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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Michael Jenkins. The

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two season has officially wrapped with the Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs taking home the Lombardi Trophy for the second

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Speaker 1: time in the last four years. With a new season

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Speaker 1: on deck, former Washington players Logan Paulson and Fred Smoot

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Speaker 1: joined me to talk about their favorite moments from this

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Speaker 1: past season. Okay, so everyone has an opinion here. When

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Speaker 1: you think back first season as a commander's logan, what

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Speaker 1: do you think? I have to agree with Fletcher. I

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Speaker 1: think that's that Philly game was pretty fantastic. I think

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Speaker 1: it just like all the deck was stacked against you.

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Speaker 1: Philly was the much better side, and then they came out.

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Speaker 1: They played excellent on the defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: You got to see young talented players kind of step

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Speaker 1: up and kind of show that they can be a

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Speaker 1: building block looping forward, and then you've got great offensive

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Speaker 1: production from the young running backs. It was a really

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Speaker 1: special performance and one that I'll remember for a long time.

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Speaker 1: All Right, this is the way to hog the miss

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Speaker 1: one of them to see you just said it was cliche.

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Speaker 1: It was an easy pig. I myself thinks of the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys game at the end of the year. Not

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Speaker 1: only do we sit in the Cowgirls go into the

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Speaker 1: playoffs on a bad note, we also got to see

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Speaker 1: a glimpse of the future. We got to see the

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Speaker 1: young sam hi aka to Airwolf is what I call him.

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Speaker 1: We got a chance to see the Airwolf throw the ball.

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Speaker 1: We got a chance to see Wolf because his last

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Speaker 1: name is how Games. So at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: I just it gave us something to look forward to

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Speaker 1: this year. I'll tell you something if Airwolf catches one

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Speaker 1: like I remember when Food said it, most definitely. The

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Speaker 1: search for a new offensive coordinator is still underway. Logan

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Speaker 1: and Fred helped me highlight their biggest areas of focus

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Speaker 1: during the offseason. Of fun storylines for the Commanders. And

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Speaker 1: you're the top of the less offensive coordinator. How important

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Speaker 1: is it to do this sooner than later and to

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Speaker 1: get the ball roll and to get this install ready

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Speaker 1: to go. Oh, you want to get him in off.

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Speaker 1: You want to get him into building right now. You

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Speaker 1: want to get him around the players. You want the

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Speaker 1: players to get around him, because the first thing changes

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Speaker 1: when you get a new coordinator, mainly is deter anology

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Speaker 1: because if I'm running Cover three or Cup of four,

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Speaker 1: it still gonna be Cover three or Cup of four.

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Speaker 1: The terminology changes, and I want to get on the

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Speaker 1: same level, in same playing field as the coach as

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Speaker 1: soon as posts. Yeah, I think you know, there's not

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Speaker 1: a lot of players around the building right now, but

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Speaker 1: there are scouts, there are coaches. They are kind of

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Speaker 1: building their offensive identity but living in the next year.

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Speaker 1: So you want him around. You want him to be

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Speaker 1: part of that process, kind of giving his input, giving

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Speaker 1: his opinion as well as you know, his contribution to

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Speaker 1: the players and that perspective. But when you talk about

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Speaker 1: offensive identity, what sort of offense do you want to

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Speaker 1: see crafted? I mean, I think that's a really good question.

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Speaker 1: I think you want someone that is going to be

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Speaker 1: flexible and kind of adapt to the players, grab at hand,

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Speaker 1: say this is who I have, this is what we have,

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Speaker 1: the our disposal. How do I elevate this group? And

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Speaker 1: so that's what I want to see from the offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator scheme, kind of agnostic. Can this guy adjust what

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Speaker 1: we have here? What do we need to beat you today?

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Speaker 1: And that's what I always loved about being belly Chick

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Speaker 1: in his offense, if he needs to run the ball

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Speaker 1: fifty times today, he lines up, bring three tight ends,

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Speaker 1: he in and run the ball. So whatever is your weakness,

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Speaker 1: that will be a scrint that we can That's what

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Speaker 1: type of guy I want to see in here. And

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Speaker 1: because I think we have that type of players. I

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Speaker 1: think we have speedy guys, big guys, guys that can

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Speaker 1: move you around. So at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: I want them to show some smarts and not just

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Speaker 1: be one of the people where I'm gonna run stuff

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Speaker 1: my way, because this is the way I running. If

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Speaker 1: we're talking about offense, they've talked about air Wolf there.

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Speaker 1: You're excited about what he can't be. But we don't

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Speaker 1: have the big sample size here, we don't have a

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Speaker 1: self size. But as I watch him, I've watched him practice,

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Speaker 1: I watched him throw the ball around, and I see

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Speaker 1: his body type and don't get mad at me, fan base,

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Speaker 1: he reminds me of Tony Romo, Okay, And that's just

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Speaker 1: from the way he releases the ball, to his body size,

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Speaker 1: to how he looks in a uniform. So if he

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Speaker 1: can beat that type player and with us legitly giving

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Speaker 1: him a chance, he know he's going into this off

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Speaker 1: season is the storing quarterback. I think he gives it

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Speaker 1: a chance. I think the young wolf will give us

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Speaker 1: a chance. Yeah, so I fully agree. I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: Philly is a good roadmap. They're a young guy. You

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Speaker 1: can develop, add some offensive lineman, take advantage of those

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Speaker 1: guys you just mentioned, the big guys, the fast guys.

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Speaker 1: Let's say they make some play. Free agency always huge

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Speaker 1: this time of year. A Darron Pay I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: the guy, He's the guy one hundred. I think he's

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Speaker 1: probably gonna get franchise tag just because of the financial situation.

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Speaker 1: So some of those days we just showed are gonna

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Speaker 1: be really important for him. But he deserves to get

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Speaker 1: paid as much as people can afford to pay him

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Speaker 1: because he had an outstanding football year this year and

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Speaker 1: he is a tremendous talent. Fred I am going to

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Speaker 1: go win on you holiday. I'm gonna go pick up

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Speaker 1: the run Pain, drive him to Carson Wentz House, and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna move Pain into that out because we want

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Speaker 1: him to stay as long as he can. When it

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Speaker 1: comes to being a part of this football that kids

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Speaker 1: showed up and that kid played grown man football. This year.

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