Episode 1,432: intel with JP Finlay on Dan Quinn's and Adam Peters' job statuses and more

Feedback on the Washington Commanders off the tie with the New York Giants.

I tell you, I may have received a record amount of e- [chuckles] of emails regarding this game, especially, of course, the all-time end-of-game blunder.

From John via Spotify.

Writes John, "Al, I love the pod.

Washington had 46 seconds left during that last down, then drained the clock before running it out.

Unacceptable." Thank you for that, John.

Uh, so true.

I mean, think about the situation like this.

Washington had a first and 10 at the Giants 26 with 55 seconds left in overtime and did not get off a field goal attempt.

First and 10 at the Giants 26 with 55 seconds left in overtime and did not get off a field goal attempt.

How absurd is that? If I would've told you [chuckles] that Washington, as it embarked on its first and 10 at the Giants 26 with 55 seconds left in overtime, wasn't gonna even get off a field goal attempt, you would've said, "No way." And yet that is exactly what happened.

Uh, Dan Quinn, uh, he during his, uh, day-after-the-game press conference on Monday afternoon, uh, of course, made a big deal about Washington being way too slow and operating with such little urgency during this drive, and he wasn't wrong.

And of course, uh, these issues, uh, start with him.

Uh, and his reveal during the presser that there was an actual play call for what ended up being the final play as opposed to calling for a spike on what ended up being the final play makes more sense when you do realize that the idea was to start the play, uh, with more than 12 seconds left in overtime.

But the reality is that the play did start with 12 seconds left in overtime, uh, thus the play call was bad and should've been changed, or Jayden Daniels simply should've deviated from the play and spiked the ball.

Uh, from Dominic via Spotify.

Writes Dominic, "That was inexcusable between the defense turning to jelly over the course of the game and the horrible blunder at the end of what should've been a gimme.

I've seen enough of DQ.

Show him the door." Thank you for that, Dominic.

Uh, as I've been saying, I do believe that barring the unforeseen, we'll look back on the tie with the Giants as the effective end of Dan Quinn's tenure as Washington head coach.

And understand, it's as much what the end-of-game blunder is a function of as this is the end-of-game blunder itself.

You know, generally speaking, you should not fire a head coach for one bad play, no matter how bad it is.

But what happened with this play was emblematic of a much bigger problem.

This is not a well-coached team, and we now have a mountain of evidence supporting that.

Email from Larry Sabbath.