WEBVTT - Johnny Newton + Chris Baker on fighting ADVERSITY and the Commanders BYE Week | Next Man Up | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:02.840 Commander's family is the bye week, but we still got 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:06.440 next man up for y'all. Johnny Knew and Jermander pulls 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:08.719 up to the studio to talk about his bye week 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.560 and what his rookie season has been like so far. 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:14.320 Then we're bringing it back. We're bringing in the Washington Legend. 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:16.960 Chris Baker joins the show to talk about how he's 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.920 recovered from his stroke and how he's trying to move forward. 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.279 In his life. All that and more. Right now, our 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:22.880 next man. 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:32.159 Up commanded standing for our next man up. We have 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:35.080 somebody extremely special up and very excited. Talk to this 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.600 Cadgy because I haven't talked to him since he was 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:39.479 drafted and signed that contract. 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.400 Welcoming in Juramander. Johnny Knew into the building. 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.159 What's up, brother, I'm done good. Appreciate it for having. 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:45.239 Me, man. 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:45.879 I'll bring it in. 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:46.400 Man. 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:47.479 I'm happy to be with you. 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:49.080 I'm feeling good. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:50.479 It's always good vibes talking to you. 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:50.680 Man. 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:52.520 It's crazy to think last time we said and spoke, 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.800 you had just got in the building. Yeah, I don't 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.400 think you really even knew what to expect. We didn't 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.160 even know that you were struggling with an injury at 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.120 that time or none. We had no clue what was 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:03.480 going on then and now we're here. So first things first, man, 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:05.320 how has it been man, your rookie year? 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:06.120 It's been great. 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:06.600 Uh. 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:08.920 Not a lot of brothers, A lot of brothers on 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:12.800 this football team, you know. Uh, great coaching staff, everybody 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.800 bringing that energy every single day. And uh it's been 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:18.400 great through the highs and lows. You know, a lot 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:21.160 of brothers. Uh, this has been a great feeling, you know. 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:21.880 Uh. 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.640 When the team bring that energy every single day, it's 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:26.080 just like it's fun coming to work. 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:30.000 Has anything surprised you so far about the NFL? The speed, 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.680 the pace, the work it takes anything surprised? 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.720 Uh, Yeah, for sure. When I first got into speed, 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:39.520 of course, like these girl men I have you gotta 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.640 get you gotta get adjusted to that speed immediately. 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:44.440 But other than that, man. 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.360 Just uh seeing people that I grew up watching, That's 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:48.600 that's the craziest thing for me. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:49.520 Uh. 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.640 And playing with some some legends really, but realizing that 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.880 we are human at the end of the day. I 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.400 grew up watching them boys play. Starstruck when I see 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.760 a lot of people, but we human at the end 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:02.600 of the day, So that's always cool. 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.040 And it's been an interesting start for you man, because again, man, 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.000 you started with with an injury coming in here, and 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:08.799 you had to deal with that and find your way 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:10.680 back on the field. Man, that's not easy to do, 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:12.960 especially somebody like you that's just hungry to get out 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.399 there and compete. Man, what was that like getting back 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.120 on that field when you started your NFL career. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.360 Yeah, for sure, it was a great feeling. You know, 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:22.280 I had the injury too. 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:22.840 Well. 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.120 I had the injury before I got drafted than the 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:28.960 injury after I got drafted. It's really just like my 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.880 life story though, you know, for like always got to 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:35.240 work and uh just had to work for that to 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:36.040 get back healthy. 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:36.440 Uh. 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.400 I never really had no major injury, so I just 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.520 attacked it with that same mentality. And once I got 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.800 on the field, Uh, I came in week two, so 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.160 lucky got through into that fire. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:48.680 But it was a great feeling. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.799 No, this is my dream, So like I said, I've 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.639 been working hard for it, working to get to it, 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.160 and still working to improve myself and be the best. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.320 And you said it you never dealt with anything like 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:00.760 that before, man, And was it tough? 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:01.359 Was it hard. 