00:00To play like that for the entirety of a game, you have to have some level of competence on the
00:06other side.
00:06Because they are exerting effort.
00:09They're exerting energy.
00:10They're going to get tired eventually.
00:12But if you had somebody that could go out there and gift them a 10-15 play drive, get a
00:16damn touchdown.
00:17They got two field goals last night.
00:19What I cannot understand, Wentz had 25 pass attempts.
00:25Jordan Mason had six carries.
00:27He was averaging six yards a pop, six for 35.
00:32Aaron Jones wasn't as good.
00:35Run the ball.
00:37Your quarterback is awful.
00:40Hey, man, it wasn't working last night, I can tell you that.
00:44But they decided to think it was.
00:45But that is the concept again, where a coach goes into a game with a game plan.
00:51Here's the flaw.
00:52And does not know how to change and go away from it.
00:54Here's the flaw in catch percentage, which is a stat that some people care about.
00:59Justin Jefferson was targeted 11 times last night.
01:02He made three catches.
01:03Yeah.
01:04How many of those targets do you think were catchable?
01:06Bruh, the one that he went up.
01:08He tried to one hand.
01:08That he almost caught and damn, he got himself killed.
01:12How do you throw that ball that bad?
01:15You know, people say 11 targets, three catches.
01:19They go, oh, man, Justin wasn't catching the ball.
01:21He couldn't get close to most of them.
01:25And listen, he was trying his best to pump up Wentz.
01:29When Wentz said, I got you, I got you.
01:30I'd have been like, yo, dog, stop lying to me.
01:34You trying, but you don't have me.
01:35You can't get the ball to me.
01:36No.
01:37You know, and he tried, but I could see him being frustrated as hell.
01:40Oh, my God, he's got to be out of his mind.
01:42He's got to be pissed off.
01:44I want to make sure we make time for this.
01:45Anthony Davis last night went for 44-13.
01:49Yeah.
01:49He was hooping, and the team was not.
01:53Wiz have now lost four in a row.
01:54They got thumped pretty good by the Pistons last night.
01:57I was watching that game with the girls.
01:58They were excited to watch A.J. DeBonsa.
02:01DeBonsa had a couple killer dunks.
02:03But for A.D. to go 44-13, and then he said after the game,
02:08we're not playing any defense.
02:09We're not rebounding.
02:10We're giving up open threes, fouling, not guarding the ball, everything.
02:14Like, whatever the excitement and hope was for this Wiz season,
02:19it's looking a little different all of a sudden.
02:22And we had Brian Geltziler from SiriusXM NBA Radio last week,
02:26I think Geltz was on with us.
02:29It's getting harder and harder to think A.D. ain't going to a contender.
02:32Because I think what A.D. had to show, I can still ball.
02:35And he showed it last night.
02:37But he got to continue doing that because by the time they come down to a necessary –
02:42He had 30 points in the first half.
02:43Yeah, but still, like, he has to stay healthy all the way up to that moment.
02:49Because if he doesn't stay healthy, ain't nobody going to really jump on him.
02:53Yeah, he's performing, but he does that every year.
02:55So, still, you got to come to the point where that consistency
02:58and him being on the court has to happen.
03:01So, if he could put some more games like that, like he did last night,
03:05I could see it happening.
03:07But what if he goes through what he normally goes through?
03:10Yeah, I mean, I think they've got to be very careful giving him rest
03:14and whatever is required because I find it hard to believe A.D.'s part of the long haul here.
03:20I think we've also got real Brian Keefe questions.
03:22This team's 4-7, and much like the Commanders, they're doing the little stuff wrong,
03:27guarding the three-point line, rebounding.
03:30Three-point line and rebounding is their Achilles heel.
03:33Dude, they're now 4-7.
03:35They've lost four in a row.
03:38And I think the play-in game remains kind of the hope, the expectation.
03:44If the season ended today, and it doesn't, but if it ended today,
03:47they'd be the last team in.
03:48They'd be the 10 seed.
03:49Nothing to suggest they can't get hot or something,
03:52but Brian Keefe was the right man for the tank.
03:56He did what management wanted, right?
03:59Because there were probably some games they could have won if he kept guys in
04:02and he pulled guys.
04:04We don't know, but the early signs here don't suggest he's the man
04:09for the rebuild portion of this.
04:10We'll see.
04:12You've got a lot of young guys.
