WEBVTT - Jahan Dotson Stays "Making Plays" in Big Moments | Next Man Up Podcast | Washington Commanders 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:03.440 What's Good Command His Family? Brian Cope with Junior here, 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:05.360 and this is the Next Man Up podcast We have 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:09.120 a very special guest for you, Starting receiver Jahan Dotson. 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:12.399 Jahan talks about his big catch that put us into 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:15.400 overtime against the Eagles, and also being the pride of 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:17.560 his hometown and how his hometown and his family have 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:20.159 supported him to help him become the man that he is. 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.119 All that and more, starting right now, this is the 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:24.480 Next Man Up Podcasts. 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:28.240 What's Good Command His Family? 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:30.720 Brian Corple Junior here, and this is the Next Man 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:32.680 Up Podcasts where we take a deeper look into your 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.120 favorite Commanders players. It's not as much extra you knows, 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:37.239 It's more about the man behind the hell. 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:37.440 Man. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.519 We got a very special guest today our third episode, 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:42.360 Starting receiver Jahan Dotson. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:43.559 Joh how you doing today, brother. 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:45.440 I'm good, I'm good. Appreciate you for having me. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:46.320 Man, Man, I appreciate you. 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:46.440 Man. 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:47.080 We know you're busy. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:48.360 Man. We know you got a lot to get into 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:50.720 and we got a lot to get into today. I 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:54.560 want to start with the last game. You made a 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:58.240 huge play, got the touchdown that send it into overtime. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.040 What was that, Like, talk about that moment, man, because 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:02.880 that was that was a big play right there. 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:04.440 Yeah, it was a pretty big play. Man. 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:08.120 It was kind of crazy how it happened because earlier 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.520 in the game I had a drop, right, and I 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.280 really pride myself on just catching the ball, like that's 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.920 no more responsibility as a receiver. So like, I really 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.000 I really feel it when I get when I have 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.759 drops right, So I had to drop earlier in the game, 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:24.880 I want to say, like the third quarter, and I 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:29.400 didn't touch the ball ever since. And last player regulation man, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.920 Sam trusted me that I was going to make a play. 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:34.600 Man, that's all I could. 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.240 I was super thankful for the opportunity, man, and then 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:39.920 having my family there, being back home like it it 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.759 almost felt like the opportunity was it. 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:44.200 Had to happen that way. 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.920 So it was definitely a pretty cool moment just to 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.360 have under under my belt in my career. Man, just 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.360 to share that with all my close friends and family 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:52.200 and attendance school. 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.440 Yeah, you talk about your family being man, that's that's 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.920 your home state. Does a game like that mean a 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:58.640 little more to you? Now you're in your second year, right, 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:00.520 so you've you've been to p a right to play. 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:02.200 Does it mean a little more to you being able 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:03.960 to play in front of your home fans? 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.960 Yeah, for sure, just because I where I grew up. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.160 I'm only an hour from Philly, so I grew up 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.560 in elementary school, middle school, high school. Just hearing a 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:13.640 bunch of Eagles fans. 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:13.880 Man. 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.680 So being back home, playing in the Eagle Stadium, being 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:18.960 able to have those people come out support me and 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.760 supporting their team, it was definitely a pretty cool dynamic. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.840 And just to have my family so close to home 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:26.960 and be able to play in front of them. 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:28.639 Man, that's all I ever dreamed though. 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:30.600 Yeah, We're gonna talk a lot of football, but I 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:34.320 really want to talk to you about home right Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.520 Nazareth Area High School. Talk about that growing up then, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:39.880 what that did for you as a man? 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:44.080 Yeah, the sixth one, oh, man, I wrap it hard, man, Like, 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.080 not a lot of people come out come out of 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:48.000 the sixth one. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:48.160 Oh. 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:53.360 It was very small, close knit community. Like I said, 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.200 not a lot of people make it to where I'm 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.000 at today. So for me to the biggest thing for 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:00.760 me is to give back to kids in that community, 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.640 to show them that, like coming from such a small community, 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:05.280 you can make it to this big stage, you know 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.680 you This guy's really the limit for for anyone. Uh So, 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.640 any chance I get to I get to go back, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.919 go see my high school play, go throw camps in 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.600 the summer, see the little kids around the area. Uh, 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.280 any chance possible, Because I truly I love where I'm from, 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.160 like I truly rep that, I rep it hard man, 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.160 like I truly love it, especially Nazareth. 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:27.320 Man. 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.160 It's such a small town, but the support they give 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:31.560 me is is truly unmatched. 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:31.760 Man. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.519 It's truly I've never had anything like. It's close to 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.560 my family. They're literally my family. So it is so 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:41.200 cool just having having to wear Nazareth on my back 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.760 every single day I step out on the field and 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:45.720 what I do in life. 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:47.839 It is so it's a really cool thing. 