Speaker 1: Command, this family.
Speaker 2: Welcome into a special episode of Next Man Up. Y'all
Speaker 2: saw last week we had the re signings. Now we
Speaker 2: got the free agency in the billings. We got a
Speaker 2: big one here safety Will Harris pulled up, came fresh,
Speaker 2: got the forces, all, got the all black problems.
Speaker 1: You're ready for business, hunh Yes, sir, you know it.
Speaker 1: You know that first and his.
Speaker 2: First congratulations, Man, you know they brought you here. You
Speaker 2: one of the first signs here.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: What went into the decision to come bring your talents
Speaker 2: to the DMV.
Speaker 3: Man, Man, I'll tell you you know. First of all, Man,
Speaker 3: I'm super super excited. Man, I can't say that enough.
Speaker 3: I'm super excited and super appreciative of this organization, man
Speaker 3: for having that trust in me, and you know, for
Speaker 3: reaching out.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: My agent told me, you know that that Washington was calling.
Speaker 3: And as soon as he told me that, Man, I said, well,
Speaker 3: you handle that, you know, you handle that on your side,
Speaker 3: but you know, you let me know.
Speaker 1: And it's a green light.
Speaker 3: Because as soon as it's a green light, were making
Speaker 3: it happen. And that's exactly how I went.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: I was super excited as soon as I heard that
Speaker 3: they were in the picture. And you know, uh, you know,
Speaker 3: you see the way these you know, these guys play.
Speaker 1: You know, whether you're.
Speaker 3: Across you know, whether you're across the sideline from or
Speaker 3: you're watching you know, you're watching on TV.
Speaker 1: You know, it's something intangible that you can see.
Speaker 3: You know, how these guys play, the way they fly around,
Speaker 3: the way they get to the ball, the energy that
Speaker 3: they're playing with, how they're playing for one another, you
Speaker 3: know what I mean, how they playing for these coaches,
Speaker 3: how everything's just in tandem. And you know, obviously, you know,
Speaker 3: you got a guy like dan Quinn. Man, it's hard
Speaker 3: not to want not to want to run through a
Speaker 3: brick wall form for sure, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: And so all of that, you know, I saw all
Speaker 3: of that from the outside end, man, and I wanted
Speaker 3: to be a part of it.
Speaker 1: And man, look at God, you know what I mean.
Speaker 3: God, I'm so glad to uh, I'm so glad to
Speaker 3: be here. Man, I'm so glad to contribute, you know,
Speaker 3: to the team, and you know, and meet the fellas.
Speaker 2: Man, that's so cool to hear you say that you
Speaker 2: had that perspective about dan Quinn and this team because
Speaker 2: again you're on the ouside looking you have your own career,
Speaker 2: you with the Saints and you actually played us. So
Speaker 2: was it the game where you played us where you
Speaker 2: got to see it or is that kind of the
Speaker 2: conversation around the league now with what's being built here,
Speaker 2: what dan Quinn and ap have done, is that kind
Speaker 2: of the conversation around the league.
Speaker 1: One hundred per one hundred percent.
Speaker 3: So that was already that was already the narrative before
Speaker 3: and you know, all week as far as getting when
Speaker 3: I was with my previous team, you know, all week
Speaker 3: in preparations like that was one of the keynotes. You know,
Speaker 3: outside of the ex's and those, outside of the players,
Speaker 3: it's you know, the culture there. You know they're coming
Speaker 3: with culture, you know, that culture of energy, that culture
Speaker 3: I mean they're putting you know, you know, guys are
Speaker 3: coming out there man and just letting you know, letting
Speaker 3: it loose, letting it loose and just playing for one another. Obviously,
Speaker 3: you know there's preparation that goes into it. There's you know,
Speaker 3: game planning that goes into it. You know, but outside
Speaker 3: of all of that, man, you see a team that
Speaker 3: you know, it's high energy. You see a team that
Speaker 3: you know, guys are playing for one another.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 3: Every time they cross the paint in the end zone. Man,
Speaker 3: it's a celebration, which is great, man. You want to
Speaker 3: celebrate that success. Guys lifting each other up, good plays,
Speaker 3: guys lifting each other up. And you know some you
Speaker 3: know whatever, if there's a negative play, which there there
Speaker 3: are in every game, you know, guys are rallying around
Speaker 3: each other.
