Nick Foles
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Nope, nope, nope. We won't do that. No, we're not going to cut any of this.
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All right, thank you. I appreciate it.
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Thank you.
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14.
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They did. And I wouldn't say harassed. I'd say it's love. You know, it's just, you know, there's that Philly love. There's something we were talking about last night when you've been a part of Philadelphia, you're from Philadelphia. There's just something special about it. And, you know, I know you being a Bears fan, you're longing for that. It's been since the mid 80s.
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So, you know, we've had it more recently and we're Eagles are doing pretty good right now. So there's a lot of love to go around.
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Yeah. Like, look at this type of green I got. Hey, you know what? Inside the shoes, it's like the streets of Philly, of South Philly, the heart of Philly. I mean, Nike did those shoes right.
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Yeah. I mean, it's a, it's a, it's an awesome city. I mean, if any of y'all have ever been to a game in the link, I mean, it is a amazing place to be the home team.
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If you're the away team, it sucks, but there's also a lot of places in the NFL. It's that way. Right. You know, there's a lot of home field advantages, but, um, Philly's amazing. You know, going back there, I'm not one to want all the limelight. So going back there and walking around and I love seeing everyone, but I'm not built for that. Like I'm more of a laid back, like even kill.
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Like I don't mind going to the grocery store, not getting recognized and stuff. So yeah. But it's a lot of love in Philly.
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Yeah, there is one.
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It's a great statue. There's been some bad statues recently. It looks like me. Yeah. It actually looks like me. There's been some statues the last several years that just aren't great. So whoever created the statues, it's fantastic.
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I mean, I would say never the wrath, but yeah. I mean, I think part of being a Philadelphia athlete or quarterback is they're going to be down at you at times because you're not perfect. You're going to throw interception. You're going to have some bad games. You might even have a length of bad games, and it's going to be tough. You're going to get booed.
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I mean, I've even had a great game throwing like three incompletions. You're going to get a couple of boos. Right. But I think you just have to start owning that and realize that is the city. And they have your back. They love you. But you also have to buy into that. And you have to understand their perspective. Blue Car, hardworking city.
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Their grandparents, their moms, their dads took them to games. Now they're taking their kids to games. It's a generational place. So there's a lot of heartbreak. And that's where the Super Bowl year was so special because we finally were able to break that heartbreak. And now there's a Super Bowl. They want more, but that's just part of it. You've got to understand that.
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You know what? It was amazing having that year, and I was having so much fun playing in chip system. It's like playing basketball. You're just letting it rip, playing point guard, and then it was different. The next year, halfway through the season, I got injured, but I think I had thrown like 10 interceptions. Everyone thought everything was falling apart, but we were still playing well.
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We were 6-2, but I think you do set expectations so high that You can't keep meeting that because there's always changes in the offseason. The offense starts evolving. Coaches leave. Players leave. But, yeah, I think I definitely set expectations really high in 13. Yeah.
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Oh, for sure. I mean, I had one, you know, we're going back in time, but I think it was after the seven touchdown game. We were in Green Bay and I threw like a post route down the middle to D Jack. And I think it went through like two corner and a safety's hands and then just popped up and D Jack caught it and just walked in backwards. And I'm just like, all right, you just feel me.
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You got to take the luck and the juice and that favor when it comes. But we had a lot of it that year. And, you know, we were fortunate to, you know, unfortunately we didn't win the playoff game, but we still had a good year.
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I mean, Carson, as we all know, was having an MVP caliber year that year. And then when he got hurt on the play, he actually stayed in and threw a touchdown the next play. I knew something was wrong because I had been around him enough. I know how tough he is. So I knew something was wrong when he came off and they took him up.
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I knew it was going to be probably bad just from being around him and knowing his toughness. And, you know, your body like knows when something like that, like I'm about to step in. So all of a sudden the adrenaline changes, the nerves start coming, your stomach starts getting what we say butterflies.
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And I think the key in that is I just took a moment, took a deep breath, you know, just said a prayer and just was like, you know what? I'm not going to be out there alone. I'm with 10 other guys in the huddle and I have a great team around me. I need to do my job. I still have to execute at a high level. I can't just go out there and just sit there and hope someone else is going to make a play.
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I'm a quarterback. I have to make a play. But I also know there's like an acclimation period, so there was grace and understanding. But that was from my previous part of my career in playing football my whole life. I think you have expectations to go out there, and if you don't meet them, then all of a sudden it gets in your head.
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I knew I would need to acclimate, so I gave myself grace, and eventually it hit at the right time. But yeah, I mean, the nerves start hitting. I'm human, man. The next day, I mean, I'm in a QB room, just Nate Subfeld and I watching film, and we know what's happened. We get the news about Carson, and... I say we were watching film. We had the film on.
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We did not watch film that day because we were both going through emotions because we're going to the playoffs, we have a great team, and then we realize it's on our shoulders. So we just talked about that and hashed it out as humans do because it's a lot of pressure. But having that brother like Nate there during that time, we developed such a brotherly bond that will last for life.
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I'm so grateful I had him. But that was the realness after the situation. It's like we're not in there watching film. We're dealing with the emotions of what is about to happen.
