00:00For all the consternation about Jaden Daniels playing in a flag football game
00:04over the weekend, perhaps what's the cooler story about flag football
00:10over the weekend?
00:12Daryl Green, a true legend of the game, trying out for the U.S. flag football squad.
00:20Yeah.
00:21You know Daryl well, and his speed is unrivaled.
00:26His speed is still very, very good.
00:29He's 66.
00:30At 66 years old.
00:32He just turned 66 last month.
00:33He can outrun some young dudes that's playing the league right now.
00:35So I want to start, top of the list, to me, and you'll be able to speak to it better,
00:44Daryl Green's not about publicity stunts.
00:46No.
00:46Like, that's not what he's doing this for, right?
00:48No.
00:48It's probably something he saw he had an opportunity, and as he stated,
00:53if I make it, I make it.
00:55If I don't, at least I try it.
00:57It's something he wanted to try out for.
00:59You know, Daryl could have probably went to the Olympics running back in the day,
01:02chose to go in the NFL, and didn't go to the Olympics.
01:06Had a faster 100 meters than Carl Lewis when he was coming out of college.
01:11So this is an opportunity.
01:12It's something he missed, I guess.
01:14Daryl Green said via USA Flag Football Instagram,
01:19there's nothing like getting on that field and competing on behalf of this country,
01:22and then topping that off, standing on that top podium, getting that gold.
01:26I've done it in track, in college, and high school.
01:29I've been in Super Bowls.
01:30This is the granddaddy of them all.
01:32Don't feel sorry for me.
01:33Don't feel bad for me.
01:34I'm a competitor, just like everybody else,
01:36and I'm going to give it my best and walk away with my head up either way.
01:40Yeah.
01:42Kaylee Brownson is USA Football's Senior Director of High Performance and National Teams.
01:48Brownson said,
01:49Daryl qualified through our digital combine.
01:52He's later in his career than the other trials participants,
01:55but his testing results were impressive.
01:58Our coaches and staff felt he deserved a closer look.
02:01Look, he's a rare athlete who has stayed in shape and is ready to compete this week.
02:06Have you seen,
02:08he posts a lot of stuff when he's doing these little backpedals.
02:11I have seen.
02:12For his training.
02:12Yeah.
02:13I don't know a person that's playing in the league right now.
02:15I got a quicker backpedal than him.
02:19He can backpedal.
02:20Like, when you see people backpedal,
02:22you're like,
02:23they're not doing it like Daryl do it.
02:24All his,
02:25only thing moving is like his feet.
02:27And he's just gliding across the damn floor.
02:31So,
02:33Green in his prime,
02:36absolutely.
02:37Yeah.
02:38I bet Daryl
02:39is still sub,
02:41what do you think he's running a 40 in right now?
02:444'7"?
02:45Faster than that.
02:46Wow.
02:47I bet he's faster than that.
02:49You think he's still at like 4'5"?
02:51He was 4'2", right?
02:52When he was like 50,
02:54I think,
02:54while I wrote a sports,
02:55if I remember correctly,
02:58he ran 4'5",
03:00or like sub 4'5",
03:02because he would always do it.
03:05But listen,
03:06I trained
03:08with him before,
03:09and the stuff he does,
03:12not many people want to do.
03:14But all the little speed things he does,
03:17like uphills,
03:18he does these quick steps,
03:19backpedals.
03:20They ran all these 300s and stuff
03:22at George Mason.
03:24I went out there two or three times,
03:25and I decided my game is power.
03:27He ain't about all that other stuff.
03:30But Daryl never stopped running.
03:33And you know,
03:34like people say something is a gift.
03:37He has a gift with that,
03:38but he also understands the art of it.
03:40You know what I mean?
03:42I would watch these dudes on the treadmill,
03:44him and Johnny Thomas.
03:46They put the treadmill at speeds
03:47that I refuse to try to go to.
03:50You know,
03:52he has a different gear.
03:55You know,
03:55so I don't know.
03:56We don't know what's going to happen,
03:58but you know what?
