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Grant and Danny break down the importance of this divisional matchup against the New York Giants, what's at stake for Washington, and why this game could have major implications for the direction of the franchise.
Plus, a look at the Giants' defensive front, the challenges Washington must overcome, and why this is a game the Commanders absolutely need to win.
It's time to take care of business against the Giants!
Plus, a look at the Giants' defensive front, the challenges Washington must overcome, and why this is a game the Commanders absolutely need to win.
It's time to take care of business against the Giants!
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00:00coming up a week from Monday.
00:02But Danny, I'm fired up.
00:03I'm ready for football.
00:04These are very, very fun days
00:06where you and I get to look ahead
00:08to what's going to happen this evening.
00:10And for all the discussion you and I have had
00:12about the direction of the team,
00:14the big picture 10,000 foot view,
00:16today is more of a lock-in on the task at hand,
00:19the reassess from the three hours of football standpoint.
00:24We'll get to talk about a ball game.
00:25Indeed. It's a game day,
00:26so all the other stuff is academic.
00:28I mean, the big picture stuff,
00:29it is what it is.
00:30That doesn't change.
00:31There's a game schedule,
00:32and you've got to go play it.
00:33So the way they've set it up,
00:35talking about the home side,
00:36hit Local 53,
00:37is there's a lot riding on this one.
00:39It's a divisional game.
00:40It's a November divisional game.
00:42So that's important in its own right,
00:44on its own standing.
00:45If there's no backdrop,
00:47it's a big game.
00:48When you add in,
00:49they didn't sell.
00:51When you add in,
00:51they didn't do any future planning.
00:53When they doubled down on this process,
00:55this coach,
00:55this team,
00:56this roster,
00:57this everything,
00:58this year,
00:59at 2-5-1,
01:00with this divisional game,
01:02it gets underlined
01:037 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 12 times.
01:05This is a big one, dude.
01:07Yeah,
01:07loss would look terrible regardless
01:09when you get to 2-6-1
01:10in the division,
01:11two pretty mediocre teams,
01:13Natty TV,
01:13all that stuff.
01:14But a couple of days after,
01:16you put your neck on the line
01:17for the roster a little bit,
01:18if you're Adam Peters.
01:19You had the ability
01:20to make some trades
01:21and sell off and say,
01:23we are on to 2027.
01:25Lest we forget 2012,
01:26when Mike Shanahan
01:27came out publicly,
01:29I was in the press conference,
01:30and he said,
01:31we are now in evaluation mode.
01:32We will be evaluating players
01:33at 3-6.
01:34Now,
01:35it worked out that his team
01:35ripped off seven in a row,
01:36won the division,
01:37and went to the playoffs
01:38at 10-6.
01:39But Adam Peters had the choice.
01:41He could have at 2-5-1,
01:44said this is a bad team,
01:45we're 15th out of 16 in the NFC,
01:4715 out of 16 in the NFC,
01:49and we're one of the worst
01:50six or seven teams
01:50in the National Football League.
01:52He didn't do that.
01:52He said,
01:53we got a chance to win our division,
01:54let's go do it.
01:55But to do that,
01:56you have to win this game.
01:57You got to do a lot of other things too,
01:58Danny,
01:59but you absolutely have to win this game
02:01or else it does make
02:02the deadline decision
02:03look even worse.
02:04You can't go 6-3 tonight,
02:06which is probably what you might need to do
02:07just to get to 8-8-1
02:09to have a chance in this division.
02:10You can't go 7-2
02:12to get to 9 wins tonight.
02:14You can start it though.
02:15You give yourself a chance.
02:16This is what everybody
02:17kept talking about.
02:18All the graspers,
02:19all the stay-of-the-course people,
02:21everybody that was against
02:21making moves,
02:22we had that argument.
02:24We did that.
02:24It's put to bed.
02:25It's all academic, as I said.
02:26There's no reason
02:27to have any other discussion
02:29because it's theoretical.
02:30Here's what's on the ground.
02:31Here's what's real.
