1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: Hey everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Dave 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: Pash Podcast. I'm your host ESPN and Arizona Cardinals broadcaster 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: Day Pash. Our guest this week is Fox Sports lead 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: game analyst Greg Olsen, longtime Carolina Panther, also played for 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: the Bears and finished up his fourteen year career as 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: an NFL tight end with the Seattle Seahawks. Last year, 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: he was on the number two crew at Fox with 8 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: Kevin Burkhart. This year they're the lead crew and they 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: will call the Super Bowl here in Arizona at State 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: Farm Stadium. We'll talk about the Panthers and his thoughts 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: on Baker Mayfield. We'll also talk about his time as 12 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: a member of the Panthers, playing with Cam Newton on 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: a team that went to the Super Bowl in twenty fifteen. 14 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: Also Greg's thoughts on calling the Super Bowl, how he'll 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: treat that week as a broadcaster. My approach this year 16 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: is really get a good routine every week on how 17 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: I prepare and how I go in with the mindset 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: and how I want my style to be by the 19 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: time I get to the playoffs. 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Please gamble responsibly. Gambling problem called one eight hundred. 30 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: Next step, All right, let's hear now from our guest, 31 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: Former NFL tight end and current Fox broadcaster Greg Olson. 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: Fires ends on and it's caught touchdown at the back 33 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: of the end zone. Greg Olson, So Greg. The producer 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: of this podcast is Jim Omohundro, but the executive producer 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: for this particular episode is former Cardinal quarterback Drew Stanton. 36 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: Who got you to do this? I really appreciate you 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: doing this. I used to favor from Drew to get 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: young because I know you don't do a ton of these. 39 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: First of all, tell me how you and dreukes I 40 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: know you guys are tight. How far you go back 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: and just about your relationship. Yeah, Drew is one of 42 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,399 Speaker 1: my closest buddies. We So we first met so back 43 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: in two thousand and seven, we both declared for the 44 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: draft and we were preparing for the combine and we 45 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: had the same agent, Drew Rosenhouse and Drew we all 46 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: trained at a facility down in South Florida, um with 47 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: a guy named Pete Bamrito, and Drew put all of us, 48 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: all of his clients up in that year's class in 49 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: the same um like condo building. So Drew and I 50 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,399 Speaker 1: lived across the hall, and just that was the first 51 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: time we had ever met. And you know, for the 52 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: next three months, we drove to training together, we ate together, 53 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: We you know, became really good friends. Our our wives 54 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: became really good friends. And to this day, he's a 55 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: guy that, you know, I consider one of my closest friends, 56 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: you know, in the uh you know, in the world. 57 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: And he's just a great guy. His family, Christen, the kids, 58 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: they're just they're just great people. And uh So, when 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: Drew reaches out a friend of Drew as a friend 60 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: of mine, fair enough, And are you as into wine 61 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: as Drew as because the guy's out of control. I'm not. 62 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: I should say I've learned a lot about wine through him. 63 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: We love going to dinner, we love traveling with them 64 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: because that's one thing that'll always be taken care of. 65 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, Drew, Drew's love of wine. We went 66 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: to a for a buddy's fortieth birthday years back. We 67 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: all went out to NAPA and so the experiencing NAPA 68 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: with the Stantons is h is quite the experience. So 69 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: I don't pretend to know as much, but I've learned 70 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: a lot from Drew, and anytime I have a question, 71 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: he's my first call. Well, he's gotten really good at this. 72 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: I think he, you know, enjoys broadcasting. I don't know 73 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: if it's going to be something that, uh, you know, 74 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: he's going to want to pursue all in like you have. 75 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: But I think he's really good. I think he could 76 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: do really well in the business as you have. It's 77 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: really interesting kind of watching your ascension, and I want 78 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: to get into that. It's funny because I've had conversation 79 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: with Drew about doing his games, even when he was 80 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: at Michigan State. Because I've been at ESPN now doing 81 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: college football for almost twenty years. I did your games 82 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: at Miami and then obviously did your games with the 83 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: Cardinals when you've been in the NFL, and I know 84 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: you live in Charlotte. You had a great run as 85 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: a player, spent nine years with the Panthers, three Pro Bowls, 86 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: three straight one thousand yards seasons, which had never been 87 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: done by its height end, and then you beat the 88 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game in twenty fifteen. I'm 89 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: assuming that is up there with your fondest memories of 90 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: being a Panther. What else would be at the top 91 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: of the list of your memories with Carolina? Yeah, you know, 92 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: I was fortunate for nine years, you know, I was 93 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: able to join to join a team that prior, you know, 94 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: the two ten season was a little bit of a struggle, 95 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: and it was really cool that in twenty eleven it 96 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: was kind of the start of something pretty special. They 97 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: had a really good nucleus of players, um, you know, 98 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: Steve Smith and Ryan Khalil and Jordan Gross and Jonathan Stewart. 99 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: I mean just a really good you know, Tom and 100 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: Thomas David is just a good core group of guys 101 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: that were there but you know, they just struggled. They 102 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: had a tough season the year before for a lot 103 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: of reasons. So that next year, um, you know, hired 104 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera and drafted Cam and they traded for me 105 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: from Chicago. So it was cool. We all kind of 106 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: started that chapter of our careers together. And you know, 107 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 1: as you said, you know, the pinnacle was twenty and fifteen. 