00:00Week two, Commanders at Cowboys.
00:02It was a one-sided affair, Brian.
00:05We'll start with the offense.
00:08This is a weird one to try to grade out.
00:11Yeah.
00:13Because two different guys ended up playing two halves of football.
00:17Jaden, prior to the injury, looked great.
00:19They were definitely perfect.
00:21I mean, perfect in the way that they played when you look at the two.
00:2711 of 17 for one, 11 of 16 for the other.
00:30I mean, it is combined for – you're going to help me with this math, dude.
00:37About 220 yards, two touchdowns through the air.
00:41Another – I mean, Jaden was great with his legs.
00:43I was so impressed by the sliding and everything.
00:46Quarterbacks were good in this game, but Jaden gets hurt on a complete fluky play.
00:49Yeah.
00:50What's your grade for the quarterbacks coming out of Sunday's game?
00:53I'm going to give those quarterbacks a B, B-minus,
00:56because I don't think that they did anything terrible.
01:00And him getting hurt, that don't go into the grave for me.
01:02It was wild.
01:04Once Marcus got in there, the level of sandlot football that transpired.
01:08Now, some of that was play call.
01:10Like, they ran back-to-back double passes.
01:12But, like, even every snap, it seemed like Marcus was under duress and running around,
01:16and it was like yakety-sacks playing in the background.
01:18Yeah, but they were in a position where they had to get points,
01:21and you've got to go with the sexy little wild things you have.
01:26The pen I'm using appears to be leaking.
01:28I'm covered in ink all of a sudden here.
01:29If you're looking on the stream or a fundamental, take a look at my ink situation.
01:34I agree.
01:35Like, the quarterbacks in this game weren't the problem.
01:38I don't think – we can get to the running backs here.
01:42Bill went 12 of 43, 3.6 YPC.
01:46Rashad White, this was certainly his best game.
01:48Seven carries for 43 yards.
01:50He averaged six yards a carry.
01:52Catron, fat man, I'm going to dig him for running into Cosby and concussing him,
01:57but he ran five times for 24 yards.
01:59I ain't going to dig him for running.
02:00That's his job.
02:01He's running full speed.
02:02And if the hole is here and you coming at me, I got to hit you too.
02:07You like to think he could have had a little bit of vision and not blast his own guy.
02:10Dude, nah, nah.
02:11You must not – you must have never been a running back.
02:13I ran into my guys more often than not because if you're in the hole,
02:17I need to make sure you're never in that hole again.
02:19I thought it was downfield enough.
02:21But Cosby was coming back.
02:22I think he got turned around.
02:24Yeah, so that's what I'm saying.
02:25So I can't blame the running back for that.
02:26I was kind of kidding.
02:27That's obviously a freaky accident.
02:31Where are you at on the running backs?
02:32I should add Rashad White was also helpful in the past game.
02:35Six catches for 40 yards there.
02:37They never really could establish the run.
02:42But, I don't know, I'll say B-.
02:44I'm at that.
02:46I think the offensive grades are going to be a lot better than the defensive grades.
02:49Just call it a hunch.
02:51Offensive line in this game.
02:53Jaden was never sacked.
02:55I don't think Jaden was ever hit.
02:57I don't – did Marcus get sacked?
02:59I don't know.
02:59I think they held Dallas without a sack.
03:01If they held him without a sack, you got to get off his line probably a B as well.
03:04They never really got the run game going, but they also were kind of chasing for most of the game.
03:10Yeah, we're on the B- side.
03:12A whole lot of B- is coming so far.
03:14I'm with that.
03:15Still count for three points on a great scale.
03:18The wide receivers.
03:21You had Terry McLaurin, two for 50.
03:23Steph Diggs, five for 47 with two touchdowns.
03:27Rashad White, we mentioned that.
03:29Antonio Williams in this game.
03:30What did you make of the snap count stuff with De'Ami getting more snaps and Diggs and Williams?
03:35It doesn't faze me whatsoever.
03:37I think people have to stop doing that where they're looking at the amount of snaps somebody take.
03:43They don't look at what the person is doing while he's in there.
03:46De'Ami Brown was in there to stretch the field.
03:49Okay?
03:49That's all he was in there for.
03:51And he happened to get one play where it should have been a touchdown.
03:54I'm watching people steal today.
03:56Referees talking about that should have been a touchdown.
03:58He kept control of it all the way to the ground.
04:00One knee got to do it.
04:01So, that's not anything to be concerned about.
04:05It's just that when you play, you need someone to stretch the field.
04:10De'Ami does that.
04:11Antonio doesn't do that.
04:14Agreed.
04:14Dude, is that – that was second half.
