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Adam Peters finally broke his silence on Washington’s chaotic final play and a quiet trade deadline. Was that confusing checkdown actually designed to be a lateral?

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00:00I still don't have a clear understanding of the idea behind the last pass
00:07to Chig, and believe me, I don't think that's the reason why we lost the game.
00:10We had nine possessions where we scored three points.
00:13That's what I'm more worried about.
00:15But I just want to know, was there a lateral option on that play,
00:20or was Chig just supposed to break like 100 tackles?
00:25Yeah, I think there's a couple things on that.
00:28But I think the bottom line is the ball needs to go in the end zone there.
00:33And at that point, when Chig does get that, and he did a nice job breaking tackles
00:38and trying to make a play of it, then at that point you have to lateral the ball
00:42and try to get it in the end zone.
00:43But really, in essence, you've got to get the ball in the end zone on that last play.
00:47But it wasn't designed to lateral to Jaden Daniels.
00:51Was it designed to lateral at all?
00:54I don't want to get into the specifics of the play,
00:56but I think you guys know that on the last couple of plays,
01:00we've got to get in the end zone there to have a chance.
01:03Do you watch the game in a suite, or were you on the sideline?
01:07So usually I'm in some sort of box.
01:11And then towards the end of the game, I come down.
01:15Like the last five minutes, I come down to the sideline.
01:17So that was right in front of me.
01:18Okay, so when that happened, and you're on the sideline,
01:21and he threw it to Chig and didn't throw it in the end zone on the last play,
01:24what was your reaction?
01:27My reaction was, I'm hoping that we somehow get in the end zone.
01:31And Chig did a nice job.
01:32I mean, he was playing his ass off trying to get in the end zone there.
01:36But ultimately, obviously, it didn't happen.
01:39It ended up being a fumble that we lost.
01:41But yeah, it was disappointing.
01:43But to get to that point, I think they did a nice job on that drive,
01:47leading up to that, to get ourselves in that position.
01:49Do you feel like that was a flawed play call by Blau to even have that option
01:55of throwing the ball to Chig at that point in the game?
02:00You know, I think any time when you don't win a game and things don't go your way,
02:08you're always going to challenge yourself and question yourself on the decisions
02:12that are made.
02:14And then you have to learn from those things.
02:16So I think in that situation, that's what you have to do.
02:19And, you know, for the next time when you are in that situation,
02:22that doesn't happen again.
02:25All right, I want to ask you about the deadline.
02:29Can you guarantee us that something weird isn't going to happen
02:32at the end of the game against the Giants?
02:35Can you give us a GM guarantee on that?
02:39Listen, more than anybody in this world, I would like a stress-free game
02:44tomorrow night.
02:45But, no, I wish we're not in the guarantee business in any way, shape, or form.
02:51So, no, I wish I could, though, guys.
02:53All right.
02:53Hey, Pete, before we get to the deadline, just your thoughts on Jaden's lack of rushing.
03:00I know he had the big game against the Giants,
03:02but his rookie year he was phenomenal, almost 900 yards.
03:05And that was a huge asset for you guys offensively.
03:08But he's not running the ball as much as he was.
03:12Is that him deciding not to, or is that defenses taking him away, in your opinion?
03:18Yeah, I think it's a combination of things.
03:21But, you know, I think defenses will play him a certain way because of that threat.
03:25And when they don't, you know, he's really good at taking advantage of that,
03:29as you guys saw when we played the Giants the last time.
03:32And so I think after that, you're going to see, you know, anybody.
03:37And, you know, I talked to other coaches that we played after that,
03:39and they said, you know, they're scared of that, obviously.
03:42And so they're going to do everything they can defensively to make sure that doesn't happen.
03:48Because when that happens, it's really, you know, it's, you know,
03:51I've been on the other side of that.
03:53It's debilitating when you got, you know, third and 10, third and 15,
03:56and the quarterback just rips off a 20-yard run or something like that, you know,
03:59and you have everybody covered up.
04:01So teams are going to rush differently.