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.000 And you're definitely the pride of Nazareth. Man. As much 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:51.560 as you pour into your city, it seems like they 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:52.120 pour into you. 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.800 Like you said, and I heard that your third game 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.640 of your rookie year, you had about three hundred and 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.280 fifty people. They took like six buses to come check 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:02.800 you out, to come watch play. They had the Jahan 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.120 shirts on and everything that your family was there. What 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:07.520 did that mean to you? Big moment like that, and 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.200 just having your whole community, your whole city come and 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:10.960 support you like that. 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.240 Man, that was huge, and it was crazy how it 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.320 led up to it, because it was it was the 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:21.320 first my mom came to me and she said, you know, 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:23.560 like the high school is talking about throwing this thing 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.559 where they're gonna come to one of your games, probably 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.200 when you play the Eagles. I'm thinking, all right, yeah, cool, 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.000 Like play the Eagles in Philly. It's not not a 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.760 far bus drive people would get up to get up 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:35.760 to the game. I'm thinking, I'm not even thinking busses 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.200 at this point. I'm thinking people go to carpool and 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.479 stuff like that. And then she's like, no, they're gonna 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:43.960 come out to Washington and they're gonna load buses at 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.440 the high school and everyone's gonna come see you play. 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.280 And I'm like, man, like that that's so cool, Man Like, 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:50.640 that's everything. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.560 You dream of having. 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:56.640 My high school coaches, basketball, literal league coaches, little kids 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:01.000 from the area, parents, people you never you never even 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:04.160 interacted with, but they just support you on a different level. 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:04.400 Man. 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.080 It was it was such an amazing opportunity for me 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.480 and as such, an amazing moment just to have under 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:09.880 my belt. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.719 And honestly, I'm super thankful for the community. 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:15.960 Well, I think you earned that right because if you 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:17.800 want somebody that poured back into your community, like we 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:19.640 talked about earlier, I don't think you would have got 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:21.520 that kind of support. And you mentioned the camps you hold. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.479 Why is it so important to do that for the 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.560 youth from your city And did you get things like 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.880 that growing up for yourself, Like did you have NFL 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:30.960 players come down or pro athletes come down and kind 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:32.760 of show you like, hey, this would be what you 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:33.800 can do if you work hard. 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:34.160 Yeah. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.880 See, I didn't have those opportunities when I was a kid, 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:38.679 and I feel like that's that's one of the reasons 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.800 why I do it, just to give those kids an 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.800 opportunity to interact with someone who's doing it at this level, 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.240 doing it at the biggest level of something they want 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.080 to achieve. And and me as a kid, you know, 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:54.280 I didn't, I mean me right now, like I don't. 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.359 I don't really When I go back home, it just 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.159 feels like home. I feel like I'm at home. I 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.000 don't really feel like, oh, you're You're in the NFL, 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:02.680 you know, And I kind of just treat it like 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.719 I'm still in high school time. And sometimes I gotta 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.760 my friends got to remind me, bro, You're like, you're 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.640 in the NFL. Bro, Like you need to use your platform. 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:13.920 I just be thinking, you know, I'm still this kid 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:18.000 from Nazareth. Yeah, but it's so cool just going back 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:22.720 and being able to give give back to to all 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:26.600 the people and all the families that supported me coming up. 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.039 So every opportunity I get, man, I'm trying to support, 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:33.839 trying to pour my heart into the people who do 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:34.440 the same for me. 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.640 Man, that's awesome. You talk about the people that do 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:38.840 so much for you. Talk about your parents a little bit. 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.240 Parents are very involved in your life. You're very close 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:42.800 with them. What has it been having a mother and 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.240 father that are so supportive and so involved. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:46.560 What has that done for you as a man? 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:48.840 Yeah, man, I don't take it for granted. 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.760 At all, honestly, because you know, I'm very fortunate to 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.279 have two parents in my life who are very stable, 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.520 who can who provide for me, take care of me, 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:03.800 and show me, show me how to how to be 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.839 a man in this life. You know, not everyone gets 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.920 the opportunity, So I'm truly thankful for that, man. And 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:13.240 they've done everything possible to make sure that I'm in 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:17.320 the best situation, possible, best predicaments to be successful in life. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.920 Man. And that's all you can thank your parents. They've 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.120 done everything. Man. My parents are literally my rock. Man. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:27.680 They've done everything for me. They still do everything for 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.720 me to this day. Man, But they've they've taught me 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.640 how to just just grow up and be a man, 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:37.120 and they gave me unconditional support ever since I was 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:37.640 a little kid. 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.000 And much like myself, you have self proclaim Momas what 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:41.000 right for sure? 