02:32They did what you wanted.
02:33They bet big on this group
02:35to make this comeback
02:36in this very bad division.
02:38Dallas can't get out of its own way.
02:39The Giants are the very
02:41literal definition of mediocre.
02:43They're fine.
02:43There's nothing special
02:44about that group.
02:45They've got issues
02:46with quarterback.
02:47They're just okay.
02:48There is nothing great
02:49about this team,
02:50and all they've done
02:50is not be great,
02:51beat a bunch of bad teams
02:52to get to 5-2-1.
02:53They are in front of this division
02:55by default almost
02:57because Philly,
02:57the usual big bully,
02:59is out of it.
02:59They're done tanking.
03:01They're a non-factor
03:02from here on out.
03:03Dallas,
03:04if they ever figured it out
03:05and got themselves
03:05playing decently
03:06for a couple weeks in a row,
03:08has more talent than anybody.
03:09But it's right there for you
03:10and it has to start tonight.
03:11You can't win seven games tonight,
03:12but you can win one.
03:13The Giants are extremely beatable.
03:15They just played the Eagles
03:16coming out of a bye week.
03:19Teams out of a bye week
03:20this year
03:21are 13-1
03:22in the National Football League
03:24going into this past
03:26weekend,
03:27which is to say
03:28that when you're rested,
03:29when you have all that
03:30extra time to prepare,
03:31it's hard to lose.
03:32And then they played
03:33an Eagles team
03:33that's tanking
03:34that had gone
03:35to their third quarterback
03:35and Philly gave them
03:37everything they could handle.
03:39J.J. McCarthy
03:39is banged up.
03:40This is a great time
03:42to play the Giants tonight.
03:43Now,
03:44they are favored
03:45by a point and a half.
03:46I'm not sitting here
03:46pretending like
03:47Washington's an 11-point favorite
03:49on the road
03:50and there's no way they lose.
03:51I'm saying it's a
03:52pick-em type game.
03:53But,
03:53if your quarterback
03:54is going to be
03:56one of the next great QBs
03:57in the league,
03:57this would be a nice night
03:58to put everyone
03:59on your shoulders
03:59like you did
04:00against Cincinnati
04:01on Monday Night Football.
04:02Like you did
04:02in the playoffs
04:03against the Detroit Lions.
04:05Give me one of those.
04:06Where are those performances?
04:07You'd like to get
04:08one of those at some point.
04:09It's not just up to him.
04:10Your offensive line
04:11has to play a lot better.
04:13Their pass block win rate
04:14has been about
04:14league average this year.
04:16It has not been
04:16nearly as good
04:17the last couple weeks.
04:18They've got to figure that out.
04:19And against a front,
04:20by the way,
04:20I went back and watched
04:21the tape this week
04:22preparing for this game.
04:24The Giants'
04:26defensive front,
04:26Danny,
04:28absolutely ate
04:29a buffet lunch
04:30against the Eagles
04:31and Joe Milton.
04:32Now how much of that
04:33was Milton being inexperienced
04:34and not knowing
04:35what he was doing?
04:36Maybe some.
04:37I think Jaden Daniels
04:38is a much more prepared,
04:40ready,
04:42smart,
04:43NFL-experienced quarterback
04:45that can help his
04:45offensive line
04:46with protections and things
04:47and getting out of some plays
04:48that would be dead.
04:49But Arville Reese
04:50is coming off a
04:51shark in the water
04:52with blood around
04:52kind of game.
04:54I mean,
04:54it was a three-sack
04:55masterpiece from that guy.
04:57So I worry about
04:58Passpro tonight.
04:59There are certainly things
05:01when you look at the Giants
05:02that you would say
05:02they're better than
05:04Washington in this area.
05:05They're a more talented
05:05overall team probably.
05:07But you clearly have
05:08a QB advantage.
05:09If you don't,
05:09that's a big problem.
05:10And it's a pick-em game.
05:13And you have put
05:14your butt on the line here.
05:15You have put all the
05:16chips in for this.
