Washington legend Santana Moss previews the Lions game, and discusses the Commanders mentality heading to Detroit.
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00:05Tana good to have you on Grant and Danny and happy playoff football, buddy. What's up?
00:12Good buddy
00:15You were sitting right behind me for much of the night in Tampa. It was back and forth constantly
00:20It was one of those high energy high nerve games
00:23Do you feel that now that you're not a player when you're sitting there watching that the nerves in your stomach or do you still have?
00:28The player gene we don't really feel it man. You don't you don't know what I've been going through the last
00:34Ten plus years now like it is nerve-wracking to sit there and watch the game
00:39especially of a team that you just feel like
00:42You you put everything in that you ever had in your soul when you was the one part of it
00:46And now you still putting everything in it because you're that much of a fan
00:50I mean bro, like I have to go to games and I honestly had to tell myself like Tana, you know
00:55Just I always pray, you know, I still find myself doing some of the same things I did as a player
01:00I pray every every morning before the game like, you know, hoping for us to have victory or whatever
01:05You know guys would come out of that thing injury-free
01:07But I always tell myself as long as it's a great game
01:11I care less what happens with the score and they gave us a great game
01:15But then now you find yourself at the end of it said, okay, it was a good game
01:19But now I want to win so man, it's nerve-wracking but it's great to watch too. Yeah, it's a blast
01:24It's a privilege to feel you know that that queasy feeling in your stomach for a game that matters so much, you know
01:28Which is different than then meeting those football none the stretch Santana. So
01:32Going to what you can take out of that Tampa game right where you go. Okay. I know that we can do that now
01:38Let's see what happens against Detroit. Like what can we translate from one game to the next year against a really really good opponent? I
01:45Think one thing I translated from this team all year long. It didn't really matter who your opponent, you know
01:50And I find it odd week in and week out because you know, we all do this thing where we basically watching team analyzing thing
01:57You know, we're telling you what we think the strengths and the weaknesses are but what they've shown time and time again
02:03It's look bro. They have a model what it's called anytime anybody anywhere, you know, I don't even know the whole line
02:09But it's true. Like they really don't care who the opponent is as long as they handle business take care of theirselves
02:16Then they have a chance. So that's how I look at Detroit now
02:19We can look at you know, Detroit and let's give them credit. They're juggernaut
02:23They one of those teams that you don't want to be caught up in a you know a shootout with but that's what they've been
02:29Doing lately. They've been allowing teams to score and they've been doing the same thing
02:33I think what this team has shown us that when when a tough gets going to going gets tough
02:38They find a way to pull it out. And I love the fact that they're battle-tested
02:42I love the fact that they went toe-to-toe with just about everybody and
02:46When you're in a playoffs you can scrap what you did in the regular season
02:49It doesn't matter now. It's time to just be your best at this given moment
02:54And that's what you saw, you know Sunday night. There was their best at that given moment now
02:58It's not do it again Saturday night
02:59It's one thing for Jade and Daniels to have been as unflappable and calm all season long as he was
03:05But to see him in a playoff environment
03:08barely react after the game-winning field goal and
03:11Just be the exact same guy as he went out and played as well as he did in Tampa
03:16As someone who played in the league as long as you did
03:20How much how impressive is that? And what does that make you think of?
03:23You know, I can rock with it because I understand the feeling you know being him is not taught
03:29That's who he is. You see him there. So when you say unflappable, you know, he's a guy that's not fazed at times
03:35I understand that because that's me
03:37You have to understand that you can't get too high and get too low
03:40That's going to be those moments that's going to allow you to do so
03:43We saw how much he loved the fact that Mariotta went out there and won the game in Dallas
03:48So he has showed you that he can be that person
03:50But sometime when you being you and you doing things that you know, you have done before you can't get you out on it
03:56Hey, it's the game
03:56So, you know at that moment I get what he was going through because no one knew that that ball went in
04:02All I heard was the doing you know, I mean so at the time man
04:05I was laughing about it because I'm like brother. I feel you
04:09I'm nerves right there that I had the same nerve that I was literally in the tunnel
04:13Watching it and I'm like did that thing go in or not?
