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“That’s Bush League Right There” – Commanders Radio Melts Down After Eagles Go for Two

Nick Piccone

By Nick Piccone

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Dec 20, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; Back judge Rich Martinez (39) throws a flag into the air during a fight between Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders players in the fourth quarter at Northwest Stadium.
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The Eagles went down to Landover, Maryland and took care of business Saturday against the Washington Commanders. It may have taken a bit longer than we would have liked for them to get things under control, but we should always enjoy a double-digit win against a division rival, regardless of how lost of a season they’re having.

A big reason to enjoy the win is because it brought some entertainment from the other side, once again. If you were listening to Commanders radio broadcasters Bram Weinstein and London Fletcher (with Logan Paulsen on the sideline), you’d think the Eagles were terrible bullies who should have shown mercy.

It started when the Eagles decided to go for the two-point conversion after Tank Bigsby’s touchdown. Starts around the 2:10 mark:

Fletcher: “So what are they doing right now? Are they going for two?”

Weinstein: “It looks like they’re going for two here.”

Fletcher: “The offense is still on the field.”

Weinstein: “27-10, they’re going for two here.”

Fletcher: “I guess Nick Sirianni wants to… I don’t understand?”

Weinstein: “… He wants to rub it in? Is that what he wants to do? Is that what this is?”

Fletcher: “I don’t know why they would go for two.”

To break it down, the Eagles were up 17, wanting to go up 19. Forget Jake Elliott’s struggles for a minute. Use math. Yes, it’s a three-score game being up 17. But there is a big difference being up 17 or 18 vs. being up 19. I don’t really care if it was the Commanders’ third-string quarterback, the NFL is a league where wonky things happen a lot more often now than they did in the past. The touchdown the Commanders scored followed by the two-point conversion was probably against head coach Dan Quinn’s game plan of quitting early and going home, but if the Commanders were somehow able to score another touchdown and convert another two-point conversion, get the ball back, and kick a field goal, the game would have been tied instead of that field goal being a possible game-winner.

Is it likely? No. But teams do stuff like this all the time today. It’s not some crazy decision that’s meant to “run up the score.” There’s actual math and logic behind it. I’m sure limping towards the end of a lost season is annoying enough, but you don’t have to create a narrative just because of that. But again, when you’re in a lost season, I guess you’ll try anything to have an edge.

Known for being sore losers, the Commanders certainly thought a team not conceding the game with 4:26 left was somehow an affront to their egos.

Weinstein: Going for two up 27-10, YOU’RE WELCOMING THIS!”

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Fletcher: “This is on Sirianni.”

Weinstein: “What is their reasoning to be going for two, other than to rub it in? That’s the only reason you could come up with!”

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Fletcher: “This is definitely on Nick Sirianni.”

Weinstein: “The coach is putting the players in a situation where you’re trying to embarrass your opponent here. You’re asking for this.”

Fletcher: “What if one of his guys gets injured on that two-point conversion?”

Logan Paulsen: “For a team that’s heading into the playoffs, just a foolish, foolish thing.”

Weinstein: “I don’t know what this is even about. Why do this? Someone’s gotta ask Sirianni why did you choose to do that and not just kick an extra point?”

The deflection really ramps up after this.

It’s the EAGLES’ FAULT that the Commanders couldn’t keep their emotions in check and do the math themselves.

Weinstein: “Now our guys are gonna get fined for being part of something that they didn’t like want the invitation to. This is ridiculous”

Fletcher: “It is all on Sirianni. The reason, like, why go for two right there? … What are you gonna say, I didn’t trust my kicker in that situation?”

Weinstein: “Oh, come on.”

Fletcher: “This is on Nick Sirianni.”

Weinstein: “The Eagles are gonna win this game. They’re gonna win the NFC East. In all likelihood, I would think Week 18 when these two play each other again, they’re gonna rest a lot of people. They aren’t gonna put their starters out there. Still, this is gonna carry over to that, too.”

Fletcher: “It definitely is gonna carry over. Trust me, we will remember that.”

