WEBVTT - Recapping the BIG win over the Tennessee Titans | The Booth Review Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.880 Coming up on the Booth Review. The Commanders were back 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:07.120 in a big way. London dominating performance by the entire team, 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:09.240 and you got to hand out that belt. I know 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:10.360 the crowd wants. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:15.040 We'll see does Terry get it or does the defended 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:18.160 champion dot Te Fowler tanged his belt. 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:20.520 There is a lot of good candidates for that on 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:25.759 the Booth Review. Coming up next, Welcome to the Booth 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.800 Review podcast presented by Microsoft's Surface Howering a Better Game. 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.479 I'm brand White side with Big Fletch London Fletcher. 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:36.080 It's been a while we won, won big. 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.880 I'm Big against Tennessee man Man. 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.720 How good does it feel to be doing this Booth 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.800 Review coming off of victory? Just outstanding performance all around 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.480 and the way they did it. It's one thing to win, 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.360 and we want to win all games. But how they 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.680 looked in that victory. I think you and I we 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.040 were all just ecstatic seeing the way that team performed 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.640 in every every facet of the game. But you know, 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.200 there's some issues we'll talk about that we can do 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.640 better on. But we're going to talk about how great 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:08.920 the offense looks, how great the defense looked, and how 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:11.680 great the tabe looked at general headed to the bye week. 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:14.440 You know, I'll go back through the whole thing. I 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:18.040 think largely, I kind of feel like this was the 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.959 first time they looked like the early season version of themselves. 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:23.640 That I think was surprising then and then people went 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:25.800 through this how long NFL seasons are? People then go 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.760 through this, Well, where was that? They never expected it 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.399 in the first place. Now they've seen it, and now 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.960 they go where was that? And it showed up again. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.360 But I think one of the big things that happened 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.679 during the week which became really relevant to the whole 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.119 story of the week was Bobby Wagner spoke to the team, 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.840 And this is probably not uncommon. Leaders of the team 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:49.240 step up at certain points of the season, and I 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.760 think we can all agree, whether they'll be willing to 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.920 say this or not. They had to win yesterday. I mean, 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:56.680 you couldn't go into the buy on a four game 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.880 losing streak when you were seven and two and feel 0:01:59.880 --> 0:02:01.360 good about making the playoffs. 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:02.800 I think this felt like a must win. 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:04.800 And I don't want to speak for Bobby, but it 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.160 sounds like there was part of him going, hey, we 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.520 got a good team here, let's get this thing back 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:10.079 on track. 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:12.600 So just before we I want. 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.720 To play the interaction that you had with him in 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:16.400 the locker room, because a lot's been made of Bobby's 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:18.400 the milestone he made, in the milestone that you've set, 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:19.560 in the standard. 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:19.800 That you set. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.160 But what did you just make first of Bobby speaking 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:22.880 to the team last week. 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.120 I thought it was great and it's a testament to 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.440 him as a as a leader. When you go through 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.600 adversity during the season, and you're gonna have adversity during seasons, 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.960 You're gonna have adversity during games, But how can you 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.839 get yourself out of it? Bobby recognize and realize, hey, 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.560 we're on a three game losing streak. There's a lot 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.760 of naysayer's a lot of negativity being talked about this 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:43.560 football team. 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:45.600 Maybe they're not that good. 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.000 But for him to a guy who's a former Super 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.080 Bowl champion, he's been in a lot of wars, been 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:54.240 through been in multiple NFC championship games, multiple playoff games, 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:57.919 him saying, you know what, hey, guys, let's block out 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.320 all the outside noise. We're still an ex the football team. 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.080 We take care of our business. We play like we're 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.280 capable of playing we can go out and dominate teams. 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:10.880 And so for him to go to Dan Quinn and say, hey, coach, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:12.079 let me talk to him. 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:15.079 And we talked about this in the in our interview 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.519 with d Q. The coach teams can. 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.160 Teams can kind of tune coach out because his messages 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.960 is constant and you're hearing it all all the time. 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.160 But when you have a player and players deliver a 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:31.640 message and hold each other accountable, it just hits different. 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.639 It is differently, and for Bobby to do that as 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.760 a testament to who he is as a leader, who 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:37.600 he is as a player. