainly,
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and we've seen this with the Commanders and they've been
successful this year in some of the ways they've taken
other teams, you know, best backs or best players out
of it is by getting leads, you know, playing on
their terms as opposed to playing catchup. I just I
just don't think this is the type of team you
can fall behind against and expect good things to happen,
you know, or you know, too far behind early. And
I think that's going to be a big part of
this game on Sunday. And of course all of us
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are excited to see this because you know, this is
a little bit of a different defense with a guy
who we think is a true number one corner. So
it allows you perhaps to be a little bit more
creative and maybe getting those extra players in the box
to deal with Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, and you bring up the first three quarters of
that game. In the first matchup. They were really good
against Saque, but he broke out after that that failed
fourth down conversion that they had and he just went
off of those two rushing touchdowns to end the game.
And that kind of brings up my next point here
is of the sixteen hundred and eighty eight yards, one
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thousand and ninety one of those that come in the
second half of games, And that was the point that
Danklin brought up in his press conference that saque is
really good when he needs to be able to close
out these games.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
So Dave, like, I.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Mean, is it there any like magic formula to like
why he's been able to really close up these games
that way, or like what have you seen from him
in the third and fourth quarters and make him so
special in those moments.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
It's kind of been not just big one of Eagles often,
you know, until last week, they just didn't score in
the first quarter of games. They really struggled early in games,
and they have gotten better and better as the game
has gone along, and Saquon has followed suits. So I
think that there's kind of a correlation between the way
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the Eagles offense has been operating in the way Saquon's
efficiency has been you know, increasing during games. So I look,
I mean he he is capable of breaking at any time.
And what Washington needs to do, I think got correct.
Like the Washington offense. The best way to stop Saquon
Barkley is for the Washington offense to have long, time
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consuming drives that keeps the Eagles offense off the field,
because at the end of the day, Philadelphia is good
enough offensively that if Taquon is not getting it done
and the yards just aren't there like Pittsburgh, they'll throw
it to a j. Brown and they'll throw it Avonte
Smith and a Jalen hurshelbuster runs. So it's really incumbent
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upon the Washington offense. And I know Washington rail about
really well last week and Jayden Daniels had a nice
game against New Orleans and that may be the way
to do it on Sunday against Eagles.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Yeah, well, we'll definitely see.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
And you know, I think that's that just brings up
I think my biggest my other question here is and
this kind of goes into more of a grander scheme
for Washington's offense. Here, Scott is in the first half
both sides of the ball for Washington have been really,
really good. They score fourteen points in the first half
in the Saints. They scored twenty eight points against the
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Titans three weeks ago. Taking half of games has been
kind of a different store from it on both sides
of the ball, particularly on defense. So what do you think,
like the cause of that is and is there a
solution especially against an offense like Philadelphia is who is
so good, and also on offense like I mean, how
do you use sustain drives against an Eagles defense that
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is i mean playing like the best in the league
right now.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, I mean it's it's hard to say. Each week's
been like a different issue in its own. I also think,
let's be real, I mean, there was a stretch of
games that they played Pittsburgh Philadelphia in a five day period.
That's two really good teams, you know, do excellent defenses.
And oh, by the way, did I mention the quarterback
was still dealing with an issue even though they don't
want admit it. I mean, you know physically, I mean
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he looks a lot different really since that Eagles game.
