WEBVTT - LIVE! History Repeating in DC! | Command Center Podcast | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:05.840 Hey, there we go. Welcome the Command Center Podcast. I'm 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:08.440 Logan Falls here with Fretzmonenz and Tennemuntins. Today's show, we 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:11.440 got Jade Daniels historic here man. He was a special 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.319 football player, ap DQ. Is that the best pairing sets 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:17.560 bethed and gifts. We have to think about that, Yeah, 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:19.160 I like to think about That's gonna be a tough talk. 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:21.239 And then can we get better for next year? And 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.400 are we super Bowl bound? That's all of today's show, 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:25.840 and this is a reminder were presented by Cognier Technologies 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.320 to cure today, shape tomorrow. And guys, we have a 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:31.960 very special event today because we are here at Davios 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:34.879 Restaurants and rest. I said it right, man, Yeah, I 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:35.800 was a little worried about it. 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:37.479 Let me get the first to. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:39.800 Get the prenciation guy going. So it's good to be 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:41.600 here in front of a live audience. Guys, thank you 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:43.760 so much for coming out tonight. Really appreciate it. And 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.599 obviously we're at Tuck Commander's Football specifically, we'll start off 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.839 with Jayden Daniels and I don't know what we can 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:51.120 say that hasn't already been said. 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:55.040 He was God sent right to change a fan base 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:58.480 this's been down for three decades. And the things that 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:01.680 he did in his first year, he established himself. It's 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:04.720 the best rookie quarterback of all time? 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:06.080 Am I sederating right there? 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:06.240 Though? 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.840 I mean a little bit, he though. I mean, who 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.320 would you put ahead of that? I mean, friend says 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.880 crazy stuff, that's a crazy thing to say. But then 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.240 I think about him, like, it's not that far off, right, 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:17.440 I mean, I don't even know who you're putting the 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:19.240 same pantheon. Obviously, people will talk about it if you 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:21.600 locked potentially, but again, his rookie year was not it 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:23.520 was not statistically. 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.920 This at least we wasn't around to actually witness no 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:28.440 one else's rookie year to be up equal, right. 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.479 Yeah, And what he did not just through the air, 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.319 because that was impressive, not what he did on the 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.600 ground that was very impressive, but his leadership skills and 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:40.720 going knowing how to win football games that was beyond 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.800 his years. He showed maturity his spots where we've all 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.959 been rookies, no doubt, we didn't. We wasn't there yet 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:47.440 like he is. 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:49.120 Well, that's one of the things that stood out to me. 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.800 You know when folks ask you questions about it. You know, 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.280 of course we had you know, I guess you could 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.080 say front row seat to just witnessing everything that he 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.640 got a chance to go out there and do on 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:03.640 the field. But what wild me was just the maturity, 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.000 not only the maturity week in and week out. As 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.600 the weeks grew, you know, teams are going to start 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.400 as saying we got to pick up now on what's 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.800 he displays half far? Yep, And it just he wasn't phased. 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.480 He went out there every time and he became better. 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:21.480 So when you say, was he the best rookie quarterback 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:23.959 or the best rookie period that you've ever seen, Yeah, 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:25.840 I can honestly say he's one of those guys I've 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:27.000 never seen anything like. 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.280 Well, I mean, best is irrespective. Though to me, the 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.120 thing that was most impressive about it, and you guys know, 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:33.720 because you guys played for a long time, is just 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.280 like week on week what you're talking about, Tanne, Yeah, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.960 the ability to like stay in it mentally, Like he 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:42.560 just went through this whole off season process, got drafted high, 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:44.760 did the whole thing. Yeah, and then for him to 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.920 just kind of be that consistent mentally each week. Yeah, 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.640 I mean that's maybe the most impressive thing. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.080 Right, I got something that might be even more impressive 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:56.720 the way he consumed success. He assumed success and not 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:58.839 let it bother him. You wouldn't have known. The great 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.040 thing about him I love emotionally, he's always in the middle. 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:03.079 It don't matter if he. 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:06.120 Just threw for four hundred yards, he just threw two interceptions, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.800 you would never know. So that maturity, and not just 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.240 the maturity, but the maturity of learning how to accept success. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.040 That really shocked me. It's almost like he was more 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.120 frustrated dealing with the media than he was with the season, 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:20.520 you know what I'm saying. Like that that was like 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.639 that was a distraction from his main goal, which I 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.239 thought was really interesting to be around him and just 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.040 see like again, like we're in the building, you get 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.400 to see him every day. Like his ability just to 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.000 be so locked in again, I was just that was 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:31.680 the thing that was most. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.840 You almost have to be taught to how to I 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:35.520 guess you can say handle the media, because you know 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:36.520 how he was as rookies. 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:36.800 Stay. 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.400 I remember going through it in New York, not understanding 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.200 that my role and what it took for me to 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.520 be a first round draft pick and my responsibility of 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.040 talking to the media after practice, Yeah, the games. I 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.640 didn't understand that until a guy you know, wrote me 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:52.680 off in front page paper, you know what I'm saying, 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.760 And then I realized, like, oh, it's it's it's more. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.200 That's more layered than just getting in a football peah. 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.080 So to have a young guy to come in and 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.120 you win the Heisman, you go through all that stuff, 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.360 you go through the draft and everything. Then to come 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:06.640 in here and not know how big this media is 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.920 when it comes to this football team, and to have 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.560 a successful season, you know, I guess you can say 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.280 it was caught off guard a little bit, but as 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.400 the season went on, you can see him loosen up 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.000 a little bit and understand his his his role was 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:20.640 bigger than what he probably expected. 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.279 Yeah. Absolutely, So obviously there's the stuff on the field, 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.360 but I think like maybe something maybe maybe a better 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:26.600 thing to talk about it is like when did you 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.960 know that he was a guy? Like what was the 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.080 moment where you're like, this is the dude that is 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.360 going to be something special. I've got a couple of 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:34.440 moments in mind, but yeah, I. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:36.840 Got to coverage suit I think the one that stood 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.400 out the most of me was Prime Time Monday night 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.120 football in Cincinnati. Yeah, I mean, you look, it's one 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:45.120 thing to say that if you look back, because before 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.760 every game you can almost go back to the years 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.279 and say, well, the you know, the Commanders then paying 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:51.760 out well against. 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.800 This opponent or when they playing Prime. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.760 It's always a set popped up about bigma, what we 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:01.120 did in the past. And so leading up to that week, 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:02.920 I heard so much of it, and I was. 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:04.320 Not you know, I'm a superstitious guy. 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:06.760 I don't like that stuff to kind of I guess 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.560 you could say, linger over it to how I believe 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:12.000 or how I think. And I was saying the whole time, 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:13.360 I'm not going to mention it. I'm not going to 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.240 say anything about Monday Night Football. I'm not going to 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.240 say anything about Prime Time. This is a new era, 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.040 new staff, new team, knew everything. And to see him 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.160 go out there and play go, you know, blow for 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.000 blow with Joe Burrow, Joe Burrow had a magnificent night. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.440 And to see him standing the. 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.280 Paint and not flinch and not flinch then throw the 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.799 dagger at the end to Terry, That's. 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:34.960 When I knew it was he was him. 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.680 Well, it's supposed the dumbest, since I have an eye, 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:45.240 you know when it comes to young talent. Yeah, it 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.640 so when I thought the guy was special, it. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:53.360 Was no lie. I just felt it. It was after the. 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:59.360 Appreciate practices when I seen him practice. 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.200 Not even the game. You remember practice. I do remember 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:01.880 the practices. 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.160 I got more from the practices than I did from 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.640 the game because I'm like, this guy's handling this defense 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.000 that had Saust Guardener, that has the Williams brothers. This 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.760 guy's not flinching with them because because I'm like, all right, 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:14.800 is he If he gonna make mistakes, he's gonna make them. 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.920 At this practice with Jets like they moved too fast. 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:19.800 This is gonna be a whot. DJ read like I 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.760 can keep going on with the talent they have. And 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.080 when I see him not get flinch, get nervous, have 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.160 no butterflies, I said. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:27.839 We got us one. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.360 I was like, we got somebody that has ice water 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:32.839 running through their veins. And not only did he make 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.080 this fan based fall in love with him, he made 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:36.560 other fan basis father of love. 