04:03They're going to cover differently in order to prevent that.
04:07All right.
04:08I think have we asked the end-of-game questions that we have?
04:12Do you have any others?
04:12Yeah, it might pop up in my head again.
04:14Let's see.
04:15Let's get to the deadline.
04:16Let's get to the deadline.
04:16We had asked you leading up to it.
04:18I'm not surprised you didn't make a move.
04:19It seemed like you were kind of insinuating that, yes, of course you guys take calls.
04:23You take calls all the time.
04:24And the calls had been accelerating over the last few weeks.
04:27But I just got the sense from your answers
04:29that I just didn't anticipate you necessarily making a move, to be honest with you.
04:35Certainly not a major move.
04:36Were you guys close to anything?
04:39Were you out there seeking to make a move?
04:43Yeah, I think you're always looking to do things that you think you can help to make your team better.
04:48And our guys were really, really over the last month, like working tirelessly,
04:53like making calls, inquiring on guys, you know, taking inquiries on our guys.
05:00And really there's calls that were made on our players.
05:03And, you know, I had a lot of – I was on the phone a lot the last few days,
05:06you know,
05:08with teams inquiring on our guys, and same thing with us.
05:11We looked and tried to find guys that could help us really short and long term.
05:16And, you know, we made some efforts.
05:17But ultimately, you know, those guys weren't moved.
05:20So – but we definitely, in a time when you can make player acquisitions
05:27and make your teams better, we wanted to do that.
05:29But nothing really made sense in the end that was a great value for us.
05:33And then other teams, you know, decided to hold on to their guys.
05:36So was – speaking of guys who didn't move, was Jonathan Taylor one of those guys?
05:42I'm not going to – I'm not going to comment on specific players.
05:45But, you know, they're – like anybody who we think can help make our team better
05:49that fits into the structure of our team, you know, we're going to look into that.
05:53But ultimately there's a value that you place on that, that you don't want to –
05:58that you think, you know, based on, you know, whatever player it is.
06:02And they're – you know, it really comes down to, like, how do they fit in your team?
06:06What's their contract status, their age?
06:09And, you know, how do they help you now and in the future?
06:12And then you put a value on that.
06:14And you try to – and then you make that offer or you don't
06:18or you explore that offer, explore making that offer.
06:21And if it's something that makes sense for both sides, you can do it.
06:23But, you know, a lot of times, you know, if somebody asks for one of your players,
06:28you value them more than what they're willing to give up and vice versa.
06:31So that's why deals are made or not made.
06:34I don't mean to belabor.
06:36I just want to understand – I'm sorry for asking.
06:38But does that mean that someone, for example, asked for a player and you –
06:44like specifically a player and they offered you a specific compensation
06:48and you said, no, thank you?
06:50Or did you say you've got to do better than that?
06:53Well, that's the idea.
06:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:54Yeah.
06:55Yeah, I mean, I think that generally speaking, that's how those things go.
06:58Yeah.
06:58And so if you – if somebody calls and – there's times where teams will call
07:05and think you're just going to give a player away just because of either
07:08a rumor they hurt or the position that you're in.
07:12And you say, no, I mean, we're just not – we're not interested in doing that.
07:15We believe in that player.
07:17He's going to help us, you know, through the rest of the year
07:19and then in the future too if they have more years on the contract.
07:22So you say, no, we're not shopping that guy.
07:25We're not giving him away.
07:26But if you want to make a serious offer, sure, we'll listen.
07:30You know, we're going to listen on just about anybody.
07:32Right.
07:32And if it makes sense, then yeah.
07:33Yeah, but most of the time their teams are calling, fishing for maybe hoping
07:38they're going to – we're going to unload somebody that we don't want to do
07:41that with.
07:42Right.
07:42Have you ever been so insulted by an offer that you laughed in the guy's face
07:48and or hung up the phone on him?
07:50I bet yes.
07:51I bet yes.
07:53No, generally that's not my style to laugh on somebody's face or hang up on him.
07:58But I do – I mean, there are ones where you kind of – you hang up after a while
08:03and you chuckle.
