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Speaker 1: Commander's family is the bye week, but we still got

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Speaker 1: next man up for y'all. Johnny Knew and Jermander pulls

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Speaker 1: Then we're bringing it back. We're bringing in the Washington Legend.

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Speaker 1: Chris Baker joins the show to talk about how he's

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Speaker 2: In his life. All that and more. Right now, our

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Speaker 1: Up commanded standing for our next man up. We have

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Speaker 2: Welcoming in Juramander. Johnny Knew into the building.

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Speaker 3: What's up, brother, I'm done good. Appreciate it for having.

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Speaker 4: Me, man.

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Speaker 2: I'll bring it in.

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Speaker 4: I'm happy to be with you.

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling good.

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Speaker 2: It's always good vibes talking to you.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy to think last time we said and spoke,

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Speaker 3: It's been great.

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Speaker 6: Like he like, I've been looking up to John Allen,

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Speaker 6: Man, he came right after John, but man, I was

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Speaker 3: My whole life.

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Speaker 1: To die And for Darien says something very interesting and

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Speaker 3: Man, That's that's my life. I'm passionate about it.

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Speaker 1: And it's well the timing because it seems as if

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Speaker 6: Just going out there, playing fast and physical, trying to

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Speaker 6: You know, I don't like I like I always said,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if is a better place to be

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Speaker 1: when you talk about learning in this place, Daryl Tap,

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Speaker 1: Shari Floyd Rka, talk about energy. Man, those guys have

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Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure, Like you said, coaching at a high level.

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Speaker 6: They bring that energy every day. Man, we break it

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Speaker 6: I don't been in my whole life. Just how we

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Speaker 6: So that's what we're working towards every single day.

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Speaker 2: Have you experienced the brotherhood like this before?

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Speaker 6: Man, Illinois was all about family, you know, and it

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Speaker 6: how I feel. You know, I got them uncles that's

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Speaker 6: I feel every single day, just like a great time.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Johnny Man, I'm so glad you're having a great time.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: It's been so great watching you progress through this rookie year. Man,

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Speaker 1: I know you're gonna only do great things and for

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Speaker 1: I'll let you go. Maybe we got the bye week

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Speaker 1: five weeks here, man, how are you feeling it? Are

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 2: Because this is a very late bye week for NFL.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Man, I like playing football, Like I'm still young.

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Speaker 6: I could get groovy, man, So I like bacon, egg

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Speaker 6: and cheesing people. So I mean the bye week, yeah,

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Speaker 6: it's go feel good for our bodies. But I can't

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Speaker 6: get back. I can't wait to get back to playing football.

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Speaker 6: But Barbie Week definitely need it. You know, everybody needs

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Speaker 6: be with the family. But I can't wait to beckon

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Speaker 6: ake and gee somebody.

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir man, it's all about the bacon, egg and cheese.

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Speaker 1: We love that, Johnny, Thank you so much for your time.

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Speaker 4: Brother.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate you. Man. Enjoy your bye week. Man, get

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Speaker 2: so much. You need to rest cause you deserve it.

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Speaker 1: Man, command this family, our next man up, you're mander,

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Speaker 1: Johnny do mister bacon.

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Speaker 3: Egg and cheese.

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Speaker 1: Command this family for our next man. That we have

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Speaker 1: a very very special Washington legend joining us.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: I'm just so happy this brother gets to be here

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: Let me shout out our defensive lineman, Chris Bacer.

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Speaker 4: Brother, how you doing Chris great? Great?

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir man.

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Speaker 1: Even hard to even do that intro, Man, because I

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Speaker 1: know how much you've been through and for me, I've

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Speaker 1: it just makes me really happy.

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Speaker 4: Man. Welcome on the show, brother Man.

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Speaker 5: I appreciate it. Man, It's been a real blessing. You know,

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Speaker 5: I'm here for a reason. What reason I don't know,

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Speaker 5: Thank God, I don't look like what I've been through,

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Speaker 5: So I just think that he's, you know, keeping his

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Speaker 4: Amen.

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Speaker 1: And that's a great perspective to have, because again, you

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Speaker 1: And it's also a shane that you know, you are

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for taking that time. So let's

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Speaker 1: just really dive into that because again, I know I

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Speaker 4: So do you know what causes a stroke? Initially?

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Speaker 2: Do you know what happened? It happened back in twenty

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Speaker 5: Uh, yeah, I'm not sure. It could have been stress,

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Speaker 4: And a lot of people would they have away because.

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Speaker 5: I was thirty five years old I had a stroke,

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Speaker 5: and I'm like, what, I'm still trying to figure out

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Speaker 4: So it's like, what do you mean, I'm having a stroke?

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Speaker 2: That's wowd Man Exuce.

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Speaker 1: I mean a lot of people like from a stroke,

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Speaker 2: Have you did? Did anything change for you after that stroke?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 4: Yo, It was.

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Speaker 5: Crazy because when I had the stroke, I was so

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Speaker 5: I was really moving around and They're trying to like

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Speaker 5: but I'm like, yo, I'm a football player.

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Speaker 4: I'm good leave me alone. I'm not old.

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Speaker 5: I'm not an eighty year old man. But they had

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Speaker 4: So I always felt like I was good.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, am I checking out so I could go

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Speaker 5: help with my dad plowers snow that we have a

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Speaker 5: They're like, yo, You're gonna be here for a while.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, what what are you talking about? I'm about

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Speaker 1: But again a blessing, a blessing that you were able

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Speaker 1: when something like that happens, how.

