1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:07,119 Speaker 1: the Falcons in Focus podcast, presented by Ticketmaster and recorded 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: in the Ticketmaster studios. I'm Scott Behar, that's tarn Walk, 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: man of the hour, Falcons punter Bradley Pinion, and I 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: want to start off here Bradley with what, hands down 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: is my favorite punt I've ever seen you make? Okay, 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: it went about a yard and a half and the 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: ball exploded in purple dust. Oh, pink works too, but yeah, 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: pink dust explodes everywhere. Yeah, we saw on your Instagram 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: that you're going to be a dad January and that's 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: a pretty legit gender reveal celebration. Give us some background 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: into it, and I guess are you glad that you 13 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: actually made contact? 14 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: Yeah? That was probably the most nerve wrecking I've ever 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: been for a punt in my life. Give credit my wife. 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: It was her idea. We were trying to figure out 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: what we want to do for gender reveal, so me 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: and my wife already knew what it was. It was 19 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: kind of a reveal for all of our but he 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: also okay, and we were trying to figure out what 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: we wanted to do. She was like, why did you 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 2: play a football? I was like, oh, that's so like tacky, 23 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: corny whatever, and she was like, no, I think it'd 24 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: be really cool, like we should we should play a football. Well, 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: then she bought a football. I'm Amazon, and so I 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: kind of had no choice football. But we got the football. 27 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 2: It was plastic, and I was like, this is gonna 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: crush my foot and I was like, she was like, no, 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: I watched videos. It'll pop up an easy ball. But 30 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: I was like's gonna pop up in too easy? You 31 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: gonna pop up when I drop it? Like right. 32 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: All these thoughts were things that can go wrong here, 33 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: but we ended up. 34 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 2: Kind of taping it shot a little bit and I 35 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: was like, all right, I can't miss this. The ball 36 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: was like only like two or three It wasn't long. 37 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: It was only like four or five inches long, so 38 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 2: it wasn't big. He's not used to what I'm punting, 39 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: and yeah, sweating, nervous, but now I've made good contact 40 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: and pink dust went everywhere and everybody went crazy. So 41 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 2: it was it was really really cool and I'm actually 42 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: kind of glad my wife made doing. I kept the 43 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 2: We're white shoes in the video and shoes. I have 44 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: pink dust all over it. So that was kind of cool, 45 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: very cool, right, going into art and be like, hey, art, 46 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 2: I hurt my foot punting a plastic football for gender reveal. Yeah, 47 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: it wouldn't have been good. 48 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 3: I would have loved to have been a fly on 49 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: a wall for that conversation. 50 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: So this being a dad for the first time, I mean, 51 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure that you're super pumped about it, you know, 52 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: I mean, have you put any thoughts to that, Oh 53 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: my gosh, I'm going to be a dad? 54 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, baby girl, Baby Girl. I read uh, probably three 55 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: or four books within the first two weeks of finding out. 56 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: I was that dad that just read everything I possibly could. 57 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 2: And we're getting closer and closer. I think we only 58 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: have like ten to twelve weeks left before she comes. 59 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: And everything's looking good. Baby's healthy, mom is healthy. Just 60 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: super excited to meet her. Honestly, super excited just to 61 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: be a dad. A lot of my friends call me 62 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: braddy daddy. Anyway, I like the dad. I'm kind of 63 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: like the dad of the groove, always making sure everything's 64 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: going smoothly. So yeah, I'm pumped. We kind of got 65 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: the nursery a little bit all set up and everything, 66 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: so it's it's getting really real. We had an actually 67 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: doctor's appointment today and she's measuring her legs. Surprisingly or not, 68 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: are measuring like the ninety eighth percentile, so she's gonna 69 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: have long legs and who knows, she could be the 70 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 2: first female pun her but no, yeah, she's everything's doing 71 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: really smoothe right now, I'm super excited. 72 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 3: Are you going to be an overprotective dad? How overprotective 73 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 3: is the real question. 74 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 2: I'm gonna try not to be, Let's put it that way. 75 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: I don't think I will be, but there's a really 76 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 2: good chance I will be, a very very good chance, 77 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: especially if a little girl like that's. Yeah, not to 78 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: stress you out, yeah, hopefully I won't, but I have 79 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 2: a feeling we'll be. 80 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 4: That's crazy. 81 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: Well, while you're a dad to a human for the 82 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: first time. 83 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 5: Let's talk about those puppies. You got four right? 