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.320 You won a Super Bowl? Did that happen in your 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:40.920 locker room? 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:41.320 Oh? 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.200 Yeah, because you guys, I like what Washington has done 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:46.320 this year offensively. For periods of time, you guys had 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.560 a consistently greater show on turf. There must have been 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:50.480 hard periods though. 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:50.840 Yeah. 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.720 During during both of the seasons that we we end 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.600 up going to the Super Bowl, I'll say definitely the 0:03:56.640 --> 0:04:00.360 first one where we're still kind of learning who we 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:02.840 are as a team, learning how to win. Similar to 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.720 this year's team, we started the season off six and 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.240 all we're rolling, clicking on all cylinders and we go 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:13.280 to Tennessee ironically and lose to the Times in Nashville, 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.440 and then we lose to the Detroit Lions. We gave 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.000 up like a fourth and I don't know, twenty twenty 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.359 type play that could have won the game. So we 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:27.039 got a two game losing streak. Same old Sorry, Rams 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.600 is kind of now being a narrative. They've come back 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.000 to reality and we had to have some you know, 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.560 conversations and realize, okay, who are we and then we 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.200 end up rolling again, not not losing another game to 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.320 the end of the season, where the last regular season 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.240 game we had everything clenched up, you know, pulls start 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.600 and stuff like that. But we had a two game 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:48.600 losing streak during that season. But we had to have 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:49.560 some conversation. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:53.920 Obviously, Bobby has weight in the room. Because it's funny. 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.560 When we were talking to Dad Quick after the game yesterday, 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.479 he even said, sometimes this doesn't go well when a 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:04.120 player steps up and speaks and it's either not their 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.120 strength or they don't get the message right. Clearly, it 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:08.840 worked for whatever Bobby said. 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.599 And one thing that he said is he said Bobby 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.680 doesn't talk all the time, probably all the time to 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:16.960 the team. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:17.520 Well, it's interesting. 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.480 I don't know him well, but like he seems actually 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.279 a very reserved personality for someone who's been as accomplished 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:22.560 as Ease. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.440 Yeah, so I'm sure he talks to the defense, Yeah, 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.560 but in terms of addressing the team and really addressing 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.359 the team in that manner if you don't do it 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.600 all the time, and then for you to come on 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.000 and say, hey, it's time for me to talk and 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:42.920 address the team. Just the the awareness of him understanding 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.880 where they where they're at in their. 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.640 Season and coach, I got you. 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:52.680 Yeah, teams and players, they respect him first and foremost 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:56.880 before he made one single play on this team, one tackle, 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:00.440 whatever the case may be. As soon as he signed 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:06.720 with this team, he automatically had respect equity built up 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.080 because of all the things he had accomplished in his 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.159 career prior to signing with us. 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.080 So they already he already has their ear. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.840 But then when he delivers that message, and it's one 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.640 thing to deliver a message and not up your hold 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.839 up your end of the bargain, he delivers a message 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.440 and he holds up his ears at the bargain by 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:25.200 his play. 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.760 You know, like what signaled to me that this was 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.120 gonna be different, and I didn't know how this would 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:33.359 work out this year was his signing because this isn't 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:37.520 messy to the MLS right, he wants to win. He 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.880 didn't come here out of charity. He came here by choice. 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.960 Probably could have retired if he really wanted to. He 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:47.679 never played on the East Coast, so when he signed here, 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.360 it signaled something to me that he actually believes in 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.919 this coaching staff. Whether he knew what was here and 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.000 what was in front of him, I don't know, but 0:06:56.400 --> 0:07:01.640 that was to me the most significant veteran signing that 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.440 was made. He didn't have to do this, He probably 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.840 had other offers, and when he signed here it meant 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.120 something at least to me about what was being built here. 