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Beltway Blitz, Who Impressed Dan Quinn In Week 2?, Which Player Has Grown On You?

9.17.24 Hour 3

1:00- Nats- Bobby Blanco, NFL- Nate Davis, Commanders- Scott Abraham

18:30- There were 3 players that really impressed Dan Quinn in Sunday's win, 2 on the defensive side and one on offense that we discussed here.

32:15- Which Commanders player has grown on you the most?

Broadcast on:: 17 Sep 2024
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Go to the FANDC.com/events courtesy of IMP. So congratulations to the winners. Beltway Blitz comes your way right now. We'll cover the NFL. The commanders, we will start on the diamond. Bobby Blanco of massinsports.com. Bobby, the Nationals last night got off to a lead. Jake Urban pitched his butt off. And if you looked up at the end of the game, you missed the Mets coming back to steal a win with a run in the eighth and then a run in the tenth, two to one. Break it down for us. Yeah, well, I first wanted to start off by saying that I heard you guys talking about the commanders being the first place on the top of the show. And Danny, you weren't too impressed. And we have to remember that these nationals were technically in a walk or a spot back in May. That's true. Anyone was crowning them, but we were kind of happy for them. I think it's okay to be happy that the commanders are in first place after two weeks, but I digress. Yeah, Jake Urban showed last night. He did this against the Mets on July 4th. He did it again last night in New York. Four hits, one run, got into the eighth inning. Couldn't quite get out. I think the signature moment for him was that comebacker, that he was able to fire to first base. You got to call the big fifth pump to scream. That felt like a playoff kind of atmosphere for him and a playoff reaction by him. That's what the national are looking to do over the next couple of weeks. They're playing all contenders that are fighting for playoff position. So these are meaningful games, although they're not quite meaningful for the nationals in terms of just getting more wins on the scoreboard. But, you know, they're trying to get better and learn how to play these tight day games in late September. So this time next year, they're fighting for October slot last night. While Jake pitched really well, it kind of came down to the runners. The scoring position, not being able to have anyone in one for 10, only scored one run. And I think they went 0 for like six over the last couple of innings. So hopefully more clutch hits coming up over these next couple of days in New York. Yeah, Bobby, I'm seeing the quiet part out loud here. And I know a lot of people get ticked off. I know the players don't think this way and they're they shouldn't. They're players. And I know David Martinez doesn't think this way, but I don't care if they lose these games. I care. I want to see the kids do work. And Jake Irvin did last night and you're seeing, you know, some of James Wood had his two homeer game the other day. You're shooting Dylan Cruz, you'll go leaps and bounds to position. He hasn't played much in right field with a couple of high that real catches here recently. I'm looking at those guys and hopefully, you know, see, James and company, you know, closes out the season strong. I mean, to me, I'm kind of getting what I want here, even if they're not winning some of these games. Yeah, I think I agree with you. I think that's what everyone's kind of looking for. Yes, winning games is important. You want to win games. You want to finish the season definitely with more wins than you did last year. It might not be too many, but even one is technically an improvement. I think there are only three games away from tying 71 wins from last year. So you figure they can surpass that, whether it be by one or a handful of games by the end of the season. But yeah, everyone you just mentioned some of the young starting pitchers, like Mitchell Parker tonight, like DJ Hers. Mackenzie Gore too also needs to finish strong after he struggled for much of the second half of the season. That's the long term big picture focus for this team is making sure everyone one finishes healthy, of course, but also finished on a positive note that they can carry over into spring training next year and start next year looking at like a team that hey, maybe they can kind of sneak into the playoff conversation next September. How did James would follow up on his two lomer game from Sunday? I think he didn't do too well. I know he got in the scoring position and they weren't able to drive him in. And that's a couple of times now already where you look at the top of the lineup and especially with CJ not being in there while doing with his back issue and also being bumped down earlier last week. It's Dylan Cruz and James would have been great setting the pace. But you know, if Luis Garcia Jr isn't playing with you with him last night because they're facing a lefty starter, then some of these guys are having trouble driving in James Wood who is getting on base that are really good clip. But we've