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What everyone said after the Commanders’ Week 13 rout of the Titans

A collection of postgame quotes from the Commanders’ Week 13 win.

The Commanders scored the game’s first 28 points on their way to their 42-19 win over the Tennessee Titans at Northwest Stadium Sunday. The win broke Washington’s three-game losing streak.

Here is a collection of postgame quotes from players, analysts, coaches, and media personalities.

Logan Paulsen

“This is how the Dallas game should have gone…you capitalize on the mistakes they make. Not just settle for field goals but actively go down and score with well-designed touchdown type plays and that is fantastic…they were so much more urgent and that was really nice to see. This felt like the team we were used to watching earlier in the year.”

Craig Hoffman (Team 980)

“Marshon Lattimore should be back after the bye, which then adds talk about a team feeling like they have a little confidence, feels like they have wind in their sails in the right direction. That’s got to be a huge boost for them emotionally coming out of the bye.”

Chris Russell (Team 980)

“I guess that dumb “Kliff Cliff” thing can be put to rest by all the analytics amigos after today??”

Grant Paulsen (106.7 The Fan)

“Today snapped a 12-game losing streak in December home games for Washington. The 12-game skid dates back to 2017, as @Wash_PR  pointed out today.”

Dan Quinn

“I thought [LB] Bobby [Wagner] was the catalyst at the very beginning of the week and talking to his teammates, which he doesn’t do very often. So, for him, I knew there was something there that he wanted to share. And it’s so impactful when it can come from a teammate. And I thought he was the one that set this week off and set it in motion.”

Jayden Daniels

“It was great. It was great to win. Winning helps a lot so it was great to go out there and just have fun and be able to get out there and score touchdowns.”

“I can’t really pinpoint a point like a point in the week. I just think everybody, the mindset they had, and how we prepared throughout the week of practice.”

“I mean, I didn’t want to go into a bye week with an L. That would’ve been four straight. Obviously, winning always makes everything better.”

“We had a shorter field. We had a shorter field a couple of times this game and we capitalized. Last week we didn’t capitalize, and it came back and bit us in the butt.”

Terry McLaurin

“That felt amazing, honestly. The way we ran the ball at the line of scrimmage, the way we made plays on the perimeter, the way [QB] Jayden [Daniels] extended plays with his legs, the way we finished at the end with the ball in our hands, you know, that’s the standard that we have to live up to.”

“Yeah, you know, I’m extremely humbled and blessed to be in this situation, to play for this franchise with so many great receivers that came through here and just to have be a part of that elite group, I don’t take for granted”

“To get to play with a great player like Jayden [Daniels], it’s been a joy. Honestly, I’ve had a lot of fun this season growing and learning from him and helping him any way I can. And you know, with him, he’s going to give you an opportunity to make a play on the ball. He’s extremely accurate and, you know, he plays with a lot of confidence and I think that rubs off on all of us.”

Chris Rodriguez

“They (Adam Peters and Dan Quinn) believe in me, and I appreciate them for that. And, you know, every week, I’m just going to go out there whenever my number’s called and go out there and do what I need to do.”

“Obviously, I battled adversity throughout the week, but, they did a great job of keeping my head up and making sure I know who I am. So shout out to them.” (Teammates)

Bobby Wagner

“Shout out to Fletch. I don’t remember when I reached out to him, but I reached out to him awhile ago, and he was gracious with his time, and he answered every question that I had.”

“I’m just going to chill. I’m going to have one day where I just don’t set my alarm and I’m going to see what happens. So I’m looking forward to that.”

“I don’t think we really focused on the playoffs it’s more so just this was the game to focus on. We need to win this game. It’s good going into the bye having a win versus a loss.”

What everyone said after the Commanders’ loss to Cowboys

Here’s what everyone said after Commanders’ loss to Cowboys.

The Commanders were again outscored in the fourth quarter and lost their third consecutive game, Sunday, when they fell to the Dallas Cowboys 34-26 at Northwest Stadium.

Here is a collection of post-game quotes from players, analysts, coaches, and media personalities.

Dan Quinn

“What I told the team after the game was that this is the most challenged we’ve been in our time together. And I reminded them, it’s not enough to learn the lessons, but we have to apply them.”

“I remind them it’s never about one play. And so, that execution falls on all of us players and coaches, and I firmly believe that. And so, we’ll get to it tomorrow. We’ll look at the tape and get right to the truth of it all.”

