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The Kevin Sheehan Show

Ben Standig on what stood out in the Commanders' 21-6 win vs Giants

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7696 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

9.8.25, Ben Standig from The Last Man Standig Podcast joins The Kevin Sheehan Show to recap the Commanders’ win vs the Giants and what stood out from the team’s performance.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Every Monday and Friday during the season and off season, for that matter.

0:06.1

Ben Standing, our Washington Commanders team insider on this show, joins us.

0:12.5

Ben's got a substack column.

0:15.1

I would urge you to subscribe to it.

0:17.1

It's called Last Man Standing.

0:19.0

He's got a podcast by the same name. He can be followed

0:22.1

on X on Twitter at Ben Standing. Quick week this week before the Packers on the road Thursday

0:29.8

night football to kick off week two, but we're still talking obviously here on this Monday

0:35.1

about Washington's season opening win over the Giants 21 to 6.

0:40.3

So I'll give you the floor.

0:42.2

Give me your reaction to yesterday's game.

0:46.9

You know, look, aesthetically, it wasn't always the greatest showing, particularly with an offense that we saw last year.

0:53.6

You know, just be so flashy and dynamic saw last year, you know, just be so flashy and dynamic.

0:56.6

They were, you know, they certainly did enough.

0:59.2

But defensively, you know, look, one game is one game.

1:02.6

We can't go too crazy yet.

1:04.3

But for all the talk of, you know, that they're going to get these big men up front on the defensive line that they've gotten you know more talent more

1:11.5

activity all that i mean that really showed yesterday uh you know 2022 duran pain was out there

1:19.3

uh javon kin law the guy that adam peter signed to a three-year deal and took a lot of heat

1:24.1

for it he was uh a wrecking ball for sure sure. Dorrance Armstrong, who, you know, last year had a good year, but really picked it up in the postseason, and he kept it up in camp. He kept that momentum going. And, you know, everybody else in the defense kind of filled in from there. And, you know, that's the easily, to me, the most, you know, positive sign. The Giants are kind of a mess on offense. They didn't have their best offensive linemen. I don't know if they have any real weapons other than Malik neighbors on offense, but whatever. They're an NFL team, and that's what they played. And Washington kept them, you know, rather quiet. So to me, the defense, particularly up front, the story of this game, you know,

2:04.3

it's obviously fun to see Debo Samuel and Bill, and of course, you know, Jaden doing his

2:09.8

things, but that defensive front, you know, with one game, but if that's anything close

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