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The vibes are sky high in Washington after the win over the Giants as callers flood the phone lines with thoughts of NFC East crowns and Super Bowl appearances.
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00:00B, we got a zillion calls.
00:01I just got a text that I want to read to you.
00:05You've met my buddy Danny Gladding.
00:08Big, big-time Burgundy and Gold fan.
00:11He just texted me.
00:12Here's my take.
00:13At the end of the game, they showed Jeremy Reeves giving Dan Quinn a hug.
00:17I think when we look back three years from now
00:19and the Commanders have just won the Super Bowl,
00:21we're going to have to remember how important it was to win this game last night.
00:25Raises the probability that we keep the coaching staff and build from here.
00:30It's an optimistic take,
00:31but those players knew what was on the line for their coach.
00:35Yeah.
00:36Like to a man.
00:38I think everybody knows.
00:40And, you know, people, the players may tell you,
00:43ah, we wouldn't think about it.
00:43We don't know.
00:44They know the situations.
00:48Agreed.
00:49Agreed.
00:49Agreed.
00:50I want to let these phone lines weigh in.
00:53My guy Tim is in College Park.
00:55What's up, Tim?
00:57What's up, fellas?
00:58Happy Victory Friday.
01:01All right, bro.
01:02It's weird to say that.
01:03So my player of the game is Sonny Stiles.
01:07JP, you were talking earlier about, man, why doesn't the Giants go for it?
01:11Like, you know, like fourth and one, you know, the odds and all that were in their favor.
01:15But they were looking across at number 52,
01:17who blew up Devin Singletary on that first drive
01:21and had JJ throw the ball out.
01:23And we got the ball.
01:25So it was just, you know, Sonny set the tone.
01:28You know, let's look at our defense, you know, holding teams.
01:31It's a low 20-point games is what he's been doing.
01:35So I look forward to, you know, going against the Bengals
01:38and seeing what our defense draws up.
01:40I have two questions.
01:41I guess a question you could maybe ask David Blau, JP,
01:44is do you ever think about putting Rashawn White and Austin Eckler on the field at the same time?
01:50And then my question for you, B, Mitch,
01:52is what do you think we need to do in order to beat the Bengals?
01:54Or what player do you think needs to step up
01:56in order for us to have a chance against the Bengals Monday night?
01:59Our defensive secondary and the front rush.
02:03So basically the defense.
02:05Because that team is led by their quarterback and their receivers.
02:10Game's 10 days away.
02:11We're asking who's got to step up.
02:13Let's take a breath.
02:14They got their mind on it, baby.
02:15They got their mind on it.
02:16I know.
02:18I already know.
02:18I thought Sonny Stiles beat.
02:21He is emerging as just an absolute dog of a player for this team.
02:28And the tackle late in that game on a play,
02:33the tackle's wildly impressive.
02:35He's an elite athlete.
02:36He's an elite player.
02:37But what I found more impressive was in postgame,
02:40he explained that he had watched the tape
02:42and he knew they liked to run that play in those situations.
02:46And if you watch it back, he cuts up, right?
02:51Like, he doesn't try to string it long down the line of scrimmage.
02:56He cuts it up into the backfield.
02:58He said, he's like,
02:58I knew likely he was coming down to try to get the crack back on me.
03:01So I knew if I cut up there,
03:03I would avoid that block and have a chance to make the play.
03:05Like, that's film study.
03:07That's preparation.
03:09That's leadership.
03:10And that's who that dude is.
03:12He's the real deal.
03:15This is perhaps irrelevant.
03:19But I always think back to the best example of it is MJ.
03:23And I don't care what people wear, right?
03:26We had a dude call in saying he wants coaches in suits or whatever.
03:29Like, I don't care what people wear.
03:30He's wearing no suits.
03:31Sonny wears a suit every game.
03:32He's wearing a suit to the game.
03:35Going to the game, yeah.
03:36Like, I used to do.
03:37I listen to MJ with that.
03:39I'm going on a business trip.
03:40There's a level of seriousness.
03:42But once I get to the game, my uniform is my uniform.
03:45Sure.
03:45Yeah.
03:46I'm just saying, like, for a rookie to wear a suit to every ball game,
03:51just there's a level.
03:51They did that at Ohio State, too, I think.
03:54Maybe, yeah.
03:54But there's a level of seriousness he takes to his approach.
03:58And it's impressive.
04:00My guy Jaime is in Manassas.
04:02Jaime, what's up, dude?
04:04Stadion spelled your name right.
04:06What's going on?
04:07Hey, what's going on, guys?
04:09I'm excited, brother.
04:10What a game last night.
