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Speaker 1: All right, you're listening to Opposition Territory here at the
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly
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Speaker 1: sports podcast show in the world, over twelve and a
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Speaker 1: half years strong. We've got a great, great Eagles Commander's
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Speaker 1: preview pod coming your way this week. We've got our
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Speaker 1: good friend joining us who covers the Commanders over on
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Speaker 1: his podcast, The Trap or Dive Podcast. We've got the
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Speaker 1: one and only Jamal Forrest, good friend of the show,
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Speaker 1: my friend, Thank you so much for joining us this
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Speaker 1: week here.
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Speaker 2: Appreciate you, Jeff, Appreciate your patience. You know, it took
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Speaker 2: us a little a few days to get this gone.
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Speaker 3: Well good as long as we can talk some about absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Look this, it's been such a bizarre season for both
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Speaker 1: the teams that you know are near and dear to us,
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Speaker 1: you know, you being a Commander's fan, you you know,
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Speaker 1: talking about the Commanders talking about their season and trying
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Speaker 1: to dissect what has happened to this team and frankly
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Speaker 1: US Eagles fans trying to figure out what the hell
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Speaker 1: has happened with this offense. It's just such an up
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Speaker 1: and down season for both for both teams, really, especially
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Speaker 1: for the Eagles in terms of the up part, up
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Speaker 1: and down all over the place. And the last time
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Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Commanders met, both teams are in
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Speaker 1: the NFC Championship Game. Last year, things were very different
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Speaker 1: with both teams in a number of ways. And yes,
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Speaker 1: I know this Eagles team is poised to win the
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Speaker 1: NFC East potentially, and they could seal it with this
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Speaker 1: win against the Commanders this weekend. But I can see
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Speaker 1: the Commanders, perhaps Jamal trying to play spoiler against the Eagles,
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Speaker 1: or perhaps at this point in the season, maybe the
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Speaker 1: Commanders coaches in front officer really wanting to figure out
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Speaker 1: what they have on offense and d fence as they
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Speaker 1: look towards next year and the future. What are your
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Speaker 1: thoughts on how the Commanders are really going to approach
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Speaker 1: this game from an overall perspective.
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Speaker 2: Well, they've been trying. They've been trying for months to
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Speaker 2: to win, like like they've never mailed it in. They
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Speaker 2: just they just can't win. Yeah, And I think nothing's
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Speaker 2: nothing's changed. I think the last three games of the season,
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Speaker 2: it's it's all about like the keeping the standard. And
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Speaker 2: I say that from from the standpoint of the coaches
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Speaker 2: like they have this standard that they want every player
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Speaker 2: in that building, every staff member in that building to meet,
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Speaker 2: and it's all about high level competition and competing and
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Speaker 2: if you don't, if you don't fit the mode, then
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Speaker 2: you're not going to see the field anyway. And I
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Speaker 2: think for any player that is on that field, they're
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Speaker 2: gonna give their all. Uh. I know. Like there's also
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Speaker 2: half the team is about to be free agents next year,
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Speaker 2: like literally half of them.