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:42.800 Yeah, man, you and your mom are very very close, 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.280 which I think is just so cool. And your sophomore 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.720 year over at Penn State, you know, life change for 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:48.320 all of you guys. 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:50.760 You talk about that a little bit and what went down. 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:51.239 Yeah. 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:55.480 So I always tell people, man, like growing up you 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.400 feel like your parents are invincible. Yeah, like nothing could 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.679 ever happen to them Because you grow up them taking 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.360 care of you. You don't really see the struggles that 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.280 they go through in life till you grow up. 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:08.560 And I always kind of getting to that age. 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.280 I think I was nineteen twenty and that was the 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.640 first kind of adversity that ever hit in my family 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:20.360 where my mom was battling cancer. And it was really 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.880 hard in my family, just because, like I said, my 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:24.600 parents are my rock man. 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.080 Like they did everything for me. They do everything for me. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.480 But yeah, it was really tough. 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:33.160 But you know, just like she had my back and 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.679 supported me all throughout my life, I had to do 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.200 the same for her. It was time for me to 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:40.840 return the favor, and you know, I tried to support 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.640 her in any way possible. To this day, man, I'm 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.960 still trying to make sure she's good, always checking up 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.000 on her, text me every morning, good morning, have a 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.440 great day, Love you, and it it's the little things 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:55.160 like that that you know, you don't you don't really 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.760 realize the impact that it can make on someone. But 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.960 my mom she looks forward to those things, making sure 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:06.040 that I do the little things to really make sure 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.160 that I'm always thinking about her and make sure that 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:09.640 she's good. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.440 You talk about not really getting to see your parents 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.079 like struggle as a kid, right, They try to protect 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:16.760 us from it. They try to hide the things they 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:18.760 are going through. But as a man, as a sophomore. 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.080 You're a grown man, so you're actually getting to see 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:24.679 your mother go through this battle, fight get through it. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:26.960 How did that change your outlook? 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.360 Not only as an athlete, but just as a human 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:32.240 being watching your mother go through that battle and succeed. 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:38.320 Yeah, you know, cancer is never it's never anything to 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.000 play with, you know. So like going in knowing that 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.000 she's going through that and the struggles that she's having 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.840 and the battles that she's going through internally, like within herself, 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.600 you know, it makes you just put her perspective on 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.520 everything that you're doing. It makes you makes me want 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.760 to go twenty times harder just because I know that, 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:01.920 you know, nothing that I'm doing is can co relate 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.880 to anything that she's going through, you know. So it 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.880 truly makes me have an appreciation for everything that I 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:10.760 get to experience and I get to go through, and 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.280 knowing that my mom was supporting me even though she's 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.320 going through those things, I know that I can do 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:18.360 whatever I'm doing. 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.320 And support her going through what she was going through. 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.120 So it was really big for me to just see 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:28.040 her prevail through through cancer and basically beat it. 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.240 Yeah, And in last episode, I got to talk to 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.280 Jeremy Reeves and he went through, you know, losing his mother, and. 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.120 He mentioned how he never really growing up. 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.440 Especially as you know he's a football player, big football player, 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.880 he never really felt that he could express himself or 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:42.920 deal with emotions. And then in that time he kind 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.400 of just let it all out. Did you feel you 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.640 were able to deal with all those things went on yet? 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.360 Penn State, You're sophomore, you're trying to make it to 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.280 the league, You're doing all these things while watching your 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.720 mom go through that. What was it dealing with those emotions? 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.559 Were you able to really grieve and deal with those things? 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.360 Yeah? And I would say that was a credit. Uh. 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:04.680 You know my closest friends, my friend Mahoni's been my 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:07.240 best friend since fifth grade and he's he's literally like 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:10.320 my brother. And he was someone who really helped me 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.120 through that process. Uh, someone who I could talk to 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.640 literally about anything. I didn't have a problem expressing my 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.400 emotions to him, because you know, as a man, that 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:19.200 is that is hard. 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.600 You gotta you gotta go through that in life. 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.400 It's something that you have to you kind of have 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.800 to grow into expressing yourself, expressing your emotions. And you 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.160 got to really realize that there's nothing wrong with that. 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.200 And and he he really helped me out through that 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.719 process and helped me realize that, you know, I can 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.640 express myself and He's gonna have my back no matter what. 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:40.480 That's cool, man. And it seems like you're also a 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.920 very like faith driven person. I see every Sunday taking me. 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.120 I'm assuming you're praying. What are those conversations with God 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.520 like when you're sitting there in that moment you've made 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:50.880 it here? 