05:18This feels like
05:19a huge night
05:20for this program.
05:21Because to succinctly
05:22say it, Danny,
05:24I feel like
05:26if you can beat
05:27teams like the Giants
05:28on your level
05:29or worse
05:29the rest of the way,
05:30you're probably not
05:31going to get into the playoffs
05:32because you've dug
05:32too big of a hole.
05:33But if you can do that,
05:34you can at least
05:35pretend and convince me.
05:36You can argue with me
05:38that this is a
05:39worthwhile proposition.
05:40I can disagree,
05:41but you can at least
05:42make the case
05:43that it's going
05:44in the right direction,
05:44that there was some
05:45bad luck early in the year.
05:46If you can't win
05:47games like this,
05:48there's no discussion
05:49to have.
05:51This thing is over.
05:52There's no reason
05:53to continue this.
05:54Win the winnable games.
05:56They never do,
05:57by the way.
05:58But tonight's another chance.
05:59Tonight's an opportunity
06:00to say,
06:01you know what?
06:01You guys were wrong.
06:02We were right.
06:03We're better than our record.
06:05Just look at the tape.
06:06Go do it.
06:07Prove to me
06:08that you can do it.
06:08Late in that game,
06:09really the second half,
06:10if you recall,
06:11the first time they played.
06:12It reminds me,
06:13there was a guy
06:14that was my year
06:15at James Madison
06:16who I saw as a pitcher.
06:17He's pretty good,
06:18upper 80s,
06:18but he had a splitter.
06:19You don't see many of those
06:20when you're playing
06:21high school ball
06:22and so they discovered
06:24and he discovered
06:24pretty quickly,
06:25I couldn't hit it.
06:26I couldn't hit it.
06:27I had no answer for it.
06:28So I would see
06:29maybe one fastball
06:30and then it was just
06:31a steady diet of splitters
06:32and I would tap the ball
06:34into the ground,
06:34swing and miss,
06:350 for a million
06:36against that dude.
06:38You know what their splitter was?
06:39Blitz in the second half.
06:41They might as well
06:42have held up a sign
06:43and said,
06:43hey, we're blitzing.
06:44We're bringing eight.
06:45Deal with it.
06:46Bring it seven.
06:46Deal with it.
06:47And they couldn't.
06:48Washington had no answers.
06:49You might see that splitter
06:50again tonight
06:51in some degree,
06:52especially because
06:53Washington cannot run the ball
06:54still.
06:54Their normal running game
06:56still stinks.
06:56I believe that.
06:57I think the Giants know that.
06:58It's going to be gross.
06:59They're going to try to force you
07:00into some of those
07:01third and mediums,
07:02third and longs
07:02and they're probably
07:04going to probe
07:05and see,
07:06can you handle this?
07:07Because that game
07:08was a resounding no.
07:09You'd like to think
07:09there's some adjustments
07:10and there's some counters here,
07:12but I bet you
07:14there'll be some
07:14aggressive blitz packages
07:15tonight from the Giants
07:16because it was so
07:18wildly successful
07:19during that game.
07:20The Giants
07:21this season,
07:22I'm looking at their resume
07:24right now,
07:25college football
07:25playoff style.
07:27There's not a good win here.
07:28No,
07:28they beat,
07:29all their cupcakes
07:30were early.
07:31The way Washington's
07:32are in the second half,
07:32theirs in the first half.
07:33Their schedule has been
07:35very favorable.
07:36They beat the Cowboys
07:38in week one
07:38in a tight game,
07:39which I would tell you
07:40is actually a much better win
07:41than it looks like now.
07:42That was before we knew
07:43Dallas was terrible.
07:44That's at the start
07:44of a season.
07:45They had the offseason
07:46to prepare.
07:47Dak Prescott
07:47in that offense
07:48at that time
07:49hadn't started
07:50to struggle yet.
07:51So I'll give them
07:51some credit for that win.
07:53That was a,
07:53whoa,
07:54Jackson Dart
07:54looked great
07:55kind of coming out party.