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Speaker 1: So that's why I asked about like whether or not
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Speaker 1: the coaches might actually be evaluating and looking at who
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Speaker 1: they might want to keep around for the future. And
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Speaker 1: I wonder if these next few games, like that's really
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Speaker 1: going to be the m O of the team.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, well it's and that's that's kind of
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Speaker 2: where I'm getting, Like the last couple of weeks, and
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Speaker 2: even before that, it's all it's been that like since
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Speaker 2: it's since things have gone downhill, like they they've been
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Speaker 2: trying to find answers, and you know, I think injury
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Speaker 2: sometimes influenced their decision making because like without an injury,
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Speaker 2: you don't find somebody. For example, Marshon Lattimore getting hurt
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Speaker 2: and then Trey Amill's getting hurt. Without those two getting hurt,
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Speaker 2: you know, you may not see Mike Sandmers still on
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Speaker 2: the outside. Yeah, they've been plugging him, forcing him to
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Speaker 2: play at slot the entire season. Uh, and it's clear
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Speaker 2: that it just didn't work out for him. Yep, and
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Speaker 2: and other things of that nature. When you think about offensively,
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Speaker 2: zach Ertz just got hurt. So Ben Sinnen's getting somewhat
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Speaker 2: of a little bit more time, all right. So like,
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Speaker 2: and it's not to say that because these injuries happen,
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Speaker 2: thankfully somebody else is playing where they should be or
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Speaker 2: getting more time. It's more so like happenstance, unfortunate circumstances
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Speaker 2: have puts these people in positions where they can probably
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Speaker 2: get more light. And and so I think these last
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Speaker 2: three games, it's not gonna be no different than the
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Speaker 2: last couple last few weeks. They're gonna come out there
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Speaker 2: and and try to get the win. It doesn't matter
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Speaker 2: what their record is at this point. And it's the
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Speaker 2: same reason why they haven't shut Terry down or they
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Speaker 2: haven't shut Debo down. Laramie's gonna be He's gonna miss
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Speaker 2: this game this week because he's hurt, but he hasn't
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Speaker 2: been ruled out for the season. Going to try to
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Speaker 2: swing back next week if he's healthy.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Look, at the end of the day, these are all
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Speaker 1: professional football players and they want to make their mark
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Speaker 1: in some way, shape or form. And it's it's a
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Speaker 1: good segue into next topic because on our opposition territory
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Speaker 1: shows we'd love to get in the strengths and weaknesses
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Speaker 1: of each team. Again, end of the day, these are
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Speaker 1: professional football players and each team, each team in the
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Speaker 1: NFL has strengths and they have weaknesses. So let's go
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Speaker 1: through this first. What do you think the biggest strength
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Speaker 1: of this commander's team is going to be? As we're
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Speaker 1: heading into week sixteen of the season here.
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Speaker 2: For those who are listening to the audio, I scoffed
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Speaker 2: at the question.
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Speaker 1: Great, like, oh man, I just don't know what to say.
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Speaker 2: It's so much that is that has gone down. There
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Speaker 2: is an answer, but I mean, and it's a real answer,
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Speaker 2: but you know it could have been so much more
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Speaker 2: if you know, things turned out differently this season. The
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Speaker 2: offensive line has been the strength of this team or
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Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, the entire season, and it's not a
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Speaker 2: de fact those strength. I mean technically, obviously quarterback would
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Speaker 2: be one it Jayden was healthy, but still like a
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Speaker 2: unit in the offensive line has dramatically improved since Laramie
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Speaker 2: Tunsel has come on board. Even Brandon Coleman, who was
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Speaker 2: a starter at left guard to start the season, got
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Speaker 2: benched after two games when he had spot duty for
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Speaker 2: Laramie Tunsels. He's got nicked and bruised a couple of
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Speaker 2: times this season throughout some games. Brandon Coleman comes at
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Speaker 2: a left tackle, he holds the four. He does a
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Speaker 2: good job at left tackle, and he's going to get
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Speaker 2: a full start this week at left tackle since Laramie's out.
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Speaker 2: But that offensive line, man, it's been it's been real solid.
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Speaker 2: Pass protection has been on point. I mean, the rookie
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Speaker 2: has been one of the major concerns throughout this season.
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Speaker 2: And I think the way I the way I looked
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Speaker 2: at it, Jeff is like personally, I don't I don't
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Speaker 2: appreciate where he's at in terms of like his technique
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Speaker 2: and all those things, like it's the reason why he
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Speaker 2: continues to get beat But like stats will tell you
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Speaker 2: you and it's true, but stats will tell you like
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Speaker 2: he's not giving up pressures or sacks and it hasn't
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Speaker 2: happened in some time or it's like infrequent now right
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Speaker 2: as opposed to win it was super frequent early on
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Speaker 2: in the season.
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Speaker 1: Seems like he's developing. He seems like he's actually developing.
