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JP and BMitch grade each position unit on the Commanders offense after Sunday's tie against the Giants.
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00:00Oh, we got to do some grades.
00:04Okay.
00:06Where do you want to start, O or D?
00:08Anywhere, okay.
00:09Let's go to the quarterback.
00:11It's been a hot conversation.
00:13It was excellent.
00:14I'm still giving that kid A.
00:17Like to see him throw it away.
00:18But see, the thing about it, we keep saying.
00:21He was excellent.
00:21I would like to see the ball be clocked
00:25and like to be told clock the ball.
00:28Running that play at the end,
00:30does no good for nobody.
00:32He was excellent.
00:33Yeah.
00:35Unlike the only pizza delivery place
00:37that will deliver to his radio station.
00:41Running backs.
00:43I think Bill is having a good day, man.
00:47I wonder if the groin started acting up for him.
00:49Yeah, 11 carries for what?
00:5180-something yards here?
00:52It's like almost 82.
00:53Eight, eight?
00:54Let me ask you this,
00:55because this is news that I just saw
00:57from Nicky Jabala.
00:59Commanders are signing running back
01:01Devin Neal to their practice squad.
01:04Let's do a quick inventory
01:05of the running back position here in Washington.
01:09Anytime to the main roster
01:11or the practice squad?
01:12Practice squad.
01:12Okay.
01:13You now have on the active,
01:16Bill, Rashad White, Austin Eckler,
01:20I believe is on the active.
01:23Jeremy McNichols is on.
01:25I guess it's still just the window is open for him.
01:28Yeah.
01:28They probably don't have to assign him a spot yet.
01:32You cut Katron Allen.
01:34Yeah.
01:35Which is interesting.
01:37And I'm not surprised the Dolphins signed him,
01:39because when he looked his best was in August.
01:41Against him.
01:42And kind of went the other way on that.
01:45And now you're adding Devin Neal
01:47to the practice squad.
01:49You're running back position,
01:52Bill Eckler White on the active.
01:54On the reserve injured list,
01:56you still have J-Mac.
01:58Then you've still got on the practice squad,
02:04now you're just adding Devin Neal,
02:06and you still have Craig Reynolds on there.
02:09Yeah.
02:09A lot of backs.
02:10The Devin Neal signing,
02:13do you make much any of it?
02:15Do you worry about Bill's groin?
02:18I mean,
02:21Katron, if Katron was still here,
02:23all those running backs are still there.
02:25The same amount were already there.
02:27They're just replacing the one that they let go.
02:30Okay.
02:30That was our running back inventory.
02:33So you and I are both on an A for Jaden.
02:35Maybe I'll go B+,
02:36because you've got to throw it away.
02:39Running backs were good.
02:41Oddly,
02:43with a lead,
02:45I'd have to go back and chart this.
02:46I feel like that was the fewest carries
02:48the running backs have gotten
02:49for a team with a lead.
02:52I feel like that's the fewest carries
02:53the running backs have gotten this season,
02:55and they had a two-touchdown lead
02:56in the fourth quarter.
02:57Yeah.
02:58Where typically you lean on your run
02:59a little bit more.
02:59202 yards rushing.
03:01Now,
03:01a giant...
03:02Running backs,
03:03I'll still go like...
03:04Over half of that's Jaden,
03:05not the backs.
03:06Yeah,
03:06but they had,
03:07right,
03:0797 out of 18 carries,
03:09which is not bad.
03:11So I'll go with the running backs,
03:13B-.
03:1421 carries for the backs.
03:17Rashad White...
03:17the effort came in there too,
03:18yeah.
03:18Rashad White did not get it done
03:20running the ball in this game.
03:227 for 18.
03:23Eckler had 3 for minus 1.
03:25White and Eckler at this stage
03:27are probably better pass catchers.
03:28White had one catch for 2 yards.
03:30Eckler had one for 15.
03:31Yep.
03:32I like that screen call.
03:33That was...
03:33There was a moment in there
03:35where Blau was dialed
03:36because they were blitzing major,
03:38and he ran the boot
03:39to get past the pressure.
03:40He ran that little screen
03:41to get past the pressure.
03:43That was a really good drive.
03:44Jaden ended up taking it to the house.
03:46What'd you think of the O-line
03:47in this game?
03:50I think early on,
03:52they did some good stuff,
03:53but as they began
03:55to bring those zero blitzes,
03:57I don't necessarily know
03:58if it was just the offensive line,
03:59though,
04:00because they were getting
04:00off the edges and stuff like that.
04:02They were getting some pressure.
04:05There was pressure.
04:06We could have changed up
04:07some quick stuff
04:08and kind of combated that.
04:12They finished with 5 sacks
04:15in this game.
04:17Those linebackers,
04:18Reese and Edmonds,
04:19both got home.
04:20Abdul Carter got home.
04:21The kid Phillips had 2 sacks.
04:24Jaden was under real pressure
04:25in this thing.
04:26That right side was good, though.
04:28That left side wasn't.
04:28Connerly looked great.
04:29Connerly was good.
04:30Connerly hadn't given up
04:31a sack all year so far.
04:33Yeah.
04:33The left side in this game
04:34was not their best game.
04:36Lucas Patrick,
04:37also you got a lot of high snaps,
04:38which slows things down.
04:40O-line, to me,
04:42I mean,
04:42they ran the hell
04:43out of the football.
04:44I go Siege.
04:45Yeah.
04:46Maybe even be mine.
04:47Like, I don't know.
04:48You finish with 200 yards rushing.
04:50You finish with...
04:52Yeah, but I think
04:52them 5 sacks take away.