04:12Woo!
04:13Woo!
04:14Hey!
04:15Sonny Stiles, man.
04:16Sonny Stiles ball played ball last night.
04:1913.
04:20He was involved in 13 tackles.
04:22He actually, I was watching JJ McCartney rolling all over the place in the first half.
04:27And in the second half, he said, no, that is not going to happen anymore.
04:33And he made a couple big, big tackles.
04:36He pushed him out of bounds on one plate, and he looks like he's going to get a first down.
04:41And what about Jaden Daniels?
04:43He threw two picks, uncharacteristic of him.
04:47But you can see it in his face.
04:48He said, I'm not going to lose this game tonight.
04:52I'm going to come back, and I'm going to make plays, and we're going to win.
04:56And the last but not least, let me give a big shout-out to ABC, because they finally found
05:03a place that our boy, Sam Harmon, can score.
05:11That's a good one right there, brother.
05:13Good call, Harmon.
05:14Appreciate you, man.
05:15Enjoy the weekend.
05:17You know what's nice?
05:17You know what's nice for Commanders fans?
05:21You get to win Thursday night, it's all gravy for the weekend.
05:24You're not stressed at 1 o'clock.
05:26You're not stressed at 4 o'clock.
05:28You can just watch the games.
05:29Watch the Cowboys lose to the Niners.
05:31You know what I mean?
05:32Like, you got options, dude.
05:35Let's go to Juan in Fairfax.
05:38Juan, what's up, man?
05:39Good morning, Johnny.
05:40Good morning.
05:41Good morning.
05:41What's up, man?
05:43So, look.
05:44So, I have to say this, and I'm going to admit this, because I was a little upset yesterday
05:50when Jaden Daniels threw that second interception.
05:52I was mad.
05:53I was so mad.
05:54I went to sleep.
05:55I said, this game is over with.
05:57Season's done.
05:57That's it.
05:58We got to get ready for the draft.
06:00So, I wake up this morning.
06:02I look on my phone, look on my phone, go on through this information.
06:06Did we win?
06:06Did we win?
06:07We won.
06:08I was like, oh, my God.
06:10Well, I'm going to tell you this.
06:11If we go to the playoffs, and if we go deep into the playoffs, Dan Quinn is not going nowhere.
06:19Neither Adam Peters.
06:21And I'm going to tell you this.
06:22Certainly.
06:23I'm going to tell you this.
06:24We will win a Super Bowl with Dan Quinn.
06:28I'm going to tell you that right now.
06:30So, yes.
06:31I was a little upset.
06:32I cut the TV off and went straight to sleep.
06:34But woke up, and we got to win.
06:36It feels good.
06:37Let's go, Commanders.
06:38And I'm going to tell you another thing.
06:39And we will go get Brandon Iyuk.
06:42If we get Brandon Iyuk and let me come back, it's going to be a problem.
06:47And, yes, I do want Brandon Iyuk.
06:50Y'all have a good one.
06:51All right, man.
06:52Appreciate you, man.
06:54What did I tell you, bro?
06:55We are from one extreme to the next.
06:58We're from get rid of them to now we're going to the damn Super Bowl.
07:02I mean, it is fandom, bro.
07:04Two people in the last five minutes.
07:06My boy Gladding texted me that, and that dude said it.
07:08Do we ever live, like, in the range of, all right, you're getting better.
07:14Let's build on this.
07:15Now, we either got to get rid of everybody, or we're going to the end, to the pinnacle.
07:21Now, listen, if they get to the playoffs, I honestly think if they get to the playoffs,
07:26buys everybody another year.
07:27If they end up winning this division.
07:29You get to the playoffs, everybody got another year.
07:31Maybe more than the damn year.
07:32You make it to the playoffs after starting like we did.
07:34Come on.
07:36And that's not a breaking news right there.
07:39I also think there's a path where as long as there's no more embarrassing stuff,
07:48like, say they finish, it's hard to remember what the hell the records would be now,
07:53seven, nine, and one.
07:54They go four and five down the stretch here.
07:56It's not enough to get back in it, but they show Blau, Jones,
08:02like, they show what they could be, right?
08:03Like, I think there's a scenario where you don't have to make the playoffs to keep everybody
08:08and try to have the continuity.
08:11It is hysterical that we've had two people suggest Dan Quinn winning a Super Bowl here
08:16in the last five minutes, considering where everything was a week ago.
08:20But you know that, bro.
08:22I told you, a victory and a loss, bro, you can look at the extremes, bro.
08:26People just forget about the stuff in the middle.
08:28Let's go to Deacon in Southeast.
08:30What's up, Deacon?