been used to seeing so I know we got a second base wasn't able to score. That would have provided a nice insurance run for them way in the game. And of course, they end up losing by one. So, but James Wood, I mean, he had the two Homer game the other day on Sunday and ask Park. He's looking to finish this season strong. He's going to get paid to do so. Bobby, why are we still platooning Luis Garcia? I mean, if they were competing for first place or a playoff spot, I guess I would get it. But he's a kid. He's had a really nice year. Hadn't he earned some looks against lefties? I 100% agree with you. I still don't understand why we're protecting a guy who is by all accounts, the veteran on this team right now. I mean, he is the oldest guy. Has the most service time that anybody in this lineup outside of Joey Gallo. I just don't know what's the point of protecting him from a lefty starter. He's going to have to face lefties eventually. If he's your second baseman of the future, you're not going to pursue him. You know, it's another course of a normal season. Get him to my bat. No, no, Davey Martinez has said they want to make sure that he finished the season on a positive note. They don't want him to face a handful of lefties. His looks against lefties are bad, which is a fair point. But, you know, they don't want him finishing the season, frustrated, getting into some kind of slump because he can't hit lefties. They want him finishing on a high note. So from that mental standpoint, I get, but we can't be doing this next year. You know, starting a guy like a little more of our gets over Luis Garcia Jr. when the team is looking to be competitive again. Bobby, we appreciate you man. See you at the ballpark. Yeah, thank you, buddy. Got it. Thanks. Just mass and sports.com is Bobby Blanco. Let's talk football. Nate Davis USA today to help us do that. Nate last night was a pretty classic finish. The Falcons stunned the Eagles 22 21 at the end of the game. What'd you make of the night? You know, early season football. Good to see kind of Kirk Cousins get his, uh, get his feet literally, uh, under him. Um, uh, you know, just kind of indicative too that some ways it feels like we're really in actual preseason football right now. Uh, but, uh, yeah, this is a good game. So of course, the Eagles didn't have AJ Brown to catch that third down fast. But that's how it goes. Minnesota is two and oh, they're scheduled still really hard, but what an enormous win for them kind of validating everything going on there after week number one for them. Are they for real? Do we have to reevaluate? A little bit, I think I bumped them way up to like number seven. You know, I've been in my power rankings this week. Um, it feels a little high, but it feels like, you know, Minnesota and the Saints are two teams that have kind of earned, you know, respect. I mean, I think I think two, two weeks of quality wins tells you something. Uh, I think I think natural to focus is kind of Kevin O'Connell. You know, what a great offensive coach is and Sam Darnell flourishing there. But, um, defensively, you know, they're really bringing it too. I think they're, they're leading the league in sacks. You know, Brian, Brian Flores really loves to bring, bring that heat. So, um, you know, I think they're going to, they're going to go down fight this year and we'll, we'll, we'll see how it goes if they could sustain this. But, uh, it's a, I think it's a nice testament to the coaching stuff. Patriots jets is the Thursday night matchup. New England's been a lot better than expected. I have not been impressed by the jets, but I know you were talking about cousins coming back from the Achilles. Rogers, even though he's a few months ahead, is dealing with the same thing. How do you feel about that game and those two teams? Yeah, I think you pretty much hit on all the, all the, uh, grant. You know, I think the jets are kind of finding their way. And Aaron Rogers is off-skid his feet under him. Uh, I've been a little disappointed with the performance of the defense. And, uh, now they've lost Tremaine Johnson. One of their top defensive ends to Achilles. So kind of, again, really puts the onus. So I think they need to figure out this, this thing with, with Son Riddick. Now that they're actually losing pieces on that side of the ball. Um, as for the Patriots, I kind of agree. Uh, you know, I think they're really kind of playing, uh, bully ball. So they're, they're averaging 55 yards more rushing per game than passing. Um, but I mean, they're, they're, uh, this feels a little away from, from being, uh, 2 and 0. So, uh, you know, it kind of feels like throwback Patriots and they're kind of doing what they need to do to win. Uh, maybe maybe a little happier in the locker room while, while doing it. But they've, they've been really surprised as well. Nate, I've been pretty damn impressed with Arizona. Easy to say so obviously after they kicked the snot out of the Rams this weekend. But still I thought they were the better team for much of that Buffalo game in week number one before Josh Allen kind of put on a Superman