04:54And I think that was more
04:55coming off the left edge.
04:57Left side.
04:58Yeah.
05:00Coleman's not going to like this tape.
05:02That was not a good day for Coleman.
05:03Not a great day for Chris Paul.
05:08Just wide receivers in this game.
05:11McLaurin ends up finishing
05:12as your top receiver
05:13at 4 for 62.
05:14They went to him a lot late.
05:17Antonio Williams,
05:18three catches for 31 yards.
05:19Burks had the big catch late,
05:21two for 26.
05:23You didn't get a lot
05:24from the wide receivers in this.
05:25You got enough
05:26to put yourself in position.
05:28Early on,
05:28they weren't really
05:29throwing a lot of them.
05:30Everything went to Chig early.
05:31Yeah.
05:32So, I mean,
05:33the opportunities that they had,
05:34they did something with it.
05:39It's, uh,
05:41I'm not looking,
05:42and listen.
05:43B?
05:43I want to see,
05:44yeah, yeah.
05:44I go C plus.
05:46But I don't,
05:46I'm looking for them
05:48to get more into it.
05:49But I'll be honest with you.
05:50I watched that game last night.
05:53Pook and Nicole got
05:5517 targets,
05:5618 targets,
05:57hit 139 yards.
05:59I'm not impressed with that.
06:01I know a lot of people
06:02have with the 17 catches.
06:04You got 17 catches,
06:05you're a receiver
06:05of his caliber.
06:07You don't have over 200 yards,
06:08and that's not a great game
06:09in my book.
06:11That's like forcing.
06:12Stafford threw it 54 times.
06:13Yeah, forcing, forcing,
06:14forcing two guys
06:16that still,
06:17he averaged
06:18eight point something yards
06:19per catch.
06:20I did that
06:22as a running back.
06:23You know what I mean?
06:24That's not what he's supposed
06:26to be doing.
06:26He's supposed to be breaking it open.
06:27So,
06:27I don't look to see
06:28nobody get targeted
06:30to catch 15,
06:3116 receptions
06:32and only have
06:34137 yards.
06:35It was like CD,
06:36was that two weeks ago
06:37when they beat Houston
06:38and Lamb finished?
06:40I mean,
06:40at that point,
06:41it's just an extension
06:41of the run game.
06:42That's what I'm saying.
06:43So, I mean,
06:44if you're going to do it.
06:45Lamb went 17 for 190.
06:48No, I'm with that.
06:49That's over,
06:49that's over 10 to catch.
06:51But when you're at
06:52eight, seven,
06:53and stuff like that,
06:53no, I mean,
06:54that's like a running back.
06:56Tight ends.
06:58Finally saw some good
06:59from Chig,
06:59and then it went away.
07:01Yeah.
07:01When it went to him,
07:02he was successful with it.
07:05It's like sometimes,
07:07when I'm looking at
07:08the offensive game plan,
07:09it looks like,
07:11okay,
07:11now I got you,
07:12now I got to get
07:13somebody else involved.
07:14It's okay to keep
07:15the other guys involved
07:16while you're trying
07:17to establish something else.
07:18You don't just go away
07:19from them,
07:20is what I'm saying.
07:21And it seems to me
07:23that happens in a sense.
07:28Maybe the Giants
07:29made an adjustment too,
07:30to their credit,
07:31but the tight end position
07:33was getting them
07:34a lot early on,
07:35and it just evaporated,
07:37basically.
07:39They did try to go
07:40to Senate on that last play,
07:41which ended up burying them.
07:46Some of the decision-making
07:48in these big moments,
07:49I just find curious,
07:51and you just wonder
07:52if things are being
07:55overthought,
07:56if you're trying to be
07:58too far ahead of things.
08:01Go back to Philly,
08:02where the shovel pass
08:03goes to John Bates.
08:04The end of this game,
08:06I mean,
08:06Ben Sennett doesn't have
08:07a target,
08:08and they ran a play
08:09where he's the only
08:10viable receiver.
08:12Yeah.
08:14I like Sennett as a player.
08:15The production is not matched
08:17with any of it.
08:18I just find it,
08:21they substituted
08:22on that final play.
08:23Yes.
08:24You know who wasn't
08:25on the field?
08:26Terry?
08:2617.
08:27Yeah.
08:28If you're gonna throw
08:29the ball,
08:30don't you want 17
08:32on the field?
08:33Totally.
08:35Or just clock it.
08:38You go back to that.
08:40Clock it.
08:42Clock it.
08:43Like,
08:44if you're gonna
08:45send a receiver in motion
08:46and then have him
08:47flare to the sideline,
08:49wouldn't you like
08:50that to be 17?
08:51Mm-hmm.
08:52Yeah.
08:54And the other three routes
08:56were all
08:57middle of,
08:58it was like two seams,
08:59and I'm not entirely sure
09:01what Bates was running
09:01because he seemed
09:02to be the only one
09:03cognizant of trying
09:04to get back to the line
09:05and spike it.
09:06Mm-hmm.
09:08I honestly,
09:09like,
09:09we can go through
09:10the grades
09:10for the position groups.
09:13Like,
09:14the coaching
09:14is where this thing
09:15lands for me
09:16as far as the failures.
09:18Like,
09:18the Fs,
09:19to me,
09:20land on the coaches.
09:21And it's tough
09:21because I know
09:22these people.
09:22I like these people
09:23as humans.
09:25You know what else?
09:26You can't outrun
09:26that stuff.
09:27You know,
09:27all them professors
09:28you had knew you, too.
09:30Right.
09:30They weren't scared
09:34to give me the F
09:35I deserved.

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