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:51.480 Man? Like? 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:52.640 What are those moments like? 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.000 Man? I just I started off by thanking him. Man. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.440 I couldn't have I couldn't be here without him. I 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.880 couldn't have done anything I done in life without him truly. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.600 And then you know, I just give a quick little 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:08.880 prayer to my mom, my grandma who's watching me. I 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.960 thank God for taking care of her. I know he's 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.480 He's taking care of my grandmother. We all love and 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.800 miss her so much. And then I pray again, I 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.840 thank Him for just just letting me be out here 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.920 and doing what I love every single day, being able 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:26.480 to have the dream job that I've always dreamed of. 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.280 And I pray that he stayed on my shoulders. And 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:32.880 allow me to do some spectacular things on the field. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.200 Well, man, we've seen some spectacular things from you. Man, 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.560 you had a really good rookie year. But now it's 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.080 year too. You're not a rookie no more. What's different 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.839 about this season? You've gone through a second preseason, now 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.280 you're going through a second training camp. 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:44.600 Yeah. 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.319 What's different in year two for Johanna Dotson? 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:53.360 Yeah, I would say just becoming more wise wise with 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.920 the game, having more wisdom in the game, and really 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:01.960 understanding the NFL because it is way different from college. 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:05.439 You know, you're playing professionals every single weekend, every single 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.840 day of practice, so so really understanding the game, become 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:13.480 more wiser with the game. And I pride myself on 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:16.280 being better than I was yesterday. That's a big thing 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:19.240 for me. I never try to get to down on 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:22.079 myself and that that goes back to the game, man, 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.839 the drop and making sure that the next play is 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.720 better than it was his last play. So it's a 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.960 big thing that I look I look forwarded to myself. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.400 But yeah, it's been a it's been a fun ride. 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:35.600 Man. 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:36.640 It's been really cool. 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:36.839 Man. 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.520 It's it's everything I dreamed of as a little kid. 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.040 So so I'm really thankful for this opportunity. 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.079 And not everybody in your position gets to line up 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:49.680 across from such an elite talent like Terry. And you know, 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:51.400 you know, you guys have a good relationship. We see 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:52.960 you guys talking a lot on that field. What are 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:54.760 those conversations like with Terry? How has he helped you 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.160 become more comfortable as a receiver in the NFL? 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.840 Yeah, I feel like Terry is is really like me. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.080 He's really a laid back guy, doesn't say much, but 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:07.840 he's more of a vocal me. So it's pretty cool 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:12.960 to have that dynamic just because he knows how to hem. 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.360 I'm still the biggest thing I'm learning from Terry is 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:16.400 how to be a leader. Man. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.920 He does such a great job at that because he's 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:24.280 way more vocal. So you know, he tells me what 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.440 he's seeing on the field. He knows how to communicate 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.720 those things to me. He shows me the looks that 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.560 you know we're getting from different defenses and how to 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.280 beat them because you know, he's done it at the 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:35.040 highest level. 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:35.320 Man. 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.520 So it's really cool having that dynamic in my room 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.040 right next to me every single day and learning from 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:41.800 him has been great. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.520 It's been fun watching you guys plays before, watching you develop. 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.240 And it's crazy to think in week five, almost a 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:51.280 quarter of away through the season, do you feel Commanders 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.440 fans have really seen this team's full potential yet? 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.280 I don't. I truly don't. 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:01.240 I think we can still on lead so much more 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.800 because we just have so much talent, man, And I 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:08.360 feel like Scott's really a limit for this team. I 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.200 feel like we haven't really tapped into it fully yet. 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:16.120 We're still in that understanding of the offense phase. But 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:20.280 we're making plays, so it's exciting little flashes. But I 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.160 feel like once we put it all together, man, it's 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:22.880 gonna be crazy. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.160 Yeah, I agree, man. You could tell it's just different, right. 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.960 You could see the fan base is very, very excited 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.840 for this season. And Thursday we had a game. It's 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:34.080 prime time. We're back at the crib, we're back at home. 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:35.920 This is your ICEOL camera right there. You're looking at 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:37.840 camera right there, and tell the fans what you need 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.320 from them Thursday to help y'all get this dub against 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:41.080 the Chicago Bears. 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.920 Man. I need y'all out there, man, I need y'all 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:45.920 packed out there and FedEx man. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.880 I need y'all loud, proud. It's gonna be. 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.640 A fun one man. We go get back on this 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:54.520 win streak, but it's gonna be fun. And I need 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:55.440 y'all have y'all there. 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.720 Yes, sir man, Well, Joha Man. I appreciate your time. Man, 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.480 it's been fun getting to know you. It's been fun 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.560 watch you develop as a receiver. 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