84 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: Four? 85 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and they all start with an end, they do. 86 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 3: I don't want to mispronounce any of it. If you 87 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 3: got it Nelly novi Nemo. 88 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 2: That's correct. 89 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: And there's a tripod in there, yea that you did 90 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: that hashtag tripod because I did stop their Instagram, following 91 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: the puppies Instagram. 92 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: They have their own instag Yeah at the Opinion pub Yeah, 93 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: the labradors have my heart. 94 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: So yeah, they're all lab mixes, one full blood lab. 95 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: Nelly's a full blood lab, nalas a Lab Staffy mix, 96 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: Novy is a lab hound mix, and Nemo is a 97 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: the tripod and a Lab spin Wan mix. And Nemo 98 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 2: is our little special guy. He's got all types of 99 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: things wrong with him, from brain damage to missing a 100 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 2: leg to everything. So he's our little special guy, the 101 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: only boy, So get a little special place in my heart. 102 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: He's definitely our wildest dog. But no, they're all they're 103 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: great dogs. Not that was actually there is actually thirty Fighters, 104 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: a therapy dog. My wife used to be kindergarten teacher, 105 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 2: so she would take her into the classroom. I mean 106 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 2: the kids would read to her and everything all line. 107 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 2: So not is super super well behaved. We that's the 108 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 2: reason we have four dogs. 109 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 4: First and then it's like, oh, and then. 110 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 2: We started trying to like basically clone her and it 111 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 2: never worked. But now we rescued all of them but one. 112 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 2: We had a huge passion passion for rescuing dogs. We 113 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: should actually have a program when I was actually in Tampa. 114 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: We called it Punts for Pups, and we sponsored dogs 115 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 2: from local shelters for every punt inside to twenty And 116 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: that's kind of we already had all four dogs at 117 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 2: that point, but we've always had a passion four dogs, 118 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 2: and that just kind of how it happened. We stumbled 119 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: upon Nemo on an Instagram account and had to have 120 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: him during COVID. It was a COVID dog, no v. 121 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 2: We were actually at the shelter looking for our friends 122 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 2: for a dog, and the dog walked around the corner 123 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 2: and I went, oh no. As soon as Kaylie, my wife, 124 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 2: saw it, it was one of those like yeah, this 125 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: dog's coming home with us, super malainourished, like just skin 126 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: and bones. Nellie we actually got from a reader and 127 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 2: then Nal that we got it was actually my birthday 128 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 2: present from a shelter when we were in college, like 129 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: right when we first started dating. So we've had knowledge 130 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: like I think eleven or twelve now, so we've had 131 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 2: we've had dogs our whole relationship. 132 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: So that's that's a very cool and it's cool that 133 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: you turned that in a way to give back to 134 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: these needy animals by but by the punts you get 135 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: inside of the. 136 00:05:58,760 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 4: Twenty yard line. 137 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: Well, you're continuing that that trend with punts. 138 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 2: For a Purpose. 139 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 4: Yes, the floor is yours. 140 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: Tell us about this and kind of where the origin 141 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: story of it kind of came from because it's actually 142 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: active right now. 143 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, So puns Purpose is a program that I got 144 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: to get credit to my wife again. She came up 145 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 2: with it. He did punts for pups back in the 146 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 2: past and kind of wanted to make it even bigger 147 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 2: and better and wanted to involve something that is really 148 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 2: close to our heart, which was Compassion International, which is 149 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 2: a non for profit that does work all around the 150 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 2: world for moms and babies and poverty. They spot their 151 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: team up with local churches in those areas and they 152 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 2: create these centers. They create these survival programs that help 153 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 2: the moms before they give birth and right after they 154 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 2: give birth up to the child's a year old, and 155 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: they can get into the actual sinners and it's an 156 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: amazing program in these overprovished areas, moms or babies don't 157 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: even like only have less than a I want to say, 158 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 2: it's like not even a ten percent chance of making 159 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 2: it to their first birthday without help. In the program 160 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 2: that Punts for Purpose is donating towards for every punt. 161 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 2: Inside the twenty is the survival programs. Compassion has a 162 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: campaign going on right now. It's called the Fight for 163 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: First and it's that fight for their first birthday, and 164 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 2: they're trying to raise a bunch of money to put 165 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: more and more survival programs out there. That's kind of 166 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 2: how Punts for Purpose got