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:15.160 And absolutely Bramman, he has two daughters that are still 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:18.640 out on the West Coast, So for him to come 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.440 all the way across the country be away from his daughters, 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.960 which you know, we're parents and man, we want to 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.280 see our kids every single day. And for him not 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.840 to say, you know what, I believe in what they're 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.960 doing in Washington. I believe in Dad Quinn, I believe 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.840 in and Ken Norton, Junr. I believe in what they're 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.960 building in Washington. I'm going to go all the way 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.200 across the country, leave my daughters all the way on 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:43.200 the West coast. That says a lot to how he 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:44.320 felt about this situation. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:45.559 Yeah, and here we are. 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.560 You know, week thirteen, he's already surpassed on hundred tackles, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.920 so he's brought the standard to play with him. This 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:53.760 is a position that was weak for this team for 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.520 a number of years. He solidified that even at the 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.200 advanced stage of his career. And obviously everybody knows by 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.320 now like he's done this now thirteen years in a row. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.720 The only other player in this millennium that has done 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.680 it longer consecutively is you. And I thought we had 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.120 a really really cool moment last night because I thought 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:13.120 the team pointing this out was great that they did 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.360 that to allow him to kind of get the shine 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.040 for doing what he did yesterday. But having him with 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.760 you in the locker room afterwards was really an amazing moment. 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.680 So take a listen to this right back in the 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.360 locker room with Bobby Wagner. You reached one hundred tackles 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:29.400 for the thirteenth consecutive season, there's only one other player 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:31.920 that's done it longer, the guy standing next to you, 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.080 London Fletcher. So let me just start with you, Like, 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.000 what does a milestone like that mean to you? 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:37.280 It means a lot. 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.800 We're in this jersey, being able to represent somebody like 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.959 this to standing next to me, it's really cool. So 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:49.680 I'm grateful for this. It's really cool. But I'm really 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.320 grateful for him because I don't remember when I reached 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.839 out to him, but I kind of just reached out 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.800 to him, and I wasn't sure what I was going 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:01.760 to get or anything, you know, person just randomly reaching out, 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.480 but you know, he showed me so much love, gave 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.680 me so much advice whether to take care of my body, 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.400 whether you know, how to play the game, and you know, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:12.800 I'm really grateful and he's definitely the reason why I'm here. 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:16.319 Yeah, Bobby, as he mentioned, this is probably I think 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.160 it was twenty fourteen, almost ten years ago, man that 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:20.959 he reached out to me. You know, didn't know him, 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.160 but just wanted to pick my brains. And I was 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.880 actually humble because he was so accomplished at that time 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.000 and he's like, hey, but him having enough respect of 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:31.240 the guys who played before him, Like, I know I 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.120 can still add to my game. One thing about you, 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.640 we knew coming over about the great leadership, But one 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:41.320 thing that I'm always pointing out is the productivity. Yeah, 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.800 you know, the leadership is great, but you're still playing 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:45.800 at the extremely high level. How are you able to 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:47.280 continue to play at this high level? 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:51.320 Man? It's just taking care of your body, honestly, Like, 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:55.080 I'm just remember the conversation because you know, he never 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.000 missed any games in his career, and I'm like, damn, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.439 how did somebody do that? And he gave me so 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.600 much advice, and I just tried to implement stuff that 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.439 he did. Like I don't know if you remember, you 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.760 talked about running the sands, so I started running. It 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:08.760 was a lot of things that he said. He probably 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.360 even know I was writing stuff down. So I'm like, 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.480 if he, you know, was able to play a long 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:18.640 time at this position without being hurt or anything like that, 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:19.920 I was gonna do it. 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:20.280 So I was. 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.080 I was just trying to listen and just let you 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:22.840 know that I listened. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.440 So you and Bobby got to share that moment last night, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.719 and as I learned from you, this relationship kind of 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:30.600 started years ago. 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:36.000 It did, it did, and back in twenty nineteen, I've 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.880 been retired with for six years, six seasons then and 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:44.520 Bobby just code DM me on Twitter it's x. 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.079 Now and it need to get your number. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.000 Well, so he didn't have my number and we had 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:51.960 never we had played against each other. 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.920 In the twenty twelve playoffs. 