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JP and BMitch believe the Washington Commanders can win tonight if they put together four good quarters of football for the first time this season.
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00:00Players will never start discussing the must-wins for the most part.
00:03Jaden said something.
00:05Dan didn't really go directly into it, but I'm going to tell you,
00:09this is those ones you have to win.
00:11You got the New York Giants who are sitting ahead,
00:14top of the division right now, and playing well.
00:18They are 5-3-1.
00:20But I think Washington knows they should have won that last game.
00:24And tonight is that time when you come in and you try to get everything together,
00:28try to make sure you get this thing working out.
00:31I am at a point now, just like when I walked in, I had multiple people say,
00:37I can't deal with another loss.
00:38Hell, I was at that point a while ago.
00:41I despise it.
00:42I despise losing.
00:44But I understand when things are going on and how things happen, things transpire.
00:48But the ultimate thing is I need four quarters of football.
00:52Okay?
00:53I want four quarters of strong football.
00:56I don't want to hear this, well, we know we can do it.
00:59If you don't get four quarters, then you don't know you can do it.
01:01Because right now, we haven't seen it in the first eight games.
01:04And we got nine more.
01:05And it's about time we start hitting four quarters.
01:08I'm not saying you're going to go out there and win every quarter,
01:11but give me some effort.
01:13Don't disappear.
01:14You know, I need the offense to show me what you're capable of.
01:17I know people keep saying the running back.
01:19I say this over and over again.
01:20I don't give a damn who you put behind the offensive line.
01:23You know, you can put Ryan.
01:24You can put Chris.
01:25They should be able to run if the offensive line is moving people.
01:28And that's what needs to happen.
01:29We need to get our offensive line to move.
01:31And they have capable guys behind them.
01:33Rashard White and Eckler have already proven in this league what they're capable of.
01:38So I'm sick of the ones that want to say, oh, if we can go get this running back.
01:42Well, go get them for what?
01:43If you don't have an offensive line moving people, nothing is going to happen.
01:46So they must play better.
01:47Okay?
01:48And I'm saying it.
01:49Okay, I know people don't say it, but I'm going to tell you, the five up front are the
01:54reason that an offense goes or it doesn't go.
01:57I don't care if your quarterback is exceptional.
01:59I don't care if your receiver is outstanding.
02:01I don't care if your running backs are just dynamic.
02:03If your offensive line is not playing well, you're not going to be good.
02:07The one person I saw, and I said over and over again, Barry Sanders was outstanding.
02:12He had a pro bowler at center.
02:15The rest of his line wasn't very good, but he made it happen anyway.
02:18Everybody doesn't have the jitterbug like Barry Sanders.
02:21Flip it over.
02:23Defensively, this defense has played well.
02:26And I think we lost Ken Law.
02:28We lost Deron Payne.
02:29But I say Shai Tuttle and Settles have come in and played tremendous.
02:33They played outstanding.
02:34And you see what's happening on the defensive side of the ball.
02:37They're making plays.
02:38They're turning the ball over.
02:39But they can't do it the whole game by themselves.
02:42It's going to have to come into a situation where we are playing complimentary football.
02:47Defensively, defense give us a turnover.
02:49That three and outs crap has to stop.
02:51We got to dial up something.
02:52You know, we call players out all the time.
02:55Coaches need to start getting stuff on the ball too.
02:57They need to start putting them in the right position, right situation.
03:01Make sure that you can now figure out what the defense, what that offensive coordinator is doing on the other
03:05side.
03:06And defense, let's get them.
03:07And flip it over.
03:08When our offensive coordinator gets the ball, let's find out a way to make sure we can just pick apart
03:13what they're doing on the defensive side.
03:16Over and over again, we get people playing, people playing, and we don't blame everybody.
03:21Listen, the whole damn team.
03:23Everybody needs to be doing better.
03:25I hear Jaden after every game say, I can play better.
03:28I applaud that because as good as he can be, he knows he hasn't played there, but I can also
03:35say this.
03:36He can't be his best if the rest of the people around him is not doing what they're supposed to
03:39be doing.
03:40If you got 1.5 seconds to throw the ball, I don't know how many people can expect him to
03:44be at the level he was in 2024.
03:47You will not get to that point if you don't have everybody else playing around you.
03:52So we're going to be talking about this all day.
03:54We're going to find out.
03:55What does your gut tell you?
03:57We're going to take calls on that.
03:58Okay, we're going to also take calls.
03:59Who needs to have a big game later on?
04:01You know, we'll be getting into all this stuff later on.
04:03You all know the phone number, 800-636-1067.
04:06You know, what happens if there's another late game disaster?
04:10Ryan asks these questions.
04:12I don't must think about those type of things.
04:13We have Pat Leonard joining us at 12 o'clock.
04:16Also, we're going to also find out the X factors on offense and defense.
04:19Hell, I noticed this.
04:21Every time we put something, it's offense, defense.
04:23We never put special teams.
04:24Hell, you need special teams to win too.
04:26They need to cover.
04:27They need to return the damn ball well.
04:29Hit all of our field goals.
04:31Tress has been outstanding.
04:32So we need to make sure.