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Speaker 2: He's really good. He's impressive in the run. In the
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Speaker 2: run game. That's always been the case. Is more so
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Speaker 2: past protection. So like run game, I give that to him.
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Speaker 2: He's a solid run blocker. But he's just gonna win ugly.
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Speaker 2: And that's what that's what it came down to for
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Speaker 2: in terms of me rational like trying to rationalize him
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Speaker 2: in the past game. Until he gets his technique right,
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Speaker 2: it's just gonna look ugly. And you just got to
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Speaker 2: hope when he's winning ugly like that, he doesn't get
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Speaker 2: the quarterback killed. That's that's all.
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Speaker 4: That's that's literally it. I don't have much to say
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Speaker 4: for work is it's kind of the biggest thing. He
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Speaker 4: stops his feet sometimes when he's in his slide protection,
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Speaker 4: trying to be the set points to match these guys
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Speaker 4: sometimes quickness. He's having a hard time game gin where
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Speaker 4: to cut that defender off, like meeting that half man
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Speaker 4: establishing that half man relationship, like things of that nature
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Speaker 4: is what really getting in troubles that lower half. And
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Speaker 4: obviously like his anchoring when he has to go up
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Speaker 4: against like speed to power rushers, people who want to
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Speaker 4: like really just run through them. Yeah, so's But.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's funny we're talking about him when we're talking
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Speaker 1: about the biggest strengths of this team. But yes, it
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Speaker 1: is the offensive line. I completely agree with you, flip
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Speaker 1: side of the coin. What's the biggest weakness on this team?
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Speaker 1: There's there's definitely a few, for sure, but you know,
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Speaker 1: you you really hone in on you know what this
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Speaker 1: team has, you know, in terms of its talent and
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Speaker 1: what we've seen this season. What's that weakness on this
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Speaker 1: commander's team biggest weakness?
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Speaker 3: I love it, folks.
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Speaker 1: If you're watching on YouTube, Paul's just thinking, He's like,
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Speaker 1: I just don't know which one to go.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like it's it's three layers. It's like three level,
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Speaker 2: all three levels of the defensive line. Man, they all
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Speaker 2: have their they all bear their their weaknesses. You don't
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Speaker 2: we don't have a pass rusher since the pass now
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Speaker 2: Von Miller has seven sacks in the season, he's playing
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Speaker 2: like thirty percent of the steps, right, He's not like
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Speaker 2: actively out there every single down or majority of the steps. Right.
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Speaker 2: He comes in when he has too. He gets his
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Speaker 2: he gets his pressures, he goes, he goes back to
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Speaker 2: the bench, and he talked, he talks is he talks
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Speaker 2: his ish. I don't know if I can crush, So yeah,
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Speaker 2: he comes. That's how he's just like the mercenary in
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Speaker 2: a sense, right. But outside of that, Jake Martin is
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Speaker 2: good too, like individually, but like they aren't guys that
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Speaker 2: you are playing majority of the downs, so they just
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Speaker 2: come in and out occasionally. You don't have a pass
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Speaker 2: rusher right now. And dron Payin, ironically enough has been
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Speaker 2: the healthiest. Like where's the interior pass rush? Don't really
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Speaker 2: got it. Javon keinlong has been he's he was good
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Speaker 2: early on and now it's like it's been super quiet
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Speaker 2: on his end. Right. And I think from a second
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Speaker 2: level standpoint, you got linebackers who are solid against the run,
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Speaker 2: but you ain't got a lick of you got a
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Speaker 2: single linebacker who you can trust in past coverage. The
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Speaker 2: only turnover that you're really forcing the in the as
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Speaker 2: a pack in past coverage both Knicks had to throw
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Speaker 2: it right to Bobby Wagner and luckily he caught. The
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Speaker 2: past secondary just miscommunication issues like communica or communication issues
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Speaker 2: like you don't have people and that's in that secondary
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Speaker 2: who is really on the same page all the time,
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Speaker 2: and that leads to the bus to coverages. Uh, it's
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Speaker 2: been cleaned up a little bit now since Will Harris,
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Speaker 2: the state the safety, the original starting safety, has come back.
