WEBVTT - Mike Sainristil + Alfred Morris get us ready for Week 6 against the BALTIMORE RAVENS!| Next Man Up | Washington Commanders | NFL 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.760 Family. Welcome into the Next Man Up. We have some 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.880 fun for y'all. This week is always Mike Sanders still 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.080 pulls up and talks about his battle against the Cleveland 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:12.360 Browns and getting in Deshaun's Watson's face for a little bit. 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:15.560 Then we have a great Washington legend for you. Alfred 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.000 Morris joins the show to talk about the best running 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.800 backs in his opinion, that has ever played for Washington 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:22.479 and what it was like when he played in the 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:25.360 Battle of the Beltway against the Baltimore Races. All that 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:40.320 in more right now, next man up, the man is family. 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.800 For our next man up, we have somebody extremely special 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:45.800 straight out of Michigan. Our second round pick, our rookie. 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.879 He's already naked waves in the league. Mike Santa said, brother, 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:50.040 how you doing, Man doing? Man? 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:50.479 How you doing? 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:52.720 Man? I'm blessed to be here. Man, thank you for 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.000 being here, because man, it's been a minute. As we talked, 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:58.360 it was a rookie. Wee just dude came in. Then 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.480 you the eyes wild open and a lot has happened 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.840 since we last spoke. Man. First thing most important your daughter, man, 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.080 the birth of your daughter. You're a girl. Dad. Now Man, 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.080 how has that changed your life? Man? 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.320 Just understanding that, like everything I'm doing now is no 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.920 longer for myself, no longer for my partner, no longer, 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.960 you know, like we are now doing everything we're doing 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.920 for somebody else, like we're taking care of another being. 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:24.200 And just you know, understanding that every day I wake 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.920 up makes me want to go even harder for my family, 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:29.959 you know what I mean. So like, shoot, I have 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:30.680 a family now. 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:34.040 You know that's beautiful to here, man, because you're already 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.280 a motivated god to even get to this point in life. 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:38.600 You're very motivated. But I know when I had my son, 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.480 my first child, that motivation level just went to a 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.920 whole nother space. Have you noticed being a dad affecting 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.160 you on the field yet? Have you noticed like a change. 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:52.080 I don't think I've noticed it, like in the sense 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.880 of like what I'm doing. I think just the urgency 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.720 I have. How are prepared now? I do notice that 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:02.760 different friends, But like I you know, I go out 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:04.640 there and I just play at the end of the day. 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:06.880 But I do know in the back of my head, 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.400 like I want to do everything I'm doing right now 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.000 to you know, make my baby proud. So maybe a 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:12.440 little bit. 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:14.959 Yeah, And it's interesting the journey because you're becoming a 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.600 new dad, but you're also an NFL player, two different things, 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:21.520 I'm sure both things you've dreamt before. A quarter the 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.320 way through the season already, man, a quarter of the way. 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.360 What has surprised you so far in your rookie season? 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:29.440 Anything? How fast it went? Yeah, Like like you just said, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.280 like square a quarter of the way in already, and 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.079 I feel like I literally just got out, like I 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:40.320 remember our first conversation together. But like, at the end 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.120 of the day, it's the same game. You know, It's 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:43.560 the same game I've been playing since I was a 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.840 little kid, except now it was just with older men 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.360 compared to college kids compared to high school kids and 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.560 youth kids. You know what I'm saying. But just I 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.160 think the biggest thing for me is how fast it 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:59.040 has been going. Like and they say your rookie year 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.520 is your fastest year and your longest in the sense 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:08.000 like everything just you go from college to combine prep 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:13.240 to draft to mini camp OTAs season starts, like the 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:16.040 amount of things that just come at you so fast, 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.920 but the duration of it is so long. From your 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.760 last college football game to whenever your last NFL game is. 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.240 You know what I mean, Well, everybody that talks about you, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.360 he says, this kid acts like he's been here before. 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.320 He doesn't carry himself like a rookie, he doesn't play 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.920 like a rookie, doesn't prepare like a rookie. What made 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.440 you ready for this moment to where you're getting that 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.040 kind of prey soon as you walking through the door. 