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Yeah, I think the biggest thing leading up to that, I mean, you get a bye week before the Super Bowl. So you have that time at home to go through a normal prep week. So the biggest thing was preparation and then eliminating distractions. So a lot of going into the Super Bowl, there's a lot of hoopla. And then, you know, you got a lot of tickets and you're trying to get family there.
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So my wife was the instrumental part of like taking control of all that. So I didn't have to deal with it. So I could just focus on ball. Wasn't on my phone a lot. I might have talked to my dad once. I was just so locked in because we have so much respect for the Patriots. One of the greatest dynasties, if not the greatest dynasties in NFL sports history. We know what we're going against.
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So just the preparation, the hard work, testing things at practice, being super aggressive at practice to test my limitations. And, you know, going into the game, I felt like we had a great preparation in those two weeks. And, you know, we shredded all our papers and we hid all our stuff. And in the walkthrough, we had 13 to 15 guys.
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So if they did have cameras in the stadium, you know, we were set. So, like, when we do our walkthrough in the stadium, when we did our Super Bowl picture, like, we literally had 13 guys in the huddle. And we just said, do whatever you want. And we're, like, hiding simple plays.
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You know what? I think it's just understood that you want to take precautions. Even when we got sheets of paper at the hotel, they're like, you done with that? I'm like, well, yeah. We got a new one. Give it to me. And they shred it right there. Wow.
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Hey, you know what?
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teams want the advantage i mean we see it in sports all the time every team's trying to find the advantage to get the upper hand so but going into the game so much respect for the patriots um but i you know doug peterson and you know even like when i play for any read the biggest thing they talk about is faceless opponents like don't like think about like who they are their history or what's on their helmet just like their objects out there so just treat them as objects and play them and do your job um and just execute the play so i just kept it simple
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You know what? I didn't even think about that. Faces opponents. Yeah, I didn't even, like, even, like, you know, Gilmore out there. Yeah. Who's one of the greatest DBs of all time. I didn't even think about it. Really? Yeah. I had so much trust in my guys that I didn't really care who was on them. And I know afterwards that was a topic and everything.
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And, you know, Malcolm Butler, a great player, physical player. You know, they were talking about how he'd be up in the grill, holding on the guys, getting them off the line. But I still take Alshon any day of the week or any of my guys. And I have so much respect for Malcolm. Like, that's not me taking a slide. That's just my mindset with them. And my teammates know that.
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Like, I would tell them, like, I don't care if there's two guys on you. make a play. Worst case scenario, knock the dang ball down, but make a play.
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I think when you tell your teammates that and they know that, that gives them a little bit extra juice when they're going out there and be like, hey, he's going to throw me the ball even if I'm covered, so I better just be ready and I better be aggressive.
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Yeah. Was it you? Yeah, I ran over there. We had a play call beforehand, and we called a timeout, so I ran over to Doug. And it just – you know, sometimes you have this instinct. It's like, hey, this play could work. You go run over to your coach, almost like you're in high school or middle school, and you're like, hey, you know, you want Philly Philly. And the headset goes quiet.
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Doug's got to make a decision. He can say no. But Doug was the quarterback coach my rookie year. He worked me out at Westlake High School. So there's a lot of history between me and Doug and a lot of trust. So I think in that situation, he knew that my instincts were – he trusted it.
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I mean, if I'm going to go over there and ask for Philly Philly where I'm running a route and Trey's throwing the ball and Corey's pitching it to him and we're doing the lane-lane stuff, he's probably thinking if Nick's feeling confident about this right now, this is the one time we probably should run it. So I'm just grateful he allowed us to do it.
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And then going into the huddle, the biggest thing was just not to smile because I was excited to run it because I didn't think we'd be talking about it here and I'd be signing Philly Special autographs all the time. For the rest of your life. Yeah. It was a play that has a great name that –
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just worked yeah we just needed six points on fourth and one going into halftime like i to me that's what that play was it was not like hey i'm gonna run this play and i'm gonna sign autographs for it afterwards like no no this play will they're not gonna expect me to go on a route they're gonna be in man coverage they're not gonna account for me and it's gonna work we just have to you know get the lane lane stuff cory's gotta get the snap there's a lot of moving parts in it right but that was the best we ever ran it and trey through an absolute dime
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Yeah.
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You know, previous in the game, this is no slight of him because, you know, Tom's the greatest. Yeah. But they had ran a similar one. It was different, but, you know, a quarterback going out on pass. And, you know, it was right where I was standing on the sideline. So, like, I saw it go through his fingertips and drop it.
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And in my mind, that might have even put it, like, more at the forefront of my mind watching him do it. Like, all right, we're going to get this called. But I'm going to make sure I look this thing in. And I don't care if I look like an idiot. I'm going to look it in like I'm, like, in elementary school and catch the ball. Because I just need to catch it. I don't want to drop it or act cool.
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Not that Tom was. I think Tom just had taken a rib shot or something. Yeah. He was feeling it. But, no, I felt confident. I mean, you know, basketball player growing up.
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You know, the reason they had me going on routes because before every game I go out there catching one-handed passes and throwing it all around like I'm a kid so I can get that, like, kid feel, warm up the body so I can catch the ball one-handed and all that. I was not going to do it on that play, though. I was going to look that thing in. You see me. I make the triangle and everything.