cape, but they're, they're maybe whatever is above frisky. I mean, that, that team is not, is not a push over in that division. No, I mean, I've been impressed with them since John up again and got there. And I kind of wondered, you know, how he'd make a transition to head coach. You guys probably remember that they gave the commanders all they could handle in the opener last year when it was Joshua Dobbs, a quarterback and they were Mr. some other guys, you know, they didn't, they didn't notch the wins last year. But I mean, they were always a tough out every week. Now they're starting to get some players there. Tyler Murray is a, you know, kind of two seasons removed now from the ACL tear. You know, we know what happens when they get Marvin Harrison, the ball and, you know, Trey McBride is probably one of the bigger secrets, but one of the better Titans in the game. I'm a little concerned still about what they have or, you know, more accurate. We don't have it on the defensive side, but they're going to hang with you. And I think we're, we're going to see them in a lot of shoe about this year and then certainly winning their fair share ever seems like, particularly with all the other issues, you know, floating around the NFC West right now. Nate, we appreciate you as always, buddy. Thanks very much. We will be checking you out over at the USA Today's site. Thank you guys. You got it. That's Nate Davis on the NFL. Let's localize the combo. That's the first place Washington commanders to you. Big voice guy, Scott Abraham of channel seven joins us on G and D about the one and one commanders by way of a division win with the tiebreaker, sitting atop the East going into week three, Scotty. First place, boys, let's go. Let's celebrate kind of the small victory here. I was kind of joking to myself. I put a tweet out last night about former Washington quarterback Kirk cousins, leading Dan Quinn former team, the Atlanta Falcons to a comeback win over Washington's bitter division rival. I just love that love that kind of full circle moment there. That's a little bit of symmetry. In terms of this offense in the red zone, is that something that you're kind of monitoring here? Because I'm going back to Cliff Kingsbury's days in Arizona. They weren't particularly good in the red zone. You wonder, maybe that was a collar Murray issue or a school guy issue. Now I'm kind of looking at this group. They got there a bunch, which I'll take every time they were able to move the football down the field, Scott, but they couldn't punch it in. Is that something you kind of got circled as maybe a thinking point here going forward? Yeah, I don't like it. The antennas are certainly up, but I think a lot of the issues on Sunday were self-inflicted wounds guys. I mean, they had so many pre snap penalties and just head against the table type moments where you're like, are you kidding me? Again, another penalty. So I think when they watch the tape and get kind of the cadence down in the communication, I think those pre snap errors in the red zone will be much better. And I'd like to see them utilize. I know people don't like to hear this or get concerned. The fact of Jayden Daniels using his legs. But I think that's a huge weapon in the red zone. I'd like to see maybe some design quarterback runs or something to that nature of getting Jayden doing what he does best, especially those goal-to-go situations where you need a touchdown. I'm with you. I actually would turn up the faders on the design runs. My hope is we just turn down the faders as we go on the scrambles because scrambles to avoid pressure are one thing, but let's reset and throw the football. And I thought there was a lot of growth in that area in the second half against the Giants. I don't know if you agree, but I thought he stood in the pocket. He really played quarterback. And he just wanted to find his guys and throw the football and the offense opened up. I thought it looked really, really good in the second half. Funny you mentioned that, Grant, because you were on my show last night. We're actually going to replay that conversation you and I had about kind of his growth tonight at six o'clock on seven news. But you brought up a good point during my show of how it almost like when he got the wind knocked out of him there in the first half, kind of the cobwebs woke him up a little bit. And then the second half, he looked so much more comfortable and poised in the pocket. He seemed like he was sticking on his reeds, didn't get happy feet. It just showed that kind of growth and maturity from week one where he was just kind of running using his legs, running all over the place, not really sticking on his reeds, where that second half against the Giants, it felt like maybe the game slowed down for him. He's getting kind of used to seeing the schemes and the designs of an NFL defense. I love that poise and growth and maturity you saw. And I talked to a bunch of the commanders players in the locker room after the game on Sunday, and they mentioned Jaden's poise from week one to week two, how they saw the growth in that aspect. So