Who gets the most blame for the Commanders embarrassing 37-3 home loss to the Bills?
Jonathan Allen without hesitation responded, “I put it on the D-Line.”
Buy Commanders TicketsAllen was making his weekly appearance this 2023 season on the “Sports Junkies” Monday mornings on 106.7 the Fan.
Allen told of arriving home Sunday evening around 6 p.m. ET, finding the Cowboys were losing to the Cardinals. Allen then watched the rest of that game and said he went to bed early to get some rest, as he had already turned his attention to Week 4.
Monday is no time for sulking over a tough loss for the former 17th overall pick of the Redskins in the 2017 draft. He has a routine, and he was getting right back to it following his interview Monday morning with the “Sports Junkies.”
Monday afternoon for the defensive tackle was scheduled to include some heavy squatting, a massage, and also a session in the Hyperbaric chamber. This is a room where the air pressure inside is raised to a level that is higher than normal air pressure. The increased air pressure in the chamber helps the lungs collect more oxygen.
The idea behind the chamber is an athlete the size of Allen (over 300 pounds), who has exerted himself so heavily in an NFL game, will recover quicker as increased oxygen reaches the body’s tissues.
Allen blamed the defensive line, expressing they allowed Bills quarterback Josh Allen too much time to get out of the pocket, making it harder on his teammates in pass coverage.
I caught up with Commanders captain Jonathan Allen inside the locker room.
During our one on one chat we discussed how this team now handles "success."
JA told me, "the minute you think you've arrived, you're going to get hit so hard, it's brutal." pic.twitter.com/XC6GC4atDz
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) September 20, 2023
“As a defensive lineman, we have to be better, and I have to be better myself,” emphasized the always-responsible Allen. “I have to make sure I am doing what I need to do in staying in my rush lane, making sure he doesn’t have a place to run.”
“I feel like when you have four first-round picks on the defensive line, we are expected to make some of those plays. Again, we have four first-round picks, so we need to get the job done. The D-Line has to play better, and we are going to play better.”
“I mean, we lost 37-3. I think you can safely say everybody on the team failed.”