08:32Hey, good morning, guys.
08:33Good morning.
08:34I'm going to shift gears a little bit.
08:38I didn't think Jaden was going to pull it off last night.
08:41And I'm just being honest.
08:43I'm transparent as whatever.
08:45So the reason why I didn't think he was going to pull it off is because of those two interceptions.
08:50And that's a human deal here.
08:52He made two interceptions, and that's the way I felt.
08:57Now, in 2020 hindsight, I still feel that way.
09:02What the concern is is we still got to get a hold on that offensive line,
09:09even though they didn't have any penalties or as much penalties as the Giants had last night.
09:14Let's double down on that.
09:16Let's build on that.
09:18But, Brian, you used to be a quarterback.
09:22You know that when there's simple mistakes made on the offense, the linemen,
09:29they either run laps or in the polls they should charge their money.
09:34You know, but this is critical now.
09:36This is ground zero.
09:37This is critical time.
09:39Play time is over.
09:40We can't afford to make any mistakes.
09:42We can't.
09:43We just can't.
09:44So that's where I'm at, you know, right now.
09:45Now, hell to the commanders.
09:47Let's continue to raise hell.
09:49Good win.
09:50I'm a competitor first, and I'm a commander second.
09:54All right?
09:55I'm out.
09:56Appreciate you, man.
09:58You can't just make fines for every time there's a penalty.
10:02You know, you can have drastic stuff, yes,
10:05but there are union rules and stuff that certain things are not allowed.
10:10And I understand what he's saying.
10:11They can do some internal stuff that's off the books or whatever.
10:14Yeah, you can do stuff like that, but the whole thing about it is your line
10:18is who they are now.
10:19And all you can do is practice on it and work on it more.
10:22But to say if you get a false start or you get a holding penalty,
10:27you're fine this amount, that's not going to work.
10:32You don't want people playing, like, scared about that,
10:35but you don't want them to try to improve their stuff.
10:37And that's what pros are going to do.
10:38Pros should be doing.
10:39Let's go to our guy Shane is in Fairfax.
10:42Shane, what's up, man?
10:43What impressed you last night?
10:44Victory Friday.
10:45What up, all ears?
10:46What up, D-Mitch?
10:47What's up, man?
10:47Today's a great day, right?
10:49Oh, man.
10:50What impressed me the most was winning an ugly football game.
10:53That was an ugly game.
10:54And they went out there and they won.
10:57And they won for the coach.
10:58You can say what you want about Dan Quinn.
11:01These guys love Dan Quinn.
11:02They went there and played for him.
11:03At the end of the game, you saw the relief.
11:06I mean, you saw the – I was at the game last night,
11:09so you saw the Jumbotron, his face was just the relief of that win, right?
11:16The pressure was like that big bubble just popped in the room, right?
11:19So, good job.
11:20And, look, we need the Cincinnati win.
11:23Like, you say two out of three, but right now, like Doc said,
11:26this is playoff mode.
11:27You need every win right now.
11:29But hats off to everybody, all 53 out there, they played their damn hearts out
11:34and they did what they had to do to win from the coaching staff and everything.
11:38And today's not a day to criticize this football team.
11:41A win is a win by God.
11:43And we won in a division leader on the road.
11:48Take that what it is.
11:49We won a big game last night, and let's go.
11:53All right, man.
11:53Agreed, man.
11:54That was – their back's been against the wall twice in the last three weeks,
11:58and they've won both of them.
12:00Would you like to be in a position where your back's not against the wall?
12:02Certainly.
12:03Nobody's arguing that things have gone perfect, but they're fighting.
12:07They're scratching, clawing, fighting.
12:09Let's go to our boy Los in Severna Park.
12:12What up, Carlos?
12:16Los, you there, bud?
12:18There you go.
12:19You guys got me?
12:19Yeah, I got you.
12:20What's up?
12:21Awesome, awesome.
12:21You guys know that yesterday the Caps –
12:24sorry, the Capitals, the Wizards, and the Commanders
12:28play at the same time, and that's a pretty interesting –
12:31also, women are thirsty for a hard man, but that's a different story.
12:35I really, really, really love the fact that –
12:39I love our style of play, but it's the aftermath of what happens after the game.
12:43We were on national television.
12:45I stayed up until 2 a.m. watching the post-coverages of everyone.
12:52You know, like, Scott Van Pelt was so happy interviewing Jane Daniels.
12:56He even put his left hand up.
12:58You know, and then the crowd was singing nonstop Hail to the Redskins during the post-game coverage.
13:06And you just heard in TV, I'm like, the fans are passionate.
13:10I had to record, you know, Doc Walker's post-game show.
