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ESPN.com. I hope to be joined in a minute by the voice of the commanders, Bram Weinstein. As we go over

a lot of what we saw the other day, but we're not going to go do a deep dive on all the stuff that

went. There are a few things I think we need to focus on right now. And Sam Howell is chief among them because at this point, the defense is pretty much what it is.

And I'll get Bram's thoughts on that later.

But the defense is what it is, folks.

I don't see it getting a whole lot better because it just, that's not where it's at.

So one of the things I wanted to do is to kind of focus on Sam Howell,

the sacks, why he's better in that area,

and just some areas of growth in his game,

because that's what this season is becoming about.

And there you can see Bram joining me right now.

Bram, let's start off with Sam Howell. What were your impressions of him from the other day?

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