JP Finlay on the Commanders/Cowboys matchup, Jayden Daniels’ sophomore season, and more

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Commanders' insider JP Finlay joined Shan, RJ, and Bobby to break down Washington’s matchup with the Dallas Cowboys. Finlay discussed why the Commanders defense has struggled early in games, how injuries to key players have impacted the offense, and what to expect from young stars like Jayden Daniels and Jacory "Bill" Croskey-Merritt. He also shared insights on Cliff Kingsbury’s coaching style, the team’s culture post-Snyder, and which players could be game changers this week.

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00:00where are the commanders in terms of that path and that preseason hype

00:19I think if Jaden Daniels doesn't fumble with three minutes left in the fourth quarter on

00:25Monday Night Football that's exactly what we're saying he's a he's a young player that really

00:31hasn't made those kind of mistakes ever in his roughly 20 NFL starts and he did Monday night

00:37against the Bears they didn't look great in that game but they did enough to put themselves in

00:42position to win and they were just undone by turnovers so I mean for me I you know I'm sure

00:48you guys are the same like fans tend to be so reactionary to every moment that occurs and

00:53you got to try to like be reactionary for a day or so and then zoom out and look at the big picture

00:58and and I think you know Washington hasn't played as well as they could have as they did in spots last

01:05year but the the far bigger problem for them is on the defensive side of the ball they're getting

01:11into big holes early like to the point where I think if Dan Quinn wins the toss Sunday at Jerry

01:18World he should take the football because the commander's defense on the first two drives of

01:24games over six games now has had three stops and 12 drives um in the in the last two weeks they've

01:31given up 10 points on the first two drives the Chargers got up 10 nothing and last week the Bears

01:36I mean same thing so it's um I think defensively they've had really slow starts but a lot of this

01:44boils down to one fumble on a slick field on a Monday night game and and I think if Jaden holds

01:50on to that ball they kick a field goal maybe go up what would have been I guess five and go on to win

01:56and they are four and two and tied with the Eagles that's kind of the conversation we expected to have

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