Manti Te'o: Commanders culture big reason for success

Former NFL linebacker Manti Te'o points out Washington's team culture as a reason why he likes them to win the NFC East over the Eagles.

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00:00I have a hard time

00:02Envisioning someone saying the Eagles have been better this year

00:06but that's different than saying that the Eagles might still win the division if you had to pick between

00:11Philly and Washington what appears like a two-horse race in the NFC East right now, Washington, really?

00:18Washington by far

00:19By far. Why do you think they're better by far? I

00:23Think they're better because culturally their identity is more solid, you know

00:27I think if you look at I'm a big believer in culture

00:30I think culture says a lot about a football team as far as their direction that all

00:3653 or however many people are you know in or in that locker room?

00:42They're all heading in the right direction. I think at some at certain points of the of the year

00:48You've kind of heard about you know, how things may be

00:52People may be going in different directions down there in Philadelphia

00:56You see the the antics that Sirianni has had on the sideline with with people in their home stadium

01:03You know and you don't see that with Dan Quinn

01:05And when you have a team that everybody's pushing in the same direction

01:10You have a team that shows that belief like there is no panic

01:13There was no panic when they they hit that home area against the Bears

01:17There was no panic when they won the game late against the Bengals there was just total belief you see a Jaden Daniels

01:24That's looking at the sideline

01:25You know telling telling his offensive coordinator cliff Kingsbury to get the call in you see Bobby Wagner and Frank Lou who after?

01:32Jaden Daniels knows that he'll marry the first ones to greet him is Bobby Wagner and Frank Lou who when you see that type of stuff

01:39In my opinion, that's the stuff that makes championship caliber teams. It's that culture. I

01:46Philadelphia has a lot of good players say Quan Barkley just jumped over somebody backwards last week

01:53But that culture isn't as fine-tuned

01:58As the locker room culture in in Washington at this time. And so that's why I say without even hesitating. That's Washington