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.359 That's the most unbelievable thing. I'm gonna call you a 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:43.760 liar first person. My daddy is a preacher. 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:48.440 We don't believe in that. 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.400 Yeah, I think it's probably it's the Cincinnati game. It's 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.359 a third and seven where it hits that bombitary like 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.719 that was like such a big moment and again like 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.280 for him just and then you're like, oh, man, he's 0:06:58.279 --> 0:06:59.240 not able to do it again. Then they go to 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:00.960 Arizona and he built off of it and they have 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.800 the game, tough game versus the Steelers, the overtime win 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.560 versus the Falcons. Man like every time they were kind 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:08.560 of ring the bell, he just walked up and rang it. 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:10.600 And it's just every day he just got better every 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:11.120 single week. 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.679 It felt like, did you early on tell the truth 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:17.200 shame the devil? Did you early on say you know what? 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.320 Because a lot of fans would call it into the 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:20.640 show and be it aked me. 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.960 Is this RG three like the first one. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.920 The first couple of games, No, just the first couple. 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:30.480 Of games for Cincinnati or yeah, when they wasn't sure 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:31.520 to believe or not? 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.400 Did you did you hear a lot of that rumblings? 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:35.520 And what made you say? 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.800 I said it wasn't compared with the RG three because 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:40.120 of the person. 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:41.760 They was two different people. 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.960 Yeah, they might have had the same skill set, but 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:45.840 it was two different people in the way they think 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:46.520 and the way they leave. 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.720 So I love the fact that you asked us that 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.920 question because we actually played with RG in both and 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:53.920 out the gate, I knew it was something different. I think, 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.760 you know, when you look at RG magnificent first year, 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:57.880 I mean, don't get me wrong. 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.560 Man, it was that time we talked about this. 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.600 It was times when even when he was wrong, he 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.040 made it, made it right, you know what I mean. 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.480 And then it was another thing to that season. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.880 I remember having an offense in twenty ten under the 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:13.960 same staff, and then twenty eleven the same offense, and 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:17.520 then twelve everything just shifted and changed to basically, I guess, 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:21.240 support him to make sure cater to what he can 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.960 do well. And so you know, at the same time, 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:25.560 when you shift like that and you have a guy 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:26.840 that's dynamic as RG. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.480 Three was, you know, the league was caught off you know, 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:30.120 court off guard. 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.839 They didn't understand how to you know, I guess you 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.200 could say, stop what we was doing out the gate. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:36.440 And then you saw some of those. 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.520 Games later in the season where oh, you know, things 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.960 are catching up to us now. The defense is are 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.319 playing to some of our weaknesses and stuff like that. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.120 The reason why I always got frustrated when I heard 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.800 the fans ask the question of Barji three, because I'm 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.080 actually the guy that had to be out there, you know, 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.959 letting him know, Hey, I'm hoping on this one. When 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.600 I'm watching Jaden, I was sitting there saying, Oh, he 0:08:58.679 --> 0:08:59.120 knows it. 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:01.720 He actually he's going to the wide receiver. 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:02.439 This he at him. 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:06.520 He actually has the answers, Yeah, before he gets out 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:07.280 that huddle, you know. 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:07.720 What I'm saying. 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:10.120 So that's the difference that I saw in a young 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.480 Jayden and RG three. I saw a guy that can 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.880 actually dissect the defense in the pocket and not have 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.679 to worry or use his legs so much. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.520 You Yeah. And I think the thing that gets me 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.360 excited is, you know pretty sure Jason did a great 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.640 job of putting this on. Is is this his ceiling 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.640 or can he continue to improve? And I think the 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.680 thing about him in this year and the difference between 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:30.760 him and Robert is Robert it felt like he was 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.080 popped up by the offense. Yes, and this feels like 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.000 it's the reverse. It feels like Jaden's propping up the offense. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:39.480 He's reading stuff out, he's making plays, he's being discerning 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.319 not only when to throw the football, but when to 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.200 run the football. And that decision making process tells me 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.160 that he's playing NFL football. Yeah, you know what I'm saying. 