WEBVTT - The Season with Peter Schrager: Michael Vick 0:00:07.266 --> 0:00:09.706 The Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the 0:00:09.826 --> 0:00:24.746 NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up, Everybody, Welcome to 0:00:24.786 --> 0:00:28.306 the Season with Peter Schreger. I am Peter Schreger. You 0:00:28.426 --> 0:00:31.746 might see me on Good Morning Football in the mornings. 0:00:31.826 --> 0:00:34.546 You might see me on Fox NFL Kickoff on Sundays. 0:00:34.586 --> 0:00:37.906 If my voice is a little hoarse, it's because it's 0:00:37.946 --> 0:00:42.066 been a wild few days. Sunday we were we did 0:00:42.066 --> 0:00:44.186 the Fox NFL Kickoff Show. We had the best episode 0:00:44.186 --> 0:00:49.026 of the season. It's myself, it's Julian Edelman, Michael Vick, 0:00:49.186 --> 0:00:51.386 Charles Woodson, and Chris Thompson. We have a blast. And 0:00:51.426 --> 0:00:55.506 then I had never been to a Chargers home game, 0:00:55.706 --> 0:00:58.226 and I was sticking around LA to do Good Morning Football. 0:00:58.546 --> 0:01:02.906 So I went to Chargers Chiefs in person, and I'm 0:01:02.906 --> 0:01:06.106 telling you, three quarters into that game, that felt like 0:01:06.146 --> 0:01:09.466 a chart victory. And then, like they do, the Chiefs 0:01:09.866 --> 0:01:12.986 snatch it at the last second. But I came away 0:01:13.106 --> 0:01:19.306 just amazed, amazed by Steve Spagnolo's defense. And I think 0:01:20.426 --> 0:01:22.306 we're a month into the season and I have so 0:01:22.386 --> 0:01:25.906 many observations based on what we thought the first week. 0:01:25.986 --> 0:01:28.066 Then it changes the second week, then we overreact the 0:01:28.066 --> 0:01:29.946 third week and one of the fourth week. I've been 0:01:29.946 --> 0:01:33.426 doing this long enough where I think October is really 0:01:33.546 --> 0:01:36.426 where we start to see the best teams in football 0:01:36.466 --> 0:01:41.226 more importantly, you don't want to peak week one, week two, 0:01:41.746 --> 0:01:45.346 week three. Things start to settle and things start to 0:01:45.626 --> 0:01:50.146 show themselves more in October. For example, this Chiefs team, 0:01:50.226 --> 0:01:51.586 we knew they were going to be down a bunch 0:01:51.626 --> 0:01:54.466 of weapons once you saw Hollywood Brown got hurt and 0:01:54.546 --> 0:01:56.946 Isaiah Pacheco got hurt. Now you lose Rashi Rice, which 0:01:57.186 --> 0:01:59.546 at the end of the day on Tuesday was like, 0:01:59.906 --> 0:02:01.466 you know, it might be a little better the next way, 0:02:01.466 --> 0:02:03.106 he's gonna be out. He's gonna be out for a 0:02:03.146 --> 0:02:07.426 long time. The Chiefs rolled out there Carson Steele as 0:02:07.466 --> 0:02:08.426 their number one running back. 0:02:08.466 --> 0:02:08.906 He fumbled. 0:02:08.906 --> 0:02:10.586 They didn't give him the ball again. So now it's 0:02:10.666 --> 0:02:15.666 Kareem Hunt, samaj p Ryan to aging veteran running backs. 0:02:16.866 --> 0:02:20.066 It's a rookie Xavier Worthy who had three catches and 0:02:20.106 --> 0:02:22.346 the big touchdown, and that's great, but I don't know 0:02:22.346 --> 0:02:23.746 if he's gonna get the load. It's gonna be an 0:02:23.746 --> 0:02:27.506 aging Travis Kelce. It's Noah great it's justin Watson, it's Skymore, 0:02:27.546 --> 0:02:30.106 who you could tell the team is just is just 0:02:30.306 --> 0:02:35.346 beyond frustrated with and it's like, all right, Chiefs, four 0:02:35.386 --> 0:02:37.506 weeks into this season, how are we gonna win games? 