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.040 He was a he was a rookie that year, and 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:01.120 you know, I didn't know him, and just over the 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:04.720 course of the years watching this game, watching him play, like, man, this, 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.440 this dude's a hell of a football player. And had 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.360 a tremendous amount of respect for his game and the 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:11.960 way he played and appreciation for him. 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.600 And he reached out to me and you know, say. 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.320 Hey, London, you know love to pick pick your brain 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.760 and chop it up with you to you know, see 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:23.160 how you were so successful. 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:24.560 And and for. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:28.320 Him to do that for especially for former players, when 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.800 a younger guy reaches out to us, I mean that 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:35.520 means the world to us because something, you know, he's like, man, this, 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.440 this guy recognizes like I did that. I did the 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.760 same thing to Sam Mills that Bobby did to me. 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.520 I had somebody who had connections to Sam Mills. They 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.440 put me in contact with him. So for for me, 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:50.880 it was almost just like a full circle moment being 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.120 able to give give back to UH, to Bobby the 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:55.600 way that Sam had poured into me. 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:57.560 And so it just this was it. 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.240 This was five years ago, and you know we've we 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.200 had several conversations and you know, just kind of sharing, 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.440 sharing what I felt like helped me improve and what 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:10.600 I thought improve it. You know, it's just talked about. 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:12.840 He asked a bunch of questess. He asked, you know, 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.120 how did I train, how did I take care of myself? 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:19.400 I was sharing with him, you know, my my recovery stuff, 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.440 my training during the off season. Things did have that 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:26.040 I added to my to my training and my repertoire too, 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:28.960 especially as I got older in my career, to help 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.640 me play at a higher level. We talked, We talked coverages. 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:36.880 We talked covered four to quarters coverage, which at that 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:38.880 point in time, the I think the Seahawks was playing 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:42.360 a lot of quarters coverage and and I had a 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.400 lot of experience playing that coverage and I was just 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.480 helping talking to him about that. It's funny because UH, 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.600 last year when we played the Seahawks. I ran it 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:52.360 to him and that was the first time me seeing 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.040 him in person, meeting him in person when we were out. 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:56.600 There, and because it talked a lot, but you've never 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:57.440 actually never. 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:58.240 Had met in person. 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.600 Yeah, we never met in person him until last year 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:03.880 in Seattle when we play and I talked to him 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.920 prior to the game and we talked covered quarters coverage 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.240 again on the field, and I told him, I was like, man, 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.480 you got to make sure you invite me too your 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.440 Hall of Fame ceremony, and uh, you know, as crazy 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.600 as it is as it is now, he's a he's 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:18.600 a Washington commander. 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:20.440 Well, if he's going to get to fourteen, which is 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.400 your record, yeah, he's got to resign. Yeah, and they 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.800 know a one year deal. I've been trying to extend 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:27.679 him now, you. 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:31.400 Know, just assuming he wants to play. Yeah, exactly. 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:36.640 And again, being away from your daughter daughters, being that 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.120 that far away, it can wear on you. So I'm 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.480 sure he'll take his time and really get through the 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.280 emotions of the season and kind of say, you know, 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.439 do I want to do it again? I mean, he's 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:49.880 still playing at an elite level, high level. They need 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.800 to resign him, I will I'll say this man, we 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:55.199 knew what he was going to bring it from a 0:13:55.240 --> 0:14:00.319 leadership standpoint, but what people underestimated and overlook was what 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.559 he's what he was bringing it and what he has 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:07.160 brought from a production standpoint. He still playing at an 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:07.920 elite level. 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.160 Yeah, he is, and I really appreciated him. I don't 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.160 think he said it during our interview, but I remember 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.040 he said it during the media scrum after the game, 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.160 that you should be in the Hall of Fame, and that, 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.040 you know, I think everyone assumes that he's going to 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.520 be in the Hall. They talk about it any way, 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:23.560 but they assume that he's going to be in the 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:25.320 Hall of Fame, whether it's first ballot or not. And 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.160 I agree with that. Go watch the guy's careers, Champion. 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.360 He's done it with this kind of level of production. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.000 There's no question you were him too. It's why he 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.400 called you. So, you know, I hope that they listen. 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.880 This is a second time now in a year Devin 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.920 Hester got the jacket, walked up on the stage and 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:45.600 said Brian Mitchell should be in the Hall of Fame. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.400 I wholeheartedly agree with that he should be. He's the 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.160 standard bearer of that position, and now the kick returns 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.600 are back, maybe people will start thinking about it differently. 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.360 When you see things that come out the turpins doing 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.600 people like that, you get to see what kind of 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.400 impact he had. You had this impact at that position too. 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.720 It's it's an oversight and I'm hoping that it's gonna 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:04.160 get changed. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.960 And what I loved about what what Devin did and 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.680 b Mitch has been retired for I don't know, almost 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:14.040 twenty years now, for Devin to recognize what b Mitch 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.840 meant to the to the return game and and Devin 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.880 bringing him into the four four during Devn's moment recognizing 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.480 and it's still being being humble enough and be saying, 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.600 you know what, Brian Mitchell should be in the Pro 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:32.840 Football Hall of Fame with Bobby you know, becoming thirteen 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:38.040 consecutive tackles, hundred tackle seasons and me being in the 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:42.680 mix keeps me relevant, him talking about me and you know, 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:44.520 saying I should be in the Hall of Famers with 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:49.720 respect there. And it's for for b Mitch myself. We 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:54.920 truly appreciate when guys come up and acknowledge what you 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.240 know we did before them in the same way like 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.560 we acknowledge the guys who did it before us. 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:01.360 Yeah, I mean even in my field. 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.200 The second I got the job calling the games for 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.680 this team, the first thing I did was call all 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.960 the major broadcasters that I respect it would listen to me, 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:13.400 because I just wanted to hear their experiences. I called 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.360 the local ones that I you know, admired, Joe Beninatti, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.720 Steve Buckants, John waltonm gon To missing the name of 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.040 Johnny Holliday. I called them all and said, what can 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.640 you tell me about this experience? And every time I 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.640 see someone like Iron Eagle or Mike Tarico or anybody, 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.400 I talk to them. I want to know. And it 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:31.200 sounds like you've done the same thing here that it's 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:35.160 through the years. Knowledge is power, you know, like knowing 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:37.640 what the people did before you to get to where 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.080 they were is everything. 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:41.080 And it sounds like you passed it down to him. 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.840 And I bet he'll do the same for the Fred 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.200 Warners of the world or the great middle linebackers who 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:46.920 are out there, and. 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.720 He probably has already done it. Yeah, you know you 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:52.360 for current players. 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:56.120 You're a young linebacker, young young football player in general, 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.880 and you're not reaching and tapping into the brains of 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:03.520 these guys who've done it for a multitude of years. 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.600 You're missing out, Yeah, you're missing the education of it. 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:07.800 All right, let's get to the game. 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:12.000 So it worked like whatever he said, whatever the mood was, 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.040 I thought the crowd was into it really big time. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:18.440 Flags were good. That was I think the flags. Flag, 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.640 flags went well. Flags at going. The vibe was right. 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:25.840 The opening drive, they had two penalties immediately, defensively got 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:26.840 a very quick stop. 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:27.480 They were in a hole. 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:30.639 Immediately, Washington gets the ball, walks down the field, scores 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:34.960 a touchdown immediately, like what dan Quinn was talking about. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.639 And I've cited this on with the Game with you. 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:41.040 He is omniscient somewhat. You know, sometimes you hear coaches 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.520 say things and to your point earlier or like sometimes 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.360 it goes in one ear and out the other. When 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.119 he says certain things, I take note of it. And 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.200 last week, late in the week, he said the adversity 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.159 was good for the team, which is one way to 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.960 put it. And then he said, you're gonna see what's 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.520 on the other side, because there's another thing coming here. 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.800 And we saw the team that we saw earlier in 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:07.359 the season. Show up immediately. I mean, and I felt it, 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.040 and I know you felt it two and the scoreboard 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.440 showed it very quickly. That was that was the best 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:12.919 start to a game we've had in years. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:13.720 Best started. 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.560 And you mentioned that on the broadcast, and and you're 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:18.639 watching the Hey, the defense get the three down and 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.240 then b Rob breakoff that forty yard run. 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:22.320 He's like, oh my goodness. 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.480 And uh then you get the turnovers and and all 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.720