13:13I had to record, you know, Scott Jackson and Fred Smoot.
13:17I have FOMO.
13:18You know, it's exciting.
13:20You know, just the fact that we're not the laughingstock of a national game.
13:24We have another primetime game coming up.
13:26You know, and I hope we put up a performance because the nation is watching.
13:29Hell, LSU Nation is going to be watching.
13:31Joe Burrow and Jane Daniels.
13:34What more can you ask for?
13:35Thanks for taking my call, guys.
13:36I appreciate you, Los.
13:37Big opportunity coming.
13:38I mean, when you have, whatever, three primetime games in a four-game stretch, it's big opportunities.
13:45Yes, it is.
13:45And for all the angst and pain of previous primetime games, they've won the last two.
13:51Yeah.
13:51They won Sunday night and Thursday night, and they got Monday night coming.
13:54Let's go.
13:55It's a different opponent.
13:56Big, sweet.
13:56Different opponent.
13:57But let's go to Pete in Gaithersburg.
14:00What's up, Pete?
14:03What's up, BMSJP?
14:04Pete, I love it.
14:05All these fans talking about they turned the TV off after the second pick.
14:09I don't care.
14:10Let them throw.
14:10Let them chuck that thing.
14:11Let them farm it up.
14:12Let's throw some interceptions.
14:14Who cares?
14:14You've got to take a chance.
14:16You've got to win.
14:17If you're not going to win, you're not going to take any chances.
14:19Listen, I'm a drummer.
14:22B, Mitch, stop me if I'm off cue, right?
14:24I'm not an athlete.
14:25I'm a drummer.
14:25I've performed in front of thousands of people.
14:27I have to be okay with making mistakes on stage when I'm playing drums.
14:31Otherwise, nothing magical is going to happen.
14:33If I go up there and don't take a chance, I'm going to play the most rudimentary, boring, you know
14:39what?
14:39I'm going to get booed off stage.
14:41I've got to take my chances in front of the people, right?
14:44I'm a performer.
14:45If that means throw an interception, throw three.
14:48But get the W just like Favre did.
14:50I love it.
14:50Let's win this division.
14:51I'm out.
14:53He brings back, I was in, what was it, fifth grade, sixth grade?
14:58And me and my buddy were doing this little duet.
15:01So he had a trumpet.
15:02I had a saxophone.
15:03We messed up on the same part.
15:05But we blew through it.
15:08Didn't show anything.
15:10Standing ovation.
15:11Greatest performance I've ever seen.
15:13We messed that thing up.
15:14But we stayed confident, baby.
15:17That's all you got to do.
15:18Radio is such a different beast because it's four hours long.
15:21And inevitably, you're going to misspeak.
15:23And we kind of bust each other's balls when that happens.
15:25You know what I mean?
15:26Television, which you and I both do a lot of, typically your time is super condensed.
15:30Like on NBC, I'm going to have two minutes this afternoon.
15:34To do this whole show.
15:35Right.
15:36And when you misspeak, you got to just keep going.
15:39Because if you freeze while the light's on, you're screwed.
15:42And I think that doesn't compare to playing football with millions of people watching.
15:47Jayden is unflappable.
15:49The show goes on.
15:49And that's the thing about it.
15:51Like, when you're taping, if you stumble, what do you do?
15:54You stop.
15:55If you're live, if you stumble, what do you do?
15:56You keep going.
15:57So, make sure everything is live.
16:00Live, live.
16:00There you go.
16:01Let's sneak in our guy, Commander Tequila, real quick.
16:05Comandante, how you feeling on a Victory Friday?
16:07Hungover?
16:09I still don't have a hangover, but I'm doing great.
16:12Hey, I have three great plays that I've seen.
16:15For one, Luke McCaffrey.
16:16I got to give him all hats off to him.
16:19You know, a smart play guy helped us a lot to get the ball to the 40.
16:22And then the second one was Biggs.
16:24When he ran it in for a touchdown and did what he did, it blicked me right away.
16:30Biggs reminded me of B. Mitch back in the days when he dived in for a touchdown.
16:35Man, it just hit me right there real hard.
16:37And I've seen that.
16:38And the third one is when J.P. bet on the Giants and said,
16:42you need three hot dogs today because you're eating good words.
16:46As a Commander fan and a Giant fan, I guess you do now.
16:51So, that's my being of the day.
16:53All right, man.
16:54Appreciate you, bud.
16:56All right.
16:56You guys take care.
16:57Take care, man.
16:57Enjoy your Victory Friday.
17:00Got to be honest.
17:01I maybe got about 30% of that.
17:03Does that sound about right?