Speaker 1: Man. And you know when I was out there, you know,
Speaker 1: on the.
Speaker 3: Other side, you know when he played them, Uh, you
Speaker 3: know when he played the team last year. Uh, you know,
Speaker 3: all those things were evident. All those things are evident.
Speaker 3: I'm sitting out there watching it firsthand.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean.
Speaker 3: Negative play might happen, and guys are rallying around each other.
Speaker 3: You know, that's a psychological you know, upside that you
Speaker 3: can have, Like, that's an attribute that you can have.
Speaker 3: And Man, everything that I've seen, you know about this
Speaker 3: place has been so so impressive.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: And I'm I'm I'm extremely humble uh to be here, man,
Speaker 3: and that this organization trusts me to come in and
Speaker 3: you know, bring bring, bring my energy.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? You know I wear that
Speaker 1: I wear that on my sleeve. Man. I take a
Speaker 1: lot of pride.
Speaker 3: And and and and being able to people, being able
Speaker 3: to turn on the tape and uh, you know and
Speaker 3: see the way I play, see me running around, flying around,
Speaker 3: you know, and uh you.
Speaker 1: Know, and uplifting my teammates. So I'm excited. I love that.
Speaker 2: That is the conversation you're having right now with me, man,
Speaker 2: Because Joe Witt Junior in this defense, this is first
Speaker 2: time being a defensive coordinator. So you're seeing all of
Speaker 2: this as a pro. You've been in the league for
Speaker 2: a little bit and you're recognizing all this. This is
Speaker 2: the first time defensive coordinator. Joe with Junior is only
Speaker 2: getting in his second year. So that's so impressive that
Speaker 2: you were able to see that, because I think we
Speaker 2: all saw that here, but the fact that you got
Speaker 2: to see it on the outside, it's really really dope.
Speaker 2: Have you got a chance to talk to Joe Wi
Speaker 2: Junior since you decided to come out here, you guys
Speaker 2: had to have any conversation.
Speaker 1: Yet, Yes, sir, Yes, sir talk to him today. You
Speaker 1: had to love that conversation. Man. That was man, that
Speaker 1: was amazing. My favorite guy in a building, man, Man, such.
Speaker 3: A great dude, Man, great dude, and just a wealth
Speaker 3: and knowledge as a pretending like just X's and those. Man,
Speaker 3: just a guy who just knows ball, knows ball.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: We were just we were just I could have talked
Speaker 3: in there, you know, if I was staying in that man,
Speaker 3: I could.
Speaker 1: Man, we could have talked in there forever. Man, for real.
Speaker 1: But the guy who knows ball.
Speaker 3: You could see the light in his eye, you know
Speaker 3: when he's talking about you know, when he's talking about football,
Speaker 3: when he's talking about this game because it means that
Speaker 3: much to him. And so you know, you're talking about
Speaker 3: a guy, man who has a wealth and knowledge. Man,
Speaker 3: been doing this for man for a long time. And Man,
Speaker 3: I can't wait to be able to get in here
Speaker 3: and pick his brain and kind of learn from, you know,
Speaker 3: some of the gems that you know that he's going
Speaker 3: to drop for sure, and be able to you know,
Speaker 3: see things from how he sees him and his perspective,
Speaker 3: and kind of learn from him throughout the course of
Speaker 3: you know, throughout the course of the off seasons. So
Speaker 3: I'm super excited to be able to learn from him
Speaker 3: and the rest of the coaches, for sure.
Speaker 2: Man, Junior, what are the best minds in football, especially
Speaker 2: when it comes to that secondary. So really excited to
Speaker 2: see a guy like you be able to be implemented
Speaker 2: into his system.
