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Speaker 1: What's Good Command His Family? Brian Cope with Junior here,

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Speaker 1: and this is the Next Man Up podcast We have

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Speaker 1: a very special guest for you, Starting receiver Jahan Dotson.

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Speaker 1: Jahan talks about his big catch that put us into

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Speaker 1: overtime against the Eagles, and also being the pride of

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Speaker 1: his hometown and how his hometown and his family have

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Speaker 1: supported him to help him become the man that he is.

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Speaker 1: All that and more, starting right now, this is the

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Speaker 1: Next Man Up Podcasts.

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Speaker 2: What's Good Command His Family?

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Speaker 1: Brian Corple Junior here, and this is the Next Man

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Speaker 1: Up Podcasts where we take a deeper look into your

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Speaker 1: favorite Commanders players. It's not as much extra you knows,

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Speaker 1: It's more about the man behind the hell.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 1: We got a very special guest today our third episode,

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Speaker 1: Starting receiver Jahan Dotson.

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Speaker 2: Joh how you doing today, brother.

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Speaker 3: I'm good, I'm good. Appreciate you for having me.

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Speaker 2: Man, Man, I appreciate you.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 2: We know you're busy.

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Speaker 1: Man. We know you got a lot to get into

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Speaker 1: and we got a lot to get into today. I

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Speaker 1: want to start with the last game. You made a

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Speaker 1: huge play, got the touchdown that send it into overtime.

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Speaker 1: What was that, Like, talk about that moment, man, because

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Speaker 1: that was that was a big play right there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a pretty big play. Man.

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Speaker 4: It was kind of crazy how it happened because earlier

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Speaker 4: in the game I had a drop, right, and I

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Speaker 4: really pride myself on just catching the ball, like that's

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Speaker 4: no more responsibility as a receiver. So like, I really

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Speaker 4: I really feel it when I get when I have

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Speaker 4: drops right, So I had to drop earlier in the game,

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Speaker 4: I want to say, like the third quarter, and I

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Speaker 4: didn't touch the ball ever since. And last player regulation man,

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Speaker 4: Sam trusted me that I was going to make a play.

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Speaker 3: Man, that's all I could.

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Speaker 4: I was super thankful for the opportunity, man, and then

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Speaker 4: having my family there, being back home like it it

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Speaker 3: Had to happen that way.

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Speaker 4: So it was definitely a pretty cool moment just to

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Speaker 4: have under under my belt in my career. Man, just

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Speaker 4: to share that with all my close friends and family

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you talk about your family being man, that's that's

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Speaker 1: your home state. Does a game like that mean a

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Speaker 1: little more to you? Now you're in your second year, right,

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Speaker 1: so you've you've been to p a right to play.

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Speaker 1: Does it mean a little more to you being able

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Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, just because I where I grew up.

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Speaker 4: I'm only an hour from Philly, so I grew up

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Speaker 4: in elementary school, middle school, high school. Just hearing a

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Speaker 4: So being back home, playing in the Eagle Stadium, being

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Speaker 4: And just to have my family so close to home

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Speaker 3: Man, that's all I ever dreamed though.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, We're gonna talk a lot of football, but I

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Speaker 1: Nazareth Area High School. Talk about that growing up then,

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Speaker 1: what that did for you as a man?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the sixth one, oh, man, I wrap it hard, man, Like,

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Speaker 4: It was very small, close knit community. Like I said,

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Speaker 4: you This guy's really the limit for for anyone. Uh So,

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Speaker 4: any chance I get to I get to go back,

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Speaker 4: It's such a small town, but the support they give

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Speaker 4: It's truly I've never had anything like. It's close to

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Speaker 2: And you're definitely the pride of Nazareth. Man. As much

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Speaker 1: Like you said, and I heard that your third game

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Speaker 4: Man, that was huge, and it was crazy how it

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Speaker 4: And I'm like, man, like that that's so cool, Man Like,

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Speaker 4: My high school coaches, basketball, literal league coaches, little kids

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Speaker 4: It was it was such an amazing opportunity for me

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Speaker 1: Well, I think you earned that right because if you

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: See, I didn't have those opportunities when I was a kid,

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Speaker 4: my friends got to remind me, bro, You're like, you're

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Speaker 4: I just be thinking, you know, I'm still this kid

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Speaker 4: So every opportunity I get, man, I'm trying to support,

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Speaker 1: Man, that's awesome. You talk about the people that do

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Speaker 1: Parents are very involved in your life. You're very close

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Speaker 2: What has that done for you as a man?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, I don't take it for granted.

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Speaker 4: At all, honestly, because you know, I'm very fortunate to

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Speaker 4: They've done everything for me. They still do everything for

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Speaker 2: And much like myself, you have self proclaim Momas what

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Speaker 1: Yeah, man, you and your mom are very very close,

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Speaker 2: You talk about that a little bit and what went down.

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Speaker 4: So I always tell people, man, like growing up you

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Speaker 3: Like they did everything for me. They do everything for me.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, it was really tough.

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Speaker 4: But you know, just like she had my back and

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Speaker 1: You talk about not really getting to see your parents

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Speaker 1: It's been fun watching you guys plays before, watching you develop.

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Speaker 4: Man. I need y'all out there, man, I need y'all

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Speaker 3: I need y'all loud, proud. It's gonna be.

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Speaker 4: A fun one man. We go get back on this

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir man, Well, Joha Man. I appreciate your time. Man,

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Speaker 1: it's been fun getting to know you. It's been fun

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