108 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: You know, we made the playoffs year three and two 109 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: thirteen U and kind of put ourselves on the map 110 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: and made it again in fourteen and then you know 111 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: kind of really you know, hit our peak in fifteen. 112 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: But you know, we went fifteen to one, and like 113 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: you said, we played Arizona in the NFC Championship. We 114 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: had the best record in the league, and I believe 115 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: they had the second best record in the league. I 116 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: think they won like thirteen games that year. So it 117 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: was it was a huge matchup. And the reality is 118 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: we just played really well that night. Um. It was 119 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: kind of a magical back in you know, back in 120 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: back in Charlotte, and you know, I just remember standing 121 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: on the field and you know realizing, you know, at 122 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: the trophy presentation that we were in two weeks we 123 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: were going to play in the Super Bowl, and just 124 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: we had beat in Seattle in the divisional round and 125 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: then to beat Arizona in the conference round. We had 126 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: we had really gone through a pretty you know, a 127 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: gauntlet of really really good teams just to make the 128 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: super Bowl and then you know, we ended up just 129 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: kind of laying an egg. But I have so many 130 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: fond memories at that time there. I think the best 131 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: thing was just building, you know, building that group of 132 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: guys and building that team from the ground floor up. 133 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: You know, they were they had the number one pick 134 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eleven, and we were back in 135 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: the playoffs by thirteen and uh making a run in fifteen. 136 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: So that that was probably the most special part, was 137 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: just seeing how we can turn a franchise around when 138 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,119 Speaker 1: you had the right group of guys. And you mentioned 139 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: that twenty eleven draft that that will go down as 140 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: one of the greatest first rounds in NFL history. JJ Watt, 141 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson, AJ Green, Von Miller, Cam Newton number one overall. 142 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: What was it like to play with Camp because that 143 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: year he was the best player in football. Oh yeah, 144 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't even close. In his MVP year, what he 145 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: was able to do. But but even years prior, you know, 146 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: and after, you know, it wasn't really until the injuries 147 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: kind of set in in two thousand and seventeen that 148 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: things kind of started to fade away for us, you know, 149 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: not not just him and dealing in and out with 150 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: the shoulder injury and then the foot, but you know, 151 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: that was kind of the start of kind of the 152 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: end of, you know, our run. We know, we made 153 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs in twenty and seventeen again UM ended up 154 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: losing to New Orleans and then that was really the 155 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: end of it. And after the nineteen season we were 156 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: all gone. So UM. You know, camp Cam was a 157 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: special guy. We saw that pretty quickly. You know, I 158 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: got to train at Camp there in two thousand and eleven, 159 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: after after I got traded to Carolina, and not really 160 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: knowing what to expect. Of course, we had all seen 161 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: him play at Auburn and we knew how special he was. 162 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: But you gotta get you meet him, and at first 163 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: you're just you're just blown away by his physical presence, 164 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: just the way the guy looked, his size, his his 165 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: just his physique. He was he was just there was 166 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: not a lot of guys built like Cam Newton, and 167 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: then you know his ability to run, both his speed 168 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: and his you know, his physical nature that he'd run with. 169 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: He just was unlike any quarterback really at the time. 170 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: And you know, he just grew so much as a passer, 171 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: he grew so much as just an all round player. 172 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: He was awesome. He was so good for my career. 173 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: We were able to accomplish a lot of really good 174 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: things together. And you know, I'm the first to admit that, 175 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of my success was a product 176 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: of the two of us playing so long together and 177 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: having so many games together, and you know, just really 178 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: saw things the same way. So Cam Cam was a 179 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: unique talent. There's there's not a lot of guys like him, 180 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: and he's about as competitive a guy as I ever 181 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: played with. And I think that carried him so long, 182 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: and unfortunately some of those injuries kind of you know, 183 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: got the best from there at the end. But man, 184 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: for when when he was at his best, he was 185 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: as good as anybody. I know. You're doing national games 186 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: every week, and I totally get what that's like. You're 187 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: honing in on the two teams you're prepared ring for, 188 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: but you're still keeping abreast of what's going on around 189 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: the NFL, and certainly when you live in Charlotte, you're 190 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: paying close attention to the Panthers. And given that you 191 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: played most of your career there, what are your thoughts 192 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: on the Panthers and where they are? They had lost 193 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: nine in a row. Their last win prior to this 194 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: past weekend was against the Cardinals here, which really started 195 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: the Cardinal's downfall last year. Yeah, and I think, if 196 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: I remember it right, that was Cam's first game back. 197 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: I think