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Super Bowl 59 Coverage: Insights with Cornelius Lucas
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2/8/2025
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Live from Radio Rose, sports coverage of Super Bowl 59 continues. Joe Lisi
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alongside the big man, Cornelius Lucas, Washington offensive tackle. Unbelievable
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atmosphere here in New Orleans and a great game on Sunday, Cornelius.
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Yes, sir.
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Any thoughts about how this game potentially might play out on Sunday?
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I think it's gonna be, it's gonna go down to the wire. It's gonna be a nail-biter.
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I'm tired of seeing Kansas City win, but I really don't want Philly to win, but I
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think I'm gonna go with Philly.
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Philly, yeah. Now, you had a great game against them.
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I mean, Jayden and that offense put up, you know, 23 points. Just from what you
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see, right, in terms of, obviously, that front seven. You went up against them.
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Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith. Do you think that's a mismatch
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problem going up against the offensive line of Kansas City?
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It all depends on how those guys come out for the day. You know, with football, it's any
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given Sunday. Any man can beat any other man, and I feel like with their
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front seven, there's a lot of beef up front, so these guys got to be ready to roll,
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got to bring their lunch pail, and I'm excited to see.
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I don't know how it's gonna play out, man.
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We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. You had a dynamic season. I told you before,
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Jayden Daniels has been my guy. Followed him for his days at Arizona State, in
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terms of his freshman performance, straight through the Heisman Trophy
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season, and then what he was able to bring to your offense. You know, and not
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just Jayden, but Dan Quinn, your head coach. First year head coach comes in. The
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mess that you had at the end of the Ron Rivera era, right? I mean, you started fast.
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You win the NFC East in terms of his first season there. It was a slow
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regression, and then the change in ownership from Schneider to your
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current owner right now, Josh Harris. Talk to me a little bit about the
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transition from, you know, a losing organization to just a miracle
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turnaround in your number one. Literally, I feel like the program from that four
02:13
and 13 season we had, balled up, everybody with it, thrown in the trash, and here
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comes in this fresh AP, this fresh DQ, fresh owners. I feel like you can't ask
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for a better synergy than that. From top down, I feel like everything was
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changed. The way we went about things, the format of our schedule, the way
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we recovered, the amount of money they put into every little thing that had to
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do with winning, the way that DQ sees recovery and the way
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that he keeps his players fresh and engaged. I haven't seen it in all my time
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in Washington. This is season five. That's incredible. That's incredible, and as an
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offensive tackle, right, you're protecting the quarterback. The money bag.
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Right, so the money bag. Two years ago, we had a, you could say Sam Howell comes in,
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you know, mid-round draft pick, right? Comes in 21 touchdowns, 21 interceptions.
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Mobile, but not anywhere near the athleticism of Jaden Daniels. What is the
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difference in terms of that approach, basically blocking for a prototypical
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pocket passer compared to what you have in terms of Superman now that can take
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over a game at any given moment with his legs? Night and day. Night and day. As an
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offensive tackle, with Sam Howell, I had to be perfect because I knew he would be
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back there looking at his progression, his reads. With five, I just gotta get in front
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of the guy, and if I get in front of him and don't get a clean shot on him, five
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is gonna take off or throw a dot. There's only two options.
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Take off for 15 to 20 or throw a dot. It's unbelievable in terms of what
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Jaden has done. I saw it at LSU. That Heisman Trophy year was dynamic. His
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leadership, though, I feel like that goes unnoticed as well because he's, I've
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never seen, at least following college football, following his career, I've never
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seen Jaden Daniels rattled in the moment. Not a big rah-rah guy at all. You
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probably wouldn't hear him, you probably wouldn't notice him in a room if you
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didn't know him, but the way he works, the way he goes about his day, I haven't
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seen in a rookie ever. His poise, like the leadership is in the poise. The
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leadership is in the coolness because we're down ten and guys as cool
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as the fan as if we winning. So it's like when you got a guy like that, there's
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always hope. You can always rally and just keep fighting for a guy, man.
