“The priority is honoring our past and then looking to the future — updating but not forgetting about our heritage — who we are — and honoring that. And we have a bunch of things up our sleeves.

I don’t want to ruin the surprise; we’re going to continue to embrace our past, but then update it. So, stay tuned.”

On the importance of embracing the history of the franchise in relation to the new uniforms:

“I lived through our past. I mean, I’m only 61, so I didn’t go back before the seventies, but I was there for the 70s, 80s and early 90s, right? I lived through how amazing those teams were, and you know, what an impact it had on me.

I know that thousands of our fans, or millions maybe, feel the same way. I think it’s important to go back to that as much as you can. But at the same time, we have a bright future ahead.

[Consider], even, the shape and the look of the [new] stadium. When you look at it, it looks like RFK, but it’s been modernized, right? And so that’s a great example. Our uniforms are similar — I mean, some of the Super Bowl era uniforms.

There are many ways to honor our past and you’re seeing how we treat the athletes and, you know, bringing back [and honoring] some of our past superstars. So, all those things go into [embracing the past].”

For me personally, it’s really important; those were warriors that are part of our heritage and part of who we are. [For example], being there with Darrell Green being there [and] with Art Monk. Showing up in Art Monk’s house and watching his surprise on his face was a moment I’ll remember the rest of my life.

But, you know, obviously there’s been a lot more than that. And we have more up our sleeves there too. There’s an obvious one we need to take care of and we’re working on that. But you know, there’s so many people to honor that we’re going to keep doing it .”

On discussions about logos with the new uniforms:

“You know, we’re committed to the Commander s name [and] we have a lot of surprises up our sleeve this season. I think people will be — [well], I’m excited to see the reaction. I think we’ve got it right and I’m going to leave it [as a] surprise…to allow everyone to enjoy it.”