If you go back to the Dallas game, even though
they love look better Titans game much better obviously New
Orleans this past week, so I think that's been something
that you could look at as well.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
And last week, I mean, you saw the games act.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
I mean, it's just, you know, the penalty has absolutely
killed you. You know, you we could question whether or
not they should have even attempted that long field goal
with Greg Joseph's and they should just pun him and
pinned him back. But you're just like a lot of
little things added up in that game that kind of
spiraled out of.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Control on them a little bit.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
And you know, as far as like the Tennessee game,
you got a big you don't want to do anything
stupid in the second half. And there's been some other
games this year where they had big leads and they
just kind of you know, took.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
The air of the ball a little bit Carolina as well.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
But yeah, I mean I think overall, though, would you
like a better, you know, four quarter performance if you're
the Commanders, Absolutely, I'm sure that's what Dan Quinn and
you know, Cliff Kingsbury and obviously Joe Winn on the
defensive side are trying to figure out like what's been lacking.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
But you're just going back to the Eagles game for
a minute, for that.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
Thursday night game, you know, Week eleven. I mean a
big problem too was just inability to convert on third
down for the Commanders, which has been one of their
strong suits this year, you know, for the most part
as an offense, you know, six in the league. But
in that game with three of twelve, I mean, you
know you talked about that failed fourth down was another thing.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
But they had the flip, you know, the script flipped.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
On them by Philly, and Philly had a big time
of possession of you know, advantage as well. So yeah,
those are the things they just they got to cut
out some of the stupid penalties and you know, in
particular last week it was it was defense and even
offense with some of the holds. And let's be honest,
that could have been a huge second half if Terry
and and you know and Jay didn't are on the
same page and they missed three bombs. I mean they
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were both like inches away and maybe the last one
could have been a p I but whatever. I mean,
but those are just plays that are close to being made,
that have to be made.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Yeah, true, all those those plays.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
But Terry, I mean, you're not You're not You're never
going to get that open in the NFL very out
let alone three.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Times in the in the game.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
But you're right, it is multi factorial in terms of
the reasons why Washington has has come up with these
different kind of sort of problems. And you know, I
really do hope that you know, the rest did Jaden
some some some good there with his rib injury, and
I think after coming out coming off these breaks, I mean,
as they're getting back into momentum, I think they're gonna
be able to, you know, give a better fight against
Philadelphia here, and they're gonna need it for sure. We'll
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move on to the next question, but first you got
the Tide heading into the second round.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
Both really good points here.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
But we're gonna move on to another player here for
Washington that was not in the Eagles game. That will
be marsha On Lattimore. And you know you didn't see
much of him against the Saints. That's exactly what the
what the commanders wanted because he had zero targets, zero receptions,
and zero cadges allowed. That's that's exactly what you want
against a from from your from your number one corner
there who is a four time pro bowler, and you
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traded a lot of picks for He'll be going to
give us an Eagles offense that has, as they mentioned,
a lot of really good weapons here with AJ Brown
with the on to Smith, I mean, these guys are
some of the best in the league and this is
the match that you exactly want Lattimore to to to
play against here. So Scott, like, how does having Latimore
change the dynamic of the defense in terms of how
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they're planned on stopping the Eagle receivers and that offense overall.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Well, I think what we you know, what we suspected,
you know when they made the deal, Like you could
put him on a J.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Brown, You could put him one bit.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
Side of the field and not worry move, you know,
not have to you know, roll coverages, and he's going
to handle his guy, whoever that may be.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Seems like a J.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
Brown would be the better of a matchup for him
if they can get that, and if they decide to
travel with them. I mean, he gives you options and
let's be let's also look at it this way. I mean,
and you saw it last week. Mike Sandrastril was was
tested a lot in the in the game against the
Sainctsy did a great job. And you know what, they
tested him in Philly. I mean, the Eagles tested him
and he did a pretty good job against Brown. I
remember one particular play in the red zone where he
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stood up strong. So you know, even though he's a
smaller guy, obviously they love him the rookie from Michigan,
you know. I mean, did Dan Quinn talk more about
any pick besides Jai Jaden Daniels than Mike Sainerstrill. I mean,
probably not. He said, you know, after he worked it
out and he said to uh, I guess maybe it
was Adam Peters or the guy's in the car. He's like,
I want us to draft this guy. And it wasn't
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you know, it wasn't trying to hide his uh his
interest in this player. So I think from that standpoint,
it gives you a lot of options. We talked about
earlier about dropping guys in the box, you know, having
him out on the field I think makes life a
lot easier for them. And let's see, this is a
huge matchup and this is only his second game back
after a long absence, and you hit it on the
head deck. He really wasn't tested I mean literally was
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not tested. They didn't throw a single ball his direction.
Clearly somebody in the Saints front office came down to
the coach and said, we can't look bad on this trade.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
Please do not test this guy.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Even if you know, even if he's open, if you
think he's open, don't throw that direction. But it was
kind of a weird thing to see. But yeah, I mean,
I think he just gives them a lot of options.
But as Dan Quinn pointed out a couple occasions like, look,
that still doesn't mean the guy's you know, are going
to be better tacklers in the a gap in the beginning,
you know, like guys have to come up and make plays.