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It's amazing when you just think about the turnaround, but part of the
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turnaround is not just Dan Quinn, right? You talk about the winning culture, it's
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the staff, it's the pieces that they put in place, and it's not just Jaden. I
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love Brian Roberts, a great running back. You know, Ed, Austin Ackler, another
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dynamic running back. Chris Rodriguez, a beast from Kentucky. I mean, you talk
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about five yards every time he carries the football, but Cliff Kingsbury as
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well. I feel like Cliff Kingsbury is that OC. Mr. Aggressive. Really? Mr.
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Aggressive. How is he in the locker room? Because he walks in, he looks like, you know.
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He's like the Terminator, man. You can't kill him. Like, we could be down on 21 and he's
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still like, hey, let's get on these guys. Right. I got a plate called dialed up to
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get a seven right now, and you believe it. Right. Like at any given moment, he can
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call something, then five can pull it off. And he's rolling sevens every time, right?
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He's like at the craps table, rolling sevens. The luckiest guy knows, man. The luckiest guy side of the cliff, man.
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I mean, his days as Arizona head coach, and more importantly, I remember days at
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Texas Tech as the head coach there, just putting up dynamic numbers with Pat. What
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stands out for you throughout the season? Because you go 12 and 5. Okay. You
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know, you talk about tempered expectations. Nobody thought that you would
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potentially challenge the Eagles for the division, right? You were within
06:01
striking distance. You know, just expectations were that maybe you win
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five, six, seven games. You win 12 and you're number one. 12 games. What stands out for
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you as a memorable moment throughout this season? Man, we had so many. The Hail
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Mary. The last minute when we pulled off versus Philly.
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Mariota getting in the game versus the Cowboys. That was amazing. Let me tell
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you. That was an amazing game. He comes in, he breaks a 35-yard run with 30
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seconds left. He's running, boys. That was amazing. And then your star, Terry
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McLaurin, right? With Jaden. Scary Terry. Scary Terry had his best performance in
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terms of touchdown receptions with Jaden Daniels. But he's been doing it. He's just
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consistent and he's a great professional. What does it mean to have a young
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nucleus like that? Especially being an O-lineman and seeing those guys being
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stepping up. When you can look down the field and the ball is going 60 yards
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into this guy's hands and it's a touchdown. And I don't have to do no more
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blocking. I can just jog down and line up a field goal. That's the best feeling in the world.
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That's awesome. Sky is the limit, right? For your number two with Jaden
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Daniels and Dan Quinn. I mean, Super Bowl or bus now, right? All the expectations on
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us. That's it. Nobody wasn't expecting anything last year, but now we got it all this year.
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That's it. I'm a college guy, sorry. Ask all the guys out. K-State, Wildcat, right?
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So, Ron Prince was there up until 2008. You were there in 2009. Bill Snyder comes
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back. Just talk to me about that performance. You know, playing in
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Manhattan, playing in the Big 12. And now when you see conference realignment, what
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it means for you in terms of your college days? Man, shout out to Coach Snyder.
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Coach Snyder was one of the hardest, toughest coaches I've ever had in my
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life. Really? To the point where if I had to play football, if I had to go back and
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redo college, I wouldn't be sitting here again. That's how hard it was. But I
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appreciate him for every lesson he gave me. All the hard work he instilled in me,
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man. I appreciate Manhattan for embracing me the way they did. I had a blast in
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college. I don't think I could have picked a better college to go to to get
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me ready for where I'm at today. And I think K-State is the reason I'm at the
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place I am today. Because of all the lessons and all the things I learned
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being there. And you see like your former quarterback from two years ago, Will
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Howard, that comes in, right? And he wins a national championship for Ohio State,
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right? Crazy. It's amazing. You think K-State could ever make the college
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football playoff move in full? Sure. For sure. We just gotta line it up, man. Like,
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with winning championships, it's all about the pieces falling into play.
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Because you have star players, you can have all the talent, but if the coach is
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not hitting, if the training staff's not hitting, if your luck's not hitting. Because
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at the end of the day, football is a game of luck. Absolutely. So you got to have
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all those things in synergy to get championships, man. Great insight. Great
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information. Appreciate the time. Thank you. We'll be back after this.
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