“Yeah, I want to make sure like this confidence is rolling whoever we’re playing. And I don’t want it to go up and down and up and down. So again, I look back at the tape and the best part of this is you get to go dig in and go forward again, man. But from a performance side, is there plenty to clean up on? You bet. And you don’t want to miss an opportunity and when you got a home game and going forward in the division, you want to take advantage of those. And when you miss them, it stings.”

Jayden Daniels

“We’ve been in third and longer a lot, you know, these past couple games. So, that’s kind of where you get into the exotic pressures and stuff like that. You know, we’ve just gotta be better on first and second downs and stay ahead of the chains.”

Chris Russell (Team 980)

“I fully expected the #Commanders to win this game & begrudgingly picked them -10.5 on Friday. As I kept mentioning – the notion they were going to cruise over these next few weeks (Dallas, Tennessee & New Orleans) was laughable. It’s a potential nightmare now.”
Ben Standig (The Athletic)
“From a team spokesperson: Out of an abundance of caution, Austin Ekeler (concussion) is headed to the hospital for further testing.“
John Keim (ESPN)
“Wow. Just a brutal finish to cap a horrendous performance.“
Bobby Wagner

Jason Garrett (NBC)
“They’ve got to start getting the ball down the field. [Terry] McLaurin has got to get involved in this game earlier. That’s the only way they get this offense going again.”

Austin Seibert

“It didn’t make a difference at all. It’s on me.”
“I felt fine. That’s why I made the decision to play and here we are.”

Tress Way

“This dude is just making freaking kicks all year long so we still have a lot of ball left and making a little playoff run. It’s just really tough. Rinse and repeat and come back and get ready for Tennessee.”

“I would have to…..I’d really like to see the film. They always say the eye in the sky don’t lie but [LS] Tyler [Ott] and I talked after and our job is to make it as seamless as possible for Austin and we just didn’t feel like we quite had it there. Rinse and repeat. Get ready to go again.”

Terry McLaurin

“It doesn’t come down to one play. It doesn’t come down to one kick. We had our opportunities to take control of the game and we didn’t.”

Rick ‘Doc’ Walker

“I’d love to learn a lesson while Winning.”

Grant Paulsen (106.7 The Fan)

“The Commanders have fallen to 7-5. Lots of football left this season but this was a cold water performance. Hard to count wins against the bad teams they play in future after losing as an 11-point favorite.”

Thom Loverro (Washington Times)

“George Allen spinning in his grave — special teams allow 99-yard kickoff return. Remember the days when the Commanders went the entire game without punting?”

 

 

What everyone said after Commanders’ road win over Giants

What did everyone say after Washington’s win? Here’s a collection of postgame quotes from players, coaches and analysts.

It wasn’t nearly as dominant as two weeks ago (Panthers) or as exciting as last week (Bears), but the Commanders took care of business, defeating the Giants 27-22 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Here is a collection of postgame quotes from players, analysts, coaches and media personalities.

Jayden Daniels

“We did a tremendous job getting downhill and running the ball…Dexter Lawrence and Brian Burns, those guys are hell of players. So to not get sacked by those guys, kudos to my O-line.”

“Knowing where to go with the ball, knowing when to get the ball out helps a lot, but a tremendous job by the O-Line of using their fundamentals and giving me enough time to get the ball off.”

“You have to live in the moment. This could be all good, but hey, we have a game next week. I’m just happy for the fan base that they can be proud of the product we are putting out on the field.”

Nick Allegretti

Nick Allegretti had to pop one of Brandon Coleman’s fingers back in place mid-game. “I almost went down because I’m queasy,” Allegretti said. “He said just pull it so I just looked away… we got it back in. Never had to do it to a teammate. Glad it worked; didn’t enjoy that.”  via John Keim

Dan Quinn (on Terry McLaurin and Jayden Daniels)

“It’s really about winning. That is a big deal. That’s what Terry McLaurin thinks about, winning. He absolutely delivers…I feel his energy. I feel his presence in the game, whatever it takes to go…Terry is a pro’s pro, we are fortunate. He has been so much fun to coach.”

“For a quarterback to really have the regard for the football and the decision-making process — he’s playing the position well, not just throwing it well.  “…That, to me, is one of the things I’ve been most impressed by.”

Dan Quinn on Chris Rodriguez

“I want to start off by recognizing Chris Rodriguez. He didn’t know he was going to until 90 minutes prior. When you get into that spot and demonstrate you are ready, it goes a long way to your teammates. There’s a lot of unseen work to be ready. You don’t get all the reps. Sometimes that comes in the after practice time, the before practice time to be ready. I thought a strong finish at the end of the game by him.”

