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They didn't, 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:25.679 they just didn't take advantage. 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:30.319 Yeah, they was before they time. They were Amazon before Amazon. 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.800 That's a good point. I just like spoosmag dot com was. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.200 Actually it was before US bought it. 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:38.720 We saw some grown men this past Sunday on the 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.640 field in charm City. We did commanders and ravens, and 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:44.600 let's put it out there. There are no moral victories 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:47.600 and we don't or we don't do that. But you 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.480 can't take a step back and say where are we 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.040 as we pushed towards the future and this was a 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:54.800 good performance. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.080 Even though it's okay to be disappointed to different we're 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.760 looking at a different windows they're on the second floor 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:01.640 of the house looking out the window because they have 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.560 a super Bowl window. We are in a let's see 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.640 who we are and if we make the playoffs, we 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.800 make the playoffs, we're starting in ground zero. There they 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:11.680 are in a super Bowl window. So it was a 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:15.440 great test to say where are we. Generally we was 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.440 a touchdown deficit behind a Super Bowl contender. Yeah, that 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.440 tells me everything I need to know. No more victories. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.680 I'm still saying that smile is upside down. I cried 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.679 all weak it, but at the end of the day, 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.600 we understand that we can compete with anybody in this league. 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:32.640 And it showed last week. 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:34.400 I think that was the key is when they were 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.280 down a couple of scores, you thought, all right, how 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.200 are we gonna respond? Yeah, is this a team that's 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:39.919 going to fold and say we're not ready for this moment? 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:41.920 Or are we going to keep attacking? We want to 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:43.760 keep playing, and they made it a game. The only 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.120 thing we fold one hundred dollar bills. We didn't care 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.799 about being down. And that's what happens when you got 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:49.320 a quarterback. 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.440 Jinks, When you got a quarterback, you're never out of 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.600 a game. Just what it showed, and we went blow 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.880 for blow with a heavyweight. It's our lead versus forming. 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.440 It's gonna both teams got beat up, and that's what 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.359 you want to see. I want to see these young 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.639 guys fight back. They fought back. I want to see 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:08.680 these young guys take them for four quarters. They took 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.480 them for four quarters. So at the end of the day, disappointed, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.200 no understanding where we're at. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.000 Yes, I am, and I think you can see that 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.840 from people around. The lead objective observer saying this Commanders 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.680 team is going to be a problem. Even Rokwan Smith 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.600 after the game was asked by Jadon Daniels and said, 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:26.240 they got themselves a dude. 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.280 Of course, a dude. Once you have a dude, you 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:30.120 got realized. 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.880 I keep telling people that eight billion people on this planet, 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.320 we ain't found thirty two quarterbacks in the same year. 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:41.000 Ever, that's how hard it is to find that guy. 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.920 Even though Doug won us a Super Bowl, his career 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:45.119 here wasn't the longest. 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:47.920 Mark Rippin wasn't the longest. 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.440 So even though they brought a Super Bowl trophy to 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.720 the franchise, could they really be what you call our 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.600 franchise quarterback? For fifteen years very hard to find. I 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:58.400 think we found that. 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.080 With Jane Daniels talk tweek her in the pod. We 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:04.360 talked every week on the pregame show. And you nailed 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.480 it again because I asked you every week, who's gonna 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.840 step up? And you said, you know what, It's not 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:11.360 gonna be a guy stepping up. It's gonna be a 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:12.800 guy we can count on Terry McLaurin. 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:14.280 And he did. He had a great game against the 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:15.720 very good Ravens defense. Yes he did. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:20.200 And that last touchdown catch, that last touchdown passed. 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.280 Was a thing of beauty. 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.440 And the one thing I know about Terry is he 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.160 wins at the point of attack, like if he had 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:30.440 to high point of ball, a coutext like if you're 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.680 trying to stop him catching the ball, that's a very 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.200 very hard thing to do. And I just felt like 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:38.760 this was a game where the youngsters might make some plays, 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:40.719 but this is a veteran game. This is when the 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.479 old men show their head. And that's what happened with 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.480 Terry mclawin. I thought he would show this is what 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.560 I can do. I want the ball more. I'm the 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:50.840 cookie monster. Feed me, feed me more. 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.279 And he has said now, And it's a delicate subject 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:58.159 to broach because you don't want to disrespect broach. 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.960 Yes, oh that's civilized, my friend. 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:06.400 You never want to take a shot at anyone you've 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:10.039 played with. But I think Terry has alluded to the 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.520 fact that it's nice to know. 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.200 That now I have a guy I can rely on. 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.760 Look at Santana for most of his script, no shot 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.440 against anyone, but he had a I mean, it was 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.440 just a rotation quarterbacks, and that's hard as a receiver. 