WEBVTT - On the Field Daron Payne Can Be Himself | Next Man Up Podcast | Washington Commanders 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:05.520 What's Good Command is saying. This is Brian Coole Jun 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:07.960 and this is the Next Man Up podcast. Our Next 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:10.760 Man Up is no other than Duran Pain. 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:14.320 We talk about family life. We talk about being from Birmingham, Alabama, getting. 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:17.320 His high school jersey retired, and giving back to his community. 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:23.599 All that and more starts right now. What's Good Command 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:25.400 is family. I'm Brian Coop with Jr. And this is 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.400 Next Man Up where we take a deeper look behind 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.080 the helmet of your favorite Commanders players. And the Next 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:33.159 Man Up is no other than all big man in 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.200 the middle, Dan Pain. Duran appreciate you being here. 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:39.239 With his brother, nice goody good Yes, sir man. 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:40.920 So, like I said, we like to look more into 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:42.400 the man. You know what I'm saying, Not so much 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:43.879 exits and those talk where we'd like to just talk 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.760 about what makes you who you are. So first things, 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.640 First things first, Birmingham, Alabama. Talk about that and what 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:51.720 that place means to you. 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:55.680 Ah man, just I love that place. I go there 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.760 doing the off season. I got a home there, my 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.800 family's there. I feel like that's just the place that 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:06.840 made me who I am today. It's a lot, there's 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:08.679 a lot going on there. A lot of people are like, 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.520 we got a lot of good football players, but people 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.920 get in trouble and there's a lot of trouble to 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.600 try to maneuver your way out of. But for the 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:20.480 most part, it's a cool place to grow up. I 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.160 appreciate it because I feel like it made me who 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:23.880 I am today. 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:24.840 And you talk about all. 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:26.280 Those things that are going on out there, how did 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.520 you stay focused and be able to make it to 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:29.520 the level that you've made it to. 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.240 I feel like I was just like a sports head, 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:36.840 like I just want to go to football practice, baseball practice, 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.280 track practice, Like I'm at practice every day, so I 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.440 couldn't I couldn't focus on nothing else but being my 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.040 best self and getting ready for whatever else I got 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:46.760 to do to this day. 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:50.120 Yeah, you went to Shakes Valley High right now, they 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.560 just retired your jersey, gave you the key to the city. 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.240 What does it mean to get that type of love 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:57.560 from your hometown. 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:02.560 I just cool because I grew up there and like, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.360 I try to come back as much as I can 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.640 and give back to the community and do things with 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.600 like the kids and stuff. So I just appreciate it 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.360 because I can tell that they appreciate me. 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.560 So yeah, and you definitely give back because you just 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.840 did in like an elite offensive lineman defensive lineman type 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.560 camp at your high school right now. 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.840 We did this year, we did just like the kids. 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:25.080 We were supposed to do a who lot of D 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.320 line camp, but it didn't really play out like we 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:31.120 wanted to, so we just did and your like kids 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.280 camp football camp. Yeah, So why is that important? Why 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:34.520 is it so important for you to give back to 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.280 the youth from your community. I mean when I was 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.480 growing up, I used to go to like little guys, 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:40.080 like guys that was in the NFL, I. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:40.919 Used to go to their camp. 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.200 So I know, I'm really in touch with a lot 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.880 of the kids that grow up there. So I just 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.079 get a chance to see them and see how they're 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.160 progressing over the years and stuff. So it's pretty cool. 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.200 Then I got like all my little cousins they be 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.720 coming out to the camp. Missle with them a little bit. 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.520 Yeah, what are those moments like, do they put perspective 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:00.280 on you? Like when you see the key is when 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:01.960 you're back with your family, when you're back where you 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.520 came from, does that give you some type of perspective onto, 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.079 like how you're dealing with now You're like. 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.000 Yeah, six in the NFL, Like, does that give you 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.359 a little perspective? Man? 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.720 This is just crazy how fast it just goes. Like 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.320 I feel like I was just a rookie not too 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.120 long ago, and I'm an old head in the locker. 