Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. Up next, the Cowboys. The Commanders had to Dallas for their second straight Division matchup Washington Greats. London. Fletcher in Santana, Ma share who they think could be the difference makers in this game. They looked at the film, they know what they need to do. It's a matter of doing it. Okay, let me, let's kind of simplify this break down a
little bit, right Santana, Yeah, who is that guy? Who is that unit that needs to just go out there and do it? Honestly, don't think it's one unit. I think collectively this has to be one of those group efforts. Coaching, you know, the players, I want to see us out skiing the next offense or defense. And then as a player, as a man or two man, you beat your guy, you know what I mean? And I just feel like at times you see different sides play well and the
other side don't give them a break. Offensively, we haven't gave about defensive breaking the first half in the last two weeks. You have to be better, But that might leaves over us to a little coaching. It might leave you over to the players. It's making plays. But I think this effort has to be from the entire team for us to go out and get the job done. I'm gonna get more specific and talk about the group,
and it has to be the offensive line, Julie. When you look at the first half of the game against the Detroit lines, the entire game against the Philadelphia Eagles, it wasn't good enough and they know that, we know that, and what I would love to see them do is from a play college standpoint, allowed them to come out and have a set a physical tone. How do you do that. You run the football, and I'm not talking
about outside zones those type of thing. I'm talking about coming downhill, running some powers, some duo type blocks where you're double team and guys, and that allows the mindset to change or shift for that offensive line where they know, hey, it's gonna be a physical football game. That allows them to get into that mindset and set a tone for our team and our offense in general. You know, the
offensive line has been struggling. Of course, the sacks that Carson Wentz is taken starting in Detroit and then also with the Eagles, and we saw what the Cowboys were able to do on Monday night as well, getting to Daniel Jones a whole bunch of times to Marcus Lawrence was out there. We'll see how injured he may or may not be from that game as well. Michael Parsons even said he's on sixty percent, but he says, my sixty percent it's gonna better than anybody's one hundred percent.
No matter what he goes, I will be out there. They will be hungry, they will be coming for him. What are some things you can do to try and his sister, where do you assess the Cowboys are well? From the same point of just looking at the Cowboys defense and just attacking this defense. Hey, let's do some quick pass I mentioned to run game. Also, you may have to have a situation where you're adjust your game plan. If what you have in your first fifteen is not working,
Let's make those adjustments between series. You can't wait till you get the halftime to make the adjustments. Sad time, and it has to be serious and series where where you're making those adjustments. That's one of the things that
stand out to me. You know, I've been a player for a while in London as well, and I'm sure you know, London seemed offenses where they came out with something and you just had their number, you know, but what you do as a offense if they have our number, let's go to you know, offense one on one, you know, the basic, the basic of the basic, beat your man. You know, let's go out here and put three man's in the route and run the ball. And so I think we had to do some things like that at
a time. These two have been a part of some historic moments in this rivalry. London and Santana recap their greatest memories against the Cowboys. Okay, you had seven touchdowns against them, but everybody remembers for that fourth quarter miracle game that you had. What is it about the Cowboys that you get up for? I think it's just to build up to the game. I mean one of the things that I found out early. You know, when I got had that first year, it was the second game
of the season. I didn't know that the whole DMB gets up for this game. I remember the whole week long, it was beat Dallas on shirts everywhere and you go to different stories, you see people with Dallas stuff on them. I didn't know how many fans are there as it was here. But when you get into that game, it's live,
it's action packed. It's like a playoff atmosphere. And you know, to say the least that game that I had those two touchdowns, it didn't feel that way for us offensively or for the whole whole game until those last two minutes. But to come away with that victory, man and just united everything else going forward from my career playing against discuss also to show the game is never over until
that final whistle. Right. Meanwhile, this guarrt here three interceptions, Yeah, Tony Romo, he throws a nice catch up a ball. I enjoy going against the Kyle Boys, and like Santana, I didn't realize how I knew about the rivalry, but the intensity and when you get into that game against the Kyle Boys and you come into the stadium, you just the energy just feels different. You mentioned it felt like a playoff atmosphere. It feels like that when you
go against the Kyle Boys. I can remember in twenty and twelve we go down to to Dallas play them on a Thanksgiving needing to win that game. We beat them, and then the final game of the season where it's winner take off for the division crown. We were able to come away with that victory, but I love Plan of Cowboys. It's just an intense, physical matchup, our biggest rivalry by far. For all your news and analysis, be sure to tune into Command Center weeknights at five thirty
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