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So now when I coach you sports, I say even, you know, when you're in the Super Bowl, I'm making the triangle. I'm keeping my hands together. I'm not, you know, trying to do all this stuff. So I have a teaching photo and a teaching tape of me going out on the route.
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You know, we had it in before we played the Vikings in the divisional round. We put it in the bye week, and, you know, any great trick play, you know, Doug Peterson, Andy Reno say it needs marination. There's always, like, food terms with those guys. They love food, so marination. You got to let it set, marinate until it's ready. You know, that does sound like Andy Reid, right? Yeah, yeah.
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It comes from. So, you know, we had it in, and we probably ran it full speed maybe, like, twice the whole month and then walked through a few times. So – It was – I don't even know if I asked Doug right now if he really thought he was going to call it that game. We had talked about it, but he might have just been making me feel better.
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I mean, I just talked to Jason Kelsey about it a couple weeks ago, and he said when I called it in the huddle, he was like, we're calling this play? So I didn't know he felt that way, but now we can all look back and be really happy about it. But that was the best we had ever ran it and the best trade through it and everything.
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Yeah, he was not. I was the only option.
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Yeah. Yeah. He's just supposed – Alshon's supposed to, you know, create confusion. Torrey's supposed to create confusion, and then they're supposed to drop me. Yeah. And it worked like that. Yeah.
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You know, and honestly, I think that's a, you know, a huge sign of, so I respect Tom so much. And I feel like that is his way of giving me respect. you know, I've actually had a time to FaceTime him and he actually shared that, you know, there's just a lot of respect and he, you know, he's such a competitor.
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There's a reason he's the greatest of all time because he, he has those emotions and, you know, he's not focusing on all his Superbowl wins. He's focusing on where he could have been better. And that's why he's so great. And that's why, you know, I know even in broadcasting is, you know, working to continue to grow. I mean, everything he does, he's always working. That's like in his DNA.
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So I take it as a sign of respect for him. And, You know, that's saying a lot to have that from Tom.
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I didn't watch it, but I heard some things.
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No, for sure. But I think you have to realize that. I think at first you're like, oh man, but then you realize that is a sign of respect. It's perspective. All admiration for Tom and that's cool. Like I said, we've FaceTimed since then and I know for a fact he has a lot of respect for me and that means a lot.
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I hope not. I don't think about it a lot. Hopefully he's thinking about better things than me.
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Recruited. I would say I could have played potentially D1. Those guys are so dynamic, though. I was a good basketball player.
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Yeah, they were all looking. You know, potentially would have had a chance to play at Baylor. But, you know, ended up at Michigan State my first year. But, you know, basketball and football, you know, there's such a different feeling when you step on the court. You know, basketball, I mean, football, when you're playing quarterback, you're trying to think about execution more.
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You know, making sure, you know, you're always thinking about like, all right, protections. You got to be protected first. All these different things. Basketball, you're just like, I'm going to let it rip. You make a mistake on the basketball court, you can fix it on the defensive end. Right. You know, all that. Football is very different. You know, football is very different.
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So there's a different emotion. My brother-in-law, you know. Both of them played basketball in college. One, you know, was a two-sport. Evan was a two-sport athlete at Stanford, played in the NFL for five years, you know, as a tight end. And we talk about it all the time. Like, you know, going to the football game, you're just thinking about execution, doing your job.
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Basketball, you're just like going out there and just letting it rip.
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I was all over the place. I was a big three-point shooter, but obviously being 6'5", and I was probably in high school, 235, I take it down low, big, aggressive with rebounding, a little bit of everything. Definitely shot some threes.
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Yeah, I palmed it in middle school. First time I dunked it was eighth grade. Wow. Jesus. That's pretty cool. That's pretty awesome. That's awesome.
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I never got that call. When I went to the University of Arizona, though, in the offseason, we did a lot of pickup ball. We had a lot of great basketball players on our football team. So we would scrimmage the basketball team at the rec center. So we had a lot of good battles with the basketball team.
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And that was fun because those guys – I mean, basketball players – and I just went to an NBA game not long ago. And those guys are just so talented. The guys on the court are just so athletic, big, fast. The way they can play, the way they can shoot. I mean, I think I saw like –
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You know what? They're sort of in this cycle that it's just not a healthy cycle. Yeah. And why I say that is, you know, you look back to their last three draft picks at quarterback. You know, you got Mitch. You got Justin, you got Caleb, right? So they're coaching staff at the end of their, like their prove it year, they draft a quarterback in the first round.
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So they get that rookie quarterback for one year. They throw them out there with, they've been struggling. They're on their last leg. They have to win that year to stay there. And if not, they're gone. So they bet on everything. So then the rookie quarterback gets one year with the coaching staff, and then they've just been fired.
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And then that rookie quarterback who, mind you, all three of those guys are outstanding players. Caleb's a great player, Justin, Mitch, all outstanding players.
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Then they have to get a whole new regime with a whole new offense after taking a beating and going through that psychological battle as a rookie where you come from college, you're the man, you're a first-round pick, you have all this confidence. I'm not saying you lose it all, but it takes a hit, and then you have a whole new staff, and then you have to deal with that again.
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So it's not a great cycle. You'd rather, as ownership and everything, if you know that, don't let them draft a quarterback even at the end of their leg. You want a new staff to come in and choose a quarterback. Now, fortunately, they've inherited three great quarterbacks. Yeah. It just hasn't worked out.