03:58Sometimes,
04:00those who never try never know.
04:02At least you'll know something
04:03if you go through it.
04:05Do you think
04:08the age is a factor,
04:10but the guy's a unicorn,
04:12right?
04:12Like,
04:14it's not the same
04:16as others.
04:17As the woman said,
04:20do they digital combine?
04:22He made it.
04:23Not many other 60 years
04:25or 50 years
04:26going to make it
04:26through the digital combine.
04:28You know what I'm saying?
04:29So he did something
04:31to be there.
04:34I also think
04:35that the
04:38here's an interesting
04:40sub
04:42set of things.
04:44Apparently,
04:45the person
04:47Callie Brownson,
04:49that's the leader
04:50of the U.S. national team,
04:51one is a dude.
04:53Callie is,
04:54maybe not.
04:56Take that back.
04:58I don't know that.
05:03But
05:03they
05:06are local.
05:07Really?
05:08Yeah.
05:09So the boss
05:10of this flag football stuff
05:11is from Mount Vernon
05:12and went to Mason
05:14for college.
05:15So there could be
05:16like
05:16a relationship
05:18with Daryl.
05:18Could be.
05:20Which is just
05:21kind of interesting.
05:22Yeah.
05:23I
05:25I recognize
05:27that
05:27Daryl
05:28is a
05:30unicorn
05:31physically.
05:32Yep.
05:34You might know this.
05:35Do you think
05:36he has
05:37invested
05:38that
05:38watching the flag
05:39football game
05:40over the weekend
05:40between the flag
05:41football team
05:41and the NFL
05:42players?
05:44It's a different
05:45sport entirely.
05:47And I think
05:48that's important
05:48to note.
05:49Yeah.
05:50And I think
05:50if NFL players
05:52trained
05:52for flag football,
05:54I think there's
05:55a bunch of them
05:56that could make
05:56that conversion.
05:57Yeah.
05:58But like
05:58it would require
06:00some real time
06:00getting to know,
06:02understand,
06:03evolve into
06:04that game.
06:04Well,
06:05me knowing
06:06Daryl,
06:06he didn't think
06:07about this
06:08yesterday.
06:09You get what I'm
06:10saying?
06:10Right.
06:12I think
06:12Monica mentioned
06:13to me that
06:14Radom said
06:15he had been
06:15in Arizona
06:16training and
06:17doing stuff.
06:18He's been
06:18preparing for
06:19this.
06:20This isn't like
06:21a wake up in
06:22the morning,
06:22oh,
06:23I'm gonna go
06:23try out.
06:24You know what I'm
06:24saying?
06:25Yeah.
06:25He's been
06:25preparing for it,
06:26so I'm sure
06:27he know rules
06:27and different
06:28things of that
06:28nature.
06:29You know,
06:29some guys
06:30at that,
06:31like,
06:32you know,
06:32he's beyond
06:33the years
06:34that most
06:34people would
06:34think to
06:36try and do
06:36this,
06:37but I don't
06:38think he will
06:39be going out
06:39there to do
06:40something if
06:40he don't think
06:40he has the
06:41capabilities of
06:41trying to
06:42compete.
06:43I agree.
06:44Yeah.
06:45Now,
06:45I don't know
06:45how deep
06:47these rosters
06:48go.
06:48Do you guys
06:48know that?
06:49How big of a
06:50roster?
06:50No.
06:52But I do
06:53know,
06:54watching that
06:55national team,
06:55and we did an
06:57interview,
06:57there's a local
06:58guy that's on
06:58the national team.
06:59I want to say
07:00he was from
07:00Prince George's
07:00County.
07:01They're good,
07:01bro.
07:01they're really
07:02good.
07:03They're good.
07:05So I just,
07:07I love the
07:09mindset.
07:10Like,
07:11in my office
07:11at home,
07:12I have Teddy
07:13Roosevelt's man
07:14in the arena
07:14speech framed,
07:15that it's not
07:16the critic,
07:17it's not the
07:17guy on the
07:18sideline making
07:19judgments,
07:19it's the person
07:22in the arena
07:23that matters,
07:23the person that's
07:24willing to put it
07:25on the line.