started. We got involved with Compassion, 167 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 2: got to go over to Tanzania on a mission trip 168 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: with Compassion. We actually helped open two centers in Compassion 169 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 2: or in Tanzania with Compassion, and it was just super 170 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: cool experience over there. We and Kayley were talking the 171 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 2: whole time we were over there, we really like two 172 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,239 Speaker 2: seconds from crying or two seconds from like the greatest 173 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 2: joy we've ever experienced in our lives. So that experience 174 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: really kind of spearheaded this. We got to do more mentality, like, 175 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: we're so fortunate and we're so blessed to be in 176 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 2: the position we are and make the money that we 177 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 2: make that we got to do more. We got to 178 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: get back more. So we started talking with Compassion and 179 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: this program kind of came about, and I was like, Hey, 180 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 2: how cool would it be if we got other punters 181 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: in the NFL involved. So I just started sliding the 182 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: DM to be honest with you, to all these all 183 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 2: the punters in the NFL that I knew and that 184 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: I didn't know, And that's kind of how Punts for 185 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 2: Purpose got started. I think there's four of us that 186 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 2: are doing it for the whole year, and then there's 187 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: going to be a game closer to the Holidays where 188 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: I think about fifteen of us in the NFL or 189 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 2: for doing all for that one week puns inside the twenty. 190 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 2: So and if fans want to get involved, there's a 191 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: link in my Instagram account where you can go to 192 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: Compassion backslash Punts for Purpose and donate for every punt 193 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 2: side of twenty if you want to do that like 194 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: me and my wife and some of the other guys, 195 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 2: or you can just do a one time donation. But 196 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: it's going to a great cause and we're just trying 197 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 2: to raise as much money as we can to help 198 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: moms and babies, and it hits a special place in 199 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: my heart right now with the process that we're going 200 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: through having a child, just we've had a little bit 201 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: of complications, and without the support that we've had, without 202 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: the doctors that we've had, and stuff like that, I 203 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: couldn't imagine the stress that these moms have and these 204 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 2: like extremely remote, extremely poverty like no food, like just 205 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 2: trying to provide for yourself. And I let along a 206 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 2: baby you had, along probably five or six other kids 207 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: that you have, and you have no support and no 208 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: help around you. And we have all the support in 209 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 2: the world here in the United States, but these people, 210 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: these people don't. And that's that's just something that especially 211 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 2: going through It's just kind of ironic how God works, 212 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 2: how we started this programming and then got pregnant, and 213 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: really just like Furthered Our calls and Furthered Our reason 214 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 2: for doing it even more, that gives. 215 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 5: You immense perspective in a different way. 216 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 2: It does. It definitely does. 217 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: When you went everybody has an expectation if you're going 218 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: to a restaurant or down the street or to a 219 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: different country, But when you went to Tanzania, I don't 220 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 1: know what your expectation was. But when you've got a 221 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: chance to meet these individuals that don't have as many advantages. 222 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: But looking at the photos and some of the things 223 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: that you've put out, they seem like just so happy 224 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: to be there, And I mean, like, like, what was 225 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: the experience like To hear you talk about it, the 226 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: passion with which you talk about it, sounds like it 227 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: was transformative at least absolutely. 228 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: It was the first Missus trip I've been like being 229 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 2: able to go on. My wife's been on a few, 230 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 2: and she was trying to trying to compare, like prepare 231 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: me for it, yeah, but I mean she couldn't have. 232 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 2: And it was It was really amazing to see these 233 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 2: people that have to walk a whole day just to 234 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,599 Speaker 2: get water, or a whole day to get sticks to 235 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 2: build their houses out of mud and sticks, and then 236 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 2: you go over there and they're like the most joyful 237 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: people you've ever met in your entire life. We got 238 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 2: the opportunity to go to a Masai community, and the 239 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: Massai community is basically modern day nomads. They travel kind 240 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 2: of wherever they herd travels, and they live in legit 241 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 2: mud huts, five or six of them in a one 242 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 2: room hut, no bigger than we're in the room we're 243 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 2: in right now, probably way smaller actually than the room 244 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 2: we're in right now and there'd be seven, six, eight 245 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 2: of them living in