all positive returns right now for Jaden in terms of the growth and development perspective. Defensively, it's still not what we call good, which is an industry term here, Scott. I'm wondering if there's if we expect improvement and if so, how much over the course of this season? You got to believe that again, you can't expect like a CJ Stroud type performance or output in a rookie season. That is so hard to do guys going from that college game to the NFL. Look what Caleb Williams is doing. Look what Bo Nix is doing. I would argue Jaden Daniels has been the best rookie quarterback so far out of the bunch. So I'm just expecting little by little, he's going to be stacking practices, stacking games. That's what you want to see. Stay healthy, be smart, see the evolution of an NFL quarterback inside Jaden Daniels. And I think you're going to see those small little wins each and every week where by the end of the season, going into year two, he's ready for kind of the reins to be chopped off. Scott, it seemed to me like yesterday listening to Quinn's press conference. He was just more truthful, really answered a lot of questions and dove deeper. Was there any kind of difference or like a theme yesterday for him? It just seemed like he really wanted to like tell the truth more. I wonder why that is. I mean, yeah, the whole tell the truth Monday aspect of, you know, you still can learn some things and grow from some things even after a win. And I think he knows, I appreciate it, Dan, you know, reflecting and understanding like this is by far not a perfect product. There's a lot of war on this team right now and a lot of things that need to be fixed. And he knows that the coaching staff knows that the players know it and they got another good opportunity on Monday night and probably their biggest challenge of the season against a desperate bangles team that's own to national spotlight to kind of show the progression and the evolution of the team aspect itself and to show them getting better and better each and every game. I thought the defense was better from when they were in week one against Tampa. Let's see what maybe the offense can do better in terms of red zone against Cincinnati. So I think you got to look at the small wins in the small progressions week to week guys. So that's why then it was to tell the truth Monday. That's what he that's what he that's what he says. That's that's his MO. He calls it tell the truth Monday each and every Monday after the game where everybody gets together, they look at the tape, they look at each other in the eye and they're they're real with each other. They're realistic. What went well, what went wrong, what they have to work with. And he doesn't really hide anything in terms of, you know, what went well, what didn't go well to us as a media core. And that's certainly refreshing. And he's, he's pretty open about it. Scotty, thank you, buddy. We appreciate you. See you fella. Come out channel seven. Our guy Scott Abraham on Grant and Danny here on the fan next. Speaking of those commanders, we always tell the truth, not just on Mondays. How do they get more out of the defensive end and cornerback positions to weak spots early this season? We'll do that next. Nothing is more important than getting a good night's sleep. And when you don't get the rest, you need your whole day is thrown off. That's why it's so important to choose the right mattress. Sleeping on a purple mattress is truly a unique experience because purple mattresses are made with a gel flex grid. 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And I thought, Juan did a good job coming out of the middle field again. That is one of the real strengths of for him. That was Dan Quinn. And I believe there is that audio is from Monday. So we know it was truthful. Yes, that was to tell the truth Monday. That wasn't for one of the other days of the week. Lying ass Tuesday, duplicitous Thursdays, Monday's truth day misleading Friday. What are we doing? I don't know. I just want to know that that is in fact from tell the truth Monday. The commanders have some things to clean up as you heard him talking about there defensively too early really to look at rankings and take a lot out of them. The Washington right now 29th in yards per plate offensively, they are 29th against the past per play. They are 31st in sack percentage, 3.5% of their defensive snaps are ending with a sack. In fact, only the Tampa Bay Bucks, weirdly enough getting fewer sacks right now than Washington, who they've already played. I want to get into how they can get more out of two positions where they have been weak early on, defensive end coming off the edge and cornerback in the secondary. But first earlier, we went a little along with calls on stadium experience. And so we did not get to the three guys that Dan Quinn cited as really having impressed him to this point. He gave two defensive players that he singled out from the game. And one offensive player, this was specific just a week two against the Giants. He referenced Zach Hertz, Bobby Wagner and Frankie Louvoo of those three guys. What