07:56The next week
07:57you lose Dart
07:57for the season.
07:58They lose by 22
07:58to the Rams.
07:59That was on national TV.
08:00I watched that game.
08:01They got completely blown out.
08:02Yeah,
08:02they're outclassed.
08:03They beat the Titans
08:04in a 12-7 game,
08:06which to this moment,
08:07if you're looking for
08:08the least impressive win
08:09of the 2026 NFL season.
08:11It might be that.
08:13Oscars style,
08:14there's like four candidates
08:15in the category
08:16and they show the clips
08:17and the winner is.
08:19One of the clips
08:20that we get to see
08:21is some highlights
08:22from Giants.
08:22Green Bay beating the Jets
08:24early on this season
08:25was pretty horrendous
08:25where they were the worst team
08:26for most of it.
08:27Terrible win.
08:28They beat the Cardinals.
08:29Now the Cardinals
08:29play everybody hard.
08:30I give them credit.
08:31They're about to get a lot worse.
08:32Luckily for Washington
08:33who has them coming up
08:33on the schedule.
08:34Third string quarterback
08:35takes over.
08:36This was still
08:37the Jacoby Brissette-led
08:38veteran QB'd
08:39Arizona Cardinals.
08:40But that game came down
08:41to a play at the goal line.
08:43A touchdown
08:44at the goal line
08:45and the Cardinals win.
08:46It was a pick six
08:47and the Giants won.
08:49Obviously they tied
08:50the Commanders.
08:50We don't need to
08:51re-legislate that.
08:52We'll see enough
08:53of that tonight by the way.
08:54I'm already annoyed
08:55about the number of times
08:56we're going to see that clip
08:57on national TV this evening.
08:59Buckle up.
09:00The question I have is
09:01do we see it in game?
09:03Does Al Michaels say
09:04well the last time
09:05these teams met
09:06and do they show it
09:07and then Kirk Herbstreit's
09:08dog goes
09:10like to talk
09:11over the play?
09:12This of course
09:13was the scene
09:13a few weeks ago
09:14and yep
09:15that kind of sums up
09:16these two teams.
09:19Yep.
09:20We're going to see it.
09:20We'll see it a bunch.
09:21We'll see it in game.
09:22Oh yeah.
09:22We'll see it pre-game.
09:23We'll see it during the game.
09:24There'll be a moment.
09:25We're going to see it pre-game
09:26for sure.
09:27I'm going to say
09:27no in game.
09:28It's hard to work it in.
09:30Unless the only sequence
09:32I could see is
09:32if they show Blau
09:33on the headset
09:34like here's the
09:35offensive coordinator
09:36and Herbstreit tells
09:37he's a young guy
09:38he's got great ideas
09:39we sat down with him
09:39on Friday
09:40and he really wants
09:41to get the run game
09:42going whatever that
09:42discussion is.
09:43Yeah he had a treat
09:44for my dog.
09:45He's a really thoughtful
09:46guy.
09:46He gave my dog a biscuit
09:47you know but then
09:48he'll say
09:49there's some questions
09:50though about his
09:51youth and experience.
09:52This was the first time
09:53these two teams met
09:54and then they get into
09:55roll package
09:57and then that b-roll
09:58of that
09:59shovingus of the
10:00highest order.
10:01That's how it's going to go
10:02if it goes.
10:03But I say we don't see it.
10:05I think we get away with
10:06watching the game
10:07without seeing it.
10:08The other wins
10:09by the way for the Giants
10:10they lost to the Saints
10:10I don't know how that happened.
10:13Texans.
10:14I would say that would be
10:15their best win.
10:16Maybe it is.
10:17That's a three win
10:18bad football team.
10:19Yeah.
10:19Yeah the Texans
10:20is the best win
10:21on their resume.
10:22It was at Houston
10:23when Houston was desperate.
10:25That's their best win.
10:26And it was overtime.
10:27Scadaboo ripped off
10:28a long run.