Speaker 1: But let's talk about a guy like you.
Speaker 2: Let's let's talk about this a little bit, because I
Speaker 2: like to pay who these people are as people. And
Speaker 2: to me, when I look at what happened with you
Speaker 2: in New Orleans last year, it tells me a lot
Speaker 2: about you because you go in New Orleans on kind
Speaker 2: of like a prove it deal. You're not really on
Speaker 2: the depth chart, you don't really have a spot. You
Speaker 2: turn into a starter and you do it rather quickly.
Speaker 2: That is not something that is easy to do. But
Speaker 2: to me, that's something that says a lot about the man.
Speaker 2: Talk to us about what it was like going through
Speaker 2: that journey, being in a spot in New Orleans where
Speaker 2: you had to prove it but you were able to
Speaker 2: get it done.
Speaker 1: And we're able to get that start.
Speaker 3: Not well, you know, we from around the way, so
Speaker 3: all we need is a crack in the door. All
Speaker 3: we need is a foot in the door, you know
Speaker 3: what I mean? But uh no, in all seriousness, you know,
Speaker 3: you know it was blessed. I feel like every opportunity
Speaker 3: is a blessed was blessed with the opportunity, and it
Speaker 3: was you know, it was pretty much told me, uh,
Speaker 3: you know it is there is there for the taking
Speaker 3: and a guy like me, man, that's that's all I
Speaker 3: need to hear.
Speaker 1: That's all I need to hear.
Speaker 3: And it's not a it's not a a factor of
Speaker 3: of of what I'm going to do, you know, on
Speaker 3: the field.
Speaker 1: It's a factor of, you know, of when I'm going
Speaker 1: to do it, you know.
Speaker 3: And in my mind that's kind of the thing, not
Speaker 3: not in the not in the arrogant mind state at all,
Speaker 3: but just than me having that confidence in myself and
Speaker 3: me having confidence in the work that I put in,
Speaker 3: you know, behind the scenes and the work that i've
Speaker 3: you know that I've been putting in since this offseason started,
Speaker 3: and you know, it's been you know, it's been an
Speaker 3: every year thing.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: As soon as the season in, you know, I might
Speaker 3: you know, kick my feet up for a couple of days,
Speaker 3: and it's back to it.
Speaker 1: It's back to it.
Speaker 3: I only know one way and that's and and that's
Speaker 3: the work. And so you know, I'm excited, you know
Speaker 3: about you know, I'm I'm confident, you know, in my abilities.
Speaker 1: I'm confident in the way I play.
Speaker 3: I think that you know, my play and the energy
Speaker 3: that I have, you know speaks, you know, speaks for that.
Speaker 3: And I like and I love uplifting my teammates.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: I love being out there and you know, my teammates
Speaker 3: make a play. I can you know, I can get
Speaker 3: in they face you know it's saying and turn them up,
Speaker 3: you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: I love that. I love that stuff. I just love
Speaker 1: playing ball. Man.
Speaker 3: I think that, uh, some of that, you know gets lost,
Speaker 3: you know, uh, the you know, the older you get,
Speaker 3: you know, you get from high schoo to college, from
Speaker 3: college to pros, and you know, I think sometimes, you know,
Speaker 3: I think sometimes when you're around it for so long,
Speaker 3: I think some people may forget while we got into
Speaker 3: football in the first place, you know, while you strap
Speaker 3: them up for the first time in the first place.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean, that feeling you get you
Speaker 3: can't get doing anything else, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3: You know, the feeling you get from playing for football,
Speaker 3: from being out there with the fellas Man, from going
Speaker 3: to war with the fellas Man. You could bottle that
Speaker 3: feeling up and sell it, man, But it wouldn't be
Speaker 3: you know, it'd be.
Speaker 1: Priceless, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: So you know, I'm excited to be here, man, and
Speaker 3: I'm excited to get going and get jeling with the guys.