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00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,760
Speaker 2: Does that affect your life to this day?

445
00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,720
Speaker 1: I'm sure probably change your perspective on everything almost definitely.

446
00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,080
Speaker 5: I mean, you go from being what you feel like

447
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,639
Speaker 5: it's super healthy to overnight having a stroke and just

448
00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:48,560
Speaker 5: shine and recovery.

449
00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:50,959
Speaker 4: You know, it puts things into perspectives.

450
00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,119
Speaker 5: But I just think, God, nothing really happened to me

451
00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,480
Speaker 5: where it really put me down.

452
00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,560
Speaker 4: I was still the normal Chris. I just I just

453
00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:58,159
Speaker 4: had a stroke.

454
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,000
Speaker 2: What were you doing when it happened.

455
00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,159
Speaker 5: I was just sitting at the house, just chilling, and

456
00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,200
Speaker 5: then I slipped and fell, and I couldn't figure out

457
00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,760
Speaker 5: how I felt. But after I replayed everything, I had

458
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,199
Speaker 5: this stroke in my left side probably went numb. So

459
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,399
Speaker 5: when I went to go take a step, I just fell.

460
00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,920
Speaker 5: I couldn't figure out how I just fell. But now

461
00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,560
Speaker 5: that I know I had a stroke. When I tended

462
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,000
Speaker 5: to take a step, when I went to go step

463
00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,040
Speaker 5: on my left side, my foot just gave out. So

464
00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,680
Speaker 5: I fell on the ground. And so I'm just laying

465
00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,080
Speaker 5: there and no one was home that I was staying

466
00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,120
Speaker 5: with my friend at the time. She comes home from

467
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,159
Speaker 5: being out with her friends and I'm just sitting on

468
00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,600
Speaker 5: the couch looking for help because my phone was on

469
00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,639
Speaker 5: the left side. It was on my left side. So

470
00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,280
Speaker 5: she's calling me from being out with her friend. She

471
00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,960
Speaker 5: callsed me three times and I don't answer, so she

472
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,919
Speaker 5: wound up just coming home. When she comes home, I'm

473
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,960
Speaker 5: laying on the ground. I'm like, yo, I got a pee,

474
00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,359
Speaker 5: I got a peek. He help me get up with peek? Now,

475
00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,119
Speaker 5: mind you, I'm probably like three ten, three fifteen at

476
00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,480
Speaker 5: the time, and I'm like, help me get up, and

477
00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,040
Speaker 5: she's trying to help me get off the ground so

478
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,679
Speaker 5: i can go peek. But obviously i'm dead wade at

479
00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,480
Speaker 5: that time, so she can't. I'm not budgeting. So she

480
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,120
Speaker 5: was like, well, I'm about to call nine one one.

481
00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,200
Speaker 5: I'm cussing around, like what the hell are you doing?

482
00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,240
Speaker 5: Like I'm straight to help me get up to peek.

483
00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,200
Speaker 5: And then when she caught the ambulance or nine one one,

484
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,679
Speaker 5: they said, tells him to look at you and smile.

485
00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,960
Speaker 5: And when I smile on my left side of the

486
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,600
Speaker 5: face wasn't moving. It was like, yo, he's having a stroke.

487
00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,159
Speaker 5: But I'm talking to her like everything is normal. I'm like, bro,

488
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:26,880
Speaker 5: just got a peek.

489
00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,400
Speaker 2: How long were you laying there before she got there?

490
00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,520
Speaker 4: Like thirty maybe like thirty to forty minutes. I was

491
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:36,080
Speaker 4: just chilling.

492
00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,560
Speaker 5: I'm not thinking nothing's wrong, even as I'm having or

493
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,320
Speaker 5: the stroke that is going on I still don't think

494
00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:42,880
Speaker 5: nothing's wrong.

495
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,040
Speaker 4: I'm like, yo, I got a peek.

496
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:46,240
Speaker 2: That's all you could think about.

497
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,840
Speaker 1: So even though you're laying on the ground, you could

498
00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,400
Speaker 1: feel that you can't move your body A registering.

499
00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,960
Speaker 5: I didn't know what to think because my left side

500
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,040
Speaker 5: was numb. And then I was trying to like get

501
00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,399
Speaker 5: up off the ground, but I could not move on

502
00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,720
Speaker 5: my left side right. But I couldn't figure out, like

503
00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:04,920
Speaker 5: what is wrong? I don't know what's wrong. But something's wrong,

504
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,159
Speaker 5: But I don't know what's wrong. I'm like, how did

505
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,879
Speaker 5: that fall? And why can't I get up? I couldn't

506
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,040
Speaker 5: figure out why I couldn't, like, we'll go to the

507
00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:13,840
Speaker 5: left side of whither to the right side and just

508
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,320
Speaker 5: get all the way up. But my whole left side

509
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,560
Speaker 5: must have went numb. But I didn't know. I'm just

510
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 5: thinking I slept wrong or took a nap wrong, and

511
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,280
Speaker 5: my fucking arms just sleep. Yeah you know what I mean.

512
00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,760
Speaker 5: So the fire people came, I remember everything. They came

513
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,040
Speaker 5: and got me up, and all I kept telling was yok, yeah,

514
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:38,520
Speaker 5: put me down, so like a pete. Then we get

515
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,080
Speaker 5: into the ambulance and they're asking questions about my date

516
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:46,000
Speaker 5: of birth and and name and addressing all this stuff.

