Jon Allen talks Commanders Defense in Win Over Cardinals
Washington Commanders defensive tackle Jon Allen joins The Sports Junkies to break down the Washington Commanders big win in which the defense greatly improved.
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00:00Quinn said afterwards, I found it very interesting, that he tried to make a point to you guys,
00:05listen, we're not where we want to be prior to this game, but you guys aren't as far off
00:09as you think. And then we were trying to speculate, well, what is he talking about?
00:13And then JP said, well, you know, like say, for example, St. Just has been there a bunch of times,
00:18good coverage, just didn't get his hands up, didn't get the ball knocked down, whatever,
00:22a great throw, great catch, those kinds of instances. I brought up the game against Tampa.
00:27I thought you guys had pressure on Baker five or six times. I thought he was going
00:29to be sacked and somehow he wiggled out of it. Are those the kind of things he was referring to?
00:35Yeah. No, I mean, I know fans get frustrated when you hear a team where you were a player
00:39or a coach, they work close, but the difference between a great defensive performance and a bad
00:45defensive performance is razor thin. And, you know, I think we just made the razor thin plays
00:51that we needed to make, you know, in this game. I mean, Dorris also had a great sack on fourth and
00:56that really changed the game. I mean, who knows how the game was when they go down and score on
01:00that drive. So the difference between playing good ball and playing bad ball is razor thin.
01:04And as a defense, you can't get really caught up on the end result only. I'm not going to say it's
01:11not important because obviously at the end of the day, we get paid to produce and the end result is
01:14why we work. But when things aren't going good, you got to focus on doing things the right way,
01:19day in and day out of practice. And when you continue to do that, then it's just about
01:23translating it from practice to the game. And I think today's last game was the first game that
01:28we really, you know, executed the game plan, went out there and played good on Sunday. And, you know,
01:33it was good for a lot of the young guys to go out there and just see the work that they're putting
01:37in, you know, make plays on Sunday. John, we were kind of talking about it and how Kyler just looked
01:44like a deer in headlights after that first drive. Tell them my theory. I didn't understand it. I
01:50will. I'll tell him your theory. I didn't understand it really because I guess you guys
01:54were just trying to keep him in the pocket because you got to him four times, but there were times
01:58where I thought he could run, but he decided not to. And he just fell down or that he was missing
02:04guys. Maybe it's because, you know, he's a smaller dude and he can't see over you guys. But
02:08Eric thinks that Kingsbury talked to Joe Witt and Dan and said, look, this is what Kyler likes.
02:16This is why he's uncomfortable. He's uncomfortable in this situation, yada, yada, yada. So first
02:22question is, what did you notice about Kyler and how you were able to get to him so quickly? And
02:27then number two, do you think, or no, did Kingsbury talk to the defensive staff about it?
02:34Well, I know when it comes to Kyler Murray, when you allow him to use his legs, not really for
02:39running, but to get out of the pocket and make plays down the field. I mean, it's really hard
02:43to find a guy in the league who's better than that. You know, so we were able to make them
02:47beat from, from the pocket, not saying he can, but we understand what makes him special is his
02:53uncharacteristic athletic ability and his ability with his big arm. If you can make him go from the
02:58pocket, he's a little bit shorter, might have some issues being over the middle of the field.
03:01Then you get them playing on our terms, you know, and as far as coach Kingsbury talking to the D
03:05coordinator, he might have, I don't know. But one thing I do know is this is a copycat league
03:10and all coaches talk, you know what I mean? Like there's friends, there's guys you came up in the
03:16business with and they talk, I'm sure they do. So if there's something that you struggle with,
03:22you're going to see that again and again and again, until you stop it or as soon as you prove
03:26there's no longer a problem. So, I mean, that's, that's really every position, every player,
03:32like if I have a three technique who struggles on double teams, you're going to double him
03:36every chance you get. So, I mean, that's just kind of how the nature of the business goes.