do you make of those being the three players that he singled out of the whole team? I thought that was interesting. Now it corresponds with good games for all three of them. So it's not just patting myself on the back because those are my handpicked dudes, right? Where, you know, if Louvoo had gotten beat like a drum and coverage a bunch of times or had missed tackles or shouting him out because he yelled on the sideline or something, whatever. So they all had good games. But it is interesting where it's like these were the dudes brought in to kind of help implement it to help culture change, especially Wagner and Earth's almost like conduits for the coaching staff to a degree. So it is interesting that through a couple of games, those are the dudes that have kind of gotten the shot. And I think specifically, this was just, as I said, that one game, let's maybe saying through two games. Here's what I like. But in the Giants game, I kind of get it with Wagner and Louvoo because I thought those guys tackled really well. They played very physically. That was an issue I had coming out of Tampa, really both of those things, but namely the tackling and Wagner was a culprit a couple times with missed tackles. He's going to go to the Hall of Fame because he's one of the great tacklers in the open field in his era. And he's one of the physical players at his position of all time. But he is leading the team right now with 19 tackles. He's actually already got four TFLs. Nobody else on the team playing in the back seven can say that he's got a PBU in coverage as well. Louvoo really hasn't made impactful plays other than getting people on the ground. It's 16 tackles with nothing else on the stat sheet. But I do think I think that's coming physicality and you saw him on the big hit. In fact, Quinn singled it out. It was early in the game. It probably could have been a penalty, honestly. I think he got some helmet to helmet, but on the long catch and run early from neighbors where they got in the red zone for the first time. Louvoo came across the field, across the formation. It's what they love about him on film. It's what I think is going to make him an eventual fan favorite here. And he brought the wood like he was full speed ahead, crush neighbors. They actually pulled him off the field. Remember right before the next snap because those independent doctors thought he needed to be like, Hey, that was a big shot. Come over. There's going to be a few of those when Frankie Louvoo's around. So I get why he singled them out offensively. I did think Earth was great. I really did. There were two receptions of 20 plus yards in the game before the dart in the middle of the field to know a brown on the final drive. Earth's for 21. Earth's for 20. The 21 yarder was a 50/50 ball contested catch. And I think Jaden got hit as he threw it. So it was kind of there to be intercepted. It was one of the only throws all season, I would say that about. And Earth's want to fight with a defensive player for the ball. He's tied for second on the team with seven catches now. He's second with 90 yards to Echler who's going to join us coming up in 25 minutes. He's got two 20 plus yard receptions tied for first with Echler. He's got 18 yards after the catch. Very, very little considering seven receptions, 2.5 a pop. But we knew that he is not. We've jokingly called him a catch and fall guy. He is not a play after the catch guy, Danny. But for first downs, I really believe this having now watched this offense for two weeks and sing McCloren a not being involved a lot beyond the line of scrimmage and B not really being able to separate frequently. I think Earth's is going to be their primary guy if he stays healthy in the coming weeks. Big gift. But yeah, I think there's something to that. I mean, right now, Terry McCloren is on pace for 340 yards this season. I think he goes over that, but that's what that's what we're looking at. I know he gets three times that it would be a story if he didn't. At least three times would be very nice. But in terms of Earth's, you know, there's it's a like it's not what I want. I ultimately want the guy that can do what Earth's does catch the football and then also like fall forward for another couple of yards or make somebody miss or rumble a little better or be a threat in the open field. But they don't have that right now. Maybe Senate turns into that one day, but there's still value in Zach Kurtz. If he's available, if he doesn't get banged up too badly and and maintains whatever this is, this is helpful. This is a veteran target that gets by on know how setting people up, being physical, using his hands. He knows what to do with the position. He's like that old guy at the YMCA on a Sunday morning that runs every pickup game, but can't even touch the backboard. But he's down there in the post just putting your butt in the blender. He's got that game right now kind of that post up game. And he can help. He's a target. He's a quarterback's best friend. So I'm going to label this who's growing on you. And in the sense that Quinn said, earth's Wagner Louvoo, how