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The Sports Junkies

How Would You Fix The Commanders Defense?

The Sports Junkies

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Sports

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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From 09/30 Hour 3: The Sports Junkies debate how Washington can improve their defense.

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0:13.0

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0:20.7

So he'll be on the show at 920 so you

0:22.8

don't want to miss that so we wanted to get into the commander's defense here and we will

0:29.2

take your calls at 800 636 1067 here's the setup if you were a defensive consultant brought

0:36.6

in to help joe Jr., what is your one

0:40.4

recommendation? What is your one piece of advice that you would give to Joe Whit Jr. going

0:46.0

forward to help what has become a leaky defense? I'm sure a lot of people are going to say

0:51.7

replace Marcus or Marshawn Lattimore.

0:55.5

Okay, that's fine.

0:57.2

He hasn't been great.

0:58.2

I don't think any of the guys in the secondary have been great.

1:00.6

I would just say we got to get more pressure on the quarterback, especially this week, because you saw it this past week when the Giants got a lot of pressure on Herbert.

1:09.7

They got to them, They sacked them.

1:11.5

They caused a lot of long second downs and third downs.

1:15.1

They also forced him into throwing two picks.

1:19.0

He just wasn't sharp.

1:21.2

So I think that I don't know how you're going to do it,

1:23.6

but you've got to find a way to get pressure

1:25.8

and blitz a little bit more on Justin Herbert because kind of like the Falcons two weeks ago, they sucked, but they came back and they looked really good.

1:34.3

And most of that's because you just didn't have a lot of pressure on Michael Pennix. Now, if you get some pressure on Herbert, he tends to throw it in spots where he doesn't want to. He throws it a little bit early. And you saw that this past week against the Giants. Now the Giants have a better defensive line, certainly a better pass rush than Washington. They just got to find a way. They don't have a Brian Burns, but you've got to find a way to get pressure on. Scary thing about Herbert, though, is if you pressure him, he will tuck it and run. And he's got that in his skill set. Panic's not as much of a runner as I thought he would be at this point.

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