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:05.400 Yeah, it was tough mentally, like right when it happened, 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:11.480 that's it hit like, man like another setback. It was 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.679 just like what happened before I got drafted, before the 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.880 comeby and we found out my right woe was broke. 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.520 I was like, man like, I also to come out 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.280 of my whole life. Wanted to go out there run 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.240 my forty and uh. And then once I got drafted, 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.399 I like, man like, it's right in right before camp. 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.399 OTA's all the stuff. So but man, like I said, 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:33.079 we got great people in the building. So I came 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.480 in here every day like, man, I'm finna go like, 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.280 I'm finna go practice something like, Man, let me go 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:38.560 kill this little workout real quick. 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:39.360 This is let rehab. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.280 I was coming here bright and early, even though some 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.400 days when the team wasn't here, I was still coming 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:46.120 here trying to get better, get healthy. 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.040 And uh, I'm glad I did because I look around 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:49.440 that now. 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:51.800 Yeah, man, And during that whole process you talk about 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.320 the people in the building, dan Quinn, all this coaching stuff, man, 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:55.880 they still showed you a lot of love. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:56.080 Man. 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:57.920 Not a lot of times where you know you can't 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.160 get that rookie on the field immediately. Do you still 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.320 hear so many great things about his work ethic, about 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:03.920 his speed, about his power, And that's the stuff we 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:04.560 heard about you. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:05.760 What did that do for you? 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:05.920 Man? 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.000 Having the culture staff, these people are new to you, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.600 They don't really know you like that, but they trusted 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.440 you enough to draft you, bring you in here, and 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:12.960 then they still hold you to a high regard even 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:13.960 though you ever got to play yet. 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.760 Yeah, for sure, it just shows that they trusted me. Honestly. 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.400 They saw me rehabbing my treatment. They're come in there 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:25.520 some morning six am, I being there already breaking out rehabbing, 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.479 so they knew that I was hungry, you know. Like 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.320 I said, I attacked the rehab like I attack a 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:33.279 practice or a game like full speed, full thrilled, or 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.320 like I mean what I do and I'm passionate about it. 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.960 So if it was anything to get me back on 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.800 the field quicker, I was full thought a at it. 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.360 And uh, it just shows everybody in the buildings like 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:47.560 trust and belief in not even not as just a 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:51.880 character like upbringing anybody. Like like I said, we all 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.960 won all a family in this building, so uh, just 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:59.120 installing like that family aspect, I feel like it's like 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.039 it's real and it building, you know. And uh, I'll 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.039 give a shout out to Dylan Thompson because uh he 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:06.960 played a big role in all of that, and uh 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.440 give us a lot of words of wisdom. 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:10.880 Can you can you spell on that a little bit? 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:12.360 What about dealing? Like what made you want to shout 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:12.680 him out? 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:12.880 Just now? 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:13.840 Talk about those words of wid. 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:14.360 Yeah for sure. 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.280 Uh, just the talks he'd be giving the team, uh 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:20.479 to the rookies, just uh that intars a lot of 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:23.480 confidence and us and uh cools us down definitely as 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.000 a rookie, you know. Uh, Like I said, the highs 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:27.880 and lows, but at the end of the day, like 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:30.520 I can miss go out there and miss five sacks, 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.040 He'll still give me the biggest hug. And that's from 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.040 the top to the bottom like everybody. 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:36.719 Uh. 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.039 When I was at my worst, uh the Steelers game, 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.440 Uh that a mistake that I had. Uh, he was 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.000 right there like like man, I got you, shot me 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.000 in text, Man I got you. You gonna be all right, 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:50.400 and uh just like things like that, and uh it 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.400 just spreads throughout the building. So that's a guy that 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.640 like I'm really thankful and grateful for man. 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.479 And since you mentioned it, let's talk about that Steelers 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.640 moment because I got to be on the field during it. Man, 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.120 I got to see how visibly upset you were. Man, 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.320 how much that tore you apart. Just bring us back 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:06.840 to that moment, man, and what's going through your head 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.560 because we know as players, right, we know it's not 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:11.599 one play that makes a game, right, but I know 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:12.760 for you, you took it as that. 