Tag: J P Finlay

Santana Moss: Commanders have been outcoached

Santana Moss is always positive, but he has some concerns.

Brian Mitchell was not the only one upset regarding the Commanders’ anemic performance Sunday against the Browns.

Santana Moss and JP Finlay also had strong comments they felt should be expressed as well during the NBC Sports Washington postgame show.

SM: “I consider myself the optimist about different scenarios and situations we are in. That is how you have to be with life. You can’t always just expect the worst. That is what I was giving this team, the benefit of the doubt.

But when we keep sitting here waiting for a scenario to play out (pause)… No! You have your destiny in your hands. That is the scenario. Come out here, do your job and do it well.”

“Look, I am not going to sit here and act like I have not been on teams that have stunk it up. I have. But the one thing I have done is leave it on the field. Some of those guys out there don’t deserve what we just saw. Some of those guys go out there and leave it on the field.”

“But when a coach and his staff dictates what we want to put out there, then you cannot blame the players. Collectively we have been saying this too many times down the stretch of these last few games that coaching has been standing out more than a lack of players going out there not performing.”

“I feel like every week we have been talking about someone outcoaching us. We can’t sit here and say that week-in and week-out and expect the players to go out there and give me a different outcome.”

JPF: “This is the type of loss, that in a strong organization, everything is on the table following this. You may have to completely clean house after a loss like this. Against a team that is already eliminated from the playoffs that just won this game from start to finish.”

“I don’t know the final numbers because I had to run down here (field). They were on path for their worst offensive performance since week six (Chicago). Which, I don’t think coincidentally was Carson Wentz’ last start.”

“So, just making that decision to go from Heinicke to Wentz, somebody has got to own that, and that somebody is Ron Rivera. You can criticize a billion other things, both coordinators.”

“This offensive line? I hate that I keep going back to this. Please let me know. I would love for someone to put their left hand up and let me know who decided to let Brandon Scherff walk for this collection of dudes.”

“Trent Williams, gone. Brandon Scherff, gone. You know where those guys are going? Canton! You know where this group is going? Fishing when the playoffs start. It is a complete lack of accountability from the top down. If this was a strong organization, ownership would be looking at a complete review of everything they have.”

“But this isn’t a strong organization, and we have no idea what ownership is doing. And if I had to guess, probably nothing, because the sale is coming. You know what you are not going to do with the sale coming? You are not going to fire a bunch of people, and then have to pay out their contracts.”

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Brian Mitchell: Commanders play was ‘BS’ and ‘trash’

Brian Mitchell was not holding back.

Brian Mitchell still comes to play.

Here was Mitchell on the NBC Sports Washington postgame show Sunday following the Commanders’ loss to the Browns. “If you have any connection with Washington, I don’t care if from the Redskins days, the football team and now, you have to voice your displeasure with that BS we saw on the field today! It was trash!”

Mitchell, the former Washington running back and returner, was known for his fiery, aggressive approach to each game he played in the NFL. Once the first whistle blew until the last whistle, Mitchell was aggressive, and competitive.

Consequently, Mitchell, who now is part of the “BMitch & Finlay” radio show on 106.7 The Fan weekdays, and NBC Sports Washington postgame show, expects to see the same fire from today’s Washington Commanders.

Mitchell was upset Sunday immediately following the game during his on-air appearance on NBC Sports Washington. “We take it easy in OTAs. We take it easy in minicamps. We take it easy in training camp. We approach the preseason as if we are not getting ready for a full season.”

“This year, we started slow, we got on fire, and then we finished weak like we have every year under this coaching staff.”

“For me, it is despicable to come into a game where you have to win to make it to the playoffs, and you come out today, and you stink like that. I’m sure a lot of people are going to blame Carson Wentz. But who decided to take out Taylor Heinicke and put in Carson Wentz? When every player to a man talked about how he liked playing with Taylor?”

“I don’t know what Carson was thinking about. I don’t know what the play-calling was. Garbage (pause), trash is what we saw today.”

“Santana and I played for this team. We understand you got to be honest with the fans. You folks come on here to hear us tell you what we really feel. We don’t want to just attack people. It’s time for attacking now.”

“For three years, I have heard how we are going to change the culture. The culture may be changing, but you are getting the same performance on the football field.”

“If we finish 7-9-1, how can we say that we have made any steps forward? Is this what we can expect here in Washington? Seven games? Eight games? Is this all we can expect from this staff? They got to find a way to get something better. Because right now, trash is all I see.”

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Is Washington wanting to trade for Deshaun Watson?

Would Washington be in the Deshaun Watson sweepstakes if cleared in his current legal situation?

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On their 106.7 The Fan Show, “BMitch and Finlay,” J P Finlay and Brian Mitchell Thursday discussed Deshaun Watson and his possibility to be traded during this 2022 NFL offseason.

Listeners were reminded that Watson has control of a “no-trade clause” in his contract. Thus, Watson would wave the no-trade clause to go to one of the places, he desires to go play.

When Finlay brought up Seattle having cap space, Mitchell responded questioning why Seattle would want to trade a QB with no major problems, for a QB that may have some problems. Finlay rebounded, saying Watson is 10 years younger and may be cleaning up his problems.

Mitchell went as far as to say Seattle would be dumb to make this happen.

“Certainly, echoed Finlay. “What I am saying is Watson to Seattle, Russell Wilson to Washington, and the Commanders send three first round choices and Payne (Daron) to Houston.”

Mitchell said for now he can’t see a top-notch QB thinking this is a great destination. Finlay said it was all hypothetical, to which Mitchell responded he wanted to deal in reality.

Both then agreed the home run may not come, to which Mitchell said he is tired of Washington getting only singles or a strikeout at QB.

Apparently, ESPN had made a comment to which the two referred saying that for now, teams willing to work to trade for Watson were Tampa Bay and Minnesota.

USA TODAY’s Josina Anderson later debunked that ESPN report.

Tampa Bay certainly has a big hole at QB with the retirement of Tom Brady. The Vikings have Kirk Cousins but are they actually going to want to pay Cousins all that money ($45 million)?

Why would Houston bring in Kirk Cousins when they already like Davis Mills, a young former third-round pick?

The Vikings are already over the cap for next year, so there will be releases of some players, and bringing the Watson contract might necessitate even more releases.

Certainly with the AFC already possessing several good, young quarterbacks, one would think if Houston deals Watson, he would be dealt to an NFC team. We should know soon if Washington makes a play for Watson.