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.880 I think just understanding, Like if I wasn't, you know, 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:43.680 supposed to be here, I wouldn't be, you know what 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.880 I mean, So like just understanding, like I'm here for 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:50.640 a reason. They wanted guys like myself, Jaden Benson and 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.240 Luke McCaffrey, you know, everyone that they drafted. They wanted 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.720 us here so be present in the moment. And I 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.120 don't think anyone in our class is immature, and the 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.000 rookie class that is. I think they drafted a whole 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.560 bunch of guys who carry that level of maturity and 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.760 can prepare like veterans, you know what I mean. Like, 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.720 I don't think any rookie on this current team acts 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.640 like a rookie. And I think, you know, that's very 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.960 big to hear from vets in the on the team, 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.640 like you know guys like Bobby Wagner, you know, Marcus Mario, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:23.599 the guys who have been in it for a long time, 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.159 zach Ertz and maybe we can go down our roster 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.400 and name guys who've been in it. But like just 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.400 being around those guys, seeing how they prepare, and we 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:33.719 can just take notes like, look, those guys are where 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.720 they are for a reason. Why not follow what they're doing? 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.000 And that's so much easier said than done though, right, 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.599 because like there has to be moments where imposterson drop 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:44.080 kicks in, whether you're on that field, whether you're surrounded 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.400 by future Hall of famers like Bobby Wagner. Have you 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:48.719 had that moment where imposters drop kicks in and you 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:50.920 have to remind yourself like, hey man, I belong kid. 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:55.800 Oh yeah, definitely. I've caught myself a few times like 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.039 like shoot Bobby himself, like that's he's a Hall of Famer, 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.359 you know what I'm saying This times like and I 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.000 think it's not necessarily impostera syndrome, but kind of like 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.840 a level of appreciation where it's like like I get 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:09.520 to play with Bobby Wagner, you know what I'm saying, 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.360 Like he's going to be in the Hall of Fame 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:15.560 one day, and just understanding that. It's like, like, that's 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.520 very cool to say, you know what I'm saying, Like 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:21.960 I've watched Bobby playing when I was fourteen fifteen, and wow, 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.840 you know, Bobby's been in it for a long time. 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.240 But now I'm sharing the field with him. I'm a 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.760 part of the same defense as him. That's so much experience, 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.640 that's so much knowledge, so much wisdom from one person 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.960 that I could gain. And it's really cool, Like I said, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:37.800 and you've. 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.160 Gained not only the confidence of players like Bobby Wagner 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:42.000 and the players on your defense, but you gained the 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.360 confidence of the coaches very quickly. Yes, you were a 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.479 second round pick, but nothing's promised, right, especially not a 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.520 starting spot. You come in, you win that starting job. 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.720 Dan Quinn, that confidence that he has in you, Man, 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:54.440 what does that mean to you? And how has that 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:57.160 affected you? While you try to get comfortable in this 0:05:57.279 --> 0:05:57.840 new life. 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.360 I'm just you know, wanting to make my co right. 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.760 What he believes in me, what you know, his expectations 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:07.000 of me are just going in stamping that like you know, 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.600 I have high expectations for myself. I know what the 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.279 coachest expectations are, so going and meeting those expectations and 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:14.960 just proving them right. You know, they drafted me in 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:19.359 the second round, and like I want to prove to myself, 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.039 like yes, I was drafting the second round. I believe 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.000 I could have been drafted higher. I want to go 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:25.640 out there and put that on the field. 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:27.760 And you've been doing it so far. Man, you have 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.720 made some splashes. And I remember last game you meet 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.000 Deshaun Watson on the sideline, you have a little little 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:36.400 scuffle you. I was very surprising that because you're just 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:37.720 such a chill do You're such a calm dude. But 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.000 when you're on that field, something clicks. Man, Can you 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:41.960 talk to us about that moment a little bit, because 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:43.680 you will rookie that this is a guy again. You've 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:45.760 probably been watching that you as a teenager. What was 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:46.680 that moment like for you? 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:49.400 Just just you know, when you step on that field, 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:50.839 you got to turn it on. You know what I'm saying, 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.920 Like whatever your alter ego is, whatever, you know what 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.080 I'm saying, just you step on that field, it's you 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.560 and your guys were stamping there, guys, and you know, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.279 I'm put everything I got on the line from my 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:03.400 guys every single time. 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:05.200 And that moment is so special to me because I 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.040 think it encompasses what this team is because as soon 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.680 as you do that, the entire defense comes over there. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:13.480 They have your back, they stand with you. Talk about 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.480 that camaraderie y'all been able to build because it's not 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:18.880 just rookies. Got a new coaching staff, you got all 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.400 these new pieces together, but you guys have seemed to 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.320 mess so well. How does that possible? 