0:02:37.746 --> 0:02:42.186 Their defense? The defense is awesome. Herbert's out there and 0:02:42.186 --> 0:02:44.706 he's dealing to McConkie the first few drives and then 0:02:44.746 --> 0:02:48.666 it just completely stops. And you see what the Chiefs do, 0:02:48.866 --> 0:02:51.786 and it's McDuffie coming in off a zero blitz off 0:02:51.786 --> 0:02:56.266 the corner spot. You see Chris Jones just absolutely annihiling 0:02:56.266 --> 0:02:59.506 people in defensive line. Teams change, Teams change because they 0:02:59.586 --> 0:03:02.906 have to cheats adapt. The Chiefs might go and get 0:03:02.946 --> 0:03:04.586 make a big swing and make a trade and get 0:03:04.626 --> 0:03:07.626 another wide receiver. Great, that'll keep them a float. But 0:03:07.666 --> 0:03:09.306 if the Chiefs are gonna do it again this year 0:03:09.346 --> 0:03:11.546 and they're gonna win three in a row, it's gonna 0:03:11.546 --> 0:03:13.906 be based on their defense, and it's gonna be based 0:03:13.906 --> 0:03:16.426 on Andy Reid's ingenuity on offense, and it's gonna be 0:03:16.466 --> 0:03:19.466 based on mahomes Is finding a way they're not gonna 0:03:19.466 --> 0:03:21.506 score thirty and forty points in games, not with the 0:03:21.506 --> 0:03:23.306 offense that they have, and not how that team is 0:03:23.306 --> 0:03:25.506 built right now. But they will stop you and they 0:03:25.506 --> 0:03:27.466 will hold you under twenty. And if that's the case, 0:03:27.506 --> 0:03:30.986 they can win October. This is where we start to 0:03:31.026 --> 0:03:33.466 see these teams come together the Chiefs. That's what I 0:03:33.466 --> 0:03:35.306 think is going to have to take for them to 0:03:35.306 --> 0:03:36.746 do this. And I know it's just one month in, 0:03:36.866 --> 0:03:38.906 but you're gonna see there's gonna be a lot of 0:03:39.266 --> 0:03:41.906 inks billed on what's wrong with with Mahomes, what's wrong 0:03:41.946 --> 0:03:44.186 with Kelsey. It's already started. But as long as they 0:03:44.266 --> 0:03:46.546 keep winning and they get that home field advantage in 0:03:46.626 --> 0:03:48.226 Kansas City, or at least get a couple of those 0:03:48.266 --> 0:03:50.826 games in Kansas City in the playoffs, they'll be there 0:03:50.826 --> 0:03:53.946 at the end. I look at the Baltimore Ravens. Everyone 0:03:53.986 --> 0:03:55.906 picked them to either go to the Super Bowl or 0:03:55.946 --> 0:03:58.586 win the AFC North. Two weeks into the season, there 0:03:58.626 --> 0:04:01.106 is masssteria, tough loss Week one, and then you know, 0:04:01.266 --> 0:04:04.066 bone crushing, soul crushing last week two. Well what happens 0:04:04.546 --> 0:04:07.026 week three? Mixed results. They go into DA they get 0:04:07.066 --> 0:04:09.026 a big lead, but they almost give it up. And 0:04:09.066 --> 0:04:12.506 then finally week four, week four, they start showing what 0:04:12.586 --> 0:04:16.826 they can be. A one hundred ninety nine yard game 0:04:16.866 --> 0:04:19.466 from Derrick Henry and eighty seven yard run from the start, 0:04:19.506 --> 0:04:21.946 a defense that was just swarming Josh Allen. The Bills 0:04:21.946 --> 0:04:25.146 came into this game averaging thirty seven points a game. 0:04:25.586 --> 0:04:28.546 They were held at ten, and their defense was all 0:04:28.586 --> 0:04:31.746 over those receivers and in such a way where you're like, oh, 0:04:31.906 --> 0:04:34.026 Kyle Hamilton might be one of the best defensive players 0:04:34.026 --> 0:04:36.826 in football. Oh ro Qwan Smith's one of the best 0:04:36.866 --> 0:04:38.906 linebackers of football. Oh Nate Wiggins is a rookie that 0:04:38.946 --> 0:04:40.626 they expect a lot out of it, and he played well. 0:04:40.826 --> 0:04:43.026 Here's what I'm telling about this. It takes some time. 0:04:43.466 --> 0:04:46.226 They lost three offensive linemen this offseason that were very 0:04:46.306 --> 0:04:48.346 key parts to their offense last year. They have three 0:04:48.346 --> 0:04:52.866 guys replacing them. Takes some time. They lost their defensive coordinator, 0:04:52.866 --> 0:04:56.186 Mike McDonald, They lost Geno Stone, they lost Patrick Queen. 