that one hut anywhere from newborn 246 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 2: to grandma living in the hut, and to see just 247 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 2: the joy that they have, and then them wanting to 248 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 2: like they made beads necklaces and bead bracelets and stuff, 249 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 2: and then wanting to give you these bead bracelets that 250 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 2: who knows how much what they give up to get 251 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 2: the beads to make the bracelets, and then wanting to 252 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 2: give it to you, and them just being so open 253 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 2: to be able to like go to a church service 254 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 2: with them and do just the joy they fed us. 255 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 2: They actually killed a goat and they don't have a 256 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 2: stuff like so we could eat the goat and just 257 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 2: just the the giving that they were willing to do 258 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 2: when they had so little, I mean, they had nothing, 259 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 2: like it was like one bed that wasn't even a bed, 260 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 2: It was like a straw bed with a blanket over 261 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: top of it. And the mud hut with a straw roof. 262 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: And they're trying to protect themselves from lions because there's 263 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: lions South Africa. So like there's lions, Like you'd be 264 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: driving down the road and you see a giraffe, so 265 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 2: it's a middle of I mean nothing, and to see 266 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 2: the joy that they had just worshiping the Lord and 267 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,719 Speaker 2: the joy to give that they had, it really made 268 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 2: it like a lasting impression on me where it was like, man, 269 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 2: I am so fortunate and there's times where I don't 270 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 2: want to give and I don't want to be joyful, 271 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 2: but like they have absolutely nothing and they have to 272 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 2: work for absolutely everything, and it just left a lasting impression. 273 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 2: I remember it was like a two hour bus ride 274 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 2: to get out to the moss like community, and I 275 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 2: remember the bus ride back, everybody was really quiet on 276 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 2: the bus and that you could just sell. Everybody was 277 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: kind letting it soak in. I look over at my 278 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 2: wife and she met kindly for saying this, but there 279 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 2: was just tears flowing out of our eyes and I'm like, 280 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 2: oh my god, what's wrong, what's wrong? And she was like, 281 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 2: it's just so much, and it was it was just 282 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 2: so much to take in that like it really took 283 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 2: a week or so after we got back to kind 284 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 2: of really let it soak in, and like you're taking 285 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: a shower in our extremely nice house and you're just like, like, 286 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 2: why do I deserve this over these people? Like I 287 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 2: got to change my perspective and I got to do 288 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 2: everything in my power to help those people. 289 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 5: So it did punts for come out of that trip. 290 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: It was an idea before the trip and then it 291 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 2: was like our mission after the trip were doing this. 292 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 2: The idea came about kind of at the end of 293 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 2: last year. We started talking about it and we're like, oh, 294 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 2: we want to do. This is something we want to do. 295 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 2: And then we got we opened those centers with Compassion 296 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 2: in Tanzania and then got to go over there and 297 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 2: actually meet you can sponsor children with Compassion also that 298 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: are in the centers. Actually got to meet our two 299 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 2: sponsored kids. Oh that like it was wild. There's a 300 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 2: language barrier, but then there's not a language barrier at 301 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: the same time because they speak Swahili. I think it 302 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 2: is what they speak and so like you but you 303 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 2: can communicate like it's it's it's hard to explain, like 304 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 2: we're speaking English, they're speaking Swahili, but yeah, you understand 305 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 2: what they're saying at the same time. Yeah, but that 306 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: was just awesome. We got to play with them, We 307 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 2: got to have a meal with them. They actually traveled 308 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 2: ten hours to meet us by bus, which is some 309 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 2: of them had never been out of their little village, 310 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 2: and it was just like just so impactful to like, 311 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 2: for instance, we're sitting there eating at the hotel. We're 312 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 2: saying that, and everybody's picking up the silver and eating, 313 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 2: and you see these two little girls that we sponsor 314 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 2: looking at the silverware. They'd never used silverwear before and 315 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: they were seven eight years old, And it was just 316 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 2: like I look at my wife and I was like, 317 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 2: I'm not using silverware. So I was just went in 318 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: with my hands and it was just to see them 319 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 2: be like, oh, okay, like we can use our hands, 320 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 2: just because they've never seen silverware, Like just little things 321 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 2: like that that you, Doug don't even think twice, Like 322 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 2: we probably know how to use silverware at like one 323 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: or two years old, or at least you're grasping at it, 324 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 2: but they're in there like seven eight, like I said, 325 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 2: and they don't know how to use silverware. They've never 326 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 2: seen silverware. You can give them like Christmas gifts and 327 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 2: gifts for the family with compassion also, and the Christmas 328 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 2: gifts they get or that they're asking for, it isn't toys, 329 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: It isn't these things they're asking for like rice for 330 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 2: their family, for like a mattress, for new shoes because 331 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: they don't have shoes, for school uniforms because a lot 332 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 2: of school's over there. If you don't have uniform, you 333 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: can't go to school. So just different things along those liness, 334 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 2: just a total different perspective. They're like, it's so hard 335 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 2: to explain. I could talk for hours about it, and 336 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: I feel like I could go in circles, but it's 337 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 2: just so like and they yet they still had so 338 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: much joy. They have houses but their mud huts, and 339 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: they're growing their own food and doing these different things. 340 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: We went we went into one of the we got 341 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 2: to do it a day in a life of a person, 342 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 2: of a Tanzanian person, and we went into this person's 343 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: house and kind of got to just walk through their 344 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 2: morning with them. And their morning was feeding their one 345 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 2: chicken that they have there was gonna be their meal eventually, 346 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 2: tending to their garden and their garden would be like 347 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 2: two or three plants. And then we got to ask 348 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 2: him like, hey, like what do you need. He was like, oh, 349 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: I love another avocado tree. And we're like, oh, how 350 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 2: much does it cost for an avocado tree? Well? In uh, 351 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 2: I think the use shingles over there, like, but in 352 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 2: that their amount of money it was like thousands of dollars, 353 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 2: but in the US sellers was like one dollar for 354 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: an avocado tree, and we're like, how many Alva trees? 355 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 2: Can I buy? This guy? Can I go around the 356 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 2: corner and buy him for him? Yeah? Right? And then 357 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 2: another one was like, oh I love another chicken. Same 358 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: thing at Chicken was like two dollars, but like they're 359 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 2: working to try to get to these and it's just 360 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 2: so eye opening of like wow, like how good we 361 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: actually have it in the United States? Well, well the 362 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 2: US States it's still messed up in its ways, but 363 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 2: like how good we actually have it to have the 364 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 2: resources that we have over here? When they like it 365 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 2: was like visiting like a third world, different planet, Like 366 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 2: I didn't feel like I was on different I thought 367 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 2: I was on a different planet. When I was living 368 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 2: in Tanzania, it was wild. 369 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 3: That really gives perspective because at least here it's like 370 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 3: we have life rafts for example, like if you are homeless, 371 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 3: there's something to help you and get through it, and 372 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 3: like you said, get to land with that life raft. 373 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 3: Whereas for them, they don't have that support. 374 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: Not without Compassion. They don't have the support or without 375 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 2: the compassions about the local church. And the cool thing 376 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 2: about Compassion too is that they try to they mobilize 377 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: the church. There's no signs about compassion, there's nothing that's 378 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 2: promoting compassion. They are literally like going to the church, 379 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: setting up the center through the church, and the Compassion's 380 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 2: goal is to make that village so set up through 381 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: the church that Compassion can pull and the church can 382 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 2: stay in the village. So Compassions is not trying to 383 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 2: get any recognition out of it whatsoever. They're just trying 384 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 2: to ultimately go in there, help and get out. And 385 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: they've been fortunate enough to where they have been able 386 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 2: to get out of some places and it's still thriving community. 387 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: But without Compassion, some of these centers and some of 388 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 2: these villages would stand no chance. 389 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you've really used your platform being in 390 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: the NFL. You've won a Walter Payton Man of the 391 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: Year award before with San Francisco. I read a great 392 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: quote giving back. That's what I feel like my purpose 393 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: here on earth is. I think that sums up the 394 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: last ten to fifteen minutes of the conversation. And there's 395 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: no easy way to transition from the seriousness that we're 396 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: talking about to the next thing. 397 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 4: But let's try. 398 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 5: I've not really wanted to. I did, but so I 399 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 5: know where we're going. 400 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: So in order to reach this platform, you have to 401 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: have a skill and talent which you have developed. And again, 402 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,479 Speaker 1: no easy transition. But I'm dying to know about your 403 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: kicking or story because if I read it right, it's 404 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 1: pretty cool. 405 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 4: You got a football as a Christmas present? 