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Speaker 2: He came back I think against what do we play
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Speaker 2: after Miami? Yeah, forget we played after Miami. That's when
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Speaker 2: that's when Little Harris came back. So like things that
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Speaker 2: have kind of dipped in terms of like coverage bus
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Speaker 2: and that standpoint, there's a difference between talent and coverage bus. Right,
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Speaker 2: So like talent wise, you've been you know, sometimes you
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Speaker 2: just don't got the horses, and they haven't essentially had
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Speaker 2: the horses for a long time. Yeah, but from a
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Speaker 2: communication standpoint, they're they're there, but you know, you ain't
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Speaker 2: got your tilent from these injuries.
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Speaker 3: You know exactly exactly.
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Speaker 1: When the depth is not there, The depth is not there,
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Speaker 1: and it's like that for every NFL team, I mean
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Speaker 1: not every NFL team has a tremendous amount of depth
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Speaker 1: when injuries are really plaguing a team, whether it's offensively
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Speaker 1: or defensively. So I mean, as as I look at
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Speaker 1: what this matchup actually might be this week too, you know,
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Speaker 1: you're talking about the Commander's defense and all the struggles there.
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Speaker 1: On the flip side of things with the Eagles, the
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Speaker 1: Eagles defense is running on all cylinders at this point. Yes,
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Speaker 1: they played a very lowly weak Raiders team this past week,
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Speaker 1: but again, you know, I, like I said on our
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Speaker 1: post game show, the Raiders, these guys there are professional
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Speaker 1: football players, just like guys and the Commanders. They're professional
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Speaker 1: football players, and this Eagles defense held them to seventy
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Speaker 1: two net yards in that game, which is pretty astonishing
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Speaker 1: zero points as well. I'm just like, I'm just wondering, Jabal,
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Speaker 1: how might the Commander's offense actually try to go into
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Speaker 1: battle and really try to maybe dissect this Eagles defense.
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if it's possible, to be perfectly honest
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Speaker 1: with you, but do you see any scenario in which
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Speaker 1: that case may actually happen?
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Speaker 2: Well, I mean I don't. I think comparatively speaking, we're
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Speaker 2: just drastically better than the Raiders.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, I agree. Yeah, I think.
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Speaker 2: When you look at that from that standpoint, they don't
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Speaker 2: have offensive line Washington does. Ashton jen Z is a
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Speaker 2: solid running back, and if he was on Washington's offense,
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Speaker 2: I'm sure like he would look drastically better. But I
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Speaker 2: mean Washington. I say that to say Washington has solid
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Speaker 2: running backs in that backfield, and I think establishing that
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Speaker 2: run game is going to be most important for Washington.
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Speaker 2: I think there's been time straut the season where that's
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Speaker 2: where Washington, That's where Philadelphia has really like lost control defensively.
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Speaker 2: Is like if you if you can get a ground
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Speaker 2: game established against these guys, and and so that's probably
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Speaker 2: gonna be Washington's focal point. It should be Washington's focal point.
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Speaker 2: But then you think about, uh, Terry and and Deebo.
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Speaker 2: You know that connection or that duo. Uh you know,
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Speaker 2: it's it leads you once it more. It's not super explosive.
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Speaker 2: Uh they had or or They had their most explosive
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Speaker 2: day ironically against one of the league's top three defenses
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Speaker 2: in the NFL against the Denver Broncos, and Terry had
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Speaker 2: himself a good day again against then against New York. Uh.
