00:00All right, let's get to it.
00:02Three and out.
00:03The three biggest reasons why the Commanders lost.
00:0620-13 to the Los Angeles Rams, starting at one, or first down, right?
00:12Three and out.
00:13You get it?
00:15Meaning the least to blame of the three major things.
00:21They're still major, but the least to blame.
00:25And that would be not able to do anything with Puka Nakua mania.
00:31Now, listen, a lot of teams are not able to do anything against Puka Nakua.
00:37Got it.
00:38But Puka Nakua, without Cooper Cup, without Devontae Adams the last couple of years,
00:45we know, we know that Puka can at least semi-be controlled, right?
00:54What did the Commanders do?
00:56The Commanders bought into the adage of,
01:00we're going to not let everyone else beat us, but we're going to let Puka have his.
01:07Remember, like, when Michael Jordan was at the prime of his career, right?
01:13Of his NBA career.
01:16And the old adage would be like, well, do you shut down Michael or try and limit Michael
01:21and let Scotty and Luke Longley and Bill Cartwright and Craig Hodges and John Paxson and all,
01:30and B.J. Armstrong beat you?
01:33Do you focus on taking away Michael Jordan's greatness and let the others beat you?
01:39Or do you take away everyone else and take your chances that Michael's going to get his,
01:46in this case, Puka Nakua is going to get his, and you take away everyone else,
01:52and that's how you try and win the game.
01:54And that's what the Commanders essentially did.
01:57Now, they didn't have Devontae Adams to worry about,
02:01but they essentially said, you're not going to run on us.
02:03For the most part, the Rams did not.
02:06They said, you're not going to throw the ball on us,
02:10except for that really good guy, Nakua.
02:14No other Rams receiver, none, had over 20 yards.
02:21None.
02:23They ran for 124 yards, which is not nothing,
02:31but it's a little bit above the NFL average.
02:35I would say, me, I would say that I didn't feel the Rams running attack.
02:47Now, that being said, I'm not naive.
02:52To think that because they were able to have some success, 4.3 per carry,
02:59some success, that, of course, it affected how they had to guard,
03:05how they had to cover, how they had to deal with Puka Nakua.
03:08Of course.
03:10I'm not saying the Rams did not run the ball at all.
03:12I'm not saying that the Commanders shut them down.
03:15But you know and I know that the run game for the Rams
03:20was not this explosive, constant, gashing,
03:26just tear you apart, break your back type of attack.
03:31It was good.
03:32It was fine.
03:32It was not what I'm trying to describe there.
03:36Okay?
03:38So, they allowed 19 targets, 14 completions, 150 yards, 10-7 per average,
03:48so nothing really super-duper down the field, as we all saw,
03:52a long of 21, and a great touchdown throw and catch
03:56in the back corner of the end zone over Trey Amos.
04:00That's what they did.
04:02We're going to discuss why, how, what happened,
04:05what they could have done better, all of that.
04:07But that's number one for first down on three and out.
04:12Three biggest reasons why they lost.
04:14Number two, I mean, everybody knows it.
04:19Dan Quinn and his staff, whoever is involved in this,
04:24is absolutely the pits when it comes to game management,
04:31clock management, timeout usage, game strategy,
04:36and figuring it out.
04:40They didn't have any timeouts after the 144 mark of the fourth quarter
04:45because they challenged a ball early in the second quarter
04:49that they had no way to win.
04:52Granted, it was inside the red zone.
04:55That's the only justifiable argument.
04:59Dan Quinn gave a bunch of gobbledygook after the game.
05:03None of it made sense.
05:05I'll give you exactly what he said after the game.
05:08Later on.
05:10They didn't have any timeouts after the 143 mark of the fourth quarter.
05:14Boy, they could have used one on that final drive, shouldn't they?
05:17Couldn't they?
05:18Oh, yeah.
05:21And don't forget, they got away with one.
05:24As it turned out, it was the right challenge.
05:27About five minutes later, they challenged the ball on the sideline
05:30to Parkinson for the first Rams, we thought,
05:33third down conversion of the game for plus 21.
05:36Instead, as he turned over, he didn't have control of it.
05:40And it was hard to see live.
05:43Now, good challenge, ultimately.
05:45Kudos.
05:46You give them credit.
05:47But, boy, was that a risky, risky, risky challenge,
05:53considering that you had already blown a challenge on what nobody thought was going to be overturned.
05:58What nobody thought was going to be overturned.
06:01So, no timeouts.
06:03143 left.
06:04The challenge is the fourth and six.
06:07Again, play seemingly coming in late.
06:09Jaden's trying to check, communicate, adjust, whatever he's doing.
06:12Change the protection.
06:13They run out of time.
06:15And they delay a game.
06:16And it's fourth and 11.
06:17And instead of potentially going for it, they have to punt.
06:24Number two on the list is, again, the same problem that we've had for a lot of this year.
06:30And I wouldn't say it was as bad last year.
06:33And it certainly wasn't as bad in year one.
06:36But it's been getting progressively worse.
06:39This team shoots itself in the foot.
06:42With the little things.
06:44And number three is, again, the complete and total ineptitude of the offense.
06:51One number that you have to kind of put in perspective here is this.
07:01And I'm not trying to be a jerk, right?
07:04I was wondering this, so I did the math after the game.
07:08They averaged 7.5 yards per play in the first quarter and one minute of the second quarter.
07:16Leading up to and including the Van Jefferson touchdown.
07:207.5 yards per play.
07:23After that, for the final 44 minutes of the game, they averaged 4.2.
07:35That's more than three yards less, on average, per play.
07:42Okay?
07:44So, again, they averaged 7.5 in the first quarter and minute of the second quarter.
07:49Culminating in the Van Jefferson touchdown.
07:53Great.
07:55And after that, everything else.
07:57Everything else sucked on offense.
08:01Everything else.
08:03And there's lots of reasons for it.
08:05You give me your reason.
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08:17They went from 7.5 yards per play in the first quarter and minute of the second.
08:21Leading to the Van Jefferson touchdown.
08:23To 4.2 yards per play.
08:27That's pass and run.
08:29After that, what happened?
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