Commanders defensive coordinator Joe Whitt wasn't happy with his unit's performance Sunday against Dallas.
“It wasn’t a win,” Whitt said.
“I mean, we’re here to win. I kind of sound like a broken record from the week before. I thought we played three really good quarters. And I don't think we played a really bad fourth quarter. We had the third touchdown that happened. And it was a situation that shouldn't have happened, but it did. And again it gave them the life they needed. But we want to play 60 minutes of disciplined football and start every game right. Like I said, I think we're in the top three or four in the league in points in the first quarter, but when it comes to the fourth quarter we're giving up too many points. And so we need to make sure we ensure that.”
Whitt has been around long enough to know that if he doesn't address the problems, they won't fix themselves. He also knows the Titans will spend time in the film room trying to replicate what Dallas did to Washington.
“I was there [Tennessee Titans RB] Tony [Pollard] in Dallas. He can run the ball really well,” Whitt said.
“He can make people miss, not necessarily just running through him, but he can make his feet disappear, he can go to the edge. They do a very good job with the quarterback [Will Levis]moving him, sending his reads in a certain way and giving him the ability to move the ball out and vertically. He has some vertical threats. They have a receiving tight end who is pretty good. And [Tennessee Titans WR] Calvin [Ridley]He's a guy who's as good as anyone in the league. So when you have him and Tony Pollard, the screen game comes to life with those two players. So they did a good job in the last game.”
The Titans are 3-8, but they upset the Houston Texans on the road last week.