517
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,840
Speaker 5: So my friend at the time, Shakiri, she was giving

518
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,399
Speaker 5: all information. She said, he's thirty four. I'm like, no,

519
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,960
Speaker 5: I'm thirty five. Like I was that conscious, you.

520
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:55,360
Speaker 4: Know what I mean.

521
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,679
Speaker 5: And then next thing you know, I went to the

522
00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,800
Speaker 5: hospital and they knocked me out and then went through

523
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 5: my bring and cut the stroke on my brain and

524
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:03,680
Speaker 5: I was bad too.

525
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,720
Speaker 1: Wow, man, well, thank good as she was able to

526
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,120
Speaker 1: come and you weren't laying there any longer. It's while

527
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,879
Speaker 1: to think about the things that go through our heads

528
00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,399
Speaker 1: during travesy. So I'm sure your friend seeing you was

529
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 1: probably freaking out and realized how big a deal it was.

530
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,400
Speaker 2: With you being in it.

531
00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,400
Speaker 1: Being this big strong man, you probably are just like, man,

532
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,960
Speaker 1: I'm fine, Like I'll be able to shake this off.

533
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 4: So it was.

534
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 5: But it was like a lot of people who have strokes,

535
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 5: you could tell that they had a stroke, But with me,

536
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,880
Speaker 5: I would have to tell you I had the choking

537
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,200
Speaker 5: order for you to know I had a stroke.

538
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 1: Well for sure, because even just talking to you right now,

539
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,359
Speaker 1: the way you're talking everything, she's very normal. Again, I

540
00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:36,840
Speaker 1: have you know, family members who have dealt with strokes

541
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:38,960
Speaker 1: and they were never the same again the way it

542
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,359
Speaker 1: impacted them. Man, So again a huge blessing, thank you

543
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 1: for sharing that cause I think, like, you know, that's

544
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: something I know fans wondered. You know, when you hear

545
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,119
Speaker 1: news like that and you hear one of your favorite

546
00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,800
Speaker 1: players go through something, they.

547
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,160
Speaker 5: So much of a deeper conversation. But I don't get

548
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,440
Speaker 5: really emotional about it because YO, like.

549
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,840
Speaker 2: Ah, it's okay, man, that's what this is about.

550
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,080
Speaker 4: Man.

551
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 1: You got to you gotta be able to get that

552
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,000
Speaker 1: stuff out because it's it's a traumatic thing you went through, man,

553
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:04,639
Speaker 1: and you know.

554
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,240
Speaker 4: To talk about that's hard. Bro.

555
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 5: It's like, how do I go from being an NFL

556
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:17,520
Speaker 5: athlete a good dad to being a stroke patient?

557
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:18,040
Speaker 4: You know what I mean?

558
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,880
Speaker 5: That's difficult, you know for sure, But I thank god

559
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 5: I've been able to really recover and not really get

560
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,320
Speaker 5: into the slumps of really having a stroke, you know.

561
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,679
Speaker 5: But at the same time, it still had health issues

562
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,160
Speaker 5: to the like outside of the stroke. I had got

563
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,119
Speaker 5: not to put all my business on there, but I

564
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,760
Speaker 5: had got diagnosed with and just the part tell you

565
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,879
Speaker 5: so that on top of the stroke, it was like,

566
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 5: what's going on?

567
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,919
Speaker 4: Like how I'm an NFL player, I'm going through all

568
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 4: these self issues.

569
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 5: I thought retirement was supposed to be fun, and since

570
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 5: I retired, I've been sick, you know, so it's been rough.

571
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 5: On top of that, you're trying to be a dad

572
00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,199
Speaker 5: and then you have health issues. So it just in

573
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,159
Speaker 5: case everything. You know, it's like everything's hitting me like

574
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 5: back to back back, you know, so that it's been

575
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 5: rough in the roast couple of years.

576
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,960
Speaker 1: Chris Man, I appreciate you sharing that, and just just know, man,

577
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,919
Speaker 1: no matter what sicknesses you've been through, the things you're

578
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 1: going through, those things don't change. You're still an NFL player,

579
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,320
Speaker 1: You're still an NFL legend, You're still beloved by everybody

580
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,920
Speaker 1: that rocks that burgundy and gold, and you're still a father.

581
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 1: You're still loved by your kids, you're still loved by

582
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: your family, and you're needed and appreciated by so many people.

583
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: So hope you remember that, man, that even though you're

584
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,679
Speaker 1: going through these hard times and these ebbs and flows

585
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: of life, just know it doesn't change the man that

586
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 1: you are.

587
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,920
Speaker 2: And again you said it to start this because the.

588
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 1: Reason you made it through because we could be talking

589
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: about you and not with you, you know what I mean.

590
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 1: So like the fact that we're even talking to you

591
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 1: right now and you're able to have this testimony and

592
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: you're able to cry and wipe the tears out your eyes,

593
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,679
Speaker 1: that alone is a blessing. And just remember, man, like

594
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: it doesn't change who you are. You are still an

595
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,560
Speaker 1: NFL player, and that's why you know what I'm saying,

596
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 1: You're You're able to have these conversations with you still

597
00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: gotta let them in jacket on, not because you bought it,

598
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,520
Speaker 1: because you earned it, you know what I mean. And

599
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 1: nothing can change that, brother. So I just want you

600
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 1: to know.

601
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 4: That appreciate it, man, Appreciate it, yes, sir man. And

602
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 4: so you know what thank you for about.