10:28By the way that's a
10:29three and five team
10:30we're saying
10:30that was their best win.
10:32I think that's the point.
10:33So all they did
10:34was the thing
10:36that we're asking
10:36Washington to do.
10:37Again the bar is
10:38so unbelievably low.
10:39In New York
10:39it's the first year
10:40of this program.
10:41You brought in Harbaugh
10:42who is a legitimizer.
10:43He is a
10:45Tomlin light I suppose.
10:46Get you up to
10:46a reasonable level.
10:48They have been a disaster.
10:49They've been one of
10:49the worst organizations
10:50in the sport.
10:51And the whole point is
10:52let's just be credible.
10:53Let's be reasonable.
10:54Let's be normal.
10:55Let's be average.
10:56Let's not
10:56you know
10:58sabotage ourselves.
10:59And so all they've done
11:00is beat a few bad teams
11:02and if you do that
11:03there's a great chance
11:04you end up in the postseason.
11:05Right?
11:06Their second half schedule
11:07is more arduous.
11:08Now the Colts have
11:08of course fallen off
11:09but there's San Fran,
11:11Seattle,
11:11they got Detroit,
11:13Jacksonville in a couple weeks.
11:14So there's more arduous
11:16in the second half
11:16but there's still enough
11:17on there that's soft
11:18where if they beat
11:19the Colts
11:20if they can find their way
11:21to beat Washington,
11:22Cleveland,
11:24Philly who's quit
11:25in the final week
11:26of the season
11:26you could find
11:27three more wins
11:28for them to be
11:29in the catbird seat
11:30in this god-awful division.
11:31Totally.
11:32We're live right now
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11:45I just checked out
11:46the chat here
11:46and DJ
11:48ones and twos
11:49says
11:50we can play spoiler tonight.
11:52Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
11:55no, no.
11:55Respectfully.
11:56This isn't time for that yet.
11:58This is not spoiler.
11:59This is not the little engine
12:00who could.
12:01This is not
12:01well, well maybe
12:02just maybe you see
12:03the giants are not good.
12:05You're in year three
12:06of the program.
12:07This is not
12:08David versus Goliath
12:09with my stone, okay?
12:11I saw the movie
12:11in theaters with my kids.
12:13I am not afraid.
12:16I am not afraid.
12:18David stands there
12:18in front of Goliath.
12:19No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
12:20Not up in here.
12:21This ain't David Goliath.
12:22They suck.
12:23They're not good.
12:24One and a half point spread.
12:26Two even teams.
12:28Win the football game.
12:30Win the football game.
12:34You can't keep
12:35simultaneously preaching
12:36to me how close they are.
12:38You can't keep telling me,
12:40well, you know,
12:40they're better than
12:41the record, you see.
12:42This week.
12:43You're not playing the Rams.
12:44By the way,
12:44they're not any good either,
12:45but they're a good team
12:47that isn't any good.
12:49You're playing the Giants.
12:51These are the gifts.
12:52This is the one you go,
12:53all right,
12:54let's find some soft spots here.
12:55Let's get to the point
12:56on the schedule
12:56where if we just play
12:57a really good game,
12:57we get a win.
12:58That's what we need.
12:59This is the gift.
13:00This is the time.
13:01This is the game.
13:02This week.
13:03You got to play
13:04the Bengals coming up.
13:05That's a scheduled L.
13:06Maybe you shock them.
13:07Somehow you defend
13:08with Jamar Chase.
13:09I don't know how.
13:10Somehow you stop T. Higgins.
13:11That would be fun
13:12in Nito Torpedo.
13:13That's not going to happen either.
13:15The Giants, man.
13:16They're in your tier.
13:17They're the same as you.
13:18They're just not good.
13:20How many of the not good teams
13:22that you play
13:23and it's like,
13:23well, we could have won.
13:24We outplayed them here.
13:25We were up two touchdowns late.
13:27Eventually,
13:27I am a process over results,
13:29guys,
13:29more than just about
13:30anybody you're going to hear
13:31on the radio.