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Speaker 2: And I think from Washington standpoint, even leading the offense, uh,
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Speaker 2: right now, Mariota has the better chance, has to give
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Speaker 2: Washington a better chance to win the Jaydens just just
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Speaker 2: because of the inconsistency with Jayden's ability to stay on
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Speaker 2: the field, right it hurts him, hurts the offensive chemistry
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Speaker 2: Mariota has seen way more time than him so far
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Speaker 2: this season. I think it messes well with the group
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Speaker 2: of guys that they have now. And I think for Washington,
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Speaker 2: establishing the run is gonna be the most important getting
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Speaker 2: c Rod and Bill h Crosskey Merrit involved and obviously
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Speaker 2: McNichols in the past game. But like there's a lot
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Speaker 2: to say about what Mariota can do with Terry and
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Speaker 2: Debo and maybe like a surprise performance from or surprise
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Speaker 2: appearance from Treylon Berts, who knows, Yeah, yeah, it's it's
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Speaker 2: it's I'm actually not too concerned about the offensive side
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Speaker 2: of the ball. I think they'll be able to compete.
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Speaker 2: It's that other side of the ball who just looks
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Speaker 2: like they're just ready to give up thirty points.
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Speaker 1: Well, we're gonna We're definitely gonna get into that other
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Speaker 1: side of the ball. We're gonna get into this commander's
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Speaker 1: defense what we may see from them, but we do
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Speaker 3: Stick with us.
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Speaker 1: All right, We are back again with our good friend
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Speaker 1: Jamal Forest from the Trap or Dive Podcast, Great podcast.
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Speaker 1: As they're analyze a lot of what goes on with
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Speaker 1: this Washington Commander's team. And as we're continuing the discussion
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Speaker 1: here Jamal about what we're gonna see this coming Saturday
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Speaker 1: in this matchup here the Commander's offense, I mean, they're
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Speaker 1: gonna be of course shorthanded, not having Jaden Daniels zach
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Speaker 1: Ertz like you mentioned earlier, They're not gonna be on
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Speaker 1: the field. So I'm wondering, who do you think needs
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Speaker 1: to really step up for the Commanders if they're really
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Speaker 1: gonna have a chance to win this game?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, urge Nemesis Debo, yep. I think Deebo is gonna
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Speaker 2: be somebody who you know, he frustrates me, and it's
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Speaker 2: not his faults. It's just like on my podcast. I
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Speaker 2: didn't do it at the start of the season. It's
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Speaker 2: just a trend that I noticed maybe like three or
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Speaker 2: four weeks into the season. You know, all he did
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Speaker 2: is coming to the week one with like eighty ish.
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Speaker 2: I'm going off the top of my head feels it's
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Speaker 2: listening and watching. I don't have the numbers in front
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Speaker 2: of me, but like around eighty ish all purpose yards
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Speaker 2: right or yards from scrimmage, and all it did was
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Speaker 2: decline every week after that, Like it wasn't like he
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Speaker 2: was consistently hitting those marks super impactful offensively, that wasn't
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Speaker 2: the case for Debo. He's had some spot performances here
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Speaker 2: and there lately, and that's good for him, but in
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Speaker 2: terms of impact for an offense, it just hasn't really
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Speaker 2: been there. You see his value as a player, like
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Speaker 2: he's forgot the catch, he's a physical runner and things
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Speaker 2: of that nature, but like how valuable is that for
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Speaker 2: any offense? Like moving forward? Do you need that next
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Speaker 2: year if you're Washington? And for answering the question about
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Speaker 2: who needs to step up, I mean Cliff needs to
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Speaker 2: find a way to get him super involved early and often. Terry.
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Speaker 2: I trust Terry just from a vertical threat and three
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Speaker 2: level threat like he can he can find his way.
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Speaker 2: I know Quyon and him had their battles over the
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Speaker 2: last three games, and that's a big deal. It's a
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Speaker 2: lot of respect for Quon, but I think he's gonna
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Speaker 2: need some help.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 2: And and I think it's been for Debo just from
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Speaker 2: a contract standpoint. You know he's going into free agency
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Speaker 2: next point. Uh, it's it's a season where we gave
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Speaker 2: we converted his money into like a signing bonus where
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Speaker 2: he got all his money that was like I think
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Speaker 2: old to him later up front. Yeah. Yeah, So so
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Speaker 2: for for him, I think these last three games are important.