406 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: Yea, Then what happened? 407 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 4: So my grandpa I just started by saying, this was 408 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 4: a punter, Yeah, Earl Mason. 409 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 2: Earl Mason. He kicked for app State College and then 410 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 2: actually had a shot with the Dallas Cowboys, but then 411 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 2: got drafted to go to war. And I started out 412 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 2: playing soccer, and my grandpa always told me I had 413 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 2: a big leg playing soccer. And my grandpa always told me, hey, 414 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 2: you need learn to kick a football. You learn how 415 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 2: to kick a football. I said, okay, Grandpa, Yeah, I 416 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 2: got it. I had no interest in playing football. My 417 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 2: older brother played soccer, so that's what I wanted to do. Yeah, 418 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 2: And then about sixth grade, sixth seventh grade, I got 419 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 2: a football for Christmas. We lived across the street from 420 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: the local high school field, and we went out to 421 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 2: the field that day to kind of play around with 422 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 2: the football. We were throwing it. I said, Dad, I 423 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: want to kick it. I want to see your grandpa 424 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: is talking all about. So my dad put it on 425 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 2: his foot and I kicked a thirty five yard field goal. 426 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 2: First KICKO got entire life, went straight down the middle. 427 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 2: My dad said, hold up, hold up, do that again. 428 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 2: Came back, put it on his foot again. I came 429 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 2: straight down the middle again, and he said, all right, stop, 430 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 2: we're gonna get you some help. Grandpa Grandpa knew. But 431 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 2: the funny part is is I used to want to 432 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 2: I wanted to be a film goal kicker. You don't like, No, 433 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 2: that's what That's exactly what my dad. 434 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: Those who can't see him stand he's six ft five. 435 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, six, but no. My dad was like, no, you're 436 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 2: you're too big to be a filmal kicker. You need 437 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 2: like you need punny, you need punting. My dad used 438 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 2: to force me to punt when we go to practice, 439 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 2: and eventually I kind of fell in love with punting 440 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: and kind of took after my grandpa I'm actually like 441 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 2: a spitting image of my grandpa, high facial, everything spending 442 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 2: the image of him, and he he actually started kind 443 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 2: of like helping me a little with some different techniques 444 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 2: and got some really good coaching medic coach in North 445 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: Carolina named Dan Orner, who I've been working with since 446 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 2: about eighth grade. Wow, there's probably ten of us in 447 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 2: the NFL that worked with him, and he was actually 448 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 2: in my wedding. So he turned into like one of 449 00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 2: my best friends, slash Mentor. And it's been awesome just 450 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 2: to kind of experience a will rind that is getting 451 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: recruited and then getting drafted and then played in the 452 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 2: NFL for now nine years and just all because of 453 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 2: I got a football for Christmas and my grandpa bagged 454 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 2: me to learn how to kick it. 455 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 5: How old were you when you got the football? 456 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 2: I was it was like sixth or seventh grade. I'm 457 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 2: terrible with ages, but it was six or seventh grade. 458 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 2: I'd never played football before that either, So WOWE. 459 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 4: And so your grandfather had a shot, yeah, drafted, stuck with. 460 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: He had to try out with Dallas. Dallas was going 461 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 2: to sign him, and then got drafted. In that time period, 462 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 2: I think it was a Korean War. Yeah, and never 463 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 2: when he came back from the Korean War, he just 464 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 2: never picked it back up. Wow. 465 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: But that's that's just so crazy kind of how those 466 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: things started. And you've normally kids who start at a 467 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: younger age have played like another position. 468 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 4: You've always been a specialist. 469 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've never never don anything besides kickball. I kicked. 470 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 2: I still do kickoffs, but I kicked field goals in 471 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 2: high school and a little bit in college and then 472 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 2: done punting the rest of the time. My high school 473 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 2: coach was one of the bitter guys on my high 474 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 2: school team, and he used to beg me to play 475 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 2: another position, and I was like, dude, I got no desire. 