Talking with the linebackers and the and the tackles and
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the safeties, they still have to make plays.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
The Lattimore can't handle that for him, but for them.
But he's certainly going to give them more options and
more ability to be creative and how they want to
cover a guy like a J.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Brown.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
Yeah, and that's always been I think one of the
biggest benefit of having Marshawn is not necessarily just adding
a player of his caliber, is how he affects the
players around him and his teammates around him, and you
can see how they've they've sort of adjusted the way
that they've done their personnel to fit people in probably
better spots now, Dave. You know, like I said, Marshaan
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was not in the game against the Eagles there on
Thursday Night Football, But I mean, have they have the
the Eagles player has been asked about Marshawn and plug
plus like, how how do you think that the Eagles
are going to approach having a guy at Marshaan's caliber
going up against him in the Commander secondary?
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Yeah, A Day and DeVante have not spoken to the
media yet. They yesterday with the media availability, so they'll
speak today or tomorrow, and I'm sure they'll be asked
about Marshawn Lattimore. A great football player, big addition to
the Washington Commander's defense changes things for sure.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Gives matchup option to.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Dan Quinn in that defense, and you can go one
on one with confidence with Marshall Lattimore. That said, the
Eagles have multiple weapons here and aj is, if in
fact it is aj Aj is a very very difficult
guy to match up against. And so Marshawn Lattimore is
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is and with the coaches I have talked about him.
Excellent football player and the Eagles know him very well
from years past when he was with New Orleans and
was just a shutdown quarterback. So if he is able
to match up against a J. Brown, it'll be a
an epic battle and.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Respect for both players.
Speaker 4 (16:52):
But again, the Eagles believe that they've got enough options
that if AJ is quote unquote taken away, they go
somewhere else. And that's the beauty of this offense. That's
kind of the way it's been all season. I think
that Marshall Lattimore is a big plus for the Washington Commanders,
but there's more to stop.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
So really, the truth is with his Eagles offense this.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
Year, when they have not turned the football over, they
have been outstanding and in the ten game winning streak,
they've done a really good job of ball security and
that's why they're winning. So there are other options. But
if you if you're able to take a J. Brown out,
and that is the Commander's wish right, that is the goal.
If you are able to take him out of the offense,
you are taking out a huge part of the Eagles
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arsenal and the passing game, will you have to look
elsewhere and potentially really struggle.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Yeah, And I was I was thinking, you know, the
other day, it seems like aj would be the be
the easy choice to go up against Marshaw because one
of Marshawn's biggest skill sets is that he's really good
in man coverage. Well, AJ Brown is real good at
beating man coverage. So I would expect that you're going
to They're going to see a lot of each other
on Sunday, now, Scott, Like you know, I mentioned earlier
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about the way that the Commandeers have adjusted the way
that they've they've done their personnel with Marshau and there
he is now a starter. Seems like Mark sanderstill is
going to be on the opposite of him, know, agban
Agny is going to be the slock corner. What do
you think about that current iteration of the secondary and
do you see that as the most viable option going forward?
Speaker 5 (18:24):
Yeah, I think it absolutely has to be with you
look at you know, again with Latimore bringings to the table,
you know in Saint rostral Is, I think with the
top player in terms of past defense this year, and
of course he's been tested because he's the rookie and
obviously has a couple of picks so far, and I
ben Ageny has done a nice job overall. I mean,
he's you know, he's he's played a few different ways
for them, and you know, he's kind of been a
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guy who's you know, his role has changed at times.
And you can say the same thing with with Saint
Ristral as well, because I think initially everybody thought he
would just be a slot and then that they clearly
had to make a decision there. So I definitely think
this is the best group that they have, and you know,
you just hope you can keep him on the field
together and and you know, another side note is we'll
see how healthy the secondary the safety situation is this
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week with Jeremy Chin, you know, after that concussion they
sustained in New Orleans in the protocol this week.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Yeah, and he was out on the field on Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Now you know, we were recording this on Thursday before practice,
so we'll we'll see how he's how he's doing. It
seemed like he's at least on the path, but again
with concussion protocols, you never really know. Hers is kind
of in the same position there he was a non
injured related rest slash concussion concussion person on the injury report,
so we'll see if he's actually out there at practice
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on Thursday. But yeah, you're right, I mean the secondary
is it's going to be interesting to see how they've
how they ad just going forward. It seems like that's
going to be the path with sammer Still and a Gonogny,
But we shall see. Because the Eagles present a lot
of different challenges here, we're all we're up against the clocks.