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.120 Room, or you're still a young man and you're still 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:22.960 you're still improving. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:26.120 I mean last season arguably your best season, and you 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.600 made it to the Pro Bowl. You set the career 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:32.600 record for the franchise in sacks, I mean career highs 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.600 across the board, a lot of accolades, and you also 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:37.720 got Washington Player. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:37.920 Of the Year. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.720 What are those all those things mean to you being 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:44.720 a veteran now that you're not a rookie no more. Man, 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:45.680 you've grown now. 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.960 I mean just she was seeing, like you said, Washington 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:52.240 Player the Year, just seeing like the people that got 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:56.720 that award before me, like RK. Trick Williams and a 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.600 bunch of those guys, Like those guys you as dogs 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.120 of the team. So just to see that people recognize 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.520 me as a player like that just means the world 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:05.760 to me. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.080 You're very humble man, because even during like you have 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.120 time to do a speech during that Player of the 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.520 Year award, and instead of like you know, talking about yourself, 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.359 you shout out your moms, talked about your moms. You 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.400 made sure she was up there with you. Why was 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.840 it so important in that moment to give her love? 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:22.440 Man? 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.479 Really, that's easy for me, Like I don't like the spotlight, 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:29.680 so for me, like, I know, she'd be ready to 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.279 get out the house and do stuff, So for me 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:35.000 to throw the spotlight on her, that was easy. Look 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:35.280 at her. 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.640 So talking about you in your mother's relationship a little bit, 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.880 like you know, I know you guys are very very close. 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:42.400 I know she means a lot to you. I know 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.919 she's very inspirational to you. Just talk about you and 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:45.960 your mother's relationship. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.240 No, man, She's just been there for me since the beginning, 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:53.640 and she always had to deal with her health, but 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.400 she always made sure that I was able to get 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.360 back and forth door I needed to be and had 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.800 all the things I need to do. So I just 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.320 always try to repay her with the way did I 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.839 like uphold myself and the way that I play on 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:08.680 the field and all that little stuff. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.440 How did watch her go through her trials and tribulations 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:16.080 affect you not only as a man, but as an athlete. 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.479 I feel like he just taught me, like, man, you 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.039 got to just keep pushing, like no matter what the 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.440 circumstance is, you got to be able to just fight 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:27.920 through whatever and just keep grinding no matter how hard 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:28.240 to get. 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:30.680 What are those conversations you guys have now? 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.360 I mean, you know, when you're a kid growing up, 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.279 you know our parents are there to guide that some 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.200 kind of keep us out of trouble and all that. 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:38.200 But now you. 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.920 Know essentially you've made it right. You have a long career, 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:43.960 you've gotten the bag. You know you've made it. What 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:45.680 are those conversations like now with your mother? 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.120 I mean, my mom she cool. She pretty much just 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:51.560 let me do whatever I wanted to do. She said 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.240 I would do it anyway. But now it's cool, man. 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:59.360 She just I know, she's pretty proud of me. She's 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.560 always be seeing me being happy and just doing the things. 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.919 I love you, and you definitely give back to your community, 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:07.640 but you also make sure you take care of your mother. 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.160 Back in twenty twenty, you surprised that with a crib 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.240 man a house, a beautiful house, said that man talk 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:13.919 about that moment. 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.240 Talk about seeing your mother overcome with emotion in that moment. 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:18.479 That was easy. 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.440 I have been wanted to do it for a minute, 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.520 and I had finally just got the opportunity, found the 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.680 little crib for and we was able to get a 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.320 moved in. Well, I feel like you want a new 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.480 house now. We probably about to get her something a 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:33.000 little soon. 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:34.960 We'll be three years about that time. 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.240 You don't want to be tough for a little upgrade. 