0:04:56.426 --> 0:04:59.386 Those were leaders on the team. It takes some time. 0:04:59.746 --> 0:05:01.986 October this is where we start to see these guys 0:05:02.026 --> 0:05:03.626 who's going to be coming through. I look at the 0:05:03.626 --> 0:05:07.826 Lions offense weird first few weeks. Weird in that they 0:05:07.866 --> 0:05:10.266 were winning games, but that went against the Rams. 0:05:10.306 --> 0:05:11.546 The offense was like all right. 0:05:11.586 --> 0:05:13.346 We just had to run the ball with David Montgomery 0:05:13.386 --> 0:05:15.186 down the stretch, and we'll just lean on that. That's 0:05:15.186 --> 0:05:17.906 not the Ben Johnson offense. It's usually so innovative and different. 0:05:19.026 --> 0:05:24.466 Week two, bad loss, Week three they squeeze by Arizona 0:05:24.546 --> 0:05:28.386 and the offenses. And then week four, October's here. We 0:05:28.466 --> 0:05:31.826 know that's the offense. But we saw on Week four 0:05:31.946 --> 0:05:36.026 against the Seahawks that's the offense. October is where we're 0:05:36.026 --> 0:05:38.706 gonna find out a lot about that teams. And I 0:05:38.706 --> 0:05:40.666 look at the New York Jets and they might be 0:05:40.706 --> 0:05:44.906 the most paramount on the list. Let's see, this is it. 0:05:45.746 --> 0:05:47.866 We knew things were going to go through some rough 0:05:47.906 --> 0:05:49.866 times at some point. Well you know, I picked them 0:05:49.906 --> 0:05:51.306 to be the number one seed in the AFC. I 0:05:51.346 --> 0:05:54.466 have Aaron Rodgers is my MVP. After that Patriots game 0:05:54.466 --> 0:05:56.146 week three, I felt pretty good. I was puffing my 0:05:56.266 --> 0:05:59.346 chest out. After Week four, it's right back down to 0:05:59.386 --> 0:06:02.866 the to the doldrums. And if you look at what 0:06:02.906 --> 0:06:06.186 they have up ahead, it's the Vikings. This Sunday in 0:06:06.186 --> 0:06:09.466 a Week four game in London, they're flying over there, 0:06:10.106 --> 0:06:12.586 and it's more than just you know, can we get 0:06:12.586 --> 0:06:15.226 the win? Fine? You beat Sam Darnold. Great, you find 0:06:15.226 --> 0:06:17.866 a way you're three and two cool that keeps the press, 0:06:18.066 --> 0:06:21.946 you know, at Bay for a little bit. But already 0:06:22.426 --> 0:06:25.146 Robert Salo has asked about the cadence, and he's talking 0:06:25.146 --> 0:06:28.146 about cadence and he's talking about, you know, Aaron Rodgers 0:06:28.146 --> 0:06:32.186 trying to draw guys off sides and false start out 0:06:32.226 --> 0:06:36.066 of your typical comfort zone as a defensive head coach. 0:06:36.826 --> 0:06:38.706 Is he allowed to talk about it? Sure, he's the 0:06:38.706 --> 0:06:42.586 head coach. Then they go to Rogers and Rogers immediately 0:06:42.626 --> 0:06:44.906 it's like, how about we just hold guys accountable. We've 0:06:44.946 --> 0:06:46.626 had one false start the whole year. That's what I've 0:06:46.626 --> 0:06:48.986 been doing doing for twenty years. Then they go back 0:06:48.986 --> 0:06:51.986 to sala On on Monday. He's got comments on it 0:06:51.986 --> 0:06:54.146 where he kind of backtracks a little bit. Look, this 0:06:54.226 --> 0:06:58.746 is the stuff, this is the stuff. Stay stay, stay 0:06:58.786 --> 0:07:01.626 in your pocket, stay in your lane. Do not start 0:07:01.666 --> 0:07:03.786 speaking out of school, do not spart speaking out, don't 0:07:03.826 --> 0:07:06.186 try to say things that you don't necessarily feel comfortable with. 0:07:06.546 --> 0:07:09.226 This is the stuff. Where Rogers is a twenty year veteran, 0:07:09.386 --> 0:07:11.786 four time MVP. Let him handle the cadence. Let him 0:07:11.826 --> 0:07:13.546 do what it is now what I've been trying to 0:07:13.586 --> 0:07:15.346 draw guys off sides in the red zone. I don't 0:07:15.346 --> 0:07:19.186 know if that's necessary. There's a far greater danger to 0:07:19.306 --> 0:07:21.386 having a false start and