04:14I don't change on coaches like that because in basketball, AD had 44 points,
04:2013 boards.
04:22Did he stop his other guy on the other side of the ball?
04:25Trey had 20 points.
04:26What did he have in his plus-minus?
04:28We have to understand, there are people in the NBA that don't play defense.
04:33And I know coaches try to get them to play.
04:36There's not a coach in the world that says they don't play defense.
04:38The starting five last night, plus-minus, and some people argue it's a flawed stat.
04:45I don't know.
04:46I'm not the statistician here.
04:48Keyshawn was minus-9.
04:50AD, even with 44 and 13, was minus-10.
04:53Saar was a minus-15.
04:55Four points and eight boards in 25 minutes.
04:59Tabansa, 21 points, eight boards, was a minus-12.
05:02Trey Young, minus-13.
05:04See, see, I know it's a flaw.
05:06It may be a flawed stat, but that just tells me nobody's playing damn defense.
05:12It's telling you something.
05:13So when we look at that, I would have to – I'll go out on a limb.
05:18You think Brian Keefe not stressing defense, saying push defense, push defense?
05:22They got to play it.
05:23Like the coaches are not encouraging these guys to have false starts.
05:26Basketball is one sport for sure where you can see effort.
05:30If you're not having effort on the defensive side of the ball, guess what?
05:33You can go get all the points you want.
05:35You can score 50 and still lose.
05:38So it's down to a point where, listen, they're going to try to find a name.
05:44They'll do that.
05:45But still, we have seen coaches change and change, change, change, change, change.
05:49But the mindset of the player doesn't change.
05:52So what happens, front office and ownership got to get involved and say,
05:56you're going to be doing what this coach says.
05:57Trey Young, last night, 3 of 10 from 3.
06:01On the season, Trey Young is shooting 28% from 3.
06:05Trey Johnson, they drafted to be this sharpshooting guy, 0 for 6 last night from 3.
06:12Trey Johnson on the season from 3 is shooting 24% from 3.
06:21Those numbers have to be higher for your shooters.
06:23Yeah, of course.
06:25Like, I combined the Trey's last night.
06:29Not all of them because Trey Mann, I don't have his stats readily available.
06:33Trey Mann played 2 minutes.
06:34Hell, I'll give you all 3 Trey's.
06:35They have 3 dudes named Trey on this team.
06:38They went a combined 3 for 10, 0 for 6.
06:41That's 3 for 16.
06:43They went 3 for 17 from 3 last night.
06:45And I'm not putting a heck of a lot of blame on Trey Mann because he played 2 minutes.
06:48But Trey Johnson in 29 minutes and Trey Young in 38 minutes went 3 for 16.
06:54Yeah.
06:54And they got to play better and shoot better.
06:58You know, that's what they do.
06:59So you would think that they'll be doing that very good.
07:02All right.
07:03I want to switch things up.
07:05Of course, after our show, I don't know what time it was.
07:08It was probably like 4.30-ish.
07:11Eagles make a major trade.
07:13I don't think anybody saw this one coming.
07:15There was talk of Moro Ajomo being moved, who's kind of like their third D tackle.
07:23Instead, it's Jordan Davis, the big boy out of Georgia, who has really –
07:29I give Jordan Davis a ton of credit that I don't give Jalen Carter, frankly.
07:34Carter's a more talented player, but you got questions with motivation and consistency.
07:40See, Davis came into the league big.
07:43He, over the course of however long he's been in the league now, maybe four or five years,
07:48he changed his body.
07:49He got stronger.
07:51Zero questions of motivation and consistency there.
07:54They trade away Jordan Davis, who does have a monster contract, to Jacksonville.
07:59Jacksonville clearly thinks they can win, and they're going all in.
08:02The Jags give up a first and a second.
08:04The first is next year, 2027.
08:06The second is in 2029.
08:10The Eagles all of a sudden have amassed a ton of draft capital.
08:15They look like a basketball damn team with draft picks.
08:18This is how Howie Roseman operates.
08:20When he senses his team doesn't have it, he is going to sell.
08:24I want to look through a lens of what the Eagles are doing
08:27and what Washington is potentially doing.
08:29We'll know today by 4 o'clock.
08:31Both these teams have two wins.
08:32It's week 10.
08:34We're going to open the phones.
08:35We're talking NFL trade deadline.
08:37It is B. Mitch and Finley, 1067 The Fan.