04:33Let's go X factor on special teams.
04:36We're not going to let you forget that.
04:37We got Bleep U Thirst.
04:39He's coming up at 1 o'clock.
04:40And we have our buddy Peter Rosenberg will be joining us at 1.30.
04:44Find out what he's feeling and what he's hearing in New York.
04:47Peter and I text often off air and do different things.
04:51But Peter is a dedicated fan.
04:54Steve Sands, dedicated fan.
04:56And these dudes live and die about how this team plays.
04:59And I wish this team understand that there are fans around here.
05:03Not just those two.
05:04It's a multitude of people in this town, all over the place,
05:07that lives and dies based off of what happens on the damn football field.
05:12And we need you to be out there presenting that that same way.
05:16Because I'm looking at, I named these two people earlier.
05:21Shai Tuttle, Tim Settle.
05:24Those two guys don't get the love that Ken Law and Payne got.
05:28But if you look at these last two games when they've been out on the football field,
05:32I think they deserve it.
05:34They have played amazing, outstanding football.
05:38They're getting penetration.
05:39When they have a double team, they're making a pile there.
05:43That is what you do.
05:44When you get a chance to play in this league,
05:47you can't go in there and have people say, oh, that's why he's a backup.
05:51You want to say, hey, why that guy hadn't been playing?
05:55Because for me, Tim Settle and Shai Tuttle look like they should have been having more time.
06:00Because both of those guys have been outstanding.
06:03Shai has been doing it since last year.
06:05Came back in preseason and was doing it.
06:07Tim was here before, left, came back, and is still balling.
06:11NFL is a bunch of people who gives opportunities and make the absolute best of it.
06:16I got my opportunity by people being hurt.
06:19Okay?
06:20And when they got hurt, I said, I'm sorry.
06:23You know why?
06:23Because I felt if you give me a chance, I'm not giving you this damn job back.
06:27And I was able to go out there and perform.
06:30So, everybody that's getting the opportunity, if you're on the field tonight, you're capable.
06:36You're available.
06:37You're ready.
06:38I don't want to hear about injury this, injury that.
06:41If they put you on the field, you need to be playing.
06:44What up, J-Man?
06:45You finally got hooked up.
06:49Yeah, man.
06:50I was trying new technology.
06:51And there were some settings that I was unaware of.
06:55But now we are in good shape, dude.
06:57How are you?
06:57I am fantabulous, brother.
07:00I'm going on my little tangent about what people need to do.
07:03People would, you look at Tim and Shia, and I'm thinking Tim and Shia are playing as well
07:08or better than Duran and Kinlaw was playing.
07:12I think Tim and Shia are playing really well.
07:15And I think those guys are going to have to go tonight.
07:18The problem, I don't disagree with you about the way Tuttle and Settle are playing.
07:25Those names always confuse me.
07:26But the problem is the depth, right?
07:29Like, you do lose that depth with not having Payne and Kinlaw.
07:34And Settle and Payne, I always combine them, Settle.
07:38Settle and Tuttle are playing well.
07:42But neither of them, I think Payne has a little bit of pass rush juice.
07:47But the defense as a whole has played really well the last few games.
07:51Like, the reason they lost to the Rams was not defensively at all.
07:57It's just, they got to put together a complete game, all three phases of football for four quarters.
08:04And they haven't done that at all.
08:07So, we'll see kind of if that occurs.
08:11And that's their only path, don't you think?
08:14Yeah, that's the only path.
08:15And I stated that earlier.
08:16I was going down the rundown.
08:18I noticed Ryan had no questions about special teams.
08:20It makes me want to fight every time I see stuff like that.
08:22But, we need to get special teams off the bat.
08:28We need coverage.
08:29We need returns.
08:30We need punts.
08:32And I think Trest has been great doing the things he needs to do.
08:35We need Stevens to hit every one of his kicks.
08:38You know?
08:38And then, especially, I mean, offense, I don't want to see three and outs.
08:44You know?
08:44If you get one in the game, that's okay.
08:47But you can't be getting them, when you get consistent or consecutive turnovers, you cannot follow that up with three
08:56and outs.
08:56They have to get better with that.
09:00B, they're the worst in the NFL.
09:02You're saying one three and out is okay.
09:06They have the most three and outs in the NFL.
09:08Like, I mean, they're dead last in third down percentage in the NFL.
09:13And that's been a massive problem.
09:16And, to me, all roads lead back to the run game.
09:20Their inability to run the football conventionally.
09:22Not necessarily saying that Jaden can't take off.
09:25Maybe you run a little more.
09:27Let's be clear about something.
09:28I think from an ownership level last year, the verdict came down, eliminate quarterback runs.
09:34We do not want to see Jaden running anymore.
09:37Right?
09:38I think that edict came down.
09:41And while I think it might be correct to eliminate that, I think at the same time, it hampers the
09:50offense.
09:51Like, of the runners they have now, Jaden's the best.
09:54He's not going to give you, like, some power on third and two.
09:57Yeah.
09:57But his ability to run is a huge part of his game.
10:01And that's been cut out of the game.
10:03And now, I also think, I think with Bill out really impacts them.
