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The Peter King Podcast

Bob McGinn, longtime Packers beat writer and Brad Sham, Cowboys radio play-by-play man

The Peter King Podcast

NBC Sports

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4.4872 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Longtime Packers beat writer Bob McGinn (now the owner and editor of BobMcGinnFootball.com) on Green Bay's chances to salvage the season without Aaron Rodgers, his scouting report on new quarterback Brett Hundley, on his revealing interview of former Vikings coach Bud Grant--in particular Grant's comments on Vince Lombardi--and on the state of journalism today. Cowboys radio play-by-play man Brad Sham on Dallas owner Jerry Jones, on the art of doing radio play-by-play, on the intensity of the Dallas Cowboy fan, and on the day he had Dan Rather in the Cowboys' radio booth.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Peter King. Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King, where I take you

0:07.6

inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.

0:12.7

This week, a couple of special guests from the media world.

0:17.2

In the wake of the devastating Aaron Rogers collarbone injury, I've got Bob McGinn who has covered the Packers for nearly 40

0:24.8

decades in Wisconsin. And I've got the longtime radio voice and a great rockantour Brad Sham of the Dallas Cowboys. But first, a couple of

0:39.2

thoughts on a new star in the NFL who I've gotten to know a bit and just the reason why I think

0:48.2

America really likes football in the wake of all of the reasons not to like football because of the

0:56.2

CTE concerns with parents which are real because of all the protests that occurred during the National Anthem at Games.

1:07.0

I mean there's a lot right now to look at the NFL and say,

1:11.0

man this league's got some serious problems but there's a player who's

1:16.8

come into the NFL this year one of the reasons I really like covering this game

1:20.7

and and one of the reasons I've covered it now this is my 34th season covering the NFL.

1:25.0

One of the reasons it's always so fun is that nothing is forever in the NFL.

1:32.0

Now it seems that way because the Patriots,'re going to be good until we all die

1:36.2

But I think you know when I say nothing is forever. I mean that

1:46.2

You know every year there's three or four or five stories that you say oh my god how did that happen some team rises a bunch of

1:51.1

teams fall you know and it's things that you really don't expect.

1:55.9

And this year, probably the most interesting new person in the NFL that I know of anyways,

2:02.4

Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans and I am

2:07.0

drawn to him this particular week because I watched a lot of the Texans game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

2:15.0

And in that game, Deshaun Watson, through three touchdown passes,

2:21.0

and that makes him the first rookie quarterback in NFL history

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