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dot com and secure your seats today hey everybody welcome to another episode of purple insider Collar, here, and joining me on the show, Mark Bullock from markbolic.substack.com, formerly of the athletic, writing about the Washington commanders.

And every time anything with the commanders comes up, Mark, you've been my go-to guy.

And mostly, there's been sadness in your eyes because this team has just struggled so

much to be relevant or even interesting. And for a while there, when I'd have you on, I'd say,

you know, this should really name them the Washington Sharks because they don't even have a team name. Now they've got a name. It's not great,

but whatever. That doesn't matter anywhere near as much as the quarterback they have in the

situation one game away from reaching the Super Bowl. I would love for you to tell me about the journey of going from last year

where they win, what, four games,

and it's just miserable to Daniel Snyder gone,

new ownership, new quarterback, new coach,

and NFC championship game.

How has that been for you, my friend?

It has been one hell of a wide ride.

I'll tell you that much.

Yeah, I don't think anyone expects them to get to where they're at,

but it's been a hell of a lot of fun watching it.

And I think if they somehow managed to get themselves to the Super Bowl, they should

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