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00:03 Yeah, this is a surprise.
00:04 I have to tell you, for those of us who cover the NFL,
00:06 we know what's going on with Washington.
00:07 They want to make a big splash.
00:09 Ben Johnson was saying--
00:11 let's put it this way-- headed into the process.
00:13 That's when they get their list together,
00:15 guys that they identified.
00:16 This was the guy.
00:18 He withdrew his name for the Commanders
00:20 and any potential with the Seahawks there.
00:22 And this is interesting, because last year, I remember--
00:26 I did report this-- that Johnson was going
00:30 to interview with the Panthers.
00:32 I'm going to say 14 to 16 hours before that interview,
00:35 where the Panthers were supposed to happen.
00:37 And by the way, they probably would
00:38 have hired him if he would have taken the interview
00:40 and he interviewed well.
00:40 He probably would have gotten the job.
00:42 Not Frank Reich.
00:43 But he took his name out.
00:44 Now, source close to the situation
00:45 told me that last year, Johnson felt
00:48 he'd need another year of seasoning.
00:50 And also, he'd been on such a meteoric rise,
00:54 he felt he needed another year.
00:55 And he also wanted to be around his family more.
00:57 And look, you can't blame him for that.
00:59 This one's strange to me.
01:00 This was-- I'm not going to say it was out of the blue.
01:02 There were always reasons for this.
01:04 But this one seems to be different from what I gather
01:07 in the early going here.
01:08 We'll talk more about this with Pharrell later this week.
01:10 But this is a stutter.
01:11 Now, going forward here, right?
01:13 The Lions, who unfortunately blew that big lead--
01:17 you and I were not on earlier this week to talk about it.
01:21 But they got Johnson back, won the best play
01:24 calls of the National Football League.
01:26 This is also good for free agency.
01:27 If you're a free agent who they like on offense
01:30 from other teams, you're going to love
01:32 that Ben Johnson's coming back.
01:33 This is great for Jared Goff, who's
01:35 going to have to get his contract redone,
01:37 and their offensive skill position players.
01:39 This is stunning.
01:40 If you look at the biggest odds, it
01:42 wasn't like the Lions makers look
01:45 at the reporting for this.
01:46 And a lot of us put out there that Johnson
01:48 was the clear favorite coming into the process.
01:50 So now I look at it, Mike McDonald,
01:54 the young defensive coordinator for the Ravens,
01:56 you've got to look at him.
01:58 Aaron Glenn is going to get his interview in person.
02:00 So those would be guys to look at there.
02:02 And then Seattle, I will say this,
02:04 Dan Quinn, who a lot of people thought
02:06 was the favorite coming in-- no question,
02:07 because he knows that franchise.
02:09 There are some other guys there.
02:10 That one is less certain, to be honest with you.
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