Terry McLaurin

“Shoot, His ability — I’m just going to say it straight up, it was like he walked that ball to me. … The receiver position is one of the most dependent positions on the football field. There are so many things that you have to depend on to go right for an opportunity, but when you play with a quarterback that you can continue to build with, how competitive he is, how smart he is and his ability to make the throws when we need him most, that’s fun for a guy like me.”

Andrew Wylie on Jayden Daniels

“He can do whatever he wants back there…It’s something special to watch.”

Grant Paulsen

“The Commanders went on the road and beat the Giants. Swept them for the season. 7-2 for the first time since 1996. 5-1 in the NFC and 2-0 in division. Most wins in the NFC as of right now. WASH ran for 150 yards; pounded the Giants into submission in the second half.”
Denton Day
“This is one you hang your hat on  and say, ‘We went on the road to a division rival’s home, you beat them twice and oh by the way, you have now played the Giants twice and you have punted two times.”
Craig Hoffman
“Look around the league. Look what happened to Baltimore last week. Wakcy things happen in division games, especially on the road and Washington avoided that. They handled business against a team they should have beaten. In the fourth quarter, New York never had the ball with a chance to take the lead.”
Olamide Zaccheaus on Dan Quinn
“He does a lot of things well. He does a good job of bringing the right people into the building. I feel like we have a great group of selfless individuals, who just want to play hard and win. He gives us the space to be our selves…He’s a straight shooter. What he says, he means.”
Logan Paulsen
“It was impressive today how all three backs played today, in their roles. And when you give the backs credit you have to give the offensive line credit. I thought those guys really threw it down today. They were really getting after it in pulls and protection. They did a great job, and you don’t get this kind of production from your backs unless the offensive line is playing physical.”

Grant Paulsen illustrated the elation of Commanders fans Thursday

Thursday was fun for many on the Washington D.C. sports radio airwaves.

Thursday night, I determined to go back and listen to Grant and Danny on 106.7 The Fan. I felt their opening monologue/dialog might be entertaining, seeing the two have been so outspoken for some time regarding their desire for Snyder to no longer own the Washington NFL football franchise.
I expected some happiness, enjoyment, perhaps even delight. What I just heard moments ago in listening to the first segment of Thursday’s show was, to my surprise, even more than I had anticipated.
Grant Paulsen was literally elated, exhilarated, almost giddy. No, he was giddy. It was a different Grant in some way. He was so full of joy and enthusiasm I suddenly found myself realizing I was happy for him.
I’ve followed the Washington NFL team since the 1969 season. I recall many good seasons, great seasons,  six NFC championship games, and five Super Bowls and three Super Bowl victories!
Paulsen was born in 1989. Therefore, he doesn’t remember nor did he experience any of the Super Bowl seasons of Joe Gibbs and Bobby Beathard. He never experienced the George  Allen teams ALWAYS achieving winning seasons in 1971-77.
Paulsen hasn’t had any of that to fall back upon and reflect on from time to time. He has simply grown tired of all he knows about Washington football… dysfunction, black clouds, and losing seasons.
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Paulsen began Thursday’s show:
“Nobody threw for 300 yards; nobody won a football game today.
It’s better than that, though, isn’t it?
(Raising his voice) “Hey, everybody! It’s your pals, Grant and Danny!
Ready to talk about sportin’ stuff.
Anybody have anything they want to hear us talk about today?
Who wants to listen to the radio today?
Who wants to listen to the radio today?”
“Daniel, a big smile on your face today.”

“We have been doing shows together since 2009 in some capacity, and Grant & Danny has existed since 2010, and I’m not sure any of those shows we’ve done were as big as today’s or have been bigger or meant more to our audience, than today’s.”

“This is special and different because maybe, just maybe, there is a gleam! Twenty-four years of turmoil and ineptitude, 24 years of people being treated badly, of irrelevance and losses and being the butt of jokes…it could all be coming to an end because Daniel Snyder’s reign of terror is over.”

When Paulsen referenced “the gleam,” I burst out in laughter, knowing he was referencing the late Marty Schottenheimer, who was caught on film telling his huddled-up team of a “gleam” for certain players who love to be there in big moments.

This, for Paulsen, was a big moment, and he so loved conveying to his audience Thursday that Daniel Snyder had reached an agreement in principle to sell the franchise. I couldn’t help but wonder if Paulsen’s “gleam” was illustrious of thousands more who have longed for the Burgundy and Gold to return to greatness.

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