07:25and I
07:26absolutely love
07:28that Daryl
07:29is willing
07:30to do this.
07:33You know
07:33him well.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Like,
07:36do you think
07:36it's crazy
07:37or do you
07:37think he can
07:37actually make
07:38the team?
07:40I think
07:41it's,
07:41I think
07:42both.
07:42I think
07:43he could.
07:43I think
07:44it's very
07:44crazy to
07:45even much
07:45imagine it,
07:46but I
07:48have watched
07:49the dude
07:49run.
07:52From the
07:52moment when
07:53he was 40,
07:55I remember
07:55my last year
07:56here,
07:56we were out
07:57there running
07:57and the dude
07:57ran 4-2-4.
07:59He was 40
07:59years old.
08:01Nobody else
08:02on the team
08:02ran anywhere
08:02close to a
08:034-3.
08:04He ran 4-2-4.
08:06And then
08:07still,
08:08like,
08:08following him
08:09on social
08:09media and
08:10watching the
08:10things he
08:11still does
08:12and knowing
08:13the type of
08:13dude he is,
08:15if he didn't
08:16think he could
08:17still run
08:17or do
08:18different stuff,
08:19he wouldn't
08:20put himself
08:20through it.
08:21You know
08:22what I'm
08:22saying?
08:22Like,
08:23some guys
08:24would go out
08:24there just
08:24to try,
08:25you know,
08:25only thing
08:25they could
08:26do,
08:26but some
08:27dudes
08:27understand
08:28the embarrassment
08:29that could
08:29come with it,
08:30so they
08:30wouldn't put
08:31themselves in
08:31that position
08:31if they
08:32didn't think
08:32they still
08:33had the
08:33capabilities.
08:36Do
08:42flag football
08:43players go
08:43both ways?
08:44Like,
08:44do you play
08:44offense and
08:45defense?
08:45For the
08:46most part,
08:46yeah.
08:48Do you
08:48think he's
08:49a DB in
08:49flag football?
08:50I think
08:51he could be
08:51a DB
08:52slash
08:53receiver.
08:54receiver.
08:55Because I
08:56think
08:56straight line
08:57speed,
08:57he still
08:58has
08:58straight line
08:58speed
08:59that's
08:59going to
09:00amaze
09:00anybody.
09:01And the
09:02dude that
09:02look across
09:03and say,
09:03oh,
09:03this dude's
09:0466,
09:05I ain't got
09:05to run
09:05with him,
09:06they're going
09:06to find
09:06out real
09:07quick.
09:09F-A-F-O.
09:11You
09:12know what I
09:12mean?
09:13This could
09:13be a
09:15serious
09:16F-A-F-O
09:17situation
09:17with
09:17Daryl
09:18Green.
09:20I'm
09:21guessing
09:22most of
09:23these flag
09:24football
09:24players are
09:25in their
09:2520s.
09:27Right?
09:27Like,
09:28I don't
09:28know.
09:31Some of
09:31those guys
09:32on the U.S.
09:32team has
09:33to be a
09:33little bit
09:33older than
09:3322.
09:34It's not
09:35just speed,
09:36it's also
09:36like speed
09:37and quickness,
09:38which is
09:38different.
09:39How is
09:39Daryl's
09:41short area
09:41burst
09:42quickness?
09:43Through the
09:43roof,
09:44right?
09:46I saw
09:47a thing
09:47maybe two,
09:48three weeks
09:48ago on
09:49his Instagram
09:51where he
09:52back belted
09:53and come
09:53out of the
09:54breaks.
09:55He looks
09:56like the
09:56guy that's
09:56playing in
09:57the NFL
09:57right now
09:57to me.
09:59Dude,
10:00so the
10:00guy who
10:00pull up
10:01his
10:04Instagram
10:04and find
10:05some of
10:05his little
10:05training
10:06things he
10:06does,
10:07you'd be
10:07amazed.
10:08How is
10:09Hoosh?