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Speaker 2: But this game against a good defense to prove that
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Speaker 2: you ain't old and slow and like a team can
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Speaker 2: use you moving forward. That's this is one of those
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Speaker 2: games where you know this offense can use your help.
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Speaker 2: So so Deebo is gonna be one, uh and I
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Speaker 2: mean there's several others, but he's going to be definitely
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Speaker 2: a guy that you that you're gonna needs.
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Speaker 3: Game.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we got to keep our eyes on him. Eagles Nation,
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Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel for sure. And in terms of this Commander's
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Speaker 1: in terms of the Commander's defense, you know, which I
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Speaker 1: kind of teased a little bit before we went to break.
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Speaker 1: You know, I do see two players and you mentioned
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Speaker 1: them earlier, Dron Payne and Javon kin Law as the
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Speaker 1: key players who I think are gonna need to really
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Speaker 1: have some exceptional play on the field to slow down
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Speaker 1: the Eagles offense. Of course von Miller as well in
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Speaker 1: terms of the role that he plays. Is that what
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Speaker 1: you're thinking as well here, Jamal or do you have
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Speaker 1: any other thoughts who our thoughts on who really needs
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Speaker 1: to play kind of lights out for the Commander's defense
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Speaker 1: in order to stall the Eagles offense.
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Speaker 2: Them. Two. As you mentioned, Johnny Newton doesn't get that
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Speaker 2: much time times of the rotation, but you know he's
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Speaker 2: not that start against the Ryan game. But when he
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Speaker 2: gets in, you know you're gonna need somebody that can
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Speaker 2: help alleviate the time that Vaughn and darn are off
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Speaker 2: the field, and that that'll be the time that Johnny
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Speaker 2: Newton spends on the field. You gotta find he's gonna
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Speaker 2: have to step up. And I think, uh, while he's
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Speaker 2: like hasn't been terrible or even bad in games, he
20:20
Speaker 2: hasn't like stood out, He hasn't taken over. He hasn't
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Speaker 2: really caused enough chaos. You know, he wins with quickness,
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Speaker 2: and I think that's kind of apparent with his even
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Speaker 2: with his frame right. But sometimes when you get engaged,
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Speaker 2: you can't just like have that uh five getting driven
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Speaker 2: five yards five yards off the ball, film like show
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Speaker 2: your dominance in some aspects and then uh, that's that's
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Speaker 2: another person that I thought to mention. And in the secondary,
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Speaker 2: Antonio Hamilton had Ton dang. I always say his name.
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Speaker 1: I know you're I do that on this show all
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Speaker 1: the time. My co host bust my balls constantly.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm look, I do this, I do this all
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Speaker 2: the time. But the quarterback who had a great, great
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Speaker 2: game last year last week, I don't know if Jonathan
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Speaker 2: Jones is going to be healthy enough to play this week.
21:15
Speaker 2: I'm not too sure. I guess we'll get an injury
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Speaker 2: report soon. If not, I think maybe today or maybe
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Speaker 2: yesterday was the last injury report. I'll have to double check.
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Speaker 2: But Jonathan Jones, if he's inactive, Hamilton is actually going
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Speaker 2: to end up playing in this place again. Uh. And
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Speaker 2: I think that cornerback spot going up against Davonte and
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Speaker 2: AJ and even uh John Johon Dawson, I think there's
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Speaker 2: gonna be that's a big spot for these guys.
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Speaker 3: Ye.
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Speaker 2: Safety help is gonna be good. I mean it's gonna
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Speaker 2: be important, but like those initial matchups with the cornerbacks
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Speaker 2: is going to be most important. And if Hamilton wants
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Speaker 2: to make some money next next year, I had to
21:57
Speaker 2: say that you're gonna get super paid. You thirty two,
21:59
Speaker 2: You already has your ten years in the league. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: but at the same time, if like this is like
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Speaker 2: a big opportunity for him, so like what can you do?
