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The Rich Eisen Show

Adam Schefter - I Didn't Know This Was A Real Job

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Rich sits down with his friend and former colleague, NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The two men take a deep dive into their days at the University of Michigan and the journey that led them to their respected positions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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you can go do anything you want. I never realized that growing up. If you want to be president

0:05.0

of the United States, why can't you be? You want to be the general manager of football?

0:08.6

Why? Like, I've talked to them. You can do that. You can be that. Like, I didn't know this rich.

0:15.6

I didn't know this one we were at, Michigan. You could really go into this profession. You could

0:21.2

cover sports for living. Welcome to this edition of Just Getting Started. It is Episode 9 in our voices

0:34.4

of the NFL series. Please go to our library and catch any of the episodes that you may not have

0:42.0

seen or heard depending on if you're listening to this on Cumulus Podcast Network or

0:47.1

watching it on the Rich Eyes and show YouTube feed, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, Jim Nance,

0:52.1

Aaron Andrews, Michael Strahan, Kevin Harlan, Chris Burman, last week, the great Amy Trask joined us

0:59.2

as well. And now the only guest in this series of 10, who I went to college with and the guy I've

1:06.1

known the longest of anybody that's been on this program. And somebody for whom I actually knew

1:12.7

quite a bit about how he got started, but I want to bring that story to you. So I love this

1:16.9

man. He's from the worldwide leader in sports, formerly my colleague at the NFL Network. My buddy,

1:22.3

Adam Schefter. What's up, Shifty? Rich, thank you for the kind words. Congratulations on your

1:26.9

St. Jude's award over the week. And that was awesome to watch that video. Well deserving. You've

1:32.0

done so much good and raised so much money for so many people. It's an honor to know you and to

1:36.1

call you a friend. Well, you were there part of that combine coverage where it was born. And you

1:40.1

know the guy who was sitting next to me very, very well as well who helped inspire it. Because just like

1:45.3

everything else out of in the TV world's content, if you will, is born out of sheer boredom waiting

1:52.6

waiting to shoot something. And we were waiting to shoot total access that night in the old RCA

1:57.6

dome and the we being me and Terrell Davis. And I asked him how fast do you think I can run the 40

2:02.5

and his answer was just laughing. I cursed at him and then ran down and ran the 40. And as you know,

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