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.880 I think it's just well even building an offseason, that brotherhood, 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:31.280 that bond, that togetherness, just you know, being able to 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:33.680 come together as one unit and play for each other. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.280 You know, we're a unit that we love each other, 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:37.840 and you know we want to go out there play 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.080 for our coaches, but we're we're on that field, you know, 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.440 as a defense. We have each other's backs. At the 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:43.040 end of the day. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.239 We can't wait to see you guys out there in Baltimore. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.360 It's a battle, little belt whigh, your first one going 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.760 up against a dog and Lamar Jackson. But the fans, 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:51.960 they travel, they've shown it now. They right up the Street. 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:53.840 Give a message to the fans before you go on 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.240 while they need to show up in Baltimore and turn. 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.320 Up for y'all. I mean, I would say we felt. 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:02.280 You know, our fans support all Sea and long. Why stop. Now, 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.880 let's keep this thing going, you know, come to Baltimore, 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:06.800 be loud, and you know, let's get this thing done. 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.360 And Mike, appreciate your time as always. Man, congratulations all 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.800 your success. Congratulations on being a father. Burn. We appreciate 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:12.520 you pulling up for us. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:13.520 Man, appreciate you, sir. 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.880 The man is family. For our next man up, we 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:21.240 had to bring in a legend, in my opinion, one 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.240 of the best rookies to ever play in the And 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:25.760 if you had one of the best rookie seasons I 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:29.400 have ever seen. Sixth round pick out of Florida Atlantic 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:33.160 holds a few records, especially as a rookie for Washington. 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.360 Let me welcome in the next man up, Alfred Morris. 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.760 Brother, how you doing, Man, I'm good, I'm good, Man, 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.160 glad to be here. Thanks for having me. 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.400 Man, oh man, we are so happy to have you. 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.800 And as I mentioned, Man, that rookie year, I think 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:45.240 that was what I was most excited to talk to 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:46.560 you about Like it's always cool to talk to these 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:50.120 legends about the whole years. But like I even going 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:51.920 back when I was doing my research and looking at 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.520 those numbers from your rookie season, man, you just don't 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.480 see nothing like that. And you were sixth round pick. 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.040 So let's start from the beginny Man, sixth round pick, 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.400 you were named a starter. You didn't even play the 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.160 final preseason game, which again is crazy for a six 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.800 ro out running back. Did you know you were going 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:10.280 to be the starter at that point? 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.679 I had a great idea by the time they I 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.000 sat the last game and I was like, oh, man, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:18.560 I think I knew I was gonna make the team. 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.880 But then I like doing week one, I kind of 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.480 got the like, hey, you're going to start, and I 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.600 was like, oh shoot, I'm about to start. Like I'm 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.000 about to be the start in the NFL. Like that's crazy. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.040 I would have never I never dreamed that would happen. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:32.760 I knew I wanted to be a start. I dreamed that, 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.079 but so early I thought I was gonna to sit 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.000 behind them, you know, one of the vets and kind 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.480 of like aring my strikes and you know, kind of 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.280 build some before and then I get, you know, my 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.440 shot and not make the most of it. U you know, 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.080 one of those things you can't get ready when the 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:46.680 shot when it's time to come, when it comes, you 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.320 gotta be ready before it comes. So uh but yeah, 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.480 it kind of that happened in preseason for me. Really, 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.320 A couple of guys was like nicked up, nothing made. 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.280 It's just like ankle injuries. And they gave me that 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.560 football and I was like, okay, I ain't getting this back, 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.560 you know, I did that. That was the second game. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.720 That's when we played the Bears, because then would be Bills, 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:10.240 Bears and then Colts if I remember correctly, it's been 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.400 a while. But and I had opportunity, you know, to 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:15.839 do dress rehearsal. You know, usually the dress versus was 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:19.000 a third game starters play, you know, two three quarters 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.760 and you know halftime. I had like like one hundred 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.520 fifty yards something like that, you know, like and at 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.400 period I was like, oh, yeah, they ain't getting this back. 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.840 I'm sorry. But and then that it is politics to 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.400 play in that too, it's got to be real. But yeah, 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.360 so it was just like I didn't expect it to 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:38.080 happen so fast. But I'm not. I'm not upset that 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.040 it happened at that. 