10:10And I know people want to discount Bill.
10:12But he's the best back they have, the most complete back.
10:17You know, five years ago, Eckler would run circles around Bill.
10:19But that was five years ago.
10:22But, TJ, the thing about that is, it ain't Bill, Eckler, or Rashad to me.
10:29It's up front.
10:30Those five guys got to play consistently better.
10:34Because no matter who you put back there, they're not.
10:36When Bill was here, we got the long run from Bill that time, and they called it back.
10:42But other than that, we don't get a lot from them because they're not giving movement up front.
10:46The movement up front has to happen.
10:48But those five guys, or whoever they have up there, need to play better.
10:53I mean, B, in all capacities.
10:55The O-line has been a massive factor.
10:57And that's one thing.
10:59I wish I remembered what analyst it was.
11:01It was, part of me thinks it was Kevin Clark.
11:05But it was somebody on a national level after the Tunsil injury.
11:09When they were like, man, this thing is going to wreck their season.
11:11And I think fans got really pissed off at that.
11:15They're like, it's July.
11:15How can something wreck a season in July?
11:18And it's been proven kind of correct.
11:21I think Chris Paul's level of play was heightened last year by playing next to Tunsil.
11:28And I think it's been impacted this year by playing next to Coleman.
11:32I think Coleman was in a position to probably win that left guard spot, which was an open competition.
11:37And then now Coleman has to play left tackle.
11:40He did it at a fine level.
11:43There's so many compounding factors for this offense being subpar.
11:49And I think, I mean, from every level.
11:52Massive changes in coaching, a lot of inexperienced guys coming, getting their first shot at the same time.
11:59Like, I don't think, I like all three of Blau, Rye, Stapleton.
12:05I think all three of them are capable coaches.
12:07I think the organization would be way better served if one of the three of them was getting their first
12:14crack at something with a really experienced person on the other side.
12:18Like, if Bobby Johnson was still here as a really experienced offensive line coach to couple with David Blau as
12:25a first-time play caller.
12:26Like, something like that.
12:27You've got not just one first-time dude, you've got three first-time dudes in massive spots.
12:32Then you add in the injuries.
12:34Think about their best playmakers, what we would have said going into the season.
12:39Terry's at the top of the list, but Bill is on that list.
12:41He's been out five games now or whatever.
12:43He's not coming back until after Thanksgiving.
12:46Couple that with the Tunsil injury, which has massive ramifications on the offensive line.
12:50Couple that with the disaster they largely created at the center position.
12:56Like, some of this is bad luck.
12:58Tunsil's injury, nothing but bad luck.
13:00The center's situation, their own doing, right?
13:03Like, so there's, you wonder why the offense is struggling.
13:07There's like 15 layers to it, you know?
13:09Yeah.
13:10It's a lot of things going on, but still, Jay, you build a team with 53, well, 70 now professional
13:20athletes.
13:21None of them are college.
13:22And you've got to pick the right people.
13:24And I think what has to happen is, I understand how much you pay for your starters.
13:29But that's when your scouting department and your people that choose talent have to be so damn good.
13:34So when you choose backups, they could be guys that may, you know they're not going to be as good
13:39as the starter,
13:39but they can't be dropping off four and five steps.
13:42It needs to be one, two.
13:44You know, that's what you got to do to get a team to be better and withstand the injuries.
13:51I agree.
13:52I think the amount of chicken and eggs to be, is there a verb for autopsy?
14:00Autopsied?
14:01I don't know if that's, like, at the end of this season, we're going to go through step-by-step
14:05to exactly what happened for them
14:07to what looks like finish with a bad record, right?
14:10And I think the amount of that examination that will require is significant.
14:17And it's, there's depth issues, there's top-line issues, is it drafting, is it developing?
14:24Like, there's a hundred different things to this, to examine.
14:29And the problem is, like, the fans want those examinations done now, but the reality is, like, they're trying to
14:36win a game tonight.
14:37Like, I'm in New Jersey because they played tonight, you know what I mean?
14:40Yeah.
14:41And it's really hard to fix everything.
14:45It's like, you'd like to have a yacht, and if you don't have a yacht, you'd like to have a
14:50dope boat, right?
14:51Like, my boy Jim in Annapolis has this sick, I think it's called a, gosh, I wish I, what was
14:59your old boat that was dope?
15:00Sea Ray?
15:02Yeah.
15:03Like, you had, like, a 40-foot Sea Ray or something, right?
15:0537.
15:0637 is done.
15:07Yeah.
15:08Like, if you can't have a yacht, not everybody is going to be, who's yacht-worthy right now?
15:13The Niners?
15:14The Bills?
15:15Yeah.
15:16The Jaguars?
15:17Yeah.
15:17Like, they're traveling the seas on a yacht.
15:19The Jaguars might have some damn yachts down there in Jacksonville.
15:22Right.
15:23Yo, I actually saw Shad Khan's yacht.
15:25He had it in New Orleans at the Super Bowl.
15:27Remember, he had it docked on the river there?
15:28It was on the beach.
15:29Oh, his is sweet.
15:31You'd like to have a yacht.
15:32Not everybody has a yacht.