603
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 5: Coming back home to Washington, Man, that's home for me.

604
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 5: Man there I can't explain to other people. You just

605
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 5: got to be there and be with me to understand

606
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 5: the true love that the Washington fans get me into

607
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:20,959
Speaker 5: what I have for them.

608
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: And that's why talking to y'all to a point where

609
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: I've loved this season of Next Man Up is because

610
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 1: I've gotten to really talk to the legends and sitting

611
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,200
Speaker 1: here for you guys and all y'all said the same things.

612
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 1: Even though you're from Connecticut, all these other legends are

613
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,200
Speaker 1: from different places. This ends up becoming home, and it's

614
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: because of the way the fan base loves you guys,

615
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 1: and rides for y'all.

616
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 2: Supports for y'all. So man, let's get into some football.

617
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 1: Man, Let's start in the beginning, because you had an

618
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,440
Speaker 1: interesting journey before you got to the Burgundy and Gold.

619
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 1: You you were on a couple teams and it didn't

620
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 1: really work, it didn't actually see the field.

621
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,840
Speaker 2: But then you get to the Burgundy and Gold and

622
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 2: you find a home.

623
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,159
Speaker 1: Talk to us about that part those first few years

624
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 1: in the NFL when you're trying to figure it out

625
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,679
Speaker 1: and you know, make a name for yourself in this league.

626
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,080
Speaker 4: Well, I drafted free agent.

627
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 5: So I always felt like that stacked up against me

628
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 5: because I was looking at guys who were drafted in

629
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 5: the first round, second round, third round getting all these chances.

630
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 5: But I couldn't figure out, Yo, why am I not

631
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,000
Speaker 5: getting a chance. I know I'm better than them. If

632
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 5: you put me on film, you put my film against

633
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 5: their film.

634
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 4: We're doing good. I'm doing just as good as them.

635
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 5: But their first found and so they're gonna get a shot,

636
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,159
Speaker 5: but me, I never got a shot. So I was

637
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,320
Speaker 5: just a guy that always made the team. They never

638
00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 5: played me. So like my rookie year, I was an

639
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 5: undrafted free agent and never I was on an active

640
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,359
Speaker 5: roster the whole roster the whole year, but I only

641
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 5: played in one game and then I get released. The

642
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 5: next year, I go to Miamia pretty much the same situation.

643
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,080
Speaker 5: I'm undrafted, I make the team on practice squad, did

644
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 5: not make the team that I played on one game.

645
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:01,119
Speaker 5: Then the NFL lockout havings and I have shut And

646
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,880
Speaker 5: while I'm recovering from my surgery, I happened to be

647
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 5: watching the preseason game and it's when Washington was playing

648
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 5: Baltimore in the preseason and Jarvis Jenkins had just got hurt.

649
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 5: So I called my agent, like, hey, Jarvis just hurt.

650
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 5: Defensivelignment from Washington just got hurt. So he called Washington.

651
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 5: I was there in the morning for a workout. When

652
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 5: I worked out for the team in Washington. That was

653
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 5: my first time working out on grass from when I

654
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 5: had my first THOAP surgery. So I went there on

655
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 5: a humbug, like Lord, just let me, make it through

656
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 5: this workout, please, And I made it through the workout

657
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 5: without my knee swelling or anything any complications, So it

658
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 5: was great. I made the practice squad, but I knew

659
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 5: for myself practice squad wasn't for me. I'm Chris Baker,

660
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,160
Speaker 5: I'm somebody I feel like I could make this roster.

661
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,719
Speaker 5: Just give me a chance, and I'm I'm gonna take

662
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 5: it from there. So I was working every week just

663
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 5: kicking those guy but in practice. And me, I didn't

664
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 5: understand because I was a young guy who's never played

665
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 5: through a season, so I didn't understand what your body

666
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,439
Speaker 5: actually go through as an NFL veteran. So as a

667
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 5: young guy who hasn't played, I'm juiced up ready to

668
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 5: kick ass in practice, and guys who played six, seven,

669
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 5: eight years, they're like, bro chill out. I just played

670
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 5: the game a couple of days ago, but I'm trying

671
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 5: to play, so I didn't care. Like the only way

672
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 5: I'm going to be able to feel like you or

673
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,120
Speaker 5: be able to play is that they's going to see

674
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 5: me in practice. So I had to be a dog

675
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 5: in practice. That's what people don't understand is the game

676
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 5: is played in practice once you do it in practice,

677
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 5: the game becomes second nature. But if you practice the

678
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,439
Speaker 5: right way, the game become easy. But you have to

679
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 5: learn that as a professional.

680
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: And when you're going through this time right because again

681
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: you're undrafted, so there's nothing promised at all to somebody

682
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 1: like you coming on to this here today, had gone

683
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 1: tomorrow what they said nfls would not full on, especially

684
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 1: for undrafted guys.

685
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 5: Who came in for the week and then was out,

686
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,440
Speaker 5: then came back and then was going. It's like some

687
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 5: guys been on six teams in one year, and it's like,

688
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 5: bro how and I was always fortunate enough to get

689
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 5: on the team and lock in.

690
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 4: It's like they always kept me.

691
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 5: I found a way to stick and then I finally

692
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 5: get an opportunity. I'm in Shanahan his office every week,

693
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,879
Speaker 5: like coach, is my doing enough to get activated?

694
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 4: And my doing enough for my doing enough?