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.160 You mentioned all the politics and just being a later 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.880 round guy and nothing is promised. So what what was 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:48.880 the motivation for you when you're coming into training camp? 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.920 Because it has to be a very motivated guy. Also, 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.440 you're not getting a ton of opportunities. How did you 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.640 make the most involve was opportunities and what motivated you 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:56.240 through that time? 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:58.439 Well, kind of like what I said before about having 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.960 been prepared before the opportunity. So I remember one of 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.520 our family friends when I was going from high school 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.240 to college and one of the things he's said and 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.679 stuck with me for me still now. He's like he's like, 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.280 it doesn't matter where you go. He's like, if you 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.559 have the talent, they'll find you. So I always kept 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:13.680 in the back of my day, if you have the 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.120 talent and they'll find out. Was like, I know, I 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.800 got the talent. So I went to Florida Land and 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.160 it's bigger now than when I was there, and I'm thankful. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.680 I loved my school and I'm not salty. I love 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.040 that they're growing and it's booming, and like they're getting 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.360 better recruits and they're getting better uniforms and all this stuff. 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.280 I'm like, man, I love that. So but going into 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:32.880 the pros, it's kind of had the same mindset. If 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:34.920 I can look myself in the mirror at the end 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:36.240 of the day and know I gave you my all, 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.120 I can sleep at night. You know, I can hang 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.320 my hat no matter what happens when I'm cut, whether 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.679 i'm you know, whether I put on practice or whatever, 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:44.520 I'll come. It's like, if I can give each day 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.080 my all, then I know that, like I can sleep 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.400 at night and be happy at peace, and like I 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.800 gave you everything I had and this was outcome and 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.160 that's okay, you know. So that's my mindset going in. 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.000 And I just kind of kept swinging, kept dropping wood, 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.800 and it's, like I said, it shook out much quicker 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:00.679 than I thought it would. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.080 Clearly, it was a good decision to name you the 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:04.920 start of Man, because what a rookie season you had. 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:06.240 I want to fast forward a little bit to that 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:11.520 final rookie game because Man, two hundred plus rushing yards, 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:15.559 three rushing touchdowns. Now, that game allowed you to break 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.559 some pretty significant records. So I got to ask, did 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.000 you know those records were on the line, or was 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.400 like was that motivation for you on that game, Like 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.080 did you have stuff that you had to prove or 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.160 was it just one of those days where just everything 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:28.320 was clicking and working right. 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.640 I think everything was just clicking. I never paid too 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.599 much of stats and records, and like, I know my 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.600 stats now because you do kind of enough stuff and 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.000 they want you to put a stats you kind of 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.400 like I remember, like, oh yeah, it's like sixteen one 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.679 six and thirteen yards, thirteen touchdowns. You know, like I 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:46.480 can't remember the carries and it's been way too long. 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.880 But it's just kind of like when people is repeated 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.720 over and over, you're like, oh, that's that's what I did. 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.120 But I never paid anch of records. I'm thankful I 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.560 have a record and it's still standing, but I know 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.920 I didn't. I just was was business as usual. I 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.160 was like, I'm gonna do the best I can, and 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.920 man it was it was a fun game. And like 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.520 cause I was like, it's funny because I don't know, 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.160 uh the real uh D why I remember this the 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.400 real young I full back. I remember for the game, 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.600 or maybe it's after the game. I like wrote down 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.160 on a piece of paper. I just felt that. I 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.920 was like, I put two and a plus yards three touchdowns. 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:19.240 I don't know. I just feel like I was supposed 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.440 to write that down and I didn't. After game, I 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.240 was like, hey, do I look at this. I wrote 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.120 this in the hotel room. It was like a gay 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.720 little hotel, a little notepath thing, and I was like, 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:29.560 look at this. But taking that, I did have two 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:31.720 hundre plus yards, but I had a couple of negative runs, 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.319 so it kind of put me back at two hundred. 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.840 But I was like, that's crazy, man, that is wild. 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.360 Did you continue to write things down moving onto your career, 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.400 Like was that kind of like a little little trick 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:42.920 you learned? 