Cam ran for a touchdown and threw for 198 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: a touchdown real early in that game. They kind of 199 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: used them in and out of the lineup, So yeah, 200 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: you know, I think, you know, just this year, tough 201 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: game in the opener they had, it had a tough 202 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: kind of ending there at the end of the Browns 203 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: game with a weird roughing the passer call and a 204 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: weird grounding call that you know, gave Cleveland a chance 205 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: to kick a field goal, and then you know, never 206 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: expected they were going to lose, and the schedule came out, 207 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: they thought the Giants game would be a win, but 208 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: the Giants have proven to be a lot better than 209 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: people thought. And you know, it's I think there's season 210 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: started worse than they are. I think this past week 211 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: getting a good win against UM, against New Orleans was 212 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: big for them, just to kind of get that off 213 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: their back. You know, anytime you lose for that long, 214 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: you know what, you just need to win, and it 215 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how it comes, it doesn't matter the form 216 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: or fashion. But sometimes it just allows everybody for one 217 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: week to just take a collective deep breath and say, 218 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: all right, we're good, broke the losing streak. Now we 219 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: can just focus on, you know, honing into play. So 220 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: I think they're a more talented team than their record shows. 221 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: They're you know, not only this year's record, but just 222 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: the record into into last year as you reference, they're 223 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: losing streets. So I think they're talented. I think they 224 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: have a lot of good young pieces. Um. Obviously Baker 225 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 1: is still kind of getting you know, getting his legs 226 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: under them here in Carolina as the starting quarterback. And 227 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: I think as the year goes on, I really do 228 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 1: believe that they'll continue to improve and that you know, defensively, 229 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: they're pretty they're pretty stout. They got some really dynamic 230 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: young players there. And then I think as the offense 231 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: continues to find its way. They're not short on talent, 232 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: they're not short on playmakers. I think it's just a 233 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: matter of how they continue to gel and come together. 234 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: But I think they're a talented group that's just trying 235 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: to learn to win. Right now, tell me more about 236 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: why you think Baker is the answer. And I've been 237 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: told by several people that even though you're a tight end, 238 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: you see the game the way a quarterback sees it, 239 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: so you're certainly qualified to talk about Baker and his strengths. 240 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: I think we all know about Baker's weaknesses. But tell 241 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: me why you think Baker is the answer there for 242 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: the Panthers. You know, I you know, is he the 243 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: long term answer for the next ten years? I don't. 244 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: I don't know. I can't pretend to have that sort 245 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: of insight and whatnot. But in my limited time studying 246 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: them and and just you know, watching the games on 247 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: replay and whatnot, you know, I think what he brings 248 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: is is just stability. He brings he brings that competitive fire, 249 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: but he brings a guy who's really played. He's played well, 250 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: and I think he's played better than his reputation. I 251 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: think if you looked just at last year, you know, 252 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: last year in Cleveland, you know, he really he was 253 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: out there kind of banged up, playing hurt. You know, 254 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: could have easily said, hey, I'm not help, I'm gonna 255 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: sit this out, but he didn't. He continued the battle, 256 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: played with that shoulder, played with a litany of things, 257 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: and didn't play well. But you know, I think he's 258 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: a better player than what our most recent memory of him. 259 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: So I think when you know, they went out and 260 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: brought into Shawn and made him a bail. But I 261 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: think there was there was talking Carolina for for a 262 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: long time that Baker was going to eventually end up here, 263 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: and then you know, it kind of happened a little 264 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: later in training camp that people you know, going into 265 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: training camp that people thought. But you know, I just 266 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: think with the weapons that he has, Christian McCaffrey and 267 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: DJ Moore and m you know, Robbie Anderson and you know, 268 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: they got some they have some weapons. Offensively, they've improved 269 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: their offensive line drastically from last year, drafted what they 270 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: think is the next you know, ten plus year left 271 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: tackle in Ikey. So I think as far as the 272 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: core group of guys to work around. They have them, 273 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: and now it's up to the quarterback. It's up to 274 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: Baker to run the show. And he hasn't played great 275 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: this year. I think he's played better as the year 276 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: has gone on, but as he continues to get more 277 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: comfortable in Ben mcadu's system. He's not short on playmakers. 278 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: He's not short on guys to spread the ball too, 279 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: and that's going to be the key to this growth 280 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: of the offense is how does Baker run the show? 281 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: How does Baker operate in this offense? We know he 282 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: can be special, We know he can make the splash, 283 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: flash play. Can he just make the easy play? Can 284 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,079 Speaker 1: he just make the easy read and get the ball 285 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: into some of these dynamic players that they have offensively? 