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.240 That's why I never like, I played receiver in high school, 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.960 I play receiver in college. And then I sat down 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.839 and thought to myself, which one can I control my 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:32.600 own destiny? 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.800 And it's dB like, because how do you. 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.400 Know I'm a great receiver If I don't have a 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.240 great quarterback, Like, you can never know who I am. 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.680 And that's a hard thing for receivers. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.200 And Terry has just literally just taken it how it comes, 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.800 and that's with him. That's why I think Terry and 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:52.400 Santana I cut from the same cloth, meaning they're not divas. 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.720 Most receivers are divas. They like to rock the runway 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.680 and never trip a fall like not these two dudes. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.000 They get it out the mud. They understand, they understand 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.440 the situation, and they just gonna take it how it comes. 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.120 They never say nothing, they never nag. They just go 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.320 out there and play football. And that's what you love 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:10.960 if you if you're a Commanders fan. 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:14.520 And I appreciate Terry showing respect and just playing the game, 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.320 keeping his head down the entire time, because most receivers 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:17.800 aren't like that. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:19.880 They miked up Stefan Diggs a. 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:21.840 Few years ago when he was playing in Minnesota, and 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.159 that's when he was playing with Kirk Cousins, and I 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.680 can't repeat exactly how it was, but fan, and you find, oh, 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.880 he's combustible. My god, he's he was opening the end 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.040 zone and Kirk missed him, and you heard Danny Kirk like, 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:35.239 get me the ball. 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.680 I'm right here, listen. I have dealt with I have checked. 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.640 So many dev receivers my whole life, the Ts of 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.280 the world, the Randys of the world. And boy, it's 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.280 so easy to get under their skin because I would 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.719 just simply tell them you got Nate Peterman throwing you 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:52.960 the ball. I don't care if you are Ferrari, you 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.800 don't have a chance today. Today, you belong to me. 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.520 Come on, your last name is smoothed, your name is 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.839 terreal smooth today. Guess what you're caught of my family 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.440 nothing you can do like and they do feel helpless 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:07.960 in those situations where I just beat you on the 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.640 route and I'd be like, so did he throw you 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.840 the ball? He can't throw the ball, So don't you 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:14.960 worry about it today. 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.200 Put your hands in your pockets, and you enjoy the 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:18.520 game like the rest of them. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.000 I like the you went fifth grade d so so 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:24.040 like so like that's what it is like, because Racia 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:25.800 was gonna let you know every time to get an 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:27.080 inch on you out, They're gonna. 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:28.120 Let you know, like, oh, they should have throw me 0:07:28.160 --> 0:07:28.720 the ball right there. 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.640 And I'd be like, yeah, whatever, it doesn't count against me, 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.720 Like nobody's gonna hold it against me, especially with corner. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.960 Be in a position that it is. You love us 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.560 one day, you hate us the next. We're good one day, 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.520 we're the worst guy in the world the next day. 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.760 So that's why I tell people, if you play defensive back, 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.720 just understanding in the back of your mind love you'll 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.440 never be That's probably why I'm bad in relationships. 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:50.880 I don't know. 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:56.280 Well, let's talk about great corner play and Mike cinra Still, 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:57.680 who was very good. 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:58.760 He's one of those guys. 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:00.960 I love when you can and take a step back 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.800 and look at the totality of a season and watch 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:06.800 the progression of someone first game for Central Still getting 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.560 be all over the place, and now you can see 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.160 him getting more confident, stepping in front of receivers, making place. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:13.280 He's gonna be really good. 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.840 No, he's gonna be very good, and he's problem solving, 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:17.440 like that's what you have to do in the league. 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.840 You find out how fast is the game, You find 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:21.240 out who do I met you? 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:21.400 Up? 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:22.000 Will against? 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:23.720 They brought him in to be a star and knuckler, 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.600 and now he's outside. They say, hey, I got to 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:26.440 put more on your plate. 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:27.520 I need more from him. 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.200 And when the coaches demand more from you, some guys 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.640 stand up. Some guys say, I can't. He's not I 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:34.840 can't gut you. You knew when he played for Harvard 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:36.760 Michigan this guy was hard nosed. 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:38.440 I'm gonna get down in the mud. 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.000 I'm gonna get dirty congratulation on your first interception because 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.040 it's a dB. Once you start to get in once 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.480 you get that first interception, they started to come in bunches. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.000 And this the way it goes. Because once I touched 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:50.880 the ball the first time. 