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:44.279 There ain't nothing wrong with that, your mother. It's an 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.880 inspiration to you now you're in this year. What inspires 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:50.240 you right now? What else aspires you outside of your mother? 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.880 What inspires dron Pain to keep going and being this 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:54.320 monster that you are on that field? 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.600 Man, I just love playing football, like I love just 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.400 watching film. Like after the game, my girls, you get 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.760 mad at me because I come home and I get 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.480 straight back on my iPad and I'll be watching film. 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:07.560 All night of the game. 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.600 I just like seeing I don't know, I just like 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.640 seeing that, I don't know, just watching everybody on the 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.720 field watching me and just watching other players and stuff 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.560 like I want to critique myself, critique people around me. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.000 And I just love football honestly. 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.120 And it's interesting because, like, you're so calm, it's so 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.680 chill right now. As soon as you put that helmet on, 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:31.080 mans soon as you go on that field, it's like 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:32.960 a whole another person. 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:34.480 What does that change? Like why do you have to 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:35.920 get into that zone when you start playing? 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:37.960 I made shoot, That's what I could be myself at, 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:40.400 Like I could just go out there and just do 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:44.160 whatever I want to do, honestly, But off the field, 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.840 I'm really just chill honestly. I'll just be in the 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:48.760 back vibe and cooland yeah. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:49.080 Yeah. 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.080 So you have these moments where you get your mother crib, 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.040 you go back to your high school, you do all 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:57.440 these things. When did you feel like you accomplished everything 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.120 you were trying to or do you still feel like 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:00.640 you got more work to do? 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.160 It's definitely more work to do. Like I know, last year, 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:08.760 I was big on setting goals and just hitting those goals. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.800 So I pretty much hit almost all my goals last year. 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.480 So I just was like, I'm gonna keep on doing 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.640 the same thing and just make some new goals and 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.480 try to just strive, strive and hit them in your chance. 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.880 I get and I know your goal is to be 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.800 the best. So I'm gonna ask you straight up. Are 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:28.320 you and Jonathan Allen the best interior duo in the NFL? 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:28.480 So? 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.480 I think so if you look at actual plays and 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:34.000 how we play and how we go about games, and 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.800 actually turn on the film, you can see it. 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.000 The last question for you man, had you miked up 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.240 a few games ago and your boy too hell did 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.679 a little celebration. 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:47.800 You said, don't effort to that again. And why didn't 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.560 you feel his dance? But did you give him some pointers? 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:49.840 Man? 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.040 First he was it was like it took him a 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.439 long time to do it. So I was like, you 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:57.960 scared first off, and it just looked bad. So I 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.079 was like, you gotta You think he can dance, but 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.640 he really can't. Down He's always trying to dance when 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:03.560 you may plays. 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.360 So for those watching, what's the key to a good seller? 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:08.040 Brad shit? 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:11.680 I feel like, man, he should just stick to the gritty. 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.079 You feel me like he's gritty is horrible, but that's 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.000 what makes it good for him because it's so bad. 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:17.960 We need to stick to that. 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:19.240 I love the thounss man. 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:21.800 Last question for you man, we got another NFC EA 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.080 st opponent we're gonna be back at the crib playing 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.480 in Philadelphia Eagles. That's your ICEO camera right there. Looking 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:27.920 to that camera and tell the fans why they need 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.920 to show up and show out for y'all this Sunday. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.680 Man, it's a big divisional game, is always big to 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:37.640 win these and it's not even I mean it's a 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.400 home game. So to be able to have y'all there 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.360 fighting with us and being loud in the stadium, that 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:45.160 really helps us out for sure. 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:46.920 Man, we have no doubt the command this famous gonna 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:48.840 pull up for you. We know you gonna show up 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:50.680 and show out on Sunday like you always do. Drawing 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:52.920 appreciate your time, man, ladies and gental. This is the 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.520 next Man Up podcast. Brian Kobe here with our big 0:09:55.559 --> 0:10:02.640 many thanks, Commanders Fan. We love podcasts. 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