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I'm Ryan Inc. here with Garrett Downing, and we are thrilled to sit down with Ardarius Washington,

fresh off his return, his debut this season.

So, AD, you know, you come back from the Achilles of Miraculous Return in seven months, and we get a shutout in the first game.

Coincidence? I think not. That game had to be pretty special for you, given all you've

gone through. 100% man. You know, I love football. I love to flying around, being around the guys

and everything like that that comes with it. So, man, I mean, that game meant a lot. They didn a lot then come back and we set them out i mean credits to those guys that did all the

hard work for sure well you did you did some hard work yourself yeah yeah i did a little bit and so

so the one the tackle that stood out to me was your first one back and you took on tanner hudson

or drew sample i'm sorry they're six foot'5-260-pound tight end.

That's a big dude.

Came up and thumped him. That tackle had to kind of get you back in football mode a little bit. Oh, man, that felt good. Once I got that first one, I was like, yeah, I'm ready to go. It's still football. So I got that one. I was like, yeah, I'm time. it's time to play now.

What goes through your mind?

You have no fear hitting these big news.

I remember the Steelers said in there. that one I was like I'm time it's time to play now what goes through your mind you like have

no fear hitting these big dudes I remember the sealers set in there in Washington last year

what goes through your mind when you see one of these big dudes catch the ball and you're like all

right it's I'm up let's go time honestly just be like I got to get him before he get me you know

I mean so it's like you know who else gonna make it you know so I'm get me. You know what I mean? So it's like, you know, who else going to make it?

You know what I'm in the position to make it?

I'm like, yeah, it don't really matter what size. Like I said, man, I've been about 5, 8, 5, 9 my whole life, you feel? So everybody big to me, you know what I'm saying? It's everybody don't even matter. So that's kind of what goes to my head.

You know,

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