08:03I can't believe they tried to do that.
08:05But, hey, you know, shoot or shoot, I guess.
08:07Yeah.
08:07And you never know unless you ask.
08:09So, by the same token, did you specifically make offers for guys and you were
08:14turned down?
08:14And then you were like, yeah, I'm not going to go that far and move on to the
08:17next, whatever.
08:19Yeah, I think – I mean, there's times when I've asked about players and generally
08:24you don't just make an offer right off the bat, but you ask about a player.
08:28And there have been times when I've asked about players, you know, and just saying
08:33like there's – you know, if no is an answer, then no is the answer.
08:37But I'll ask about guys that I don't think are available, but you still want
08:40them and you say, hey, is this so-and-so, like, would you be interested in
08:43trading them?
08:44You get a quick no, but, you know, you don't know until you ask.
08:49So, I don't fault anybody for asking about our guys and vice versa.
08:53Did anybody offer you a deal for Diggs?
08:57I don't really want to get into specifics on really any of our players.
09:02I don't think that's fair, but, you know, there's a lot of interest in a lot of
09:06our players.
09:06I'll just say that.
09:07All right, so let's get to the players you have on the field for this big game
09:10on Thursday night.
09:11How are you feeling about the receiver room?
09:13Will Traylon be back?
09:14What do you expect to see at wide receiver?
09:19Yeah, you know, Traylon, he missed last game.
09:21You know, he's been battling through some stuff and really playing his tail off,
09:25and I got a lot of respect for him.
09:27And so, he's been working hard to get ready for this game.
09:30And, you know, he had a good day yesterday, and, you know, I haven't seen him today.
09:37But, you know, he's trending in the right direction.
09:40So, assuming he comes in, hopefully he comes in, and you really have to see how
09:43they respond after a day of hard work.
09:47So, we'll see how he responds this morning.
09:49But if all is good, then we expect him to play.
09:52So, I see that, I guess, Allegretti's going to get another crack at center.
09:57I guess the idea is that, you know, he had been practicing at guard.
10:01Okay.
10:03What about Wiley?
10:04Like, you guys actually won a bunch of games with Allegretti and Wiley in there.
10:08I mean, granted, they are older, you know, and you have kind of tried different combinations.
10:14But with the line struggling, I'm a little surprised that those guys haven't gotten
10:17more opportunities.
10:20Yeah, I think, I mean, Wiley's always ready to play, and he comes in in our jumbo packages.
10:25But, you know, on that right side, we've been generally healthy, and that's the side that
10:30he would normally come in on.
10:32So, you know, we're confident that if we do need him, he's ready to go.
10:37But right now, we haven't.
10:39And then, excited to see Nick play.
10:41You know, Nick's been, you know, chomping at the bit to get in there.
10:44And, you know, on the short week with Golden a little banged up,
10:48and the coaches thought, you know, that's the best move for us with him being a veteran guy
10:52and, you know, not having really any real practice days.
10:55So, you know, we have confidence in Nick, and I think he's going to do a good job tomorrow.
11:00In the first Giant game here, you guys dominated the first half.
11:04But in the second half, specifically second half, Denard Wilson, their D.C.,
11:08really started to come after Jade, and there was a lot of blitzes.
11:11Do you expect that again tomorrow night?
11:16Yeah, I think, I mean, you've got to be ready for everything.
11:19And, you know, if that happens, you know, I know our guys have been working hard to prepare on that
11:24and be ready for that.
11:25So, if that is the case, you know, I have confidence that the guys have been practicing
11:29and seeing those looks, and we'll have some answers for those.
11:34Mm-hmm.
11:35Do you kind of feel like this game, Adam, is it's do or die?
11:41I think, you know, I don't think anybody in here is going to make any declarations,
11:44but I think we all know how important this game is.
11:48You know, being a division game, and they're leading the division and, you know, where we're at.
11:54So, you know, I think we're, just like any week, we're pouring everything into it,
11:57but we know how important this game is.
