When did you know the Commanders were legit? I BMitch & Finlay Show

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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.

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