knocking yourself back than it 0:07:21.466 --> 0:07:23.306 is getting an extra a couple of yards in the 0:07:23.306 --> 0:07:26.666 red zone when you're already within the ten. That said, 0:07:27.026 --> 0:07:29.946 Garrett Wilson comes out. He had some comments when he 0:07:29.986 --> 0:07:31.786 was talking to the media in the big context, is 0:07:31.826 --> 0:07:33.826 not as bad as what was clipped out. All this 0:07:33.866 --> 0:07:37.426 stuff matters. Now you go to London, how do you 0:07:37.666 --> 0:07:40.626 stay together? Because the New York media is not the 0:07:40.706 --> 0:07:45.146 Jacksonville media, The New York media is not the Minnesota media. 0:07:46.066 --> 0:07:49.066 The New York media is not necessarily the Arizona media. 0:07:49.146 --> 0:07:52.186 This is one where if they see any blood, or 0:07:52.226 --> 0:07:54.546 they see a scrape, if they see even a window, 0:07:55.026 --> 0:07:57.506 they'll pounce. And how do you stay together with that? 0:07:57.826 --> 0:08:00.506 How do you stay together that and not start responding 0:08:00.546 --> 0:08:02.386 to that and looking at each other and saying, wait, 0:08:02.386 --> 0:08:04.306 well you said what, why'd you say that? Why wouldn't 0:08:04.306 --> 0:08:06.866 you say that? Can't do it, can't do it. 0:08:06.866 --> 0:08:07.386 It's too soon. 0:08:07.506 --> 0:08:11.546 October key month, really key month. If the Jets start 0:08:11.586 --> 0:08:14.586 losing games, This could be real bad. They need to 0:08:14.586 --> 0:08:16.226 find a way to get a couple of these wins. 0:08:16.386 --> 0:08:20.946 Coming up, we have an awesome guest today and it's 0:08:20.986 --> 0:08:24.906 a perfect time to have this guest. This guest just 0:08:25.146 --> 0:08:27.266 I don't know if it's the exclusive breaking news. This 0:08:27.306 --> 0:08:29.786 guest just got back from Washington, DC because he sat 0:08:29.826 --> 0:08:34.546 down with a guy who he's being compared to, and 0:08:34.586 --> 0:08:36.906 that guy's being compared to him. We're gonna have Michael 0:08:36.986 --> 0:08:39.346 Vick on and he just got done with a sit 0:08:39.426 --> 0:08:42.706 down with Jaden Daniels in Washington, which he did on 0:08:42.826 --> 0:08:47.066 Tuesday afternoon. We're gonna talk to Mike about Jaden. We're 0:08:47.066 --> 0:08:49.666 gonna talk to Mike about two. We're gonna talk to 0:08:49.706 --> 0:08:52.986 Mike about his new film that he produced on Amazon 0:08:53.066 --> 0:08:56.426 called The Evolution of the Black Quarterback. Michael Vick is 0:08:56.426 --> 0:08:58.826 going to join us October, he said, when it matters guys, 0:08:59.106 --> 0:09:09.186 right after this, I'm very excited for our guests this week. 0:09:09.266 --> 0:09:16.106 With no further ado, one of the NFL and cultural 0:09:16.426 --> 0:09:19.666 icons of his generation and a colleague of mine on 0:09:19.746 --> 0:09:24.026 Fox NFL kickoff every single Sunday Box eleven am Eastern. 0:09:24.386 --> 0:09:26.546 We've become very good friends over the years. And it 0:09:26.586 --> 0:09:28.506 was the first time having you on the podcast, mister 0:09:28.546 --> 0:09:29.106 Michael Vick. 0:09:29.226 --> 0:09:32.346 Michael, Hello, Well, so Peter, I can wait to come 0:09:32.386 --> 0:09:33.186 on the pod man. 0:09:33.426 --> 0:09:37.946 I've been waiting out get on the pod. I want 0:09:37.946 --> 0:09:40.466 to start in Washington, d C. And I want to 0:09:40.506 --> 0:09:45.666 start with current events because anytime there's a young athletic 0:09:46.146 --> 0:09:49.146 African American quarterback, they immediately are compared to Michael Vick. 0:09:49.186 --> 0:09:51.386 And I always say, time out, time out, that Michael 0:09:51.466 --> 0:09:53.946 Vick was was one of one when he came into 0:09:53.986 --> 0:09:56.546 this league. And there are very few guys who could 0:09:56.626 --> 0:10:00.586 run and pass like Michael Vick. Jaden Daniels might be 0:10:00.586 --> 0:10:05.626 that guy. When you watched Jaden Daniels in college, what 0:10:05.706 --> 0:10:06.426 was your takeaway? 