Speaker 2: I gotta imagine that feeling that you're talking about gets
Speaker 2: even better when you were able to put in that
Speaker 2: work and you're able to see the results, because it's
Speaker 2: something Last year you're here to trying to just find
Speaker 2: a spot, trying to find a home. This time you're
Speaker 2: a coveted free agent. You're getting called, they calling you.
Speaker 1: To come here. Man.
Speaker 2: How rewarding was today, man, getting to sign that contract
Speaker 2: being somebody that was value, that was want, that has
Speaker 2: that that they have plans for you to be a
Speaker 2: part of the team that's different than what you dealt
Speaker 2: with last year?
Speaker 1: Man, How special was that for you? After all the
Speaker 1: work you put in? Right? Man?
Speaker 3: Uh, look at God, and you know, look at God,
Speaker 3: and I can say that I'm extremely humbled.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm extremely humbled. I'm extremely blessed. You know that.
Speaker 3: Uh, you know, and I and I was blessed, you
Speaker 3: know to get the call from Washington and that you
Speaker 3: know and that the coaches here and at the organization,
Speaker 3: you know, had that trust in me to come in
Speaker 3: and and and and bring what I bring to the table.
Speaker 3: Uh here and Man, I you know, I promise everybody
Speaker 3: in here, Man, I promise them. But it's also a fact, man,
Speaker 3: is that you know I tell the coaches, you know,
Speaker 3: I tell my fellow teammates, you know, tell the organization,
Speaker 3: I tell the fans man Like, Uh, something that you
Speaker 3: can expect from me, man is is just non stop,
Speaker 3: high motor man, NonStop. And so I'm gonna get my
Speaker 3: all to this organization, to this franchise. I'm gonna get
Speaker 3: my all man and this and it's easy for me, man,
Speaker 3: because it's it.
Speaker 1: It just boils.
Speaker 3: Down to coming in and putting in the work and
Speaker 3: just being there, being a good teammate, man, just being
Speaker 3: there for my teammates and being a dependable guy, garnishing
Speaker 3: that trust from my teammates that they could be Like
Speaker 3: you know what, that guy, man, he comes in, he
Speaker 3: comes in.
Speaker 1: Every day, he works.
Speaker 3: I can trust that guy, you know what I mean,
Speaker 3: because I see it every day and I can trust
Speaker 3: that guy.
Speaker 1: And that means more to me than you know.
Speaker 3: Than a lot of other things, you know, having that trust,
Speaker 3: you know, gaining that trust, you know, having that trust
Speaker 3: with my teammates, and being there to be a good teammates. So, man,
Speaker 3: I can't wait to you know, to meet the guys
Speaker 3: man and get it going well.
Speaker 2: Man, bro you got me excited. Man, this has been
Speaker 2: a great conversation. I appreciate that. And one thing you
Speaker 2: said in your press before I let you go, which
Speaker 2: I think is why this is so special, at least
Speaker 2: for me.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the fan base.
Speaker 2: You mentioned that you've never received a reception like this before.
Speaker 2: You've not even strapped it up yet. You ain't put
Speaker 2: the jersey, or you may't pick your number, none of that,
Speaker 2: but you've still gotten that reception from the fan base.
Speaker 2: Just talk about that a little bit and what that
Speaker 2: experience has been like for you, because you mentioned that
Speaker 2: you've never doubled anything.
Speaker 1: Like this before. Yeah, Man, I mean it was crazy.
Speaker 1: It was crazy.
Speaker 3: Man, as soon as the as soon as the news broke,
Speaker 3: man Commander's nation went crazy, I did, his nature went crazy.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: My phone still buzzn't, to be honest, and and I
Speaker 3: love that, and I love that, And I'm a guy
Speaker 3: that you know, I get it, like I get involved,
Speaker 3: so you know.
Speaker 1: Like reach out. You know what I'm saying, Like how
Speaker 1: at me? You know what I mean?