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So my hope for them is because, you know, playing for Chicago for two years and just seeing how much the Bears fans love the Bears and how much they want to succeed. You know, they had the great year in 2018 that, you know, I was with the Eagles. Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah. But they just, you know, they're not far away. You know, I was in the locker room there. It feels far away. It feels so far away.
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Yeah. And when I was there, the locker room was so good. We had good talent. We had great leadership. We had great guys. We had a locker room that could win. Because I had seen winning locker rooms. I was like, we have a winning locker room. They're just missing some pieces outside it. And what I've seen through my career is When I started my career, I always thought it's the locker room.
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It's the locker room. And that is a huge part. But what helps create the locker room is top down. When I was in Philadelphia, just with Mr. Lurie, just how he approached ownership. In Kansas City, the Hunt family. I always say about Mr. Lurie is he was at a lot of practices. And before every game, he's in there and he goes around and shakes everyone's hand.
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And then, you know, he wants to win just as bad as anyone. I'm not saying that's different like in Chicago. But I just – you know, they're going to make those plays. You know, Howie Roseman's super aggressive with getting guys. So, I don't know. I mean, I loved the locker room when I was here. I loved my teammates when I was here. It was unfortunate we didn't have success.
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I mean, Coach Nagy's had great success since he's gone back to KC. I mean, now what does he have, two rings? Yeah, I mean, Patrick Mahomes. I mean, Pat definitely helps.
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Yeah.
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You definitely want an alignment up there. I think you've got to have a strong head coach. You've got to have a strong personality that when they take the job, you see a lot of coaches that take a lot of input from outside sources or maybe the ownership. And then it changes the way that they view how they'd run a team. I always go to the example of Andy Reid. I think Andy Reid is the greatest.
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I love Coach Reid. Andy Reid has a way he knows he's going to coach, and you're not going to change it. He doesn't listen to input, but Big Red's going to make the best decision. You might think you have said something that's really going to impact and change the way he thought. He knows what's best for the pulse of his team, and he's going to take you that direction. He's going to lead.
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Whereas sometimes we listen to outside sources, and then we're like, you know what, because so-and-so said this, I need to do it. Maybe ownership said, hey, you need to do this, and then you do it. Coach Reid, they trust Coach Reid. rightfully so, to make those decisions and do those things.
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So in my opinion, ownership's got to be strong, but you have to have a head coach that can take the reins, and he just goes, and he makes all those decisions.
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But when he's in front of the team, you have a lot of guys and a lot of different personalities and a lot of different backgrounds, which I think is so awesome about football because you come together as one and you go on the field as one, and there's all these different backgrounds. But you need someone at the lead of it, the head coach that's going to do all that.
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Coach Tomlin, how much success has he had in Pittsburgh with all these different things? He has a way he leads that is his way. It's no one else's. He's not going to be anyone else. So if I'm getting a head coach, I'm going to be like, hey, I want to coach with a personality that's going to move a room and
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Now, the locker room, you got to have talent, you got to have guys, and you got to put egos to the side to be great. Because if egos come in, it can be, you know, toxifying to a locker room. But what helps that is a head coach that sees that and stops it before it gets started. So, I don't know, Andy Reid was always a great, you know, example for me in doing that.
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You know, Big Dom, you know, he has a great pulse on the locker room and the guys. Yeah, he does. And, you know, he's one of my, you know, just being in Philadelphia, just going and sitting with Big Dom and his, you know, his office is one-tenth his size. It's literally just like a little story. And he loves it. He loves it. You know, he has a great – because they're not going to let things fly.
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You know, if something's going on, they're going to nip it in the butt. They're going to knock it out. They're not going to let it fester. They're going to find a way to get through it. And that's why they have success in Philadelphia. That's why the teams that have success when things become toxified in the locker room, they stop it before it gets started.
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Whereas, you know, teams that ultimately fall apart, it's the coach feels uncomfortable to like step in because – Maybe it's like a high-paid player or something like that, and it's scary. But we're all human beings. We're all players. We want to succeed at this level. Sometimes we just need a coach to come in and intervene and separate and then let's talk this thing out.
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Usually when you talk it out and you put everything on the table, we usually get through it. I mean, that's just part of it.
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You know what? I have no information on that.
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It would not surprise me if Big Dom came over and said, hey, no. Like, that would not surprise me. Yeah. But I have no idea if that happens. If it happened, yeah, that's fair.
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You know what? When I was there, it's very different. The guy, you know, Big Dom's a celebrity now. I mean, he's going to, like, you know, take pictures and sign a hog ass. I mean, he's big sexy, so... His day-to-day, he's there in the morning, goes to his office. I could not tell you everything that man does. That man is a secret weapon for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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He's been that way for a long time. It's funny just seeing him, being around him. That's my guy. Seeing him in his track suits.
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At some point, he's got to write a book. Yeah. He needs a book.
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He's got his notes right in front of him, so he's good. I got nothing.
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You know, I've definitely had times in my life where I've gone over to coaches and recommended plays. You know, before the Philly-Philly call with Doug, I'm sure we talked about things on the sideline. The next big moment play call that I ran over to Doug for was actually against the Bears in the playoff game.