695
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 5: To the point where my defensive line coach at the

696
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 5: time was Jacob Birdie. He said, Baker, leave shannonhan alone.

697
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 5: He watches everything in practice. When she's ready to put

698
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 5: you in, he's gonna put you in, but leave him

699
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,960
Speaker 5: alone because you're gonna piss him off. And when you

700
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 5: getting his dog huss no getting out, you know what

701
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 5: I mean. So I was like, all right, I'm not

702
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 5: gonna say to him, leave him alone. Let my practice

703
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 5: film speak for itself. So I can see to come

704
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 5: to work every day working my butt off, and I

705
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 5: finally get an opportunity. I guess there and I'm from Connecticut,

706
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 5: so I have made a big Facebook post. I'm super happy.

707
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 5: And then at the time, we didn't have a bubble.

708
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 5: So when it rained, now he had X me, we'll

709
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 5: go to the gym. So we go to the gym

710
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 5: and Marcus White is over there doing windmills and three

711
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 5: sixty dunkins. So I was a basketball player in my

712
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 5: whole life, so I'm like, man, let me show them

713
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 5: I can still jump. I go to try and jump.

714
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 5: I tear my quad. This is the day after I

715
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 5: got activated, so I'm I'm panicking. I'm an undrafted free agent.

716
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 5: I finally got activated to the roster. I tear my

717
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 5: quad the next day. But then I'm I'm nervous because

718
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 5: technically hurt myself not playing football, but it was before

719
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 5: practice technically, so I'm like, yo, they gonna cut me,

720
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 5: and they're gonna not give me no money, Like, what's

721
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 5: gonna happen. So some of the other guys are laughing

722
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 5: because it was funny because I hurt myself jumping. But

723
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 5: to me, I'm like, bro, shut the hell up.

724
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 4: Bro.

725
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 5: I hurt myself preparing for I didn't hurt myself trying

726
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 5: to dunk a basketball. I was nervous, bro. But once

727
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 5: I got hurt and I recovered that next year in camp,

728
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 5: I never looked back. I was battling with with Chris

729
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 5: Neil for the backup position for Barry Coolefield, but he

730
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 5: wound up tend his acl But that year I finally

731
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 5: got a shot to play, and nobody was taking my

732
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 5: position from that point on.

733
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 4: And that's what happened.

734
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 2: To even get to that point.

735
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: From everything you're talking about, you're dealing with, man, the

736
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: mental fortitude it takes to just keep going, because there

737
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: had to been times during that time when you were like, Man,

738
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: should I just call it quick? Should I just not

739
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 1: do this no more quick?

740
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 5: Because outside of being in college, that was my first

741
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 5: time not being the guy. I've been the guy my

742
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 5: whole life until I went to Penn State. Now, the

743
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 5: first time someone was able to dominate me I've been

744
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 5: to dominate person my whole life, and so to get

745
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 5: into the league where I feel like, yo, I'm nice,

746
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 5: I could do this, and to not play, I'm like, bro,

747
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 5: I'm not no scrub. How am I not playing? But

748
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 5: then when every time I would get a shot to play,

749
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 5: they were like, Yo, this kid bakery, that's pretty nice.

750
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 5: So I'm like, well, keep me in the goddamn game.

751
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 2: Was it hard not to quit on yourself during that time?

752
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 3: Man?

753
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 4: Nah?

754
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 5: I always believed in myself. I just knew I needed

755
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 5: a shot, I said. I always to say, as soon

756
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 5: as that let me play, I'll be okay. And every

757
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 5: time they kept letting me play more and more and more,

758
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 5: it was like, Yo, we got to leave this kid

759
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 5: in there.

760
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: Where does that belief and self come from? Especially such

761
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 1: a young guy? Man, Where did that belief itself come from?

762
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 5: I had a really good supportive team growing up, like

763
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 5: my parents. They always yo, was there for me and

764
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 5: supported me throughout my whole childhood and sports. Then they always,

765
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 5: you know, just told me to believe in myself. And

766
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 5: I grew up very confident. And where I'm from, it's

767
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 5: either you're gonna be confident or you're gonna be in punk,

768
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 5: So I wanted no punk. So I always you know

769
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 5: how it was not to talk stuff and back my

770
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 5: stuff up.

771
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: So what was it about being in the Burgundy and

772
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: Goal when you finally got here and you got settled?

773
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 4: What about being here worked for Chris Baker?

774
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 5: I finally got an opportunity and then I just had

775
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 5: veterans that I could actually learn from. And once I

776
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 5: got my shot, just took it and ringing. It was nothing.

777
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 5: I didn't do anything different from where I was on

778
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 5: other teams. I just finally got a chance to play consistently.

779
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 5: And once I got a chance to play, they finally

780
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 5: paid me. It was like, Yo, we're not gonna let

781
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 5: this guy go.

782
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: And then you get to spend years here man. Pretty

783
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 1: much you whole career here with Washington. And when you

784
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,959
Speaker 1: look back on those days man and you're playing, and

785
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: what are some of the memories that stick out to

786
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 1: you the most, that are like your favorite when you

787
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: think about playing for Washington.

788
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 5: One is the fight with Philadelphia's You're gonna say that,

789
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 5: I mean that hit kind of like if you didn't

790
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 5: watch football, you didn't know anything about football, and you

791
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 5: didn't know who Chris Baker was? After that hit, you

792
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 5: knew who Chris Baker was because they've played that as

793
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 5: the main story on ESPN for about a month straight.