they played are growing on him. We're going to ask this on the phones. MGM National Harbor lists their lines at 800-636-1067. I want to hear from you guys on this 800-636-1067 to touch the people. Who is growing on you with this team right now? I've got three names I wrote down. And I want to get one from you as well, Danny. One Brian Robinson. Now, doesn't mean I didn't like him before, but the way he's playing and the way things are developing on offense. We're going somewhere with Brian Robinson. I think in DC this year, this guy is going to make place for the commanders all year long. 173 yards through two games is number seven in the NFL. 55 rushing yards over expected is number three in the NFL. What does that mean? Next-gen stats looks at where defenders are, where the ball carrier is, and where the expectation of a tackle is made. And based on contact and where you should have been brought down. And what you get after that, there is a stack that I love for running backs called RYOE rushing yards over expected. He's third in the NFL at getting more than basically is blocked for him. Only two guys have been better. In RYOE per attempt, he's also third. He gets over two yards every single run that aren't blocked for him, basically. That's a hell of a number for a guy who wasn't rating like that previously. But I think what you're seeing from Robinson and the reason he's growing on me and the reason this running game has been so successful, this is a Jaden Daniels thing. This is 11 on 11. This is the old 2012 Kyle Shanahan Robert Griffin situation where Alfred Morris rumbles for 16 hunch because you got to account for Daniels on every single play and we're seeing it already. It's not a coincidence to me that after never having a 30 yard run pre-Jaden Daniels in 27 career games, it took Robinson two games to do it this year and he ripped off a 40 yarder already. I think he's been awesome. Who's growing on you? No Brown. I mean, I was already, you know, tempered in terms of excitement of him coming in going, Hey, this is a receiver who plays in the NFL. So I'm excited that they're upgrading one of my, you know, what I think is the weakest position group on the roster. But after what I've seen, there's some physicality there. There's some suddenness there at kind of again, the move I keep pointing to is that stutter go where if it's a different play, you know, Daniels isn't hit or there's not pressure or he sees him on time. It's a walk in touchdown. And I went, Oh man, that's, that's one of those higher level receiver type maneuvers, right? Where it doesn't feel like the other guys on the roster are making that that route and that adjustment and that sudden move. The big catch there on in the fourth quarter and what ended up being the game winning drive as you still getting his feet wet in this offense. I think they got something here. Two key first downs, three targets, three catches, 56 yards, and seemingly the propensity to separate at the top of the route. They don't have a lot of guys who seem to be able, certainly not with size, to kind of be twitchy enough to separate when they break out or in. He did that small sample, but he did it in Houston frequently. He did it before that in Dallas. I mean, this is part of his game. I think you saw something from him that is sustainable in the sense that he's going to help them. If you told me right now, he's going to lead them in catches and yards next week against Cincinnati. I would not be surprised by that at all. So you go Noah Brown. I went to be Rob Brown was on my list. I got one other guy. I'll wait and get to him next. But let's ask you guys this question. Who is growing on you? Dan Quinn asked on Monday to tell the truth Monday. Not some regular Monday. Do you remember the TV show to tell the truth? I was trying to tell Drabby and CK about it. They'd never heard of it. Is that what it was called? Like there's multiple versions of that, right? I think it's called to tell the truth because it was what, um, you know, the Caprios character did in catch me if you can. He's like, I, my name is Frank something or other. I did this. So basically the show worked that there were three people that would sit behind a desk. They would all be claiming to be the person. So you would say, I'm Danny Ruye. And I host a radio show and I'm a stand up comedian. There's really no good reason for it. But there's the real Danny Ruye and then two actors. Yep. And then the game show is that people are asking questions of all three. And at the end, they have to determine which one is the bill. I think it's not. I think it's letter B. Exactly. Yeah. Number two, either one, two or three. And the actor might be me and they'd go, how long have you been in radio? And I'm like nine years. What's the hardest thing about being in radio? And I have to prepare and I'll be like, uh, sometimes, you know, honestly, not being stumped by a caller. You know, they got great questions. But like, sometimes you could tell like that guy's definitely not in that job. The hardest thing in radio is the food drops, like eating the free food. That's