10:1036.
10:11See?
10:11And he's
10:12like,
10:12yeah,
10:13and he's
10:13one of
10:13the top
10:13dudes.
10:17This is
10:17interesting,
10:18dude.
10:18If Daryl
10:19Green
10:19makes,
10:21if Daryl
10:22Green
10:22makes
10:23the USA
10:24football
10:25team,
10:26how quickly
10:27does Disney
10:28license that
10:28for a movie?
10:31you know?
10:32Yesterday.
10:33Right.
10:35So this,
10:38at the
10:38Fanatics
10:39flag football
10:40classic,
10:41the joint
10:41that Jaden
10:41played in
10:42over this
10:42weekend,
10:43they only
10:44had 12
10:44players on
10:46the U.S.
10:47roster.
10:49Okay.
10:50Just saying,
10:51that's very
10:51difficult to
10:52make that
10:52team.
10:53Yeah.
10:53If there's
10:53only 12
10:53people,
10:54and some
10:55of these
10:55guys,
10:57I feel
10:57like the
10:58dude that
10:58played
10:58quarterback
10:59The dude
11:02that seemed
11:03to be
11:03playing
11:03quarterback
11:04in the
11:05game I
11:05watched
11:05was
11:06Caceres.
11:08He is
11:0924,
11:10so he's
11:11probably on
11:11the young
11:12end of
11:12this.
11:15I don't
11:16know,
11:16man.
11:20I don't
11:21see any
11:23downside to
11:24it.
11:26No.
11:27If you
11:29in your
11:30heart of
11:30hearts
11:30believe you
11:31can do
11:31something,
11:32and then
11:33you dedicate
11:33yourself and
11:34are willing
11:34to go do
11:35the training,
11:37one finger
11:38salute to
11:38the people
11:39outside who
11:39want to
11:40doubt it.
11:41They didn't
11:41do it.
11:42You know
11:43what I'm
11:43saying?
11:44You go out
11:45and you set
11:45out for a
11:46goal.
11:46It's not
11:47automatic.
11:47You're going
11:47to accomplish
11:48it, but
11:49you have to
11:49set out for
11:50it.
11:50And he's
11:51already crossed
11:51one step.
11:53A lot of
11:53other people,
11:54younger than
11:54him,
11:56probably think
11:56they're better
11:57athletes at
11:57this point.
11:58They didn't
11:59make that
11:59next step.
12:00He did.
12:00So keep
12:01moving.
12:02Go as
12:02far as
12:02you can,
12:02brother.
12:05Did you
12:06text him
12:07or anything
12:07when you
12:07saw this?
12:08No, I
12:08didn't text
12:09him that.
12:10What's your
12:11gut say?
12:12About what?
12:13Making the
12:13team.
12:14I don't know
12:15what the
12:16criteria is
12:17for it,
12:17how many
12:18people they
12:18going to
12:18keep or
12:19whatever,
12:19but I'm
12:20going to
12:20tell you
12:21this.
12:22There are
12:22going to be
12:23people that
12:24are going to
12:24walk away from
12:25here saying,
12:26damn,
12:27that dude
12:27can still
12:28run.
12:29And you
12:30have some
12:30people that
12:31are going to
12:31start thinking
12:31about what
12:32they can do
12:33if they
12:33dedicate
12:34themselves a
12:34little bit
12:34more.
12:35So even if
12:36he accomplishes
12:37that and
12:38leave by making
12:39other people
12:39believe what
12:40you can accomplish
12:41when you
12:41dedicate yourself
12:41to something,
12:42that's a win
12:43to me.
12:44So it's also
12:45interesting,
12:45the flag football
12:47that we watch
12:48Jaden play in,
12:49that's the way
12:50flag football is
12:51played now.
12:51It's five on
12:52five and
12:53rosters are
12:54limited at
12:5412, I
12:55believe.
12:56Okay.
12:56And considering
12:57they already
12:57have a 12
12:58man national
12:59team, you
13:01would think
13:03those guys
13:04make the
13:04team.
13:05team.
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