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.280 No, No, it's just it just happened. It was one 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:47.520 and done. It's just kind of really felt like I 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.079 was like, man, I'm gonna run plush for two in 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.200 yards and do touchdown. It was just like a knowing 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:53.360 and so I was like, I'm gonna write that now 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.480 so I can remember that. So and it happened. It 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:58.360 was just crazy. I mean I wrote some other stuff 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.920 now and that didn't happen. But ye, for sure, what 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:01.480 was gonna happen? 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.560 You know, but I mean, what a rookie year it was, 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.040 and you got to come in with an RG three, 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.200 a very mobile quarterback, a guy that's able to run 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.160 much like are running backs right now playing with Jayden Daniels. 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.280 Can you give your perspective on what it was like 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:18.960 playing with the mobile quarterback and the benefits you received 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.960 from playing next to a guy like RG three one. 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:24.880 It was fun, It was a crazy ride, and both 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:28.000 had really good rookie years honestly, and then but just 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.520 having a mobile quarterback and then having a ball here 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.080 that can run really well, especially in that system, it 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.880 kind of it helped both of us out. It kind 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.280 of like when he was doing those long rides, it's 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.960 like it's draw more attention, it's keeping those those linebackers 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:42.560 they have to take that step up. They have to 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.840 respect that, like, hey, we're gonna stuff it down your throw, 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.600 but that opens up those those passing windows so he 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.400 can dump the ball off over their heads. And it's 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.000 like it opened up big games like Pierre Garson or 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:53.880 you know, Josh and those guys. So it's just like 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:56.920 it was help for them, but also for me because 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.080 they had to respect his boot legs and stuff. So 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.200 like if he was like hands off and do a favor, 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:02.960 they had to respect that he could run the ball, 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:04.440 and then he was a threat eating on the run 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.800 with his legs or with his arm. So it kind 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.480 of took an ie or two off of me that 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:10.800 had to hesitate to make sure, you know, and then 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.480 it was like gave me that like it's a game 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:15.800 of inches and just milliseconds, it really is, and likes 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.000 a hole is there and then it's gone. So like 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:21.200 just those eyes just slightly staying off me was able 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:23.640 to help me find like have more time to hit 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.280 holes and do things like that. So I think it played. 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.280 It played to both our advantage, like they're both us 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:33.000 has been successful when both were becoming threats. So which 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.600 made even fun more fun against twenty is in the words. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.400 I'm glad you ended like that though, because yes, he 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:42.440 helps you out, but man half of the rookie running back, 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.520 like you had to have helped him so much. And 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:49.280 again you broke the single season rushing yards for Washington 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.520 at the time, you have the rookie record for touchdowns. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.840 I think you're at that time you were like the 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.760 fourth person to ever rush for over sixteen hundred yards 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.680 as a running baby, which leaves you in very, very 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.960 small company as well. So I have to ask you, 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:03.840 because again you said you weren't really noticing at the time, 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.480 but now you're at all these events, you're signing autrogress, 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.240 you're hearing about all of these things, and we've seen 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:12.040 this game progress. Are you one of the best rookie 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:13.360 running backs ever? 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:19.160 I've aly never thought about that, but statistically speaking, yeah, 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.360 I think the only there's three of us. I was 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.720 the second rookie to across sixty on the yard Eric Dickerous, 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:26.480 if I remember correctly, it was the first. He was 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.080 like eighteen hundred, which is ridiculous, and that was a 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.760 whole nother era, so that's even more ridiculous. So so 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.680 I can't say I'm like the best because that's hard 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.680 to top. And then I think Zeke did it in sixteen. 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.400 I think it was his rookie year. So I also 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.560 argue that he had a bed old line, like overall, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.640 I love my old line. It's not just them, but 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.560 overall he had like they had a numre o line, 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.760 you know, like graded that way. So I was like, 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.240 I think it was easy for you to do that and 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.840 it was me so but I think top three, like 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.840 statistically speaking, and just like how fun it was. I'm 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:03.080 like I would say, yeah, the better, you know, let 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:05.720 me stop. Yeah, one of the best. We stopped trying 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.600 to down Fleet. I'm one of the best running backs. 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:09.880 I never thought about it. But that's man, that's yeah, 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.080 that's true. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.320 Yeah, stick your chests out on that. Man. You deserve 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.080 to have that because again, you earned it, right, It's 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:18.439