Dallas Cowboys long snapper Matt Overton on football, faith and always staying ready
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Matt Overton is a long snapper with the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL. He first came into the league in 2012 with the Indianapolis Colts and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2013. After the 2016 season, Overton departed for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He has also had stints with the Chargers, Titans, Rams and now with the Cowboys.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Matt Overton about his crazy 2022, coming to the Cowboys, growing in his faith this year, praying at the 50-yard line and what it means to stay ready.
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| 0:36.2 | Right now, the increase means John 330, the increase in Jesus into the sports |
| 0:58.7 | conversation. |
| 1:00.1 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
| 1:03.7 | Hey guys, welcome back to Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:06.1 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 1:07.4 | Our website is Sportspectrum.com for all of our content, articles and devotionals and |
| 1:12.3 | podcasts and just love what we're doing here, keeping Jesus in the sports conversation. You can |
| 1:17.7 | check it out at sportspectrum.com. Really excited for today's conversation and I'm joined by my friend |
| 1:23.8 | Jade McCarthy on a football Friday. Hi, Jade. Hey, Jason. How are you? I am doing |
| 1:29.5 | wonderful because we have a special guest. He happens to play for the team that I've rooted for |
| 1:33.8 | since I was seven years old, but we're not going to let the fandom get in the way here because |
| 1:38.6 | I knew Matt before he was on this team. No, never. Matt Overton is our guest today, the Dallas Cowboys Long Snapper. What's up, Matt? Doing good. It's good to be back with you guys. And I think last time you and I saw each other was at PAO. Yes. Over the off season in Miami. And so it's good to be back on here with you guys. And Jake, good to meet you. Likewise. |
| 2:01.5 | And Matt, I'll tell you, he liked you before you played for the Dallas Cowboys. Like, let's just clear that up. We've been friends for a while. This is true. This is true. Let's just make that clear. He might like you more now. I don't know. I can't answer that question. You know, I'm watching those kickoffs and those, well, let's say the, I should say the field goals, |
| 2:18.9 | the punts a little closer now, maybe than I watched them before. |
| 2:23.0 | But it is good to see you, Matt, and I'm glad you're on the show. |
| 2:25.6 | This has been quite the 2020 for you. |
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