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Speaker 2: Sam were still of course is like that's a given,
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Speaker 2: but like Hamilton is just the person that has been
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Speaker 2: elevated from practice squad and he has the most important opportunities.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, well buddy, before I let you go
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Speaker 1: every week on our opposition territory pods on our pregame
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Speaker 1: preview shows, here, we'd like to end with these two questions,
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Speaker 1: and it's what both teams are gonna need to hit
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Speaker 1: on for a win this week. So let's start with
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Speaker 1: the Commanders here. What's the one thing that Commanders are
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Speaker 1: going to need to hit on for a win against
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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles this week.
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Speaker 2: If it's one thing, I'll just say mistake free that
22:45
Speaker 2: involve no turnovers and limiture penalties. That has killed them
22:51
Speaker 2: every single week. And surprisingly we got to win last
22:55
Speaker 2: week because the Giants are terrible just as much as
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Speaker 2: we are. But yeah, you gotta be you gotta be
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Speaker 2: mistake free if you want to get a win.
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Speaker 1: I think the Commanders are one of the highest penalized
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Speaker 1: teams in the league at this point, right, I think
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Speaker 1: I think that.
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Speaker 3: Are I don't.
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Speaker 2: I don't even have to look it up to know
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Speaker 2: that it's terrible.
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Speaker 3: I love it all right.
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Speaker 1: On the flip side, what's the one thing the Eagles
23:17
Speaker 1: are going to to need to hit on for a
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Speaker 1: win this week? In your opinion?
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Speaker 2: Run the ball.
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Speaker 3: Just run the ball and make sure getting it.
23:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, make sure gets enough touches this week. Don't abandon it.
23:28
Speaker 2: I think Squon is in a like I've been thinking,
23:32
Speaker 2: like the last couple of weeks, Philly has been trying
23:35
Speaker 2: to get him established more and and and they have
23:40
Speaker 2: and and I think it shouldn't stop against uh the
23:43
Speaker 2: Washtak commanders, especially a team who just cannot stop the
23:46
Speaker 2: run in any facet. So uh that if you if
23:50
Speaker 2: you establish the ground game, you control the clock. If
23:52
Speaker 2: you control the clock and stay on the field, you
23:54
Speaker 2: have opportunities getting the red zone and score touchdowns or
23:57
Speaker 2: score field goals. So run the ball keeps Saquon active
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Speaker 2: in early and often.
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Speaker 1: That's what I'm hoping happens with this Eagles team. But
24:05
Speaker 1: we're gonna end things here, Jamal Forrest again. Folks from
24:08
Speaker 1: the Trap or Dive podcast, you could search them out
24:11
Speaker 1: whether it's on YouTube. I listen on Apple Podcasts and uh,
24:16
Speaker 1: I know you're over on Instagram to Jamal and Trapper
24:19
Speaker 1: Dive is over on Instagram as well. Folks give them
24:22
Speaker 1: a follow check out all their content. My friend, I
24:25
Speaker 1: appreciate you really seriously. You're always so good to come
24:27
Speaker 1: on the PST podcast show here and come back again
24:31
Speaker 1: join us. I'd love to have you back on the show,
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Speaker 1: my friend.
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Speaker 2: Yes, sir, hopefully we can steal one of these one
24:37
Speaker 2: of these two we still want. I'm tott y'all your
24:41
Speaker 2: fan based jip. I'm tired of it, and we can.
24:44
Speaker 2: If you can steal one, I don't care what happens
24:46
Speaker 2: in the other game. We need to get one.
24:49
Speaker 1: I'm like that with Penn State, right, I'm a Penn
24:51
Speaker 1: State fan here, right, and all I ever want is
24:54
Speaker 1: them for them to beat Ohio State and Michigan. I
24:57
Speaker 1: tell my friends all the time, like if they just
25:00
Speaker 1: go like two and ten, but those two wins are
25:03
Speaker 1: against Ohio State Michigan, like I'm all for I'm all
25:07
Speaker 1: for Ittel.
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Speaker 3: I'll take the other losses on this season.
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Speaker 2: But look, look, I'm still I still got some energy
25:13
Speaker 2: for the Eagers.
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25:18
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