11:58What did you make of some of the moves around the league?
12:01The Vikings bring in Kirk Cousins.
12:04We saw what some of these other teams did.
12:05What impressed you?
12:08Yeah, I mean, I think you saw, you know, I don't know, I don't want to say impressed.
12:12I think it's hard to really evaluate all these moves until they kind of play out throughout the year,
12:19a couple years.
12:20But, you know, you saw some teams being really aggressive.
12:23And, you know, Jacksonville was really aggressive getting some guys.
12:27And, you know, they paid a premium to get those guys.
12:30And I think, you know, you saw Chicago.
12:32I think we talked about that, too, paying a premium to get a guy out of a place where maybe
12:36a team doesn't necessarily want to trade him.
12:38So, you saw some teams being aggressive.
12:40I think, you know, the Vikings, you know, they have a fantastic defense.
12:46And so, you know, making that move, I think, you know, that's a move that says, all right, like, we're
12:51going for it.
12:52And then there's other teams that, you know, you're paying maybe a premium for a rental.
12:57And, you know, you do those things if you think you've got a chance at winning it.
13:01So, I don't ever fault a team for doing that.
13:04But, you know, it is exciting, you know, when, you know, nowadays, you know, compared to 5, 10 years ago,
13:12the trade deadline is a lot more busy.
13:13And you see that with teams being more aggressive and GMs being more aggressive on that.
13:18AP, getting back to the game on Sunday, the second-to-last play.
13:23Sorry, I'm going back to the game, Adam.
13:24Sorry, man.
13:26The second-to-last play with eight seconds left, and Jaden decides, you know, you guys wanted to get a
13:32little bit better field position.
13:34I'm not sure where Jaden was supposed to throw it, but Jaden decides to throw it down the middle to
13:38Diggs with no time.
13:40And if he catches it, he catches it around the five-yard line, and he's probably not going to get
13:44it in the end zone.
13:45There's three guys around him.
13:47Now it was incomplete, but what were your thoughts on that?
13:50Was that just a poor decision from Jaden?
13:53Yeah, I think we all know that ball's got to either get out of bounds or go in the end
13:57zone
13:58because we're not going to have time for another play if that's caught in the field of play.
14:01So that ball's got to go in the end zone, and Jaden knows that.
14:05And so, you know, unfortunately, it was incomplete, and we had a chance to get another play in.
14:11I'm going to give him – honestly, I know I'm always defending him.
14:13I'm going to give him a little bit of grace there.
14:15Things are happening at lightning speed.
14:17He flashes open.
14:18He's just – he's three or four yards short of the end zone.
14:21And you're right, he probably would have been tackled, not scored.
14:24But, you know, you're talking about bang, bang.
14:28Was there another receiver open on the sideline on that play?
14:33I mean, listen, there's probably not going to be anybody really open on those times.
14:37Well, you know what I mean.
14:39They're defending that, so you're going to be throwing in the coverage regardless
14:43because they're trying to prevent that.
14:46So you just got to throw it up and really have – hope your guy comes down with it against
14:51the defense.
14:52And so, you know, nobody's – you know, short of somebody completely blowing a coverage,
14:57nobody's really going to be open in those situations.
14:59Right.
15:00It just sucks to be in those situations.
15:01The problem was the nine previous possession or whatever the hell it was.
15:05Yeah.
15:05Just the, you know, the three points.
15:06Tress had five punts.
15:08Yeah.
15:08Yeah.
15:08All right, well, let's – we got –
15:11But like you said, AP, can we just have a game where you win 23 to 10?
15:15Stress-free, man.
15:16That's what we're looking for.
15:16Or 30 to 13?
15:18I mean, we had those before.
15:20Yes, please.
15:21I mean, I would like nothing more.
15:23I know.
15:24I know.
15:24All right.
15:26We appreciate – thanks for enduring the questions.
15:29No, thanks, guys.
15:29Take care, and let's get a win tomorrow.
15:31Thanks.
15:32All right.
15:32Thanks, bud.
15:33Thanks, bud.

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