286 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: And I think if he can find that balance between 287 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: playmaker and just game manager at times, he needs to 288 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: be both. And I think that's the recipe that I 289 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: think they're looking for, because I think they had the 290 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: players around him to do it. Graig, what are your 291 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: thoughts on the Cardinals. You are out here for Fox 292 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: doing the Baltimore game, and I get that in that game, 293 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: nobody really played for the Cardinals, so it may be 294 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: hard to fully give an evaluation properly on where the 295 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: Cardinals are. But I think he did some Cardinals games 296 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: last year, and as you know, the first half of 297 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 1: last season and into the second half, they were the 298 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: best offensive team in the NFL. Right now, they're struggling. 299 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 1: No first quarter points. They have led in regulation at 300 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: any point in three games this season. What do you 301 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: make of what's going on out here? Yeah, you know, 302 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: I didn't I actually didn't end up getting any of 303 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: their games um last year in the regular season. As 304 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: you mentioned, I called their preseason game against Baltimore, zero 305 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: of the starters played, but had a chance to visit 306 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: with with Kingsbury and and some of the coaches and 307 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: advanced Joseph. It just kind of get a vibe and 308 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: a field and they felt really optimistic going into the year. 309 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: They felt that as they got healthy. Of course, missing 310 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins to start the year as a big blow, 311 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: and you know they think a big reason for that, 312 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: you know, late season kind of collapse that you mentioned, 313 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: a lot of it was injury related. You know, they 314 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: lost you know, Hopkins, they lost Um. You know, obviously 315 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: Cayler Murray got banged up there and kind of played 316 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: through some injuries. They lost JJ Watt. They you know, 317 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: they were a veteran laden team, maybe a little bit older, 318 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: and a lot of those key veterans that they were 319 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: relying on, you know, they didn't have down the stretch. 320 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: You know, JJ came back and attempted the play i 321 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: think in the playoffs, but it didn't end up, you know, 322 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: being too much in that Rams game. So I think 323 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: they're going to be very dependent on staying healthy. I 324 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: think they're gonna need some of these top you know, 325 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: especially some of these older guys to stay healthy. They're 326 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: gonna need some of these weapons, you know, Hollywood Brown 327 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: and these guys to still in because DeAndre Hopkins is 328 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: arguably one of the best receivers in the league, and 329 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: you know, to expect just one guy to replace him 330 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: as difficult. So they're gonna need collectively as a group. 331 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: They're gonna need Kyler to play really well. They're gonna 332 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: need their skill players to step up. They're gonna need 333 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: to stay healthy. And from what I've seen this year, 334 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: you know, the magical comeback win that they had two 335 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: weeks ago was insane. I mean, the way that game 336 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: ended was wild against the Raiders and really outside of 337 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: that late flurry, as you mentioned, offensively, they've just been 338 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: kind of blah. So they've got to figure out what 339 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: their identity is. They've got to figure out, you know, 340 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: what scheme they want to run, a little hybrid of 341 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: what Kingsbury started running when first got there and you know, 342 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: kind of what they've evolved to now. So I think 343 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: they're still trying to figure that out. Obviously, they've hitched 344 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: their wagon to Kyler Murray and you know, they're only 345 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: going to go as far as he takes them. But 346 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: I think they're still trying to figure out, you know, 347 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: what that identity is, what's that balance of him as 348 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: a runner as a passer. Yeah, they have too many 349 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: good players to not be better offensively, and I think 350 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: that right now that's the obvious thing that they're trying 351 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: to figure out. So your last year playing was twenty twenty, 352 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: and you were kind of the broadcaster in waiting. You 353 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: have the coach in waiting, you were like the top broadcast, 354 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: your top analyst in waiting. Everybody knew that when you 355 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: were done, you were going to a high level booth 356 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: at one of the networks. You're at Fox. Last year 357 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: on the number two crew with Kevin Burkhardt, Joe Buck 358 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: and Troykman come over to ESPN. So now you're on 359 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: the League crew, You're doing the Super Bowl this year. 360 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: I'm curious, Greg, when did you start to realize that 361 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: you wanted to do this post football? And was it 362 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: always I want to do games? Did you think you 363 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: wanted to do studio or were you not really sure? Yeah, 364 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: it's a good question, to be honest. It wasn't something 365 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: that I ever early in my career. It was not 366 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 1: something that I ever really thought about or dreamed about. 367 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: You know. I was always so focused on just being 368 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: a player. And then you know, kind of in you know, 369 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: the later stage of my career, you know, fourteen fifteen, 370 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: you know, through some context that I had, I was 371 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: doing some local TV stuff in Charlotte's, some local regional 372 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: network college football shows, some professional stuff, you know, Fox 373 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: asked me to come out one summer, I think it 374 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: was the summer going into the twenty fifteen season, and said, hey, 375 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: why don't you come out. I was I was in 376 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: LA visiting a friend, a former teammate of mine, and 377 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: so why don't you come over to the studio and 378 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: just call an audition game. And you know, for anyone 379 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: who doesn't know an audition game, you just it's a 380 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: game that already happened in the past. It was from 381 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: the previous season. It's prerecorded, and you sit in a 382 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: studio with a play by play guy and you just 383 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: talk over the game and it's just a simulation to 384 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: see how comfortable you are and whatnot. So from that, 385 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: which was actually with Kevin Burkhart, who's my partner now, 386 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: which is kind of a crazy um full circle moment 387 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: that he called my audition. So now fast forward twenty seventeen. 