WEBVTT - Pro Bowl Games | Episode 81

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The

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<v Speaker 1>Commanders were well represented in this year's Pro Bowl games

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<v Speaker 1>out in Las Vegas. Jonathan Allen, Duran Payne, Terry McLaurin,

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<v Speaker 1>Jeremy Reeves, and Trust Way competed in various challenges throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the week, helping the NFC secure a victory. Former Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl linebacker London's Letcher joined me to recap the Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl games. Washington sent five players to the Pro Bowl. London,

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<v Speaker 1>what does that say about the direction of this franchise?

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<v Speaker 1>It lets you know there's a lot of talent on

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<v Speaker 1>this football team. You sent a guy from offense and

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<v Speaker 1>Terry McLaurin, two guys from defensing with d Ron and Jonathan,

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<v Speaker 1>and then two special team with trust and Jeremy Reeves.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at you talking about having players from

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<v Speaker 1>each phase of your football team making a Pro Bowl,

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<v Speaker 1>you couldn't ask for more. We'd like to see even

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<v Speaker 1>you know, seven to eight guys coming to Pro Bowl,

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<v Speaker 1>and that means you have a winning team, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>We will not sleep on five though. Let's start with

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<v Speaker 1>Terry McLaurin. What we saw from him through this week's game.

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<v Speaker 1>So I started with dodgeball, yes, and then also the

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<v Speaker 1>water balloon catch, and then he also participated in flag football.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that he probably wasn't targeted enough personally in

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<v Speaker 1>flag football, but we know no matter what, when he's

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<v Speaker 1>on the field, he does have an impact. But what

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<v Speaker 1>did you say about how he performs this week? I

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<v Speaker 1>thought he was performed well and you saw his competitive

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<v Speaker 1>nature and on the first night in the Didgeball game,

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<v Speaker 1>Terry being aggressive and you know he shared what that

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<v Speaker 1>says his mindset with the with the Didgeball game. And

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<v Speaker 1>then of course we know he has the great hands

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<v Speaker 1>in that water balloon catch if we go on to it.

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<v Speaker 1>John Allen, now he had the longest drive and moved

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<v Speaker 1>the change. He went twice and moved the change. The

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<v Speaker 1>boy you could see he was pretty exhausted from that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he told me afterwards he's like, not the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest fan. Yeah, now the move to change that was

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<v Speaker 1>definitely they needed a different s different strategy. But I

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<v Speaker 1>was impressed with his golf swinging and the longest drive.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Duran Payne, look, he also was out there

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<v Speaker 1>for the longest drive using YouTube to help him on

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<v Speaker 1>that one of the water or balloon toss and move

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<v Speaker 1>the chains as well. Dan, you know what, he was

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<v Speaker 1>really impressive. And to move the chains, it was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>they kind of stole the technique of the AFC and

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<v Speaker 1>he did. He did extremely well that he was a

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<v Speaker 1>part of the group that won. And we certainly know

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to be putting it out into his next

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<v Speaker 1>contract negotiations as well. This is another skill that he

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<v Speaker 1>has for him, trust way longest driving kick tac toe? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know what kick tac toe is? For a potter,

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<v Speaker 1>that's extremely difficult to be able to have that target,

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<v Speaker 1>but trust he can hit that golf ball. And he said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, it was the most easy game he's

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<v Speaker 1>ever sat and had to do absolutely nothing today but

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<v Speaker 1>play with his kids out there. Jeremy Reeves water balloon

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<v Speaker 1>toss and flag football. Yeah, Jeremy, him and his partner

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<v Speaker 1>weren't totally on the same plage with the water balloon toss,

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<v Speaker 1>but for him to be able to play defense in

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<v Speaker 1>this in a flag football game, I'm sure he was

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<v Speaker 1>happy about that. Yeah, when you look back at these

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<v Speaker 1>games in the different format, because I don't think I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever talked about water balloon tosses or the chains what

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<v Speaker 1>I've ever talked about the NFL or any guys participate

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<v Speaker 1>in that. What did you make of the new format

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<v Speaker 1>and the success that it had? You know, I loved it. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I think with the NFL, what they're trying to accomplish

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<v Speaker 1>and all Star games should be fun, it should be entertaining,

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<v Speaker 1>it should be competitive too, And I thought they accomplished

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<v Speaker 1>all those goals with these reimagined games. Oh yes, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>you can always compete in any of those activities, even

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<v Speaker 1>the relay, the Gauntlet relay as well. We saw the

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<v Speaker 1>competitive spirit come out. We also had coverage from Outmobile

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<v Speaker 1>at the Reese's Senior Bowl. Logan Paulson caught up with

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<v Speaker 1>Washington legend Doug Williams. Logan Paulson. Here with a guy

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<v Speaker 1>who doesn't need any introduction. Man, you can probably do

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<v Speaker 1>this interview by yourself. It's a little surprising to see

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<v Speaker 1>you down here. What brings you down here? My son

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<v Speaker 1>the son Yep, Yeah, he's you know, he's coaching the

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback down here and he's been in the league now

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<v Speaker 1>for the last four years. And I felt like it

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<v Speaker 1>was only fitting for me to come down and give

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<v Speaker 1>him some support. I just be around absolutely, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know your quarterback obviously, do you ever give him any pointers?

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<v Speaker 1>Or do you feel like the game has changed enough

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<v Speaker 1>where you kind of let him do his thing? Like

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<v Speaker 1>you just said, the game has changed at and just

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<v Speaker 1>listening to him, I realized that he's a lot smarter

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<v Speaker 1>than I was when I was a player, let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you that. But but what I like about him though,

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<v Speaker 1>he got so much passion for what he does, And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what a quarterback coach has to do,

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<v Speaker 1>is to have passion for the game, passing for the players,

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<v Speaker 1>and just watching him and knowing how he feels about

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<v Speaker 1>it. It It gives me great, great pleasure to see him work.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely and you know, obviously offensive assistant with New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 1>But now he's got his own room. Like how important

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<v Speaker 1>is it for young coaches to get these opportunities at

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<v Speaker 1>events like this? Well, I think this is an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>for them to be seeing the most important thing. If

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<v Speaker 1>the head coaches and other coordinators see see guys like

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<v Speaker 1>this work and find out that they can do the job,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the most important. I think that's why

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<v Speaker 1>it's important for him to have his own quarterback room

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<v Speaker 1>do the job. So I'm looking forward and hope that

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<v Speaker 1>he'd get a call somewhere that want them to be

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<v Speaker 1>the quarterback. That'd be fantastic. So obviously, you know, used

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<v Speaker 1>to be in scouting. You come down here and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of look at this group and say, man, this is

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm looking for from the senior ball specifically. Or no,

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<v Speaker 1>not not really, you know now that you know, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you get taken out of the lane, you stay out

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<v Speaker 1>of the lane, and that's that's what it's happened with me.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I don't do that anymore because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to come down and watch him. But

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<v Speaker 1>I do watch some of the plays and players, but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know him like I would have. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're doing your thing. But Doug, thank you so much, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate it. You get some time with your son, man,

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<v Speaker 1>believe me. Yeah. All right. For all your news and analysis,

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