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.640 Luckily for me, I got an interception in my second 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.000 quarter of my first game. So I was like, all right, 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.319 I belong because until you get that interception, you don't 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:03.280 feel like you belong. So I think now he understands, Okay, 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:04.719 I got my hand on the ball. I need to 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:06.520 get my hand on more. I need to give my 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.640 quarterbacks short fields. I need to give my offense short fields. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.920 I need to start to impact the game differently than 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:15.280 the rest of the guys around me. 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:21.880 Let me ask you a questions. Ask me you hear this. 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.199 You see a lot some guys who are always around 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.840 the football, right, they just have a knack. So I 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.200 feel like you were kind of one of those guys 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.560 who you're always around it. Even if he weren't touching, 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.240 you were right there. Does that come from knowing the playbook? 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:35.720 Does it come from being prepared? Is there an innate 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.439 sense where you just kind of have a feel. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:39.760 I don't know, man, Like I'm gonna tell you who 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.600 I thought like it's some dbs that the ball finds them. 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.200 They don't find the ball the Hall the Angela. Oh 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.800 my god, yes, I be like the Angelo. You got 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.480 a rabbit foot the Angelotte get me standing on the field. 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:54.120 The dude to fall in front of him and the 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.080 ball and pop out, and I'd be like, what is 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.880 going on? Drake Blin was like that, Okay, run day Barber, 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.160 which like that the ball finds them. I think it's 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.520 a mixture of a film study. I think it's a 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:10.079 mixture of Johney on the spot and a rabbit's foot 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:11.280 the size of the moon. 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:13.800 Like it takes a little look like the ball. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.520 You ever heard the ball is bouncing your way Like 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.280 some guys the ball bounced that way they whole career. 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:20.240 Like puck luck and hockey. 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:24.600 Yeah it is. Yeah, I still got it. Rebounced the 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.280 ball and literally all I got to do is dunkey. 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:31.000 So it's a layup for some guys and some guys 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:32.160 just had the intuition. 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:32.920 I want to say. 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.000 That the feel force that come from somewhere that says, 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.520 you know what, I'm going to always be around the ball. 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:39.440 I'm gonna impact it. 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:40.920 And it has a lot to do with just one 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:45.120 simple thing running to the ball, even when the action 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.720 ain't by you near you running. 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:48.480 To the ball. 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.080 The ball is life, like coach Witt says, and life 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:52.600 is what I. 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.600 Need this linebacking core. 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.720 Yes, I think it's important to be positive, not just 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.600 because this was a very good performance, even though, like 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.439 you said, we're just worting about the loss, but because 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:04.640 we are seeing that group come together. 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:09.360 Dante Fowler fifth multi sac game of his career, gratulations 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:09.760 my friend. 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:14.480 Yes, Sir, Bobby Wagner does what Bobby Wagner does, twelve tackles. Yeah, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.719 with the team like he always does. It's gonna be 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:20.040 a yellow jacket for a reason. When you put Wagnert, 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.760 Louvu and Foul together, this flyebacking core can match up 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:24.640 against any and NFL. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.320 I don't think linebacking corps at the difference in between 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.240 championships and not. When you talk about defense, everybody talks 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:33.920 about the front, everybody talks about the back end. I 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.000 think it's all about the linebacker because they are enforcers. 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.800 They are the identity of a defense. They are the 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.880 physicality of a defense. I always used to I used 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:45.640 to talk trash to my d line because I'd be 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.560 like y'all dudes are south and they d liman. Yeah, 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.280 because I always tell them I have to hit Jerome 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.440 Betty's at one hundred miles power. You hit Jerome Betty's 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:58.280 at three miles pound. I am tougher than you. I 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:00.559 have to hear tight ends that six two hundred and 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.320 sixty pounds while they are full of scribe, and you 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.280 hit them while they just cranking the cup. So I 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:09.720 think the linebackers are the enforcers in their way because 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:10.680 think about. 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:11.640 It, let's talk. 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.200 The last three years, the forty nine Ers have been 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.520 known as one of the best defenses led by Fred Warning. 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:19.760 The Ravens have been known as some of. 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:23.160 The best defensive teams led by linebackers. 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.440 Right Pittsburg led by linebackers. 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:32.280 So the linebackers, to me legitly, your identity, your physicality, 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.959 they are the enforcers and they are the ones that 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.480 later foundation of what we are. They get to hit 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.160 running backs, wide receivers, everybody. 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.079 You have to be multi fasted to play the linebacker position. 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.400 So I was luckily that I got to play with 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.880 London Fletcher, OHD l Capetain because one thing about London 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.320 is I knew for a fact if I'm he's coming 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.840 at one point, like if the wide receiver comes in 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.320 and run the dig route, London is coming. I know 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.560 he's coming somewhere, gonna meet me there for the tackle. 