388 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: They that summer, they reached out to us and said, hey, 389 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: we'd love to put you in a three man booth 390 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: on your bye week. We think it'd be really cool 391 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: to have a current player and add him for for 392 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: a one week kind of special thing. So I joined 393 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis. I became their third third 394 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: member of the crew on my bye week. That was 395 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. It went well. Twenty nineteen, they said, hey, 396 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: we'd love to see you do a game on your 397 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: bye week again, but this time we'll put you as 398 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: a two man crew. So I did it with Kenny Albert, 399 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: and then that that next offseason, you know, right before 400 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,719 Speaker 1: COVID hit, they launched the XSL and me and Kevin 401 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: Burkhart did the first five weeks of the XFL together. 402 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: So it really was just a gradual process that just 403 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: different opportunities came and to the point about calling games 404 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: or studio. Did the pregame Super Bowl show, NFL Countdown, 405 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, on the field and before the Super Bowl, 406 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,719 Speaker 1: So I did some studio stuff with them, did some 407 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: studio stuff with Fox, CBS, really all the networks, and 408 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,239 Speaker 1: then just realized that my best opportunity to climb, my 409 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,239 Speaker 1: best opportunity to separate myself would be calling games. You know, 410 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: those studios slots are really held for guys with really 411 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: really long resumes and Hall of Fame jackets and quarterbacks, 412 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: and you know, it just it was a little bit 413 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: of a different climb, but calling the games wasn't quite 414 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: as dependent on that. You know, it was really about 415 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 1: who's good, and we want to find guys who were good, 416 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: and we're not so much wrapped up in name and 417 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: in resume and playing career. So that was an opportunity 418 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: that I was able to take advantage of. And fortunately 419 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: after one year of twenty twenty one calling a full 420 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: slated games as the B Crew, craziness happened and Joe 421 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: and Troy ended up leaving from Monday Night Football and 422 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: opened up the door for me and Kevin to slide 423 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: up to the A Crew. So it was it was 424 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,959 Speaker 1: kind of a wild process, but it wasn't anything that 425 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: was like this long plan of attack. It just all started, 426 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: happened organ and try to take advantage of opportunities that 427 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: I was given. I've been doing games for two decades 428 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: and there are still certain games that you know are 429 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,959 Speaker 1: bigger than others. So during the week the butterflies are there, 430 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: or in pregame you're thinking more about, man, I got 431 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: to really nail this open. There are more eyeballs on 432 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: this game than maybe the game you have last weekend. 433 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: And you know you're supposed to say the right things 434 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: that every game's the same, but it's not. Now you're 435 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: going to be doing the Super Bowl. What do you 436 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: think your mindset will be like Because you've played in 437 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, but broadcasting it obviously is different. It's 438 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: not as natural to you as playing was, but you 439 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: become very good at it. What do you think that 440 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: week will be like for you and Kevin? Yeah, I think, 441 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to It's hard to say. You know, 442 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: if you would have asked me as a player what 443 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: playing in the Super Bowl was like, I wouldn't have 444 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: been able to answer it either. And I think my 445 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: experience playing in it was very different from what I 446 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: thought it would be like. So I'm sure it's going 447 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: to be very similar now as the announcer. You know, 448 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: my approach this year is really like, really get a 449 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: good routine every week on how I prepare and how 450 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: I go in with the mindset and how I want 451 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: my style to be, how I want people listening to 452 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: my broadcast to come away with it like what I 453 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,479 Speaker 1: want them to come away with, and really try to 454 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: do that consistently all year long. And I think if 455 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: I can build that shorter routine and build that mindset 456 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: over the course of the year, by the time I 457 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, by the time you get to 458 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, you can just like as a player, 459 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: you can really rely on that routine. You can rely 460 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: on those habits you've built throughout the course of the year. 461 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: I think that all of a sudden you get to 462 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: those playoff games, and you get to a Super Bowl 463 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: and you watch more tape, and you have a different board, 464 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: and you make more storylines and you do more prep 465 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you've made the game bigger. That'd 466 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: be like, you know, the week of the Super Bowl, 467 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: changing your practice plan from what had gotten you there. 468 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: So that's really what I'm trying to just constantly remind 469 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: myself of is at the end of the day, just 470 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: like when you played, whether you're playing in front of 471 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: ten thousand people, one hundred thousand people, earned on TV 472 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: in front one hundred million people, the second you took 473 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: your mind and eyes off of what you needed to 474 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: do to not only prepare, but get yourself ready to 475 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 1: go out and perform at a high level. Whether it's 476 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: as a player, as a broadcaster, there's a lot of 477 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: really similar you know, a lot of blot as that 478 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: is and asja as that is. That's really the only 479 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: approach I can rely on because I don't have experience. 