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:47.880 He has the opportunity to play in football. And I 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.600 don't want to speak for you guys, but do you 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.559 think he can continue to still improve? 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:55.120 I do, because we still as good as he was 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.520 this year, he still left some plays on the field, 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.480 and we know you only get bad as you be 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:01.040 in this game. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:02.720 Like this is a scary fact. 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:04.880 Philis what if I tell y'all this is the worst 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.960 he's gonna be, but like it's a chance this is 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.080 the worst he's Kapilo. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.640 Yeah. Absolutely, And we are incredibly excited about Jane Daniels, obviously, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.440 but we're also excited about Adam Peters and everything that 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.960 he's done for this organization so far. We're gonna talk 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:19.319 about that when we come back after the break. So 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.360 Big one hundred listeners makes you stay tuned. We're talking 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.679 to Adam Peters when we come back. Big one hund 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.200 All right, Big one hundred listeners, Welcome back to the 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.720 Command Center podcast and welcome back to dabios and guys, 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.439 thank you so much for joining us here. This is fantastic. 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.840 Really appreciate it. And I forgot to ask you, guys, 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.640 how do you guys feel here at Davia's. How do 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.680 you guys feel about Jane Daniels. Yeah, that's what I thought. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.000 That's an easy one, right, I'm gonna that's an easy 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:45.719 one right in your own time in the city, when 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.800 you you know, head a quarterback that you can lean 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:48.319 on like that. 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:50.880 People don't like to talk about it, but the quarterback 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.600 is the most important person owned a football, and. 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.320 I would argue maybe in this case second post important person. 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.439 The guy that really got this whole party started was 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.040 Adam Peters. And when you think about him coming in 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.000 here right and everything he was able to do right, 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:08.200 obviously hiring Dan Quinn, drafting Jayden Daniels, and really just 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:12.000 kind of changing the total map. Yeah, and the direction 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.000 of this franchise. I think we got to give him 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:16.400 some credit. And it just seems like such a pivotal 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.920 key or pivotal cog, excuse me, the whole thing. 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.160 Well, you know, especially with him and DQ being on 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.359 the same page. You know, that's the thing about Adam's Peters. 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:26.120 He's the guy that goes to the grocery store to 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.319 get the groceries and he has to ex chief then 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.679 Quinn to cook it up. So I need to be 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.959 on the same page with what ingredients? How you getting 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.600 for me? And when he looked at our roster, he said, 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:38.520 you know what I need to get better in each 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.280 and every room, and he did it. Think about it, 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:43.720 we had over eighty percent, almost eighty percent of these 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.720 eighty six with new players on this team, and for 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.800 them to come together in one off season and do 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:51.000 with the things that they did. 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.640 You got to give Adam Peterson props. 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:54.920 For what he did. He put together with this team, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:55.480 no question. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.160 But just think about how many years we went without 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.520 a true gs them. 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:02.120 And so to finally get one. 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:06.079 And of course, you know nowadays it's a copycat league. 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:07.880 You see other teams are successful. 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.360 You see the success of San France and the Ravens 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.520 every year, you know, especially when it comes to just 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.040 making to the you know, to the postseason. Buffalo, all 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.960 the teams that you see consistently getting to the postseason, 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.719 and you're wondering to yourself, like what do they have 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.520 that we don't? We have the players we probably couldn't 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:26.800 say we could probably could juggle here and. 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.040 That say we have a culture too, But what was 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:29.960 it that we didn't have? 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:32.440 It was a gym, Yeah, I think that was That 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.559 was so you know, I guess you could say vital 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.080 to our success this ship, because not only did we 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.440 get a GM, we brought a guy in here that 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.480 was young, that had been around the game for a 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.080 long time when in football started off from being a scout, 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:44.480 you know. 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.040 He had he basically had his steps. 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:48.640 You know, I mean, he'd been through the whole gun, 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.320 comes to you know what it takes to be in this, 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:52.920 you know, the position that he's in now. 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:54.520 And he just knew what to do. 