Eric Winston on what an NFL commissioner should be

The MMQB crew discusses the job of NFL commissioner and speculates on if anything would be different if someone else was in charge.

When Roger Goodell took charge as commissioner right before the 2006 season, Eric Winston was entering the league as a rookie right tackle for the Texans. Winston admits now his idea back then of what a commissioner should be was a little naïve.

The NFLPA president can laugh about that a decade later.

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“Most [rookies think] the commissioner is this independent body and is autonomous from anything else,” Winston said Wednesday…