480 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: I don't have I don't know what it's like to 481 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: sit in that chair with one hundred million people watching 482 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 1: the game and be the voice of it. I have 483 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: nothing to base it on. Other building a great routine 484 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: throughout the course of this season, and hopefully all of 485 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: that prepares me that that game, once it kicks off, 486 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: feels normal. It feels it feels like every other you know, 487 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: it feels like the game I just did this past 488 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: week in front of twenty million people with the with 489 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: you know, Green Bay and Tampa, right Like, I got 490 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: to use all those games as prep to keep it, 491 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: you know, keep it as regular and routine as I can. 492 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: I've taught to a lot of former coaches and players 493 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: and work with a lot that you say they enjoy 494 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: the games because a lot of guys enjoy studio because 495 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: of FaceTime. A lot of guys enjoy games because they're 496 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: still that rush because you're there, you're present, you notice 497 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: the crowd. There's still that palpable intensity. There is that 498 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: rush there for you when you do a game. You know, 499 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: I think that's why I've really gravitated towards the games. 500 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: There's something about being medium. There's something about the unpredictability 501 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: of a game that I really enjoy. And you know, 502 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: I've had my opportunities to do different studio shows and 503 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: I like it. But studio shows are very scripted, you know, 504 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: you talk in sound bites, it's all rehearsed. It's all 505 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: you know. Block A you're going to talk about the 506 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: Chiefs secondary, and Block B you're gonna talk about you know, 507 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. And in block C you're going to talk 508 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: about you know, Brian Dable and the Giants. Right, it's 509 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: and you just you have your minute sound bite that 510 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: you've rehearsed and you've kind of thought about, and you 511 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 1: just spit it out and then you're done. The game. 512 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 1: You can prepare all week, you can study, you can 513 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 1: come up with really interesting storylines and really interesting just 514 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 1: like as a player, you come up with a game plan. 515 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: You're like, all right, here's how I'm going to attack 516 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: this player, here's how I'm gonna run this route. And 517 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: all week you practice and then on game day the 518 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: balls kicked off and sometimes it works out as you planned, 519 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: but more often than not, it's completely different than what 520 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: you practice for and you have to adjust and act, 521 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: you know, think on your feet and then and that's 522 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: similar to calling a game. Right. We can study all 523 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: we want and predict what's going to happen, but we 524 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: really don't know what we're gonna see and what we're 525 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: gonna have to talk about until the moment comes. And 526 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 1: I think that's what's fun about the games, That's what 527 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: keeps you on your toes, that's what keeps you stimulated 528 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 1: and really engaged, because it's a challenge. You know, it's 529 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: hard to talk to you know this, it's hard to 530 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: talk for three hours in real time and react to 531 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: what you see and come across as informed, come across 532 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: as fun, come across as likable. You know, it's just 533 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: hard to do when you don't know exactly what you're 534 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: going to see and what you're going to have to 535 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: talk about. So I've enjoyed that. There's a lot again, 536 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: there's a lot of crossover between that and being a player. 537 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: It's the original reality TV. It's totally unscripted. You never 538 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 1: know what's going to happen. You come in prepared and 539 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: you have things you want to talk about, and all 540 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: of a sudden, something crazy happens in the first minute 541 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: of a game and it totally changes perhaps the direction 542 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: you guys were going to go. Were there some analysts 543 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: that you really enjoyed watching growing up or when you're 544 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: playing that you enjoyed meeting with that you studied or 545 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: looked up to, or anybody in particular that's really offered 546 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: help to you in terms of you coming along as 547 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: a broadcaster. Yeah, it's funny. Until I started doing it, 548 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: I don't even really know if I ever paid attention 549 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: to broadcasters. I'll be honest, I've heard that before the game. 550 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: As a kid, you know, I knew, you know, I 551 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: knew who Monday Night football announcers were as a kid, 552 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: you know, and deeered Off and Frank Gifford and Al 553 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: Michael's and you always, you know, you remember listening to 554 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: games with John Madden, like I mean, I remember them. 555 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: I can't say I ever tuned into a game. I 556 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: wonder who's quality game? Right? It was always kind of 557 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,479 Speaker 1: secondary to me. But it really wasn't until you know, 558 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: later into my career and I had been on that 559 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: other side of the camera and sat in those boots 560 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: and called it where I would watch games and I 561 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: would almost watch it more to hear what they were 562 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 1: saying and more to see the replay sequence, more to 563 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: see how the analysts used the telestrator and what points 564 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: he made and what I found interesting, what I found boring, 565 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: you know. So it really was