District Divided

The Washington Commanders have fired Ron Rivera after 4 seasons coaching the team. Rivera was 26-40-1 as head coach of the Commanders.

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Jacoby Brissett is named the starting QB for the Washington Commanders. What will the offense look like with Jacoby Brissett running the show? Can Eric Bieniemy save his job here in DC? What does this mean for Sam Howell's future?

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The Washington Commanders head to Los Angeles to take on the Rams this Sunday at 4:05pm ET.  Before we chat about that matchup, we begin with the conversation surrounding the local basketball and hockey team moving.

The Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals are currently due to move to Potomac Yards in Alexandria in 2028.  The owner of the teams, Ted Leonsis, wants to move them there because he gets an opportunity to build a state of the art stadium and claims to be uniting the DMV with this physical move of the teams.  What do you think of the potential move to Virginia for our Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards?

Switching back to football, the Los Angeles Rams are 6-7 this season and have a promising schedule to end the year.  This gives them a solid chance of making the playoffs, and it’s important to note that context when talking about their approach to this game.

The Rams are led on offense by QB Matthew Stafford and HC Sean McVay.  Stafford has 2 brilliant weapons in wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua.  How can the Commanders, who just lost linebacker Jamin Davis to IR for the season, slow this Rams offense down?

The Commanders offense looks to bounce back from a few poor weeks to put up points against this lesser known Rams defense.  What can we expect from Sam Howell, Terry McLaurin and Jahan Dotson?  What about Antonio Gibson and Chris Rodriguez?  How will Eric Bieniemy call this game?

We jump to the predictions and comment mailbag as we always do.  Thank you all for the comments!

AFTER THE POD discusses building a Superbowl contender, and what comes fist - the entire roster or the QB?

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0:00 Intro

1:21 Wizards Caps Move

19:36 LA Rams

22:58 Commanders Defense

30:08 Commanders Offense

39:53 Predictions

41:38 Comment Mailbag

50:12 AFTER THE POD

#CommandersRams #SamHowell #TedLeonsis 

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The Washington Commanders, in their first game without Jack Del Rio as defensive coordinator, take on the high powered Miami Dolphins at FedEx Field this Sunday.

We begin the show by learning a bit more about new secondaries coach Jim Salgado. He was recently hired in place of Brent Vieselmeyer and will look to make an immediate impact on this porous secondary.

We look at that secondary when discussing the Commanders defense against this fantastic Miami Dolphins offense, led by QB Tua Tagovailoa, WRs Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, as well as RBs Raheem Mostert and De’Von Achane. How will we stop them? Can we stop them?

We then flip the script to discuss the Commanders offense, led by NFL passing yards leader Sam Howell and our offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy. Will we see more balance this week? Will we see Terry McLaurin and Jahan Dotson make multiple plays to keep up on this side of the ball? We dive into the Dolphins defense as well, featuring DT Christian Wilkins and CBs Jalen Ramsey and Xavien Howard.

We jump into our predictions, where the Commanders are 9.5 point home underdogs with an over/under of 49.5 points.

The Comment Mailbag features 3 comments this episode. Thank you all for the comments!

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0:00 Intro

1:24 Jim Salgado DBs Coach

5:18 Miami Dolphins

9:02 Dolphins O vs Commanders D

16:13 Commanders O vs Dolphins D

22:58 Predictions

27:14 Comment Mailbag

32:56 AFTER THE POD

#Commanders #RonRivera #SamHowell