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On The NFL Honors red carpet in Las Vegas, NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Will Anderson, shares his excitement around attending the event and also how appreciative he is of his agent and well-respected black woman in sports, Nicole Lynn.
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00:00I think you look great. What does it feel like for you to be a part of this event today?
00:03It's a little chilly in Vegas, but it's still very lit right now. Super Bowl's on Sunday. How you feel?
00:09I'm feeling blessed, man. I just got to give honor to God. He's just been unbelievable, working nonstop for me.
00:15I just got to give him all the praise and glory. I got my family here, got my teammates here, my coach here, ownership here.
00:20So it's just a surreal moment.
00:22For you, in terms of how you view the game, evolution of your own game,
00:28what are you most pleased with and what are you looking forward to?
00:30Yeah, I'm just most pleased with just the outcome of how the season went.
00:34You know what I'm saying? Even though it wasn't what we wanted,
00:36it was a step and a foundation of where we can go and what we're becoming.
00:39So I'm really excited about that.
00:41And just the leadership at such a young age, getting the trust of the guys,
00:44being the captain my rookie year, and taking my game to that next level next year
00:48and just getting better at the little things like setting the edge, pass rush.
00:51It just gets me fired up talking about it.
00:53I see. You got me fired up.
00:55Okay, so Patrick Mahomes, obviously, everybody's saying it's his game to lose.
00:59In your opinion, do you think Purdy and the 49ers have a chance at all?
01:02I think they got a chance. I think they got a really good chance.
01:05I'm going to go with the 49ers.
01:08Last question for you.
01:09If you could own your own NFL team, what would be the name and why?
01:11Does a – yeah, they got a team.
01:22And you can just rename a team.
01:23If you want a particular city you want to rename them, name a team of what?
01:26I'm going to go back home and I'm going to say the Atlanta Dirty Birds
01:32instead of the Atlanta Falcons.
01:34I feel like that name is, like, bad ass.
01:37You know what I'm saying?
01:38Like, yeah, we the Dirty Birds.
01:40Because I grew up a Falcons fan, so, like, the Atlanta Dirty Birds, that would be hard.
01:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:45I love that.
01:45Okay, last question for real.
01:46I couldn't help but notice that Nicole's with you.
01:49She said, now, we all know who Nicole is.
01:51We all know she's doing amazing things in the sports world, especially as a black woman.
01:54What does it mean to have her on your team?
01:56Yeah, it's crazy because the story I tell her all the time, I said,
01:59Nicole, you barely got me because I wasn't going to go with her at first.
02:02But, man, she's unbelievable.
02:04She handles business the right way.
02:06She cares.
02:06She loves the right way.
02:08I mean, I think she's the best to ever do it.
02:10You know, especially with her being a black female in this industry,
02:13she's taking names and kicking ass.
02:15You know what I'm saying?
02:15So I'm really proud of her.
02:17I'm so appreciative of her and her team that she's put together.
02:20She's unbelievable.
02:20Any young athletes out there, if you need anybody to guide you the right way,
02:24understand your situation, Nicole is the person to go to.
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