794
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 5: So even if you didn't know anything about football, you

795
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 5: just watched sports in it, and I'm like, who is

796
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 5: Chris Baker?

797
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 4: What happened in that fight?

798
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 5: I just got my my what do you call it

799
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 5: when people notice it or whatever? My note writing became

800
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 5: through the roof after that game, and then that season

801
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 5: I happened to have one of my best seasons that

802
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 5: I've ever had in the league.

803
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 4: So it's just.

804
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: Sometimes you need that. Sometimes you need that energy around you.

805
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: For those of y'all that don't know what he's talking about.

806
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was Nick Foles

807
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: and you.

808
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 4: Broke his jaw. Is that what happened? Huh? It?

809
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 2: It was Nick Foles and you broke his jaws?

810
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 4: That what happened. I didn't break his jaw.

811
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 5: I just hit him hard, and then me and Jason

812
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 5: Peters got the fighting and the whole team started fighting.

813
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: Take us back there, man, tell us what went down

814
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: from your perspective, from start to finish.

815
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 2: Man, give us the story all right.

816
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 5: So I felt like I almost got a sacked on

817
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 5: that play. So I get up, I see Threelan has

818
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 5: an interception. I see him returning the ball to me right,

819
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 5: and then I see Nick Foles taking like three steps

820
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,880
Speaker 5: towards him. And from the time he ever started playing football,

821
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 5: they always said get the closest man to you. So

822
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,359
Speaker 5: when I get off the ground, the closest man to

823
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 5: me was Nick Fos. He was attempting to run as

824
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,320
Speaker 5: if he was about to tackle Brilliant. If Brilliant breaks

825
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 5: through that tackle, the next person that tackled him is

826
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 5: Nick Fos.

827
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 4: Like he had to go you know what I mean.

828
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 5: And like they always say, even backyard football, the thing

829
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 5: is always keep your head on the swivel. He was

830
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,919
Speaker 5: lacking and I caught him lacky.

831
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 2: Bet he learned after that.

832
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 5: Yo, I said, said, from that point for it, I

833
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 5: bet he never ran his ass to another interception. He

834
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 5: probably say I hope somebody trip me.

835
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,479
Speaker 1: I think that was a message to all quarterbacks around

836
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 1: the league. If you're gonna get involved.

837
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 5: In and really, do you see them actually chasing, they

838
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 5: gonna They're gonna look to the side and like, hey,

839
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 5: I'll try next time.

840
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: Now fans will ask and be like, why didn't the

841
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: quarterback do more to get the tack on all that.

842
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 2: That's the reason why, because it could be very dangerous.

843
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 4: For you like me waiting for him. Come on, if you.

844
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: Want to now that you're trying to back end, like

845
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: now that you're done with you know, the NFL, have

846
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: you had any conversations with folks from Philly about that

847
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: moment at all?

848
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 2: Have you been able to talk to anybody involved in that.

849
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 5: Nothing more than trolling people on Instagram with Twitter? Well,

850
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 5: I don't mind it, you know, but it's fun. But

851
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,359
Speaker 5: you know, Philly, those fans are freaking crazy. That makes

852
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 5: you kind of want to act crazy like bro, I

853
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 5: am a person on talking to me like I'm some

854
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 5: little punk like bro.

855
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 1: So then you have this career in Washington, but you

856
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: also go through your trials and try relations. So I

857
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 1: have to ask you, Chris, do you feel you were

858
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 1: able to leave it all on the field or do

859
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: you feel like you still have some more to give

860
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: to the game Because you said it before your show

861
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: you were even contemplating do I make a comeback?

862
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 2: Where are you at now with that?

863
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 4: Yeah?

864
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 5: I'm completely good with my career. I wish I could

865
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 5: have done things better, or I wish I could have

866
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 5: like had like that dominant person in my position and

867
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 5: I could really learn from I never had like for instance,

868
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 5: like when I went to like Tampa Bay, it was

869
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 5: Gerald McCoy. Jero McClay was all pro. He'd probably be

870
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 5: a Hall of Famer, but he had a hell of

871
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 5: a work ethic something that I've never been able to

872
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 5: see in my life for someone to like like, I've

873
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 5: never seen someone work as hard as Gerald point in

874
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 5: my life.

875
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 4: And this is at the end of history.

876
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 5: So I can only imagine if I had someone like

877
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 5: that to look up to and model, I don't know

878
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 5: how my career may have ended up. I was just

879
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 5: good off natural. I worked hard. I worked hard enough

880
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 5: to be in shape, but I didn't do more than

881
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 5: than enough, you know what I mean. You look at

882
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 5: players who are who are really on the cups of

883
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 5: greatness or or is great depending on who you talk to. Yeah,

884
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 5: great in his own way, Like I like Jerald McCoy,

885
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 5: but he has a work ethic that has never seen

886
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 5: in my life.

887
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 4: But if I was able to.

888
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 5: See that and was like, yo, this is Tom supposed

889
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 5: to prepare for the upcoming season, and every single day

890
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 5: my career could have been way different.

891
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 4: I was.

892
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 5: I had a good career, but I could have had

893
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 5: a great career if I actually worked the way I

894
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 5: Hall of Famous work.

895
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 4: If that makes sense, No, for sure, definitely does. Man.

896
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: And when you think about those advices that you got

897
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,359
Speaker 1: for maybe a Jerald McCarey, other guys, or even while

898
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 1: you were here, what is the advice that sticks out

899
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,319
Speaker 1: to you that you would share, Because if you look

900
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,840
Speaker 1: at our defensive line right now.