0:10:06.586 --> 0:10:11.306 Yeah, it's funny because as soon as you start talking 0:10:11.306 --> 0:10:14.506 about Jay and I start thinking about his days at 0:10:14.506 --> 0:10:18.266 Arizona State and his time with herm Edwards, and I 0:10:18.306 --> 0:10:20.266 think he spent three years there. And so you know, 0:10:20.306 --> 0:10:22.786 we come out to California. You know, we catch the 0:10:22.866 --> 0:10:24.986 late game. So I was always catching the Earth, I'm 0:10:24.986 --> 0:10:29.066 always catching Arizona UCLA and so I was watching this kid. 0:10:29.146 --> 0:10:31.186 I'm like, you know, I'm looking at the statue like 0:10:31.226 --> 0:10:34.186 he got a lot of potential. You know, I knew 0:10:34.186 --> 0:10:35.546 he was young, but I was like, I got to 0:10:35.626 --> 0:10:37.866 watch and see how he progressed. And fast forward, he 0:10:37.946 --> 0:10:41.546 ended up going to LSU. I'm looking at the quarterback 0:10:41.546 --> 0:10:44.266 at LSU, like you get two years ago, and I'm like, 0:10:44.866 --> 0:10:48.906 this kid looked familiar transfer reporter all this. I found 0:10:48.946 --> 0:10:51.586 out that he transferred in and then his first year 0:10:51.586 --> 0:10:53.346 at LSU it. 0:10:53.306 --> 0:10:55.346 Was kind of like an up and down year, and 0:10:55.946 --> 0:10:57.266 I knew he had another year left. 0:10:57.266 --> 0:11:00.546 And nowadays, you never know how many years kids got, 0:11:00.586 --> 0:11:03.066 Like in college, you know, some guys be six years 0:11:03.306 --> 0:11:05.826 guys and five years and that wasn't the case back 0:11:06.186 --> 0:11:09.266 and I date, so, you know, I see him at 0:11:09.346 --> 0:11:13.146 LSU and I'm like, oh, the first year, I knew 0:11:13.186 --> 0:11:14.346 he needed some work. 0:11:15.386 --> 0:11:18.306 Last year, I was like, something must have clipped and 0:11:18.746 --> 0:11:19.146 he ended. 0:11:19.066 --> 0:11:21.106 Up winning the hazard And you know this, you know, 0:11:21.146 --> 0:11:23.466 a long story short that you know, now we get 0:11:23.546 --> 0:11:25.106 Jane Dames in. 0:11:24.986 --> 0:11:28.626 The National Football League. So through four games. 0:11:28.306 --> 0:11:32.346 Pete, I mean, he's just getting better and better and 0:11:32.386 --> 0:11:33.426 better each and every week. 0:11:34.026 --> 0:11:37.026 The crazy part is the completion percentage. He cleared ninety 0:11:37.066 --> 0:11:39.706 percent of his passes two weeks ago eighty two percent 0:11:39.706 --> 0:11:42.306 of his passes this week. A lot of that is, 0:11:42.586 --> 0:11:44.986 of course the offense, but a lot of that is 0:11:45.026 --> 0:11:48.146 on him as just a pure passer. That that has 0:11:48.146 --> 0:11:50.906 blown me away as someone who was you know, thrown 0:11:50.906 --> 0:11:53.786 into the NFL. Is the fact that he's so accurate? 0:11:53.866 --> 0:11:54.666 Is that blowing you away? 0:11:54.706 --> 0:11:59.066 Also, Yeah, it's blowing me away because I watched him 0:11:59.106 --> 0:12:01.666 in college and so, like I said, the first year. 0:12:02.666 --> 0:12:04.586 I just knew he needed a little work and needed 0:12:04.586 --> 0:12:05.306 time to get better. 