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:12.960 Man. 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:14.520 Just bring us back to that moment and what you 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:15.000 were going through. 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.280 Yeah, I got that champion mindset. So everything I do, 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.280 like I said, I take personal. Like like I just 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:22.839 said earlier, I want to be one of the greats 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.480 to do it, if not the best I ever do it. 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.960 So every little mistake, I'm like real critical about myself. 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.839 And that was just a bad moment for me. But 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:36.160 I learned from it immediately, Like I rewatched it, Like, man, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:40.320 why did I do that? But Nah, Yeah, I was 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:43.200 hard on myself. Just showed a lot of emotion, But 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:46.320 that's just who I am as a player, Like I 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:46.919 care about it. 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:47.720 I care about. 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:49.440 Winning and I'll do anything to help the team win. 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.440 So in that moment, I was just really upset with 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.440 myself that I did that I should have known better, 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:56.640 but I definitely learned from it. 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:58.240 And you talk about these ebbs and flows of the 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:01.200 NFL season and these lows that you have experienced, the injury, 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.400 that play. But you're coming into a room Jonathan Allen, 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:08.200 darn pain Mathis. You have guys that were drafted also 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.560 high coming from big schools and have also played at 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:11.160 a high level. 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.120 How was that unit and that team helped you get 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:14.440 through all this? 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:15.960 Because we talked to Mathis last week and he said 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.880 that he was like, Jonathan Allen was huge and just 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.240 helping me be mentally ready for when I come back 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:20.680 from the injury. 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:21.440 Is that the same for you? 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:22.040 Yeah, for sure. 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.200 We sat right next to each other, so uh he 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:26.920 Alway tells him like, man, I can't wait for you 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.360 to get back, and I'm like, man, he don't even know. 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.880 Like he like, I've been looking up to John Allen, 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:36.040 like I was scrolling through my Twitter, like I'm following people. 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.120 There's like random people, and he was I scroll all 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.600 the way to the bottom to like the people who 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.040 are like my first followers, and he was like the 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.200 tenth one, Wow, And I had my Twitter a Concerts 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.120 twenty sixteen. So I should tell you how long I've 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.120 been like John. That's really when he says something like 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:54.040 it means something to me. 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:54.680 Doron too. 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:58.080 Man, he came right after John, but man, I was 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.680 Thembama boys on some boys. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:01.119 My whole life. 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:04.160 So like like if you watch football you played like 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.280 no way you damn watch them and be like, man, 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.400 like I can't. I want to look like them boys. 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.360 And those are the boys our girl watching when they 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:14.960 in the same room now. So like, for instance, John hurt, 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.160 but he's still be in the building, still giving me 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:22.480 wise words, uh, having my back, telling me what to do, 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.360 what not to do, helping me. And same as Duran, 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.120 Like we on the field together, me and Duran communicating 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:29.280 and like do this, do that? 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:29.600 Do this? 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:30.000 Do that? 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.440 He telling me what he see and uh, it just 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.640 helps me out so much and makes me comfortable and 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:36.800 makes me enjoy the game. 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.520 And it's interesting when you say that because Jonathan Allen, 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:41.120 a guy like that that's done so much in his career. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.160 He don't owe you anything. You don't even have. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.000 To come and short for you, especially because now you're 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.079 getting a lot of minutes when he's not on the field. 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:48.760 What does it mean you to see a guy like 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.680 that still be a leader, still short for his team, 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:52.840 even though he's going through such such a tough injury. 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.280 Man, that's just I don't even know how to explain it. 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.400 That's my big brother. My big brother, was big brother. 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.040 That was my big brother for shuw though. Man, But 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.760 that just shows you how great of a person he is. 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.679 Like outside of football, I saw of all of the 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:11.120 achievements that he's had, like he was just a great 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:15.400 guy overall, like putting people before itself all the time, 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:18.680 like no matter what instance, like he'll always have our back. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.199 I feel like I could. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.760 Call John at any time any advice for anything and 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.560 it just talk to me about it. Like he's just 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:28.040 like a person you could just go and talk to, 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:32.600 you know, listen and great life advice. Man, he don't 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.520 been there, done it. So like I said, that's my 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.840 big brother, and I'm with a row. 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.440 To die And for Darien says something very interesting and 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.680 he was like, you know, the injury almost ended up 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.080 being having a positive to it as well, because it 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.240 brought y'all even closer together because y'all want to win 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.360 for him, y'all want to dominate, dominate for Jaya. Can 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:53.800 you talk about that a little bit and what that 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:55.360 means to just go out there and put on form 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:56.040 since he can't. 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.280 Yeah, for sure. I texted him right when it happened. 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:00.280 I was like, man, like. 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.200 It hurt me, like because I know how it was 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:06.839 when I was like, man, I know I want to 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.880 get on that field, and we shot that same mentality like, man, 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.760 I can still play hurt. So, Uh, I just know 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:17.960 how he felt. But man, they hurt me. They even 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:21.680 think about like when he told us he was wanting 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.000 to get surgery, but I know he worried though, so 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.439 I knew he was gonna do whatever to get back 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:31.080 on the field. I mean, he still is doing everything 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.360 in the spower to get back on the fielding. It 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:36.120 just shows me, like that grit. He has the love 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:39.200 for the game, and uh, I love that because I 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:39.800 love the game. 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.480 Man, That's that's my life. I'm passionate about it. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.080 And uh and I always go out there to represent 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.760 my brother's name on the front of the name on 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.920 the back. So every time I get I'm gonna put 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:52.480 on phone. 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.240 And it's well the timing because it seems as if 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:55.880 when he left. It was when you were really starting 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.199 to come back, and now thankfully we have you here 0:10:58.200 --> 0:10:59.920 to be able to fill in and make up for 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:01.960 those minutes. How do you make the most of this 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.760 opportunity you're getting now because J's healthy and drawn pain. 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:07.720 I mean, you're gonna be doing playing a much different role. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.680 You're more of a rotational player. But now you're getting 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.120 really great minutes. Man, how are you making the most 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.000 of this right now while you have that chance? 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:14.600 Yeah, for sure? 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.160 Just going out there, playing fast and physical, trying to 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:21.120 dominate whoever in front of me. Just getting used to 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.439 the game, more comfortable with the game, more comfortable with informations, 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.880 block recognitions, and just learning the game as I go. 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:31.600 You know, I don't like I like I always said, 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.280 I don't like being considered a rookie, but like, like, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.320 I'm still learning everything, and I feel like, I mean, 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:40.199 you always learning, but I'm picking up stuff faster, recognizing 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:43.600 stuff faster, and just game more comfortable with the game. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.679 Like I see some of the vests they know step 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:51.080 before even and I'm like, man, I'm still working towards that, so, uh, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.360 just getting more comfortable with the game. And like I said, 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.240 whenever I go out there, I'm doing everything I can 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.520 to help the team win. So that's trying to dominate 0:11:58.520 --> 0:11:59.240 a man in front of me. 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:01.640 I don't know if is a better place to be 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.280 when you talk about learning in this place, Daryl Tap, 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.880 Shari Floyd Rka, talk about energy. Man, those guys have 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:09.480 not only played at a high level, but now they're 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.400 coaching at a high level. Talk about them and how 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:12.880 they've helped you acclimate to the NFL. 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:14.840 Yeah, for sure, Like you said, coaching at a high level. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.680 They bring that energy every day. Man, we break it 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:23.880 down every single day and uh good or bad, Tap 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.120 go coming there with great energy and it just like 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.040 flows throughout the room. Like I feel like our D 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.559 line room so close, man, probably like the closest room 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.000 I don't been in my whole life. Just how we 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.440 interact in the room, do stuff off the field, going 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.640 out with each other like like we've real like real 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.520 life like first cousins and they family like got closed 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.559 with them been and uh that just come from the 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.240 higher up. That's how Reef, Ryan and Tap is with 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:53.920 each other. Like I said, we all working to be great. 