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I was like, hey, let's do Q8 to Golden Tate and let's just run it because we had two plays called and they were doing like a 0-0 hole coverage, which basically means it looks like they're bringing everyone, but they can also drop out. And so that was the next time. But that was the next year.
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So there's only a few times that I've run over there because usually, you know, Doug's a great play caller. So, I mean, most of the time when he'd call plays, I'd approve. And I knew what he was thinking. That was the biggest thing. With quarterbacks, if you have quarterbacks listening to this, the biggest thing you can do is, you know, know your play caller and why they're calling a play.
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You know, what's the intentionality of the play. So I knew that with Doug. So I really never had to do that other than that. Were you confident that he was going to say yes to that? I mean, that was a crazy call. You know what?
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I think me mispronouncing the name of the play, the Philly Special, and asking for Philly Philly, I don't know if it was all the commercials on TV or what it was that were going Philly Philly, maybe rattled his brain to where he just said yes. But, no, we had talked about it. We were more thinking second half, go up by two scores, safer place to do it, not fourth and one in that situation.
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But at the same time, like I said, you know, when a quarterback runs over there and you trust the quarterback, a lot of times the coach goes with it. Okay, that was great. That was it? No, no, no. I got more. He's letting it soak in. He just thought about that memory one more time. That was great.
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Yeah, Hungry Dogs Run Faster was from, you know, and this is from my knowledge, and, you know, I'll get fact-checked, but from Jeff Stoutland, the offensive line coach who is still at Philadelphia, and, you know, he is with Chip Kelly, Doug Peterson, and, you know, now with Sirianni. He's just an amazing O-line coach, does a great job, the guys love him.
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I mean, the line play consistently since 2013 has been fantastic, and And that's one been because of the alignment and the quality of alignment, but also because of Coach Stalin. So that's one of his sayings is, you know, hungry dogs run faster. And that's the mentality he wanted from his O-line. And then, you know, the underdog stuff came in because, you know, we were one of the top teams.
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statistically um going into the playoffs but then when i took over we then became the least feared which they we printed all over our facility so even when you went to the restroom and you went number two where you thought you could have peace from everything you look to your right and it's just on the wall so there was there was a reminder like what it reminded me i was like don't take anything for granted no one expects every anything from us so put in the work
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From what I know, that's always been one of his sayings in the O-line. And then it just sort of transformed to the underdog mentality. And then, you know, underdog mentality with what is underdog? Well, hungry dogs run faster.
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Yeah, I mean, they're always going to emphasize drama. I mean, we had a really solid quarterback room in Philadelphia. I mean, with Carson, Nate, and I, it was really solid. Obviously, with Carson going down, you know, the one thing I always do with my teammates is try to put myself in what they're going through, whether it's an injury or, you know, that's difficult.
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you know with Carson having such an amazing year and then getting injured like that down the stretch and then you know we keep going that's tough man he handled that so well and it was it was a really great quarterback room and we've all stayed in touch I'm you know I was in Nate Sudfeld's wedding and you know when Carson went to Kansas City I texted him it was like pump for him because I got to play for Kansas City in 16 with Andy and just said how much he's going to love it and you know I was like hey go get some burn-ins you know make sure you enjoy it while you're there so
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Really, for the NFL standards, a great quarterback room.
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So, yeah, you got it from me that we had a great quarterback room. And the life emotions definitely go in, but we had a great quarterback room in the sense of, like, caring for one another and having, like, you know, being there during an injury, being there during a difficult situation. And, you know, the Philadelphia media is nationally known for, you know, being, you know,
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putting stuff out there and being aggressive with it. I mean, that's what they do. And that's their job to do that. That's how they put food on the table for their family. And that's what they're asked to do. It is a, you know, when you go into the media and the thing with them is I always had a great relationship with the media because I eventually just took the perspective.
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I was like, listen, these are human beings. I know what they're doing. I know they have to ask these questions. They have, maybe they want to ask you or their boss is telling them like, you have to ask this. It's my job to not get offended or be upset about it. And if I can't answer a question, I just have to pivot it and give them something to write about. Like they have to write something.
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So instead of just being upset and like, oh, why'd you ask that? It's like, you know, I'd eventually be like, you know, I can't answer that. So nice try. But what I can give you is this. But it was more just having that because, I mean, you don't want the media mad at you. Like in Philly, I mean, if they're mad at you, they're going to go at you.
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So I always want to treat them as human beings and have that perspective. And in doing so, I felt like I had a really great relationship with them, and I never really had an issue with it. I actually had fun going into the media. I changed my perspective. I was like, when I go into this, I get my heads up, like, hey, here's some stuff that's going on.
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But I'm like, all right, let's see what they're going to try to ask. As opposed to like, I hope they don't ask this because I'm going to get pissed off. I was like, let me see if they go this way. And if they did, I just had fun with it.
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No, I actually don't listen to much media. I don't literally listen to media. I listen to country music, some Christian raps and Christian music, and then my kids running around screaming. Yeah. That's about it.
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Yeah, right. That's your mental. So the problem with that, okay, if you're a normal fan, I get it. But if you're a player or a coach, and I know that coaches, you know, there's coaches out there that actually do listen. And they could say it's their prep work for the media and stuff. But my thing is this. It goes back to what I said at the beginning with like Coach Reed and stuff.