0:12:05.386 --> 0:12:07.706 And then the next year he was making more plays 0:12:07.706 --> 0:12:11.826 in the pocket and he was more accomplishing more in 0:12:11.906 --> 0:12:15.706 the passing game. As far as understanding the concepts, I 0:12:15.706 --> 0:12:18.026 think getting to the right places with the ball, and 0:12:18.146 --> 0:12:20.226 I don't know what type of offense they was running with. 0:12:20.546 --> 0:12:21.306 It was enough to win. 0:12:21.346 --> 0:12:25.466 That hasn't Then fast forward and now he links up 0:12:25.466 --> 0:12:29.506 with Cliff Kingsbury, your guy who you always praise and 0:12:29.586 --> 0:12:32.626 said that you know, he, you know, was one of 0:12:32.626 --> 0:12:35.666 the best in the business. And he's proven that, you 0:12:35.746 --> 0:12:37.346 know what I'm say. He's proven that with Kyler, he's 0:12:37.346 --> 0:12:40.626 proven that with jayalen Jada, and for him to come 0:12:40.666 --> 0:12:43.386 out smoking and to be as efficient as he is, 0:12:43.466 --> 0:12:47.426 that's that's the coach understanding the player and vice versas. 0:12:47.666 --> 0:12:50.226 All right, so we work at Fox every weekend and 0:12:50.306 --> 0:12:52.106 you get thirty two teams. No one, I mean, we 0:12:52.186 --> 0:12:53.906 thought the Commanders could have a nice little bomum. No 0:12:53.906 --> 0:12:55.786 one expected them to the story of the first month 0:12:55.786 --> 0:13:00.106 of the season. You get a call from our producer saying, hey, 0:13:01.146 --> 0:13:03.986 this is the story of the twenty twenty four campaign. 0:13:04.066 --> 0:13:06.306 This is the Jaden Daniels here, Michael Vicky want you 0:13:06.306 --> 0:13:09.786 to sit down with Jaden Daniels. That's gonna air on Fox. 0:13:10.466 --> 0:13:13.786 You get the call where a few hours removed, you 0:13:13.866 --> 0:13:17.266 spent yesterday in d C. Without giving away the entire interview, 0:13:17.306 --> 0:13:20.426 take us through your day Tuesday, spending it with Jayden Daniels. 0:13:20.466 --> 0:13:21.826 I assume the first time you met him. 0:13:22.226 --> 0:13:24.226 Yeah, it was really cool to be back home for one. 0:13:24.426 --> 0:13:26.386 You know, anytime I fly back into pertain you to 0:13:26.386 --> 0:13:29.746 always bring back memories too. I always wanted to play 0:13:29.746 --> 0:13:32.986 for Washington, so you know, being a guy who grew 0:13:33.066 --> 0:13:35.066 up for my grandmother grew. 0:13:34.986 --> 0:13:37.786 Up a Washington fan. I watched them a lot. 0:13:37.866 --> 0:13:41.306 Didn't like him as a kid, but you know, I 0:13:41.386 --> 0:13:43.866 wanted to finish my career in so you know, it 0:13:43.906 --> 0:13:45.426 was I didn't get a chance to do that, so 0:13:45.466 --> 0:13:48.506 it was a little bittersweet. But having a chance to 0:13:48.826 --> 0:13:53.786 actually go and see any any team's facility, I'm always 0:13:53.826 --> 0:13:54.666 intrigued by that. 0:13:55.346 --> 0:13:57.026 When I got there, you know, just had to soak 0:13:57.026 --> 0:13:59.746 it all in, look around, you. 0:13:59.666 --> 0:14:01.666 Know, complex is really it was nice to doing a 0:14:01.706 --> 0:14:05.386 lot of renovations and and uh, we're trying to you know, 0:14:05.546 --> 0:14:07.866 make it, you know, a little more efficient than what 0:14:07.906 --> 0:14:09.666 has been over the years. And so when I first 0:14:09.746 --> 0:14:15.826 walk in and I see phrase move and Uh saying 0:14:15.906 --> 0:14:16.866 Tana Monks. 0:14:17.946 --> 0:14:20.026 I think working, I think working for the team. I 0:14:20.026 --> 0:14:20.546 didn't know that. 0:14:20.986 --> 0:14:22.466 Yeah, they're working in the mediate department. 0:14:22.506 --> 0:14:24.466 They got their own podcasts, and they you know, just 0:14:24.506 --> 0:14:28.306 around just around the facility, just hanging out, just being being, 0:14:28.586 --> 0:14:31.706 you know, legends, the legends that they are. Then I 0:14:31.706 --> 0:14:37.346 see Doug Wis, Then I see Cliff, then I see 0:14:37.426 --> 0:14:40.426 Dan Quinn. You know, they all coming, you know, introduce 0:14:40.506 --> 0:14:43.306 themselves and they're saying hi. And then then I ultimately 0:14:43.386 --> 0:14:46.066 I get the team and uh had a chance to 0:14:46.106 --> 0:14:47.786 just hang out with him for a second before we 0:14:47.906 --> 0:14:50.986 did an interview. They were just talking about, you know, 0:14:51.066 --> 0:14:54.106 the game plan for for this week. You know how 0:14:54.146 --> 0:14:56.986 he's seeing a couple of you know, potential touchdowns in it. 0:14:58.026 --> 0:15:01.986 So he's already off to the right off to you know, 0:15:02.346 --> 0:15:05.626 the right start for this week. So sitting down and 0:15:05.666 --> 0:15:07.786 talking to him, man, it was everything I thought it 0:15:07.786 --> 0:15:11.866 would be. He was, you know, various, sightful, you know, 0:15:12.826 --> 0:15:16.666 vibe Prince Smith and just very confident. 