476 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 2: I do not want to get hit like that. So 477 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: it was yeah, just I actually used to go to 478 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 2: football practice for the beginning of it for special teams, 479 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 2: leave go to soccer practice, and then come back for 480 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: the end of football practice. That's why I did all 481 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 2: through That's why all through high school. So that soccer 482 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 2: was my first love is what I call it. But 483 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 2: football is the one I got married to. 484 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: So WHOA, that was unexpected. Hello, But if you had 485 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 3: to play a different position, I need to know what 486 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 3: it was. 487 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: What it would be tight end or quarterback built like 488 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 2: a tight end. Yeah. I actually when I got drafted 489 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,640 Speaker 2: to San Francisco. When I came in, all the people 490 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 2: on the team were like, oh, we got a new 491 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 2: tight end. I was like, no, that's hard, guys. 492 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 4: Tell us something about punting that maybe people don't know. 493 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 2: There's a bunch of different types of punt. So you 494 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 2: can have an end over end punt, a spiral punt, 495 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 2: a banana punt, reverse banana punt. I mean, there's so 496 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 2: many different You can make the ball spin, different ways, 497 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 2: to make it bounce backwards, about sideways, you hit line drives, 498 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 2: hang time, there's I mean, there's so many different types 499 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 2: of punts out there that so many different to nowadays 500 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 2: there I know people that are hitting the ball with 501 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 2: their right foot but putting a lefty spin on it. 502 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 2: So like it's there's so many different things. 503 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: So like so much like technique and spin and things 504 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: like that are happening from the time that you drop 505 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: it to the. 506 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 4: Time that you kick it. There's so many that's the. 507 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 2: Most supportive part of a punt is the drop, is 508 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 2: it really Yeah, So you can have a good legs swing. 509 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: You have a bad legs swing and still hit a 510 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 2: good punt. But it's all about the drop. If I 511 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 2: don't drop it right, then that's the one that's going 512 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 2: like five yards out of bounds and everybody's booing me 513 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: off the field. That's that punt. 514 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 5: Okay, you have you ever just tried to be a 515 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 5: switch kicker? Do both legs? 516 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 2: No, I'm not that talent, not that talent. 517 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: So this game is taking you to the pinnacle. You 518 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: own a Super Bowl ring with Tampa, right. I went 519 00:22:58,119 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: through your Instagram. 520 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 5: I thought this is where we were going early. 521 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, there were a few topics that I had to 522 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: bring up being able to sit next to you. One 523 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: was the punch for purpose. Two is the origin story, 524 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: and three is something that is in your Instagram page 525 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: but not the first photo. 526 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 4: It's during. 527 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: It's during the boat parade and you're on a boat 528 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: and there's a video of you holding let's call it 529 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: a soda. Yeah, definitely, definitely soda and throws it. I'm 530 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: trying to paint a picture in people's minds. So Bradley, Yeah, 531 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: so Bradley isn't a boat that's pretty close to the 532 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: water and then there's a boat next to one that's 533 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: like three stories up crusehip, cruise ship style boat, and 534 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: he he was exactly what He throws an absolute strike 535 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: to a fan on the top of this cruise. 536 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 2: Ship that was actually on the top side. 537 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 4: That's the detail I didn't, Yeah. 538 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 2: It was on the top side. And winning the super 539 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 2: Bowl it was obviously a dream come true when you 540 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 2: play it. That's like the pinnacle of this profession to 541 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 2: be able to play in that game and win it. 542 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 2: But the boat parade, I gotta say it was probably cooler. 543 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 2: We had so much fun, it was crazy. Part of 544 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 2: it is it got thrown together, basically put together overnight. 545 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 2: The Glazers, owners of the Bucks, did an amazing job 546 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 2: throwing it together overnight, And it was definitely like one 547 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: of those once in a lifetime, like really really cool 548 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 2: things to be there with all your teammates that you've 549 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 2: worked so hard the whole year to get to this, 550 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 2: to that point, and then get to that point, win 551 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: it and then have this epic celebration where people were 552 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 2: throwing sodas from. 553 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 4: Boat the boat and Lombardi trophies. 554 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 2: Lombardi trophies. It was just to be able to really 555 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 2: celebrate with your team that you've worked so hard with 556 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 2: all year long. That was what really made it so cool, 557 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: was just to see those those guys let loose, the 558 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 2: guys that really really deserve it, like the Levante Davids 559 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 2: that have been there for forever, the Mike Evans, those 560 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: guys that really deserved it down there in Tampa. They 561 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 2: they've been there forever, been through the bad years than 562 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 2: Dan Pa and to finally have a really good winning 563 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 2: season and win it all. It was really cool to 564 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 2: see those guys win. That's awesome. 