the worst. But then at the end, they'd be like, who is the real Danny Ruye? And then all three would stand up and sit down and stand up and sit down and then one would stand back up. And it's such a wacky. Yeah. But every time Dan Quinn talks about we do to tell the truth Monday, I just imagine all the commanders standing up and sitting down and him going, who is the real Frankie Luvo? And like, John Allen has to sit down and Frankie Luvo stands up. But it was, I thought it was a great bit. It played terribly in this building. Oh, no one I was talking to had ever seen the TV show or any file on it. Not even a little. I got your back. I've seen it. I was once a game show network Mark watched a lot of games. Click on that at some point. And to tell the truth, I watch so much game show network, by the way, card sharks. I cannot tell you how many hours I spent watching card trucks. That's the good stuff. I know that card trucks was 10. So they do trivia questions to get, you know, how many like how much control you'd have. And then they'd go, we asked 100 people like family feud still, how many people go to bed before 11 o'clock? And like you'd have to do over under like that was the bit. And then you then you played high low with cards. Daris, do you remember the reprised 2020's version of to tell the truth with Anthony Anderson? So I never actually saw that version. I was just looking it up here. Because I remembered that it did come back. I've never watched his version of it. So sneaky and randomly. I'm a big Anthony Anderson guy. Because I met him when I was a kid and he was bought nice, like one of the nicest guys ever. One of the times when I was doing something like sports wise as a kid, I think at the Super Bowl, maybe he was like there on media day, like doing loud bits, wacky bits. And he'd just been in, I don't know, some movie I'd seen. So I thought I think it was barbershop, actually. But I just thought I'm like meeting a celebrity. So he's I've always loved him. But for some reason, his mom was like the co-star of the show and she would sit there like during to tell the truth and help him host the show. Very, very weird. Anyway, who's growing on you for the commanders? That is the pressing question on G and D on to tell the truth Tuesday. I don't know how to do that, I don't know how to do that, I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to do that. So, it's a big thing. I don't know how to do that. Because I think it's a big thing. It's a big thing. I think it's a big thing. I think it's a big thing. I think it's a big thing. I think it's a big thing. I think it's a big thing. Two things. One is the first one, I would say, Zacherts. I thought he just made some impactful plays in this game. He's thoughtful. He knows how to get open. He can find the spots in the zones. He made some big plays for us. And then the other spot is on defense. And I thought Wagner and Louvoo looked like a pair of linebackers that were square, they tackled, they blitzed. They just felt like they were in connection and concert together candy. And so those two, I really felt Frankie's physicality. There was a big hit early on one of the plays to neighbors on the very first drive that he had a long catch and run. And you just saw Frankie hauling ass and going to get into the tackle. But he brings a lot of energy, not just to this team, but to the entire building. At Stan Quinn, we're Grant and Danny. This is the fan. Austin Echler is on the show a little over 10 minutes from right now. You hear in that clip who Quinn was impressed by who's growing on you through two games for the commanders. So let's go to shooting in Gainesville on GND. What's up, Judy? How you guys are doing? What's up, buddy? Yeah. So for me, I got three. I mean, so far, Echler and Robertson have been two players have been growing. I mean, I was excited when Echler came. I feel like a lot could be done. But B-Rob, he's looking like, you know, the most dominant running back that we've had in a while. Yes, last week, you know, proved it. So I'm very excited. I'm been growing on me. I love my running back room. And then Frankie Luzu is just, you know, the kind of linebacker I want who's physical gets in it. And you know, he showed what he could do last week. So, you know, those are my three and I hope they continue to go on me. So, yeah, thanks. Echler is coming up at the top of the hour on the show. So he's easy to talk about. Positively right now, but it's been really good. Yeah. This, this is what I was optimistic, hopeful and thought we were getting. But the fact that it's happened is been awesome. 