0:15:16.706 --> 0:15:16.826 Man. 0:15:16.946 --> 0:15:18.946 The one thing I can say Peter is that he 0:15:19.146 --> 0:15:21.666 really believes in himself. He believes and what he can. 0:15:21.546 --> 0:15:25.626 Do the past first, mentality run second. 0:15:25.946 --> 0:15:29.426 And I'm pretty sure that the guys around him, you know, 0:15:29.466 --> 0:15:31.306 as far as the receivers appreciate that. 0:15:31.986 --> 0:15:32.186 Yeah. 0:15:32.186 --> 0:15:37.026 And I think DJ Moore and Keenan Allen and Realm 0:15:37.146 --> 0:15:39.466 Dunes they are lining up for the Chicago Bears and 0:15:39.546 --> 0:15:43.306 Kayleb Williams. When you get to Washington, as Jayden Daniels, 0:15:43.306 --> 0:15:46.946 you're looking around. Mclaurin's great, but it's not guys who 0:15:46.986 --> 0:15:48.546 are going to the Hall of Fame or winning All 0:15:48.546 --> 0:15:50.666 pros or anything. A lot of that's on his shoulders, 0:15:50.706 --> 0:15:53.826 and yet it doesn't seem to affect him. These guys, 0:15:53.906 --> 0:15:55.826 he's making them better, he's elevating them. You get the 0:15:55.826 --> 0:15:57.386 sense that he's a leader and he's bringing the best 0:15:57.386 --> 0:15:58.426 ot of all these other guys. 0:15:58.786 --> 0:16:01.626 Yeah, that's when you know the quarterback gets it and 0:16:02.026 --> 0:16:04.866 understands it. And then I go back to my first 0:16:04.906 --> 0:16:07.146 couple of years in Atlanta, man, when I had Sean 0:16:07.226 --> 0:16:11.066 Jefferson and I had Brian Finneran and Algie Trump. I mean, 0:16:11.586 --> 0:16:17.586 these wasn't superstar receivers. Or Sean was in his trunk 0:16:17.706 --> 0:16:21.226 season and you know Brin was, you know, six ' 0:16:21.266 --> 0:16:25.546 five and ran a four four six inspector Brian Finnering, 0:16:25.626 --> 0:16:29.386 great player, he know, he one of my favorites all time. 0:16:29.426 --> 0:16:34.826 He know that, so he'll know. But you know, it 0:16:34.946 --> 0:16:37.786 was all about, you know, the ball distribution. It was 0:16:37.826 --> 0:16:40.946 all about playing together, believing in one another. Most important, 0:16:41.346 --> 0:16:44.106 being on the same page. You know, you can accomplish 0:16:44.146 --> 0:16:47.066 a lot, you know, just by having an understanding of 0:16:47.346 --> 0:16:49.706 what you want to get accomplished, playing and play out. 0:16:49.786 --> 0:16:52.266 But everybody's got to be on the same pages. So 0:16:52.346 --> 0:16:55.066 that those guys they get together, they you know, they 0:16:55.186 --> 0:16:58.666 they have their own little meetings, uh privately to make 0:16:58.666 --> 0:17:00.706 sure that they all on the same page and to 0:17:00.786 --> 0:17:02.986 make sure that you know, when the ball is snapped, 0:17:03.026 --> 0:17:04.826 everybody know what they're going and they can get the 0:17:04.906 --> 0:17:05.586 job done. 0:17:07.386 --> 0:17:09.546 When when these young quarterbacks come in, I said this 0:17:09.586 --> 0:17:11.506 started African Americans wor there could be an a young 0:17:11.546 --> 0:17:14.666 quarterback when they come in, we get four or five 0:17:14.706 --> 0:17:17.506 every year. It's fine. In the last decade or so, 0:17:17.586 --> 0:17:19.746 you've been doing the media stuff you've been out of football. 