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.120 When you know you have it as a defense, it 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.400 helps you as a defensive back play a little bit 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.480 more relaxed. And oh, by the way, my mistakes won't 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:11.520 kill us because I got reinforcement coming. 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.800 I love meeting guys like that, especially defensively, who are 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:15.520 such nice guys. 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:17.520 You're one of those guys, learning one of those guys. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.800 But then when they talk about football, you can kind 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:22.520 of see a ship it switching. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.560 Yes, like I remember its heart in London one time. 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:26.000 It was as nice as a guest, you know, the 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:27.880 Man of the Year nominee, And all of a sudden, 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:28.760 I see his eyes go. 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:33.920 Like yeah, I've been in a huddle with him, which crazy. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.840 He turns into the terminator and it's like, okay, while 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:40.200 you got snotting your nose calling the play and he's like, yeah, 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.000 let's go do this right, let's go do. 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:43.440 This, and let's go do this now. 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:48.480 So, like I said, these guys they enjoy inflicting pain. Yeah, 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:53.000 and it takes a special individual to enjoy inflicting pain 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.040 upon other people. And that's why I say the linebackers 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.360 to me out of heart and soul of every great defense. 0:13:59.400 --> 0:13:59.840 And that's why I. 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.000 Love coach Ken Norton because we watch you walk around 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:04.320 the building. He'd be like, I don't know if I 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.840 need to speak to him today. He was no joke 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:11.000 when he plays. Understand Ken Norton Jr. Is I understand 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:13.880 who his daddy was that whole? Yes? 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.880 Yes, I want to be annoyed. Was his dad like 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.400 a chip box? Yes? 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:22.080 Yeah, So inflicting pain, it's what he's used to. Like, 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.000 that's why I respect boxes in a way. That is 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:28.200 a solo sport like I always talk about sports like 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:31.720 football is such a team sport. It's a dream sport. 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:36.800 But when you like one on one like golf, Dennis boxing, 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.600 it's you, it's just you. 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:41.240 That's who you got to depend on today. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:41.800 You. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:42.960 So that's that's a different thing. 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.680 When it comes to motivation, it's just you. You have a 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.640 teammate to pick you up. You don't give you any 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.040 positive words, it's just. 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.880 Here's a bad day today. I can't lean on him. 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.600 I have nobody to lean on, So it's it's it's 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:55.960 like being the only child, which I. 0:14:55.920 --> 0:15:00.520 Am on the defensive line, John Allen now for the season. Yeah, 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.280 that's a huge loss. The good thing for this team 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:05.320 is that there is depth there. Johnny Newton got a 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:09.480 lot of snacks, sry maths, so we'd obviously love to 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.600 have big John in the lineup, but this is this 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:14.880 there's at least the depth in place here to make. 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:18.000 I find say, like, if you was gonna lose a guy, 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:20.240 you would want it to be at the DEFENSI attack 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.400 as whereas the gluttoness of like talent, that's what you 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.080 have guy that you've been trying to get in the 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.800 rotation that you can't because it was just too many 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.320 of those guys. So yeah, I think John Ada gonna 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:31.960 be a big loss. I think it puts a little 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:34.000 bit more on the run pain, I mean on pains 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.600 play for him to be the lead dog in there 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.880 and start to make some plays. But anytime a god 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:44.240 comes up injured, it's an opportunity for somebody else to 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.160 just sit in stone that I can do this job. 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:50.360 I think Newton is a guy that says, hey put 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.320 me in coach, I can handle it. For Darien matthis 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:55.520 put me in, give me a chance to show people 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:56.200 who I am. 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.240 Let me become a household name. Like, that's the thing. 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.080 I remember talking to Dayren Green when I first got here, 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:04.480 has a rookie in My first conversation. 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:10.800 With him was how do you play twenty years of football? Remarkable? 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.480 And he was like, what is my backups name? And 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.120 I was like, oh, I don't know, because he was like, 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.480 I never let him play. I never let him play. 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:20.080 I believe it. 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:24.400 And that's that's the thing, man like durability and understanding 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:28.280 that I just have to be available. That the visibility 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.200 in football is availability. Like, are you going to be 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.480 there at all times this weekend? 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.480 Yeah? Commander's host of the Panthers. Yeah, the Panthers stick. 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.000 They are bad football, yeah they are. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.600 But you can never overlook anyone in the pro football team. 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:46.640 They have professional grown men who are making money. 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.840 And just throwing the ball. Yes, although did you see 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:51.280 I was telling this square. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.200 I don't know if you saw the telecast last week 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.320 they cut away to Bryce Young on the sideline and 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.080 the play by play guy was just making a point 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:58.960 that look the red rifle, say what you want. He's 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.560 had a nice long career in the NFL, and the 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:03.800 announcer goes to play by play guy goes, you know, 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.959 Bryce Shung just needs to learn from a real professional. 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:09.040 Oh that is picked off. 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:15.000