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Like you have to have a clear-cut direction of where you want to go without the outside sources coming in. Mm-hmm. So the second you bring in someone talking potentially bad or ill or dramatic about your team, no matter what you do, it's going to be a part of your mind. You're not tough enough to say, I'm not going to let this affect me.
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It might affect you 1%, but that 1% you're going to need to be the best that you can be in the NFL. So that's why I think anytime you do that as a coach or a player, you're creating clutter in your brain that you don't want in there.
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You know what? I knew that I was signed for two years. So I was signed to go there, you know, the back of Carson for two years. So I was under contract. And I love Philadelphia. I wish, you know, it's one of those places you wish you could play your whole career. And that's why I retired there. But we restructured my deal. I wasn't going to be like, hey, I want to be released.
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So we restructured it and added some bonus protection and all that if I played again. But after winning the Super Bowl, that never crossed my mind. You're so busy too. We wrote a book. You're doing different tours. And it just happens. Our daughter Lily was seven, eight months old when we won it. You're going on shows.
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So then all of a sudden the offseason hits and it was really nice going back to Philadelphia. And, you know, I took all the reps in the offseason as Carson healed. But, you know, once he came back, I was running scout team and it was good for my heart, though. You know, you go from winning the Super Bowl and being Super Bowl MVP and then all of a sudden you're running scout team and.
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it's just part of it but it was a lot of you know i love that i love the guys the locker room and i really love going to work there but i knew after that season when carson in 18 uh when we beat the bears in the playoffs yeah and i say that but i'm also yeah um i knew that game broke matt nagy's brain forever i know yeah
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i know i remember running that same play and practice as a bear and i completed it and they were just like oh we can't have you run that play like on my day and there's some ill will towards here but um yeah i think you know i was excited to go back and we restructured in and i'm glad i had 18 i'm glad you know i didn't have to go reset somewhere else after winning the super bowl and being there you know we love it like i said that's why i retired there's how much i love the eagles
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You know, it's definitely humbling, but, you know, God had worked so much in my heart through the years. And, you know, when I almost stepped away from the game after my year in St. Louis that I realized when I came back to the game, I was like, you know, whatever I do, I want to glorify God throughout that. So I just looked at that as another, you know, opportunity to do so.
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And, you know, God had done such a work that he took the – you know, maybe the football being an idol or my identity is like, you know, you know, your representation of me, you're not perfect. I'm a you know, I'm a human. I'm sinful. I'm I've fallen short. But like, I got to be an example in that situation.
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So you definitely have to fight the demons of like, man, like when I'd walk into the facility, like the first pictures, like me catching the Philly special on the Super Bowl 52 logo. But then I reminded, like, I get to be an example in the locker room with the young guys, the guys coming in, the guys that are here.
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You know, even I remember when we were going to London for the London game, you know, all the starters were in the first class because they're playing. And then I'm in the back of the plane, you know, with a lot of the, you know, scout team and guys who are, you know, back up because I was back up. And, you know, we even had some starters come back there with me.
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He's like, well, Nick's in the back of the plane. You know, I'm going to be back there, too. So. It was one of those things where it was really cool, and I just didn't want to let that ego take over my heart. Because if it does, it can become toxic to the team.
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You know, I look back on my career just because it was such a wild journey, you know, from the beginning to the end. And I look back with gratitude. And the one thing is funny because, like, you know, growing up and growing in my faith and through different situations in life, I've always, like, prayed for wisdom. So, like, I feel like you want to be downloaded with wisdom. Like, just download it.
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Like, we download an update on our iPhone or Android or whatever you are. Yeah, no, we're iPhone. Yeah, okay.
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Yeah. Are you Android? I go back and forth on my phone right now, but I go back and forth. That's crazy. Yeah. Hey, I like testing out. I always try to test different things out. But when I look back at it, I gained a lot of wisdom through the ups and downs. When we got to the high, I had the heart to realize that this is really special. Embrace it. Enjoy it.
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And it's about the journey and the people alongside it. It's not about the trophy. It's about You remember the moments, the tough moments, because it was so hard to get there. And then why was I able to endure those moments with my teammates? Well, it was because of the bad moments before that I thought were bad that taught me something inside. Every time we'd step on the field, we'd get killed.
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Maybe when I was in St. Louis, when I was struggling, when I got benched. Um, you know, where I almost left the game and came back to Kansas city, all those different moments come to fruition.
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And I realized how much wisdom I gained to where now I am retired and, you know, raising three children and raising kids is not easy because you're being intentional and all the different things go on, but it's also the most special thing in life. But I say that as it's also very hard. Yeah.
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so you know even coaching you sports there's a lot of wisdom and i'm grateful for that so when i look back i know what i was able to do i showed moments of that but i also think it was a great um example of how how important a team is yeah you know it wasn't me it was my teammates and our coaches and everything together so whenever i had success everyone always says like why did you have so much success in philadelphia
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Well, they have a great owner. They have, you know, Howie's done a great job as GM and they've done great with coaches and the locker room. They have a system that they hold to. And then also I think the fan base, the fan base really like makes, you know, it's like we said, like they're going to hold you accountable just as much, if not more than any fan base.
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So like you better lock in because you can't go out there complacent on Sunday or Monday or Thursday, whenever you're playing, like you have to bring it every single day because those fans are going to let you hear it. So yeah. You remember that when you step on it. It's not that way all the time. Sometimes the stadium's not even full, so there's not that accountability.