99 receiving yards leads the team. He's got 109 yards after the catch. Think about that. Yeah. His 99 total yards. He has 109 yards after the catch. That tells you he's catching a bunch of balls behind the line of scrimmage. That's part of it. Yeah. Two. He is averaging 4.8 yards per carry as well, almost five yards per run. Let's go to Chris and Hyattsville. What's up, Chris? That's okay. How you doing? Come in. I want to just make one comment on Frankie Luzu. I think he's got a lot of talent and he is all over the field. But some of the stats indicate that he's not the most efficient linebacker. So, that's just my take on him. I'm not kind of telling. Two games into his right new scheme and whatnot. But, yeah, we'll see where he ends up. But so far, I would say more than separate physical. He's even more sizzle than steak, in my opinion. The guy who's growing on me is Zachars and I like Danny. I'm like, I'm really surprised that he is still an effective player. He's definitely in the catch and fall category. Like, it's he catches the ball. And if he's lucky, if he gets one or two more strides after that. But he does get separation and he's a big, huge target for Jane Daniels. I don't know why they don't aren't starting to experiment with more two tight end sets with a more dynamic Senate. I'd really like to see him get involved a lot more here here. I'm hoping that that's coming. Sometimes guys will talk about this tight end can maybe take a little bit of an extra beat or two to learn some of the intricacies and nuances you've seen. Some guys come along a little slowly at that spot and then really blossom later. I'm hoping this is kind of like an apprenticeship for Senate before they start unleashing more and more from him. Because we're talking about this. Earth is effective at what he is. Senate, you saw on the preseason that that catch in space and he's rumbling, mumbling, stumbling, knocking people over getting extra yards. I think he can do that. Senate's a really good blocker. So to some extent, they're going to want him to do a lot of that early on too while they have Earth's. And I also think there's just something to as a veteran with a young quarterback running precise routes, being in the right spot. No one went to throttle it down to help beat zones. You know, some of the things Earth's is done. You heard, frankly, Quinn talking about it in that clip. I think Senate is better after the catch and I think he's going to be better as this year goes on. But does he rip that ball away from the defender? I don't know. I know Earth's did. Right. I mean, does he get wide open on the 20 yard gain where he kind of had a guy running with him and he just kind of stopped and drifted to the middle of the field. It's felt like that was a little bit like schoolyard Travis Kelsey kind of. All right, let me just give Jaden a target. I think there's some of that in Earth's game. Let's go to Kevin and Arlington. What's up, Kev? Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. Here are my three on offense. It's Brandon Coleman at left tackle. You know, he's not perfect yet, but I've seen a lot of good from him in the platoon, but I'd like to see him take over and push a little clover to either right tackle or just have him ready to go as a swing. Also very happy with Noah Brown's performance of the second wide out past McQuorn. I think you may have even said this yesterday, Brandon on the show. I agree with you or must standing said it. And that is, he actually looks like he could be a number two receiver. Where's the other guys? I'm just not seeing it. But Brown, based on what I saw last year in spots with the Texans and now here, he's definitely going on me. And then on the other side of the ball, it's Lulu. And here's why, because we were all like, where's Lulu in the Tampa game? Or a lot of us were like, we just, we didn't, we didn't notice him. And he was really noticeable this past game. The other thing that I have to live with, let me put this flag, is during the game, I was like, why are we getting gas? Why is this back looking like Barkley? Barkley plays for the Eagles. And yet I felt we were getting gas, but then when I looked at the league stats, we were giving up less than five yards per carry in the first two games. And we're in the middle of the pack. We're like 18 out of 32. Wasn't it bad relative to the rest of the league, as I thought? And I think what we're seeing, and you all talked about this, Danny, definitely talked about this yesterday, we're, we're defending to not give up the big play. Totally. And thanks for the call we're up against it. We got to get to Echler. But I would say the Giants had whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted on the ground. They just kind of had to, they got to the point where they were just feeding Malik neighbors because they could do that too. I don't think it was like Washington stopped them from running. Give it in force. The action anyway, on Brandon Coleman at left tackling at 14 reps against the bucks in week one up to 22 snaps against the Giants as he continues to get worked more and more into the flow. Let's talk to Austin Echler next our weekly appointment with the dynamic running back right here on Grant and Danny at the top of the hour on the fan. It's time for pitch hit and run. The official youth skills competition of Major League Baseball. Give the kids in your community a chance to flex their superpowers and they could earn a trip to the national finals of the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One. 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