Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn address the media the Monday following their Christmas Day matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. Here are some of his final thoughts before the team moves on to the season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles.

*On C Tyler Biadasz and whether he will need surgery: *"Tyler had injured both his ankle and his knee so, it'll be a tough stretch for him to make it back for this game this weekend. No surgery at this time, but, you know, something that will knock him out likely for this week, but no surgeries. That's good, of where we're at, but certainly not at a level where he's got the mobility and movement just yet."

On the possibility QB Marcus Mariota playing in the final game and what the team will do if Mariota cannot play:
"Yeah we, he wasn't ready today to participate, you know, like we had a very light jog through, so it wasn't to that spot yet. So, until it gets to full speed and can really cut and stop and start, that's when we would say, so I'll have a better sense when I visit with you on Wednesday and if he's able to, you know, resume the type of movements that we had. But as it was today, it'd been a stretch to get there, but I'm hopeful as I have for a few days to see what it could look like. And if he could like really be himself, then he'd have a real shot at it. But I don't know that today. We'd lean and start with [QB] Josh [Johnson] again. And then as far as behind him, we'll just still discuss that between [QB] Sam [Hartman] and with [QB] Jeff [Driskel]. But, if Marcus couldn't, then we'd lean in with Josh again. And there was honestly a lot that I liked in the game. I know it was a short week, but the preparation of what and how we featured him I thought was the right space. And you know, like from a decision-making process, I thought, you know, Josh did a lot of things correct that I liked, so we would lean in that way again for sure. If Marcus camped."

On knowing this is the final week for the team this season:
"Yeah, because I think what I said to the guy I know behind the scenes there's a lot of unseen work that goes into it that people aren't lining up to talk about but I would say that I'm the one that does notice that of all the, the extra time on rehab, the extra time, you know, on the unseen work. So, I want to let them know that I do see that and I appreciate it. And so, there's no brotherhood quite like a football brotherhood and so into this space, their chance to, you know, go against another division team and playing for one another. I've seen a lot of that from our team. And so that's a group, you know, that I certainly love to represent. No doubt about it."

On areas the team can improve in ahead of this week:
"Yeah, and I thought we were closer on the turnover margin of going into that game against Philadelphia. We threw one interception, but we really felt that would be one of the difference makers in the game. Could we come out on the end in the plus side of the turnover margin against them. Now, I guess this has been one and three against them so far with another game to go and the turnover margin for us, that's such a big piece of it. So, that would be for me going into it, A, number one, top of the pile. Going into the game, I kind of reviewed it again, all three phases again this morning. I think the field position is going to be a big piece of this too. And I think [P] Tress [Way] has been somebody, he, [S] Percy [Butler], [S Tyler] Owens, have been ones, especially on our punt team and I thought they've made a big impact. If they can put them down inside the 15, 10-yard line and have to go the long way, that would be a big deal for us. But turnover margin defensively, always tackling. And on the offensive side, we're going to have to sustain some drives and that's going to include winning some on third down. Philadelphia doesn't give up a lot of explosives and when the opportunity's there for the four-yard catch that you can extend into five or six and get a first down, those are important plays. So, those are a few of the things that come to mind right off the bat."

On what led to S Quan Martin's snap percentage decrease against Dallas:
"Yep, there was a busted assignment that eliminated some of his reps. And so, there had been a big mistake in the game regarding coverage. And so, there were consequences to that. I'd like to also say, I love Quan and I believe in him. And that's not so unusual when a difficult play happens that you change and they have to come stand on the sideline for a moment because my belief in him is sky high. But that would've been the reason behind the less playing time in that specific moment."

On if execution in winning time moments this season has been surprising:
"Yes, that execution of nailing exactly what to do in that space. It hasn't been as much of the last play of the games. Those ones, those type of scenarios, I felt have been strong. It's the ones of third and fourth downs, some of the two-minute ops to go, there was a scenario in the game, you don't love to be down 10 points, but I was pleased with the execution of the offense. We were able to get a kick in before two minutes and 10 seconds to kick off to the other team where we essentially have four timeouts. Well, the other part of that execution is getting the stops defensively to make them kick it again. So, when I'm speaking of those third and fourth downs have a big part of that. Sometimes just when the moments of the game change when it's alright, we got the big run with Deebo and we're down inside the two- or three-yard line, we need points in that. So, those moments, yes of not being able to nail them and recognize this is that play, this is that moment that calls for the hyperfocus. To not nail those in all three phases, that's been challenging for sure and something that I'm digging in as hard as we can, but that has to be much improved for damn sure."