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.400 So that's being the greatest D line in the NFL, 0:12:57.800 --> 0:12:59.960 So that's what we're working towards every single day. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.720 Have you experienced the brotherhood like this before? 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:08.280 Man, Illinois was all about family, you know, and it 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.719 was like everybody was real, real, real clothes. But I 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:14.719 feel like here, like like it's like every day it's 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.000 like going out to a cookout with your family. That's 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.720 how I feel. You know, I got them uncles that's 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:23.160 gonna bring that in. And that's the coaches, the little 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.400 kids out there playing football, that's us. So that's how 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.760 I feel every single day, just like a great time. 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.840 Hey, Johnny Man, I'm so glad you're having a great time. 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:30.960 Man. 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.520 It's been so great watching you progress through this rookie year. Man, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.480 I know you're gonna only do great things and for 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.040 I'll let you go. Maybe we got the bye week 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.280 five weeks here, man, how are you feeling it? Are 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:41.000 you like, yes, the bye weeks here? 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:41.160 Man? 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.560 Because this is a very late bye week for NFL. 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:48.200 Yeah, Man, I like playing football, Like I'm still young. 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.720 I could get groovy, man, So I like bacon, egg 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:56.480 and cheesing people. So I mean the bye week, yeah, 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.079 it's go feel good for our bodies. But I can't 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.480 get back. I can't wait to get back to playing football. 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.080 But Barbie Week definitely need it. You know, everybody needs 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:08.160 a break sometime in their life in week next week, 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.960 so it'll feel great to you know, just chill, relaxed, 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.880 be with the family. But I can't wait to beckon 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:14.800 ake and gee somebody. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.440 Yes, sir man, it's all about the bacon, egg and cheese. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:18.959 We love that, Johnny, Thank you so much for your time. 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:19.200 Brother. 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.480 We appreciate you. Man. Enjoy your bye week. Man, get 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.000 so much. You need to rest cause you deserve it. 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.600 Man, command this family, our next man up, you're mander, 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:27.400 Johnny do mister bacon. 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.960 Egg and cheese. 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.920 Command this family for our next man. That we have 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.960 a very very special Washington legend joining us. 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:37.080 Man. 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:39.040 I'm just so happy this brother gets to be here 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.080 and even just talk to us. And it's healthy to 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:41.800 be here with us. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:42.040 Man. 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.880 Let me shout out our defensive lineman, Chris Bacer. 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.480 Brother, how you doing Chris great? Great? 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:49.520 Yes, sir man. 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.600 Even hard to even do that intro, Man, because I 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.040 know how much you've been through and for me, I've 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.880 had family members that have suffered a stroke and have 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.120 dealt with that and I know that there's not always 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:01.080 coming back from that. So to just talk to you 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.840 man and see you looking good and healthy and strong, man, 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:05.080 it just makes me really happy. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:06.840 Man. Welcome on the show, brother Man. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.040 I appreciate it. Man, It's been a real blessing. You know, 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.720 I'm here for a reason. What reason I don't know, 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:16.600 but God has helped me figure that out. But you know, 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.200 I had a stroke and it was like I walked 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:21.920 out in there like nothing happened. And it's like when 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:23.960 you go to church, they always have this all same. 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.280 Thank God, I don't look like what I've been through, 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.280 So I just think that he's, you know, keeping his 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.800 hands on me and allowing me to continue my life 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:34.200 as normal as possible. 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:35.200 Amen. 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.280 And that's a great perspective to have, because again, you 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.840 are here for a reason. Not everybody makes it from 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:41.640 that and is able to walk away from that or 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:43.440 the fact that you did. Man, it's a huge blessing. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.320 And it's also a shane that you know, you are 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.040 supposed to be here, meant to be here. So we 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:48.560 thank you so much for taking that time. So let's 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:50.800 just really dive into that because again, I know I 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:52.600 have family members that have suffered from that, and I 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.400 know people all around the world have had that issue 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:56.920