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Bussin’ w/ the Boys: Walking away from football, silver linings, turn plan B into plan A

Pivot Podcast

The Pivot Podcast Network

Sports, Society & Culture, Football

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com  YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find Don’t miss out on all the action this week at DraftKings! Download the DraftKings app today! Sign-up using https://dkng.co/pivot or through my promo code PIVOT As one of the first duos to take locker room talk to sports podcasting, NFL free agent Taylor Lewan and former teammate, Will Compton created Bussin’ With The Boys, a platform promoting open conversation, vulnerability and a place to share the good, the bad and ugly about life on and off the field.  With the podcast space becoming crowded and everyone starting one, talking to Taylor and Will on how they were one of the originals, how they adjust to changing times, competition and constant evolving.  Last year we had the chance to sit with Taylor during Titans playoff push and we came back to Tennessee this summer to chop it up with The Boys as both our platforms have evolved and we as men, continue to adapt to changing times professionally and personally.  This conversation is full of laughs, tough moments, misconceptions, clearing the air and sharing our own experiences that have shaped some of the choices we made on the field, with our families and our football careers.  In the midst of retiring and still playing the game we love, Taylor still wrestles with what life looks like to walk away from the game we love and how injury last year mentally affected him and the way he pulled himself through dark times to get to the other side while Will knew that it was his time to focus on making plan B plan A when he realized he was thinking more about this next phase of his life and the media opportunities fueling his passion.  Ryan shares his own journey and adjustments of dealing with pressures from others expectations and learning to focus on where his feet are before getting ahead of himself as Fred adds in some of the takeaways having this platform has helped him deal with some of the changes of routine and playing football. Channing also opens up on how he wished he approached his career a little different now as he looks back with some regrets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yeah, what's up, boy, you

0:03.8

Good. I don't believe it. Go. It was awesome.

0:07.4

Bro, y'all crazy, though.

0:09.9

Y'all trying to come next year? I'm down.

0:11.9

I'm really like you look like you get down.

0:13.9

I got you. I got you.

0:14.9

I got you. I got you.

0:15.9

It's good to cheer, man. It's only didn't like that.

0:17.8

Like a barely brilliant.

0:19.4

I teach you. I'm here.

0:20.4

You might leave so.

0:22.4

Yep.

0:23.4

Oh, Mike's on. Yeah.

0:24.5

Bro, why do you take all your pictures like that?

0:26.4

I'm worried about it. Like what?

0:28.6

Well, you see how muscular he is?

0:30.6

So many times, you know, you just like

0:32.6

Do all the kinds of poses wherever you're smiling

0:34.6

or trying to like, you know, be a little tough.

0:36.6

I just feel like this just breaks the

0:39.6

Just trying to be funny.

0:40.6

Yeah.

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