13:32The result
13:33has to matter eventually.
13:35We're three years in.
13:3620 games,
13:38four wins for this group.
13:39So I just have no patience
13:42when you lose games like tonight
13:44to continue pretending.
13:47I have less interest in pretending.
13:50That's what's on the line
13:50for me tonight.
13:51I'll pretend with you.
13:52I'll play house.
13:53Me and my kids go down
13:54to the toy side of the basement.
13:56We've got this really messy,
13:57terrible area of the basement
13:58with doors and we close it
13:59and there's crap all over the place,
14:00right?
14:01And we'll play kitchen
14:02and they'll make me little food,
14:04fake food with fake bacon and stuff.
14:06I will pretend.
14:07I'll play good team with you.
14:08And it's where we sit there
14:09and we pretend to be
14:10a good football team.
14:11But you've got to win this one.
14:12If you don't win this one,
14:15then this is over.
14:16Then we need to stop pretending.
14:17It's like the Eagles game
14:18the other week.
14:19Which, by the way,
14:20you were down 10-0 in
14:21and you found a way
14:23to hang around
14:24until the third quarter.
14:25But that was one
14:26where you had to win
14:27or we don't get to pretend anymore.
14:28And to their credit,
14:28they did.
14:29So a lot of people
14:29have kept pretending.
14:30That's great.
14:31Tonight,
14:32not David Rischalad.
14:33We could be spoilers.
14:34The big giants,
14:35the vaunted program
14:36with John Hawbaugh,
14:37you see?
14:38No.
14:39Other bad team,
14:40we should be whooping their ass
14:42at this juncture.
14:44My piggyback extra to that is
14:47I don't not plan for the future
14:49to play spoiler.
14:51I got no interest in that.
14:53You know what I mean?
14:54Spoiler to me means,
14:55hey, we're at it.
14:56We got nothing.
14:57But we're going to ruin it for you.
14:59You can't not trade anybody
15:01at the trade deadline
15:02to play spoiler.
15:04You see what I'm saying?
15:05Very good definition.
15:06Spoiler is
15:08the last week of the season,
15:10Philadelphia plays the Giants.
15:12And if the Giants need to win
15:13to win the division,
15:14then Philly,
15:15who's quit,
15:15they play spoiler.
15:17That's tanked out of it,
15:19disgusting,
15:19awful,
15:20non-tournament team,
15:21non-relevant.
15:22Everyone knows they're getting fired.
15:24And one last time for the Gippa.
15:25No.
15:27No.
15:27You double down on this group.
15:28I'm going to do you one better.
15:30Spoiler is
15:31Stephon Diggs is in San Francisco
15:33right now
15:33and Jaden Bradley's
15:34catching four balls tonight.
15:36That's spoiler.
15:37That's spoiler.
15:37Spoiler is
15:38Frankie Louvoo's
15:39with the Broncos
15:40because he's a badass
15:42and they wanted him.
15:42And they wanted him.
15:43And they gave up a five
15:44this year
15:45and a four next year
15:45or something.
15:46And Jordan McGee's
15:48making 11 tackles.
15:49That's spoiler.
15:51Spoiler is
15:52Caleb on Chason's
15:53not punching the ball
15:54out of Cam Scadaboo's hands
15:55tonight
15:55because he's going to.
15:56One of my bold predictions
15:57in this game.
15:58Two takeaways per game
15:59in the last six weeks.
16:00This defense is playing
16:00a lot better.
16:01That's what they do.
16:02But Caleb on Chason's
16:03on out there.
16:04Josh Joseph's is.
16:05You're a rookie.
16:06That looks like he's
16:06a promising piece.
16:07Good draft pick
16:08mid-rounds.
16:09The Tennessee volunteer.
16:10Shane would be
16:11sized for that.
16:12He is right.
16:12That's what it is right now.
16:13He should be playing
16:14right now.
16:14That's what it is.
16:15That's spoiler.
16:16This is not spoiler.
16:17Nope.
16:18Respectfully.