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After St. Louis, it was such a turmoil year. It was the last year there in St. Louis going to L.A., and there was a lot of different moving parts that happened. Yeah. I had just been traded from Philadelphia and I just did not have fun playing the game. Lost heart for the game and really needed to take a deep breath.
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I just feel like playing football, in the NFL it's a business, but at the same time you've got to play the game with a childlike heart and a love for the game. That's got to be a part of it. So I had lost that part of it, and I didn't know if I was going to get it back. And then I went through this journey, and it was all based on a journey God had presented before me.
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My wife was such a huge piece of that.
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She wrote me a letter that I keep in a Bible at my house, and I have several different study Bibles and everything. And occasionally, whenever I'm using that study Bible, it will be there, and I'll reread it. And it was her being an amazing wife and best friend and just –
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one challenging me, but to realizing like she was there no matter what I decided, but she also felt like I was going through something and I needed to face it head on and let, not let that darkness overtake me.
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Uh, it was, she typed it up. I think she probably hand wrote it and then typed it up. Um, but it's, it's,
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Yeah, it was a long letter. It was like four pages. So it was a long letter.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I mean, in the moment that I decided to go back and play, I'll never forget it. We were in California, and I just got back from a camping trip with Torrey's brother, Ryan. We went camping and fly fishing. It was actually the first time I had peace. since I was probably a kid, because football did not consume me. I had just been released from the Rams, so I was free. No team controlled me.
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I got to go on a camping trip. Andy Reid and I were texting because I was a free agent, and he wanted me to go to KC, and I just told him, like, hey, I think I'm done. I'm just going to go on this trip and just enjoy being out in the wilderness and fly fishing. I never got a chance to do that because I was always training.
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And then I got back and I had to deal with, you know, six teams that called and all these different things. And Tori and I are talking about everything. And it's just really hard for me to take because I'm not ready to make a decision. And I just didn't feel like I could do it. But then I remember just saying a prayer, you know, prayer to God, like, God, like, I really don't know what to do.
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I'm struggling. And, you know, there's the calming voice or something inside me, whatever it was, discernment from the Holy Spirit that said, just move.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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Like, stop being paralyzed. You're living in fear. That doesn't come from me. um, either retire and I'll be with you and I love you and I'll be with you or go back and play. And then the ultimate deciding factor is what are you most afraid of? Like what is, and I was most afraid of going back to play. So that's why I made the decision.
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It was like, that was the thing I did not want to do, but I was most afraid of. And I knew that, He'd be walking alongside me. So I called Andy. I left. My wife thought I was calling my agent to just put in my retirement papers. Wow. And she had no idea because the conversation had gone where I was probably going to retire. Yeah. Because we're like in tears. It was that close. It was tough.
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And she was there and she's our rock of our family. I walk outside. I call Andy Reid, and I'm like, hey, if you'll have me. Training camp's already a week or two in. I was like, I'll come. And I told him 100% what was going on in my heart, so he knew. I'm like, hey, but if the love of the game can come back, I know it's playing for you in Kansas City.
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And if you'll still have me, I'd be honored to come here and give it a shot. Because training camp, you have so many guys. So if I don't cut it and I lose heart, they're just going to cut me anyway.
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so called my agent told him and then i hadn't thrown a ball for like three four months or something so that night you know i called tori's brothers evan and ryan who like i said both great athletes um i'm like hey we gotta go find a field and throw i gotta see if i can still throw this thing so went through and then like a day later i'm on a fight kc um you know get the training camp they don't have like pads or shoes or helmet that fit a quarterback because they didn't count on that so like i'm wearing number one
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I'm wearing like lineman shoes, receiver shoulder pads, and like a random helmet. And I felt so dumb, like I just felt like an imposter. But it was the fourth day of training camp where I woke up and I was doing my Bible study and watching film. And honestly, like full transparency, like tears came to my eyes because I realized it was the first time in a long time I was pumped to go to practice.
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I hadn't felt that in a long time. Wow. That year in 2016, being with the Kansas City Chiefs was my favorite year of football because of everything it led to. And that's why when I cook with Chef Donnie and I do all these different things, Big Red is always a big part of my journey, and I'm super grateful for him having me and the leader he is as a head coach.
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Yeah, and he drafted me. So he knew me from my rookie year in playing and going through the draft process, and we stayed in touch after. And even when I was with Chip and having success, I'd always get a text from Andy saying, And, you know, that meant a lot to me. And that was, you know, really, really special. And that's why, you know, he means so much.
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And I had so much fun, you know, Alex Smith, Tyler Bray, our QB room, you know, Coach Nagy was our offensive coordinator. It just, you know, it showed me so much structure. Alex's preparation was amazing. So I got to learn a lot from him and his preparation and just the... the man he is. And we had a really great quarterback room that the environment was healthy. We had a lot of success.
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You know, I played in two games that year and, you know, had success and sort of got my mojo back.
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yeah he's yeah he's you know yeah he done you know durable done you know just such an amazing player such an amazing leader and i will tell you this like alex in the facility uh the way he locks in at the facility is truly amazing because then we'd have like quarterback date nights and i'm like so used to like like with the wives not quarterback yeah i assume that i wait
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How close were you? We did a couple. So Carson was not – You used to. Hold on. Nate wasn't married. Nate just got married a year ago. They're about to have their first kid. They might have had their first kid right now. And then Carson was not married at the time.