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.880 He knew what to do far as let me go 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:58.480 pick the little you know they say them go out 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.560 there and get you the gross like you Yeah, I'm 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.520 gonna get you the groceries. I might not can't tell 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.280 you how to cook it. It's on you to do that, 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.520 but I'm gonna get the groceries. And so to say 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:10.000 that we had a huge turnover that that fast. You know, 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.199 every player that you went out there and got yep, 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:15.480 we spot on. That was amazing to me is himself 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.120 and that's just what it takes, you know, to have great. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.439 He showed us what happens when you don't have a 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:24.680 GM because the three picks before him, before he get here, 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.200 they're not on his team, right, so they go to 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.240 repercussions of not having a guy with an eye for 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.000 talent and not just an eye for talent. What is 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.040 this guy gonna be in three years when we develop 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:36.520 him eye for tablity and it's not. 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.480 Even an eye for talent, it's just the time. It's 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.040 the time to go through four hundred college athletes, it's 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.360 the time to go through a two hundred free agents. 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.679 It's the time to look at all the trades, who's availability, 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.520 make those phone calls. That's a full time job, man. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:49.240 And I think, not only do you need to have 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.200 the time and the position to get that done, you 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.280 have some skill. And I think he's cultivated. Like like 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.400 you said, Tann that he was with the New England Patriots. 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.240 He saw how Bill Belichick did it right. He went 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.000 to Denver, saw how Denver did. They won a Super 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:00.840 Bowl there. He went to say Francisco. They won a 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:02.840 Super Bowl there, so he got to see three different 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.440 Super Bowl winning organizations and how to handle it and 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.360 for him to bring that level of experience here. And 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.000 then the thing that gets me man is not only 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:10.360 did he do do a great job with the team, 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.280 but every single higher you know, like of the people 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.200 that are under him in that personnel offense has been outstanding. 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.080 They've been all stars. Like Lance Newmark has been a 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.400 great addition. Yeah, that's someone he goes out and identifies. 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.760 And so tamil acquisition is a thing on the field, 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.920 but then building a structure that makes it work is 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:27.360 also something that's extremely special. 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.160 So can we come to agreement that the days of 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.880 the head coach slash GM is over? 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:34.480 Week? I think it's over. I was talking to a 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:36.760 I was talking to an agent the other day who 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:38.800 represents a bunch of coaches and he's like, I'm actually 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.760 actively advising my clients to no longer do that. Yeah, 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.400 because it's just too much time. It's too big of 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.320 a time commitment. And so obviously the Washington Commanders have 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.440 had good GMS in the past. One guy in particular 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.200 is Bobby Bethard. Right the legend man in the meal 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.480 he's a legend, and so he's a Hall of Fame guy, right, Yeah, 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:59.160 he's a executive and you know, obviously GM from nineteen 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.120 seventy eight. In nineteen eighty eight he hired Joe Gibbs, 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:06.960 Obviously Adam Peters hired Quinn. Nineteen eighty one draft picks, 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.160 you know, Mark may Russ Gram, Dexter Manly, Charlie Brown, 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.560 Jojoacobe was a UDFA Hall of Fame and then after 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:16.520 that he drafts Art Monk, Darryl Green, Charles Man, Gary Clark. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.360 So in terms of the importance of a GM to 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:23.600 this organization, I mean, yeah, it's it's there is he 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.040 can he kind of live up to that legacy that 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:31.160 that's a big Barnes. I mean you got to. 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:35.520 Realize Logan did a he found Dale Green at Texas 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.840 A and I this food on it ain't even open the. 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.800 I think they turned it into a raising Kane. I 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:47.520 don't like he found guys that people didn't know the 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.680 talent that was back in the day where they had 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.680 the film that they had literally film it up in. 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:54.840 You had to trust what a coach told you about 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.520 a player when you called down there. So the environment 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.320 of Bethel was probably harder than his environment we live 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:01.840 in now, this digital environment. 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.560 But I couldn't imagine, like could. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.200 You imagine, like here he go the draft, Thie's coming 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.240 out this five hundred reals? 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:11.720 I mean, do you remember watching you? I don't know 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.560 how much film used to watch Fred, but watching old 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.920 films before it got to be high definition and you 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.160 have to be like, what number is that? The grainy fans, 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:20.920