was a later in 566 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: the road process, but you know, when I was getting 567 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: ready to do my auditionum, you know, Troy Aikman was 568 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: was really cool. I was able to connect with him 569 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: and he gave me some really good pointers. And then 570 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: through the years both being at Fox and then you know, 571 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: this past year with all this kind of you know, 572 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: musical chairs and guys moving and shaking, he was really cool. 573 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: He reached out to me, he really you know, he 574 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: gave me great advice. He helped me kind of navigate 575 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: the uncertainty of what was going on. So he was 576 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: really cool. Years back when I was really making a decision, 577 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: even prior to retiring two years ago, I had some 578 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 1: opportunities to go to TV and was weighing it. I 579 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: was able to chat with Romo about just what that 580 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: transition was like, what it was like, you know, did 581 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: you miss the game? Did it Phil? You know, and 582 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: he gave me some really cool insight to how he 583 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: dealt with retiring relatively soon to go full throttle into 584 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 1: into TV. So I've been fortunate to, um, you know, 585 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: have some good guidance and have some cool conversations. But 586 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: as far as style, I don't try to be anyone 587 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: there's not anyone where I say, oh, I want to 588 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: sound like him, or I want to talk like him. 589 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: I just kind of talk like me and I say 590 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: things that I think are interesting and try to point 591 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: out elements of the game that I find fun. And 592 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: it might not be for everyone. Some people might not 593 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: like my style. They might not like, you know, the 594 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: the way I describe things or the way I coach it. 595 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: But I think it's fun. I think it's interesting. I 596 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 1: think our broadcast you come away learning the game of football, 597 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: and I like that. I want that to kind of 598 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: be what people tune in for. And some people don't 599 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: want to learn. Some people just want to be, you know, 600 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: talk down to and just you know, and it's just 601 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: not my style. And I think the game is so 602 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: fun and so interesting and complex, and the better we 603 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: can do as analysts of portraying that. I think it's 604 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: fun for the viewer to come away and learn a 605 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: few things throughout the course of the game. I want 606 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: to end with all the great charity work that you're 607 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: doing in Charlotte, and I want to ask you about 608 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: your son TJ and how he's doing and everything. But 609 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: one more question related to broadcasting. What is the term 610 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: I see but classy and is that something that you 611 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: use in game broadcast? So if you Drew Stanton that 612 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: that is something that the two of us have a 613 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: deep history with and I think you're gonna have So 614 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: it's actually a really good story and I'll share it. 615 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: So there was this jeweler down in Miami who made 616 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: like really flashy jewelry and a lot of guys would 617 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: buy them. So one year we were training down there, 618 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: like we have to go see this guy, Like we 619 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: have to go down and like see what this all about. 620 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: And I think me and Drew ended up buying something 621 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: for the girls. And at the time I looked back 622 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: and it was really had a lot of it was 623 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: just a lot. I look back and I kind of 624 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: laugh because I would never buy it today. But the guy. 625 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: The way it was described to us is that it 626 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: was icy but classy, meaning like it was really like 627 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: blingy and gaudy and diamonds and whatnot, but like it's 628 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: and it's just always been something that Drew and I 629 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: have have always kind of shared a laugh over and 630 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: we referred to a lot of things from inappropriate um 631 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: that I won't go into, but but some things that 632 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: we describe as I see but classy. So I'm glad 633 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: Drew put you up for that that question because that 634 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: is a that is an all time class Yeah, he did. 635 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: The executive producer of this episode asked me to ask 636 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: you that question. We need to find a way to 637 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: work that into a broadcast that needs to become like 638 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: a signature Greg Olson line seas and if I could 639 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: pull that off, that would be legendary. We'll ask Rinaldi 640 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: because you work with the greatest words smith in the 641 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: history of broadcasting, Tom Rinaldi, So maybe he's got a 642 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: way to work it in for you. Sometimes he used 643 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: his words and I'm like, Tom, I don't know what 644 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: that means. You have, you know, he has such as 645 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: his vocabulary, his way with words, the way he can describe, 646 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: and he is very very he is as intelligent and 647 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: as smart and creative, and he's really and improved. I've 648 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: really enjoyed I didn't know him much until the last 649 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: you know, months or so, and God, is he impressive 650 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: to be around. I've really enjoyed Tom. He is one 651 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: of my favorite people in this business. I got to 652 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: note Tom from working with him at the ESPN and 653 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: going back to I think the worst. The first time 654 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: I had worked with Tom was on the first Penn 655 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: State game after Joe Paterno was fired, and having Tom 656 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: there was such a security blanket for a play by 657 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: play guy given all that was going on around the 658 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: program at that time, and he and I he was 659 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: very helpful then and had been helpful over the next 660 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: decade until he left to go to Fox. I always 661 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: joke with Tom that when he walks into a stadium, 662 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: people start crying, because every time the guy talks, you 663 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: want to tear up. I got a text with somebody 664 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: this weekend. I guess I didn't see the feature on 665 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: their pregame show College Football Saturday, but I guess it 666 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: was a It was a tear jerker. Tom. If you 667 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: need someone to tell your life story you hope one day? Yes, 668 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: all right, so tell me about all the charity work 669 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: you're doing in Charlotte. And also I'd love to know 670 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: how your son, TJ is doing. TJ is doing great. 