0:17:20.186 --> 0:17:23.706 Who's been the young quarterback that has proactively reached out 0:17:23.746 --> 0:17:26.146 to you or has wanted to create a relationship or 0:17:26.186 --> 0:17:29.066 has shown you that respect where the you know, Okay, 0:17:29.266 --> 0:17:30.946 you've done this, You've been there, and I'm going to 0:17:31.026 --> 0:17:34.106 look to you for some guidance, but also kind of 0:17:34.106 --> 0:17:37.266 throw your flowers because we grew up you were the guy. 0:17:37.986 --> 0:17:40.146 And they all reach out when they need to. You 0:17:40.186 --> 0:17:40.666 know what I'm saying. 0:17:40.706 --> 0:17:43.146 They all reach out, you know, whether whether it's Kylo, 0:17:43.266 --> 0:17:46.986 whether there's CJ. You know those they all reach out. 0:17:47.146 --> 0:17:48.546 You know what I'm saying. They all reach out for 0:17:49.066 --> 0:17:52.306 advice if they needed. Most of the time, they have 0:17:52.386 --> 0:17:55.386 people in the corner man who really appreciate you know, 0:17:56.186 --> 0:17:58.266 you know, the the try hard, They appreciate them. You 0:17:58.306 --> 0:18:00.266 know what I'm saying, want to you know, be the 0:18:00.306 --> 0:18:03.306 best that they can be. And you know, my door 0:18:03.386 --> 0:18:05.906 is always open. You know when I when I meet 0:18:05.946 --> 0:18:08.346 those guys as that I passed my number along to them. 0:18:08.386 --> 0:18:10.826 I passed it to him for a reason. He texts 0:18:10.906 --> 0:18:14.866 me call me when that way they need And for 0:18:14.906 --> 0:18:18.906 the most part, man, they're having one conversation with him, like, oh, 0:18:19.106 --> 0:18:21.746 I can instant tell he's gonna be okay, he's gonna 0:18:21.786 --> 0:18:22.066 be good. 0:18:22.346 --> 0:18:24.146 He might need some work, you know what I'm saying. 0:18:24.226 --> 0:18:27.586 They all just so open and they all want the knowledge, 0:18:27.586 --> 0:18:30.826 and they also appreciative that we all try to reach 0:18:30.866 --> 0:18:31.946 out to him and make him better. 0:18:32.866 --> 0:18:34.746 Did you give your number to Jade and Daniels? 0:18:34.946 --> 0:18:38.266 Yeah, I gave my number to Jay and the quarterback 0:18:38.266 --> 0:18:40.106 I got to talk to the most lately over the 0:18:40.146 --> 0:18:44.346 last couple of weeks, two or three times. But our 0:18:44.466 --> 0:18:46.666 long conversations just trying to get on the same page. 0:18:46.666 --> 0:18:49.586 And most of the time we had these conversations, it 0:18:49.706 --> 0:18:53.506 might be a little frustration, but Shador, Shador saying, go on, 0:18:55.306 --> 0:18:59.226 there's some good conversations. Shador coming into the season and 0:18:59.266 --> 0:19:02.586 she doors are thinking, he's very smart, you know, a 0:19:02.666 --> 0:19:04.826 very unique way of thinking that and he understands the. 0:19:04.866 --> 0:19:06.146 Quarterback position. 0:19:07.306 --> 0:19:11.066 So so confident in hisself that you know, he might 0:19:11.106 --> 0:19:15.346 get put hisself in the he might overthink things, you know, 0:19:16.226 --> 0:19:18.826 for the bet, and so you know, there's more conversations 0:19:18.866 --> 0:19:23.586 about you know, trusting himself, trusting his coach, you know, 0:19:23.626 --> 0:19:24.986 playing within the system. 0:19:25.386 --> 0:19:29.106 And he's looking really good right now. Man. I text him, 0:19:29.266 --> 0:19:31.906 you know, last week because I try not to be 0:19:31.986 --> 0:19:33.706 on the line and trying to you know, hit them. 0:19:33.986 --> 0:19:36.466 When I see the product, when I see the progress, 0:19:36.506 --> 0:19:38.386 I know why they have the problem. It's not because 0:19:38.386 --> 0:19:40.506 of me. It's because you know, they listening to the 0:19:40.546 --> 0:19:42.626 people around. They might have took maybe one or two 0:19:42.666 --> 0:19:44.906 tibbits and the things. And I said, but you know, 0:19:45.026 --> 0:19:46.626