Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn addressed the media on Monday following the team's Week 5 34-13 win over the Cleveland Browns before turning the page to the Baltimore Ravens. Here are some highlights from his press conference.

The connection between Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin sparked the offense.

The Commanders have put together a top five offense over the past month, but they were in need of a jumpstart against the Browns. They had moved backwards 12 yards on their first five plays and faced a third-and-13 on their second drive.

It wasn't until Jayden Daniels evaded pressure and launched a 66-yard pass to Terry McLaurin that the offense looked like its usual self.

"That...was the one that really set it off," Quinn said.

From there, the Commanders put up 400-plus yards of offense for the third time in four weeks and hung 34 points on a respected Browns defense. That drive in particular ended with an interception at the goal line, but Quinn pointed out how that pass to McLaurin showed Daniels' growth. There might have been a point earlier in the season where Daniels would have run the ball himself; instead, he kept his eyes downfield and put together a much more explosive play.

Tackling has improved over the past two weeks.

There were several reasons why the defense struggled to start the season, but the number of missed tackles was one of the biggest issues for the unit. The past two weeks have been better, Quinn said, and it's not a coincidence that the defense put together its best showings against the Browns and Cardinals.

"I think on the day, we might have been at four [missed tackles]," Quinn said. "And we had been in double digits in previous games."

The improvements were evident in how little the Browns managed to move the ball in the first half. They had five three-and-outs in their first eight possessions, and the main reason they moved the ball enough to get in field goal range for their first points was because they started at Washington's 43-yard line. Washington's linebacker duo of Frankie Luvu and Bobby Wagner, who accounted for 13 total stops, were the driving force that helped the team combine for 72 tackles -- the team's highest total all season.

"The more that we're doing this, the better that tackling is becoming," Quinn said.

The defense has started to turn the corner.

The Commanders' defense as a whole has taken a noticeable turn in recent weeks. What was the 29th-ranked unit has now risen to 14th and is tied for eighth in sacks. Quinn felt like the Cardinals game was "a step in the right direction" to meeting the standard that the coaches expected from the players.

"We played better...to create some longer third downs," Quinn said. "I also really felt the energy and the speed of the players."

Quinn and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. have preached their defense being a "run and hit" scheme. The players are subscribing to that philosophy, and it's finally starting to show some results. They've improved to 14th in passing yards allowed, and while their allowed third-down conversion rate of 43.6% is still in the bottom half of the league, they're 11th in the category over the last three weeks. They've also had the fourth most sacks per game in that same span.

The next step for the defense is creating more turnovers (they only have three so far this season), but Quinn believes more will come soon.

"I do feel like those shots are now becoming more apparent," Quinn said.

Quinn had "the best seat in the house."

Quinn said it can often be considered coach speak to thank the fans for coming to games. He promised that was not the case this time, though, as he praised the Burgundy & Gold faithful for creating an atmosphere that was difficult for the Browns to play in.

Quinn loved every second of it.

"I had the best seat in the house," Quinn said. "I had a 360-degree view of all of it, and it was really cool to see."

Quinn pointed out how some of the Browns' penalties were directly related to the crowd noise on Sunday. That's what he wanted to see when he discussed a home field advantage in the days leading up to the game. The noise also provided the Commanders players with another boost of energy that they carried onto the field.

"I wasn't going to miss it," Quinn said. "I could hear them, I could feel them. I could see it."