671 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: You know. TJ is really a really special young Boy's um. 672 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: He's about to be nine in a couple of weeks. 673 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, he's nine, He's about to be ten. Here 674 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks, and yeah, TJ's had a 675 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: tough road. He underwent you know, his first open heart 676 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: surgery at two days old and had three subsequent surgeries 677 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: and his most recent open heart you know, major surgery 678 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: was last summer. He had a he had a full 679 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: heart transplant. UM he was he went in the heart 680 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: failure after years with living with a modified heart, UM 681 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,959 Speaker 1: with with a heart condition that he was born with, 682 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: and UM had a heart transplant last summer and since 683 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: then he's just flourished. He's he's a good kid. He's smart, 684 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: he's getting big and strong, he's active, he's um. It's 685 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,719 Speaker 1: just he's an absolute miracle what he's gone through as 686 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: a young kid, and the inspiration to start The Hardest Yard, 687 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: which is our nonprofit program that we run here in Charlotte, 688 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: and you just actually expanded into the Charleston region. So 689 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: we we provide you know, we've provided about well over 690 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: six million dollars and we provide you know, outpatient care 691 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: for cardiac families. We built a brand new inpatient clinic. 692 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: We do we do in home medical treatments for doctors 693 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: and nurses and therapists for kids following discharge. From the hospital. 694 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: So we offer our program offers a wide range of 695 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: services for families, you know, not only in the Charlotte region, 696 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: but now throughout the Carolinas, North and South Carolina. So 697 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: it's something we spent a lot of time. It's something 698 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: we're very passionate about, you know, the world of you know, 699 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: congenital heart disease. It's the number one you know killer 700 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: of young kids in America is general heart. So it's 701 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: something that affects a lot of people at various degrees 702 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: and we saw it at the most extreme with our son. 703 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: And our goal is hopefully people that have a similar 704 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: road behind this have it a little better, you know, 705 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: a little bit of a better road, a little bit 706 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: better access to care, a little bit better quality of care, 707 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: both free and postoperatively as a result of the hardest yard. 708 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: And that's our goal. And we're just we're really proud 709 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: of our efforts and really proud of the impact we've 710 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: been able to make, and just it's our way of 711 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: giving back to a community that has really served us 712 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: and giving us a second chance with our son, and 713 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: we're just thankful now that we can give back a 714 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: little bit to them. Well, it's incredibly, incredibly inspiring, and 715 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: also what a blessing to hear that TJ is doing well. 716 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: I know that that was a very public story about 717 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: a year and a half ago, and I appreciate you 718 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: sharing and giving us the great update on how he's doing. 719 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 1: Really appreciate you spending some time talking about a lot 720 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: of different things. Greg, You do a great job. I 721 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 1: really enjoy you and Kevin together the times that actually 722 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 1: get to see you, guys, because usually I'm working on Sundays. 723 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: But the broadcast I've seen an excellent and I'm happy 724 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: for you to get a chance to do the Super Bowl. Man. 725 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: Enjoy the rest of the season. Hopefully we'll see at 726 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,439 Speaker 1: a Cardinal game. Glad we were put together through Drew. 727 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,839 Speaker 1: This is fun, all right, Thanks Greig, appreciate it all right, 728 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: you guy it thanks indeed. It's great to hear how 729 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,919 Speaker 1: well Greg's son, TJ, is doing, and also how incredibly 730 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: inspiring Greg and his family are in terms of what 731 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: they're doing in the community to help young people. It 732 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: really makes Greg even more likable. He's very relatable as 733 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: a broadcaster, and have heard nothing but great stories about 734 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: Greg as a person, and I think that really came 735 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: through on the podcast terrific player, mainly with the Panthers. 736 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: His best years in the NFL. We're with the Carolina Panthers, 737 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: including the time to beat the Cardinals in the twenty 738 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: fifteen NFC Championship Game. Is great to reminisce about that, 739 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: his playing days with Cam Newton and what he's doing 740 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: here in his second life as a broadcaster, working with 741 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: Kevin Burkhart, Aaron Andrews, and Tom Rinaldi on the lead 742 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: crew at fuck. We are presented by bet MGM, the 743 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: official sports betting partner of the Arizona Cardinals, and by 744 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: Hila River Resorts and Casinos. Follow us on Twitter at 745 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: Pash pod, and we'd also love to hear from you. 746 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 1: Get your thoughts on the Dave Pash Podcast. You can 747 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 1: tell us what you think by going to your podcast platform. 748 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: Thanks again to Greg Olson of Fox, and thanks to 749 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: you for listening to another edition of the Dave Pash 750 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: Podcast