04:16And then I heard the reaction of it sort of thought of fans and sort of players. That's when I react
04:21So, um, I love the fact that he's that way because you know, like I said before
04:25It's going to be different things that he experienced initially, you know
04:28It's not going to always be a hot and we've seen already this year that he has some he has some lows
04:33But as long as you know how to
04:35Understand them both then you come out on the better side of and I think that's what he's showing already
04:39And it's you know, it's first year Santana Moss with us here. Oh great and Danny
04:43So Santana would ask you about the receiving group. Tell me Brian had a fantastic game like against Tampa Bay
04:49So speaking of things that I didn't necessarily see coming 30 catches on the year was fine
04:54But they didn't use them that way and all of a sudden here comes the playoffs as you said
04:57Doesn't matter what the regular season happens. This is available now
05:01Look what look at what that guy did to just a couple of huge plays for this team in playing winning football
05:05Just what have you seen from him in general and then kind of opposite Terry?
05:09It seems like it's been a different guy every week
05:11You know, I loved everything about that performance for the army, you know, I talked to him a couple days ago
05:17We just take the show the arm, you know players club. That's gonna air out this particular
05:22Saturday, I believe is gonna be Saturday night or might air right before the game
05:26But um, I told him I say bro, you know on our pregame show right before the game
05:30You know, I talked about all the receivers, but I spoke, you know
05:34well about him and just what I believe that he was for this team and I said we've been waiting on the army Brown to
05:40be the army Brown that we saw in North Carolina and
05:43Sometime it takes longer for guys
05:44But I said this year the sample size that they gave him he caught what 30 or 40 or two and I say yes
05:50sure, some of those have been slipstream, but he's made he's moved the chains with it and
05:56Sometime as a receiver sometime as a playmaker you have to settle for what they give you or do it
06:01So well to where you can't be replaced and you saw that the other night Sunday night. They put him in a game
06:06They didn't know what he's gonna get out of the army, but the army was playing so well
06:10They didn't want to bring him out the game and he laughed about it
06:12I said I watched it because I've been watching him since day one
06:16So I loved everything about it
06:17And I think games like that couple got like the army really build his confidence and say hey I can do this consistently
06:24That's all it's about in this league
06:25You know you you know
06:26We asked question time at the time as fans and that people who watch this game what allows guys to be
06:32You know put on that pedestal. It's about the consistency how they play the game week in and week out
06:37That's what you see from Terry. He's been consistent from day one. And that's why we love Jeff
06:42I'll be thinking from the way we think of him the army
06:44I want I want him to feel what he felt Sunday night bring that in sincerity
06:49Bring that momentum bring all that stuff that he did because if he can play consistently like that
06:53We don't need to go searching for other all-white receiver. He can be that guy
06:58Santana Moss on Grant and Danny Tana
07:02So much has been made about the Lions offense and all of their weapons
07:07We're gonna ask callers in a minute who scares you the most I want your answer on that
07:12Which of their skill guys do you worry about having the biggest day?
07:17the running back
07:20That bottle rocket man. Hey, I mean you look at a guy like him. It's almost like looking at
07:28younger faster
07:30I guess you can say running back that the Eagles have you know
07:35Can you think I'm the brain freeze Barclay say Kwan?