565 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 5: Everything's more fun on a boat anyway. 566 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I feel like definitely though, especially around that bay. 567 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 4: That's fun. We have reached the point of our podcast. 568 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: It's I don't know if it's called rapid fire, and 569 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: it's never very rapid, but everybody gets the same five questions. 570 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 4: Bradley Opinion. 571 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: Are you ready? 572 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 2: I'm ready? Okay? 573 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: What was your favorite play of your career, high school, college, pros, whatever. 574 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 2: My favorite play honestly has to be like the first 575 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 2: kickoff I hit in the Super Bowl, Right, I didn't 576 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 2: hit the opening kickoff, but my first play in the 577 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 2: Super Bowl just kind of that. That's kind of like 578 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 2: what you play the game for which you work so 579 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 2: hard for and just one of those like never forget 580 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 2: moments that you're like, oh man, I'm playing in the 581 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 2: super Bowl. So that say that one. 582 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 4: You probably don't get nervous anymore. But were you nervous then. 583 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 2: No idly or not, Like I'm I never get nervous. 584 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 2: It's weird. My wife hates it that I ain't nervous 585 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 2: about anything. I don't get anxious about anything. I don't 586 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 2: really worry about anything. 587 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 5: Okay, I'm jealous about that. 588 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that sounds kind of great. 589 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, And so you know, I wasn't nervous. I was 590 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 2: just super ready to play the game, ready to get 591 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 2: to that point because there's like a two week loll 592 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 2: in there and that's just waiting for the game to come. 593 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 2: All the media, which sorry, but all the media everything 594 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 2: leaving up to all the height, leaving up to it. 595 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 2: You're just ready to play the game, and that readiness 596 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 2: was there, But I wouldn't call it nervous. 597 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 5: Now, Oh yes, who is your favorite athlete, regardless of 598 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 5: the sport? 599 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 2: Oh favorite athlete? I really like boxing, so I'm not 600 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 2: to go Muhammad Ali just kind of the way he 601 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 2: did to boxing, the way he changed boxing, and then 602 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 2: yet what he did outside of the boxing ring also 603 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 2: what he's what he stood for, how he wanted to 604 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 2: create change. I think that's really cool. 605 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of principles that that you've taken 606 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: on within that yourself. Is there a TV show, a 607 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: movie that you're binging that you would recommend anything like that? 608 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 2: I literally watched a whole season of The Great British 609 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,959 Speaker 2: Breaking Show yesterday. It's a weird one. It's a weird one, 610 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 2: but you know, wife are really in the Great British 611 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 2: Baking Show right now? I don't know why. 612 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 5: It's odd. 613 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 1: And the food looks so good. 614 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 2: It made me order something nuts afterwards. That's another story. 615 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 5: Okay, And on that note, what is your favorite food? 616 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 4: No, that's a transition, right. 617 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 5: I did not tell them to do that. 618 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: My favorite food for going actual food has to be wings. 619 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 2: But if we're going like I can really treat myself. 620 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 2: I'm a huge ice cream guy. Ice cream with this 621 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 2: is going to sound weird. A game but with rainbow sprinkles. 622 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 5: Like you go actual food? But then list yeah, as 623 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 5: if that is much? 624 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, are not actual food? 625 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: Apparently I mean, like, you know, like one is a 626 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: like grown man order, the other ones like a fifth 627 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: grader order. 628 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 4: But that's fine, eating awesome. 629 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, my wife gives me heck all the time for 630 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 2: the rainbow sprinquels, but I keep a jar rainbow sprinkles 631 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: in my house, so there's no fact. 632 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with with chicken nuggets, mac and cheese 633 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: and ice cream. Come on, love that the last one. 634 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: If you had a superpower, what would it be? 635 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 2: And why to be invisible? Yeah? Just because I'm nosy 636 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: and love to hear what others. 637 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 4: That's a good reason for it too. 638 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, what a perfect note to end an 639 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: awesome podcast with Bradley Pinion. 640 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 4: I'm Scott. That's Terarren. 641 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for stopping by, and please rate, review, 642 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: subscribe to the Atlanta Falcons podcast network on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spotify, 643 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: can I talk today? Or please subscribe to our YouTube 644 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: channel where you can get this as well. 645 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 4: Bradley, once again, thank you so much. 646 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: For spending time with us, Thanks for having me, and 647 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: we'll be back with another awesome guest next week. 648 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 2: See you