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Got it. Yeah, so I did date night with my wife.
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Yeah, but context is everything. They're not married, so. But he had a girlfriend? He had a new girlfriend who's now his wife. Oh, okay. And they have, you know. Sounds like you could have gone on a date.
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That's interesting. Yeah, see, I see what y'all are doing. This is why y'all do what you do. This is why y'all do what y'all do.
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I did not, but to this day when that song comes on – so I listen to, like, the beat and everything.
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When that song comes on, like, there's something inside me that just, like, juices me up because of, like, running out of the tunnel and what it meant to our team and Meek Mill and everything he was going through. Like, that song forever will, like, get me going. Yeah.
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Well, I mean, in a way, you just sort of did that. No, no, no, he didn't. The question was, do you want to give us credit? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I did not ask the question. So we're doing this, and when I go on the show, I'm like, all right, is it weird that the first thing I thought of is like, that's going to be the question? Didn't ask the question. Didn't ask the question.
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Y'all do get credit. Okay, there we go. Nice. But, you know, it's, you know, yeah, I mean, y'all get credit for not asking. We get the awkwardness of it all, so you get what you need.
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That arguably was a little worse because then, like, when you ask the question, then you're, like, thinking about, like, what he just asked. You're like, what? I feel like people feel crazy. No, it's a terrible question. People feel you're crazy. I can see it. More like a tattoo. No, but there's a lot of tattoos of the Super Bowl 52 or me. Funny story. Funny story about tattoos.
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So I was in San Francisco doing a speaking thing. And, you know, I'd been in Philadelphia for a few days, San Fran, before I went back to SoCal. And I really needed to go like get a shower because I travel cross country in the morning. So I'm like, all right, there's a YMCA tattoo. So I go to the YMCA. I'm like, all right, hopefully, you know, these gyms now with day passes, I don't even know.
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I just work out in my garage. So I go in there, walk in. I'm in San Francisco. And I'm like, hey, do you have a – and the guy just pauses. He's staring at me. And my marketing agent buddy Austin's with me, and I'm like – and he just lifts up his shirt. And it's just a full Super Bowl 52 tattoo. And this is San Francisco. Wow. So I was like, oh, wow.
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And, you know, I was like, so I can get a day pass. Yeah, we get free day pass anyway. But I'm like, well, you're going to give me a free day pass. So I need a shower. Yeah. But yeah, that's just sort of the, you know, Philly fans are everywhere. They love the team. They love the city. And it's an amazing family.
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The best possible.
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Yeah, I mean, you know, you'll run into occasionally, like, maybe an image of, you know, a dick that they want signed or something. You know, stuff like that. But, you know, usually it's not too crazy. I think they know me, too, so they... A lot of it's just like a Philly special thing or something like that.
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That was disgusting, Max.
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I asked about other people's things. But Max back there is thinking, what can I ask? My question is, how do you get to that?
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And then he goes and gets it tattooed. Yeah, yeah. No. His dick is like a wall of graffiti right now.
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you became a huge part of this podcast now on social media when we pump out y'all pump out all the this is like what you're pumping out yeah he's gonna be very upset about that world just popped into my head that oh man all right so last last question you you have a merch brand now so you're wearing the hats yes dad season dad season i like it dads need more representation yeah
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So, yeah, story about it. So, like, Pat O'Donnell was punting for the 49ers. Teammate in Chicago. One of my best friends. We, you know, we co-founded the brand Dad Season. And, you know, at the beginning of any brand, like, you know, the idea was 2023 really got going in 2024. Yeah.
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throughout the course of this year is like how are we going to do this you're figuring out what is is a podcast is this and we're like you know what let's do great hats let's let's do uh merch you know so right now in 2025 we have a great plan to scale more merch more hoodies more shirts we want like performance golf performance um we the hat i'm wearing right now is a hydro performance hat so you know moisture wicking water repellent these will come out in like january so love it
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We want to create and spec out great hats. So we have a line of that. And, you know, it's dadsn.com and then on our social. But, you know, it's been a lot of great feedback. And we're also going to make things for, you know, we have a mom brand coming out. We have kid stuff coming out. You know, a Philly Philly girl hat because we have a Philly line that's really cool. Love it.
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And then we're going to do stuff for people that are not dads. You know, we have, you know, we're going to drop a lot of our performance hats without, you know, just our logo on the side that even if you want to wear it, like you can wear it. And then, you know, you want Philly Philly beanie just because we have the Philly Philly dad
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line so yeah we have a lot of great ideas my brain is always churning with ideas and we have a great team it's we're truly small it's you know pat myself and our wives are heavily a part of it and then we have you know a small team of people that uh you know live the love the brand their dads and they love what we're doing and they help with the you know as we grow in content and merchandise planning and scaling so it's pretty awesome nice yeah being a dad rocks yeah it's fun and sometimes it's not fun
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In Chicago, it becomes a little more difficult because of the cold weather, huh?
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Yeah. That's part of it. That's a lifesaver. Yeah, yeah. Because this office is like an adult museum. It's amazing.