BMitch and JP try to pinpoint the week in the season when they knew the Washington Commanders had a legitimate shot at contending for a Super Bowl
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00:00all of them. Brian, when did you know this team was good? I felt they were good when they,
00:06the Minnesota game, when they went to the Bengals and then left the Bengals game and the way that
00:12they handled Arizona back to back, I said, you know, it just seemed like something special.
00:16You know, I understand the Bengals, once we beat them, they didn't want to start trying to knock
00:23them. Arizona, once we beat them, they didn't want to try to knock them. Before, they wasn't
00:27knocking them. But the way that they handled them and you watch the way the offense was working,
00:32I say they have something going. Still didn't expect it to be like it is right now.
00:38And I'm at the point now, listen, I played this league 15 years. I don't care if the team didn't
00:44make the playoff because they had one loss, too many, and you beat them. Maybe you're the reason
00:50they didn't make the playoff. You know, I don't buy that stuff about, oh, they didn't beat a
00:53playoff team. You beat an NFL team. You beat a bunch of professional football players handily.
00:59And they did that a lot. They they put 40 up on people, 38 on people. And you're telling me, oh,
01:05well, it's not a playoff team. They didn't have to go out there and beat seven to six.
01:09They beat them 42 to 14. For me, it was the Bengals game and it was specifically the Jaden
01:16to Terry touchdown throw is when I was like, oh, my God, this is very, very different.
01:20He got blasted on that, stayed in the pocket. It's week three. He's been in the NFL. And I mean,
01:27I can almost go back. I think a halftime of week two against the Giants is when Jaden was like,
01:32all right, I'm good. I got this because Jaden wins from the pocket. He then can use his legs, but
01:37his of all the superpowers that young man has, the best is his right arm from the pocket.
01:43And I think people get so confused and twisted by so many other things. That's what I saw at
01:48LSU. And that is what has continued. I think you saw it second half week two against the Giants.
01:54And then what he did against the Bengals. I mean, it was the greatest rookie quarterback
01:59performance in a single game ever. Yeah. Ever in primetime against Joe Burrow,
02:04against Joe Kool, as they call it. Sure. Yeah. And I just I thought that performance was like,
02:10oh, my gosh. And what stood out to me throughout the year is this was not smoke and mirrors like
02:17it was not there was Robert was really good and they hit the ground running. Right. But you knew
02:26that was not the basis of an NFL offense. Right. Like they were running different stuff and maybe
02:32you can keep running. It'll always work. But odds are you're going to have to do other things. Yeah.
02:36Jaden in that game was twenty one of twenty three. Yes.
02:40And he ran another 40 yards, but he's twenty one to twenty three for two fifty and two touchdowns
02:44from the pocket. This is the one thing I think people forget, Jay. Before this season started.
02:52Most people said. This is a weak roster. They don't have enough personnel play pieces in place.
03:00They got to get this, this, this, this, this. They basically tell them go to the
03:04swap meeting, go get all types of players. Then when they start winning,
03:09then people's going to they go away from they're not that good to damn. They're playing good now.
03:15So now we got to dismiss them. Oh, but they're not beating anybody.
03:21They've done everything that they had to do. You know what I'm saying? And
03:27Tampa beat us in the first game and people were praising Tampa. The Tampa started the slide
03:33and they came back strong at the end. Tampa wasn't playing against no damn barn burners either,
03:40but nobody said that about them. Right. You know, that is when I'm like, OK,
03:45only one team is held to that standard of, well, they had to be the playoff team.
03:49Tampa beat teams like the Saints, the Panthers, that type of people going down the stretch.
03:57So what's the difference? Right. If both teams are playing the same people,
04:01why is one being knocked for not playing? The other one is being praised about look
04:06how good they play. You know, this team went on with a five, six game run,
04:10lost through two or three, came back and won five more. So they know how to play football.