07:39I mean, they don't have the same attributes when it comes to just you know, physical attributes
07:45But the way they play the game is so dynamic, you know
07:48Give us one. Oh, he's a home run hitter. He's a guy that if he gets past that second line of defense
07:53Oh cancel Christmas because it's gonna be you know, tough sled
07:57So, you know, I love it. I love this game. I love Montgomery game, too
08:02I'm not sure how how effective he's going to be with the MCL
08:06Offensively, you know, you got to give golf some you know, some awesome props
08:09I think when he was written off from LA man
08:12He came to Detroit with him
08:13You know with a mindset to go out here and reclaim some of the things that he felt
08:18That he should be reclaiming or us on his name and just say that he's a good, you know
08:23NFL quarterback and he's done just that but um, I think when you know when I look at all the guys
08:28He stands out the more Gibbs stands out the most but also, you know
08:31They're receiving both of those guys out there a thousand yards this year
08:34So we had to just be ready for everybody and that's what I love about what we have now
08:39Defensively, but that's what I've seen this year this year. We've finally seen a defense that's playing all together
08:47You know, I mean like four years before we had
08:50Individuals that went out there and had Pro Bowl numbers, but this is decent now
08:54This is Joe with junior defense Dan Quinn slash Dan Quinn defense. They play together
09:00everybody's in unison and they helping each other make play and you know when you see a
09:06Offense like Detroit Lions
09:08Come in you kind of say, you know what we can do it because I've seen us do it before
09:11I've seen us stand strong stand tall when we play a juggernaut office or juggernaut team like this
09:18so Santana feels like maybe
09:21Kind of like the the tampa game
09:22I think washington's best defense was how long they kept the football how effective they were kind of those long sustained drives
09:28And getting some points you got to do that
09:30Maybe even more so this week against that juggernaut of the troy defense that we were talking about here
09:34Just kind of give me your thoughts on how you do that with the run game kind of in a shaky spot
09:38They haven't run the ball with the running backs real effectively for you know, a couple months now
09:42It seems like you know, how do you do that against that Detroit team? We'll kind of solve that puzzle for me
09:47Well, you know the way I look at it is um, I try to go on and fill it with a optimistic mindset
09:52I think every week is going to show you something different
09:54Yes, we haven't been running the ball that well with our running backs
09:57But when you have the jayden daniels effect, you never know what it's going to bring to you know that particular day
10:03According to that defense you're facing
10:05Now jayden's a guy that that defense has to also be mindful that if we don't be on our p's and q's
10:10He could break outside this pocket and it could be all hell for us
10:12So with that being said when i'm watching film and i'm watching some of these other guys like when I watch the buffalo
10:18Tape, you know, josh allen gave him hell
10:20And they didn't know at times when josh allen was going to have the ball running or not
10:24And when he didn't pull guess what cook out the backfield for a long game?
10:28So that's how I looked at i'm saying to myself
10:31Can we take a little bit from every team that they faced that had a quarterback similar to us
10:35that that uses legs well and bring that kind of game plan or
10:39Show them some of the things that they saw in that game that that handicapped them a little bit stopping the run
10:44Um, I don't look at it so much as we haven't been doing it ourselves personally. I look at the matchups
10:50I think when you look at some of the matchups that we've had especially going to get the tamper defense that you know
10:55Top top three top, you know four in the league and stopping the run
10:58It was going to be tough sledded
10:59But we still found a way that even though we couldn't get those big ones that we wanted every now and then we got two
11:06Three four yards and gave us, you know those downs where we had favorable downs to go out there and and um, you know
11:13Advance and get those first down. So that's how I look at the day
11:16This might be one of those games where you see our running backs now get more into the you know
11:20The swing of things because this defense has to pay attention to both jayden and you know, b. Robin echelon in the backfield
11:27Santana what kind of crowd turnout from burgundy and gold fans you expect it was pretty amazing in tampa
11:34But it seems like everything's more expensive to get to detroit seems like there's more lions fans that are going to you know
11:40Turn out the prices for tickets are out of this world. What do you think? Yeah, I don't expect nothing less
11:46I think all season long, you know, i'm not sure how many trips you've been on this year grant man
11:50But everywhere we've been man, new orleans, you name it, you know
11:54Our fans have you know, they're risen they're they they follow they made sure they they was there for their team
11:59So I don't expect nothing less. I understand that it's been a long time
12:04Excuse me that we've ever had this opportunity and I think from a fan
12:08standpoint and the team standpoint, you know
12:12Sometimes you only get one shot and this is our shot
12:14So you have to go out there with that kind of mindset
12:16So I expect our fans to show up and show out santana awesome to talk to you as always buddy
12:21It's cool that we're talking about some playoff football here in town. Enjoy the weekend
12:25no doubt