901
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 4: A lot of young guys.

902
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: We got a guy in Johnny Newton, very very young,

903
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: dealt with some injuries early. Now starting to get that

904
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,800
Speaker 1: opportunity that you talked about, Man, what was that advice

905
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 1: you would share to these young guys that you got

906
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: during your time.

907
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 4: Just enjoying a moment, cherish the moment and leave it

908
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 4: all online.

909
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 5: You don't know when your last snap is going to happen,

910
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 5: when your last year is going to be it last year,

911
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,439
Speaker 5: So just lay it all online when you're done. Don't

912
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 5: have any regrets that say I wish I could have

913
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 5: I wish I did this down of a third. Just

914
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,240
Speaker 5: give it all you got because like the NFL stand

915
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 5: for not for long, so you could be in there

916
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 5: for two years, three years, it could be eight nine.

917
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 4: Just never know. You just praying and hope for the best.

918
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: And now you get to watch the Burgundy and Gold

919
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 1: kind of rejuvenate this fan base, rejuvenate the city.

920
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 2: You know, there's there's hope again. There's great things happening.

921
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: Man, when you watch this team and what do you

922
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 1: see on the field that makes you happy about the

923
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 1: future of the Washington Commanders.

924
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 5: I'm just happy we win and I get to talk

925
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 5: stuff to my cowboy fans. But now I can't talk

926
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 5: after this weekend.

927
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, you got to cut a pause for a little

928
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 2: bit now.

929
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 5: But I'm just happy I get to finally talk junk

930
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 5: and could hold my can hold myself in a good

931
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 5: conversation and say, hey, we nice. It feels good and

932
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 5: we haven't really beden even say that since like the

933
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 5: Kirk Cousins in r G three days. You know, but

934
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 5: that energy is back in the city and it feels good.

935
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 5: I can't really explain to people we had just like

936
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 5: won the division and made it to the playoffs, and

937
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 5: our whole state, our whole parking lot, after the game

938
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 5: was packed with fans from Ashburn stay in the room.

939
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,959
Speaker 5: It was it was like, we just won the super

940
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 5: Bowl and all we did was made it to the playoffs.

941
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 4: So if we actually.

942
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 5: Start winning, the the way that this uh, the way

943
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,959
Speaker 5: that Ashburn or Virginia, Maryland DC, the way they're gonna

944
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 5: get behind this team is going to be crazy. I

945
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 5: can't imagine, because like if we if we really start winning,

946
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 5: I can only imagine how crazy it'll be. We made

947
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 5: it to the playoffs. We just made it to the playoffs.

948
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 5: We didn't win a game with nothing. We just made it.

949
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 5: And that it was. It was like we walked. We

950
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 5: just won the super Bowl. But that's what this town

951
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 5: has been waiting for. Now it got the juice. So

952
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 5: it's this is back.

953
00:39:58,760 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 2: And that's a testment to this fan.

954
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 4: Man.

955
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: That shows what this fan base is willing to do

956
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: for their commanders. And you've been to a couple different teams,

957
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 1: have you ever seen a fan base like what Washington

958
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: has here?

959
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 5: I think the teams that I've played for the closest

960
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 5: thing that I would say would probably be the Denver Broncos.

961
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 5: They have a really good fan base. But I wasn't

962
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 5: there long enough to really like feel the love. But

963
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 5: in Washington, I loved it, but I was there for

964
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 5: a while to really feel the love. But Denver is

965
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 5: a great football town. I love it out there, And.

966
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: You mentioned earlier out in Connecticut, But you come back

967
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: here a lot. What do you get when you come

968
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,400
Speaker 1: back out here, when you come back to Northwest Stadium,

969
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: when you're around these fans, man, what is that reception

970
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: like for you?

971
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 5: Bro?

972
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 4: I get in love, man, and I love it.

973
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,320
Speaker 5: Bro. I literally have started conversation with anybody just so

974
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,760
Speaker 5: they could talk football, because I just love being around

975
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 5: people who love football and just to be accepted. No

976
00:40:56,239 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 5: matter anywhere I go, everyone always has something great to say,

977
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 5: and they're willing to take a picture. I'm willing to

978
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 5: sign autographs. Like when I was younger, my role model

979
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 5: was Marcus Campy and he was from Hertford. He used

980
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 5: to always come around with his NBA friends. I remember

981
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 5: being a little kid and asking him for an autograph,

982
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 5: and he always signed whatever I wanted, gave us sneakers

983
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 5: and everything. So I always told myself, you know, if

984
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 5: I ever become famous or a famous NBA player or

985
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,839
Speaker 5: NFL player, if someone asks me for an autograph, I'm

986
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 5: always going to give it to him, and I kept

987
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 5: that promise for the most part. If you ask for

988
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 5: a picture or autograph, I'm going to give it to

989
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 5: you and I'm gonna have a conversation with you.

990
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 4: That's just how I am.

991
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 5: I like to love because you know, football has kind

992
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 5: of been born since you stopped playing football. Son, Someone's

993
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 5: actually interested in you and know who you are. Great,

994
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 5: let's talk. Let's talk football all day.

995
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: So Chris, man, now that you're you know you've gone

996
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: through what you went through in twenty twenty three. Now

997
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: you are here, man, tell us what you've been doing.

998
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: What is Chris Baker up to these days?

999
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 4: Man?

