1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The 2 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: Commanders were well represented in this year's Pro Bowl games 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: out in Las Vegas. Jonathan Allen, Duran Payne, Terry McLaurin, 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: Jeremy Reeves, and Trust Way competed in various challenges throughout 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: the week, helping the NFC secure a victory. Former Pro 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: Bowl linebacker London's Letcher joined me to recap the Pro 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: Bowl games. Washington sent five players to the Pro Bowl. London, 8 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: what does that say about the direction of this franchise? 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: It lets you know there's a lot of talent on 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: this football team. You sent a guy from offense and 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, two guys from defensing with d Ron and Jonathan, 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: and then two special team with trust and Jeremy Reeves. 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: When you look at you talking about having players from 14 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: each phase of your football team making a Pro Bowl, 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: you couldn't ask for more. We'd like to see even 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: you know, seven to eight guys coming to Pro Bowl, 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: and that means you have a winning team, all right. 18 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: We will not sleep on five though. Let's start with 19 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin. What we saw from him through this week's game. 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: So I started with dodgeball, yes, and then also the 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: water balloon catch, and then he also participated in flag football. 22 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: I thought that he probably wasn't targeted enough personally in 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: flag football, but we know no matter what, when he's 24 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: on the field, he does have an impact. But what 25 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: did you say about how he performs this week? I 26 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: thought he was performed well and you saw his competitive 27 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: nature and on the first night in the Didgeball game, 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: Terry being aggressive and you know he shared what that 29 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: says his mindset with the with the Didgeball game. And 30 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: then of course we know he has the great hands 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: in that water balloon catch if we go on to it. 32 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: John Allen, now he had the longest drive and moved 33 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: the change. He went twice and moved the change. The 34 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: boy you could see he was pretty exhausted from that. 35 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: I think he told me afterwards he's like, not the 36 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: biggest fan. Yeah, now the move to change that was 37 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: definitely they needed a different s different strategy. But I 38 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: was impressed with his golf swinging and the longest drive. 39 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: And then Duran Payne, look, he also was out there 40 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: for the longest drive using YouTube to help him on 41 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: that one of the water or balloon toss and move 42 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: the chains as well. Dan, you know what, he was 43 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: really impressive. And to move the chains, it was like, hey, 44 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: they kind of stole the technique of the AFC and 45 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: he did. He did extremely well that he was a 46 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: part of the group that won. And we certainly know 47 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: he's going to be putting it out into his next 48 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: contract negotiations as well. This is another skill that he 49 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: has for him, trust way longest driving kick tac toe? Yeah, 50 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: do you know what kick tac toe is? For a potter, 51 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: that's extremely difficult to be able to have that target, 52 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: but trust he can hit that golf ball. And he said, 53 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: you know what, it was the most easy game he's 54 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: ever sat and had to do absolutely nothing today but 55 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: play with his kids out there. Jeremy Reeves water balloon 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: toss and flag football. Yeah, Jeremy, him and his partner 57 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: weren't totally on the same plage with the water balloon toss, 58 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: but for him to be able to play defense in 59 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: this in a flag football game, I'm sure he was 60 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: happy about that. Yeah, when you look back at these 61 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: games in the different format, because I don't think I've 62 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: ever talked about water balloon tosses or the chains what 63 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: I've ever talked about the NFL or any guys participate 64 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: in that. What did you make of the new format 65 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: and the success that it had? You know, I loved it. Again, 66 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: I think with the NFL, what they're trying to accomplish 67 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: and all Star games should be fun, it should be entertaining, 68 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: it should be competitive too, And I thought they accomplished 69 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: all those goals with these reimagined games. Oh yes, of course, 70 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: you can always compete in any of those activities, even 71 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: the relay, the Gauntlet relay as well. We saw the 72 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: competitive spirit come out. We also had coverage from Outmobile 73 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: at the Reese's Senior Bowl. Logan Paulson caught up with 74 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: Washington legend Doug Williams. Logan Paulson. Here with a guy 75 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: who doesn't need any introduction. Man, you can probably do 76 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: this interview by yourself. It's a little surprising to see 77 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: you down here. What brings you down here? My son 78 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: the son Yep, Yeah, he's you know, he's coaching the 79 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: quarterback down here and he's been in the league now 80 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: for the last four years. And I felt like it 81 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: was only fitting for me to come down and give 82 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: him some support. I just be around absolutely, and you 83 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: know your quarterback obviously, do you ever give him any pointers? 84 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: Or do you feel like the game has changed enough 85 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: where you kind of let him do his thing? Like 86 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: you just said, the game has changed at and just 87 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: listening to him, I realized that he's a lot smarter 88 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: than I was when I was a player, let me 89 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: tell you that. But but what I like about him though, 90 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: he got so much passion for what he does, And 91 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: I think that's what a quarterback coach has to do, 92 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: is to have passion for the game, passing for the players, 93 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: and just watching him and knowing how he feels about 94 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: it. It It gives me great, great pleasure to see him work. 95 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely and you know, obviously offensive assistant with New Orleans. 96 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: But now he's got his own room. Like how important 97 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: is it for young coaches to get these opportunities at 98 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: events like this? Well, I think this is an opportunity 99 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: for them to be seeing the most important thing. If 100 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: the head coaches and other coordinators see see guys like 101 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: this work and find out that they can do the job, 102 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: I think that's the most important. I think that's why 103 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: it's important for him to have his own quarterback room 104 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: do the job. So I'm looking forward and hope that 105 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: he'd get a call somewhere that want them to be 106 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: the quarterback. That'd be fantastic. So obviously, you know, used 107 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: to be in scouting. You come down here and kind 108 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: of look at this group and say, man, this is 109 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: what I'm looking for from the senior ball specifically. Or no, 110 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: not not really, you know now that you know, sometimes 111 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: you get taken out of the lane, you stay out 112 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: of the lane, and that's that's what it's happened with me. 113 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: You know, I don't do that anymore because you know, 114 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: I just want to come down and watch him. But 115 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: I do watch some of the plays and players, but 116 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: I don't know him like I would have. Right, Yeah, 117 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: if you're doing your thing. But Doug, thank you so much, man, 118 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. You get some time with your son, man, 119 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: believe me. Yeah. All right. 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