Speaker 3: But yeah, no, man, I did this fan base man,
Speaker 3: you could tell, you know, I you know, I can't
Speaker 3: wait to you know, get in front of the fans man,
Speaker 3: and you know, and be able to meet as many
Speaker 3: as I can and be able to you know, and
Speaker 3: be able to go and grind and work. All of
Speaker 3: that is motivation to be able to give them, you know,
Speaker 3: what they deserve, you know, uh, you know for trusting
Speaker 3: me and being excited about me. You know what I mean.
Speaker 3: And I can tell them you know firsthand, man, You're
Speaker 3: you're going to get you know, my awe.
Speaker 1: You know you're going to get my awe. Man.
Speaker 3: So that's what I'm working for. I've already been, We've
Speaker 3: already been putting in the work. But you know that's
Speaker 3: just even more motivation, you know, for me to take
Speaker 3: with me you know, from here is to go back
Speaker 3: and you know, turn it up or not.
Speaker 1: And put the pedal to the metal, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying.
Speaker 3: And so you know, I can't wait to be around,
Speaker 3: to be around as many of the fans as possible.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to show out for him on Sundays.
Speaker 3: And yeah, man, if I ever, if we ever in passion,
Speaker 3: if we ever around, man, holler at me, and the fans.
Speaker 1: Will definitely I'll let you.
Speaker 2: They'll love that, and they'll love the fact that you
Speaker 2: get involved, because that's one thing about the DMV, man.
Speaker 2: This community is serious, especially this commands community.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 2: So we're very happy to have your part of it.
Speaker 2: You know, we're gonna give you a jump start. Man,
Speaker 2: that's your why so camera right there before you get
Speaker 2: up out of here, or you look at that camera
Speaker 2: right there, talk directly to the commanders fans and tell
Speaker 2: them what they can expect, not only from Will, but
Speaker 2: the Commander's defense in twenty twenty.
Speaker 3: Flours, come on, man, now he Commander's defense.
Speaker 1: Man. We coming with it, We coming with it.
Speaker 3: You see the guys on this roster, you know, you
Speaker 3: see the guys you know who we got rolling out there.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: We got dogs all over the place, and dogs were
Speaker 3: already here man. And I'm just so happy, man, And
Speaker 3: I'm so humbled and appreciative to be able to, you know,
Speaker 3: to be a piece of that. And so you know,
Speaker 3: one thing you can expect from us.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: We're flying around, we're hitting, we taking the ball out
Speaker 3: of the air.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: All of that, all of that, We're going hunting man
Speaker 3: all year, all year, and you know we gotta raise hell.
Speaker 1: You know that anybody is done with that. This is
Speaker 1: right there, there's man, get out of race, and we
Speaker 1: need the fans to do it. Oh, bron be there, man.
Speaker 2: Honestly, after watching this video, they're gonna be ready to
Speaker 2: be out there right now.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 3: They got I'm telling you, they started blowing me up. Man.
Speaker 1: They had me turned up.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 1: They have me ready to lace it up right now.
Speaker 2: You got me ready.
Speaker 1: We still we still got time for y'all. Got be
Speaker 1: ready to lace it up right now. I strap it
Speaker 1: up right now. Come on, come on?
Speaker 2: Will we love the energy man. We are so happy
Speaker 2: to have you here, Bro. This was a great conversation.
Speaker 2: Think you were taking the time in and again, congratulations man.
Speaker 1: You earned this.
Speaker 2: You earned getting to this point in your career, and
Speaker 2: I'm so happy you decided to pull up here and
Speaker 2: spend this part of your career with us.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 1: I have no doubt's going to be fruitful. And successful brothers.
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I appreciate you. I can't wait, man
Speaker 1: this fam man. Next man up.
Speaker 2: Bro Will Harris up there feeling good. He got the raise.
Speaker 2: Hell going already, y'all. Make sure y'all show our new
Speaker 2: safety all the love that he deserves. His next man up,
Speaker 2: I'm Brian cople Jr. Here Will Harrison.
Speaker 1: Let's do it. Let's do it, Yes, sir