Deep Dive into the Commanders' Offense | Episode 9

will mesh with the Commander veterans. The good problem to have when you have a lot of options on offense but just one ball to kind of try and figure that out. But can you go into a game where should you say, you know what, Terry McLaurin is our guy, we want to give him ten fifteen touches a game, or targets at least. And the same thing me before Antonio Gibson, this many touches to get in rhythm to be able to have a certain amount of success. How

do you approach that? Yeah, I think that's a really good question. I think like the idea that you should be giving a guy a certain amount of touches is a little bit old school in terms of philosophy. I think what Scott's there in the interview is right on point. I think you want to do take what the defense gives. You used to put it as simply as possible, And what you get when you have all these playmakers is you don't feel reluctant to kind of go to your

second option. You have Terry, maybe it's the primary they take it away. The coverage dictates the ball should be going someplace else, and you can you feel comfortable with guys like Kurtis, Samuel's, Johan Dots and Dammy Brown, all those guys being a part and can contribute, but it's not forcing the ball. You're not kind of stagnated the offense by forcing the ball to one specific player. You just mentioned a lot of other wide receivers of which I think we've kind of really learned as well. To

be successful. You don't need to just two dynamic wideouts. You really need three. Well we have four because he said, don't forget about Dammy Brown. He's showing flashes and they really want to work him further into the mix as well. Do you like the options of being one to a four wide outset. Yeah, I think that's a big part, you know. NFL offense is now like getting more speed on the field because it dictates a certain response by

the defense. It dictates more coverage players on the field, and I think it allows you to kind of simplify coverages. They can't get to all their same defensive packages because you have new personnel on the field. That's an advantage for the offense. Why not exploit that. I also think using those forward wide receiver sets to run the football a little bit is really really forward thinking and It'll

be interesting to see if Scott does that. But it's nice to have guys you feel that can win in one on one situations that have speed and big playability. You mentioned the run game. They bring in Robinson as well, like he's kind of like that one two punch, kind of like really in between the tackles. But you have ag you can maybe use out in space as well, and you can't forget about JD. Mckissic. How does that factor in if you have so many white ELTs as well.

I almost think that this is a more difficult situation in terms of how you allocate running back touches, right because you've got mkissic who's got a very specific skill set in terms of catching the football at the backfield. And then I think Gibson and Robinson are very very similar or more similar than people want to give them credit. Port I think that's important to note, and I think it's just about managing AG's health and kind of finding

the best ways to use both players. You mentioned getting Ag out in space a little bit more. I think that's going to be a big point of emphasis, or I would make that a big point of emphasis this offseason. It we'll see again, it's what Scott Tenner says, he's got to be able to figure that out or you know, again, the game will dig where we go. But it's deaf a good problem to have new show, so you have to bring in the big dogs for this one. Who better in the building to bring him for an interview

than mister Doug Williams. Thank you, sir, thanks for having me. Dude, I appreciate this. You know, it's not just here that we want to say we want you around, but it's also when they went to go pick up our first round drift pick, John Dobson, like, who better to go and meet this young man to show him what life is going to be like in the NFL, and especially at this franchise because it is such a storied franchise. So you got the first impressions of him on that

flight over from Pennsylvania. We got to see him on the field at also this weekend. What is your assessment of him, you know what the ride over, you know, I watched him, We talked to him and his family, and the more I looked at and the more I listened to him, Terry mcclaughy, Yeah, I mean they got the same type of m don't talk a lot, listen well, and when he does beat he has something to say.

And just riding over with him from Pennsylvania, man, it was it was a great ride because I saw a great young man that's going to add so much value to this organization, and not only by his character but his ability to play this game. I think it's gonna help us a lot. It's important to have that character, and I think we've seen this team really make a conscious effort to go out there and just get good guys that want to go to work and that don't

have a lot of that like overwhelming selfish mentality. And he loves fighting for those fifty fifty balls. He's like he takes pride in being able to do that, which Terry does as well. Carson Wentz changes the game a little bit. They wanted a veteran quarterback, but they said that that changed the approach that this is their year to make that offense. Sing, what are the expectations for

you this year with this offense? I do believe by going out and getting Carson, this offense, to me, it's one of those situations that this is time for it to explode, you know, for what it's done over the last couple of years or so with you know, and not taking anything away from Teller, you know, he gave us everything he had and he's a great guy to have around and you can't ask for a better guy to be the backup. But what Carson can do. I mean,

he can get the ball down the field. He's big enough, he's strong enough, he can get away, he can make plays on the run. You know, I've seen him when he first came in his league and I thought he was gonna be man lights out and he still can do that. And that's the most important thing because we got a guy who's still young, and this is an opportunity to show the world that Hey, I'm Carson Wentz.

I can play, and I think with his ability and the guys that we got gonna have to be outside and then the guys inside, the running back Gibson and Robinson. Robinson who's just come in. It is the key though, because from a from a receiving standpoint, I mean he when he catches the ball, he can do some things that a lot of people can't do. But Gibson also can catch the ball. But his running style has turned

out to be a blessing for us. We've been building a lot of own defense this year, building a lot around offense. But as you know, there's only one ball to pass around, so we'll see. That is for offensive coordinator Scott Turner. Even he told me sometimes he draws it up to go to a certain guy and then the play just totally changes. But as long as they get moved the change, that's the overall point. Doug, thank you, Mat thanks for having me for the latest Commander's news

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