We're gonna move on to the last question here, more
of a general one. You know, there we've mentioned a
lot of big players here. You know, between Aja the
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marshaw on Nolli's are the players. But you know, games
are obviously always won by more than just those key
impact players. So, Dave, for the Eagles, what's one player
aside from these other big names that we've talked about,
who you think could have a really big impact on
Sunday's outcome.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
You know, he had a huge impact on the first game.
And his name is Jalen Carter and he's a second
year player, interior defensive lineman. He is a dominant, dominant
football player. He has seven tackles against Washington. You know,
you reference Zach that fourth down play. He really is
the one who blew it up from the jump.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
He has a lot to handle.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
I'm sure Washington has watched him, and he usually is
double team sometimes triple teams. I think that Jalen Carter
is such a dynamic, game wrecking player that with Washington
running the football as well as they did, find a
way to control Jalen Carter, nobody's really had that answer.
He has emerged as one of the top defensive linemen
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in the NFL. I think that he's probably priority number
one up front for the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Oh, he absolutely is in a defense that is full
of studs. He has.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
He was the most disruptive of thinking that in that
first matchup, and I think, you know, I mean obviously
becoming his off the line are going to take every
single player seriously, but you have to you have to
really account for him because he is just he's a
monster up front, all right, Scott, same question, But on
the commander side, what's one other player you think besides
the big names, who's going to have a nose wing
(21:25):
pact on Sunday's outcome.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Well, Frankie Louvu.
Speaker 5 (21:27):
I mean, you know, you're talking about defense, and last
game was awesome. I mean he had you know, a
couple of sacks, a couple three quarterback hits I think
as well, multiple double digit and tackles. I mean he
was everywhere. And again I just think with with again
the additional Lattimore, you know this, do you just feel
like guys like Louvu they could they can be a
little bit more creative with them as well, And I
(21:48):
think that that's going to be fun to watch and
see how he does. And again, you know, talking about
trying to shut down take one Barkley, I mean, he's
going to be a guy who's going to have to
meet him in a hole and get him the grounds,
you know, and then if Chin's not in there, then
it's going to have to be maybe Forrester or you know,
Percy Beultler that does it.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
But to me, Luv was.
Speaker 5 (22:03):
Really kind of the the interesting chess piece for them
on defense really every week, but really especially against this
tough team.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Yeah, you're you're right, And you know, I asked a
similar question last week in if Liam the match being
the Saints and uh, the Frankie Livia was brought up again,
and I think I think that's absolutely correct because he
really is just like this versattle piece and now obviously
not comparing the players in terms of skills sets rightly
of that, but like he does seem a little Micah
Parsons ish in terms of how they've how Danklin moved
(22:33):
him around whenever DC at the Cowboys, and it seems
like Frankie is is.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Doing a lot of that as well.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
It nearly had an interception against He's able to just
keep his hands on the ball there, which really would
have had a significant outcome impact on the outcome. But yeah,
I think he's I think he's really special player. He's
he's the lifeblood of that defense in so many ways.
And that's why I think, Scott, you have to take
the win here because I think you mentioned that batch
between say Coon Barkley. I think he's going to be
(22:59):
a huge factor in that. So, Scott, first picture on
the beatdown, do you have any passing words of victory
for us?
Speaker 5 (23:05):
Well, I was I was really gonna be disappointed if
I didn't. With home field advantage against the Eagles insider,
I would have felt like there's something wrong and with
this thing, and I probably would approached. I would have
called the league officers. Frankly, I was gonna I wasn't
gonna take it. Well, but thank you, I'll take this.
I don't know what the prize is. I'll wait for
it in the mail though, excited to see it whenever
it gets here.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Zac, thank you mail.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yeah, you know there's a joke there, but we're gonna
we're not gonna catch on it. With that being said,
Dave Scott, thank you very very much for joining me
on this episode. And like Scott hope with the Commanders
will be coming out of Northwest Stadium with a huge
win over the Eagles and delaying their NFC Eastron for
at least another week. Thank you very much for listening.
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