04:19It seemed like Marcus hit him for the deep shot, right?
04:23And they challenged it.
04:24Left side.
04:26Is that when they ended up then having to kick the field goal that Stevens missed?
04:30Like, that was still a ball game at that point.
04:33Yeah.
04:33Like, if that is a touchdown, I'm trying to pull up the specific play.
04:38Yeah, so it's second and nine from the Dallas 29.
04:41Mariota, incomplete deep to De'Ami Brown, challenged.
04:45Okay, so that was the field goal they made.
04:47That made it 17-13.
04:49If he connects there, it's tied up at 17.
04:53But, like, I don't understand how they were able to change that.
04:57You know –
04:58They called it incomplete on the field.
04:59They didn't have to change it.
05:00Yeah, but they called it incomplete.
05:01But when you see it, knee, inbounds, ball on top of his chest,
05:07and it's there the whole time.
05:10What's your receiver grade?
05:13I have to go to a C with the receivers because we had a lot of balls that –
05:20we had a lot of passes that were not caught.
05:23And De'Ami also had the fumble.
05:24That was just the only turnover.
05:26So, I'm going to C-.
05:27C-.
05:27I'm on a minus day.
05:29I'll go C.
05:30I mean, it just –
05:31They weren't good enough in a spot where you had to be good enough.
05:37And, like, you need somebody to make a play.
05:40Through two games now, Terry has four catches.
05:43Yeah.
05:44Any concern there?
05:45No concern whatsoever.
05:46You saw the pass he caught in the back of the end zone.
05:49And the fact that he got his hands on that ball was amazing to me.
05:53You know, so I'm not concerned about that.
05:55Terry has been a person that the Eagles tried to take out the game
05:57and the Cowboys tried to take out the game.
05:59The pass he caught in the back of the end zone, two people were on him.
06:03So, if he's going through that, somebody else needs to explode.
06:08Yeah.
06:08It's –
06:11It is interesting considering the receiver group.
06:14B, the tight ends.
06:16Now, granted, Chig Okonkwo didn't play in this game.
06:18And I think there's probably a real question if Chig is going to play Sunday.
06:22Like, those all kind of seem like week-to-week situations.
06:25Uh-huh.
06:26But they're just not getting much from the tight end situation.
06:30In Sunday's game against Cowboys, Yankoff had a catch for 14.
06:35Sennett had a catch for six.
06:37And that was it.
06:39John Bates did look open on one of those goal line plays before halftime.
06:45Tight end position, you're just not getting anything.
06:47Yeah, but it's hard to grade the tight end position
06:49because you have guys that I don't think any of our tight ends other than Chig
06:55you would think is like the rest of the tight ends around the league.
06:58You know, Ben hasn't really done it since he's been here.
07:02It's crazy.
07:03Yankoff to me is the next best after Chig.
07:08And Bates is there to block a lot.
07:11So, you got to look at, when you judge a tight end,
07:14you got to look at the blocking on top of everything else.
07:17And let's be real.
07:19Antonio and Stephon Diggs, they operate in that same depth zone that the tight ends do.
07:25If you're a quarterback, who are you going to?
07:27Yeah.
07:27I get that.
07:28I think the tight ends are a C- to me.
07:33I mean, I'm tempted to say D.
07:34Like, they just – there's not a contribution coming from that position.
07:39I don't see my – I just think that we look at our tight ends like some of these guys
07:45around the league where they are the focal point of their team.
07:49Our tight ends aren't the focal point of our team.
07:52Sure.
07:54I mean, speaking of tight ends, how about Kelsey proving he's still got it?
07:57Oh, yeah.
07:58I've been pretty impressed by him, dude.
08:00He got in shape this year, man.
08:02Last year he was out of shape.
08:04Playing in a wedding.
08:06Before we get into it, what did you think of just the game plan?
08:11The one thing offensively I didn't love, did you notice how much in the red zone
08:16they went to that bunch formation where, like, you were clearly throwing it,
08:20but you were still so stacked up?
08:22I wouldn't have minded spreading that out a little bit.
08:24Yeah, but what that does, it makes defensive backs bump into each other
08:28and they have to chase –
08:29It makes it a lot easier for the rubs and all that.
08:31Yeah, and I think that's why they do that because you're looking for quick space,
08:36quick separation down at the goal line.
08:38That's why they did it.
08:40I just – I wouldn't have been – I'm not, like, against that formation.
08:44It just seemed like they were overly reliant on that when you got options
08:47to do lots of different things.
08:49You know what I mean?
08:50Yeah, but, like, when you have a bunch and you have these different backs,
08:55one guy goes here, one does – you confuse people.
08:59That's what they're expecting.
09:01It didn't happen very much.
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