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Paulsen: “I was just sitting here doing the math, like trying to run it a bunch of times. What is the possible explanation, right? And again, even though they scored and they go for two, I think you still have to keep your composure, too .. Fletch could maybe attest to this, is like, if you’re not gonna stop them, they’re gonna score and you shouldn’t be fighting-“

Fletcher: “Look, naw, Logan, that’s just, that’s unacceptable by Nick Sirianni. I’m all about stopping a team from scoring, but to go for two in that situation, that’s totally… that’s bush league.”

Weinstein: “Completely.”

Fletcher: “That’s bush league right there. He put his players in harm’s way. What if Saquon blows out his knee on that play? It’s just stupid.”

Paulsen: “I will say this, their sideline has responded positively to it, you know what I’m saying? They’re up. They’re excited. They’re high-fiving. They’re in it. Maybe this is what he feels his team needs, is a little bit of, you know, I don’t know.”

Fletcher: “That’s bush league right there.”

Weinstein: “We’ll remember that. We’ll remember this one.”

Fletcher: “Absolutely. They’re going to the playoffs, we’re not and we play them Week 18.”

I cringe a bit more each time listening to that. If I was a Commanders fan who didn’t know ball, I’d be furious at the Eagles.

Weinstein and Fletcher, though, had their angle for the rest of the broadcast and would not let it go.

Weinstein: “This stuff carries over, right? I mean this could carry over to the next year, do something like that.”

Fletcher: “It will definitely carry over. I mean, division rivals, you’re gonna have chippiness regardless. For the most part, I don’t remember anything happening through the course of this game where any chippiness took place. It wasn’t until they opted to go for two in that situation, which is unacceptable, and you cannot explain why you went for two.”

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Weinstein: “I think everybody would be better served just getting off the field now because that was absolutely a ridiculous thing to do to just kind of rub salt in the wounds of a game that was over.”

Fletcher: “Unless he’s gonna say well, my kicker’s struggling in this game, I didn’t want him to miss another extra point or-“

Weinstein: “You know what, if a kicker’s hurt, I would totally understand it. If Elliott’s hurt, and you just can’t literally kick the extra point, OK. But he just kicked off.”

Fletcher: “And he’s kicked extra points previously.”

The funny thing about this is Quinn wound up doing what most other coaches do and started using his timeouts as the Eagles were ready to run out the clock.

This apparently was a big hit because it was “doing things the right way.”

Weinstein: “HA! So now Dan Quinn is gonna make them run a couple more plays, so, everybody’s on the same page here. We either do this respectfully, or we don’t.”

Fletcher: “And I get it. If I’m DQ, I’m calling timeouts. I’m not just gonna let you run the clock out. As you are in that locker room and that meeting room, DQ, trust me, he is gonna talk about some of the stuff the Philadelphia Eagles have done in this ball game, and we get the opportunity to play them again in the final game of the season. And this rivalry, obviously we play them twice a year, so this is not gonna end here like we said.”

Weinstein: “That’s the other part of this. They’re playing each other in two weeks. Why would Sirianni want that to carry over when they’re heading to the playoffs?”

Fletcher: “I’m not sure.”

Paulsen: “I wonder if he’s just trying to set an edge for the team. Like this is who we are, we win by big scores, like kinda recapture some of the magic last year. You know, head into the playoffs with that kind of confidence. Because again, they had two failed tush pushes today. They were not efficient.”

Fletcher: “Yeah, couple missed field goals. Fumble.”

After the game, we saw clearly this is how the Commanders organization operates:

Nick Piccone
Nick Piccone

Nick Piccone has covered Philly sports and events for over 14 years with various outlets, including PhillyVoice and Philly Influencer. In 2015, he co-launched the Straight Shooters Wrestling Podcast. He's also a producer for Fox Sports Radio Philadelphia and the Villanova Sports Radio Network. He grew up in South Philadelphia and South Jersey, and is a graduate of Neumann University. Contact: picconenick@gmail.com

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