16:19Two even teams.
16:20It's a weight class
16:21where you both have
16:22half of the title
16:23and we're going to
16:24give it to the guy
16:25that wins.
16:27I hope people
16:28understand that.
16:29This is not a game
16:31where it's like
16:31man if they do this
16:32this and this right.
16:33Three years into this thing.
16:36Consistency of the staff
16:37and the level of
16:38quarterback that we're
16:39talking about.
16:40You're going to pay
16:41this guy 70 million
16:42dollars this offseason
16:43people.
16:44You got to expect it
16:45on Thursday Night Football
16:46with J.J. McCarthy
16:47over there.
16:48He goes out
16:49and has a night.
16:50It's just got to be
16:50the expectation.
16:52And by the way
16:53the last time
16:53they played the Giants
16:54he ran all over them.
16:56First quarterback
16:57performance since
16:57Michael Vick
16:58in the early 2000s
16:59with two 25 plus
17:00yard touchdowns
17:01on the ground.
17:02Oh yeah.
17:03Daniels against the Giants.
17:04I actually think it was
17:05his most special
17:06game of the year.
17:07It was the closest thing.
17:09It was the only thing
17:09I would say
17:10that you could drop
17:11into the highlight
17:12sizzle reel of 2024
17:13that would look like
17:15it belongs
17:16in that threshold.
17:17Because I don't think
17:18we've seen Daniels
17:18against the Lions,
17:19Daniels against the Bucs
17:20from the playoffs,
17:21Daniels against the Bengals.
17:22We haven't really
17:22seen that this year.
17:23But the 2024 Giants game
17:25in the rain
17:26was on that level mostly.
17:27And that was the one
17:28that all we talk about
17:29from that game
17:30was him going to the ground
17:31on the last play.
17:32Which is unfortunate.
17:33Because it was like a
17:34you know he did
17:35everything right
17:36all game long
17:36and then there was
17:37that one play
17:37that kind of ruined
17:38the sight line
17:39on how we viewed it.
17:40That's right.
17:40So yeah we kind of
17:42talked about that
17:42sort of offhand
17:44but there's
17:46it's again not to say
17:47that it's bad
17:48or he's bad
17:49or anything
17:49but you don't have
17:50those signature
17:51oh my god games
17:53right where
17:54it's prime time
17:55Josh Allen goes
17:56for 300 yards
17:57four touchdowns
17:58and you know
17:59plunges one in
18:00on the goal line
18:00to walk off the Bengals
18:02or something like that
18:03or even Jaden Daniels
18:03against the Bengals
18:04we were there
18:05on Monday Night Football
18:06where you just go
18:06this dude is so much
18:08better than everybody else
18:09we have him.
18:10That Giants game
18:11would have been that
18:12had it not been
18:13for the way
18:13that it ended
18:14and the utter
18:15gross mismanagement
18:16at the very end.
18:18We are under
18:18six hours away
18:19from kickoff.
18:20I want to talk
18:21about this defense
18:22which seems to be
18:23making real strides
18:24under Durante Jones.
18:25It looks as though
18:26out of the bye week
18:27what do we ask for?
18:29Adjustments,
18:29improvement.
18:30Both are happening.
18:32They've actually
18:32statistically been
18:33very very good.
18:34I'm going to make
18:34the case for some
18:35of the improvement
18:36with numbers
18:36when we return
18:37but the question
18:38I want to ask
18:38people next is
18:39have they actually
18:40made major
18:43improvements
18:43or is it
18:44about the schedule?
18:45Have they just
18:46kind of faced
18:46some favorable
18:47matchups
18:48and some teams
18:48that weren't healthy?
18:49Let's get into that
18:50next on Grant and Danny.
18:52Remember at 4 o'clock
18:53somebody's winning tickets
18:54to see Gabriel Iglesias.
18:56Logan Paulson
18:57is on the show
18:58with us live
18:58from the Meadowlands
18:59at 6 o'clock
19:00to preview tonight's
19:01matchup.
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