1000
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 5: I'm just getting my life back together and just getting

1001
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 5: healthy one day at the time and really trying to

1002
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 5: get my focus back on my foundation because that's kind

1003
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 5: of my purpose.

1004
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 4: None of that football is over.

1005
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 5: I could really dive into my foundation and really help

1006
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 5: kids and this next generation become better than what I

1007
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:19,760
Speaker 5: and what I've been, because my whole thing is how

1008
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 5: great could I have been if I had someone like

1009
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,320
Speaker 5: me in my life? And now I make myself accessible

1010
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 5: to all the kids from my neighborhood from my high school.

1011
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 5: I want to have these talks with them, and I

1012
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 5: make myself available to them so they understand what I

1013
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 5: went through in college, how I made it as a pro,

1014
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,240
Speaker 5: what it actually take to outside of football and workhoffs.

1015
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,799
Speaker 5: I want to be a mentor to young men, and

1016
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 5: I feel like that's my purpose. So but my foundation.

1017
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 5: That's why I'm trying to really get my foundation back

1018
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 5: running so I could be purposeful to young men.

1019
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 2: What's the name of a foundation?

1020
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 4: Chris Baker ninety two Foundation, Chris.

1021
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 2: Baker ninety two Foundation.

1022
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: Commandags, Fans, y'all make sure y'all support and show love

1023
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: anyway Chris needs and Chris, how can fan and help

1024
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: and support you through this part of your journey?

1025
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:03,919
Speaker 4: Man?

1026
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 5: Just show up and support anytime I have some type

1027
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 5: of events or things like like, for instance, I'm going

1028
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 5: to get everything back organizing stuff, but I got to

1029
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 5: come down for Santina in any nine ways. I want

1030
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 5: to have my presence like that in DC and in Connecticut.

1031
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 5: But yeah, so once I start having my events, show

1032
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:26,320
Speaker 5: some support. Go ahead, Swaggy about a million dollars in

1033
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 5: foundation money.

1034
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 1: I'm glad you mentioned that because That's why I wanted

1035
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: to end the interview. Man, I saw the nickname swaggy.

1036
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 1: Where does that come from?

1037
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 4: Man?

1038
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:38,280
Speaker 2: How did you get that nickname?

1039
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,920
Speaker 5: Yo? I had a good friend name John Walker, and

1040
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 5: we happen to be playing PlayStation one night and we

1041
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 5: was wrapping having the freestyle battles. He kept saying swaggy,

1042
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:52,759
Speaker 5: this swaggy that. It was so funny to me at

1043
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 5: the time. So I go to the locker room and

1044
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:59,879
Speaker 5: I start saying I started calling myself swaggy, and next

1045
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 5: you know, a reporter I had a good game and

1046
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 5: appreciation and the gain, and the reporter said, the name

1047
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 5: of the article is like Chris Swaggy Baker, And from

1048
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 5: there it just stuck.

1049
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 2: That's hard, man, that's pretty tough.

1050
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 5: Man, Yo, I ain't gonna call you swagging and you

1051
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 5: ain't got no swag. I'm like, well, I got enough swag.

1052
00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 2: I want to say that jacket tough. I'm seeing all

1053
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 2: the swagging with that jacket.

1054
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 5: I'm not a fashionable guy for the most part. You're

1055
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 5: gonna see me in a white tea in the chain.

1056
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 5: But that's what I like. I'm not really I don't

1057
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 5: get into all that fashionist so I like to be comfortable.

1058
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 2: When you got real swag, you don't got to do

1059
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 2: all the extras. Man. When you got real swag, you

1060
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 2: come as you are.

1061
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:41,399
Speaker 4: Man.

1062
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 2: So I appreciate that, Chris and Chris. Please, Man, when

1063
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:44,280
Speaker 2: you do get.

1064
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: Your foundation up and you start doing things out here, Man,

1065
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: come back on the show.

1066
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 2: How at me?

1067
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 4: Man?

1068
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 2: You have my information?

1069
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:50,040
Speaker 4: Bro?

1070
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,839
Speaker 1: Please any way that I can help, Please let me know, Man,

1071
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: because this has become my community as well. And I

1072
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 1: just love when you guys come back because I know

1073
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: what it means to this fan base, of what it

1074
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: means to just everybody to have you guys around. Chris,

1075
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: So thank you so much, Man, thank you for opening

1076
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: up with us.

1077
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 4: Man.

1078
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 2: I'm so glad to talk to you.

1079
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 4: Brother.

1080
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,359
Speaker 1: I'm glad you're healthy and doing good man. And again,

1081
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: just remember, Bro, no matter what you go through in

1082
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: this life, it doesn't change the things you have accomplished,

1083
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: all of the great things you do, all the people

1084
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: you've inspired already, and all the people that love and

1085
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 1: care about you.

1086
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 2: Chris Man, thank you so much for your time.

1087
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 4: Brother, Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.

1088
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 1: Sir, Commanders, family, this is our next man up. Washington legend,

1089
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: Chris Baker, Chris bro It's always good brother.

1090
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 2: The third Command is Family.

1091
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of Next Man Up.

1092
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 1: If you want to do something during your bye because

1093
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: you're missing the commanders so much, we got something for you.

1094
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: Check out the most recent episodes of Next Man Up.

1095
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: They're all in the Commander's YouTube page, or you can

1096
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 1: stream the audio wherever you get your podcast until next Friday.

1097
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: Command is Family. I'm Brian Cole Jr. And this is

1098
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 1: Next Man Up.